nfl offseason transactions, fired coaches, general nonsense 2012

also cam newton went 9/27 and threw three picks

in the pro bowl

do you remember the pro bowl where there were 100 points scored and andy dalton finished with close to a perfect qb rating?

i thought it was actually entertaining! that play where Newton nearly got sacked twice, then escaped and threw a godawful pick (like, no one from his team was in the area), which was then fumbled , then recovered, then ran for a touchdown through a bunch of defenders - that was pretty cool and the kind of thing that would have like 7 flags thrown on it if it were a 'real' game

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poor eric widdle

BreakingNews Breaking News
Sports: Peyton Manning likely will never play football again, sources say - http://lat.ms/zuxF0j
3 minutes ago

rip

big loss for the nfl if true. there's no doubt he will do down in history as one of the top two quarterbacks in his family. i miss him already tbh.

yeah he's got to be subconsciously rooting against Eli right now

gdamn, you really can find a picture of calvin peeing on anything. the internet

http://oi37.tinypic.com/2vl3amq.jpg

not surprised at all about this... i'm not sure how you can have "spinal fusion surgery" and then play nfl football again. just doesn't seem possible.

cant we just sacrifice eli and put him in peytons pyramid or w/e

so... was there a certain play where peyton fucked himself up or was it some sort of degenerative thing?

you mean, inbreeding?

i am genuinely sad abt this :/

peyton deserved to ride out the rivalry w/brady til the end

also eli should be murdered asap

time for ryan leaf to make a comeback

also i am worried re superbowl

"That boy is our last hope."
"No, there is another..."

tbh, i can't believe eli is thinking about playing football at a time like this

Is spinal stenosis something that runs in families?

Cooper Manning, Archie's oldest son, was born in 1974. At 6'4", he was once an All-State High School wide receiver, and he was considered a hot prospect for the University of Mississippi. At 18, after extensive testing, he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis (a narrowing of the spinal canal), which brought his playing days to an end.[15]

tbh, i can't believe eli is thinking about playing football at a time like this

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he should prob suicide himself

the line has always been that cooper was the best athlete of all of em, tho that is prob exaggerated imo

ya surely that is just a thing people say

also i do wonder how/why this story got out now, on media day nonetheless!

that is certainly a thing that ppl say when your brothers are peyton and eli manning and you were forced to stop playing football after high school

you get the impression that archie and mrs manning got a little bit better at making spines with each try, so hopefully eli will be good thru his nfl craeer at least

aw, i was the last person to draft him on a fantasy team

T.O. appearantly broke and "in hell".

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2012/01/terrell-owens-no-money-no-job-and-in-hell.html

The money problems came from a series of bad investments and, as Owens describes it, trusting the wrong people.

"I hate myself for letting this happen," Owens said. "I believed that they had my back when they said, 'You take care of the football, and we'll do the rest.' And in the end, they just basically stole from me."

always its like this! v sad

It's hard not to have some shadenfreude at the situation though, as if the guy wasn't such a total dick, he probably would have a gig on an NFL club.

it's such a weird cliche and it seems to keep happening.

aw man, you guys

watched peyton interview on sports center last nite and he was all oh im coming back everything is on schedule didnt seem that convincing tho

def seemed like he was leaving indy

right now i'm feeling it's like 99% he leaves indy 55% he never plays again

sounds abt right

i just can't imagine him calling it a day without even trying tho

itll be so sad if he comes back for one year throw 30ints and retires

if hes hearing 'u could be paralyzed from a hit' or w/e i would hope hes smart/mature enough to say welp & walk away

i heard part of an interview w/ ray lucas who i guess has recently had a similar spinal fusion surgery who was told in his playing days that a hit could paralyze him and he told his doctors 'so what'

yeah the peyton manning i have made up in my head would not risk that.

so sad, you guys.

theyre saying he has no heightened risk of injury at this point its just that theres nerve damage in his arm thats hindering his velocity/accuracy or w/e but its slowly healing - obvs that could all be total lies

but you're right it would be sad if he came back for a season and played badly also i feel like his head might explode from frustration<---heightened risk of injury

he should suicide bomb eli w/his exploding head

i think eventually you're going to find yourself with a sneaking fondness for eli just like for peyton

ha no way eli is so lame

i have to admit i like eli. he has a forrest gump quality. i am glad that he eventually turned out to be a decent qb

important on this topic: http://espn.go.com/espnw/commentary/7525385/espnw-how-eli-manning-turned-aw-shucks-art-form

Eli's one of the all time dorks.

Couldnt give a shit about Terrell Owens, he's an idiot.

Re: Ray Lucas above. I believe he graduated from a pain-pill popper to a heroin addict.

you guys, eli is the cutest. brady is a bigger dork than eli.

there's been talk of peyton to washington.. NOOOOOOOO....