The Linc - Eagles Fans, We're Not So Bad!
by JasonB on Aug 25, 2011 9:00 AM EDT
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$20,000
for a hit that was legitimate. Still smh on that one. How else was he supposed to make that play?
Semper Fi Do or Die
Thanks a lot Nnamdi for wasting a whole day of productivity at work and stressing me out. Now we get to destroy you twice a year and I'll call us even.
"LOL. U lost by not reading the link. KA-POW" - football mensa / clarifying to me how to maturely win a debate
Huh?
How Else could he have made that play? Easy lowered his shoulder pad height to the guys waist to chest and wrapped up. OR he could have broke on the ball sooner and gone for the pick. You will never convince me that in a situation where a player has 20+yds of a run up to make a hit that he could not have gone low around the waist and wrapped the player up. This was not a case where it was a saftey coming from the hash to hit a TE running up the seam. That is a bang bang play and I can see how it would be hard to lower the pad level that quick.
I loved
the hit and the play. The guy layed his shoulder into Jones’ shoulder.
The head hitting was accidental. The fine is spot on….that’s not what I am saying. I am saying I like my safeties to lay people out. Next time just get a little lower and tuck his head so it doesn’t whip and hit the WR in the chin. Great timing, great play.
Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.
Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.
Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.
by MightyJoeBanner on Aug 25, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Completely agree
Players can still lay BIG HITS on guys and use proper tackling technique. The truth is proper tackling is hard. It requires discipline and wreckless abandonment. You have to fly to the guy and drive through him, but at the same time think about where you are going to hit him. Its hard but these guys are PROFESSIONLS!
He was going for the pick...
You honestly think if he could have gotten to the ball he would’ve opted to hit instead? That tackle was a textbook clean hit. He hit him as hard as he could legally. This is still football, and if you’ve ever played when you start taking a little off that is when real injuries happen. Bad form and half way doing something will get you hurt on a football feild. I’m not argueing the flag, it was bang bang I’ll give’em that, but the fine after watching it? You clearly see he hits his head on the ground and that is what really gets him rocked.
Semper Fi Do or Die
Thanks a lot Nnamdi for wasting a whole day of productivity at work and stressing me out. Now we get to destroy you twice a year and I'll call us even.
"LOL. U lost by not reading the link. KA-POW" - football mensa / clarifying to me how to maturely win a debate
by Jeremiah_24 on Aug 25, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Well the hit wasn’t legal under the new rules. That’s a fact. We can debate whether it should be legal, but it wasn’t…
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by JasonB on Aug 25, 2011 12:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Right you are Sir.
On the defenseless reciever portion being against the rules I stand corrected. I was more angry at the fact people (not saying here) made it out like he was head hunting and went helmet to helmet with the guy.
Semper Fi Do or Die
Thanks a lot Nnamdi for wasting a whole day of productivity at work and stressing me out. Now we get to destroy you twice a year and I'll call us even.
"LOL. U lost by not reading the link. KA-POW" - football mensa / clarifying to me how to maturely win a debate
It was not a textbook hit at all
That is my whole point. Nothing about that hit was textbook in what a proper tackle is supposed to be. A proper tackle is when you go cheek to cheek and wrap up. Cheek to cheek means you put your cheek on his ass cheek, drive through and wrap. If you really want to argue this you have never played a contact sport in your life or had coaches who are retarded. Out of the 7 years I played football and the 10+ i have played rugby, never have I been taught to leave my feet or aim high to make a tackle.
Also if you consider that to be a boom boom play…what do you call the 20yd runner he took before contact was made?
You are completely missing my point.
He was going for the ball, as soon as he realized he wasn’t going to get there he turned and lowered his shoulder NOT for the tackle but to seperate the receiver from the ball. As JasonB already pointed out defenseless receiver blah blah so he gets fined, but he didn’t launch and he didn’t go helmet to helmet so it is what it is.
Semper Fi Do or Die
Thanks a lot Nnamdi for wasting a whole day of productivity at work and stressing me out. Now we get to destroy you twice a year and I'll call us even.
"LOL. U lost by not reading the link. KA-POW" - football mensa / clarifying to me how to maturely win a debate
I'm starting to feel like the best way to avoid concussions
Is to get rid of the helmets. You ever see anybody go head to head in a sport without one? I have… And I’ll tell you you’ll never see them do it again afterwards. You’ll get your shit out of the way and QUICK
by HankM on Aug 25, 2011 11:04 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
I agree, I really would love to see the concussion rate of Pro rugby vs the NFL. Rugby forces proper tackling technique by both the rules and physics of it. You aim for the soft spots in rugby because planting your head into someones head, knee, or shoulder hurts like a bitch. I played both rugby and football and can say without a doubt playing rugby makes you a better tackler.
Welcome to the pussification of America
by andlee87 on Aug 25, 2011 9:29 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I think its cool that OchoCinco offered to pay that rookie saftey’s fine after he got cleaned
by TimmyGee on Aug 25, 2011 9:42 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
very generous of him...
the fines should be commensurate to the salary of the player. $20K is a LOT of money for a rookie just trying to make the team.
by thePurpleLion on Aug 25, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
how can ya not like the guy?
mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-25/ochocinco-offers-to-pay-20-000-nfl-fine-handed-to-rookie-for-hit-on-him.html
by TimmyGee on Aug 25, 2011 9:44 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Chad Johnson is a publicity whore dbag.
He used to be a good WR, but now he’s just a slow publicity whore dbag.
Oh boy, is this great!
by MayIhave10,000marblesplease? on Aug 25, 2011 9:51 AM EDT reply actions
How is he a douchebag do explain.
Chad is still a good receiver. Damn sure he’s gonna have a good season in NE
"I love my Ducks (wait 'til you see my O)"
He is a publicity whore dbag.
He’s mainly a dbag because he is a publicity whore.
But his publicity whoring goes beyond the typical media attention loving a-holes that are strewn about the league. His dbaggery is excessively excessive.
Oh boy, is this great!
by MayIhave10,000marblesplease? on Aug 25, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you just like saying dbag and publicity whore.
Yes, he is always looking for the limelight, why do you think he changed his last name to be a number! But he is not by far the only one… hell, then Joe Nameth is a dbag publicity whore too… and Ray Lewis, and Djax, and Rex Ryan, and Michael Irvin, and TO (well he is a bit of dbag, in regards to the number of children he has and now has to pay support for), etc …
Bottom line, Ocho is a very talented player and I think he will show his skills this year with a star QB throwing to him.
by thePurpleLion on Aug 25, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s not the only one, but he is the most excessively excessive one. TO is the only one on your list who can rival 85’s dbaggery. Maybe Namath back in his day. Ray Lewis, Rex, and Djax, Irvin? Not even close. The most comparable example of publicity whore dbagism would be Deion Sanders. But Deion was talented, whereas Chad Johnson is not. He used to be good, but never on the level of any of the other guys mentioned.
Oh boy, is this great!
by MayIhave10,000marblesplease? on Aug 25, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
You must be kidding ...
You cant watch an hour of the NFLN without seeing Ray Lewis jumping around flapping his arms for the cameras and screaming at teammates. Rex Ryans proclamations of winning are lightning rods for the media. His pure lack of humility that most coaches show just fuels his ego as he publicly challenges other players and coaches. DJax incessantly pounding his chest in his ME ME ME attitude (eg. when he returned the final punt in the Meadowlands and his teammates flocked to him to celebrate, he instead runs away from them seeking out the cameras and puts his face in the limelight! Michael Irvin … even still on NFLN, you cant watch an interview with him where he does not rant and rave about something. T.O. … nuff said about his ego, but he is kind of a dbag though (reference to how many children he has brought into the world that he will never be a father to).
All of these people have inflated egos, probably inherited from their inflated paychecks. All of these people talented in their own rights. Chad will finally have a decent o-line, qb, and other receivers to take the spotlight from him. He will shine this year, watch.
by thePurpleLion on Aug 25, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
What? I seem to remember him jumping into a group of teammates to celebrate
when he returned the final punt in the Meadowlands and his teammates flocked to him to celebrate, he instead runs away from them seeking out the cameras and puts his face in the limelight!
by flyeaglesfly1020 on Aug 25, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Bottom line is there’s a bunch of dudes in the NFL (and sports in general) who wouldn’t make it in any other profession due to their piss poor attitude and general not-giving-a-shit about the law/morals.
It’s the chicken and the egg. Would these guys act like complete asshole douchers if they weren’t in professional sports? Or does being in a sport make these people act like retards?
The Jruth shall be told.
people
either love him or hate him. I love him. He is an entertainer through and through.
Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.
Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.
Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.
by MightyJoeBanner on Aug 25, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
he isnt an asshole he just is a little on the ridiculous side. Which is great I mean at least he lets loose and isnt trying to be picture perfect athlete thats who is why change him
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"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived.--"Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness
Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.
-Glen Cook The Black Company
I stopped liking Chad JOHNSON after he changed his name. I started hating Chad JOHNSON after he said he would change his name back if Revis shut him down, subsequently got shut down by Revis, and then didn’t change his name back. He’s a clown – the HOF jacket thing was just disrespectful to everyone who’s already in the Hall.
The Jruth shall be told.
Why does the name change bother you so much?
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"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived.--"Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness
Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.
-Glen Cook The Black Company
I don’t know, I didn’t particularly like it to begin with. Plus it’s not even eighty-five in Spanish. It’s literal translation is eight five. Ochenta y cinco is eighty-five.
He’s a clown. I’m glad he’s on the Patriots now just so he won’t be as much of a clown. Similarly I also hate Brian Wilson. I don’t find either of them entertaining or funny in the least.
The Jruth shall be told.
Hmmm I think it may be a personality thing
Cause If i had money like that I would be actign a fool. Thats prolly why it doesnt bother me
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"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived.--"Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness
Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.
-Glen Cook The Black Company
Brian Wilson
is a good musician who made happy music. Why hate him?
Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.
Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.
Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.
by MightyJoeBanner on Aug 25, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the entertainment
I actually liked him more after following him more outside of life (on FB).
He pokes fun at himself alot and is constantly keeping active in life. Could be riding bulls or just going to different events and taking pictures with random people he meets up with.
He makes the most out of everything and always tries to have a good time. He says he avoids drinking and stays out of real trouble (so far). He definitely isn’t the worst mentor but one of the better entertainers.
screw you and your logic -definitely not me
In all seriousness, when was the last time that something legitimately bad and newsworthy happened at the linc as a result of Eagles fans?
"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins
Nnamdi, Asante, DRC; The Three Graces...charm, beauty, and creativity.
Just pooped into my head…the snowball fights when we played the niners. But that’s barely newsworthy.
"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins
Nnamdi, Asante, DRC; The Three Graces...charm, beauty, and creativity.
I hate it when that happens to me.
Oh boy, is this great!
by MayIhave10,000marblesplease? on Aug 25, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Pooped? Lol
If you dont like Big Red, then F#%@ You!
-Ricky Bobby
by GreenInBaltimore on Aug 25, 2011 9:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Damnit.
Justpoopedpopped into my head…the snowball fights when we played the niners. But that’s barely newsworthy.
"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins
Nnamdi, Asante, DRC; The Three Graces...charm, beauty, and creativity.
actually
kid got stomped to death 2 years ago at the phillies game.
Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.
Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.
Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.
by MightyJoeBanner on Aug 25, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and two visiting fans from St. Louis got killed a year or two prior by a drunk driver, but these were both at Phillies games. and neither were fan vs. opposing fan arguments that boiled over. I can’t remember the last Eagles incident, besides throwing snowballs, every fan base has morons at the game, we just get the spotlight.
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Aug 25, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
and the Philles had the kid tazed, and also the “vomitter”
If you dont like Big Red, then F#%@ You!
-Ricky Bobby
by GreenInBaltimore on Aug 25, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
You're are 100% right
we need to step our game up. This is filthadelphia.
Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.
Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.
Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.
by MightyJoeBanner on Aug 25, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Nothing really at the Linc or with Eagles fans. But wasn’t a guy beaten to death outside of McFaddens during a phillies game a few years ago?
Ironically enough, the worst thing to happen to a philharmonic fan recently was the young kid who was the victim of a hit and run in San Francisco.
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by JasonB on Aug 25, 2011 12:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The original was more colorful.
Oh boy, is this great!
by MayIhave10,000marblesplease? on Aug 25, 2011 10:05 AM EDT reply actions
Kafka should be number 2 he’s outplayed Young all preseason long. It’s been such a short offseason that it may take a few weeks into the season for Young to get where he needs to be.
by ryanitus on Aug 25, 2011 10:26 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
I dont really agree with the article
that the shootings make the Raiders bad fans. I don’t know the details, but I find it hard to believe that whoever shot the guy shot him just because he was a 49’ers fan. I’d guess they got into a fight over something (like happens often at games), and that unfortunatly elevated into gun violence. To me, this is different than if the guy was walking out of the stadium, saw a 49ers fan, and shot at him because of wasn’t a raiders fan. I don’t know if I’m explaining myself that well, all I’m trying to say is it sounded more like there was a fight that led to some extreme violence, so i can’t say that raiders fans in general are really bad because they go around shooting people because they’re 49ers fans.
by flyeaglesfly1020 on Aug 25, 2011 10:31 AM EDT reply actions
Fair enough, but
What kind of bleeding asshole goes to a football game strapped in the first place?
by Tracer Bullet on Aug 25, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea thats true
there are some crazy people out there
by flyeaglesfly1020 on Aug 25, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
It was gang related I'm pretty sure
I live in the frisco area and it’s been all over the news. A buddy of mine went to a raiders game w/ a chargers jersey on and got beat up while taking a piss…I told him not to go haha
*On a scale of 1-10 how full of shit is sal pal?
Sweet dick it's magic!!!
by IhateESPN on Aug 25, 2011 10:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah…I agree. My wife and I don’t go to as many Phillies games as we did when we lived in NJ (2-3 a year now down from 15-20 when they were in the last years at the Vet), but it seems like a Phillies-Mets game these days has as many fights as any Eagles game.
That said, the incidient with the 9ers fan reminds me of when the guy got killed outside CBP a few years ago. It seemed like there was some kind of incident in McFaddens, which had nothing to do with sports fandom other than that it took place at the sports bar in the stadium, which led to violence in the parking lot…so of course it had to be Philly fan violence.
Yes that was the incident I thought of too.
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by JasonB on Aug 25, 2011 12:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
its called gang violence
Reporter: "Randall, why do you think you can fly?"
Randall: "Because I'm an Eagle." HA
raider fans are terrible
I live in the SF bay area and they really are some of the worst fans. Eagles fans are tough to please and criticize alot, but at least they talk football and make points. Not just rallying the flag and trying to start a war.
Raiders fans take pride in knowing that they are rowdy and angry fans. It is one thing to heckle other fans, but they take it too far (at the stadium or not). I have seen guys in grocery stores (well outside of Oakland) harassing other teams players looking for a fight. I even know a guy (who many people respect for his time with the church) that gets heated over the Raiders. In general, I avoid Raiders fans for blind passion and those stereotypes that are based on reality.
screw you and your logic -definitely not me
I like Ocho
Dbag, publicity whore, whatever. I think he’s extremely funny, he’s an avid video gamer, he gives back to the community, he gives back to the fans, he is genuinely a good guy in a league full of people like Ray Lewis and James Harrison.
I take the "the" out of psychotherapist
by 1220369299 on Aug 25, 2011 10:57 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Ray Lewis gives back a ton. He apparently walks through some of the worst streets of baltimore, at night, and alone, just to talk to some of the young kids out on the street about why they’re out.
I know his past isnt squeaky clean, but the guys does give back to Baltimore an absolute ton…
If you dont like Big Red, then F#%@ You!
-Ricky Bobby
by GreenInBaltimore on Aug 25, 2011 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
And its not like he’s getting into trouble off the field. This is what I say in defense of DeSean Jackson all the time. Being a hotdog doesn’t make you a bad guy.
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by JasonB on Aug 25, 2011 12:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I know I am a effed up individual
but its to the point that I feel like a shitty fan because i have not been shot when i went to a game…I live in Alaska, I have been jailed and hospitalized for fighting with Cowboys and Giants fans at bars…I have had the ever-living shit kicked out of me for wearing my Vick jersey…i proceeded to wear it with my blood stains the following week…just to antagonize people…and the San Francisco fans(Giants and 49ers) have made me feel like i don’t do enough to be a good fan! WTF!?
Well, we get to play the 49ers this year, you can earn your wings then!
by thePurpleLion on Aug 25, 2011 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
AND its at the Linc, show them what being a dedicated fan is all about!
by thePurpleLion on Aug 25, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
fly FROM Alaska to Philly just to get SHOT!
sadly…i would be OK with this(family and friends…not so much..w/e)…but i am willing to take a bullet…or death…if its going to get me my 15mins and show how dedicated i really am…
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