NFL Offseason Thread: March 3, 2011. A date which will live in infamy.

[Valisk]

8 games better than none?

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/N...t-games-060611

Also, Plaxico Burress was released this morning. 3 months early for good behavior.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/P...-Monday-060511

[Moss]

yay, good for Plax

hopefully he can be relevant somewhere this year

edit: As for the 8 game season... from a pure watching football perspective, I wouldn't mind it because that plan includes time for minicamps and things for everyone to get sharp. However, have fun winning a superbowl and then hearing it was only from a shortened season for the rest of time.

[Bregor]

Kind of a huge douchewad, charity or not.

Just watched the interview, I didn't see it as overly douchy. If he's guilty of anything it's having a bad sense of humor.

[Penthesilea]

As douchey as the guy is he's fucking right.

I'm about to reach my limit, I'm going stir crazy," Rivers told me. "I think it's just unfortunate we've come to this. The game is at an all-time high. I'm not talking about revenue. I'm talking about popularity. We're essentially putting all of that at risk. I don't mean just players. I mean owners, everyone. I didn't think we’d ever be here. I'm still shocked we're at this point.

"I grew up loving football as a game and I still do. The business side of it never appealed to me but I can't be a hypocrite. The business side has been beneficial to me but I always hated this part of it. It's not me. I don’t think it's a lot of players. Most players just want to get back to football."

[Mertron]

Originally Posted by Philip Rivers
I'm about to reach my limit, I'm going stir crazy," Rivers told me. "I think it's just unfortunate we've come to this. The game is at an all-time high. I'm not talking about revenue. I'm talking about popularity. We're essentially putting all of that at risk. I don't mean just players. I mean owners, everyone. I didn't think we’d ever be here. I'm still shocked we're at this point.

"I grew up loving football as a game and I still do. The business side of it never appealed to me but I can't be a hypocrite. The business side has been beneficial to me but I always hated this part of it. It's not me. I don’t think it's a lot of players. Most players just want to get back to football.".

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dC0IVuO0vH...rsConfused.JPG
rivers confused. on one hand want football, on other hand want bananas.

[Penthesilea]

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_im...-1024x1024.jpg

"Yo dawg, i heard you like shields So we put a shield, onto your shield and added eighteen headlights."

Monday Night football has officially been pimped.

[Tyche]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...r-three-weeks/

Report: Deal could come within two or three weeks

Over the weekend, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal reported via Twitter the existence of an expectation that a framework for a labor deal could come in two weeks.

Now, Mark Maske of the Washington Post reports that sources on both sides of the dispute said Tuesday that a deal could be struck in the next two to three weeks.

From a marketing and P.R. standpoint, we think there’s tremendous value in trying to announce a new deal on the Wednesday or Thursday before the three-day Fourth of July weekend. That would require the agreement to be reached in 15 or 16 days.

Several of you have asked for a full explanation of the steps from the two sides reaching an agreement in principle to establishing a full-blown Collective Bargaining Agreement. We’ll provide a flow chart later today.

[tyven]

PLEASE GOD

[Dimmauk]

PLEASE GOD

Now that the NBA season is over, there is zero sports. Midseason MLB? NHL is almost over, so what else? WNBA?

[Conrad]

I like-a da baseball

Rhinox has already begun his Cubs trolling in the MLB thread anyway.

[Akiyama]

silly Dimmy. WNBA isn't a sport.

[Demosthenes11]

I will not believe there is a deal until there is a deal

[Plow]

http://www.bullshit.watever.org/nflol

Favre is coming out of retirement if the deal comes through. Reports say he looked at a football 2 days ago.

[Valisk]

silly Dimmy. WNBA isn't a sport.

Yet... the Water National Basketball Association could catch on if Michael Phelps or Tim Duncan endorses it.

[archibaldcrane]

I will not believe there is a deal until there is a deal

This.

PLEASE GOD

And this.

[Zoolander]

Summer really is a sports wasteland. Its saved by the world cup every 4 years, but otherwise its a random baseball game I dont care about and...Wimbledon. Women's tennis has become unbearable to watch though, so all thats left is the long ass mens games.

Makes me think I just need to start playing soccer again and forget about sports for the next couple months.

And seriously, please let this be true. The longer this goes on the more I have mini-heart attacks at the thought of no football. Least Freeman is setting up a minicamp with 2-a-days. I'm really loving this guy, talk about striking gold. I shoulda tried to sneak into IMG when teams were practicing there down in Bradenton...my home is like 5 minutes away lol, even on the same road.

[Demosthenes11]

baseball is the best thing about summer gtfo

[Bregor]

Summer really is a sports wasteland.

RAYS

baseball is the best thing about summer gtfo

^

[Dimmauk]

baseball is the best thing about summer gtfo

I'll watch baseball np, I'll be watching the rangers and Yankees series this week. But it is still midseason...so meh

[Tyche]

I'd rather watch Division II women's track and field practice than watch a single inning of a Yankees v Red Sox game.