NFL/NCAA (American Football)

[hibsbollah]

Draft tonight. I'm hoping to stay up and watch as i have the day off work tomorrow. Should be the most offensive players ever in the first round, first 6 picks likely to be QBs or receivers. Caleb Williams will obviously go first and then its one high rated receiver or QB after another. Ive looked at multiple mock drafts and its amazing how obsessive you can get about predicting who can go where .

[Haymaker]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...on-settlement/

Ive been reading a bit recently about the NFLs desperate attempts to avoid paying damages to hundreds of ex players suffering from brain injury due to repeated head trauma. Some really sad stories, including a few players i grew up watching now unable to do basic household tasks. Aaron Hernandez was the most high profile notorious sufferer but theres a lot of mundane stories too.

The "Risk and Reward" part of all sports is one thing. If the NFL deliberately, or are attempting to, hide the dangers from players they will be in for some serious damages.

The Aaron Hernandez situation starts a lot earlier IMO. That concussion he took on HS is the beginning of his mental deterioration along with playing under Urban Meyer. That guy is a full on ****ing ****.

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[hibsbollah]

No defensive player taken until pick 15! Biggest surprise on draft day was Michael Penix jr going very high at #8 to Atlanta, who has just brought in Kirk Cousins to the same position!

Lots of defensive value still left in the second round, including Cooper deJean from Iowa who has quite the highlights reel, and for daft name lovers, CB Kool-Aid McKinstry is still available.

[Pretty Boy]

I don't hate the Arizona pick.

Surprising but it's a strategy that has worked well for a team like Green Bay, taking a QB before you really need one and letting them sit and develop makes sense rather than throwing a good young QB into a bad team.

Happy enough with Miami's pick. It was always going to be an OT or LB and Robinson was arguably the best option left on the board at the time so it makes sense to take him.

Also think the Raiders have got a good one in Brock Bowers.

[Just_Jimmy]

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I don't hate the Arizona pick.

Surprising but it's a strategy that has worked well for a team like Green Bay, taking a QB before you really need one and letting them sit and develop makes sense rather than throwing a good young QB into a bad team.

Happy enough with Miami's pick. It was always going to be an OT or LB and Robinson was arguably the best option left on the board at the time so it makes sense to take him.

Also think the Raiders have got a good one in Brock Bowers.

The problem with it is they're tired to cousins until 2026 by which time penix will be 27. They have other needs easily addressed that high.

It's a bizarre pick.

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[McD]

Happy with the Bears picks.

Caleb Williams has been the presumptive first pick for months, and hopefully be the man who changes QB history in Chicago (how many times has that been said )


Was hoping for D-line or Edge with the 9th, possibly even after a trade down, but wasn’t expecting a top 3 WR to be available there, so no issues with the pick. Positive times ahead

[Colr]

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Happy with the Bears picks.

Caleb Williams has been the presumptive first pick for months, and hopefully be the man who changes QB history in Chicago (how many times has that been said )


Was hoping for D-line or Edge with the 9th, possibly even after a trade down, but wasn’t expecting a top 3 WR to be available there, so no issues with the pick. Positive times ahead

Chicago playing in London next season. Might try to go along seeing as my attempt to get tickets for the GBP was so fruitless.

[Gatecrasher]

Finally!

[Gatecrasher]

Georgia Tech just beat 10 ranked FSU, I caught the 4th quarter. CFB is back!

[hibsbollah]

Huge rivalry game tonight on the box Miami Hurricanes at Florida Gators. Some big name transfers making their debut. I have the spicy wings ready and the beers in the fridge. Go Canes!

[Gatecrasher]

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Huge rivalry game tonight on the box Miami Hurricanes at Florida Gators. Some big name transfers making their debut. I have the spicy wings ready and the beers in the fridge. Go Canes!

Nice one, I might watch a bit of that but I'm just back from a night out in Glasgow so might not make it

I'm currently watching the Georgia V Clemson Kick off game.

[hibsbollah]

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Nice one, I might watch a bit of that but I'm just back from a night out in Glasgow so might not make it

I'm currently watching the Georgia V Clemson Kick off game.

Just back??! Ah to be young again

[Gatecrasher]

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Just back??! Ah to be young again

Well it wasn't all "out" but spent most of today in a pub watching the ticket master app after a night out last night.

[hibsbollah]

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Well it wasn't all "out" but spent most of today in a pub watching the ticket master app after a night out last night.

Oasis tickets? Us too. Even as a family tag team it was a total waste of a sunny day.

[Gatecrasher]

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Oasis tickets? Us too. Even as a family tag team it was a total waste of a sunny day.

Yeah, no luck here either. I know of 5 people who tried, some ahead of me in the queue but no luck. I actually had an option of a standing ticket for about £355 but I'm not paying that.

I'm actually starting to wonder who got the tickets, no humans anyway lol.

[Gatecrasher]

Man, I am really disappointed in Clemson, I was expecting a much better game.

[hibsbollah]

Halftime Miami 24 Florida 10. Cam Ward just looks like a NFL ready quarterback, silencing 90,000 in the swamp at this point.

[hibsbollah]

Well i think the Hurricanes are going to be in contention this year, very impressive performance.

[Gatecrasher]

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Well i think the Hurricanes are going to be in contention this year, very impressive performance.

Florida got destroyed in the end. These first few weeks of CFB can be quite weird, it will be interesting to see how Miami do once the conference games begin.

[hibsbollah]

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Florida got destroyed in the end. These first few weeks of CFB can be quite weird, it will be interesting to see how Miami do once the conference games begin.

Hard to say how much of it was Floridas poor play (the QB was missing straightforward open receivers all day and then got taken out by a brutal hit), but it really was a dismantling.

Anyone game for NFL predictions?
Division champs
AFC East- NYJets (no laughing at the back)
AFC North-Baltimore
AFC South- Houston
AFC West- Kansas City
(Wildcards Cincinatti, Miami, Tennessee)

NFC East- Philadelphia
NFC North- Detroit
NFC South- Atlanta
NFC West- San Francisco
(Wildcards Seattle, Chicago, Green Bay)

Superbowl- Detroit over Houston.
MVP- CJ Stroud
First round pick- Dallas.

[Gatecrasher]

I'm quietly confident GB will have a really good season. I think Detroit are favourites for the NFC North but we'll see.

Not sure about the Superbowl to be honest. I'll come back after a couple of weeks.

[Gatecrasher]

Disapointing start for the Packers last night, both teams looked rusty but always felt the Eagles were in control. There were penalties galore on both sides and slipping all over the place. Love looked like he might have suffered a season ender at the end of the game. I hope it's not but it didn't look good.

Texas v Michigan tonight for me!

[hibsbollah]

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Disapointing start for the Packers last night, both teams looked rusty but always felt the Eagles were in control. There were penalties galore on both sides and slipping all over the place. Love looked like he might have suffered a season ender at the end of the game. I hope it's not but it didn't look good.

Texas v Michigan tonight for me!

OMG thats my fantasy QB. I will watch the highlights. The most interesting stat line is Saquon Barclays performance. If hes in the mood behind that oline this Philly team is suddenly a scary contender.

[Gatecrasher]

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OMG thats my fantasy QB. I will watch the highlights. The most interesting stat line is Saquon Barclays performance. If hes in the mood behind that oline this Philly team is suddenly a scary contender.

Yeah, he was the difference to be fair, no one could stop him. The Eagles have a scary offence, no word on Love yet from what I can see but he apparently walked out of the stadium under his own power which is promising.

[hibsbollah]

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Yeah, he was the difference to be fair, no one could stop him. The Eagles have a scary offence, no word on Love yet from what I can see but he apparently walked out of the stadium under his own power which is promising.

You dont really have a backup to be confident about either. I remember Malik Willis had a great college career and was drafted high but has never really done much in the NFL.

[Gatecrasher]

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You dont really have a backup to be confident about either. I remember Malik Willis had a great college career and was drafted high but has never really done much in the NFL.

It looks like he's going to be out for a few weeks, your right, the back up situation is not good. Maybe give Tom Brady a call

[DaveF]

Not NFL, but my daughter attended an Alabama college game recently (they won 63-0) and she loved it. Had no idea what was going on but was blown away by the size of the crowd and the brilliant atmosphere throughout the game.

[Gatecrasher]

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Not NFL, but my daughter attended an Alabama college game recently (they won 63-0) and she loved it. Had no idea what was going on but was blown away by the size of the crowd and the brilliant atmosphere throughout the game.

Out of all the possible stadiums, the Alabama one would be the one that I would like to visit. It just seems nuts. Night time especially.

[DaveF]

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Out of all the possible stadiums, the Alabama one would be the one that I would like to visit. It just seems nuts. Night time especially.

She took lots of pics just like that.

A friend of hers is doind a year at that college and so got her a ticket to the game. She absolutely loved it.

[hibsbollah]

I think the immensity of the college game is the thing that people this side of the Atlantic dont really comprehend. Lots of stadia over 80,000 capacity regularly filled, passion and noise that conpares very well to the NFL, and from this season huge numbers of players officials cheerleaders and marching bands zigzagging the country by plane literally hundreds of times for away games. (West coast teams now play East coast teams in the same division, a lot of the local rivals won’t play as often, all of which is an emissions disaster but this is America right? . I love that stat that Auburn, a medium sized college town in Alabama regularly gets attendances more than the town’s own population, because of the number of alma mater coming back to watch their college team rather than the nfl team nearer where they live.