*2013 NFC North Trash Talk Thread™ ® --> Lions Hire Jim Caldwell as Head Coach.

[SneakerProSr.]

I wanna talk **** so bad because I think the talent of the team is good enough to win the division but Jim Schwartz is still the coach

I'm pretty optimistic and I think the Lions will dramatically improve but when it comes down to the get down I don't think Jimmy is a good enough coach for a real contender.

I hope I'm wrong.

Sidebar- Am I the only person that finds it funny that Matt Stafford's "poor" year would be an average to to above average Jay Cutler year. Like dude has a great receiver, a great defense AND a great running back and dude is still mediocre. Dude is like 30 years years old he is what he is at this point. Blows my mind when people compare him to Stafford.

Jay Cutler is a poor man's Matt Stafford at best.

 

[Justkicking.it]

^why don't you like Jimmy? Who would you rather have as a coach that's available?

 

[SneakerProSr.]

^why don't you like Jimmy? Who would you rather have as a coach that's available?

I don't think he has the emotional stability to be the leader of a football team. I hope I'm wrong because I like Jimmy, alot of the stuff he does is because he wants to win so bad and I can respect it. I think he's going to be a good coach for another team.

Ironically enough I think Lovie would be a good coach for this group with the right offense coordinator.

 

[airblaster503]

I like Schwartz, I don't like Scott Linehan. If he fell off the face of the earth and the Lions had to get a new OC between now and the begining of the season I would actually be more excited. Gunther Cunningham is meh, he always blows smoke about trying out new stuff but when it comes down to it, it is same old same old out there with his defensive packages. Anyways I am pretty pumped for the Lions this year regardless, can see us winning 10-11 games

 

[sportsjunkie]

I hope somewhow Robert Blanton can be a starter this year.

 

[Truth]

Vikes

 

[Justkicking.it]

Yea I mean I like Schwatz too but linehan is who I have the problem with. I know the game is changing, but the good teams run the ball and we need to use all our backs somehow some way. It seemed like every game we started off with the same spread, power play that went no where and we'd just give up on it. Now we have bush which is a good change up but we need to run the ball just a little bit more and not give up on it so easily. Megatron will take care of the rest anyway lol

 

[jj1223]

I love this thread. Soo easy to rustle jimmies

On a serious note,
Linnehan is an absolute piece of ****. You could put a 100 pack of crayolas and a coloring book in front of him and he would use three colors. I seriously think his playbook has about 8 plays in it. Did I mention he has the best WR in the game in his stable? Makes me sick. I don't like Jimmy either. Gunny can stay, I think his failures are a result of the wide-9 x) which is a directive from his HC.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Ted Thompson's trade history

	1
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2	2, 2
3, 3	3
4, 4, 4, 4	4, 4
5, 5, 5, 5	5
6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6	6
7, 7, 7, 7	7, 7
Ryan Grant	Corey Williams, Javon Walker

[th=""]Received[/th][th=""]Traded[/th]

My GM>>> Yours.

 

[jpzx]

JPZ, I want to make a bet, too. Not for money. If the Lions finish ahead of the Vikes in the standings this year, you have to start actually listing Lions fans in the OP. People who casually read this thread probably don't believe we exist. We are not unicorns or leprechauns. We are people, too.

And what makes you think you're worthy of being listed when you totally spaced the part where I win something in the bet......

 

[651akathepaul]

Stafford and Cutler are nothing alike. The only similarity thus far is that both may fall well short of their potential.

Bears and Lions both can be very dangerous next year, but the Packers are the front runners with the Vikings on their tails...they're only getting younger and more talented

 

[jj1223]

And what makes you think you're worthy of being listed when you totally spaced the part where I win something in the bet......

Wanted to see what you had in mind, unless of course I could just slip that one by you. Had to at least try

 

[jpzx]

Aj Mansour ‏@AjKFAN
According to Leslie, Erin is doing so well, the discussions amongst coaches of moving Bishop to the middle have all but gone away. #Vikings

 

[jj1223]

A source tells ProFootballTalk.com that Packers LT Bryan Bulaga has a torn ACL in his knee.
Bulaga sustained the season-ending injury in Saturday night’s intrasquad scrimmage. After making 33 starts at right tackle over the last three years, he was pegged as Aaron Rodgers’ new blindside protector. The Packers will now have to move Marshall Newhouse back to the left side, and perhaps try fourth-round pick David Bakhtiari on the right. Newhouse started every game at left tackle last year, but struggled badly and graded out as ProFootballFocus’ No. 54 overall tackle. It’s not good news for Rodgers.

Fairley and Suh react to the news:

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

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[fraij da 5 11]

A source tells Yahoo! Sports that the Detroit Lions are still in the NFC North.

Aaron Rodgers reacts to the news:

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

 

[fraij da 5 11]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/58906/cutler-throws-4-picks-o-still-learning

 

[jj1223]

I can't believe some of you really think he's better than Stafford

 

[jpzx]

Jason Wilde ‏@jasonjwilde
#Packers coach Mike McCarthy confirms that LT Bryan Bulaga will indeed have surgery to repair his ACL and is lost for the season.

Dan Wiederer ‏@StribDW
Leslie Frazier said Jared Allen and Harrison Smith will be fine after yesterday's injuries.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Greg Jennings doesn't think he looks like enough of a douche bag yet:

“When I came over here, I was kind of brainwashed,” Jennings told KFAN radio. “There’s no ‘kind of’ to it. Being over in Green Bay, you’re brainwashed to think anyone in the division is tiers below. And so coming over here I meet the people within the organization and I’m like, ‘Wow, these are really great people.’


“It’s like everything that you know in Green Bay is like the best, the best, the best, the best, the best,” Jennings said. “And it’s like total brainwashing. And I think you don’t open your eyes to see what other teams have to offer unless you are in that position.”

 

[651akathepaul]

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/08/07/sage-rosenfels-brett-favre-saints-vikings/

This is a must read in my opnion (Especially Vikes fans). Very insightful. It's an article written by Sage Rosenfels on his thoughts and opinions from the 2009 NFC Championship Game.

Here's just one of things I wanted to quote that stood out to me...

The next day I woke up and flipped on Sportscenter as my kids went off to school. Talking heads discussing the game accused Brett of choking. This immediately pissed me off. How could these sports analysts have such a lack of understanding of the way Brett performed? How could they not see the hits he took and the injuries he sustained, and how he carried our whole team on his back through them all? How could they not see the time and effort it took to prepare for that game; the hours and hours of film, meetings, practice time and conditioning it took to get to that moment? How he helped make good young players into Pro Bowlers? How could they not realize that if we hadn’t fumbled earlier in the game or hadn’t had the miscommunication that led to the 12-men-on-the-field penalty, he wouldn’t have ever been in that situation in the first place? It was discouraging to see the entire game encapsulated by one bad play.

I get pissed like Sage was when I listen to the Sportcenter regurgitation in here. It's pretty dumb and some have way too strong opinions without having a inkling of insight to what goes on. So, yeah....Read the article.

Favre forever my favorite...And this was even before he played for the Vikings.

 

[jpzx]

Favre forever my favorite...And this was even before he played for the Vikings.

Me too man.

Isn't it just awesome that we got to experience that year? I honestly think short of a season in the future where we hypothetically secure a Super Bowl victory (rimshot, whatever. I might be 40 when it happens, but I am confident one day it will), 2009 will be my favorite season as a Vikings fan, ever. Even a season where we reach the Super Bowl and lose will undoubtedly take a back seat, honestly.

Fans of other teams might think that's sad, but it's all subjective man. We welcomed Public Enemy #1 into the fold like he was our own, and damn near had a "Kobe, tell me how my *** tastes" moment. I can recall literally everything about that season. Everything. If in the future I run into a strange situation where, for whatever reason, I'd have to rattle off the Vikings schedule that year in order from Week 1 all the way through Week 17: I could do it. I know stats up the ******g yang, I remember every storyline from every game. It was the type of season that makes you feel like those awful, sub .500 years actually aren't so bad because look at this beautiful mother ******g reward for all the patience!

Favre's best statistical season of his career. Sidney Rice breakout. Visanthe Shiancoe 11 TDs. Offensive Rookie of the Year. Beating the Packers, TWICE. Favre and Sidney connecting on that 4th-down, red zone play to send the game at Chicago to OT. Chad Greenway's amazing interception versus the New York Giants (still have yet to see a better pick by a LB). Adrian Peterson's "Jim Brown" run versus the Browns. Steven Hauschka missing wide left at the Metrodome to move the Vikings to 6-0. Adrian digging William Gay's grave using William Gay as the shovel. Favre and Sidney just absolutely torching the Cowboys, silencing Jerry Jones "The Demons have been exorcised" and breaking Keith Brooking's silence. What a *****.

It just goes on.

I hope one day in the not too distant future we as fans can experience something that special again. The Vikings fans on NT are some of the best on here, and I think that's something most fans of other teams are aware of. Our organization hasn't given us ANY piece of hardware in return for our loyalty, yet we keep coming back in support.

One day, man. One day.

 

[651akathepaul]

It was very awesome. I would take that team and that season over 1998 even. It was just extremely exhilarating and I got so much joy out of watching Favre orchestrate that offense in a way that only he knows how to do.

But yes...One day. Some day.

 

[hymen man]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1730835-green-bay-packers-players-engage-in-all-out-brawl-in-camp

punching helmets

 

[jj1223]

After reviewing that video, JMike solidified himself on my DND list this year

 

[jhes91]

Last year was a fluke. Sabotaged by poor coaching decisions (not expected to change ), A CERTAIN WR WHO SHALL GO UNNAMED, and an infestation of the injury bug. This year we right back at y'all mahs...
- Vikes = flash in a pan, if you think AP will repeat you might be suffering from lack of oxygen
- Pack will continue their decline; you have no run game and just lost one of your best receivers defense will still get toasted every week
- Bears are still old and getting older, still relying on the same two players to score, and still have a bum's bum under center
Keep sleeping on my Lions, boys. Keep sleeping...

JPZ, I want to make a bet, too. Not for money. If the Lions finish ahead of the Vikes in the standings this year, you have to start actually listing Lions fans in the OP. People who casually read this thread probably don't believe we exist. We are not unicorns or leprechauns. We are people, too.

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