NFL Thread

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:16 am

Redskins sign Haynesworth to record $100M contract

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... giant.html

Jason Taylor is "one and done" in Washington

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=120&f=1952&t=4017223

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:26 am

this schedule will be on a championship tshirt next year:

Regular Season Schedule/Results
WK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV TICKETS LOCATION
1 Sun, Sep 13 Jacksonville 1:00 PM Tickets
2 Mon, Sep 21 @ Miami 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets
3 Sun, Sep 27 @ Arizona 8:20 PM Tickets
4 Sun, Oct 4 Seattle 1:00 PM Tickets
5 Sun, Oct 11 @ Tennessee 8:20 PM Tickets
6 BYE WEEK
7 Sun, Oct 25 @ St. Louis 1:00 PM Tickets
8 Sun, Nov 1 San Francisco 1:00 PM Tickets
9 Sun, Nov 8 Houston 1:00 PM Tickets
10 Sun, Nov 15 New England 8:20 PM Tickets
11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Baltimore 1:00 PM Tickets
12 Sun, Nov 29 @ Houston 1:00 PM Tickets
13 Sun, Dec 6 Tennessee 1:00 PM Tickets
14 Sun, Dec 13 Denver 1:00 PM Tickets
15 Thu, Dec 17 @ Jacksonville 8:20 PM Tickets
16 Sun, Dec 27 NY Jets 4:15 PM Tickets
17 Sun, Jan 3 @ Buffalo

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:36 am

Soup4Rush wrote:this schedule will be on a championship tshirt next year:

Regular Season Schedule/Results
WK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV TICKETS LOCATION
1 Sun, Sep 13 Jacksonville 1:00 PM Tickets
2 Mon, Sep 21 @ Miami 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets
3 Sun, Sep 27 @ Arizona 8:20 PM Tickets
4 Sun, Oct 4 Seattle 1:00 PM Tickets
5 Sun, Oct 11 @ Tennessee 8:20 PM Tickets
6 BYE WEEK
7 Sun, Oct 25 @ St. Louis 1:00 PM Tickets
8 Sun, Nov 1 San Francisco 1:00 PM Tickets
9 Sun, Nov 8 Houston 1:00 PM Tickets
10 Sun, Nov 15 New England 8:20 PM Tickets
11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Baltimore 1:00 PM Tickets
12 Sun, Nov 29 @ Houston 1:00 PM Tickets
13 Sun, Dec 6 Tennessee 1:00 PM Tickets
14 Sun, Dec 13 Denver 1:00 PM Tickets
15 Thu, Dec 17 @ Jacksonville 8:20 PM Tickets
16 Sun, Dec 27 NY Jets 4:15 PM Tickets
17 Sun, Jan 3 @ Buffalo

SWEET! Works for me.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:46 am

Redskins get 3 prime time TV night games this season...

All against NFC East rivals!

All home games at FedEx!

How friggin' sweet is that?

http://wtop.com/?nid=293&sid=1650066

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:17 am

And how did the Patriots end up with the toughest schedule? Aren't the Super Bowl champs supposed to get that? The Pats don't even make the playoffs and get handed that schedule?

bull-SHIT.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:40 am

^^^

This might make it a little easier for 'em, Bro:

(Sorry Zep....)

Buffalo Bills' Suspensions Have Patriots' 2009 Opener
Already Looking Easier

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1549 ... ing-easier

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:49 am

I see what you mean by the champs' schedule Zed....

IMO Pittsburgh got a break this year too:

Week 1- vs. Titans

Week 2- @ Bears

Week 3- @ Bengals

Week 4- vs. Chargers

Week 5- @ Lions

Week 6- vs. Browns

Week 7- vs. Vikings

Week 8- Bye

Week 9- @ Broncos

Week 10- vs. Bengals

Week 11- @ Chiefs

Week 12- @ Ravens

Week 13- vs. Raiders

Week 14- @ Browns

Week 15- vs. Packers

Week 16- vs. Ravens

Week 17- @ Dolphins

I don't see anybody stopping them, but you don't know who's gonna show
up on the other teams' final rosters that weren't on it last year.

Anything can happen.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:26 am

GO CHIEFS GO!!!!!!!

1 Sep 13 KC @ BAL M&T Bank Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

2 Sep 20 OAK @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

3 Sep 27 KC @ PHI Lincoln Financial Field 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

4 Oct 04 NYG @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets FOX

5 Oct 11 DAL @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets FOX

6 Oct 18 KC @ WAS FedEx Field 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

7 Oct 25 SD @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

8 Bye
9 Nov 08 KC @ JAC Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

10 Nov 15 KC @ OAK Oakland Coliseum 4:05 PM Tickets CBS

11 Nov 22 PIT @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

12 Nov 29 KC @ SD Qualcomm Stadium 4:05 PM Tickets CBS

13 Dec 06 DEN @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

14 Dec 13 BUF @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

15 Dec 20 CLE @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

16 Dec 27 KC @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM Tickets CBS

17 Jan 03 KC @ DEN Invesco Field at Mile High 4:15 PM Tickets CBS

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:36 am

GO BILLS!!! (even if they are looking more like the Raiders every day)

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:20 am

Madden retires after 30 years in booth

John Madden Retiring From Broadcasting

John Madden, a fixture in NFL broadcast booths for 30 years, has decided
to retire, he announced Thursday in a statement released by NBC Sports.

Madden, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and former Super
Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders, has been a game analyst
and TV personality since walking away from coaching.

"It's time. I'm 73 years old. My 50th wedding anniversary is this fall,"
Madden said. "I have two great sons and their families and my five
grandchildren are at an age now when they know when I'm home and,
more importantly, when I'm not."

"It's been such a great ride," he added. The NFL has been my life for
more than 40 years, it has been my passion -- It still is. ... It's still fun
and that's what it makes it hard and that's why it took me a few months
to make a decision.

"I still love every part of it -- the travel, the practices, the game film, the
games, seeing old friends and meeting new people... but I know this is
the right time."

Cris Collinsworth will replace Madden, moving over from the network's
studio show, NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol said. Collinsworth filled in
when Madden took a game off last October.

Madden worked as lead analyst for all four networks broadcasting NFL
football games, forming tandems with Pat Summerall at CBS and Fox and
Al Michaels at ABC and NBC. He won 16 Emmy awards for outstanding
sports analyst/personality.

His last game in the booth was Pittsburgh's Super Bowl victory over
Arizona.

Michaels, who became Madden's partner on "Monday Night Football" and
moved with him to NBC for the Sunday night ga,me, said Madden will
have a unique place in pro football history.

"No one has made the sport more interesting, more relevant and more
enjoyable to watch and listen to than John," Michaels said in a
statement. "There's never been anyone like him and he's been the gold
standard for analysts for almost three decades."

He also lent his name and voice to EA Sports' popular "Madden NFL
Football" video game, which is the top-selling sports video game of all
time.

Madden led the Raiders to an overall record of 103-32-7, seven AFC West
titles and a victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI. His .750
winning percentage remains the highest of any coach in NFL history. He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.

Madden began his pro football career as a linebacker coach at Oakland in
1967 and was named head coach two years later, at 33 the youngest
coach in what was then the American Football League.

Madden led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl victory and retired in
1979. He joined CBS later that year. He is reluctant to fly and often
traveled to games in a specially equipped bus.

He worked at CBS until 1994 when the network lost rights to broadcast
NFL games, leading him to switch to Fox. He left Fox in 2002 to become
the lead analyst for ABC's "Monday Night Football" and joined NBC in
2006 when that network took over the league's prime-time Sunday game.

"I don't know that I've ever met anyone who loves the NFL, or cares
about the NFL, more than John Madden," Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones said in a statement. "As a friend, I know that John's respect and
passion for the sport will be the two elements of his legacy that matter
the most to him. His imprint and impact on our game were powerful and
meaningful. His influence on the sport was felt by everyone -- the guys in
the equipment room, the players, the coaches, the owners, and most
importantly, the fans.

"He's going out on top -- as the best we have -- and the best we have
ever had."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:02 pm

Tony Gonzales goes to the Atlanta Falcons...................I'm crushed.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:37 am

CygnusX1 wrote:Madden retires after 30 years in booth

John Madden Retiring From Broadcasting

(and Frank Caliendo is in tears)

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:35 am

YYZ30 wrote: (and Frank Caliendo is in tears)

That's because Caliendo knows that HE has to carry the load now. hahaha

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:00 pm

GO BILLS!!!

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:56 pm

Brett Favre is the new Quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings!!!!!

OMG, this is HELL-Larry-Us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!