Offseason Banter: Who Is Your Favorite Non-Titan Player?
by D. Reese on Feb 19, 2012 9:00 AM CST
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This is really a topic that I love for some reason. Often I think it's because that almost every time there's some kind of interesting anecdote or quirky fact that makes a certain player appeal to a wider audience. In case you hadn't noticed, Cam Newton is right at the top of my list, but because I can't narrow it down to one, I'll give you my two favorites and why.
So, Cam Newton.
What appealed to me right out of college was the fact that Newton didn't let the doubters get to him. Something that really irks me is when fans call out a player as a "thug" or something similar. Unfortunately, words like that get thrown around so much these days that they've really lost all meaning. I can't understand how we can just sit here and call players all kinds of names and use these personal attacks without understanding that we know next to nothing about their lives off the field. We may get snippets here and there, but there's nothing that leads me to believe that what we believe is an accurate portrayal of the psychological makeup of any of the guys we watch on Sunday. I guess we can sit here and talk about how we really don't know if any of the athletes who have a positive public image are really good guys, but I think it's tough to maintain that persona without actually walking the walk with today's media. But I digress, we're drifting off topic. Point is, I love Newton's "don't give a hoot" attitude that he somehow maintains flawlessly while coming across as a genuinely nice guy.
What really cemented this for me was the infamous "entertainer and icon" fiasco. I haven't seen people blow up with such outrage over such a small deal in a long time. Football is entertainment, is it not? To become an icon, one must achieve a large amount of success, correct? What in the world is wrong with saying that he wants to do his job well enough so that people recognize his hard work? Plus, for every "entertainer and icon" quote, I bet I can find five more about how much he wants to improve and how hard he plans to work to get better. There were all kinds of factors working against him and in spite of that he's blown his already sky-high expectations out of the water.This guy genuinely wants to be the best, can't knock the hustle.
Finally, it's probably got a lot to do with the fact that he's probably the NFL's must-see event for the next ten years. He's the most prolific rookie passer ever and when all is said and done, he should be the best runner we've seen in a long time, maybe ever. Just watch and be amazed.
I have no qualms about making this my personal space to rant on the bad rap that Cam Newton gets either, so don't even go there.
As a Titans fan, it should be hard to admit that I love Arian Foster, but it's not. It's got nothing to do with my Vol allegiances either. As an active tweeter, I like to think that I have a good idea of some of the best accounts out there. It's not an exaggeration to say that Foster's is hands down my favorite.
This guy is really freakin' smart. Some of the stuff that I read really makes me take a second to think. Reading his musings on life have made me appreciate having an abstract thought process. He's different, but he doesn't have to put up a front to be. Aside from that, he's got an incredible backstory and combines the mind of a poet with nearly unmatched athletic success. It's a lot of fun to watch Foster play football and his insights on life always keep me entertained.
Give it a whirl, MCM, who's your favorite non-Titan?
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By far… GRONK!!! Fantasy football MAY have something to do with that.
by LockeRistheFUTURE on Feb 19, 2012 9:21 AM CST reply actions
Tim Tebow!1!1 (even though A-Dub hates him)
NOBODY (including me) expected this guy to have the kind of season he had…much less take his team to the PLAYOFFS!! (Cue Mora tape now)
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by titansfan4ever on Feb 19, 2012 9:39 AM CST up reply actions
MJD
What a little monster that cat is. I love watching him play (except against us). He’s the best player on his team by a mile. It’s a shame he’s stuck there.
I like Foster, too. He’s a RFA this year, but we’re stuck to CJ by that stupid contract, otherwise I’d want us to go after him if the Fexans tender him.
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I agree, MJD and Matt Forte are 2 of my favorite RBs playing today
They are awesome dudes and play old style football. I love it.
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by StPrattrick on Feb 19, 2012 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
Peyton Manning lol
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by TNAHenderson22 on Feb 19, 2012 9:33 AM CST via Android app reply actions
Calvin Johnson's been my favourite player for years, a long time before his fantasy burst this year.
He has always been a humble guy, and one of the few WRs who is an exception to the “diva” or outspoken guys who play the receiver position. He always finds ways to amaze fans and his skills at the WR position is really unprecedented. I have also named my fantasy team after him for the last 3 years and I don’t know if its just a coincidence or not, but ever since I did that, my team has always placed in top 3 in all my fantasy leagues.
by infinitystealth on Feb 19, 2012 9:35 AM CST reply actions
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Phillip rivers?
Really??? I want to kick him in the dick
by danomite on Feb 19, 2012 9:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
hes an arrogant punk brat whiner
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by Deaconbrodie on Feb 19, 2012 1:01 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
yeah, what a punk, playing with a torn ACL without complaining like that…
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
Ben played through a lot of injuries,
that must make him a great human being too.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:09 PM CST up reply actions
right, I should clarify. when you call someone a punk you’re basically calling them bush-league, a whiner, a quitter, all of those things.
what kind of bush-league whiner/quitter plays with a torn ACL and doesn’t say a word about it?
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
when you call someone a punk you’re basically calling them bush-league, a whiner, a quitter, all of those things.
Really? I thought when you called someone a punk you were calling them a punk. My bad.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:46 PM CST up reply actions
I suppose words no longer have multiple meanings. my mistake.
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Multiple meanings doesn't mean somebody has to apply to ALL of the meanings for them to be described that way.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 8:57 PM CST up reply actions
How is Hass a whiner?
This entire conversation makes no sense.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:46 PM CST up reply actions
Watch some of the games where he's mic'd up
he definitely whines just as much as people think Rivers does
I've watched some of those games, and I haven't seen what you're talking about.
I have, however, repeatedly seen Rivers do his crybaby face. It’s about as common as the Manning face. Doesn’t even require a microphone.
Interesting how you say Hass ‘DEFINITELY’ whines just as much as people ‘THINK’ Rivers does. Considering you just admitted to loving Phillip Rivers, I think you have as much bias towards Rivers as I have bias against him. What’s with the strike against Hass though? Doesn’t make sense.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:56 PM CST up reply actions
Nothing against Hass
I was just trying to say most QB’s, even ours, whine about things..they want to win
Sure. But when Rivers does it, it's just so ANNOYING.
Like, for example, in the Chiefs-Chargers game on MNF last season… Rivers throws a wild pass that his already awesome receivers can’t even catch, then he goes all crybaby face and moans and groans at them even though they did the best they could.
Then of course, karma strikes and he fumbles the ball away on a kneel down that ends up losing them the game. A routine snap, and Rivers closed his hand causing it to bounce off his fingers.
The dude is skilled, that’s for sure. But I just don’t like his always-whiny and somewhat cocky personality.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 7:03 PM CST up reply actions
And that's where people who like him and people who dislike him differ
I think that’s more being fiery, competitive, and into the game than it is being a douche. There were times I wish VY or Kerry would’ve gotten on our WRs like Rivers does
There's another reason I hate Phillip Rivers, though, and it's more personal to me as a Titans fan.
2009. Christmas Day.
Titans were 7-7, struggling for a wildcard berth. Chargers were 11-3, on a 9 game winning streak.
The game was on NFL Network. The announcers were terrible, one of which was Matt Millen.
When the Titans were on offense, the NFLN cameras showed the entire Chargers defense. You couldn’t see who we had in the backfield at RB. All the announcers would talk about was the Chargers defense.
When the Chargers were on offense, you could only see our defensive line. You couldn’t see our CB’s unless they were right up on the line of scrimmage. The focus was solely on the Chargers from the start of the game.
The entire game, Matt Millen was talking all about how awesome Phillip Rivers was. How perfect he was, how awesome he was…
It made me sick. That game made he hate Phillip Rivers and the Chargers in general, namely NFLN’s obsessive coverage and the total lack of respect for our team. To not even show our defense on camera… eugh. It didn’t help that the Chargers ran up the score on us in the second half to make the score 42-17.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
just wait until they fire Norv and get a real coach
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by nolesbroncos3456 on Feb 19, 2012 7:33 PM CST up reply actions
I think he was given an extension.
Fotud and I can rest easy with Rivers’ talent (and clown faces – oh, sorry, passionate rage clown faces) will be wasted for a few more years.
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by oilertitan on Feb 19, 2012 8:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Indeed.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 8:57 PM CST up reply actions
you won't win the rivers argument
He’s arrogant and a choker. I watch pretty much every charger game with my roommate. Even he agrees river is a baby and he’s a die hard charger fan. It toile him a long time to come around but he sees it.
by -Erock on Feb 20, 2012 4:52 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
no no sir.
Rivers never owns his mistakes. He always blames his receivers or the refs when he screws up. He’s a tool.
by -Erock on Feb 20, 2012 4:49 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Cutler for sure.
I started liking him back in his Vandy days when he took an SEC ass-kicking every week and kept right on throwin’. He never missed a game. It was a joke when people were calling him a pussy after he got hurt in that NFC championship game. It was great the way Urlacher had his back and set the record straight.
Not taking him was the Titans’ biggest draft blunder ever. It still makes me ill to think about it. The Broncos have still not recovered from letting him get away, and may not for years. If the Bears can find him a genuine WR threat this year, look out NFC North.
by MusicCityMashers on Feb 19, 2012 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
He's so fun to watch
when he was teamed up with Marshall it was amazing. McDaniels is such an idiot for screwing that up..why would anyone take Matt friggin Cassel over Cutler anyway?
Why? I'll tell you why.
Because McDaniels didn’t like Cutler at all and had a mancrush on Cassel.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 7:00 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 7:03 PM CST up reply actions
It was a joke when people were calling him a pussy after he got hurt in that NFC championship game.
I can agree with this. You know that if he had came back in trying to be tough, and played poorly because of it, people would have called him stupid for coming back in and playing hurt.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
He could have been our QB.
Makes me sick.
by MusicCityMashers on Feb 19, 2012 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
not everyone can be Steve McNair
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by danomite on Feb 19, 2012 10:00 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Cam Newton - seriously, I want to see this kid succeed so much.
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by StPrattrick on Feb 19, 2012 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
I'm glad the Titans shut him and the Panthers offense down last year
If Cam and Steve Smith had flown down the field all over us, I’d probably be a Cam hater right now.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:59 PM CST up reply actions
yeah but i think in everyone elses eyes it is not so much what we did but newton having a bad game
even if you watched the game you know that is not the case
Our defense did great containing Cam in that game.
I remember most of the MCM Contributor predictions had us getting owned by Cam, and I’ll honestly say I was afraid of that happening too.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 7:05 PM CST up reply actions
Larry fitzgerald
This guy is an amazing receiver, and you never hear about him acting like a fool!
by TheHandler on Feb 19, 2012 10:22 AM CST via Android app reply actions
Fitz is an amazing dude
I’ve met him a few times, one of the nicest athletes you’ll ever come across.
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by StPrattrick on Feb 19, 2012 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
My two are probably Arian Foster and Calvin Johnson
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by TennesseeTyrants on Feb 19, 2012 10:45 AM CST reply actions
Larry Fitzgerald, Rivers, Megatron, MJD, Vick, Cam
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by nolesbroncos3456 on Feb 19, 2012 10:46 AM CST via Android app reply actions
Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Patrick Willis, Wilfork, Champ Bailey, Big Ben, and Seabass
all these bring the old school toughness back and I love that
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Ray Lewis - Big Ben - and Vick... wtf?
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by StPrattrick on Feb 19, 2012 10:54 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I didn't say that I like them as people as much, just their style of play
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by StPrattrick on Feb 19, 2012 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
you like a big dumb qb?
Who basically throws hail marries to wider open receivers? Big Ben is over rated. I hate watching him play.
by -Erock on Feb 19, 2012 1:48 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
people like to say that because of all the rape stuff, but that’s just not true at all. he’s a very good player.
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
People like to hate Ben because he's an accused rapist?
No way.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:13 PM CST up reply actions
get a grip, I said people downsize his on field achievements because he’s a terrible person.
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
It's true.
It’s the same reason everyone loves Tebow—his perceived superior morality.
Of course, if you’re considering who your favorite players are on an individual basis, that’s fair territory for judgment.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Feb 19, 2012 6:01 PM CST up reply actions
Get a grip?
Dude, you’re so right, man. I should totally, like, get a grip brah.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
Neither do I.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
rape stuff aside his team is stacked.
Ben is huge. He can avoid a rush. Good for him. Any one of his receivers are starters on another team and the offense is all pick moves and drags and fly routes. He stands back, throws it anywhere near his guys and they catch anything within 5 yards. He’s over rated. Highly.
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he does one crucial thing better than 95% of the QBs in the NFL, but you’re just going to disregard that?
if that whole “he just chucks it up there” thing were true he wouldn’t have completed nearly 65% of his passes over the course of his career. fact is, he’s had some really, really good years.
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
there might be something to that.
their reckless style of play… reckless lifestyle… hmm….
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by Dynamic Dreadlocks on Feb 19, 2012 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
btw
This guy is the reason for all of Rivers’ inflated numbers. Wonder why he looked so bad this year? Stop wondering.
by -Erock on Feb 20, 2012 4:58 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
yeah I’m sure he really missed those 400 yards that Sproles provided him every year…
besides, his problems this year were with turnovers, not production, he threw for over 4600, something he’s only done one other time.
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His problems this year "were with turnovers". You mean his career high in turnovers?
He lead the NFL last year in interceptions thrown, didn’t he? Yeah.
Btw, yards mean nothing if you don’t get the score. How many TD’s did Sproles provide Rivers every year?
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 21, 2012 12:01 AM CST up reply actions
check ur facts.
Sproles lead the team in receptions before left. Pretty sure Rivers misses that.
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Calvin Johnson
I wanted us to trade up to #1 to get him so badly when he was being drafted. Turns out he’s probably one of the few players who would have been worth doing that for. I’ll bet he goes down as the greatest receiver of all time when it’s all said and done.
I fully expect some hate...Tom Brady.
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by ronburgundy7427 on Feb 19, 2012 11:38 AM CST reply actions
Me too. Tom Brady.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Feb 19, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
Yuck.
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by Deaconbrodie on Feb 19, 2012 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
Seconded.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:13 PM CST up reply actions
Do you listen to Justin Bieber too?
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:13 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers for sure. Fun to see them pick across defenses and rack up the offensive stats.
Also fun to watch Calvin Johnson, MJD, and Lynch has had some awesome runs lately.
oh yeah and Jeremy Lin. ha ha
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by Deaconbrodie on Feb 19, 2012 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
I 100% agree with the Drew Brees
The guys a baller. Hands down.
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is he even on a team now?
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TEBOW!!!11
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:14 PM CST up reply actions
Hands down OchoCinco. He is more than a football player. He is a great person, never gets in trouble, never downs his team, and never quits. people make him out to be evil because he wants the ball, what receiver doesn’t?
After him is mike vick. I LOVE this guy. He’s a fantastic player, plays with heart and no fear and is a good person. Yea i said it. He’s a good person. Say what you want about the dog fights. I grew up in south L.A. I saw dog fights and never knew it was wrong until Vick actually got arrested for it. To this day i do not believe the reports of him abusing them. Remember, he only funded them. It was his friends doing all the dirty things, he just got most of the blame
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Mr. Texas himself. Vince Young, enough said
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... you lost me at Mike Vick.
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it's the lack of coffee and no football
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Datsyuk, He could deke Victoria out of her secret… He’s THE MAN. posted by Josh Howard on Winging it in Motown 10/13/11
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by nolesbroncos3456 on Feb 19, 2012 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
Drew Brees.
Dude is a total class act, down-to-earth, and one of the best QB’s of all time. Watching him break the record in 2011 was great. Totally deserving.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:07 PM CST reply actions
Exactly.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 5:15 PM CST up reply actions
except he was too short, couldn't throw deep, couldn't recover from surgery, wasn't worth the risk in San Diego
All reasons I love this guy. He’s everything that you aren’t supposed to get from a guy that he is and more. Better than Brady without the surrounding cast that Brady always had.
by -Erock on Feb 20, 2012 5:03 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Yeah, I agree.
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Feb 19, 2012 6:02 PM CST up reply actions
You love crybaby Phillip Rivers and hate a class act like Drew Brees.
That’s… uh… weird.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
What's the right way for him to rub you?
Lemme See Your HANDS!
by TitansJonne on Feb 19, 2012 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
runs you the wrong way?
Because he’s everything that Philip Rivers never will be? Shouldn’t you be on the Chargers blog with all the other fans who hate Brees for the fact that their team chose Philip Rivers over a hall of famer? Rivers is the Elvis Grbac of San Diego.
by -Erock on Feb 20, 2012 5:06 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
you have a lot of pent up rage for Phillip Rivers.
also, implying Rivers definitely won’t be a Hall of Famer…
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
'Pent up rage' meaning he really really doesn't like the guy?
Then you can call what I have for Rivers “pent up rage” too, then.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 21, 2012 12:01 AM CST up reply actions
I don't hate Rivers
I just don’t get the man crush a lot of talking heads have for this guy. Sure he throws for a ton of yards but even Kerry Kollins had one of his best years as pro in Norv Turners offense. I’ll always compare him to Drew Brees which is probably unfair.
by -Erock on Feb 21, 2012 3:02 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I remember fans of the Saints coming over and saying we were impressive. Giving us compliments.
I also remember Brees praising Jake Locker and our team after the game.
I really don’t see what’s so obnoxious. Besides, everyone here at MCM was acting like it was impossible that we lost by such a narrow margin too, so..
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 7:19 PM CST up reply actions
Different forms of hype for me...
Foster for his poetry/philosophy
Newton for being a playmaking badass
Gronk for being a caveman truck (and a kickass nickname)
Megatron … his athletic ability, nickname AND dragging Detroit out of their shit-mire
Besides Suh, I can’t think of any “must-see” defensive players (for me). I may think of some later.
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You forgot about Revis Island doing his thing every week
I laughed at Vince Wilfork getting those picks last year but he’s a great player
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Datsyuk, He could deke Victoria out of her secret… He’s THE MAN. posted by Josh Howard on Winging it in Motown 10/13/11
Titans DE Dave Ball on Blount: "It’s like trying to tackle a greased up, naked guy in the shower" 11/27/11
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by nolesbroncos3456 on Feb 19, 2012 7:30 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, Revis is awesome
but if there’s a NY game on, I usually find something else to do.
Oh! Sequel to this thread… other favorite teams to watch.
Mine: Detroit (Titans-North [and I love the underdog]) and Saints recently. Panthers now with Cam. Future: whatever team gets RG3.
Will tune in for big matchups for hated teams (Ratbirds, Steelers, Patriots) just to root against them.
Next season I’ll keep an eye on the Rams (Titans-Midwest), too… and if they get good, may actually watch them.
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Megatron (Lions Fan), Polomalu, Schaub, Babin, and Brady
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by MikeGriffFan27 on Feb 19, 2012 6:19 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Dez Bryant, Eric Berry and J.J. Watt
and a lil bit of some Tebow and Gronk
by Big Bad Bulluck on Feb 19, 2012 7:50 PM CST reply actions
Eric Berry > everyone
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by Dynamic Dreadlocks on Feb 19, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
MCM Logic > Real Logic
Titans Dave Ball on tackling Bucs Blount: "It’s like trying to tackle a greased up, naked guy in the shower."
"You give Peyton Manning a better gm, coach, owner and he goes down as the greatest person to ever live." - coltsfan1888
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by Dynamic Dreadlocks on Feb 19, 2012 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
<3 Eric Berry
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Feb 19, 2012 8:04 PM CST up reply actions
Just thread bumpin':
MJD, Jay Cutler, Arian Foster.
All awesome.
One of them, we could have.
by MusicCityMashers on Feb 19, 2012 8:06 PM CST reply actions
So guys...
Pitchers and Catchers reported today. Go Braves!
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Feb 19, 2012 8:24 PM CST reply actions
Mavs got Linned
aka Novak’d
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
Go Yankees!
we got rid of Burnett! and the Pirates are eating $13 million of his salary!
"I really can't stand that NFL guy, what's his name? Mel, yeah Mel Kiper Jr. He knows about as much about football as a Japanese space pilot." - Coach Trickett FSU
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Datsyuk, He could deke Victoria out of her secret… He’s THE MAN. posted by Josh Howard on Winging it in Motown 10/13/11
Titans DE Dave Ball on Blount: "It’s like trying to tackle a greased up, naked guy in the shower" 11/27/11
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by nolesbroncos3456 on Feb 19, 2012 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
Eww
Baseball
Ehhh ……
Just not a fan of baseball unless I go see the games in person …
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by Dynamic Dreadlocks on Feb 19, 2012 9:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
am i the only one who hates cam newton?
anyone who calls their own number around paydirt the way he does doesnt get my vote for anything. some of it is playcalling of course, but a lot of it is him doing his own thing rather than trusting or looking for his teammates
I hate that dumbass "Superman" thing he does.
And he does strike me as super-ego, but no, I’ve not reached hate level on him yet.
The Force is with you, young SkyLocker, but you are not a Jedi... yet!
isn’t that what being a leader is all about? taking the initiative during crunch time? so he trusts himself to get it done, I doubt many of his teammates are complaining about him punching it in from the one.
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
I actually agree with you on this one, Dreese.
In other news, pigs have started flying.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 19, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
No, yur not.
I hate that phony prick, too.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
by FreedomRide on Feb 19, 2012 10:27 PM CST up reply actions
where does this come from?? I sincerely don’t understand it.
we're gonna skate to one song and one song only.
FreedomRide is a Texans fan
Cam Newton owned the Texans, and the Panthers ended the Texans’ winning streak last year, 28-13.
That’s why he thinks he’s a phony prick.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 20, 2012 12:11 AM CST up reply actions
That's the second time you've thought you could read my mind.
You’re not good at it.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
by FreedomRide on Feb 20, 2012 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
It's called an educated guess...
Then again, I guess when anyone does anything ‘educated’ in Texas it’s called magic.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 20, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
lol, ok...
but coming from a Methville fan….eh, never mind. You win. Yay!
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Hey, judging by the amount of meth talk at BRB...
Tennessee isn’t the population obsessed with the thing. :)
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 20, 2012 11:58 PM CST up reply actions
I live in Alabama and heard to him talk a lot when he was at Auburn. He always came across as slick and disingenuous, to me.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
by FreedomRide on Feb 20, 2012 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Kyle vandenbosch
I love his motor
"With all due respect, and I do mean....
with all due respect.....
That idea ain't worth a velvet painting of
a whale and a dolphin gettn it on"
And red eyes
"With all due respect, and I do mean....
with all due respect.....
That idea ain't worth a velvet painting of
a whale and a dolphin gettn it on"
by zero defects on Feb 19, 2012 11:28 PM CST up reply actions
Aaron Rodgers
for sure. love everything about him on and off the field. he’s hilarious and fun to watch. the fact that he’s the QB for my “other” team doesn’t hurt either.
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Marshawn Lynch
Larry fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Suh- as a player- unless he’s stomping on people..(less so as a person after that), Jarred Allen, KVB,
Brees, Calvin Johnson, Polamalu, Sproles,Adrian Wilson, Charles Woodson
Vernon Gholston, LT (I still love em), Matt Stafford, Ndomukong Suh, and Cortland Finnegan… Cuz technically he’s a free agent.
by -Erock on Feb 20, 2012 5:14 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Torrey Smith
Hate that he plays for the Ravens but I love him
"I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them" - Alex Ovechkin
I actually like this guy, even though I'm a Texans fan.
He’s the kind of pain-in-the-ass you love to have on your team.
"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus
You can't sign him, dude!
HE WANTS MONEY!!!!1
/TitansFO’d
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Feb 21, 2012 12:03 AM CST up reply actions
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