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  1. In his first run absolutely. But look at his post season he played great. It was more about him growing and reaching a a point where the team, including him, could win a Superbowl. On offense we put together the longest opening drive in SB history at the time, possession was the name of the game. It wasn't Harrison's fault either, why couldn't any of your dline pull Eli down? Were we lucky, of course, about as lucky as going 18-0. Admit it you guys got some lucky late game calls late in the season, a game in Baltimore comes to mind specifically. Second Superbowl is often where Eli doesn't get enough credit. Our defense was all over the place all year and often wouldn't show up until the 2nd half or give up the 2nd half lead, etc. Eli basically dragged our team into playoff contention allowing the opportunity for JPP to save the season against Dallas with his FG block. Then Eli has another solid post season, game against GB in particular was really good. And a great throw against the Pats to Manningham down the sideline for another memorable SB play. He also had 4000+ yards and 29 tds so he was one of the top quarterbacks that season. I definitely realize the negative stigma of him being Payton's goofy younger brother and throwing to many picks on average. But he has Big play/game ability and has proved that more than most Superbowl winning QBs he isn't a one trick pony. His 2nd Superbowl in my mind cements that the 1st one was not a fluke like some NFL fans like to suggest. He arguably could have not won both SBMVPs but no one else was that much better so it isn't clear cut. Also he is very underrated for his toughness which helped him greatly on both Superbowl runs, and that is widely considered an important football attribute. Alright sorry guys done my Eli rant now. But come on that was a couple people on one page talking smack. tl:dr - Eli has 2 Superbowl mvps so the haters can suck on it.
  2. tbh its better then the whole bray wyatt thing. I know most people are down with it but I just find them irritating and the fact that theyre immediate contenders is kind of lame too. I did enjoy swagger throwing rusev out of the ring. He'll probably lose in the end but its about time someone got in rusevs face.
  3. Nice this should add a nice young goalie prospect in our system for the years to come. Considering the uncertainty of our goalie situation going forward and who will really develop into a starter, and most of them being mid 20s, I think this was a smart pick. Also at least we know BC is a good hockey program and it already seems like he is getting a lot of starts which is the biggest concern about collage players.
  4. No, blue collar hard working hockey is Canucks hockey. It has been our history since the beginning. Obviously you need the the skilled stars to shine bright(Brodeur, Bure, Sedins) but traditionally our teams that have been the most successful have had a physical edge and a never quit attitude. People like to think of it as offensive vs defensive when in reality I want tough players, not fighting wise(although need a few guys like that) but with high compete levels, who can grind it out on the boards and fight through some adversity instead of hope for a powerplay in the hopes our skilled guys aren't to beat up to score. Even with our last SCF run our supposed offensive team was great defensively and their forechecking and hits were brutal all season long, I still remember some of the hits from smaller guys like higgins being awesome. Our physicality decreased after that and we never seemed able to right the ship. Obviously there were other problems that added to the demise but the team seemed like it lost its attitude. There is a balance to be struck for sure but I have no problem being in 2-1 games if they were hard fought. If our team decides they think Nylander's skill is to good to pass on I will fully support him like every prospect. But with some people just dismissing guys like Ritchie and Virtanen because they don't play a high skilled deking game is ridiculous. Bringing up Beech then calling Ritchie fat isn't a solid argument. Same with the Nylander looking like a girl, who cares. Plus nobody knows how next draft will look maybe we will have a shot at whatever we need(ritchie/2015 skill player or Nylander/2015 powerforward). I just hope whoever we pick ends up as a top 6 guy....hopefully for our team. Personally I hope we get Ritchie as I'm not a huge fan of the options after the top 5 from the brief glimpses I've had. I don't expect Bertuzzi or anything but a Ladd or Hartnell type player would be more realistic to hope for. A big body that can pot 20-30 goals and 50-60 points would be such a valuable addition to our top 6. Even if we already have Kassian they can either stack em on a line for impact or split them up and have a couple lines with big bodies. I wish were more like Detroit of old that way, a guy on every line to go create traffic in front of the net. Also Virtanen would be cool as a hometown pick although that is not what I would want them to pick him for.
  5. I liked the blue one better. Meshes with the background nice and makes it seem brighter.
  6. Yea as a Giants fan we were disappointed when Reid and Vick fell out of power. They would beat us, badly sometimes, but you knew they would always choke down the stretch. So by merely getting rid of them your chances have improved not to mention DJax as well. Haven't seen enough of Foles to comment to much but not to worried as of yet.
  7. This is more 360 than xbone but Dark souls is out on 360 for free with gold. I have thoroughly been enjoying it as I am a huge rpg fan. I also generally prefer single player games. It has been giving me a reason to go back to my 360(as I have a PS4 too). I made a Hunter then got the great scythe and am now just making it through the undead burg, took me a while to find the stairs up to the aquaduct lol. But I feel like I got a good base for my dexterity type character. Anybody else pickup this game or already enjoying it?
  8. Yea that is how I see it possibly happening. People keep wanting us to trade up but keep 2 top 10 picks but I just don't see it happening. Most teams are going to demand it as the starting point. If we get to keep it great but if trading up costs us the 6th overall I am perfectly fine with it. Reinhart or Ekblad would be awesome and a real boost to our organization going forward, it would be a great way for Benning to put his stamp on this team.
  9. I think I only completed the dawnguard path but I have gotten the vampire power in other files. Since I dont use other forms(vampire/werewolf) since i find them a little ridiculous I suggest the dawnguard, but it really depends on your character and how you've built him. I made my guy older and very traditional a Nord coming back to his homeland to make amens before moving on to Sovrngarde. So Dawnguard seemed more appropriate.
  10. I just never really get Ceasaro. He seems like he should be Heel to me not face. Seems like he could be entertaining but he is never in involved in anything of consequence. But I guess it sounds like that could change, so we'll see.
  11. A great example of what these players can become if everything goes right. Some less extreme examples of QBs would be Russel and Dalton both going after round 1 but both becoming serviceable starters right out of the gate. You don't need to hit a home run with every pick either, to get a reliable backup out of a late round pick or an UDFA is a great boost to any team. Injuries are a major part of the game and having a no-name step up and fill a position is great for the lockerroom My favorite players are usually the tough unsung heroes though so I see the value and enjoy watching some of these guys develop even if they do move on pretty quickly.
  12. Lots of quality guys can be had at UDFA and in late round picks. While it is the nature of the game that only a few may make it. It is imperative a team caches in on them if they want to win a Superbowl. Often the best drafts are viewed to had by the eventual SB winners. Lots of proven NFLers have holes in their game but introduced into the right situations they are covered up. So I think for a lot of the lower round 1 dimensional guys not only have to prove they have that extra dimension(physical/mental whatever they were lacking) but end up on the right team that will need them or have the right players around them. Can't measure heart but often it measures your success. I always found the NFL draft to be the best of them because literally anyone could become an impact player. Cruz was an UDFA, Arian Foster RB for Houston was an UDFA, there is more but those are recent examples of not just NFL players but top guys in their position. Ahmad Bradshaw was only a 7th round pick but played on both our SB teams, often hurt but has the heart of a Lion. I think strong leadership helps, guys who aren't afraid to pass it on to the younger players.
  13. Oh you're one of "those" people that seem to think that is an insult. Everybody knows he is good, winning a Championship is the most important thing and he will always be looked at as a guy that can do that. Lots of people think Eli is garbage because he throws "X" amount of picks every year. But does it matter when the playoffs start and the big game players really take over. It is basically peoples way of not calling him elite, don't take it personally as people will always be clamoring for the Peyton, Rodgers, Brees, Brady type numbers.
  14. I like what I have read about the Giants pick, O'dell Beckum. He sounds like the kind of player the Giants like he is a hard worker, upstanding young man with a good head on his shoulders. Sounds like other than his size he was one of the better over all WR in the draft. I keep reading or watching a lot of good things about his hands and route running ability. Favorable comparisons to Reggie Wayne and Randall Cobb. It also sounds like the Giants had him rated in their top 7 so it is encouraging they felt so strongly about him. As well as some rumors about the 49ers and even possibly philly wanting to move up and snag him. So I guess nothing left to do but wait and see next season what he can really bring to the table. But overall not stoked about the pick I really didn't care for a skill position in the first especially a WR. I could see if he was a physical freak but if not his other skills should be elite. There is just so many opportunities to draft a good WR. Plus RB and WR seem to be positions you can still find late in the draft or as UDFA. Also we already have a a lot of under sized WR; Cruz isn't very big, Jerrnigan, Manningham. Hell Ruben Randle, who is still very green, is our biggest potential starter at 6'2" so it seems a bit redundant. Although Nicks was our biggest starting WR in our last SB so I understand it is not be all end all but that was pick 32 not pick 12, so ODB better have the rest of the package in spades to make this a great pick.
  15. Yea most of our TEs are basically just extra Olinemen to establish the run. Then when teams stop looking there we sneak em out the back for a catch or two. Marcellus Bennett was our best pass catching TE since Shockey and we only got him because he was under Witten in Dallas so he came cheap. Our past guys like Boss, Ballard, Pascoe, etc. were all with run game in mind. Eli's bread and butter is play action so he always does better with balance. Ballard was my favorite I liked to say he would out slow people, defenders would sit and wait on him then he'd always shrug off at least one guy so even though it was only a 5 yard dump it almost always was a 1st down, sometimes more if there was a break down. He was a throw back for sure. I guess we did get a new OC after Gilbride resigned and he could have different views. It will be interesting to see. Yea I fell in love with the Celtics when they got Garnett and have just stayed ever since. They're having a down year but at least it is in the interest of turning it around, I'm excited to see what they can build in the next few seasons.
  16. Now I am not up to date on all the prospects so I won't comment to much individually on them. But the only reason to take a TE in the 1st round is if it is a Graham, Gronkowski type pass catching guy. The Giants don't generally operate that way though and only use guys who are blockers first then hope they can catch(ex. we used Bear Pascoe as a TE and FB for quite a while). Now Ebron could be good at blocking but then it is unlikely the Giants see it as a value pick, their M.O. over the past years has been late round/UDFA TEs. After losing Tuck and some other interior Dlineman I think either side of the line is where we go with the pick either offensive or defensive depending on who falls. But that is what is exciting I guess, anything can happen.
  17. Oh yea for sure but working with what he has. Hell the King is a more PG version of the King. It has been way to long since I heard the word puppies on WWE. lol
  18. I only have basic cable in my room, so I have found myself watching WWE again a bit. It is weird after not watching it for years. I find the guy I enjoy the most is JBL he's always saying ridiculous stuff and jumping all over the place with his opinions trying to oppose people. Justifying anything a heel character does. I just find it really comical.
  19. There would be no way to enforce such a thing, if Benning Joins our team before the draft. Even if he isn't in the war room, communication happens. It kind of just sounds like a gentleman's agreement. It would be ludacris to think he wouldn't help. "Oh sure bruins I'll throw my first chance to make an impact at my new job down the drain because I used to work for you guys." While I don't know about specifics of the contracts/wording I'll have to take your word for it but it seems pretty ridiculous to even expect such a thing out of an ex-employee. The only real way to do this is not let him interview until after the draft. Also if Benning had such restrictions do you think he'd be rumored so much to be moving out of Boston? We don't know much about the contracts but like we are hearing about with Torts/MG they had buy-out clauses we didn't know about. So some of these hockey guys should probably have talked to Benning and know if he can or cannot take a new job. If he can I assume there isn't draft police who will be making sure he doesn't help us. Of course I am just using conjecture but it seems like things like this run through the media pretty fast.
  20. I don't get how this could be a problem. Don't people in other organizations get hired to be GMs quite often? I never hear any concerns about it then because you either let the staff member go or force them to stay, which could be problematic. It is just the nature of the game, teams want management in place before the off-season to at least get their bearings. Just because the Bruins don't want to help us doesn't mean they can control what Benning does after he's hired. So unless they don't let him interview for other jobs shouldn't this be a non issue. Other than the fact that I'm sure Benning would find it extremely disrespectful after all he has done for their organization.
  21. Well I got a tv to play my ps4 on but the hdmi cord must be one of the faulty ones. It wouldn't register as connected so I used one of our own cords and it worked fine. So I gotta call futureshop and see if they'll exchange it. I won't have any money for games till middle of the month so I've just been downloading everything they give me for free. Most seem like garbage but I wasn't minding DC universe online, entertaining enough for a week or so.
  22. Well I finally was able to buy a PS4. Then I realized my TV in my room doesn't have an hdmi jack. I guess I just never thought of it before. lol Edit:Luckily my buddy is selling his TV for a reasonable price so I might have found a solution.
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