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Official NFL Week 1 Thread: Its here! ITS FINALLY HERE!!!!!!

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Forgot that the Steelers have a bye in week 4. They might hold Ben out of the first three games given that.

Here's what Hines went through in 2002:

But football and revenge against the Steelers' conquerors in the AFC Championship game were the last things on Ward's mind during his attack of appendicitis.

It happened about 1:30 in the afternoon at one of the worst possible moments: When Ward was behind the wheel of his truck while driving to the airport to leave for the Steelers' preseason game in Detroit.

"When I hit that Washington-Erie exit, I damn near wrecked my truck," he said. "The pain was that excruciating."

At that point, Ward said he accelerated his vehicle to speeds of between 90 and 100 mph in order to get to the airport as quickly as possible and find one of the several doctors who accompany the Steelers on road trips.

"I knew something was wrong," he said. "I'm usually a healthy guy.

"It brought tears to my eyes. I don't wish that on anybody."

Ward said he was driving the truck with his knees because he had both hands on his stomach in attempt to ease the pain. After a while, though, the pain was so bad that he couldn't even touch his stomach.

But good fortune accompanied Ward on his journey of survival. When Ward pulled into the parking lot at the old Pittsburgh Airport, where the Steelers' charter plane was waiting, UPMC orthopedic surgeon Dr. Craig Bennett was pulling in at the same time.

Ward called out to Bennett before collapsing in the front seat of his truck. "I couldn't even drive anymore," he said.

Immediately, Bennett recognized the symptoms of appendicitis, called paramedics and began tending to Ward, along with Steelers team physician Dr. Richard Rydze.

Ward was rushed to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, where emergency surgery was performed later that day by Dr. Phillip Schauer.

Later, Ward was thankful that the attack did not occur 15 minutes later when he would have been on the airplane.

"If I had gotten on that plane, it probably would have ruptured," he said. "We probably would have had to land somewhere and get me to the hospital. It could have been a lot uglier."

But the minimally invasive surgery will speed up Ward's recovery time. Surgeons made two small incisions — one through the naval and one just below it — and were able to access the infected appendix in a matter of minutes. No muscles were cut during the procedure, he said.

In fact, he went home Saturday and watched part of the Steelers/Lions games through groggy eyes. He was on his feet Sunday and met with his teammates Monday at the team's practice facility. He hopes to return to practice next week in advance of the first game of the regular season.

"As each day goes on, I'm going to feel better," he said. "I'm optimistic of being out there in that first game."
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Spectral Glider said:
Forgot that the Steelers have a bye in week 4. They might hold Ben out of the first three games given that.

Here's what Hines went through in 2002:
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**** that. You don't get a chance to repeat as Superbowl Champions every year.

Play Ben and lets take our chances.
 
i seriously can not wait for the season to start. i thought pre season was bad but these last few days now are killer.
 
Spectral Glider said:
I like the Best Bang link:



As for the NFC East, well, the Cowboys, Skins and Giants do have multiple Super Bowl victories. While the Eagles have.....Vince Papale.
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Dont be mad because the Eagles are the most popular team in the state, the "gold standard" if you will. :) BTW, dont forget our NFL championships!
 
TheDuce22 said:
Dont be mad because the Eagles are the most popular team in the state, the "gold standard" if you will. :) BTW, dont forget our NFL championships!
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol


Gold standard? Fools gold, maybe. :D

Nobody would ever travel the country to watch the Eagles the way Steeler fans travel to see their team.

NFL Championships? You mean '48,'49 and '60? Before the merger? It's been 46 years, I suggest you forget about them like the rest of the general football public has.
 
thekad said:
I wonder why the rest of the NFC even bothers showing up when the Panthers are so clearly better than them. Puzzling.
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God ****ing dammit, I already have Maynerd for the Seahawks.
 
Spectral Glider said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol


Gold standard? Fools gold, maybe. :D

Nobody would ever travel the country to watch the Eagles the way Steeler fans travel to see their team.
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you guys travel to ohio and detroit. that's like a 3.5 hour drive. stfu with this "travel the country" shit :lol

that being said... my picks, a-right here:
Miami at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Tampa Bay (WRITE IT DOWN!)
Atlanta at Carolina
Denver at St. Louis
Buffalo at New England
Philadelphia at Houston
New Orleans at Cleveland
Seattle at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee (Is anyone really going to watch this game?)
Cincinnati at Kansas City
Chicago at Green Bay
Dallas at Jacksonville (T minus 8 weeks until the Romo-cop show)
San Francisco at Arizona
Indianapolis at NY Giants

I think Cleveland could be good this year. Obviously they'll suffer from playing in the second best conference in the NFL, but still. Frye looked decent (good pocket awareness, which he is definitely going to need :lol), Droughns looked sweet and Braylon Edwards is coming back. Should be interesting.
 
Spectral Glider said:
Nobody would ever travel the country to watch the Eagles the way Steeler fans travel to see their team.
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Thats just crazy talk. Hell the eagles message board has an entire forum devoted to setting up road trips.
 
Miami at Pittsburgh <-- hard pick
Baltimore at Tampa Bay
Atlanta at Carolina
Denver at St. Louis
Buffalo at New England
Philadelphia at Houston
New Orleans at Cleveland <-- harder pick
Seattle at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee <-- impossible pick
Cincinnati at Kansas City <-- homer pick, but still hard
Chicago at Green Bay
Dallas at Jacksonville
San Francisco at Arizona
Indianapolis at NY Giants <-- slightly hard pick
Minnesota at Washington
San Diego at Oakland

First week pre-analysis:
Man, there are a lot of hard picks this week. I suppose it is always harder the 1st week, though. On the hard picks, or picks that I see a 3-6 point differential, I tend to favor the home teams with the least injuries. There are so many questions going into this week, I kinda have a stomach ache thinking that I could have -every single one- of these picks backwards. Good god. It's on!

I'd just like to say to all of the other football heads out there: are you ****ing ready??!! Good god I am excited. The best part is that 25/32 teams in the NFL have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. I personally think thats both awesome and scary. Can you imagine Pittsburgh v. Seattle SuperBowl going into last year? This year will be the same. Favorites ftl.

1st week predictions: We will see two major (season-ending) injuries this week. TO will not score a touchdown. Pittsburgh will not win. LJ will hit 144 yards and 1 td. Dallas will struggle but win away at JAC.

Let it be known that I am rooting for Denver to crash and burn. And they will.
 
NFL | No teams put in a waiver claim for C. Rogers
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:35:47 -0700

Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports none of the teams in the NFL put in a waiver claim for free agent WR Charles Rogers (Lions).
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What a bust
 
nolan come on man! give rogers a shot! this guy clearly has talent, he is only lacking the motivation to suceed. a good coach can turn that around. you're telling me you can't cut ****ing marcus maxwell or some other bum WR we have to give this guy a shot??
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
nolan come on man! give rogers a shot! this guy clearly has talent, he is only lacking the motivation to suceed. a good coach can turn that around. you're telling me you can't cut ****ing marcus maxwell or some other bum WR we have to give this guy a shot??
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I'm guessing it's more along the lines of attitude and trying to change the atmosphere in that hellhole of talent known as detroit. They're being punished by the football gods for wasting Barry Sanders.
 
Someone say Alex Smith!?!?

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TheDuce22 said:
Three of the top five most valuable teams are in the NFC East. Redskins, Cowboys and Eagles.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2572739
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The Article said:
Incredibly, Tagliabue ushered in this era of growth while reducing the disparity in team wealth. He has accomplished this by cleverly leaving the Los Angeles market devoid of a franchise since 1995, which has given small and mid-market teams with shoddy ownership, such as the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals, the leverage they needed to coax taxpayers into building them new stadiums.
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I give this tactic maybe five more years before cities start to realize the NFL just doesn't give a **** about having a franchise in the city of angels (and from the financial end of things it's hard to fault them). But hey, that's when they'll swtich to San Antonio. Hope you guys like having blue balls out there, 'cause the Saints ain't ever coming to town.
 
woodchuck said:
what a shame. no team in the nfl wanted him? wtf
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No one wanted him with his current contract, which would have came with him if he was picked up off waivers. I'm sure he'll get a few offers as a free agent..
 
whytemyke said:
you guys travel to ohio and detroit. that's like a 3.5 hour drive. stfu with this "travel the country" shit :lol
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Well yes we do. We also travel to San Diego, Dallas, Jacksonville, and Denver.

There did not seem to be many Steelers fans for that MNF game in Indy, but then again there was not much to cheer about for Steeler fans in that game either.

Ninja Scooter said:
back from the weekend but GODDAMN did Konex shake hands with Big Ben shortly after the Super Bowl or something?
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I think he bought a fathead poster Ben on Monday.

I heard he also bought some Crocodile hunter action figures last week...
 
Spectral Glider said:
Nobody would ever travel the country to watch the Eagles the way Steeler fans travel to see their team.
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I know for sure they drive down to D.C. just to be assholes in the parking lot.
 
Miami at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Tampa Bay
Atlanta at Carolina <-------- **** the haters!!!! :D
Denver at St. Louis
Buffalo at New England
Philadelphia at Houston
New Orleans at Cleveland
Seattle at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Cincinnati at Kansas City
Chicago at Green Bay
Dallas at Jacksonville
San Francisco at Arizona
Indianapolis at NY Giants
 
Hitokage said:
Hah, Warrick got cut. Oh well, hopefully his replacement serves as well as he did in madden. :D
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Damn
Roster update is going to kill both our return games.

Mathis out at least 6 weeks, maybe for the season.
Warrick cut.

Hito and MiG cry (Mig more)
 
DMczaf said:
Philadelphia @ Houston
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ColdBlooded33 said:
NFL | No teams put in a waiver claim for C. Rogers
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:35:47 -0700

Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports none of the teams in the NFL put in a waiver claim for free agent WR Charles Rogers (Lions).
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What a bust
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I'm. Charles. Rogers.
I had 68 catches, and 13 touchdowns...
I'm. Charles. Rogers.
I was the #2 pick and now I'm cut...
 
CARDS HAND PICKED THE 49ERS FOR OPENING WEEKEND

A league source tells us that the NFL threw the Arizona Cardinals a bone by asking the team to identify the opponent against which they'd most like to christen the Cards' new digs.

And the Cardinals specifically selected the San Francisco 49ers.

Why? Our guess is that the Cards regard the 49ers as the softest opponent on a schedule.

It's hard to a disagree. After all, the Cardinals swept the Niners in 2005, the first two-game sweep by Arizona of any of its current division rivals.

From the 49ers' perspective, this should provide an extra level of motivation. After all, who wants to be known in NFL circles as the Arizona Cardinals bitches?
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:lol
 
Miguel said:

I'm. Charles. Rogers.
I had 68 catches, and 13 touchdowns...
I'm. Charles. Rogers.
I was the #2 pick and now I'm cut...
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:lol :lol :lol :lol ..Thats the first thing I thought about when he got cut!

In all fairness though, like FMT stated, if a team were to claim him off waivers they would have to pick up his 2nd pick salary--no one wants to do that. He'll get a job, but he is going to have to earn big-time money.

Bowser said:
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**** the Cardinals, they will regret that BS after sunday. And we are not the worst team in the leauge this year. People will realize that by middle of the season.
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skinnyrattler said:
49ers are officially I-AA. :lol

It'll be even funnier if the Niners go all Montana State on their ass in their new home.
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How many superbowls have the iggles won again?? Exactly, take a hike..
 
Wait, you can't laugh at that? The NFL giving the Cardinals a choice of who to play in their opener? And then the Cardinals picking you guys? It doesn't remind you of NCAA football? Stop the 40whiners routine. I'll give you props if you beat them.
 
I'll admit that its funny seeing the once great 49ers being used as the homecoming team, but maybe it's because they are rivals, huh?
 
PantherLotus said:
I'll admit that its funny seeing the once great 49ers being used as the homecoming team, but maybe it's because they are rivals, huh?
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I'll believe that. *snicker* You don't really believe that the Cards, rivals with the Niners, for what, 3-4 years since the NFL redesigned the divisions wanted to play the Niners because of their great rivalry? Let me just name off all the great games between the two...um, Mexico I?
 
Miami at Pittsburgh -->Our defense will carry us to victory (hopefully)
Baltimore at Tampa Bay
Atlanta at Carolina
Denver at St. Louis
Buffalo at New England
Philadelphia at Houston -->Best way to start off the season is against the Texans
New Orleans at Cleveland -->Both of these teams are horrible
Seattle at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee -->2nd best way to start off the season
Cincinnati at Kansas City -->I don't think Palmer is ready yet, I might end up looking foolish on this one
Chicago at Green Bay -->Worst division in football. If Farve can't score the 10 points he needs to outscore Chicago then he stinks.
Dallas at Jacksonville -->Jacksonville needs to show me they can beat a good/decent team that doesn't have Tommy Maddux as its qb.
San Francisco at Arizona
Indianapolis at NY Giants -->Will be a fun game until the 3rd quarter when Eli does the Manning face first.

It would be real nice if Cincy loses right out of the gates and we win our first game. We have a tough schedule this year and will need some help.
 
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