Who's Ready For Some FOOTBALL 2011/2012 Season!

bills are going to draft 8 runningbacks like always.

hopefully though, they actually get something they need. someone for the defensive line would be nice. dareus would be legit.

no clue who skins will take at 10

Originally posted by zakk I'm rooting for whoever I draft in my FFL and whoever I have money on that weekend.  In a perfect world, the Raiders would still suck, the 49ers do well and the Sharks win the Stanley Cup.

+1 on rooting for players on my FFL team and for some Sharks hope. But the 49er arrogance/Raider hate...  I don't dislike the 49ers, but I do dislike most 49er fans, thus I root against them.

As much as I love the NFL, I can't bring myself to think much about it with all of the "off field" stuff going on. I'm not excited about the draft at all. It's kind of meaningless since the draftee can't report or even talk to their coaches. I feel they should've postponed the draft until after a labor resolution

Originally posted by cheemaster Originally posted by zakk I'm rooting for whoever I draft in my FFL and whoever I have money on that weekend.  In a perfect world, the Raiders would still suck, the 49ers do well and the Sharks win the Stanley Cup.   Amen dude. It's been too long since the 49ers have made the playoffs...

+1 to the Sharks going all the way.  Especially with the Giants doing it this year-that would just be incredible.  2 first-time Norcal championships in one year would be a pretty big coincidence.

Here's hoping my Bucs wind up with Ryan Kerrigan in the 1st, Mason Foster in the 2nd, Greg Romeus in the third, Ahmad Black in the 4th

lot of decent qb's in the draft this year.  it's gonna be interesting to see which teams they're gonna be on.  i heard on espn that the average qb's drafted in the first two rounds is around 3 but this year they're expecting around 7.

I am more of a college guy (go gamecocks!), but I will pull for the panthers just because they are close by. Well atleast I started to pull for them before the owner decided to write this previous year off, dump all his veteran players that actually cost some money, and play a bunch of scrubs while raking in the excess profits for himself. He is the head of the owners board in the CBA negotiations, so I think he was trying to show how poor his team was by not paying anyone... or something along those lines.

Either way, I have decided that my future interest in the panthers will be decided solely on whether they draft Cam Newton. I hate that A** and will become an anti-panther if they draft him.

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So it is college football season yet?

i'm sooo ready, but i'm afraid the greedy owners might not let it actually happen

The only team that will get Luck next year is the #1 draft pick and I don't think I want the Broncos to have that honor next season.

Anyone hear about the kickoff change? How do you think that will affect the games?

Maybe the Broncos will be as lucky as @CoMtnRider.  Can't believe you won a free snowboard!

Hope Patrick Peterson falls to the Niners at 7 cuz no way Marcell Dareus is going to be around when they pick. All the QB's this year seem like a projects to me and not top 10 worthy.

college yes, nfl who cares because of the lockout

Unless the NFL gets its act together all that we have to look forward to is college football which in my opinion is better anyways because everyone in college is selling out everygame, you dont see that in the NFL so much anymore... Roll Tide Roll

Your couch doesn't normally have seats on it?

you should get a PM about it within a week... if you haven't gotten anything by then email customer support and they'll hook a brother up

does anyone else feel this is the year that al davis croaks??

Al Davis...the Krypt Keeper.  Dude sold his sole to the devil.  I hope every former Head Coach of theirs sues him for once in a Class Action suit.  That guy needs to just go away.

There will be a parade in Oakland when it happens.

im excited as hell for the draft too except the stupid owners/players are killing the hype. As for the Vikes, definatly need to pick up a solid secondary position on defense. i doubt peterson will last, i say we move up

Originally posted by CoMtnRider Anyone else think Pathers are NOT going to take Cam with the #1 pick?  I don't really get why he is getting so much press as the #1 pick when he is basically just a bigger Tebow without the work ethic?  Just shocks me that he has pretty much all the traits that Tebow had which were negatives for Tebow but no one is focusing on them for Cam.

the hype machine drove through that wall long ago.  I think we'll be comparing him to JaMarcus Russel before too long...

I'd put the over under at 4.5 years before Newton is out of the NFL.  Anyone want action?

Originally posted by CoMtnRider Anyone else think Pathers are NOT going to take Cam with the #1 pick?  I don't really get why he is getting so much press as the #1 pick when he is basically just a bigger Tebow without the work ethic?  Just shocks me that he has pretty much all the traits that Tebow had which were negatives for Tebow but no one is focusing on them for Cam.

How do you figure Newton has a bad work ethic? Anybody here ever seen him practice or work out? In all my years of watching college football i've never seen a player face such scrutiny and continue to excell. Where is the downside to that. To the people who think Patrick Peterson is such a great talent, I seem to remember him getting drug into the endzone like Brian Bosworth by a sorry little QB with a bad work ethic. But I guess that dosen't matter.  I'm no expert but I don't understand the hype about Blaine Gabbert. What's the big upside to him? He played in a soft big twelve and he looks like he struggles to throw the ball more than twenty yards.

Its just not an "elite" QB year. They are all projects. Heck, the panthers will have to teach Cam how to take a 3-5 step drop before they even try to teach him the playbook.

It will be a wasted pick at #1.

I've seen Newton work out and practice in person. The guy works as hard as anybody i've seen. I don't think Cam is the second coming of anything. I can vouch for the guys personality he used to read to kids on Thursdays at Cary woods elementary school before anybody outside of Auburn ever heard of him. He has a ton of talent. Most of the negatives people bring up about him are downright untrue. As far as his talent translating into NFL success is all speculation at this point. There was a time when people thought Rick Mier was the second coming of Jesus and Tom Brady was the sixth QB taken in the sixth round of the draft. There were also experts who thought Todd Marinovich and Ryan Leaf were can't miss winners. So who the hell knows for sure. Last thing. It would be nice to see Al Davis pass the torch.