NFL Week 2: Just sit back and let whoever's receiving do the work.

[Stiker]

Btw, we disowned Romo. He sucks.

Dimm, don't lie, you hate the Cowboys, you refused to claim him to begin with.

[Dimmauk]

Dimm, don't lie, you hate the Cowboys, you refused to claim him to begin with.

True, also Miz fails at spanish slang. El Way.

[Zilla]

Reid needs to see what they have with Kolb. Hell they spent a 2nd round pic on his ass. He has been given the label of the future and Vick is no where near ready to start for the Eagles.

[Mizango]

True, also Miz fails at spanish slang. El Way.

Chingo Bling.

[QuePsiXI]

You don't need to defend T.O., he drops the ball on his own.

This did not receive the recognition it deserved. Fuck grabbing the mic from Taylor, Kanye actually came up to declare that this joke should have won the page, circa 2007-8.

[Quixon]

Reid needs to see what they have with Kolb. Hell they spent a 2nd round pic on his ass. He has been given the label of the future and Vick is no where near ready to start for the Eagles.

I agree. But at the same time, 3 Picks against the Saints is probably equal to 5 picks against any other team.

[Gadritan]

There's also the fact that they've planned on using Vick exclusively as a specialty player this season from day 1.

They had no intention of using him as a starter in the event of McNabb going down. Reid even stated that before the CAR game when asked about it.

[archibaldcrane]

Main reason I wasn't posting during the GB game was because I had to go to a bar to see it - hell the one post I did make (whining about the missed obvious 40-yard PI call and sad that we didn't get to see that final play) was from my iPhone at the bar.

We knew the offensive line was a question mark coming into the season, but I don't think we expected it to be that bad. However, 4 of Omon's 5 sacks came after LT Clifton went out with a knee sprain in the 3rd - Omon was playing well already, he just kicked it up to beast-mode once he got a backup to face. The lack of commitment to the running game is pissing me off - running the ball and play-action passing is the best way to prevent the defenders from pinning their ears back and going pass-rush nuts. It's not like we're going to stop seeing full-on pass rush given it's clearly our greatest weakness.

Despite the pressure, I don't understand how Aaron Rodgers has forgotten how to throw the ball away. He's trying to make too much happen on each play and putting us into 3rd and 15+ too often. A few of the sacks were just completely getting beaten and blindsiding him, but too many are happening when he feels the rush, scrambles...and then gets caught and tackled. Throw that shit away. The one thing I am impressed with is that despite running for his life for most of the past two games, he has thrown 0 INTs, and despite getting sacked a shitload he hasn't lost any fumbles.

I assume that most people didn't actually get to see the last 2 minutes of this game, and that's a shame. For those that missed it, Green Bay was down 10 points, receiving a kickoff with 1:51 remaining and no timeouts. They drove to the 27 yard line and quickly kicked a field goal on second and 10 - they only had 45 seconds left and needed those points to give them time for the onside kick. Then they -easily- recovered the onside kick and drove again to the 10 yard line, where Rodgers took the snap with 2 seconds remaining and one chance to score the game-tying touchdown...but the O-Line wasn't set and they got flagged for a false-start. After the 10 second runoff, the game was over.

It would have been a truly remarkable comeback and I just wish that last snap would've gotten off to give them a chance to make that final play.

[Dimmauk]

Posted this in the MMA thread, and thought it could go here to.

Former NFLer Herschel Walker signed with Strikeforce

By Maggie Hendricks

Herschel Walker, the Heisman Trophy-winning running back and former NFL player with the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys, has found a new career: mixed martial arts. The 47-year-old Walker has signed a contract with Strikeforce to fight at an unspecified date. He will begin training with American Kickboxing Academy, the high-profile camp in San Jose, Calif., that trains UFC standouts Josh Koscheck, Mike Swick, Jon Fitch, Cain Velasquez and Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson.

"I've been training for several years. I would play college football games on Saturday and then compete in martial arts tournaments on Sunday after church. I'm now looking forward to opening up another chapter in my life and to competing in MMA," said Walker in a news release.

Walker is not the first high-profile athlete to make the jump to MMA. In the current season of "The Ultimate Fighter," four former NFL players are trying for a chance at a contract with the UFC, most notably Marcus Jones, who played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for seven years. Cleveland Cavaliers star Shaquille O'Neal has trained in mixed martial arts for years, and made jokes about challenging former UFC champ Chuck Liddell.

That doesn't mean that the road to MMA success will be easy for Walker, who retired from football in 1997. During last week's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter," Jones became sick from the intense workouts that MMA requires. Afterwards, he noted that he never had to work that hard in the NFL.

Walker will also have the obstacle of age in front of him. Though there are fighters who compete well into their forties -- most notably Randy Couture, who is 46 -- but those fighters did not spend much of their lives being tackled by 265 pound linebackers. The wear and tear on a running back should not be dismissed when looking at Walker's chances.

At the same time, it will be hard not to root for him. He's been an MMA fan for years, and was even at UFC 103 this past weekend in Dallas. Walker is a modern-day Jim Thorpe, having competed in the Olympic bobsled, professional football and now MMA. Now, he will test the bounds of his age and health again in MMA. Seeing a 47-year-old man walk the walk in this manner is downright inspirational.

[Akiyama]

He's going to get fucking KILLED when he does actually fight, assuming he fights someone that's not some noob.

[Tyche]

Despite the pressure, I don't understand how Aaron Rodgers has forgotten how to throw the ball away. He's trying to make too much happen...

You know the answer to this, and it resides in Minnesota right now.

[Dimmauk]

Yeah the Packers are fucking me in FF, everyone thought their Offensive was going to be insane, and instead they look like shit. WTF happend to Jennings?

[archibaldcrane]

You know the answer to this, and it resides in Minnesota right now.

Eh, he's taking sacks where Favre would be throwing picks, but that didn't seem to be a major problem last year. It's just confusing.

[Callisto]

Anyone else wonder how in the hell Matt Millen got on as an NFL analyst for ESPN? Wouldn't he still have his old job if it weren't fully proven that he knows dick all about NFL football?

[Gadritan]

Anyone else wonder how in the hell Matt Millen got on as an NFL analyst for ESPN?

You answered your own question.

[Headspace]

Yeah the Packers are fucking me in FF, everyone thought their Offensive was going to be insane, and instead they look like shit. WTF happend to Jennings?

Leon Hall is what happened.

[Demosthenes11]

Yeah the Packers are fucking me in FF, everyone thought their Offensive was going to be insane, and instead they look like shit. WTF happend to Jennings?

? brett favre is doing great for me

[tyven]

? brett favre is doing great for me

i hope mcnabb is your other qb

[engine]

Leon Hall is what happened.

This.

Jennings had 0 across the board on large part due to Hall, and Rodgers just blowin it.

It's so odd saying this, but the Bengals D this year is going to take us far if this keeps up.

[Mizango]

It's so odd saying this, but the Bengals D this year is going to take us far if this keeps up.

Who is us? For years Headspace has been the only resident Bengals fan that defended his team, criticized his team and went down with his team. Now they are good and you come out of the wood works with this "us" shit? Fuck no, get the fuck out.

Sick of yall bandwagon ass niggas. I dealt with all these closet Cardinal fans after 17 weeks of silence last year. Pardon the pun but until you earn your stripes you will refer to the Bengals as "them".

Youve been here since 06 and just now decided to post when the Bengals shut down a high octane offense and finally look poised to make some real noise this season? Nah son, fuck you. This is Headspace's turf.