Aside from Bengals fansMarvin Lewis ain't scaring anybody folks.
It's in play now.Would love for the Texans to pass the Colts in that awful division.
Arizona looked really tough coming from behind last night. Unless they have a letdown, I'm liking AZ.Bengals will be in primetime next week as well in Arizona. Wouldn't be shocked to see another no show performance from them.
Hell, if the Jags beat the Titans, and the Jets and Falcons beat the Texans and Colts respectively, they'll be tied for first as well.Given the Luck injury, the Texans could give the Colts a run in the AFC South.
I kind of hate J.J. Watt outside the football field. Just tries too hard, which is a great quality in an NFL player but a lousy quality for a comedian.Whoa, Andy Dalton was majorly offended by Watt's Red Ryder BB gun remark. "I'm really disappointed in him, he's a player kids and everybody look up to, integrity of the game, wah, wah wah." What a dipshit.
To be fair though, Watt said the Texans goal was to make the Red Rifle look like a Red Ryder BB gun. He didn't actually call him a BB gun. Willie McGinest and the guys on NFLN took Watt's side and said "aw, come on, he's only trying to make a joke." So, Watt goes out of his way to make funnies? I didn't know.I kind of hate J.J. Watt outside the football field. Just tries too hard, which is a great quality in an NFL player but a lousy quality for a comedian.
That's silly. Will the Patriots be a pretender if they don't finish 16-0?Wow. Cincy exposed as a pretender.
Fair enough, but declaring any of the top-level teams as "pretenders" right now is particularly short-sightedDepends who they lose to and where.
I would have zero problem with that remark, but Watt also scolded Mettenberger for taking selfies as if that's below the standard set for a professional athlete's conduct. If he wants to be the fun police, I hope every little joke he makes about opposing players gets scrutinized to death.To be fair though, Watt said the Texans goal was to make the Red Rifle look like a Red Ryder BB gun. He didn't actually call him a BB gun. Willie McGinest and the guys on NFLN took Watt's side and said "aw, come on, he's only trying to make a joke." So, Watt goes out of his way to make funnies? I didn't know.
...and watt followed it up by saying the bengals are a great team, dalton is a great player, just a tremendous effort by the texans, etc. it was pretty innocuous.I mean - it was a lame joke but Dalton comes off as a little overly sensitive.
I'm using this all day, without attribution.Good job good Eifert
A little? It is a lot over sensitive. It was a dumb joke, it wasn't even insulting,("our goal is to try to stop the QB" is an insult?) and it was also based upon what occurred in the game. This is such a great non story.I mean - it was a lame joke but Dalton comes off as a little overly sensitive.
Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.
That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.
Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.
I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.
And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.
My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?
I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.
I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.
I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.
Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?
So rather than addressing her young daughter's concern about Cam's dancing and "pelvic thrusts", she redirects her attention to the... cheerleaders. Heckuva job there mom.A Tennessee mom to Cam Newton: Here’s what my 9-year-old saw
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
But I have to say the NFL is asking for this kind of thing with those "Football is Family" ads they keep running.Also kind of funny the "pelvic" thrusts issue when she comes from Tennessee.
Pretty famous guy from there... wish I could remember his name... pelvic thrusts...
Serious note, I'm tired of the "you need to help me keep my kids in a perfectly sealed experience bubble of my choice even when I am partaking in an event meant for mass consumption" attitude.
Get over yourself.
Peyton Manning thrusted his pelvis in the reverse direction.Also kind of funny the "pelvic" thrusts issue when she comes from Tennessee.
Pretty famous guy from there... wish I could remember his name... pelvic thrusts...
At least they fixed that god awful pro shop one where the die-hard family changed allegiances at drop of a hat to one that makes more sense with both grandparents sending team apparel to protect their grandkids from the in-law family influence.But I have to say the NFL is asking for this kind of thing with those "Football is Family" ads they keep running.
I'm almost certain that the daughter didn't have any dirty thoughts about Cam Newton's actions. That sort of thing comes from the mind of an overly sensitive adult - certainly not a 9 year old.So rather than addressing her young daughter's concern about Cam's dancing and "pelvic thrusts", she redirects her attention to the... cheerleaders. Heckuva job there mom.
Also his shoes are neither blue nor suede.Peyton Manning thrusted his pelvis in the reverse direction.
What a shitty lawyer. Doesn't even know the term of art for the area between the testicles and rectum.Peyton Manning thrusted his pelvis in the reverse direction.
The worst line in that article: "Hundreds of children of both sexes statewide have been named Peyton"Peyton Manning thrusted his pelvis in the reverse direction.