NFL Offseason 2012: Because contract negotiations are part of the excitement

[CountDeMoney]

Best Tebow Tweets:

• "Tim Tebow would definitely be a Hufflepuff." — Professor Snape, @_Snape_

• "Tim Tebow to New York. Jews to Denver." — Jeffrey Ross, @realjeffreyross

• "Tim Tebow was traded for our sins." — Faux John Madden, @FauxJohnMadden

• "If only Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez can fall for the same woman, we're 75 percent of the way to writing a wacky 80s romcom." — Kevin Van Valkenburg, @KVanValkenburg

• "What is a Tebow and does Katniss use it to kill people?" — bobby finger, @bobbyfinger

• "The jets are basically the first 30 minutes of 'major league' on a loop, and i love it." — Rob Harvilla, @harvilla

• "Hopefully with Tebow moving closer to NY, he'll finally get some attention from the media." — Josh Jackson, @joshjackson

• "Tebow traded to Jets for fourth round pick. The deal was worked out by his new agent, Judas." — Denis Leary, @denisleary

• "This tweet is also about Tim Tebow." — Mary Charlene, @IamEnidColeslaw

• "Suck it, Tebow." — Jesus Christ, @jesus_m_christ

• "We've already got 60 reasons to love the Tebow trade, 42 causes for concern, and 23 parallels between the trade and Season II of The Shield" — Fake Grantland, @fakegrantland

[Razgovory]

Looks like Minsky will have to change his tune about Tebow.

[Ed Anger]

Tebow will hold a mass conversion of the heathens in Central Park. Then ascend to his golden throne.

[sbr]

[CountDeMoney]

Shit ain't funny, yo.

[sbr]

I didn't realize you were on Team Jesus.

[CountDeMoney]

I didn't realize you were on Team Jesus.

I tried to kick Timmay off, by Jesus wouldn't let me.

[katmai]

Brandon Jacobs to Niners?

[MadBurgerMaker]

The playoff OT rule is being applied to regular season games now, plus some other info on rules that were accepted or rejected:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/nfl/03/28/rule.changes.ap/index.html?sct=nfl_t2_a8

NFL owners passed the playoff overtime rule for the regular season Wednesday.
All games that go to overtime now can't end on a field goal on the first possession. The opposing team must get one series, and if it also kicks a field goal, the extra period continues.
Of course, if it fails to score it loses and if it gets a touchdown, it wins. The rule has not come into play since it was instituted in 2010, with only two playoff games going to OT. One ended on the first play, Tim Tebow's 80-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas for Denver over Pittsburgh. The other had several possessions for each team before the Giants beat the 49ers in the NFC title game.
The vote on adopting the overtime was 30-2.
Owners also have given the replay official permission to review turnovers just as he reviews all scoring plays.
Other rules changes: a team will lose a down for illegally kicking a loose ball; too many men on the field becomes a dead ball foul; and a player receiving a crackback block is now considered a defenseless player and the hit will result in a 15-yard penalty.
Not passed were proposals to have the booth official handle video reviews rather than the referee, and outlawing the horse-collar tackle made on quarterbacks in the pocket.

[CountDeMoney]

Today in history, a day which will live in infamy:



NEVER FORGET

[Neil]

Don't worry.  Knowing the Irsays, it's entirely possible that the Colts will be utterly futile for the rest of your life.  Watching your enemies fail at everything they do is sweet.

[Admiral Yi]

Haven't kept up on this thread.  Already mentioned that the Saints are talking to The Big Tuna about filling in during Peyton's suspension?

[CountDeMoney]

lulz, Onion headline blurb:

Cowboys, Redskins Penalized An Additional $10 Million In Cap Space For Whatever Owners Are Planning To Do To Get Around The Cap

[Syt]

Friends who've never seen football before will go watch a home game of the Vienna Vikings next week Monday and I've decided to join. The Austrian league is not too bad for European standards (so I guess about U.S. high school level at best ), with Vienna one of the two top teams.

I checked who they're playing against - Kornmesser Rangers from Mödling.

Vienna have won their first two games against the Graz Giants (3rd last season, league had 7 teams, now 6) and the Danube Dragons (4th).

The Rangers have been promoted to the AFL this season. Their record so far: 0-52 vs. Tirol Raiders and 0-67 vs. Graz.

[Sophie Scholl]

The Oakland Raiders webpage actually has articles on their Austrian league counterparts.  I was amused by their 52-0 beatdown of a team.