NFL Week 4

[Valmy]

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions is one of the few eteral constants of the universe.  You guys are going to get hit hard jumping on that particular bandwagon.

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions requires they be good for a few years to keep their fans interested enough to be pissed off when they collapse again.

[Barrister]

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions is one of the few eteral constants of the universe.  You guys are going to get hit hard jumping on that particular bandwagon.

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions requires they be good for a few years games to keep their fans interested enough to be pissed off when they collapse again.

FYP

[Sophie Scholl]

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions is one of the few eteral constants of the universe.  You guys are going to get hit hard jumping on that particular bandwagon.

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions requires they be good for a few years games to keep their fans interested enough to be pissed off when they collapse again.

FYP

How 'bout them Vikings?

[Jacob]

My years at Languish - and these threads - has given me an affinity for the Ravens.

I won't pretend to know much, or to be a "true fan" or anything dumb like that... but when I'm waiting at an American airport or passing through a sport bar or am anywhere else with an NFL game on the big screen and it turns out the Ravens are playing, that's the team whose victories I cheer and whose losses I regret.

Hell... I was at a British flavoured pub during the playoffs last season and was watching the Ravens when the waitress changed the game to the world's strongest man competition or something... and I made her switch it back and was actually offended that she'd changed it to begin with.

So yeah... please keep up the good work in these threads

[Neil]

Between CdM and I, we're reaching out and spreading the Gospel of Ray Lewis.

[Neil]

Bummer, the Lions game and Washington game are on at the same time. Do I want to see the Redskins lose embarrassingly or watch the Lions beat Dallas? Maybe Romo will get sacked and injured!

I think you can count on the front four of the Lions to hurt Romo.  Maybe not injure, but certainly hurt him.

[CountDeMoney]

The suckiness of the Detroit Lions is one of the few eteral constants of the universe.  You guys are going to get hit hard jumping on that particular bandwagon.

Nah, I remember them making the playoffs pretty frequently in the 90's, so they weren't bad then.  Then Barry Sanders retired and Matt Millen showed up and....wow.

Edit:  Oh hey, reading their wikipedia article, they even went 9-7 without Sanders (just missed the playoffs then) the year before Millen began destroying them.

Meh, it wasn't all that frequent.

[sbr]

The Lions made the playoffs in:  91, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99.  I would say 6 out of 10 years could be called frequently.

[Alcibiades]

Between CdM and I, we're reaching out and spreading the Gospel of Ray Lewis.

I too realized how glorious the Ravens defense was because of this board.  Think I hopped on their defensive bandwagon back in 04/05.  I don't brag about the offense, or get too excited when the defense is off the field even after all these years, though.   

[MadBurgerMaker]

SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT

Bob Sanders is done for the year: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/15655411/safety-sanders-again-lands-on-ir-chargers-sign-dt-harris

[Neil]

SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT

Bob Sanders is done for the year: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/15655411/safety-sanders-again-lands-on-ir-chargers-sign-dt-harris

Well, he helped the Chargers win a couple games that would probably have been Norved away.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Texans news:  The Steve Slaton era in Houston is over.  He was released today and Chris Ogbonnaya was brought up from the practice squad.

Apparently now the Steve Slaton era in Miami begins.

[Neil]

Texans news:  The Steve Slaton era in Houston is over.  He was released today and Chris Ogbonnaya was brought up from the practice squad.

Apparently now the Steve Slaton era in Miami begins.

It all just blends into the post-Dan Marino era, or the 'Era of Futility'.

[derspiess]

Texans news:  The Steve Slaton era in Houston is over.  He was released today and Chris Ogbonnaya was brought up from the practice squad.

Apparently now the Steve Slaton era in Miami begins.

Bengals were looking at him as a replacement for Benson if he got suspended, but passed

[CountDeMoney]

My years at Languish - and these threads - has given me an affinity for the Ravens.

I won't pretend to know much, or to be a "true fan" or anything dumb like that... but when I'm waiting at an American airport or passing through a sport bar or am anywhere else with an NFL game on the big screen and it turns out the Ravens are playing, that's the team whose victories I cheer and whose losses I regret.

Hell... I was at a British flavoured pub during the playoffs last season and was watching the Ravens when the waitress changed the game to the world's strongest man competition or something... and I made her switch it back and was actually offended that she'd changed it to begin with.

So yeah... please keep up the good work in these threads

Good show, my friend. 

Just remember, you're rooting for a team whose city uses it as their instrument of vengeance upon this earth against a league for past wrongs too many to mention, on so many levels it reaches Greek proportions.  A team the rest of the league loves to hate, in both open contempt and hidden subterfuge.  And yet, it cannot defeat it, for its very existence is a victory.

In time, you too will see what the Ravens truly are:  the team the league created, born of its own Promethean hubris, one it cannot control or evade, and there will be a reckoning.  They are Shelley's team.

Welcome to the fight.