NFL Football

[O Really]

That's a horrible disease. If you get it, going quickly is a good thing.

[GoCubsGo]

That's a horrible disease. If you get it, going quickly is a good thing.

Sadly it's not always quick. Jonathan Penner's (from Survivor) wife had it and it was fairly long and brutal. Remember Yul on Winner's at War dedicated his game and winnings to her.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Title

[Vrede too]

A reminder of how brutal football really is....

I did not know that there is a connection, ALS: Cause.

[GoCubsGo]

A reminder of how brutal football really is....

I did not know that there is a connection, ALS: Cause.

ALS, CTE and concussion related dementia. Gale Sayers just died with severe dementia and was not mentioned. You at the list of former players suing the league for head trauma. It's huge.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... phalopathy

[Vrede too]

ALS, CTE and concussion related dementia. Gale Sayers just died with severe dementia and was not mentioned. You at the list of former players suing the league for head trauma. It's huge.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... phalopathy

Speaking of brain injury, 50K fans are expected for tonight's draft. Even without the pandemic, why?

[GoCubsGo]

ALS, CTE and concussion related dementia. Gale Sayers just died with severe dementia and was not mentioned. You at the list of former players suing the league for head trauma. It's huge.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... phalopathy

Speaking of brain injury, 50K fans are expected for tonight's draft. Even without the pandemic, why?

Beer?

[Vrede too]

Nah, Dalton was really their first choice. :laughing-rofl:

After Brett Favre turned them down.

Trump supporter, we don't want him....

And worse:

Brett Favre's bleating about politics in sports is rank with privilege, ignorance and hypocrisy

Asshat has had too many blows to the head.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy this.

Didn't want you to miss this tonight:

Top 10
Brett Favre Games
Season 2011, Episode 5
12:00 AM ET ON NFLNET • Stereo • CC

Countdown of the most memorable moments in Brett Favre's legendary career.

Do you think a post-McMahon Chicago QB will ever get a Top 10 show? I'll bet that Aaron Rodgers does.

[GoCubsGo]

After Brett Favre turned them down.

Trump supporter, we don't want him....

And worse:

Brett Favre's bleating about politics in sports is rank with privilege, ignorance and hypocrisy

Asshat has had too many blows to the head.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy this.

Didn't want you to miss this tonight:

Top 10
Brett Favre Games
Season 2011, Episode 5
12:00 AM ET ON NFLNET • Stereo • CC

Countdown of the most memorable moments in Brett Favre's legendary career.

Do you think a post-McMahon Chicago QB will ever get a Top 10 show? I'll bet that Aaron Rodgers does.

Hope they show his all time record number of interceptions.

[Vrede too]

Hope they show his all time record number of interceptions.

Favre or Rodgers?

[GoCubsGo]

Hope they show his all time record number of interceptions.

Favre or Rodgers?

Not even close.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com

Leaders
+ indicates Hall of Famer Share & Export

Rank Player Int Years Tm
1 Brett Favre+ 336 1991-2010 4TM
2 George Blanda+ 277 1949-1975 4TM
3 John Hadl 268 1962-1977 4TM
4 Vinny Testaverde 267 1987-2007 7TM
5 Fran Tarkenton+ 266 1961-1978 2TM
6 Norm Snead 257 1961-1976 5TM
7 Johnny Unitas+ 253 1956-1973 2TM
8 Dan Marino+ 252 1983-1999 mia
9 Peyton Manning+ 251 1998-2015 2TM
10 Y.A. Tittle+ 248 1948-1964 3TM
11 Jim Hart 247 1966-1984 2TM
12 Eli Manning 244 2004-2019 nyg
13 Drew Brees 243 2001-2020 2TM
Bobby Layne+ 243 1948-1962 4TM
15 Dan Fouts+ 242 1973-1987 sdg
16 Warren Moon+ 233 1984-2000 4TM
17 John Elway+ 226 1983-1998 den
18 John Brodie 224 1957-1973 sfo
19 Ken Stabler+ 222 1970-1984 3TM
20 Joe Namath+ 220 1965-1977 2TM

[Vrede too]

Not even close.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com

Leaders
+ indicates Hall of Famer Share & Export

Rank Player Int Years Tm
1 Brett Favre+ 336 1991-2010 4TM

336 is a big number, but he's also 4th for career passing TDs with 508 after Brady, Brees and P Manning.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... career.htm
He's also got 14 rushing TDs.
https://www.nfl.com/players/brett-favre/stats/career

Fwiw, I don't really care. I just saw an opening to tease. I'm not even watching the show that started 15 min ago.

[GoCubsGo]

[Vrede too]

He's also got 14 rushing TDs.
https://www.nfl.com/players/brett-favre/stats/career

Favre's also the career leader (all players) for fumbles with 166. Opps.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... career.htm

That's 522 TDs, 502 TOs.

[O Really]

If Da Bears moved to Arlington Heights, they wouldn't be the first team to be outside their nominal city. We've got/had the Landover Redskins, the New Jersey Giants, the Arlington Cowboys, the Inglewood Chargers and Rams (formerly the Anaheim Rams), the Miami Gardens Dolphins, etc. But none of them played in the truly legendary Soldier Field. Somebody ought to do something. T'ain't right.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/17/ ... ts-suburbs

[Vrede too]

If Da Bears moved to Arlington Heights, they wouldn't be the first team to be outside their nominal city. We've got/had the Landover Redskins, the New Jersey Giants, the Arlington Cowboys, the Inglewood Chargers and Rams (formerly the Anaheim Rams), the Miami Gardens Dolphins, etc. But none of them played in the truly legendary Soldier Field. Somebody ought to do something. T'ain't right.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/17/ ... ts-suburbs

Is any other team playing in a 97-year-old building?

Fans deserve to watch Andy Dalton play in a state-of-the-art facility, right GoCubsGo?

[GoCubsGo]

If Da Bears moved to Arlington Heights, they wouldn't be the first team to be outside their nominal city. We've got/had the Landover Redskins, the New Jersey Giants, the Arlington Cowboys, the Inglewood Chargers and Rams (formerly the Anaheim Rams), the Miami Gardens Dolphins, etc. But none of them played in the truly legendary Soldier Field. Somebody ought to do something. T'ain't right.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/17/ ... ts-suburbs

Is any other team playing in a 97-year-old building?

Fans deserve to watch Andy Dalton play in a state-of-the-art facility, right GoCubsGo?

I've always been a traditionalist on this kind of stuff and Soldier Field makes for a beautiful arieal shot on national tv but I think I may be waffling. Soldier Field isn't a 97 year old facility, they dropped a spaceship in the old colonnades in 2002 and to be honest it looks silly from the outside. It's a cool design and facility but the place has problems. It's the smallest stadium in the NFL and access is miserable. There's no real public transportation, no parking and what parking there is is not close and mostly underground making for a no tailgate experience and hours to get out of there as a good majority of fans come from the burbs for the unaffordable NFL experience.

That said, Arlington Heights is actually a pretty good campus with good access but not centrally located for fans south of the city. There's so many hurdles (huge $$$$ the Mccaskey's don't have) I don't think it's gonna happen, a bid is not a contract and certainly not a purchase. The whole thing is probably a leverage ploy to renegotiate the lease and improve a stadium that is already antiquated by NFL standards.

Also, Da Bears have only been playing in Soldier Field since the 70's. Most of their history is actually in Wrigley.

[Vrede too]

I've always been a traditionalist on this kind of stuff and Soldier Field makes for a beautiful areal shot on national tv but I think I may be waffling. Soldier Field isn't a 97 year old facility, they dropped a spaceship in the old colonnades in 2002 and to be honest it looks silly from the outside. It's a cool design and facility but the place has problems....

Shows how much I know. I took "97-year-old building" straight from the Chicago Sun-Times article. What is the pic of and what is your ideal solution . . . including QB.

[GoCubsGo]

Shows how much I know. I took "97-year-old building" straight from the Chicago Sun-Times article. What is the pic of and what is your ideal solution . . . including QB.

That's "historic " Soldier Field. Better overview here.
https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.googl ... cPi3E4tUwA

It's a gorgeous setting. I rode the lakefront last weekend, there's 15 miles of trails up and down (as an aside, with the legalization of weed, the whole damn lakefront smelled like a giant skunk). I'm okay with an Arlington Heights dome. As O Really pointed out most NFL stadiums aren't located in the city proper these days anyways. On the very off chance if I were to go to a game it would be convenient for me and I've sat outside in "Bear Weather" (myth) and had my beer freeze solid.

No thanks, I'll take a dome.

Besides, let's face it, the NFL is a TV sport anyways, best watched on the flat screen at home.

Justin Fields may be the real deal, he'll be starting by mid season. Being a Bear fan we have a hard time recognizing what a real quarterback is but that's the talk.

Then, we'll find a way to screw him up, I'm pretty confident about that.

[O Really]

Yeah, well, "since the 70's" is still a long time.
Anyway, when the Packers move out of Lambeau for some additional bells and whistles and a few more parking spaces in Appleton, I'll give up on there being any semblance of tradition at all.

[GoCubsGo]

Yeah, well, "since the 70's" is still a long time.
Anyway, when the Packers move out of Lambeau for some additional bells and whistles and a few more parking spaces in Appleton, I'll give up on there being any semblance of tradition at all.

With the exceptions of Lambeau, Wrigley and Fenway (all have been remodeled/upgrades) I can't think of another historic type of professional stadium still in use. When they tear down the house that Ruth built nothing's sacred.

Kansas City?
Oakland Coliseum?