RIPPA Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 NBC will almost certainly get one Seahawks/Niners game (just like there is always one Giants/Cowboys or Bears/Packers or Steelers/Ravens) Yeah - I would think San Fran hosting Week 1 in the new stadium would be the leader in clubhouse for Sunday Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 I also think SNF/MNF want the first home game in the 49ers new stadium in Week 1 or 2, and looking at the 2014 home schedule, the only two opponents I can see for that are the Chiefs and the Seahawks. Chiefs you get the Alex Smith homecoming angle along with new stadium. Again - the problem with AFC/NFC games (especially good ones) is that FOX and CBS aren't keen on losing the matchups. So again - CBS isn't going to give up one of their two Niners games easily (well at least the KC one... the one against the Chargers they might not care about) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I also think SNF/MNF want the first home game in the 49ers new stadium in Week 1 or 2, and looking at the 2014 home schedule, the only two opponents I can see for that are the Chiefs and the Seahawks. Chiefs you get the Alex Smith homecoming angle along with new stadium. Again - the problem with AFC/NFC games (especially good ones) is that FOX and CBS aren't keen on losing the matchups. So again - CBS isn't going to give up one of their two Niners games easily (well at least the KC one... the one against the Chargers they might not care about) I dont disagree but at the same time what would be the second MNF game for week one you know its going to be a home game for a West Coast game so you take Seahawks out fo that pool and also possible 49ers. That leaves, Oak, SD, Arizona, Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Not sure if this goes here or the Star Wars thread. http://www.buzzfeed.com/austinhunt/nfl-and-star-wars-helmet-mash-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I still forget sometimes Seattle is in the NFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 I dont disagree but at the same time what would be the second MNF game for week one you know its going to be a home game for a West Coast game so you take Seahawks out fo that pool and also possible 49ers. That leaves, Oak, SD, Arizona, Denver. Since the NFL started doing the 2nd MNF game to open the season - that 2nd game has had either San Diego or Oakland all but one time (heck - they even played each other three times) so I am thinking having the Seahawks and Niners out of that pool isn't really sweating the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I dont disagree but at the same time what would be the second MNF game for week one you know its going to be a home game for a West Coast game so you take Seahawks out fo that pool and also possible 49ers. That leaves, Oak, SD, Arizona, Denver. Since the NFL started doing the 2nd MNF game to open the season - that 2nd game has had either San Diego or Oakland all but one time (heck - they even played each other three times) so I am thinking having the Seahawks and Niners out of that pool isn't really sweating the NFL. But would the NFL want three of the four opening week prime games to be on the west coast thou? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm not sure why three west coast games in prime time matters. The second MNF game usually isn't a marquee matchup anyway, might as well throw a game from the Black Hole in that timeslot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm not sure why three west coast games in prime time matters. The second MNF game usually isn't a marquee matchup anyway, might as well throw a game from the Black Hole in that timeslot. Because of so much of the media being on the East Coast and hating having to stay up for late games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The only game that doesn't start in the regular Thurs/Sun/Mon timeslot is the late night Monday game. Season opener will still kick off at 8:30 Eastern. Same with the Sunday nighter. Where those games get played won't change the start times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Yeah I know was the only argument I could think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 So there is apparently a new movie about the NFL Draft as Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner are working for the Cleveland Browns. I know that movies aren't real but holy shit they are really pushing logic now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Hattrick Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hey, remember the last sports movie that had Cleveland in it? If history repeats itself, be prepared to see the Browns at Super Bowl LIV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Erotic Terrorist Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I suppose this is the best place to put it. I figure Rippa and the other Giants fans will heartily laugh at what I am about to show you. On Twitter just a few minutes ago, Jared Lorenzen was trending. I thought this was bizarre so I had to see what's up. Well, he still plays football, but it's minor league indoor football. He is a Northern Kentucky River Monster and SB Nation revealed this photo: Amazingly it's not Photoshopped as this page has some videos and besides the field looking hideously bad, on video you get to see just how enormous he is now. He really is a J-Load now. I'll go out on a limb and say you'll never see him play in the NFL again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 From a fellow fat person: Lorenzen really looks unhealthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yup, tv contracts go to road team for non conference games. They made an exception in 2011, when Broncos at Vikings wound up being on FOX during the height of Tebowmania. http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/fox-changes-early-nfl-game-to-broncos-vikings/8234/ That was a bit of a weird circumstance, since (as the article says) FOX would have only had two 1 PM Eastern games to choose from in that scenario with games being flexed and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 From a fellow fat person: Lorenzen really looks unhealthy. Based on the videos... he is way more mobile than me I miss trading Eli and Tim Hasselbeck and using J-Load as my QB in Madden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Rob Ford should hire J-Load to be his stand in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Just to put a bow in this - Yahoo has a detailed breakdown of the Radio Shack Ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 CBS has won the rights to broadcast 8 Thursday Night games that will be simulcast on the NFL Network for the 2014 season, with optional year at the discretion of the NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 The bigger news from that - and it isn't good Nantz and Simms will call the Thursday game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 So from what I've read of those Icognito/Martin texts it's starting to look like Icognito was thrown under the bus due to reputation. Can't tell if it was media driving the bus or Martin's lawyer parents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nantz and Simms will be doing the Thursday games, BUT....they're not going to work every Sunday. Don't know the specifics yet, but the general consensus is that they won't work CBS games when the Thursday Night game is a Saturday Night or when CBS only has a single timeslot on Sundays as opposed to two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nantz and Simms will be doing the Thursday games, BUT....they're not going to work every Sunday. Don't know the specifics yet, but the general consensus is that they won't work CBS games when the Thursday Night game is a Saturday Night or when CBS only has a single timeslot on Sundays as opposed to two. Thursday is a Saturday Night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nantz and Simms will be doing the Thursday games, BUT....they're not going to work every Sunday. Don't know the specifics yet, but the general consensus is that they won't work CBS games when the Thursday Night game is a Saturday Night or when CBS only has a single timeslot on Sundays as opposed to two. Thursday is a Saturday Night? Two games at the end of the season will be on Saturday instead of Thursday (mainly because Christmas is a Thursday this year) but the NFL had wanted to bring back the late season Saturday games anyway so yeah... Since they are part of the package deal they are kinda sorta Thursday Night Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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