Write-in vote for “fuck this shit”
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
sorry man. but think, if the vikes had beaten the pats in the super bowl you probably would've died
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:20 (six years ago) link
KEY STAT: tom brady has been in 7 super bowls. he was the worse qb by passer rating in 5 of them. of the 102 super bowl qb performances to date, none of brady's 7 are in the top 20
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― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
write-in vote for snipers
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
KEY STAT: the eagles opened -5.5 pt dogs. 26 super bowl teams have been underdogs by 5 pts or more. 5 of those went on to win.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
KEY STAT: the team wearing white jerseys has won 12 of the last 13 super bowls. the patriots have chosen to wear white
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 04:42 (six years ago) link
this doesn't surprise me. outside of the Steelers/Pats SB which I don't remember much about, all of the Brady/Belichick SBs have been very memorable, often hinging on a single crazy play (or in the case of last year's, a bunch in a row). obviously this is meaningless but they're really only a couple plays away from having a Buffalo Bills-type reputation
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 05:04 (six years ago) link
Why does everyone hate the Philadelphia Eagles? “fuck this shit”? “snipers”?
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 05:06 (six years ago) link
I know someone who tries to go to a different away game every year and she said the Eagles game was the worst by far, just nonstop swearing and comments about her body plus the occasional hurling of a foreign object
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 05:13 (six years ago) link
the Steelers/Pats SB
i don't remember much about that one either
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 05:24 (six years ago) link
the eagles not having their MVP is so sad.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 06:05 (six years ago) link
um i hate both teams equallyperhaps i should have been less delicatecluster bombs
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
can't think of another (north american) fanbase that actively prides itself on being assholes. like oh haha someone punched a horse and lol this dude intentionally puked on an 11yo girl, lmao so philly
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
someone really should break out the semiotics of philadelphia sports fandom. first along the lines of it being a heavily working class city that has been denied postseason success in most of its major sports for many years (eagles have never won a superbowl) and the kind of self-loathing + identification that brings. there are likely racial/ethnic components to this as well (ethnic whites in particular vis-a-vis the italian community here as coded thru South Philly + south NJ aesthetics cf Jersey Shore for more details), and i wonder if New England had as much of a drought if their fans would also have a bad reputation along similar lines. it's also really only poor behavior by the standards of US sports i think - in European sports Philly fans wouldn't even rate. but american sports are so much more genteel. there's also a confirmation effect. i've been to games, bars, have many philly sports fans friends and they're all decent chilled out folks. but every event becomes a confirmation of the narrative. eg there was a holding cell in the old Veterans stadium. otoh "One of the interesting facts that came out of Eagles Court was that 95 percent of the people arrested were not from Philadelphia." of course that could mean they were mostly from Jersey lol.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
and the team itself does not embody those aesthetics at all. chris long donated his entire salary this season to charity. long, malcolm jenkins and torrey smith have been doing racial justice advocacy this season. the team is extremely hard working and cohesive (other teams whose fanbases don't have a bad reputation abide far worse troublemakers even in the division see NYG and Cowboys). the ownership seems pretty levelheaded. coaching and front office staff are all respectable. on every measurement i think the team itself is exemplary. and then you have trashy fans but every team has trashy fans.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
tldr the team is extremely likable. if you hate them bc some of the fans are jackasses you may be victim to confirmation bias, i doubt the philly fanbase is in any real measurable sense more despicable than most other passionate fans in the US and almost certainly less so than in other countries where hooliganism is prolific.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
i wonder if New England had as much of a drought if their fans would also have a bad reputation along similar lines.
― Mordy, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:22 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the patriots had never won a superbowl and were mostly pitiful from their founding in 1960 until bradys first sb owl in 2001, boston sports fans can obvs be pretty awful but i dont think they quite compete with philly just cause the culture of the city is relatively more reserved, tho compared to the rest of the country north eastern sports fans bos-ny-phil are more similar than they are different, and i know there is some genuinely bad behavior i dont support punching horses but booing santa is pretty funny, and booing kobe who is from there when he won the allstar game mvp was downright heroic
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
oh i don't mean to imply that all iggles fans are assholes or even that the asshole ratio is necessarily higher in philly. (i like sports, i like being drunk, and i'm large enough to not really fear for my personal safety, but i have no wish to return to the nfl games i've seen in pittsburgh, dc or the meadowlands. and my eagles-fan aunt and uncle are very chill ppl.) i just don't think that other fanbases revel in that reputation quite so much, which is enough to make me generally root against them
nor do i think the racial/ethnic components are unique to philly (see also pittsburgh, chicago, etc.) although i am pretty interested in how nyc-area people divide themselves up between the jets and football giants
all that said, probably rooting for the eagles this time : /
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
just fyi that horse was a cop xp
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
even horses make mistakes
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
https://crackedrearviewer.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/blimp1.jpg
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
Why does everyone hate the Philadelphia Eagles?
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― Brave Combover (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
lmfao
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
im rooting for philly now
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
lol
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
mordy is otm
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
as is that fan btw, fuck millie
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
it's strange because you've got bad fanbases who don't show up to games or know any of the names of the players, and then you've got bad fanbases who are drunk shoe-tossing hooligans, and it's really just a straight line from one to the other.
what I'm trying to say is that there are no "good" fanbases, but if anyone comes close it's the Bills, who trolled the Ravens by donating to Andy Dalton's charity and tailgate by bodyslamming each other though tables
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
at least you're not the Miami Dolphins fanbase. we hate each other.
I went to the Jets game earlier this year and there was a fight in the upper deck and the dude behind me said "man, must be a Dolphins fan totally wailing on a Jet fan". I said "no, it's probably two Dolphins fans pounding on each other"....they get pulled apart, yep, it's two of our own going at it.
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
KEY STAT: in the 2017 regular season, tom brady had nearly FIVE TIMES as many rushing yards per game as nick foles
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
KEY STAT:
Q: In your past Super Bowls your offense has never scored a point in the first quarter…BB: Thanks Mike. Yeah, all of the negative stuff in the Super Bowls we need to be aware of, too.Q: How much do you look at that history this week and try to emphasize it to the team?BB: Look, we try to score in every game. I know that’s probably hard to understand, but we try to go out and score and keep the other team from scoring. That’s our goal every game.
BB: Thanks Mike. Yeah, all of the negative stuff in the Super Bowls we need to be aware of, too.
Q: How much do you look at that history this week and try to emphasize it to the team?
BB: Look, we try to score in every game. I know that’s probably hard to understand, but we try to go out and score and keep the other team from scoring. That’s our goal every game.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
what a tactician
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
lol that was kind of a brilliant response to a pointless question
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
are you considering scoring in the 1st quarter this time?
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:25 (six years ago) link
idk telling Tom you're down by 3 scores at all times seems like it could be a winning strategy
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
Maybe the deal they have with the NFL is that if they spot their opponents a couple scores in the first half, they get a big PI call in the second half.
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
Gooooo birds pic.twitter.com/YqqBofk29j— 🇭🇹 (@PusssySushi) January 25, 2018
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
I grew up about 10 blocks away from veterans stadium and can confirm that all philly fans are assholes. thanks
― 龜, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
BUT are they worse than boston sports fansno
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
i was in boston when the red sox won their first title in ~80 years and saw nothing close to the mayhem depicted in that video i just posted of phillys fans reacting to winning the nfc championship FWIW
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
lol i was at umass amherst and i saw a fucking battle scene out of a revolutionary war textbook
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
xp there was mayhem when they lost to the yanks the year before but generally we don't tear shit up when we win.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
well tbf umass amherst is a hellhole
it probably comes down to which fans' accents are more hideous
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
they r both beautiful in their own way
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
― sleepingbag, Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:14 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao tell us more
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
it's educational
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
xp def at least everything from that philly video, tons of screaming red-faced dudes, ppl jumping off of buildings, setting fires, tipping over cars, girls flashing and getting groped, random punches, voluminous chants of 'YANKEES SUCK' for hours (lol yes, this was the year they won), all being flanked by HUNDREDS of police officers on horses firing bean bag guns into the crowd + getting bottles thrown at them... ahh, good times
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
gazing back fondly on the college years
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
sounds kinda like the opening credits of F Troop infused by Spring Breakers
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
i think i saw no st snaps all regular season, 1 vs jax, 1 vs phl
meanwhile on the field for 98% of reg season def snaps
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
anyway, i hear folks here are keeping their cool and the 2nd call to weei this morning was someone demaning belichick be replaced with mcdaniels
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link
its gets missed in all the glory but belichick has lost a bunch of playoff games via being stubborn
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
Punishment also makes more sense as to why he never saw any snaps - have to think if it was purely strategic, BB would realize his experiment was going bad at halftime and he'd have gone back to Butler or at least began using him on 3 WR sets. BB isn't going to go back on a full-game punitive benching decision simply because the game isn't going well. Though that would imply others knew of the real reason.
going to guess he thought they had enough to win without him. and they almost did!
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
i think the gashing runs that the pats didn't have the linebackers to stop were the biggest single reason that philly kept being able to keep drives going, in the first half especially, but agholor became a really important 1st down target as those runs went away later so that plus rowe on jeffrey early which probably doesn't happen if butler plays add up to a significant factor
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
simmons' butler theory: belichick's gameplan is to start rowe on jeffrey. butler reacts poorly to the decision so belichick punishes him by sitting him the entire game.
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
that would line up with what we know but must've been a real ott meltdown from butler if so
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
he said "maaan fuck Donald Trump"
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
so, congratulations to the detroit lions for the official hire of their new head coach, the def coordinator whose team lost the super bowl despite the qb putting up 500y and 3tds/0ints
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
auspicious
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/UMass-Amherst-Students-Riot-After-Patriots-Loss-472680563.html
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
good work kids
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
belichick's losing his entire brain trust this offseason right?
― 龜, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
he wouldn't have it any other way
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
he's losing his coordinators but the shadow cabal will remain intact otherwise
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
brady is being traded to cleveland i heard
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fphJioN.png
the pats will keep winning as long as ernie is still around
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Why haven’t I seen this video lmfaooo REALEST MF ALIVE now I know why we won pic.twitter.com/qnQITcmYtr— EAGLES ARE WORLD CHAMPS (@DPWEarl) February 5, 2018
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 5 February 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
lol were playing indoors
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVTTFL4XcAAZmf-.jpg
― Moodles, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
https://deadspin.com/jeff-fisher-must-be-arrested-and-tried-for-his-crimes-a-1822733338
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 5 February 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
so is hiring ex-Fisher guys gonna be the new Moneyball
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
normally questions of how coaches impact individual player positions seem pretty speculative but this particular one is undeniable
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
wonder if anyone will hire dick lebeau. he's only 80
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
mordy I won't be at the parade, I'm already going to have missed a couple of days this week, but enjoy! hopefully it'll be less than 58 years til we win our next one
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 February 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
Ertz takes 17 steps and Collinsworth says he thinks they have to overturn it 😂😂😂😂— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) February 6, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 03:41 (six years ago) link
He also thought it’s my job to run with Tom Brady w QB wheel route on a reverse pass. Lmao.— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) February 6, 2018
when will the nfl wise up and play with a felt ball while wearing velcro onesies?
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNfBftMWNTo
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
President Nixon continues to monitor the situation in Philadelphia. - RZ pic.twitter.com/FajWFVmQFo— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) February 6, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
lol who did this
You Have Been Yellow Carded By a Moderator: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVPcMZkXcAEDcqI.jpg
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
brutal. who knew ilnfl even had a mod?
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
lmao
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
Malcolm Butler: "During Super Bowl week, I never attended any concert, missed curfew, or participated any of the ridiculous activities being reported. They are not only false, but hurtful, to me and my family." https://t.co/XBTwXp6g2B— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) February 6, 2018
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 21:19 (six years ago) link
http://www.wdel.com/news/more-people-hurt-arrested-in-new-england-than-philly/article_511d3192-0a8e-11e8-8f8f-73b3913769b0.html
― Mordy, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
another strong article
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
mordy are you parading
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
sadly no, just watching the stream from work. i got too sick to march w/ a few million fans in the cold :/ my brother is there tho.
― Mordy, Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
Jason Kelce with the greatest parade speech ever. 🔥 #EaglesParade pic.twitter.com/qAqrGafcXs— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) February 8, 2018
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 8 February 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
weird!
Trade, pending physical: Patriots are trading TE Rob Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick to the Buccaneers for a fourth-round pick, source tells ESPN.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 21, 2020
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
Huh
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
I thought he retired 2 years ago
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
We all did
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
Maybe they should give a draft pick to Minnesota so they can get Favre as a backup
― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link