NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[southbankbornnbred]

"But Bledsoe was a fool - he was half a yard from the sideline and should have walked out of bounds. He tried to make the first down instead and stayed on the pitch - got walloped, the rest is history..."

[southbankbornnbred]

"In fairness to Bledsoe - he was tougher than I recall: he played the next series of downs for the Patsies without realising that he had concussion from Mo's hit. Brady came on after that. Brady said the sound of Mo's hit on Bledsoe was 'the loudest I could ever remember hearing'. The linebacker just dipped his shoulder and stood firm on the QB. Almost knocked him straight out and crushed a vessel in his chest, which meant he was bleeding internally. It was a good job Bledsoe's QB coach intervened and sent him to hospital, or he might have died (he was trying to go home after the game)."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Irons, That one is on us (Jets), I'm afraid. The Patsies were losing to Gang Green 10-3 in a regular season game, when Bledsoe set off on a scramble and got bulldozed (fairly) by Mo Lewis, the Jets linebacker. We all thought 'here we go - we've got rid of their starting QB...' And then on walked a barely known sixth round draft pick out of Michigan named Brady..."

[ironsofcanada]

"Crystal Got curious and had to look it up, a sheared blood vessel in his chest 18 years ago now."

[crystal falace]

Think he just got a concussion because i remember watching one of the (many) 3 games to glory DVDs that the patriots release after each superbowl win and Drew came back in after Brady took a slight bump and lead them on a scoring drive to beat the Steelers in the playoffs.

[ironsofcanada]

"FC I assume before my NFL time but I do remember when Drew Bledsoe was a really good quarterback there until getting injured (almost dying,?) And a 6th round pick had to take over."

[crystal falace]

Can just see the Mohammed Sanu double pass play in the AFC championship game to beat the chiefs now. Sanu has a perfect passer rating in his career on 8 attempts

[Far Cough]

I forgot they had Junior Seau and Randy Moss?

[Far Cough]

"I liked NE back in the day when they had Grogan as QB and Tippet and Lippet in defense with Raymond Berry as coach, not so much now though but they are a great team, dynasty even"

[southbankbornnbred]

I might send Belichick a get well soon message. On a napkin.

[southbankbornnbred]

"TM/Irons, Spot on. Whisper it, but they are even respected for that among their fierce AFC East rivals. Don't get me wrong, if their stadium fell down on them all tomorrow I wouldn't bat an eyelid. But, you know, there is begrudging respect there! ;-)"

[Takashi Miike]

"IOC, for me belichik is very similar to ferguson, he's hard to like but you have to respect what he's done over the years"

[ironsofcanada]

"Miike True. Maybe one of the reason I can respect them, most of the time."

[Takashi Miike]

"Brady deserves as much credit for that, he's sacrificed about $50-60m in salary over the last few years to help them stay competitive. you can count on one hand, players that have done that in this era"

[ironsofcanada]

"Have to respect the Patriots, I would like to see them lose but don't hate them, say I like I did the Bulls when I was into basketball as a teenager or the Calgary Flames as a kid. I think maybe it is because I grew up but then I think about Spurs and Millwall and ... Back on topic, anybody that can do salary cap black magic to the point of coming even close to maintaining dynasty in this era, deserves some credit."

[Grumpster]

"Bill is a humungous cսnt. Even though we need receivers ourselves, always feel that it's one of the positions that never works joining mid way through a season, as they need all of the pre-season months to learn the entire play books. Feels like Jimmy Graham is only just finally working our for the Packers and he's had the best thrower in the game lobbing him the ball."

[Takashi Miike]

"almost joined them two years ago, belichik will no doubt get improvement out of him"

[Hermit Road]

Jaysus. He is a hell of a player.

[crystal falace]

Nailed it: Falcons are trading Mo Sanu to the patriots Apparently Bill negotiated this deal durinf the game last night while stood on the sideline

[southbankbornnbred]

"Oh, you'll be contenders this season. Especially with that defence and depth chart."

[Grumpster]

"I don't even see us as contenders, our offense is pretty limited. Still in a building process and just nice having a positive season."

[southbankbornnbred]

I'm just waiting for the miserable fucker to retire.

[southbankbornnbred]

"Grump - I wouldn't be so sure. The Jets and Fins are an utter joke, again (much as it pains me to say). The Bills are OK at the moment, but have traditionally been woeful. But you are talking about the division with the best side in the entire NFL for the past 18 years. Nobody has come close to them over that period for sustained performance. I'd defy any franchise to have tried to compete with the best head coach in the history of football. It isn't a case of those six games being gifts to the Patsies - it's more a case of how many games can the opposition take from them in the division. And it would be the same for almost any franchise if they were part of the AFC East. It's why they've won six super bowls and appeared in another three. They've won 31 play-off games under Belichick, was is miles ahead of any other head coach. You could put the Niners in the AFC East this year, and I guarantee they would finish second in the division. They might beat the Brady Bunch in a one-off game, but they sure as hell wouldn't finish above them in the league."

[Grumpster]

"That division is truly awful at the moment though. Must be fucking lovely playing that lot 6 times a season knowing that before it even starts you already have guaranteed 6 wins in the bag!!! Bills are pretty crap too, but have a lovely 5-1 record after also playing the same gash :o)"

[southbankbornnbred]

"TM - agree 100%. I think Williams would be a decent head coach for us - providing he can bring in a proper offensive mind at OC. The players will take to him in the top role, I'm sure about that. The irony is that, while our roster is still painfully thin, we do actually have some absolute blue-chip players: Darnold (despite his poor and confused game last night), Bell, Adams, May and the two Williams'. There is a base there around which Gregg Williams could build something. Gase is a proper, nailed on embarrassment of a coach. An utter fraud."