NFL Off Topic

[TheShizNo1]

What was it like before free agency? Does that mean there was just no free agent period? What happened once a player's contract was up?

[NateDogPack12]

Just no salary cap. Teams like the 49ers would be able to sign Revis, Harvin, etc etc. Jerry Jones could basically just buy a SuperBowl. Big market teams ran everything just like they do in baseball today.

[RJTurneR]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

A Detroit fan has started a petition to allow fans to draft picks for the Lions....

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ke-draft-picks

Stuff like this makes it feel like the Matt Millen era all over again. I really hope this is a joke and not fans starting to make digs at the managment. Last thing we need is for us to become a laughing stock again...

[LambertandHam]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

A Detroit fan has started a petition to allow fans to draft picks for the Lions....

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ke-draft-picks

Stuff like this makes it feel like the Matt Millen era all over again. I really hope this is a joke and not fans starting to make digs at the managment. Last thing we need is for us to become a laughing stock again...

I never get tired of this image.

[SPTO]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

Wow...Mat Millen looks like Randy Cross.

Extra points for that (I hate that douchebag.)

[Kaiser Wilhelm]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

The guy on the left in the first frame looks like an evil Justice. The way the suit is drawn makes it look like a Justice's robe.

[TracerBullet]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

First off, I hate all of you that liked that LambertandHam post.


Unrelated to that, former Bears linebacker, Hunter Hillenmeyer, wants athletes to connect with fans more through video games.

Former Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer has one goal: bridge the gap between gamer and professional athlete.

To accomplish his goal he co-founded OverDog. The company's iPhone app allows athletes to challenge their fans in different games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Eventually the app will expand to become a hub for fans to play in tournaments and enjoy exclusive content such as athlete-created videos.

Link

[l3ulvl]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

Even a waffle is a better pick than who the Raiders took.

[jmood88]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

What was it like before free agency? Does that mean there was just no free agent period? What happened once a player's contract was up?

The owners owned guys until they retired.

[Kaiser Wilhelm]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

The owners owned guys until they retired.

Not quite. Just owned the rights to that player within the league.

[King_B_Mack]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

A Detroit fan has started a petition to allow fans to draft picks for the Lions....

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ke-draft-picks

Stuff like this makes it feel like the Matt Millen era all over again. I really hope this is a joke and not fans starting to make digs at the managment. Last thing we need is for us to become a laughing stock again...

Absolutely no offense meant here when I ask, cause the Bears aren't too far off from it....but when did they ever stop being one?

[jmood88]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

Not quite. Just owned the rights to that player within the league.

Which is a distinction that didn't need to be made since the NFL was the dominant league and very few, if any, players left the NFL.

[TheShizNo1]

Absolutely no offense meant here when I ask, cause the Bears aren't too far off from it....but when did they ever stop being one?

I'm pretty sure once they made playoffs.

[King_B_Mack]

Re: NFL Off Topic 2012

I'm pretty sure once they made playoffs.

So wait....one playoff appearance in the last decade takes a team on joke status off of it? Even though they followed up that one appearance with a 4-12 season and still haven't won a playoff game in 21 years? Good to know.

[Dog]

So wait....one playoff appearance in the last decade takes a team on joke status off of it? Even though they followed up that one appearance with a 4-12 season and still haven't won a playoff game in 21 years? Good to know.

They made the playoffs once in the last two years and that's all that matters for this subject. You can't call a team a laughing stock when they made the playoffs just two seasons ago...