NFL 2010 Offseason Thread

[Moss]

"y'all" is definitely a word. "ain't" is meh. the second sentence is not easily deciphered with all of the negatives, so his language is actually above all of us.

[Mizango]

That is clearly a case of trying to grammatically type slang. If you ever talk to me in person I may say something along the lines of:

"man yall trippin, yall know good n damn well Moss aint say no shit like that."

But that is because I have an accent and ppl here understand it fine, now if you have some bullshit beat writer out for a story whats the best way to make that happen by trying to clean up something that wasnt intended to be cleaned up?

[tyven]

"y'all" is definitely a word. "ain't" is meh. the second sentence is not easily deciphered with all of the negatives, so his language is actually above all of us.

stop referring to yourself as a pronoun Mr. Moss, we all know your first name is santana

[Mizango]

Anyone from the south knows what I mean. Had you had listened to him say it as opposed to writing it, I guarantee you this wouldnt be a story.

[Mizango]

stop referring to yourself as a pronoun Mr. Moss, we all know your first name is santana

lol

[Headspace]

I think Santana should look for a refund from Galea.

[Moss]

stop referring to yourself as a pronoun Mr. Moss, we all know your first name is santana

Shit, I ain't got nothing to do with nothing that ain't about me.

[Mizango]

Shit, I ain't got nothing to do with nothing that ain't about me.

lol

[Moss]

That is clearly a case of trying to grammatically type slang. If you ever talk to me in person I may say something along the lines of:

"man yall trippin, yall know good n damn well Moss aint say no shit like that."

But that is because I have an accent and ppl here understand it fine, now if you have some bullshit beat writer out for a story whats the best way to make that happen by trying to clean up something that wasnt intended to be cleaned up?

This is a good point. When you type out slang and then try to read it slowly it sounds really bad.

[Mizango]

Yeah, because thankfully I don't type anything like I talk lol.

[Absolutely Virtue]

Lord knows I talk like that too sometimes, especially when I have been drinking. I cringe at the idea of someone quoting me saying "I'm fixin' to" do something.

But come on now. There is a reporter in your face. I'm not suggesting he needs to speak in the Queen's English, but for fuck's sake, at least /try/ to make sense.

[Mizango]

Thats not hood. Niggas get called out for being educated and shit son, gotta keep it greasy.

[Correction]

My words shall be of football exclusively. I profess a comparable breadth of knowledge on no other topic.
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I entangle myself not with matters external to my immediate person.

[Moss]

/clap

[Sol-Blackguy]

Santana was the last player I would have suspected. Not like I'm crushed or anything, Cooley would have really broke my heart. Maybe he'll get off easy because he got an order of estrogen by mistake.

[Gadritan]

Santana was the last player I would have suspected.

Zing!

[Headspace]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-of-madden-11/

This along with decent Bengals ratings means that I might actually get Madden 11

[Sol-Blackguy]

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/01/31/k...o-nice-for-tv/

MIAMI -- When Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner announced his retirement last week, the sports media world immediately began to speculate about which TV network would acquire his services as an analyst.

Warner himself fueled such speculation in announcing his retirement, saying football won't be out of his life completely, and adding of his future plans, "I don't know if that means television, radio, broadcasting, but I love the game."

But I talked to one source in the television industry here in South Florida who raised a concern about just how effective Warner can be on TV.

"Kurt may be too nice to do what we really like our analysts to do," the source said. "If a quarterback makes a terrible decision, an analyst needs to be willing to blast him for it. Will Kurt do that?"

The source noted that both Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi played for the Patriots in 2008 and became broadcasters in 2009, and that both of them ripped Patriots coach Bill Belichick after his decision to go for it on fourth-and-2 against the Colts blew up in the Patriots' faces. Warner's personality is such that he always tries to see the positive in every situation, and he isn't the type to second-guess coaches. That means Warner likely wouldn't offer the kind of analysis that Harrison and Bruschi did.

"Would Warner be willing to question (Cardinals coach Ken) Whisenhunt like that? I don't know that he would," the source said.

None of this is to say that Warner won't get a job in television -- if he wants it, he surely will. But in a time when the gold standard for athletes-turned-broadcasters is Charles Barkley, who is beloved by television viewers because he'll criticize anyone, no matter who might be upset by it, Warner would be a broadcaster with a very different style. The best TV announcers have a little edge, and Warner may be a little too nice.

Warner is going to make his debut at the Iowa Barnstormers game tonight.

Proof that Warner could be a good television personality:

Spoiler: show

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[Tyche]

Yay, Favre is coming back!

ugh, Miami plays them

[Carrilei]

Sharper on Favre's Ankle: 'X Marks The Spot'

They're gonna break his ankle before he gets to 500 TDs.. I could've sworn there's a rule that defenders can't go low on a QB, especially with intent to injure. Guess it's cool if you're the Saints though.