Nothing against soccer, but the NFL is what I call football!! Just wanted to start a thread for the upcoming 2002 NFL season. Im really looking forward to this season with the new league format and crazy off season moves. This year should be as much or more up in the air than ever!!! Who is your favorite team??? My team is and forever will be the Miami Dolphins. Ever since the Marino, and Marks Brothers days. Since theres a lil ways till the season gets on its way, post any good past NFL memories or comments/info. Herman Moore gets released from Detroit ??
Jamal Anderson gone ???
Am i missing something ???

Last edited by DigDeep on Jun-11-2002 at 07:13

Should be interesting to see how the Florida Gators do.... err, i mean Washington Redskins. Can Spurrier possibly bring more Florida alums to his new team?


Hell if this works out for him, next NBA season, I predict Mike Kryzeski takes on a coaching job for the Clippers, recruits Grant Hill, Laettner, Cherokee Parks, Trajon Langdon, Shane Battier, Jay (formerly known as Jason until someone with the same name killed his wife) Williams, am I forgetting anyone? They already have Brand and Maggette.

Yeah, with free agency the way it is now, new teams have a better and better shot every year to win the Super Bowl. Although, i dont think the Florida.....i mean Washington Redskins have much of a chance. Their defence was HORRIBLE last year. Whos your team phyrest0rm???

Don't really have a team. Pro sports is more about individuals than players for me, so if someone transfers, so does my allegiance. I've lived way too many places to have a home team. I guess my dad raised me to be a Packer fan like him, but since I used to live in Minnesota, I had issues with that, since Vikes-Pack relations aren't the greatest. I don't really care for pro sports anyway, so I guess since the Skins are as close to a college team as anyone in the NFL, they'll be my team this season, even if they crash and burn. Danny Wuerffel is my friend's cousin too, so I should probably support him. But then again, Ron Dayne graduated from UW-Madison, so since the year he graduated, I've kinda cheered for him. Hopefully this makes a little sense to you, cuz I lost myself about a sentence in.

my favourite team is Liverpool FC

I am and always was and always will be a fan of the 49er's.
they actually stand a good chance now that garcia has gotten experience and has proved he is worthy. their defense is also coming up to par pretty quick.

also with the new team out of houston, the texans, it should be nice to watch how they get accuinted with the AFC...

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I still have to think the Rams are going to take the NFC as their nucleus has remained unchanged and I have the Dolphins coming out of the AFC as all they have needed over the past few years was a truly reliable running back (no offense to Lamar Smith but Ricky Williams, injuries and all, is exponentially better).

As for risers I like the Saints just beause they exorcised all their negativity (dropping Willie Roaf and Albert Connell) and had an awesome draft in the NFC and the Chargers in the AFC also due to their good draft.

As for personal wishes I suppose I have a soft spot for the Bears growing up in Chicago and they will be playing games at my school (U of Illinois) and I think they can make the playoffs again but I don't see any real magic in them. Besides, I've always believed that in any sport, the best team should win.

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Originally posted by D.Edge nothing against American Football, but "soccer" has a lot more to do with "foot" and "ball" then the NFL ever will...

I just things would be a lot less complicated if people would call soccer soccer, and call football football!!!! whats wrong with the word soccer??? i dont understand?!!??!

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Originally posted by D.Edge ok, i'll try to explain why... for the sake of argument, i will refer to "soccer" as football, the reason why will become clear... primitive versions football has been played for hundreds of years already, but without standardised rules and equipment (pigs bladders were used as the ball, for example). so in the late 19th century, the first ever football association was formed in the UK, in an attempt to standardise the rules/regulations. hence the word "soccer" was derived from "association football", as it was known. a perversion of the rules brought about by some guy picking up the ball and running with it (in a place called Rugby) led to what is known as Rugby Football, of which split into Rugby Union, Rugby League and spawned Australian Rules Football (which is something like Rugby, except more "Australian") and American Football (which is something like Rugby, except the players wear armor). But football had spread throughout the globe fast and soon established itself as the global game. And football was just that in other countries...futbol, fussball, le football etc... Football federations all had the word "football" in some language or other in their title eg FA, UEFA, CONCACAF, FIFA etc At the same time, the American Football variation was growing in popularity in America...and so it came to be colloquially known as "Football" in America, hence the establishment of the National Football League. And when football ("soccer") came along to America, they couldn't call it "football", because that was American Football (which was an offshoot of Rugby Football, which came from Association Football, ie "soccer"). And as for the ball shapes...variants of Rugby football had "bladder" shaped balls, while Association football had round balls because that is the only way the game can be played (the first footballs weren't very round, mind you). well, i've tried to sum up the story of football in 5 minutes. hope this helps! btw you should be pround of the US Soccer team...they beat England 1-0 in the 1950 World Cup, and Portugal 3-2 this year (the US also hosted the 1994 World Cup, but i guess you guys weren't too big on "soccer" back then )

WOW
Thats some deep shit man!!
I can see your knowledge is greater than mine when it comes to the history of the sport. OK you win
But still people, this thread is for NFL Football, so please keep the replies to this category!!! There are plenty of other soccer..... i mean football threads to go around!