Infinity Official NFL Thread

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As a lifelong Vikings fan, I'm not complaining. 11pm central tonight on NFL Network ...gotta go check out this new guy.

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You've done it about as often as Brett too...

Steeler fan here, too. I have been my whole life, and it's been in my family longer than that, even. Kinda helps when you're from Pittsburgh, too.

I only wish I could have seen them play when they changed football forever ...

As far as his criminal record the man did his sentence and lost millions I truly believe he is sorry for what he has done. Why bother allow a person to even get out of jail if your telling them they can no longer make a living at what they do.

As for a player...I don't think vick can run the west coast offense effectively enough for him to warrant a QB spot. Kolb is suppose to be the future, Feeley is a very nice back up, Vick shouldn't really be considered a QB for the purposes of the game. Heres why.

First 3rd string QB's can't play in a game unless the 2nd string QB is injured. So Vick can't be considered the 3rd string qb because they are going to use him in unique situations. He can't be used as the 2nd string QB because he really can't run this offense consistently.

So now you have to consider that your going to move him to A) running back...where you already have a power back, a full back, westbrook, booker, and McCoy. Thats a long jam for the Eagles because they normally only keep 3 backs and a full back. Even if you cut Booker (most likly since he isn't that good) you still have Vick there to take his place creating a 5 back rotation.

So move him to WR, well theres a problem there as well...Eagles are very deep at WR. They may be the only team with out a true number 1 but they have 5 number twos from last year, and they drafted Maclin so you have to assume he is already making the team. Thats 7 wr currently that should be on your roster if you move vick there. That doesn't help out considering the Eagles usually only carry 5. Jackson, Curtis, Avant, Brown, Maclin, Vick, Baskett...even if you cut Basket and Brown thats pretty good talent your letting go. Basket is a big body and consistent often coming up with big plays and Brown was your number 1 reciever 2 years ago, along with being a big body. Then you also have Gibson who is a rookie who is playing pretty well on special teams. So now your at 8 recievers

So now as the coach you can easily just say alright he gets a roster spot as a WR even though he will play qb for us, now you have to get rid of a spot from somewhere else. The Eagles love to rotate their defensive line to keep them fresh...being a dallas fan you're aware of that because so many people hitting Romo when they play. So you can't really cut there. The Eagles also like to keep a deep secondary they usually have 5 solid corners who usually play through out the year due to all the styles of defense like nickel and dime. They also keep a lot of safties because they will run 3 safty formations and you usually want a back up for each spot.

Overall when said in done, I don't know if Vick will be worth loosing our current players, hopefully he is more than just one or two gimmick plays a game. He definatly has potential for big plays but potential and actually doing is two different things. Long story short Vick's signing as a former criminal doesn't bother me much because he did his time. The Eagle organization is probably a very good one for him to go to because McNabb, Reid, and Lurie created a family like atmosphere there. Those three should be able to help Vick out. However only time will tell.

yes, though I think it would have been with the Pittsburg Steelers. They always would have a place for them considering all of the gimmick routes they run. He would have been the back up qb but would have been playing mostly at wide reciever.

This, only Cincinnati.

I turned off the Bengals game (yay for free DirectTV Sunday Ticket weekend over slingbox...) when they couldn't score a field goal against the Broncos on their first drive, so I got the fumbled snap on the field goal but missed everything after that except the final score.

I had some futile hope that at some point in the off-season, after getting rid of all of their good players except for Carson, that the chain gang would've figured out how to play football. But no...

I think I'll try following the Saints this year - their defense seems bad enough to give up 27 points to Detroit while still having enough offense (admittedly, also against Detroit) to overcome it and make it look like a blowout. At least the games would be entertaining.

Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle it has gone from unconscionable to downright appalling that we have no way of measuring our characters' wetness.

Originally Posted by Brillig It's hard to beat the entertainment value of Whackjob Wednesdays.

oh....*scratches chin*