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."

[Far Cough]

"Vikes play the Saints at the Toilet Bowl although the Vikes are top of the crap and blue division, I think the Saints will win this"

[El Scorchio]

"You have to hope he's OK both short term and long term. No-one wants to see things like that in any sport. Poor bloke has had quite a share of injuries in not a long career so far. And I'll reiterate what I said yesterday- some people call them pussies for the pads and protective gear. If there was EVER a time when the helmet and padding has hopefully stopped an even more potentially serious injury, then it's last night."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Just seen the highlights of Fish v Bengals and that Tus injury definitely looks like it could be an accumulative thing. The actual sack and slam was nothing particularly unusual in the NFL. It was a hard fall, but they often are in the NFL. But he clearly had some sort of problem the week before, and was rushed back in. Another jolt to the head - however 'normal' looking it was - and he ends up like that. I'm no fan of the Fish, but I hope he's OK. You don't want to see people getting head injuries like that. Their fans have enough of them as it is..."

[zebthecat]

Just caught up with last night's game. That Tua head injury looked horrible and I hope he turns out OK. He needs a long time off to recover.. He should never have been put in that position after last week. I don't care what the so-called independent doctors said. I chose to give up playing rugby (it was only club 2nd XV level) after 3 concussions in 10 weeks. Sometimes players are their own worst enemies and I came back twice after a month off to recover but it wasn't enough. The third time I was knocked sparko and still can't remember how it happened or anything else from that match day. Still - Go 'FIns!

[ironsofcanada]

Former WWF wrestler now with a PhD in Neuroscience absolutely going off on the Dolphins and NFL. https://twitter.com/ChrisNowinski1/status/1575667285863571456?s=20&t=iF5jBjLKZKGAR1zxldUl9A

[ironsofcanada]

"Donk. Saw a conspiracy theory on a Saints board about magnets in the ball and why there are more uprights hit these days. Ha. Crystal Yeah, wonder if anything now comes back on the Dolphins letting him play after last week. Good luck Teddy."

[crystal falace]

FWIW Tua should never have been in the game to begin with. So obviously got concussed in the Bills game he couldnt even walk straight at one point but they swept it under the rug and blamed a bullshit back injury. 2 bad concussions like that in 4 days can end a career.

[crystal falace]

"Happens when you get knocked out, called fencing. You see it in the ufc whole body goes stiff"

[ironsofcanada]

But maybe more than that

[ironsofcanada]

That finger did not look go on Tua.

[crystal falace]

This white bengals against the classic dolphons teal is a beautiful uniform matchup

[Takashi Miike]

"this is a brilliant watch, Steve Mcnair : A Football Life https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuXWwZS3F6w"

[Far Cough]

Oops I forgot we had Brett Favre and Jim McMahon on the way down as well

[Far Cough]

"My Vikings had Warren Moon for a while but he was on his way down, same with Randall Cunningham, The Vikings are the West Ham of the NFL"

[Lee Trundle]

Warren MOON was brilliant. Definitely one of the better players to have never won the Super Bowl.

[ironsofcanada]

"Far Cough 7:42 Thu Sep 29 My first memories of this kind of football was Warren Moon winning stuff with the Edmonton (now formerly) Eskimos in the CFL. So I followed them from a far a bit. Glanville's time with Atlanta was just before I found the Saints but Deion Sanders was all over Sports Illustrated and the like. It was the time that started the Dirty Birds, I think."

[Far Cough]

I loved Jerry Glanville's Smashmouth football at the House of Pain

[ironsofcanada]

Looking at old hits https://youtu.be/5xuXPUGJGuU?t=207 Never got to see them but all indications were that the Saints Dome Patrol was the best set of linebackers with the worst bunch of dross around them. Under-rated because they never won anything even a playoff game.

[Takashi Miike]

"Mclaurin getting up after the Bucs Whitehead tries to decapitate him last year, it's why he's loved so much https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvz-YF5hBsY"

[Mr. Burns]

You still get some good clean hits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS8wxEE_0eI But also some filthy cheap shots as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0g8K-AfOf4

[Grumpster]

"Yanks can't drink for shit, but definitely as gay as some of the shit over here now. I don't want to see players injured, but it is pathetic when our broadcasters refuse to show bad replays. Red zone will fucking show anything and personally I like to grimace at it üòÇ"

[ironsofcanada]

"I was surprised. Two weeks ago, there was a tackle in one of the games I was watching, a prime time one, I think, where the tackler basically hog-tied the carrier and body-slammed him right near the goal line and it wasn't called. Looked it up, it was Kelce being tackled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJy6tSYxop8 Immortalised in LA https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdCBrlUacAIp5lK?format=jpg&name=large"

[Takashi Miike]

"Cough, the bizarre thing about that injury is Alex Smith had almost the exact same injury, but the most strange thing is they both occurred on November 18th (1985/2018)"

[El Scorchio]

"Oh, definitely for the era it was a perfect hit. Well within the rules then. Bit like when we talk about the good old days of Bonzo winning the ball but also putting the oppo player into the first row of the stand as well. That said, given the really brutal nature of the NFL, I can't argue with the steps they've taken in the name of player safety, even if it's dampened the spectacle somewhat."

[Far Cough]

Joe Theisman's shin....ouch