Sarkus
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Its weird because he’s always had a stellar reputation and because he was very much loved by his teammates in Chicago by all accounts. On the other hand, he’s 34 so maybe moving to another team at this late point in his career was more then he wanted to deal with if he’s not a starter.
Another funny story today involves Darrelle Revis. He was doing a radio interview in New York when the host (Mike Francesa) started continually badgering over a non-call in the MNF game. Basically, Francesa, who has reputation of being anti-Jet in general, kept insisting that Revis should have been called for pass interference on his interception return for a touchdown. He and Revis were arguing about it when Jets PR got on the phone and told Revis to hang up and end the interview, which he did. The Jets PR guy later apologized, saying he should have just told Francesa to move along. By all accounts (and you can listed to it as well via a link at PFT) Francesa was being a jerk, but its still rare to see team PR jump in like that.
Kreutz has a reputation of being an ass while at UWash.
NFL Europe taught the NFL nothing. The NBA has a far better chance of expanding to Europe (or Asia) if they ever figure out how to handle scheduling/travel.
If the NFL keeps banging its head against the European wall, they should try a game in Switzerland. They’ve got a pretty good American football following, I hear.
They should really try a game in Germany. The end of the WAFL/NFL(E) thing was largely just a bunch of German teams and a collection of stoned blokes in Amsterdam.
The Germans are pretty rabid about the sport, it’s easier to get to for much of Europe than London and you have US servicemen nearby to fill out the crowd.
*Edit : to avoid “well you would say that”, despite the username I’m from England.
I agree. No idea why they keep going back to London. Frankfurt would seem like a much better option.
At the very least, move it around. Or maybe add a second game and move that one around and keep one in London for a few years to see if they can build on it.
Sarkus
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I think they like London because of the stadium and size of the city. I’m not sure about Frankfurt - the stadium there only seats 48,000 for American Football, which is way below the 80,000+ they can seat in London.
I guess London is a bit more attractive as a destination for American fans who want a football vacation. I’d pick London over Frankfurt – no offense, Germany.
I heard this live and Francesa was a jerk. Revis was being a jerk too, so there’s no winner in this thing.
The amusing thing was that Revis was appealing to his authority as being a NFL player and that Mike had no place to call it a foul. Cut to a few minutes forward and a caller was taking Mike to task for being a jerk and he then pulled the ‘I’ve been doing this for 20+ years, so when you get your own show you can tell me I did the interview wrong’ shit. Basically what Revis did and he was taking him to task for. Mike is an asshole and needs his ego deflated.
Sarkus
3510
There are jerk sports talk show guys like that everywhere. Seattle has a guy who several years ago was just endlessly going after a Seahawk DT and they exchanged words in interviews a few times. After a few years the guy retired and ended up getting invited to co-host a different show on the same station, and one day the two ended up in a physical altercation while on the air (the other host involved did not seem to realize it was serious).
sluggo
3511
I heard this on a replay but didn’t hear the end, and the whole time I wasn’t sure if they were kidding each other or really arguing.
Francesca had been going on all week about how that play was clearly pass interference, showing replays where Revis has a full handful of Marshall’s jersey 10 yards downfield. The MNF announcers all said the same thing and they were all correct – it was absolutely pass interference and a blown call.
Of course Revis isn’t going to admit that, tho, and if I was Francesca I would have just moved on, but I thought Revis acted like kind of a jerk himself, suggesting Francesca “doesn’t know what goes on on a football field” or something like that. It was a pass interference call and he got away with. Why insult the interviewer?
And then I got pulled away and missed the end and had no idea it ended that badly. Wacky.
ckessel
3512
I saw the play live on MNF (and replayed of course) and thought the receiver just barrelled into Revis for the most part. Revis was moving backwards and the receiver turned and practically ran him down. Revis grabbed some jersey while it happened, but to my eyes it looked more receiver initiated than anything else.
Sarkus
3513
I was looking at that website that shows the games that will be shown in my market and boy, what a bunch of crap. The only early game is Seahawks/Browns. Ok, whatever, local team and all that. The late game choices are Kansas City/Oakland and Green Bay/Minnesota. Blech.
Hopefully at least one of those games will be entertaining.
They traded Brandon Lloyd last week.
Isn’t that implied by the minus?
Yeah, that’s why it says minus.
The Green Bay/Minnesota game should be interesting, in a “Can Rodgers pass for 600 yards in one game?” sort of interesting.
Sarkus
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Entertaining and interesting are not the same thing. Most NFL games are interesting in some way or another if you are a fan of the sport. So sure, I can have an interest in seeing how Ponder does, or if Palmer plays for the Raiders, and so on. But the two national games look pretty one sided, at least going in, and Seattle/Cleveland is two mediocre teams at best.
There are some good matchups tomorrow, they just aren’t being shown in my area.
Shadarr
3519
Yeah, I thought it was a good non-call. Revis was the one with his head up looking for the ball, Marshall had his head buried in Revis’s chest. If they give him that call, then receivers could just run into the DB anytime they need an automatic first down.
That reminds me, I haven’t yet checked to see what’s being shown in my area tomorrow…
Oh, Chargers/Jets and Bears/Bucs, followed by the Pack at the Vikes.
That last one I may actually watch.
