Football (North America: NFL, CFL, Arena Football, minor leagues)

[oscar]

Elsewhere, CFL's Edmonton Eskimos will be keeping their name.

They changed their mind.  A name change will be coming.

Edmonton Inuit?

The Inuit are spread among several time zones. Some of them might be loyal to other Canadian hockey teams.

[mgk920]

Elsewhere, CFL's Edmonton Eskimos will be keeping their name.

They changed their mind.  A name change will be coming.

Edmonton Inuit?

The Inuit are spread among several time zones. Some of them might be loyal to other Canadian hockey teams.

Ahhh, the Eskimos are Edmonton's CFL team.  Their NHL team is the Oilers.

Mike

[bing101]

https://www.nfl.com/news/nflpa-tells-players-there-will-be-no-preseason-games-in-2020
No preason games for the NFL in 2020.

[Roadgeekteen]

https://www.nfl.com/news/nflpa-tells-players-there-will-be-no-preseason-games-in-2020
No preason games for the NFL in 2020.

Week 1 gonna be a shitshow.

[triplemultiplex]

As to the Washington name, to me it comes to this. Yeah I'm sure there are Native Americans who aren't bothered by it, but ask yourself this. Would you go up to a Native American and say, "Hey, how's it going, redskin?"
Unless you're an asshole, of course not.  So yeah, change the stupid name.

In the interim, I can only assume they are held up in legal trademark BS as the explanation for the recent announcement that this year they will be the "Washington Football Team".  There is no way they can't settle on a new name with this much lee time.  They know exactly what they want it to be.  But there's probably some dickcheese who saw this coming a mile away and squatted on the trademark for a bunch of obvious sports team names for the capital city of the United States of America just so they could extort a nice payday out of the shortsighted Dan Snyder. 

Oh and let us not forget this name change is clearly timed to distract sports fans from the sexual harassment allegations within the organization that came out immediately after they announced the intent to change the name.  They knew that shit was hitting the fans and tried to get out ahead of it with some good PR in this post-Floyd era.

And finally, let us all be honest.  Washington would not be doing this name change if they hadn't spent the most of the last two decades sucking.  If they had been on a run like the Patriots were, this thing would not be happening.

[Alps]

As to the Washington name, to me it comes to this. Yeah I'm sure there are Native Americans who aren't bothered by it, but ask yourself this. Would you go up to a Native American and say, "Hey, how's it going, redskin?"
Unless you're an asshole, of course not.  So yeah, change the stupid name.

In the interim, I can only assume they are held up in legal trademark BS as the explanation for the recent announcement that this year they will be the "Washington Football Team".  There is no way they can't settle on a new name with this much lee time.  They know exactly what they want it to be.  But there's probably some dickcheese who saw this coming a mile away and squatted on the trademark for a bunch of obvious sports team names for the capital city of the United States of America just so they could extort a nice payday out of the shortsighted Dan Snyder. 

Oh and let us not forget this name change is clearly timed to distract sports fans from the sexual harassment allegations within the organization that came out immediately after they announced the intent to change the name.  They knew that shit was hitting the fans and tried to get out ahead of it with some good PR in this post-Floyd era.

And finally, let us all be honest.  Washington would not be doing this name change if they hadn't spent the most of the last two decades sucking.  If they had been on a run like the Patriots were, this thing would not be happening.

The Washington Deadlocks
The DC Posturers
The Capitol Hill Cranks

[Roadgeekteen]

As to the Washington name, to me it comes to this. Yeah I'm sure there are Native Americans who aren't bothered by it, but ask yourself this. Would you go up to a Native American and say, "Hey, how's it going, redskin?"
Unless you're an asshole, of course not.  So yeah, change the stupid name.

In the interim, I can only assume they are held up in legal trademark BS as the explanation for the recent announcement that this year they will be the "Washington Football Team".  There is no way they can't settle on a new name with this much lee time.  They know exactly what they want it to be.  But there's probably some dickcheese who saw this coming a mile away and squatted on the trademark for a bunch of obvious sports team names for the capital city of the United States of America just so they could extort a nice payday out of the shortsighted Dan Snyder. 

Oh and let us not forget this name change is clearly timed to distract sports fans from the sexual harassment allegations within the organization that came out immediately after they announced the intent to change the name.  They knew that shit was hitting the fans and tried to get out ahead of it with some good PR in this post-Floyd era.

And finally, let us all be honest.  Washington would not be doing this name change if they hadn't spent the most of the last two decades sucking.  If they had been on a run like the Patriots were, this thing would not be happening.

The Washington Deadlocks
The DC Posturers
The Capitol Hill Cranks

The Washington useless

[ET21]

Hail to the Deadskins

[oscar]

A former Washington cornerback pushed for "Red Wolves". Then someone pointed out that red wolves are an endangered species. That made the suggestion even more appealing to me, but probably not to Danny Boy.

[amroad17]

I nominate the Washington Possums--they play dead at home and get killed on the road.

Really?!?  Washington Football Team?!?  Of course, this is what many sportscasters were calling the team anyway.  Troll move by Snyder?

Yes, this was my favorite NFL team as I have been a fan since the mid 1970's.  I will always have the great memories of the 1980's and early 1990's Redskins--3 Super Bowl victories, Joe Gibbs, John Riggins, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams, Art Monk, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders, Charles Mann, and Mark Moseley.  Also, the radio broadcast team of Frank Herzog (Touchdown! Washington Redskins!), Sam Huff, and Sonny Jurgensen.  I used to watch the game on TV but would listen to the radio broadcast instead of the on-air broadcast.

Now, with all the COVID-19 issues, I have found that my level of interest in sports has waned.  Not to mention that my interest in the Redskins, sorry, former Redskins, has deteriorated the longer the dork has been the owner of the team.  Let's see how much deeper the hole they have created will grow.

Well, now at least I have plenty of collectors items.

[Eth]

In the interim, I can only assume they are held up in legal trademark BS as the explanation for the recent announcement that this year they will be the "Washington Football Team".  There is no way they can't settle on a new name with this much lee time.  They know exactly what they want it to be.  But there's probably some dickcheese who saw this coming a mile away and squatted on the trademark for a bunch of obvious sports team names for the capital city of the United States of America just so they could extort a nice payday out of the shortsighted Dan Snyder. 

Yeah, I think it pretty much has to be this. They had plenty of time to make the name change they actually wanted, but not enough time to resolve the legal issues before the season.

[1995hoo]

[Roadgeekteen]

Lol

[hobsini2]

I like DC Red Tails. It honors the Tuskegee Airmen.

[Roadgeekteen]

Antonio Brown has been suspended for 8 games.

[kevinb1994]

Antonio Brown has been suspended for 8 games.

I thought that was old news.

[Roadgeekteen]

Antonio Brown has been suspended for 8 games.

I thought that was old news.

Well he's de facto suspended for 8 seasons cuz he's such a nutjob.

[hobsini2]

Antonio Brown has been suspended for 8 games.

I thought that was old news.

Well he's de facto suspended for 8 seasons cuz he's such a nutjob.

I love that AB is getting shade from a teenager. That's awesome.

[Roadgeekteen]

Antonio Brown has been suspended for 8 games.

I thought that was old news.

Well he's de facto suspended for 8 seasons cuz he's such a nutjob.

I love that AB is getting shade from a teenager. That's awesome.

AB acts like a 12 year old

[hobsini2]

In one of my Facebook Sports groups, we have a 32 team all time draft.
Required positions:
1 Head Coach
Offense
1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 G, 1 C, 1 T
Defense
1 DE, 1 DT, 1 OLB, 1 MLB, 1 S, 2 CB, 1 K

We did 4 rounds so far. I had the 17th Pick in the 1st and 3rd. 16th in the 2nd and 4th.
I got:
1st Jim Brown RB
2nd Ray Nitschke MLB
3rd Shannon Sharpe TE
4th Don Hutson WR

Next Round is Tuesday. I will keep you guys posted.

[LM117]

Looks like The Rock is buying the XFL...

https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/29588303/dwayne-rock-johnson-investor-group-agree-buy-xfl-15m

[Roadgeekteen]

In one of my Facebook Sports groups, we have a 32 team all time draft.
Required positions:
1 Head Coach
Offense
1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 G, 1 C, 1 T
Defense
1 DE, 1 DT, 1 OLB, 1 MLB, 1 S, 2 CB, 1 K

We did 4 rounds so far. I had the 17th Pick in the 1st and 3rd. 16th in the 2nd and 4th.
I got:
1st Jim Brown RB
2nd Ray Nitschke MLB
3rd Shannon Sharpe TE
4th Don Hutson WR

Next Round is Tuesday. I will keep you guys posted.

No quarterback?

[hobsini2]

In one of my Facebook Sports groups, we have a 32 team all time draft.
Required positions:
1 Head Coach
Offense
1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 G, 1 C, 1 T
Defense
1 DE, 1 DT, 1 OLB, 1 MLB, 1 S, 2 CB, 1 K

We did 4 rounds so far. I had the 17th Pick in the 1st and 3rd. 16th in the 2nd and 4th.
I got:
1st Jim Brown RB
2nd Ray Nitschke MLB
3rd Shannon Sharpe TE
4th Don Hutson WR

Next Round is Tuesday. I will keep you guys posted.

No quarterback?

I just drafted my QB in the 8th round. Fran Tarkenton.

[Roadgeekteen]

In one of my Facebook Sports groups, we have a 32 team all time draft.
Required positions:
1 Head Coach
Offense
1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 G, 1 C, 1 T
Defense
1 DE, 1 DT, 1 OLB, 1 MLB, 1 S, 2 CB, 1 K

We did 4 rounds so far. I had the 17th Pick in the 1st and 3rd. 16th in the 2nd and 4th.
I got:
1st Jim Brown RB
2nd Ray Nitschke MLB
3rd Shannon Sharpe TE
4th Don Hutson WR

Next Round is Tuesday. I will keep you guys posted.

No quarterback?

I just drafted my QB in the 8th round. Fran Tarkenton.

My goodness that's quite a steal.

[SEWIGuy]

In one of my Facebook Sports groups, we have a 32 team all time draft.
Required positions:
1 Head Coach
Offense
1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 G, 1 C, 1 T
Defense
1 DE, 1 DT, 1 OLB, 1 MLB, 1 S, 2 CB, 1 K

We did 4 rounds so far. I had the 17th Pick in the 1st and 3rd. 16th in the 2nd and 4th.
I got:
1st Jim Brown RB
2nd Ray Nitschke MLB
3rd Shannon Sharpe TE
4th Don Hutson WR

Next Round is Tuesday. I will keep you guys posted.

No quarterback?

I just drafted my QB in the 8th round. Fran Tarkenton.

My goodness that's quite a steal.

Is it?  Is this getting scored at all?  Because some of these 70s quarterbacks have stats that wouldn't fare too well today. 

Tarkenton was first in completion percentage in 1977 at 60.1%.  That would have been good for 30th last year.  His career rating is 80.4.  Which is terrible in comparison. 

I'm not saying he is a bad quarterback or that he wouldn't have been a success in today's game, but if you are scoring this based on stats of some sort, it would be better to pick a top 10 quarterback of the last decade than any QB in the 70s or 80s.