NFL Preseason Thread.

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So, I'm watxhing Sports Center and the MNF theme starts and it turns out the preseason starts tomorrow, didn't know that :P So it start with Seahawks and Chargers on ESPN at 8:00 ET.

Can't wait to see some football tomorrow.

for all seahawks fans that follow them, I'm sort of confused on one thing I'd like an answer on. Why did they think getting Tarvaris Jackson was a good move? I don't mean to put them down (Seahawks are one of the teams I like to follow in the actual season), but it just seems odd that they'd go for him since he's never proved anything. Regardless, I'm hoping they show this on TV just as the start of football, if not I'll have to wait for thursday (tomorrow) for the eagles 1st preseason game.

for all seahawks fans that follow them, I'm sort of confused on one thing I'd like an answer on. Why did they think getting Tarvaris Jackson was a good move? I don't mean to put them down (Seahawks are one of the teams I like to follow in the actual season), but it just seems odd that they'd go for him since he's never proved anything. Regardless, I'm hoping they show this on TV just as the start of football, if not I'll have to wait for thursday (tomorrow) for the eagles 1st preseason game.

blueboxdoctor

[QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]

for all seahawks fans that follow them, I'm sort of confused on one thing I'd like an answer on. Why did they think getting Tarvaris Jackson was a good move? I don't mean to put them down (Seahawks are one of the teams I like to follow in the actual season), but it just seems odd that they'd go for him since he's never proved anything. Regardless, I'm hoping they show this on TV just as the start of football, if not I'll have to wait for thursday (tomorrow) for the eagles 1st preseason game.

monkeytoes61

ah, good to hear it's not intended as long term. at least they were smart enough not to get vince young who's apparently looking horrible in philly (not really a shocker, but he'll probably have to play 2 or 3 games which won't be good).

but it just seems odd that they'd go for him since he's never proved anything.

blueboxdoctor

There were signs of quality before the Vikings started jerking him around with the whole Favre routine. I think he'll do fine, especially in a run-focused offense with plenty of targets to throw to (Rice, Williams, Miller, Carlson).

[QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]but it just seems odd that they'd go for him since he's never proved anything.

Oleg_Huzwog

There were signs of quality before the Vikings started jerking him around with the whole Favre routine. I think he'll do fine, especially in a run-focused offense with plenty of targets to throw to (Rice, Williams, Miller, Carlson).

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

[QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]but it just seems odd that they'd go for him since he's never proved anything.

monkeytoes61

There were signs of quality before the Vikings started jerking him around with the whole Favre routine. I think he'll do fine, especially in a run-focused offense with plenty of targets to throw to (Rice, Williams, Miller, Carlson).

And as an added bonus, he's a year younger than Whitehurst.

[QUOTE="monkeytoes61"][QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

There were signs of quality before the Vikings started jerking him around with the whole Favre routine. I think he'll do fine, especially in a run-focused offense with plenty of targets to throw to (Rice, Williams, Miller, Carlson).

Oleg_Huzwog

And as an added bonus, he's a year younger than Whitehurst.

EAGLES

Hey look, a touchback...stupid change NFL!

"Very exciting"

Gruden's remark to another touchback....

I am really liking the Patriots so far.

Our PoS kicking game lol. Good drive by Rex and the offense though.

Our PoS kicking game lol. Good drive by Rex and the offense though.

Chutebox

Yeah that first FG try was terrible. Rex tonight has played pretty well. Hopefully the defense is improved this season.

Don't mess with Suh.:P

It was nice seeing the Lions dominate, but then again, it's preseason and the Bengals aren't a good team either. :P What I didn't like was that the game didn't air until about an hour after it started here in the Detroit area. I already knew it was 21-3 before they even started showing the game here.

I cant wait to watch the jets on monday night. I hope Plax plays.TonyDanzaFan

He out for the Houston game.

[QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]I cant wait to watch the jets on monday night. I hope Plax plays.ps3_owns_360Wii

He out for the Houston game.

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[QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]I cant wait to watch the jets on monday night. I hope Plax plays.TonyDanzaFan

He out for the Houston game.

I want to see what Kyle Wilson and Jamaal Westerman can bring to the table, as well as Ellis and Wilkerson.

That was lame... Why on earth would they play Graham Harrell an entire half? That guy sucks!

I mean, at least he got a touchdown, I guess. Too bad it was for the other team and it wasn't even a catch...

Lets see what Clausen got, let Newton hold the clipboard for a year.

Don't mess with Suh.:P

ps3_owns_360Wii

That was an asshat move on his part, I hope they take a decent chunk of his salary for it. I've got a lot of repsect for his physical talent, but that's something I've noticed from him is that he takes a lot of cheap shots. Schwartz seems to be encouraging it, too, as I saw a lot of other Lions defensive players doing things like diving onto piles and at a grounded player long after the whistle, makes me lose a lot of respect for him. Coaches should be chewing players out when they pull dirty crap like that, especially when it's so blatent, and not encoraging it.

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Don't mess with Suh.:P

theone86

That was an asshat move on his part, I hope they take a decent chunk of his salary for it. I've got a lot of repsect for his physical talent, but that's something I've noticed from him is that he takes a lot of cheap shots. Schwartz seems to be encouraging it, too, as I saw a lot of other Lions defensive players doing things like diving onto piles and at a grounded player long after the whistle, makes me lose a lot of respect for him. Coaches should be chewing players out when they pull dirty crap like that, especially when it's so blatent, and not encoraging it.

I know it's just preseason but it's good to see my Cardinals looking like a complete, competent team again unlike last season where they looked like a mess every time the offense came on the field.

We overpaid for Kolb, but he looked pretty good and I think he'll be worth it in the long run if we do good this year and can extend Larry Fitzgerald's contract. John Skelton is going to be an awesome quarterback, I sense so much potential in him... ever since we drafted him last year I've known he's going to be a beast of a QB. He might give Kolb a run for his money for that starting QB position... he has the size, the arm, and the accuracy, all he needs is the experience to go with it.

Todd Heap is looking like an amazing signing and our tight end corps went from one of the worst in the league to easily one of the best in the league in one offseason with Heap, King, and Housler. Patrick Peterson looked kind of lost out there though, I was most excited to see what he does. I think once he gets into the rhythm of playing in the pro-league he'll be a beast of a cornerback and special teams returner though. Until he realizes his potential in the pros, our cornerback corps aren't that good and I already miss having DRC in the secondary.

I'm excited for the season! Go Cards.

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[QUOTE="ps3_owns_360Wii"]

Don't mess with Suh.:P

SF_KiLLaMaN

That was an asshat move on his part, I hope they take a decent chunk of his salary for it. I've got a lot of repsect for his physical talent, but that's something I've noticed from him is that he takes a lot of cheap shots. Schwartz seems to be encouraging it, too, as I saw a lot of other Lions defensive players doing things like diving onto piles and at a grounded player long after the whistle, makes me lose a lot of respect for him. Coaches should be chewing players out when they pull dirty crap like that, especially when it's so blatent, and not encoraging it.

I wouldn't exactly call it incidental. Maybe he wasn't intending for it to be a cheap shot, but that's a problem if the way he plays naturally results in cheap shots like that, if so he needs a bit more discipline. Didn't hear about Schwartz calling him out, glad to hear it. I only mentioned Schwartz because he had gotten behind his players last season after they did some blatantly unecessary things. As for chewing him out, it's a matter of principle. Being tough is one thing, I happen to like roughneck football, but when a QB goes to the ground without a helmet after the play is blown dead, that's another thing. There's roughneck and then there's dirty, and lately I've seen too many coaches either let dirty stuff go or even encourage it slightly, and I just think it's something that no coach should be soft on because if it was their QB they'd be angry as hell.

[QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"][QUOTE="ps3_owns_360Wii"]

He out for the Houston game.

jiggaloj

I want to see what Kyle Wilson and Jamaal Westerman can bring to the table, as well as Ellis and Wilkerson.

the eagles play every game on thursday, not sure why :P

Lets see what Clausen got, let Newton hold the clipboard for a year.

Master_Live

And my fellow Packer fans want to trade Flynn. :P

Link

+1 respect to Bears.

Link

+1 respect to Bears.

Chutebox

Yeah, new coverage rules suck, might as well just put the ball at the 20 and skip the kickoff altogether. Funny thing, though, one of our coverage guys got injured on the first kickoff of the game, though I don't think it had anything to do with the kickoff being done from the 30.

Mane, I was getting excited for Football and still am, but then I turn on FOX and Joe Buck shows up, knocking my excitment level downa few inches.

Ha, love watching this Eagle D get scored on two consecutive drives!

Mane, I was getting excited for Football and still am, but then I turn on FOX and Joe Buck shows up, knocking my excitment level downa few inches.

Boston_Boyy

the eagles look awful tonight :(

Love it!

Vick is awesome!

I know it's only preseason but damn, the Eagles looked terrible tonight. That o-line needs help.