It's just too darn bad ***Skins-Seattle Post-game thread***

[Bob Sacamano]

I propose that all the skin trolls who suddenly showed up, talking turd, only to suddenly disappear should be branded, meaning the mods put something in their avatar in the form of, "chicken****" lol, or something along those lines, but family-friendly, so that when they come back, we all know how distasteful they are

 

[kmd24]

The ST stuff is getting classless.

What's classless is turning a man's life and death into a motivational tool for a football game. Doing that marginalizes what he was as a person and what he meant to his family, IMO.

NE lost Marquise Hill in the offseason, but you rarely if ever heard a word from them about Hill, they didn't ask the other 31 teams to wear his number in memoriam, and no one tried to stretch the statistics of a game into some special meaning related to Hill's death.

I have a lot of empathy for the Commanders and their fans in this regard, but some of their players and many of their fans just said way more than was necessary about the tragedy.

 

[bratch59]

Can only wonder what Wilbone will have to say.

 

[tnbk]

Can only wonder what Wilbone will have to say.

How 'bout....lost by 21

 

[Yakuza Rich]

What's classless is turning a man's life and death into a motivational tool for a football game. Doing that marginalizes what he was as a person and what he meant to his family, IMO.

NE lost Marquise Hill in the offseason, but you rarely if ever heard a word from them about Hill, they didn't ask the other 31 teams to wear his number in memoriam, and no one tried to stretch the statistics of a game into some special meaning related to Hill's death.

I have a lot of empathy for the Commanders and their fans in this regard, but some of their players and many of their fans just said way more than was necessary about the tragedy.

That and the jokes are directed to the media and the other morons who cannot stop talking about it incessently. If the jokes were made about Taylor actually dying or how he died or somewhere around there, then they'd be tasteless.





YAKUZA

 

[Dave_in-NC]

What's classless is turning a man's life and death into a motivational tool for a football game. Doing that marginalizes what he was as a person and what he meant to his family, IMO.

NE lost Marquise Hill in the offseason, but you rarely if ever heard a word from them about Hill, they didn't ask the other 31 teams to wear his number in memoriam, and no one tried to stretch the statistics of a game into some special meaning related to Hill's death.

I have a lot of empathy for the Commanders and their fans in this regard, but some of their players and many of their fans just said way more than was necessary about the tragedy.

I agree with every bit of that. So why make it worse?

 

[VietCowboy]

well, remember in Angels in the Outfield...how you had to win for yourself in the end? well, when them angels abandoned the skins, 'skins couldn't lol!!

 

[Hostile]

Damn. Cleveland's Draft pick just moved from 20 to 21. We're reduced to hoping for Tennessee to win it all.

:wink2:

 

[big dog cowboy]

Can only wonder what Wilbone will have to say.

Most of us won't care.

 

[kbman]

What's classless is turning a man's life and death into a motivational tool for a football game. Doing that marginalizes what he was as a person and what he meant to his family, IMO.

NE lost Marquise Hill in the offseason, but you rarely if ever heard a word from them about Hill, they didn't ask the other 31 teams to wear his number in memoriam, and no one tried to stretch the statistics of a game into some special meaning related to Hill's death.

I have a lot of empathy for the Commanders and their fans in this regard, but some of their players and many of their fans just said way more than was necessary about the tragedy.

 

[DallasCowboysRule!]

What's classless is turning a man's life and death into a motivational tool for a football game. Doing that marginalizes what he was as a person and what he meant to his family, IMO.

NE lost Marquise Hill in the offseason, but you rarely if ever heard a word from them about Hill, they didn't ask the other 31 teams to wear his number in memoriam, and no one tried to stretch the statistics of a game into some special meaning related to Hill's death.

I have a lot of empathy for the Commanders and their fans in this regard, but some of their players and many of their fans just said way more than was necessary about the tragedy.

My thoughts exactly. When it first happened I, like the rest of the NFL, extended a hand of empathy and caring towards the Commander organization due to their loss but they turned this into something else. All this was to them was a motivational tool and an excuse to get into the media and I began to hate every time they brought it up. I feel for Sean Taylor and his family but to turn it into what they did was ridiculous.

 

[NOVA Cowboy]

Damn. Cleveland's Draft pick just moved from 20 to 21. We're reduced to hoping for Tennessee to win it all.

:wink2:

Funny, Funny, Funny. :laugh2: Didnt you hear, it does not matter where we pick, WE ARE GETTING MCFADDEN!!!!!

 

[jackrussell]

What's classless is turning a man's life and death into a motivational tool for a football game. Doing that marginalizes what he was as a person and what he meant to his family, IMO.

NE lost Marquise Hill in the offseason, but you rarely if ever heard a word from them about Hill, they didn't ask the other 31 teams to wear his number in memoriam, and no one tried to stretch the statistics of a game into some special meaning related to Hill's death.

I have a lot of empathy for the Commanders and their fans in this regard, but some of their players and many of their fans just said way more than was necessary about the tragedy.

My thoughts exactly. When it first happened I, like the rest of the NFL, extended a hand of empathy and caring towards the Commander organization due to their loss but they turned this into something else. All this was to them was a motivational tool and an excuse to get into the media and I began to hate every time they brought it up. I feel for Sean Taylor and his family but to turn it into what they did was ridiculous.

So Commanders are stooooopid.

That's what you want to be a part of?

 

[Hostile]

Funny, Funny, Funny. :laugh2: Didnt you hear, it does not matter where we pick, WE ARE GETTING MCFADDEN!!!!!

I see what you did there.

 

[kmd24]

I agree with every bit of that. So why make it worse?

No reason, I just thought we were talking about what's classless.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

While I was getting pretty tired of the Sean Taylor thing as well, the one that got me was hearing all week long and then all during the game how Todd Collins hasn't started a game for 10 years and how great he is now and that he is Joe Montana incarnate.

I swear if I would have heard that for one more week I would have thrown up.

If he was so great, why didn't he start for 10 years.

Anything to make more drama I guess but please. Had we not played such a vanilla defense against them, do you honestly think he would have won that game?

 

[Chuck 54]

I don't see how anyone who watched the game could come away and not be impressed with that Seattle defense. We'd better have TO or our offense will do nothing against those guys, imo. They are the first team I've seen in a long while totally slap the Skins running game and maul the QB.

However, I'm not impressed with the Seattle skill players on offense...I think we'll give them fits.

On the other side of the field, I'm still very impressed with Collins and wouldn't be surprised if he wins the spot over Campbell now that they'll actually look at him. The guy was very effective...he threw some incredible passes that snuck through and seemed to surprise his own guys as they were dropping them left and right in the first half. On the Trufont int, he seemed to get hit just as he was loading it up into the wind. On the final int, it looked like the WR didn't break where expected and then just lolly-gagged it. I really felt the Commanders offense gave up on both TD runs...it looked like Collins was the only guy even making a decent effort to get back into the plays.

Collins still gave them a chance to win the game, and if they hadn't gone conservative after that freaky kickoff recovery and had scored again, I think the game would have likely been over.

I hope Seattle beats GB because I feel our defense would stack up even better against the Seattle offense.

Tomorrow, I'm sort of pulling for Tampa Bay just because I don't really want to see NY again, but I think we'll match up well with either team.

 

[kmd24]

While I was getting pretty tired of the Sean Taylor thing as well, the one that got me was hearing all week long and then all during the game how Todd Collins hasn't started a game for 10 years and how great he is now and that he is Joe Montana incarnate.

I swear if I would have heard that for one more week I would have thrown up.

If he was so great, why didn't he start for 10 years.

Anything to make more drama I guess but please. Had we not played such a vanilla defense against them, do you honestly think he would have won that game?

He fumbles about every second time he's hit, and his arm isn't strong enough to overcome his slow delivery and often late throws. I thought many of his throws to the edges today were really bad.

 

[Route 66]

I can understand the whole Sean Taylor scenario to a point and I know that our entire rest of the season would be spent on that thought if it was one of ours. However Cris C seemed to take the drama a bit too far.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

No reason, I just thought we were talking about what's classless.

I didn't mean you were being classless, in that post.