gmen81 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 45 minutes ago, Alflives said: Are those the actual NFL players? It looks like Mariota and his O-line? Yes it was Conklin, Lewan, Jones, Spain and Kline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksPatsFan Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Enjoy Blount, Philly fans. He'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 2 hours ago, NucksPatsFan said: Enjoy Blount, Philly fans. He'll be missed. Can Blount still hit it? At his age I expect him to be a short yardage inside runner and come off the field in obvious passing situations. For 1 year and cheap can't really go wrong. If he stays healthy and is less injury and fumble prone than Matthews. Ryan Matthews officially expected to be cut now once he passes his physical. Philly has a nice RB by committee now very similar to what Patriots like to use. 1. Gillislee 2. White 3. Lewis 4.Bolden 1. Blount 2. Sproles 3. Smallwood 4.Pumphrey This buys time until they can draft their RB of the future and another wr to grow with Wentz at the 2018 draft. Eagles should make playoffs if healthy. Even in the best most competitive division in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Chip Kelly said: Can Blount still hit it? At his age I expect him to be a short yardage inside runner and come off the field in obvious passing situations. For 1 year and cheap can't really go wrong. If he stays healthy and is less injury and fumble prone than Matthews. Ryan Matthews officially expected to be cut now once he passes his physical. Philly has a nice RB by committee now very similar to what Patriots like to use. 1. Gillislee 2. White 3. Lewis 4.Bolden 1. Blount 2. Sproles 3. Smallwood 4.Pumphrey This buys time until they can draft their RB of the future and another wr to grow with Wentz at the 2018 draft. Eagles should make playoffs if healthy. Even in the best most competitive division in the league. Blount still has some meat on the bone, but like you said...I would expect him to be a short yardage or goal line back. How is Philly's O-Line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) 18 minutes ago, diesel_3 said: Blount still has some meat on the bone, but like you said...I would expect him to be a short yardage or goal line back. How is Philly's O-Line? Pretty solid if healthy. I'd say top 10 in the league. With Torrey Smith and Alshon hopefully they can have keep balanced this year between pass and run and Blount added. Edit forgot Patriots added Rex Burkhead as well already. Edited May 17, 2017 by Chip Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksPatsFan Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Chip Kelly said: Can Blount still hit it? At his age I expect him to be a short yardage inside runner and come off the field in obvious passing situations. For 1 year and cheap can't really go wrong. If he stays healthy and is less injury and fumble prone than Matthews. Ryan Matthews officially expected to be cut now once he passes his physical. Philly has a nice RB by committee now very similar to what Patriots like to use. 1. Gillislee 2. White 3. Lewis 4.Bolden 1. Blount 2. Sproles 3. Smallwood 4.Pumphrey This buys time until they can draft their RB of the future and another wr to grow with Wentz at the 2018 draft. Eagles should make playoffs if healthy. Even in the best most competitive division in the league. He can still average ~4 yards per carry and the odd time break off a long run. But he'll be a great bruiser who will have the most impact in the 4th quarter when defenses are tired and don't want to deal with a big bruiser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Tom Brady's husband has to be a bit more reserved while commenting on him and the Patriots.... http://www.nbcsports.com/video/patriots-tom-brady-trouble-after-giseles-concussion-comments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 13 hours ago, SabreFan1 said: Tom Brady's husband has to be a bit more reserved while commenting on him and the Patriots.... http://www.nbcsports.com/video/patriots-tom-brady-trouble-after-giseles-concussion-comments wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 On 12/05/2017 at 7:23 AM, Madness said: NFLs last effort to stop Tom Brady... the madden curse. Quote Every Madden NFL cover athlete, from least to most cursed Cameron DaSilva @camdasilva May 12, 2017 at 10:02a ET 0 Shares <img src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2016/12/gettyimages-499222798.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Making the cover of Madden is an honor. It’s also a curse – quite literally. Since NFL stars have been gracing the front of the video game's packaging, they’ve also been hit with injuries, poor seasons and inexplicable reasons for their play declining. It happened to players like Shaun Alexander and Michael Vick, and most recently, Rob Gronkowski. While some players have been able to avoid the curse, it’s still a very real phenomenon. Patriots fans have to be hopeful that it doesn’t hit their team for a second straight season, even if New England was able to overcome Gronk’s absence to win the Super Bowl. Losing Tom Brady won’t be quite as forgiving. We’ve gone through every Madden cover to prominently feature an NFL star since 2001 and ranked them based on how much the curse impacted their subsequent season. The Denver Post, MediaNews Group Denver Post via Getty Images <img alt="Madden 13: Calvin Johnson" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2013-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 13: Calvin Johnson 16 games: 122 catches, 1,964 yards, 5 TDs (All-Pro) Johnson was seen as the “curse-buster” in 2012 when he put up historic numbers. He came just 36 yards shy of 2,000 yards receiving, which would have made him the first player in NFL history to surpass that mark. He led the league in both receptions and yards despite catching only five touchdown passes. <img alt="Madden 2001: Eddie George" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2001-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 2001: Eddie George 16 games: 403 carries, 1,509 yards, 14 TDs (first-team All-Pro) The Madden curse didn’t hit George, the first player to fly solo on the cover, until 2001, when he averaged a paltry 3.0 yards per carry. In 2000, though, the season immediately following the release of the game, he was one of the best backs in the NFL. He led the league with 403 carries, making his fourth straight Pro Bowl and first All-Pro team. <img alt="Madden 2005: Ray Lewis" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2005-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 2005: Ray Lewis 15 games: 146 tackles, 1 sack, 2 forced fumbles (first-team All-Pro) Lewis became the first defensive player to grace the cover of Madden, and boy did he deserve it. In Madden 2005, he was one of the most dominant players in the game’s history. That’s probably because he was the league’s best linebacker and continued to be exactly that on the real field in 2004. He was named a first-team All-Pro for the fifth time that season with a dominant campaign. <img alt="Madden 15: Richard Sherman" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2015-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 15: Richard Sherman 16 games: 4 INTs, 11 passes defensed, 67 tackles (All-Pro) Sherman was the game’s best cornerback in the season after he was selected to be on the cover, recording four picks despite rarely being targeted in coverage. He didn’t match the eight interceptions he had in 2013, but his coverage ability remained elite. There was no “curse” for the Seahawks corner. <img alt="Madden 16: Odell Beckham Jr." src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2016-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 16: Odell Beckham Jr. 15 games: 96 catches, 1,450 yards, 13 touchdowns (Pro Bowl) Beckham was a household name after just one season, but it was a bit surprising to see him already on the cover in 2015. The curse stayed far away from him, though, as he made his second straight Pro Bowl behind a career-high 1,450 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. <img alt="Madden 11: Drew Brees" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2011-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 11: Drew Brees 16 games: 4,620 yards, 33 TDs, 22 INTs (Pro Bowl, 11-5 record) Brees is and always has been a volume passer, and that was certainly the case in 2010. He led the league with a completion rate of 68.1 percent and threw for more than 4,600 yards. It’s not that Brees was affected by the curse, but his 22 interceptions were a career-high. <img alt="Madden 25: Adrian Peterson" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-25-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 25: Adrian Peterson 14 games: 279 carries, 1,266 yards, 10 TDs (Pro Bowl) Peterson was the secondary cover athlete to Barry Sanders, making it on the newly released Xbox One and PS4 versions in November 2013. That season, he rushed for 1,266 yards in just 14 games, racking up 10 touchdowns on the ground. He did miss two games due to groin and foot injuries. <img alt="Madden 2003: Marshall Faulk" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2003-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 2003: Marshall Faulk 14 games: 212 carries, 953 yards, 8 TDs (Pro Bowl) Faulk went into the 2002 season with five straight years of 1,000-plus rushing yards, and three straight first-team All-Pro selections. He also had an inflated bank account after signing a seven-year, $43.95 million deal. The 2003 season ended both streaks as he declined a bit, which he would continue to do for the next three years. <img alt="Madden 09: Brett Favre" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2009-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 09: Brett Favre 16 games: 3,472 yards, 22 touchdowns, 22 INTs (league-high INTs) Favre was selected to be on the cover in April 2008, but he would both retire and be traded to the Jets between that point and the game’s release. EA Sports still debuted the game with Favre in a Packers uniform, but an alternate Jets version was available in August. Favre played decent that season, but he led the league with 22 interceptions on a 9-7 team. <img alt="Madden 10: Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2010-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 10: Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald Polamalu (9 games): 20 tackles, 3 INTs, 7 passes defensed Fitzgerald (16 games): 97 catches, 1,092 yards, 13 TDs (league-high TDs, Pro Bowl) The first-ever dual-star cover had very different results for Polamalu and Fitzgerald. The Steelers safety missed seven games due to injury but played extremely well in the nine that he did start. Fitzgerald, on the other hand, was as consistent as he always is, making a Pro Bowl and leading the NFL with 13 touchdown catches. <img alt="Madden 08: Vince Young" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2008-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 08: Vince Young 15 games: 2,546 yards, 9 TDs, 17 INTs (9-6 record) Young graced the cover after a great rookie season, but the sophomore slump and Madden curse were very real in 2007. He played 15 games but struggled mightily with just nine touchdown passes and 17 interceptions. Strangely enough, the Titans still finished above .500 with a 10-6 record and a playoff berth. Not surprisingly, Young played poorly in his lone postseason game, throwing one interception and no touchdown passes. <img alt="Madden 2002: Daunte Culpepper" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2002-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 2002: Daunte Culpepper 11 games: 2,612 yards, 14 TDs, 13 INTs (4-7 record) What a disaster the 2001 season was for Culpepper, who was coming off of a Pro Bowl year in which he led the Vikings to an 11-5 record. The year he was on the cover, though, he played just 11 games before suffering a knee injury that ended his season. He had just 14 touchdown passes and won only four of his 11 starts. He continued to struggle in 2002, going 6-10 with a league-high 23 interceptions. <img alt="Madden 12: Peyton Hillis" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2012-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 12: Peyton Hillis 10 games: 161 carries, 587 yards, 3 TDs It’s not so much that the Madden curse destroyed Hillis’ season, considering he was never very good in the first place. However, he did suffer multiple hamstring injuries in 2011, forcing him to miss six games. He finished the year with just 587 rushing yards and three touchdowns. This was a good example of why fans shouldn’t vote for Madden cover athletes because this was seemingly all a big joke from the start. <img alt="Madden 07: Shaun Alexander" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2007-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 07: Shaun Alexander 10 games: 252 carries, 896 yards, 7 TDs Alexander had one of the best seasons by a running back in NFL history in 2005, leading the league in carries (370), yards (1,880), and touchdowns (27 – NFL record at the time). He followed that up with a terrible campaign in which he played just 10 games. Alexander broke his foot in Week 3 before returning in November. He wasn’t the same after that injury, though, and understandably so. The curse hit him hard. <img alt="Madden 06: Donovan McNabb" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2006-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 06: Donovan McNabb 9 games: 2,507 yards, 16 TDs, 9 INTs (4-5 record) McNabb had the worst season of his career in 2005 after he was named the Madden cover star, beginning with trouble in “paradise” between he and Terrell Owens. His season ended in Week 9 when he suffered a groin injury that landed him on injured reserve. He was having a solid year before the injury, but that’s the way the Madden curse works. <img alt="Madden 17: Rob Gronkowski" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2017-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 17: Rob Gronkowski 8 games: 25 catches, 540 yards, 3 TDs The Madden curse bit Gronk right out of the gate. He missed the season's first two games due to a hamstring injury and simply wasn’t himself in the next two weeks, either. Once he finally got healthy and was playing at a high level (averaging 21.6 yards per catch), the injury bug bit again. He suffered a back injury later in the season that required surgery and landed him on injured reserve. <img alt="Madden 2004: Michael Vick" src="http://b.fssta.com/uploads/2017/05/madden-2004-cover.vresize.480.270.high.0.jpg" /> Madden 2004: Michael Vick 5 games: 585 yards (255 rushing), 4 TDs, 3 INTs Vick couldn’t even reach the regular season in 2003 before the Madden curse hit him in a big way. He suffered a fractured fibula in the preseason, forcing him to miss the first 11 games of the year. He would return in Week 13, but his play was lackluster. Vick finished with just 585 passing yards and four TD throws with three interceptions. This was the first real sign of the Madden curse as we know it. http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/madden-nfl-curse-cover-athlete-ranked-least-most-seasons-2018-051217 How time flies by, sadly I've owned every one of these games. 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SabreFan1 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 46 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: wife? I'm a Bills fan. I'm taking a homophobic shot at Brady. Keep up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, SabreFan1 said: I'm a Bills fan. I'm taking a homophobic shot at Brady. Keep up! Yeah a model eh? Pffft... what does she model gloves?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Chip Kelly said: Yeah a model eh? Pffft... what does she model gloves?! She wishes! She only models lingerie, swimsuits, dresses, etc. She doesn't have the modeling chops to do gloves! Edited May 18, 2017 by SabreFan1 edited it for clarity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Just now, SabreFan1 said: She wishes! She only models lingerie, swimsuits, dresses, etc. She doesn't have the chops to do modelling gloves! Seriously though I have always thought Bundchen was overated and has a very masculine jaw line almost uh tranny like... The dude smack talk about Brady's wife is not totally hot smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Chip Kelly said: Seriously though I have always thought Bundchen was overated and has a very masculine jaw line almost uh tranny like... The dude smack talk about Brady's wife is not totally hot smoke. I wouldn't kick her out of bed, but she does have some masculine features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Peyton Hillis.....There's a bit of a throw back lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 5/18/2017 at 11:44 AM, diesel_3 said: Peyton Hillis.....There's a bit of a throw back lol. I've forgotten Favre was the cover of 09 in a Jets uni too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieBush Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 NFL HOFer and Seahawk legend Cortez Kennedy passed away at the age of 48. Before my time, but I remember meeting him a few years back when I went to the Hawks training camp. Super down to earth and seemed like a great guy. Tez won the DPOY in 92 on a Seahawk team that went 2-14, a crazy feat to say the least RIP Tez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 "Tez won the DPOY in 92 on a Seahawk team that went 2-14, a crazy feat to say the least " That is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Don't know or watched him since I wasn't even born yet lol. He's an all time great Seahawk and extraordinary man from what I've read. RIP Tez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 On 2017-05-17 at 2:14 PM, Chip Kelly said: Can Blount still hit it? At his age I expect him to be a short yardage inside runner and come off the field in obvious passing situations. For 1 year and cheap can't really go wrong. If he stays healthy and is less injury and fumble prone than Matthews. Ryan Matthews officially expected to be cut now once he passes his physical. Philly has a nice RB by committee now very similar to what Patriots like to use. 1. Gillislee 2. White 3. Lewis 4.Bolden 1. Blount 2. Sproles 3. Smallwood 4.Pumphrey This buys time until they can draft their RB of the future and another wr to grow with Wentz at the 2018 draft. Eagles should make playoffs if healthy. Even in the best most competitive division in the league. How do you see the NFC east shaking out this year? i think it's going to be a down and dirty dogfight all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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