Would Eli be the worst regular season QB in the hall of fame?
The 2 Super Bowls will get him in for sure though
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The 2 Super Bowls will get him in for sure though
It depends how you define things. Dan Marino won zero SBs and threw for more picks than Eli and comfortably made it in. Jim Kelly and Fran Tarkenton never won a SB and are in. Dan Fouts NEVER EVEN MADE IT to a Super Bowl and is in. Eli is well positioned to get in.
There is one QBs with two superbowls who hasn't made it in - Jim Plunkett. But Eli's career stats are way better.
Missing that will be better than watching the game itself
This case just keeps getting more and more tragic.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20777856/lawyer-says-aaron-hernandez-had-advanced-stages-cte
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20777856/lawyer-says-aaron-hernandez-had-advanced-stages-cte
Is anyone surprised?
By most of this logic, Favre and Warner shouldn't be in either. Pretty sure Eli is top 10 in yards, completions, starts and touchdowns and I don't think he is that high on the all time interception list. Along with his 2 rings, its hard to see how he doesn't get it. Granted I'm a giants fan but I don't think this is much of a debate.
It's going to be a huge issue in the coming years. NFL cannot survive with such cases piling on.
hoyer hoyering.
Hoyer lol
You're a bad team, so of course you keep giving the opposition a helping hand.
2 turnovers already
2 turnovers already
Goff can't throw the ball on the run AT ALL
my god this is going to be a long season.
Gurley 
Maybe it's because it's two bad teams...but, this game has been fun to watch.
havent watched any yet but is jared goff actually good now?
Well he has had 3 or 4 weeks per play to pick his passes or runs to be fair.
It's the hope that kills.
God dammit.
what an exciting game
Come on!!!!!
What a game so far
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Trent Taylor is a fecking moron
Naturally I had the Rams -3
Given the ongoing revelations about CTE, and how it is destroying lives, it feels almost distasteful to watch this sport.
Well don't watch it then.
Just seen the highlights - what a game!
I don't. I'm talking about the rest of you cnuts.
He had the best game of his young career so far. Not sure he can do the same against an elite defense like the Broncos. Still has ways to go but I think he will come good.
It is probably the top threat right now to American Football's future as the top sport in the US. I think there is some indications that there are starting to be serious questions asked by parents when deciding to let their kids play in youth leagues, not sure it is really affecting the numbers playing yet, but it could do so soon. Sooner or later the tipping point will be reached in regards to the deaths of former players where people will start turning away from watching the games. I don't think it will happen over night, it will probably be a slow decline.
The thing is the health of former players is not even a new problem, the focus on brain injuries is, but I remember back in the 1980's reading an article in Sports Illustrated about the lives of some former NFLers and the toll the game had taken on their bodies. The constant pain (and with it, addiction to anything that would dull the pain). The various levels of decreased mobility. Suicides (now we know many were probably due to brain injuries). Inability to hold a job afterwards due to the effects of the way the game broke their bodies (this was still a time when players were not leaving the game set for life money wise). Knees, shoulders, hips, backs, arms, damages to organs, plus the brain damage caused by the concussions.
You do start to wonder if you should be watching the games anymore, but yet I do.
Get a fecking grip
fecking do one
Unconscionable.
I was half talking tongue in cheek when I said it, but thanks for the serious response. The corner has been turned for me personally because I know several former NFL players, one who is a good friend, and it's hard to see the worry that this sort of thing brings about. One good friend of my wife was diagnosed with ALS, and it's awful to see his state now. From being a supreme athlete to being rake thin and struggling with basic things. I think the Hernandez autopsy the other day was another wake up call. Right now it's hard for me to watch a game, see a hit, and not think about the contribution to brain damage. It just becomes a lot more personal when these players become people you know in your life, rather than just a distant celebrity.
I know that every former player I have talked to about it, will not let their kids play under any circumstances. That's pretty telling. I just have the feeling that the league sees these people as so disposable, and it makes it hard for me to stomach right now. I'm seriously not judging anyone for watching it. I just had a bit of a moment yesterday because of a conversation I'd had.
Don't go shopping. You're contributing to slavery and child labour.
...did I do that correctly?
Busy week. Finally caught up with all the games and scores. Some surprises indeed. Didn't expect the packers and broncos games to be so one sided.
CTE, the general behavior by the NFL have really taken a toll on my enjoyment of football.
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