OT: 2017 American Football Thread

[Emperoreddy]

Love if fans don’t show up or sit on their hands in silence rest of the way.

 

[Wingman77]

Eli going down to JAX has been floated around for a good amount this season. Between fitting the need and the obvious Coughlin connection, you wouldn't see many Giants fans upset with it. Would be ironic too because they are among the most important figures in Giants history whose endings here were so poorly handled (assuming Eli does wind up being done here after the season of course).

 

[devilsblood]

Because it is for some reason tradition to not fire the coach midseason here.

A tradition that should be broken since he is now doing even more damage to the reputation of the team.

I was against the idea of firing McAdoo midseason, it's not typically done because football is a tough sport for a coach to step in midseason.

But after this disgrace it's clear that McAdoo should be gone and Spag's should be coach for the rest of the year.

Canning a Giant legend while keeping McAdoo in place will go down as one of the worst moves in franchise history.

 

[thethinglonger]

You know your moral compass is f***ed when you show more respect to Josh Brown, by knowingly trying to sweep his domestic violence under the rug, than to Manning by not even showing up the day they bench him

 

[BenedictGomez]

I disagree with this Manning thing as I mentioned before, but holy crap is this story ever jumping-the-shark in the outsized reaction to it in the media. It was unavoidable everywhere you turned today.

Maybe they just want to bench him so he doesnt get hurt and lose his trade value for all we really know.

One thing I do know is sitting Manning isnt more important than curing cancer or North Korea being able to nuke Chicago. Good grief.

 

[Emperoreddy]

He has no trade value. He is owed a $3 million signing bonus and has a full no trade.

They said it was to evaluate the other tow QBs, but that is crap too. Everyone knows what Geno is, the other kid isn’t even ready to play yet. Plus the Giants are already saying they are drafting a QB so you already know their opinions on these two QBs.

Running them out there to get slaughtered isn’t going to tell you anything anymore then practice.

This is simply a desperate McAdoo and Reese trying to save their jobs by scapegoating Eli.

On a team full of quitters they throw the one guy who never quit under the bus.

 

[Bleedred]

I didn't even know Geno Smith played for the Giants now, that's how little I follow football these days. I saw this pop up somewhere and Geno Smith was starting, and thought I was reading about the Jets.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Mike doesn’t want to hear how sharp Geno looks

 

[tr83]

Solar powered Jets doing it again

 

[Devils Dominion]

KC's season has melted down.
0-2 in NJ as two lousy teams.

The Geno Era has begun!

 

[Devils Dominion]

Mcadoo's hair is so slick.
His team has mailed it in and quit on him.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Eagles just got screwed on an absolutely phantom pass interference penalty deep that set up a Seahawk TD.

 

[Billdo]

So this week was win and I’m in for the playoffs in fantasy. I lost by 1. More specifically I lost by a friggin yard. Had a guy finished with 9 yards. Had he fallen forward ONE YARD more I would’ve tied and won by way of points. I HATE FANTASY FOOTBALL.

 

[Bleedred]

My friend came up with a really clever joke last week.

What do Bowles and McAdoo have in common? I guessed it on the first try. Think about their last name's. It's all in the surname.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Geno really gave them the best chance alrigbg.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

looks like I was a year too early for my Vikings love! That team looks really, really good. And thats without their starting QB and starting RB.

 

[tr83]

The coaching guillotine has claimed McAdoo. It also got the GM too.

 

[Billdo]

The coaching guillotine has claimed McAdoo. It also got the GM too.

A week too late. Mara should’ve stepped in and let Eli finish this year.

 

[BenedictGomez]

The coaching guillotine has claimed McAdoo.

I guess the key card no longer works.

 

[Saugus]

The coaching guillotine has claimed McAdoo. It also got the GM too.

About time. I don't particularly care about how Eli got treated, since we all know he was declining anyway, but both McAdoo and Reese were guilty of severe mismanagement of the team the last couple years.

 

[NJDevs26]

Now Eli is back as the starting QB less than 24 hours after ending the streak lol, what a gong show they’ve become.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

NFC playoffs are going to be fun

Eagles, Vikings, Rams, Saints, and 2 of Seattle/Atlanta/Carolina

 

[Emperoreddy]

Loll NOW they fire them. What a joke.

If you were going to do jt, why wait for them to embarrass the franchise?

 

[NJDevs26]

NFC playoffs are going to be fun

Eagles, Vikings, Rams, Saints, and 2 of Seattle/Atlanta/Carolina

And in contrast to the AFC who has 1.5 teams of any note - Pittsburgh's a .5 cause they always die against the Pats anyway.

 

[BenedictGomez]

NFC playoffs are going to be fun

Eagles, Vikings, Rams, Saints, and 2 of Seattle/Atlanta/Carolina

I fear the AFC will have an advantage over whoever survives that. Thank god for the 2 week break.