Broncos do it in style over the Pats. Brady was awful.

Seahawks get literally every call going their way against the Niners and win with a pick in the end zone with 30 seconds left. Richard Sherman decides to remind everyone how much of a massive cunt he is.

So it's a Denver v Seattle 'Bowl. Come on Broncos!

No, Brady wasn't awful. Brady was ok, but he had no help from the rest of the team.

Credit to Denver, they outclassed us in every area. Their pass protection was top notch, ours was average. As a result, Peyton was able to play his usual game and tore us apart. Brady had nowhere near as good protection, and the Denver pass rush really troubled us.

Their WR had a field day against our secondary. With Talib out for most of the game, we really struggled. So many big plays given up by the DB.

Our running game was pish, it was never going to be easy against the Broncos D though. They, on the other hand, killed us with the run, just like they did in the 1st half of the game in Foxboro.

Disappointing to be outplayed like that in the AFC championship game...but if you'd told me 2 weeks into the season that we'd lose Mayo and Wilfork for the season early on, that Gronkowski would suffer another serious injury after coming back into the team, yet we'd still finish in 2nd spot in the AFC, be one game away from the Super Bowl only to be beaten by the best team in the league (who we beat earlier in they year in one of the best comebacks in team history), then i'd be extremely happy with that.

Still, 2nd consecutive year Talib has gone down in the first quarter of the AFC championship and missed the rest of the game. We could have used him today.

Brady missed a wide open Amendola in the end zone twice and overthrew simple pocket passes. He was awful.

The Pats O-line was average as well. Gave up an early hit on Brady and that threw him for the entire first half. There was no protection for the running game and no real protection for Brady. He got hit something like 9 or 10 times.

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Richard Sherman showing what a classless douchebag he is.

5 missed passes in a game doesn't mean you're having an awful game.

Shermans response:

http://mmqb.si.com/2014/01/20/richard-sherman-interview-michael-crabtree/

Nothing worse than a sore winner.

That was a pretty shit Super Bowl :lol:

The refs killed the game in the first half with their usual Seahawks bias. Epic missed Pass Interference and Intentional Grounding calls which would have given the ball back to Denver with good field position and instead they end in TD drives for Seattle. #-o I can't wait until Sherman, Wilson, Tate and Lynch all go off contract at seasons end and Seattle's salary cap is boned. I can't stand the pricks.

Peyton choking like a cheap whore didn't help Denver either.

Such an anticlimax. Peyton very poor, but his O-Line was horrible while Seattle's pass rush was on!

That was their third choice Center - and it showed. They had bugger all YAC all game. The fucked thing is that their defence kept Seattle to something like 45 yards in the first half.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/austinhunt/nfl-and-star-wars-helmet-mash-up

Holy shit Free Agency is hectic this year.

Talib to Broncos on a 6 year 57m deal.
TJ Ward to Broncos, details not disclosed yet. (pretty sus on the Broncos salary cap situation right now and apparently they want Ware too!)
Byrd to Saints, 6 years 56m.
Verner to Bucs, 4 years 26m.
Lamarr Houston to Bears 5 years 35m.

Bears release Peppers
Steelers release Woodley
Jets release Holmes
Jonathan Martin traded to Niners for an undisclosed pick.

Packers left with their dicks hanging out in Free Agency once again. We really should be pushing for Woodley and Ware.

Someone needs to check the Broncos books, especially with Ware most likely heading there. As for the rest, Saints did well to get Byrd. Also amazed that Verner got paid half as much as Talib and even more that we didnt match it.

I expect Woodley to be in Nashville.

Not surprised Talib left, the Pats aren't a big fan of big contracts for players like Talib. Lovely to see him take a shot at us once he arrived in Denver :roll:

We have signed Revis as his replacement, which isn't a bad piece of business. On a one-year deal though?

Wilfork asks for release, would be perfect for us in our new 3-4 scheme.

It's ok, Revis is a cunt so you'll be sick of him by mid season.

It's clear to me that they're over the cap and using the roll-over space, and thus are throwing everything at winning a ring because this will force Manning to retire at the end of the season.

Nicks has joined the colts on a one year deal.
Steve Smith has landed in Baltimore.
Packers have lost Dietrich Smith to the Bucs.
Packers re-sign BJ Raji to a one year 4m deal (he turned down 8m last summer).
Tillman has returned to Chicago.
As if the Dolphins didn't have enough man management issues Cortland Finnigan has joined them on a 2 year deal.
Patriots are stocking up at CB with Brandon Browner as well.

This is one of the deepest FA markets in years and the Packers have done absolutely nothing. So disappointing.

Charlie Whitehurst and Michael Oher signed for the Titans yesterday. One is a career backup QB who's only plus is that he knows Whiz's system and the other is the most penalised Tackle in football.

Oher might be penalised a bit, but he's also a flexible tackle who's been making Joe Flacco look good.

Fills a need for us as well after we cut Dave Stewart. He'll do for now. All we need is pass rush and to get a trade for CJ.

I figure you guys will move for Wilfork. Surprised you didn't make Mike Neal and Lamarr Woodley an offer.

Woodley was coming to Nashville after Oakland, unfortunately he never left Oakland.

Julius Peppers joins the Packers on a 3 year 30m deal. Pretty excited even if he is a bit old he's still elite.
Tracy Porter has joined the Redskins (lol).
Ben Tate is now a Cleveland Brown.
Julian Edelman has returned to New England.

Good to see Edelman return to us. Sad to see Wilfork will probably be moving on. He's been an incredible servant and we really missed him last year.

Emmanuel Sanders has also joined Denver, to offset the move of Decker to the Jets.

They must be so far over the cap it's not funny.

Donald Trump, Jon Bon Jovi, Jim Kelly Among Prospective Buyers Of Bills


by Sam Galanis on Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:56PM

Donald TrumpWhat do Donald Trump, Jon Bon Jovi, and Jim Kelly have in common? All of their names have come up as prospective buyers of the Buffalo Bills, as reported by The Associated Press.

The future of the Bills has been up in the air following the death of owner Ralph Wilson. His wishes to sell the team rather than pass it on to his family opened the doors for many potential buyers (Erie County deputy executive Richard Tobe told the AP there could be as many as 10) and also made relocating the team a possibility. Buffalo is the NFL’s second-smallest market.

Trump, who has been very vocal about wanting to own the Bills, has said that he would keep the team in Buffalo. Jim Kelly, whose brother Dan Kelly said he would still actively pursue purchasing the team despite his battle with sinus cancer, spent his entire NFL career with the Bills. One could assume Kelly would also keep the team in Buffalo.

Bon Jovi is the biggest question of the three. Bon Jovi is linked to Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which controls the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs. If the two were to purchase the Bills, they would have to move the team to Toronto, as NFL ownership rules do not allow owners to control other major sports teams in separate markets. However, relocating the team under the terms of its current 10-year lease at Ralph Wilson Stadium would incur a $400 million penalty.

Formal bidding for the Bills will begin once Wilson’s estate hires a firm to reassess the value of the franchise and oversee negotiation.
http://nesn.com/2014/04/donald-trump-jon-bon-jovi-jim-kelly-among-prospective-buyers-of-bills/

Bon Jovi is only being linked because he said years ago that he always wanted to own an NFL team. Donald Trump is the only one quoted as having declared interest in the franchise.

This year's off season has been crazy as all hell.

Not long till the draft now, anyone done a mock?

I'll do mine this week but I've got it going Clowney, Watkins, Manziel. That's only if Rams don't deal away the second pick to Vikings who want manziel.

Thinking:
1. Houston - Clowney. Need a QB but Clowney is special.
2. Rams - Mack
3. Jags - Bortles
4. Browns - Manziel
5. Raiders - Watkins
6. Falcons - Robinson
7. Bucs - M. Evans
8. Vikings - Bridgewater
9. Bills - Ebron
10. Lions - Clinton-Dix
11. Titans - Barr (Would be happy with either this or trading down)

1. Houston - Clowney
2. Rams - Watkins
3. Jags - Manziel
4. Browns - Bortles
5. Raiders - Matthews
6. Falcons - Mack
7. Bucs - Evans
8. Vikings - Bridgewater
9. Bills - Robinson
10. Lions - Barr