NFL Offseason Thread

[Alcibiades]

I for one am glad to see Brett Favre back in the league.

[Neil]

I for one am glad to see Brett Favre back in the league.

Why do you hate the Vikings and people who watch sports shows?

[CountDeMoney]

I for one am glad to see Brett Favre back in the league.

Why do you hate the Vikings and people who watch sports shows?

It's not that big of a deal, as the not even Brett Favre can overcome Viking-Taint;  it's their curse for building a dome.
And it's also a big fuck-you to the Packers, who should've let him stay play until his arm fell off, but noooo....

Besides, Packer fans are annoying, and anything that gives them gas is a plus.  Not annoying in the Redneck-Redskins way or Obnoxious-Dickhead-Steelers way, but in the Minivan-Driving-Older-White-Woman-In-The-Office-Who-Thinks-Her-Computer-Hates-Her-And-Who's-A-New-Grandmother-Here-Look-At-All-The-Pictures way.

[Barrister]

I for one am glad to see Brett Favre back in the league.

Why do you hate the Vikings and people who watch sports shows?

It's not that big of a deal, as the not even Brett Favre can overcome Viking-Taint;  it's their curse for building a dome.

Viking-Taint.    You think they played in Detroit or something.

Besides the Colts seemed to have done okay for themselves in a Dome...

[CountDeMoney]

Viking-Taint.    You think they played in Detroit or something.

Besides the Colts seemed to have done okay for themselves in a Dome...

The Colts never played in the Norris Division who, of all the NFL's divisions, had the most sacred trust to play football the way it was meant to be played.

[Alcibiades]

Their quarterback is actually a horse.  Literally.

[alfred russel]

The 49ers are at hotel in which I'm staying. They seem like all right guys, and they aren't making any noise to keep me up at night. There seem to be some loser fans showing up though.

[CountDeMoney]

The 49ers are at hotel in which I'm staying. They seem like all right guys, and they aren't making any noise to keep me up at night. There seem to be some loser fans showing up though.

Training camp curfew.

[Neil]

I for one am glad to see Brett Favre back in the league.

Why do you hate the Vikings and people who watch sports shows?

It's not that big of a deal, as the not even Brett Favre can overcome Viking-Taint;  it's their curse for building a dome.
And it's also a big fuck-you to the Packers, who should've let him stay play until his arm fell off, but noooo....

Besides, Packer fans are annoying, and anything that gives them gas is a plus.  Not annoying in the Redneck-Redskins way or Obnoxious-Dickhead-Steelers way, but in the Minivan-Driving-Older-White-Woman-In-The-Office-Who-Thinks-Her-Computer-Hates-Her-And-Who's-A-New-Grandmother-Here-Look-At-All-The-Pictures way.

Packer fans are rare enough here that I don't have a problem with them.  At any rate, so far the decision to let Favre go has held up alright.

[derspiess]

There seem to be some loser fans showing up though.

My favorites are the groupies, who are targeting one or two players & wait there in the lobby for hours, only to be promptly snubbed if their players even show up at all.  And most of them are fooling themselves to think they have a shot at an NFL player.

[alfred russel]

There seem to be some loser fans showing up though.

My favorites are the groupies, who are targeting one or two players & wait there in the lobby for hours, only to be promptly snubbed if their players even show up at all.  And most of them are fooling themselves to think they have a shot at an NFL player.

No women showed up, but a couple of losers showed up in team jerseys. And I do mean losers--a couple of flabby overweight guys of about 30 who showed up in a car that was probably 15 years old. One had a mohawk.

I think the team is gone, and it was supposed to be a secret they were here.

[sbr]

Plaxico Burress agreed to a plea deal that will give him a 2 year prison sentence.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Atj06W3.wX.Hh8Mh40Qy5b9DubYF?slug=ap-burress-weaponscharges&prov=ap&type=lgns

NEW YORK (AP)—Facing the prospect of spending at least 3 1/2 years behind bars, one-time Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress(notes) on Thursday accepted a plea bargain with a two-year prison sentence for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.

The former New York Giants wide receiver pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a lesser charge than he had faced. He will be sentenced Sept. 22, and lawyer Benjamin Brafman said he expects Burress to begin serving his sentence immediately after.

Burress got into a black SUV without speaking to reporters outside Manhattan state Supreme Court, but Brafman said, "After an agonizing period of discussion, Plaxico decided that he wanted to do this, to put this behind him as quickly as possible."

The ex-football star was indicted earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. He faced a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted at trial.

Hours after his court appearance, the NFL announced commissioner Roger Goodell had suspended Burress and said he is ineligible to sign with any team until he completes his jail term. Goodell, who met with Burress and his representatives last week, said Burress will be reinstated upon completion of his sentence.

Burress' guilty plea ends months of haggling between Brafman and the Manhattan district attorney's office. The case went to a grand jury after negotiations broke down, apparently because District Attorney Robert Morgenthau was insisting that Burress serve at least two years in prison.

Morgenthau did not comment on Burress' guilty plea.

Assistant District attorney John Wolfstaetter said in court that Thursday was Burress' last chance to accept the deal.

Burress, looking subdued and wearing a dark blue suit, first entered a plea of not guilty to the initial charges against him. After Brafman informed Judge Michael Melkonian that Burress had decided to plead to the lesser charge, Burress said, "Guilty" to attempted weapons possession in the second degree.

Brafman said the 32-year-old Burress was thinking of his family in taking the plea, but the attorney questioned the recommended prison sentence.

"This was not an intentional criminal act," Brafman said. "In my judgment, a two-year prison sentence is a very severe punishment."

With time off for good behavior, Burress will likely serve 20 months. He will be monitored during an additional two years after his release, which could come as early as the spring of 2011.

The Giants cut ties with Burress in April, but his former teammates said they were saddened by Thursday's news.

"He is a friend of mine, a great teammate. We won a championship with him. I am saddened by the news—two years," quarterback Eli Manning(notes) said. "Again, I just wish the best for him and his family and try to support him any way we can."

Pro Bowl defensive end Justin Tuck(notes) said his heart sank when he learned of the plea.

"Today when I heard the news, my heart went out to him and his family, and obviously I'm just hoping that everything turns out all right in the end," Tuck said.

Burress, who caught the winning touchdown for the Giants over the New England Patriots in the final minute of the 2008 Super Bowl, and former teammate Antonio Pierce(notes) were at the Latin Quarter nightclub in late November when a gun tucked into Burress' waistband slipped down his leg and fired, shooting him in the right thigh. The bullet narrowly missed a nightclub security guard who was standing inches away, prosecutors said. It lodged in the floor and was recovered by a bartender.

The gun was not licensed in New York or in New Jersey, where Burress lived. His license to carry a concealed weapon in the state of Florida had expired in May 2008.

Prosecutors said Pierce drove Burress to a hospital, then took the gun to his own home in New Jersey. It was later delivered to Burress' home.

Pierce was not indicted. The grand jury also did not indict the nightclub security guard who carried the gun to Pierce's car or the hospital staff members who failed to notify police that Burress had been shot. Pierce did not speak to reporters at Giants training camp on Thursday.

Not exactly shocking if you have been following the case; it does amuse me that he gets 2 years for shooting himself and Stallworth served 24 days of a 30 day sentence for actually killing someone.

[Neil]

Not exactly shocking if you have been following the case; it does amuse me that he gets 2 years for shooting himself and Stallworth served 24 days of a 30 day sentence for actually killing someone.

Looks like the right to bear arms isn't as important as one might think.

[derspiess]

Shit, Chad Johnson actually kicked a decent-looking PAT & had a solid kickoff

[Neil]

Shit, Chad Johnson actually kicked a decent-looking PAT & solid kickoff

He may be washed up as a receiver, but that doesn't mean that he can't contribute!