LII :::: the super bowl of hate :::: philadelphia eagles vs new england patritos

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

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.

KEY STAT: in the 2017 regular season, tom brady had nearly FIVE TIMES as many rushing yards per game as nick foles

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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.

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what a tactician

lol that was kind of a brilliant response to a pointless question

are you considering scoring in the 1st quarter this time?

idk telling Tom you're down by 3 scores at all times seems like it could be a winning strategy

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.

Gooooo birds pic.twitter.com/YqqBofk29j

— 🇭🇹 (@PusssySushi) January 25, 2018

I grew up about 10 blocks away from veterans stadium and can confirm that all philly fans are assholes. thanks

BUT are they worse than boston sports fansno

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

lol i was at umass amherst and i saw a fucking battle scene out of a revolutionary war textbook

xp there was mayhem when they lost to the yanks the year before but generally we don't tear shit up when we win.

well tbf umass amherst is a hellhole

it probably comes down to which fans' accents are more hideous

they r both beautiful in their own way

lol i was at umass amherst and i saw a fucking battle scene out of a revolutionary war textbook

― sleepingbag, Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:14 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao tell us more

it's educational

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

gazing back fondly on the college years

sounds kinda like the opening credits of F Troop infused by Spring Breakers

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It's pretty tame by comparison i'd figure but UK hoop fans have a tradition of putting couches out in yard, in front of the frat or road up by the college gates and setting them ablaze after wins.

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great photo

that's Santa's sleigh iirc

burn baby

things officially started getting crunk downtown today

there's some MIGOS/Snoop show where the top tickets were $20k

i'm not watching because i believe football players should stand and show respect for the greatest country of all time during the national anthem

does 'i walk the line' play over the top of the anthem in that scenario?

we have the pro bowl here this weekend.

nobody in town cares.

my too-early super bowl thots:

with philly’s very strong d front and mediocre secondary, the obvious route to victory for the patriots is to throw the ball 60 times and gas the rush so brady can pick the coverage apart in the 4th quarter, a very belichick gameplan. however, one complicating factor is depth, with the eagles having a strong rotation of 7 guys on their line. i can easily imagine schwartz featuring his best guys in the first quarter and the fourth and denying new england the chance to get an early lead or rely on late heroics again. another complicating factor is that the pats won’t have the ball enough if the eagles offense stays on the field. their o line has also been winning its match ups, and ajani/blount plus rpos plus foles making plays when called on is a recipe for long drives. usually the patriots would just absorb those long drives and keep them out of the endzone (regular season: 32nd in yards per drive – 35.27, 6th in pts per drive – 1.65) but letting philadelphia keep their d guys fresh could be game breaking.

if the eagles play their best game and all of the pieces work, it will look pretty bleak for the patriots. in fact, it will probably look just like that first giants super bowl, with brady getting beaten up and new england held in the teens and losing. BUT the elements are so interdependent that if one part breaks up the whole machine might not work. if the running game doesn’t fire then new england gets the ball too much. if foles reverts to regular season form then the eagles will struggle to score. if the pass rush doesn’t make brady uncomfortable the pats will score too much. and there are other factors that make the margin so small for the eagles. new england has a special teams edge that means their drives will likely be shorter overall and the eagles’ longer, and philly’s rookie kicker could become a wildcard. philly’s defense stops big plays on the outside but they are bottom half of the league vs both TEs and wr3s which is p significant vs gronk and dola.

overall, while i do believe if both teams play their best game philadelphia is favoured in the match up, i think there are more scenarios where the patriots win.

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KEY SNAX

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So what are Eagles fans concerned about most? pic.twitter.com/lbh3LB0XnE

— Laces Out (@LacesOutShow) January 29, 2018

cheat me out of a superbowl once shame on you

i gotta say. those are some fucked up looking hoagies

this Eagles team kinda takes me back to the NY Giants Super Bowl win in 1991, when Simms was injured and Hostetler competently took over and they beat the Bills.

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Awful Announcing has put up their drinking game rules for SB LII
http://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/awful-announcings-super-bowl-lii-drinking-game.html

Sip every time you hear:
“12 stitches”
“28-3”
“Underdog”
“Deflategate”
“5 Super Bowl rings”

Drink 1 every time you hear these words associated with the following players:
Tom Brady: “40”
Nick Foles: “Journeyman”
Rob Gronkowski: “Concussion protocol”
LeGarrette Blount: “Longtime Patriot”
Danny Amendola: “Clutch”

Drink 2 every time NBC shows:
The temperature outside
Footage from Super Bowl 39 between the Patriots & Eagles
Carson Wentz or Julian Edelman watching from the sidelines
Gisele Bündchen looking distressed
Robert Kraft getting hammered

Drink 3 every time Al Michaels:
Says “YUGE” like Donald Trump
Ponders a big decision with “Hmmmmmm…”
Says “3rd and a deuce”
Describes a trick play as “Razzle dazzle”
Butchers pronouncing Jay Ajayi’s name

Chug every time Cris Collinsworth says:
“RPO”
“National Football League”
Anything about Peyton or Eli Manning
“We talked about…” or “You talk about…”
“NOW, HERE’S A GUY…”

that sounds like a recipe for alcohol poisoning

yeah you would need your stomach pumped by half time

love to die during our nations favorite game

preferable to having to watch Kraft hoist another trophy

wow, washington trades for alex smith, pushing kirk cousins out the door when a lot of ppl figured they would pay to keep him. cousins says he wants to win now - denver? jax?

i doubt the return is much but lol @ paying any price to downgrade yourself from cousins to smith

hahahaha they're giving back a second-round pick!

when will the nfl wise up and play with a felt ball while wearing velcro onesies?

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President Nixon continues to monitor the situation in Philadelphia. - RZ pic.twitter.com/FajWFVmQFo

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) February 6, 2018

lol who did this

You Have Been Yellow Carded By a Moderator: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVPcMZkXcAEDcqI.jpg

brutal. who knew ilnfl even had a mod?

lmao

lol

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

http://www.wdel.com/news/more-people-hurt-arrested-in-new-england-than-philly/article_511d3192-0a8e-11e8-8f8f-73b3913769b0.html

another strong article

mordy are you parading

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.

Jason Kelce with the greatest parade speech ever. 🔥 #EaglesParade pic.twitter.com/qAqrGafcXs

— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) February 8, 2018

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

Huh

I thought he retired 2 years ago

We all did

lol

Maybe they should give a draft pick to Minnesota so they can get Favre as a backup