Brandon Graham And Aaron Rodgers Engage In A Bit of Smack Talk...Sort Of
by Bob_Q on Sep 8, 2010 5:46 PM EDT
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PrintFor those of you who follow Brandon Graham's Twitter account @BGraham54, you may have noticed his tweet from Monday afternoon:
its time to get ready for them Green Boys this week! I cant wait to whisper something in Aaron Rodgers ear.....SACK!!!!!!
When reporters told Rodgers of the rookie's taunt earlier today, Rogers was quick to respond:
Is he? I enjoy the banter back and forth. Always have. I enjoy going to a hostile environment. It just adds energy and electricity to the game. And Brandon's a really good player. He's going to be a really good player for a long time. I'm hopeful we'll be able to keep him off me and out of my ear.
As always, it's great to see the team fired up for the first week of the regular season. Graham seems to have a high level of confidence (and rightfully so) after stealing the starting defensive end position away from Juqua Parker during the preseason. Here's hoping that he converts that enthusiasm into defensive production, as the Eagles will need to bring everything they have against a Packers offense that finished third in the league in scoring last year (28.8 points per game). A few sacks and maybe a fumble recovery for a TD by Graham would be great. Please? I'm playing PHI defense in my fantasy league this week.
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I don't like smack
From a rookie who hasn’t done anything in the NFL yet. But since he’s our guy, I’ll take a wait and see stance and hope he backs it up.
It's "Kolb"ering time!
+1
KOLB is a natural born leader - something the Eagles haven't had on offense in a long long time. Prediction, we win a SB in the next 3 years.
I follow Brandon Graham on twitter
and when I saw that “tweet” I got super pumped up for the season and I actually laughed out loud. But, then I realized, oh, crap, he better not jinx us!
My quarterback hunts wild hogs and kills rattlesnakes in his free time...What does your quarterback do?
I like it
He’s just getting pumped about his own personal performance. He’s not calling out a specific player’s abilities (or lack thereof).
I’m excited to see what he’s made of in an actual NFL game. Just have to keep it a bit on the tempered side…he’s still a rookie.
Side Note: The dude is a beast in madden. I’ve got 15 sacks in week 8 playing on all-madden. That includes 2 teams being manned by my roommates in our fantasy franchise mode.
Thats what CNCITINFO said
now i have to believe it!
by Desean Da Man on Sep 8, 2010 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s only one rule of smack talk…back it up. I like the confidence. Now he’s gotta talk with his hands and feet.
Maclin getting in on it too:
jmac_18
tweets about fantasy ball are taking over my mentions..hope none of your starting QBs are aaron rodgers & are betting against our D smh haha
Sadly, my starting quaterback this week is Aaron Rodgers, and my oppents defense is Philly.
Oops
In Kolb we trust...
mine too. so i will be screaming for the eagles to take his head off and secretly checking my phone to see his points
Rec'd em? Damn near killed em!
by 700 Level on Sep 8, 2010 9:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Real life > fantasy
But I try not to own too many Eagles just in case the real ones lose, I have fantasy to fall back on.
Secretary of State for BGN aka "Most diplomatic man on this site," as appointed by Talon Talent
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
I completely disagree
I load up on Eagles. Screw that “well, at least I won my Fantasy game.”
If I’m going down, I wanna go down hard. If I win, I wanna win big.
"Who's been eatin' hummus?"
love the confidence
I think all rookie DE and OLB dreams of flattening a good qb in their first game. Its healthy, and me love some swagger. Besides being a bullshit madden stat, it does solidy and fire up a team.
I do expect 2 sacks, one from each end. Their tackles are slow, and inside its all inexperienced. This is a dangerous combination.
I think our defense will do well overall. I’m happy to have them earlier in the season tbh, before that line gels more.
2010-11 Predictions:
Kevin Kolb will go to the probowl and complete >65% of passes.
Jeremy Maclyn will have more receptions than Miles Austin & Steve Smith
Graham will have the starting LDE spot tied up by week 5, win ROTY, and have >10 Sacks
11-5 finish.
by corn on the kolb on Sep 8, 2010 7:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
He is going up against another Rookie in Bulaga
im pretty sure that is their starting RT
by Desean Da Man on Sep 8, 2010 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Graham’s college highlight tapes show him dominating Bulaga on a couple snaps, of course they are highlights but at least we know he’s capable
They said he destroyed him last year in the senior bowl
"I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care. "
by midnitegreen on Sep 9, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
RODGERS, not Rogers...
Other than that… good read.
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 8, 2010 7:45 PM EDT reply actions
Haha exactly my thoughts
I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.
by alcatraz0109 on Sep 8, 2010 7:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I took Akers
since we seem incapable of getting it in the endzone consistently. We seem to kick an awful lot of field goals though. Lets go Akersssss
Say what Rodgers?
Look Graham has shown some nice promise but as Winston Wolf would say “Well, let’s not start sucking each other’s d!cks quite yet”
Didn’t Graham beat Bulaga a bunch of times at the Senior Bowl? Maybe he knows his moves/tendencies or maybe Graham is just better!
Bulaga isn’t starting. He is warming the bench. Mark Tauscher will start. He’s a veteran RT and Brandon will find out that veteran tackles in the NFL are very smart and wiley. I don’t expect much from him at all this game. Maybe a hurrie or two. I just hope he holds the edge in the running game. He does that and i will be happy.
Mild smack talk at best.
More class than regular smack talk. Rodgers seemed to have a lot of class about it. Brandon a little less, but it wasn’t so bad. And it would be nice to see Graham get his first sack on Sunday. Will he be embarrased if he doesn’t now that he did the smackey-doodle thingie?
At least neither of them said, “Better get your popcorn.”
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