The week 11 Chiefs-Broncos game has been flexed to NBC's Sunday Night Football. That's interesting because CBS had originally protected that game, even though it was scheduled for a late-afternoon game during a week CBS didn't have the doubleheader which would have meant most of the country wouldn't have seen the game. I'm guessing the NFL stepped in and forced CBS to give up the game because it doesn't make sense for CBS to willingly give up the game.
It wouldn't be the first time the NFL overrode the flex scheduling rules. In 2011 in the midst of Tebow-mania NBC wanted to flex the Patriots-Broncos game, which CBS hadn't protected, but the NFL let CBS keep the game.
Per CBS: "We had originally protected the Kansas City-Denver game for Week 11. After discussions with the NFL we made a one-time accommodation so that the game can be seen by a national audience which we could not provide during our regionalized singleheader weekend."
CBS must be getting some real nice concession down the line.
They really didnt override the rule last time though because ravens/chargers the game that stayed was a game between 2 playoff contending teams.
You can argue the giants are out (even though they technically really arent).
Per CBS: "We had originally protected the Kansas City-Denver game for Week 11. After discussions with the NFL we made a one-time accommodation so that the game can be seen by a national audience which we could not provide during our regionalized singleheader weekend."
CBS must be getting some real nice concession down the line.
They really didnt override the rule last time though because ravens/chargers the game that stayed was a game between 2 playoff contending teams.
You can argue the giants are out (even though they technically really arent).
RJ Bell of Pregame.com talked to a Vegas linesmaker after Sunday's Jags loss and the linesmaker said on a neutral field he would favor the 2008 Lions by 2.5 points over this year's Jags.
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Yeah they were at least IN some of their games, I think they had quite a few losses that came by less than 7 points. Still remember the BSPN Kitna meter for that season since he had predicted 10+ wins for them that year.
Pretty embarrassing. I think this year our closest game that we lost was by 10 against the Raiders. Every game was a blowout. We did expose the Broncos weak secondary to make it a game for 3 qtrs
Several years ago, I was on the sidelines for a Lufkin Panther football game when a player I’d been tutoring in English got smacked right in front of me. I’m talking a big hit: a slobber knocker, de-cleater, whatever you want to call it.
The player slid on the Abe Martin turf to a stop in front of me, got up and let out the obligatory “Whoop!” and prepared to re-enter the field.
Then he saw me and stopped, saying, “Hey, Mr. Stallard, I’m almost finished with that essay. Can I come see you tomorrow?”
In the middle of a football game, this kid was worried about an essay. He wasn’t even in my class; he was just getting outside help, and I happened to be it.
I’d gotten to know this kid through some of his friends who were students in my class. As a little extra motivation for some of those hard-core 9th graders, I offered to take them with me to Angelina College basketball games I was covering for the paper if their behavior and grades held up during the week. The football player tagged along on several occasions, cramming his long legs into my compact car and attending the games with us. I explained to the guys that I had to work during the game, and I couldn’t spend time chasing them down and worrying about where they were and what they were doing. In short, I trusted them to do the right thing with very little supervision.
I never once had a problem with those guys; however, one night one of them slipped outside Shands Gymnasium for some reason. I didn’t know anything about it until the football player practically dragged the offender to my place at the scorer’s table, telling the younger boy, “Don’t make Mr. Stallard look bad. Stay here.” The other kid stayed.
That night, I drove the football player home. He wanted me to meet his family so they’d know who I was any time he attended a game with me. When we got to his house, he asked me to wait outside. I didn’t understand why, but when he came back out with a trouble expression and asked me if we could do it another night, I got the hint. There was something he didn’t want me to see.
At the end of the season, after our tutorials — the football player had asked me to help so he could try and qualify for a Division I football scholarship — he and some of the other players I’d tutored brought me a signed Panther cap. It was their way of saying thanks, and to this day that cap holds a place of honor in my home.
Years later, I ran into that young man at another Lufkin football game. He greeted me with a hug and asked if I was still tutoring at night.
I told Dez Bryant that no, I’d moved over to Angelina College on a permanent basis, and invited him to another basketball game.
“Yes, sir,” Dez said before leaving me with another hug.
That’s the Dez Bryant I know. He’s the kid who’s sent me Facebook messages just asking me how I’m doing. Lord knows he doesn’t need me any more, but he still takes the time to keep in touch.
That’s why I’m still confused — and sometimes infuriated — as to all the negativity that streams his way. This past week, sports pundits treated Dez as if he’d committed some major crime, all over what they immediately perceived as temper tantrum — and later turned out to be nothing of the sort. When Dez made earlier comments about Calvin “Megatron” Johnson, those same writers and broadcasters made it sound as if Dez had compared himself to Jesus. They even said Dez “backtracked” when all the young man did was explain his comments.
It’s been that way from the beginning for Dez Bryant, and I just can’t understand why. Some of those interviewing him for the draft went way out of line with their questioning — a line of questioning they didn’t perform on any other player. They seemed to want him to fail. Even now, other players can commit various felonies and immoral acts and get a pass. But not Dez.
Yes, Dez has made some questionable decisions; sometimes his game-time demeanor is off-putting for those watching. But if someone had thrown fame and fortune at me when I was that age, I’m pretty sure I’d have handled most of it in a way I’d regret later. Anyone who says differently might just be speaking with a forked tongue. What I see now is a young man who, with very little personal guidance outside his coaches and teachers, is trying hard to become a better human being; sometimes he’s successful, and sometimes he isn’t. But from him, I can actually draw inspiration. So could the other writers, if they’d bother to look past their preconceived notions. They want so hard to see a thug, they’re determined to see one regardless of the truth.
They can say what they want, and I’m sure they will. All I know is an unfailingly polite young man who still says “Yes, sir” when he greets me and who acts nothing like a spoiled, rich athlete when I’m around him.
They can treat Dez like an outcast if they want. As for me, he’s welcome to ride with me to a game any time.
Blackmon's cost himself some serious money, and this doesn't take into account how much he could have potentially made in future contracts:
I had a bad feeling about Blackmon when he was caught for a DUI and blew 3x the legal limit. Thankfully it appears the team structured his deal in a way that they aren't out too much money now that he's F'd up his career yet again.
I had a bad feeling about Blackmon when he was caught for a DUI and blew 3x the legal limit. Thankfully it appears the team structured his deal in a way that they aren't out too much money now that he's F'd up his career yet again.
I'm starting to wonder if he has serious addiction issues. That can be one nasty disease.
Update on Fox is that it wasn't actually a heart attack. Just symptoms similar to one while golfing. He's at a hospital for additional testing, but news sounds good.
The age of the over entitled athlete. Most athletes are too dumb to realize that the average NFL career is extremely short. Most of them start spending like they won the lottery even before the first paycheck comes. The smart ones save their cash and don't hook up with the gold digging b!tches.
What does any of that have to do with being an addict?
Jeff Tuel will start for the Buffalo Bills Sunday against the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
The Bills have not announced a starter with Thad Lewis listed as doubtful, but Tuel, an undrafted free agent, will make his first start, the source said. Matt Flynn will be the primary backup and Lewis is not expected to be active.
Buffalo has sustained a steady barrage of quarterback injuries dating back to early in the preseason, when veteran Kevin Kolb suffered a freak injury, and then first-round pick EJ Manuel got hurt as well.
Manuel last played in a Thursday night loss to the Browns, when he suffered a knee injury, though he did return to practice in a limited capacity last week.
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