Cove's Redzone Pub. The NFL chat thread.

No need to trade, he's been cut!

 

E.J. Manuel with an LCL sprain, out 4-6 weeks. So Freeman got 2 teams that might need his services as Tuel was unconvincing Thursday...

 

Also, Ahmad Bradshaw ruled out for tomorrow, Colts report he has an ailing neck injury

 

Wouldn't be surprised if he was out for the whole season.

 

How do you rate your chances tomorrow night without Bradshaw? Can Richardson do it on his own or is Brown good enough to compensate?

 

I don't think it makes a huge difference either way. Brown is a decent relief back, but we're not seeing the best of Trent yet, but it's not a huge step down from Bradshaw at any rate. I don't think we had much of a chance with or without Bradshaw. Perhaps it's a bit less likely now.

 

Not NFL but I just put on ESPN and they're showing College Football and the score was something ridiculous like 63-0. What a hammering.

Also, it's pretty insane how huge College Football games are in America. Over here, you'd be lucky if there's more than 5 people watching any university level sporting event (and those five are all probably friends of soem of the players). Though I guess due to the relatively small numbers of NFL teams, the College Football system gives people who don't live near an NFL franchise the possibility of seeing a relatively high level Football game which might be why they're so popular. I guess it'd be like if the Premier League was the only level of soccer here, university soccer would be a lot more popular especially in places which don't have a Premier League team but as it is, there's dozens of professional football teams and you're never far away from one.

 

Kind of. University sports aren't popular because it's full of amateurs. College sports in the states are filled with the absolute best people of that age bracket. The difference in standard of play is huge.

There are many more factors too - history, traditionally fierce college loyalty etc etc, but yeah it's a lot of effort to go into it all.

 

Tickets are on sale:

http://www.ticketcity.com/college-football-tickets/independents/army-black-knights-football-tickets/army-black-knights-vs-navy-midshipmen-tickets-lincoln-financial-field-december-14-300pm.html

Bizarre prices, first row tickets go up to 515 dollars, madness

 

Blimey. I was looking at some Vikings ticket prices and the cheapest are like 17 dollars, which is pretty decent actually.

 

That'll be because they're ****, so are struggling to move tickets. The cheapest you'll get in other places can be upwards of 60 or 70 dollars, and that's right up in the gods.

 

Hard Knocks? They do that most years, it was Dolphins last year. Always interesting. My personal favourite ever moment was Antonio Cromatie (Jets CB) failing to remember the names of all his children.

 

I think it helps that most, if not all, college games happen on the Saturday, when there is no NFL action whatsoever. Whereas over here, there will always be something much bigger on during University events, such as Premier League or whatever.

 

After years of loving the sport, I played for the first time today.

I feel like dying.

 

Haha, good for you, I remember when I first played rugby more than 10 years ago, I was out for a week
And this summer when I was in Sussex, I threw my first American Football, my first throw was a 29 yard complete pass but I still don't know how that happened.

Sad thing is that we Dutch don't do rugby or NFL, I just wished I was old enough to go to the Amsterdam Admirals when they still existed

 

That's not bad, I don't think I can throw a ball that far myself! OL for me.

But yeah it's a shame NFL Europe was such a financial disaster because I'm sure it'd have been fun.

 

Everyone watching the Redzone channel is going bonkers right now

Bengals sack Brady twice in their first possession, Jags score a running touchdown, Bears get torn apart and Wilson does two backflips at the same spot. Titans muff the punt and Chiefs recover it for a TD. This is insane!