Posted on 12/12/2006 10:07:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv
...With a record of 2-11, the silver-and-Honolulu blue are firmly entrenched at No. 32 on any power poll in this spiral arm of the galaxy. Entrenched, that is, until another loss drops them behind Ohio State, Florida and the Hamburg Sea Devils. Think it can't get worse? Hey, this is the Lions. NFL schedule makers saw fit to arrange the endgame Kitty Cats' so, so long season likewise: at the Green Bay Packers where the Lions haven't won since a guy named Brett Favre took over there (that's right, 1992); against the Chicago Bears in a game which figures to see Motor City backers immortalize the chant "Fire *&#!!%&ing Millen!"; and at the Dallas Cowboys , who on New Year's Eve will probably looking to bag the No. 2 seed in the NFC... Kevin Jones, who was knocked out of the loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, figures to be out for the remainder of the season... Pro Bowl nominee Shaun Rogers... was slapped by the commissioner after testing positive for steroids. The judgment had Rogers forcibly sitting out four games and giving up $250,000. Naturally, "Big Baby" was innocent, protesting that the positive test represented a product that the 354-pound Rogers used to help him control his weight. Or he has asthma. Or he thought they were Shawne Merriman's Pez. Or something... Team officials announced yesterday that WR Mike Williams - you remember him: the former first-round draft pick cum The Most Useless Player in the NFL Today - flunked a weigh-in. At 240 pounds, Williams only missed the target set by Rod Marinelli and Co. by 20. Though no punitive measures have been mentioned, any punishment would seem pointless other then some quality time on the bench... Fire &#!!%&ing Millen.
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There’s no excuse for the four turnovers (or has it been five?) and the idiotic penalties (starting with their first play over the ball). Game’s not over per se, but six minutes, down ten points, and they should be up by two or three touchdowns. Ridiculous.
The Lions started the game at 4-2-0 and will leave 4-3-0. The division has started to look like the NFL’s doody-wipe with the interdivisional losses.
The only bright spot this season has been the struggles of the 49ers under that jackass coach of theirs.
They’re down to 3:33, soon to be a three point game — again — and they need to get the ball back without waving bye-bye to another Dallas player running the ball the entire length of the field for a TD. And then score.
If they go for a 2 point conversion, I’ll be reaching for the remote. If they fail, I’ll be shutting off the TV.
Excellent, big-time plays by both clubs in this tilt. The Loins cannot stop the Cowboys WRs, so let’s hope the Cowboys come out throwin.
My MATT STAFFORD for PRESIDENT topic got pulled almost immediately by the Admin Mod:
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It seemed like a kinda half-assed game most of the time, I think mainly because it was a defensive struggle, amazing really that the score hit the 30s on either side.
What a finish!
Cowboys lose. That always works for me.
Go Redskins!
defensive struggle?
The best defensive player the Cowboys have is injured
MATT STAFFORD for PRESIDENT
various FReepers | Sunday, October 27, 2013 | (vanity, y'think?)
Posted on 10/27/2013 1:29:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
It’s Detroit — the crowd will exit, and before they go home, they’ll build a tribute statue to Stafford out of burning emergency vehicles!
Injured my ass, he’s a wuss!
This is still a good season for the Cowgirls, compared to recent years. That whole “America’s Team” crap left a bad taste in my mouth, but it wasn’t their fault; the sidelines tantrums by their jerk star player won’t be punished. When Tom Landry coached there, the jerk player would have been benched the rest of the season, then traded to the CFL.
PETA to Redskins: Keep Name, Change Mascot to Potato
Brietbart Sports | October 14, 2013
Posted on 10/15/2013 2:46:57 AM PDT by Zakeet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3079073/posts
lol
Oddly I’m not surprised at this outcome. Cowboys D cannot be relied upon to stop even Jacksonville when they must— never mind Megatron & Co.(Who I believe was short of the all time single game receiving record by only some 6 yds held by Flipper Anderson) The way the rules have evolved and accrued favorably to the Offense, this is the norm, and just the way the NFL wants it. I thought it was a great match, and losing is not as painful. Cowboys can finish 7-9 and win the NFC Least!
It does seem like that in the Black ‘n’ Blue as well — after a deceptively competitive start, it appears that no one wants to win the d***ed division. I remember years ago, Detroit beat Dallas in the last game of a strike-shortened season, last minute Eddie Murray field goal, and won the division with some stupid 5-4-1 record or something (then lost in the first game of the playoffs, either to the Redskins or the 49ers).
“Tape him up, send him back out.”
Seriously, it seems like these athletes are still playing with injuries where you or I would be laid up in a Kraft-o-Matic somewhere. That’s the kind of great physical shape they’re in. They work harder than anyone else anywhere else in the entertainment industry (because face it, that’s where pro sports are, the entertainment industry).
They are still paid a lot to play a game though. lol.
These got a lot of camera time during the game, either live or during timeouts. What a jackass!
Dez Bryant engages in multiple sideline meltdowns as Cowboys collapse in loss to Lions
http://nfl.si.com/2013/10/27/dez-bryant-tantrum-tony-romo-dallas-cowboys/
Dez Bryant explodes at Tony Romo, Jason Garrett on sideline
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/10/dez-bryant-tantrum-tony-romo-cowboys/
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and
Recap: Detroit vs. Dallas
http://www.adn.com/2013/10/27/3145372/recap-detroit-vs-dallas.html
(it should also be noted that, after breaking the plane and still not having been downed, Stafford ran into the endzone just to make sure everyone got the point — and that the Lions got the points)
And not just to play — the league minimum to just sit on the bench for a few hours a week (and a week off during the just over four month long season) must be something like $100K now. :’) Hell, I could do that.
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$405,000 minimum salary for a first year player on the active roster.
Rod Marinelli still can’t win a game in Detroit.
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