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If you don't like American Football, please keep the fuck out  :soapy tit wank:

The Cincinnati Bengals kicked off with a convincing 23-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs today. The best news for Bengals fans was the successful return of QB Carson Palmer who orchestrated the no-huddle Offence into scoring two TDs. Ohio derby next week vs the Browns in Cincy .

I know OST is a Bengals fan, and IIRC, Spuddy is a Tennassee Inbreds (sorry, Titans) fan - anyone else want to nail their colours to a mast?

Im Dallas ... watchin the game right now - 10 to 0 so far

been supporting them since channel 4 nfl days ... i love our cheerleaders too .. simply the best

Shit ! :x  Bloody Broncos threw interception after interception to start the season with a 18-10 defeat at the Rams (who are as poor as the Dolphins were at the beginning of last season).

So, will it be bye bye Plummer and hello Cutler ?

NMH

I like the New York Nosebleeds, the Seattle lovely blouse, and the Supermarket Sweep.

the Jets for me  :oops:



or the Buccs, due to my dads (rather imposing) influence... :P

damn we bloody lost!

I'm a Redskins fan - ever since seeing Riggins and Theismann on Channel 4 against the Cowboys years ago.  Ace team imho.

What's NFL on these days?

Channel 5, 4 etc...

Sky Sports and some games on Channel 5 i think it is

I see Tampa Bay did well James.  :mrgreen:

I used to follow the Dolphins as their quarterback was named after a small European country. My mum got me a Texas Titans sweater and a Tampa Bay Buccaneers T shirt so can I have 3 teams?

My sister won 500 quid betting on Pittsburgh winning on Saturday.

The games last too long for my liking though.

Some local cheerleaders came to the restaurent on Friday night. Eyecandytastic!

Ravens for me.

I've followed the Redskins since the Channel 4 days, but these days I also enjoy watching the Colts as their attack, sorry offense, is superb.

Talking of Cheerleaders, and fatbury the perv mentioned them earlier, the sights and sounds of watching a bunch of under-age young girls prancing around screaming 'Beavers are best' is a little disturbing (this is in reference to the Beavercreek Beavers, a local high school team close by, before you ask). Very surreal in middle America.

Anyway, back on topic, I've eaten in the very same private room of a very fine dining establishment in Indianapolis that is reserved for Peyton Manning, the Colts QB. He's still a cunt though  :soapy tit wank:

GO BEAVERS, sorry I meant BENGALS!

Talking of the bengals, the woman that cut my hair yesterday was from Cincinatti. She was quite fit and blonde but seemed stoopid as fuck. She claimed to have spent 30,000 dollars at Disneyworld.

Course she did. A hairdresser. With 30,000 dollars. Pfffff. Women

Reminded me of a post that a mate made on a different forum:

Reminds me of GB V Aus Rugby League test at Wembley 1990ish:

The RL have pulled out all the stops to make it "family entertainment" There's some C-lister leading the singing, there are flags, dancing 'bulldogs' & 'kangaroos' everyone's wearing a hat with corks, flags are being waved and we're all having a jolly good time. They even have some dancing girls - a bunch in Green & Gold and another in Red White & Blue. The sun is shining, God's in his heaven and all is well, kids are laughing into their (overpriced) icecream. As kick off approaches the girls leave the field and we're stood (them were t' days!) near the tunnel. As they skip off waving to the crowd and the crowd smiling and waving back, some gobshite behind us shouts:

"Show us yer fannies!"

NMH

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Was it McDonald's or Burger King ?

NMH

jets did better tho :P

That was one hell of a good start for the Bengals. To win at The Arrowhead on opening day is absolulutely top drawer. Apparently the Offence were not that great for once but the D was 'awesome' as they say on the other side of the pond.  I saw a few limited highlights on Sky and on the web. The hit on Green looked pretty nasty and I can understand the accusations of it being a 'cheap shot' from Geathers. I think he may get punished for that.

I notice neither Coach did a post-match interview. I assume it was to avoid conroversy regarding that incident. Marvyn Lewis and Herm Edwards go back a long way and I imagine they did not want to get drawn into what might have been seen as a public slanging match.

Elsewhere, it was a hell of a result for The Ravens winning 27-0 at Tampa Bay. I was also quite surprised to see the Rams beat the Broncos - SIX field goals though FFS! Boring or what?

Anyway, it's looking good for the Bengals but it looks like the AFC North is going to be even harder this year!

WHO DEY!

As they say in Cincinnati 8)

The Ravens are fucking awesome. But we've had our year of glory.

They seem to be quite highly rated this year. They have a half decent QB now with Steve McNair replacing Kyle Boller, which helps.

Yeah, the QB was always our weak spot, even the year we won the Superbowl. Might actually be able to move the ball now instead of relying on the D-FENSE!

The difference being Tampa are tipped to do something this year whilst we're not.

Oh and thats what you get when you replace McNair with Kerry 'fucking' Collins.  :evil:

Im off to New york in a couple of weeks,what is the chance of getting match day tickets for the jets or Giants ?

NY Jets are my team too!!  I think I went for them because I like NY and they play in Hi-bee green and white (well kinda Hi-bee green)

They always do shit though.

Slim at best for the Giants I would imagine. More likely for the Jets. All Cincinnati Bengals home games sold out in January this year.

The battle of Ohio ended up with a 34-17 victory for the Bengals. OST will be pleased.

 :beers:

My boss will be in a shit mood tomorrow, poor Browns fan  :mrgreen:

jets lose. boooooooooooooooooooo

Scored two fantastic touchdowns though !

NMH '9-6 OT win at Mile High vs KC doesn't bode well'

yeah i love the jets there ace man,go jets

Go Ravens. 2-0 now. Easy!

* BUMP *

Fucking GET IN - Bengals beat the Steelers 28-20 in Pittsburgh. 3-0 now and the Patriots in town this weekend. Bring it on.

(OK so its five days late, but I'm just back from 8 days solid drinking in Cancun, so forgive me just this once).

Just back from Amsterdam - Saw the Bengals v Patriots game live in a sports bar there.

Oh dear :oops:

Oh well, 3 and 1, a couple of weeks to get a few of the injured players back and Tampa Bay next up who are having a mare this season. It could be a lot worse 8)

Ravens 4-0 now. Can no one stop us?

i cant deal with the ravens winning it AGAIN, they're boring.

they're much better to watch now Steve McNair's leading the offence. They can at least get the odd lengthy scoring drive

pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft


cubs did alright at the weekend. somewhere, i've got a lil teddy with a cubs shirt and helmet on, i got it when i was tiny wee, cant remember where from tho.

I unfortunately watched it while waiting for a flight which was delayed 6 hours. Frankly didn't help my mood one iota. Can't we educate birds not to argue with aircraft?

booooooooooooooooooo, jets out, pats roll on. who's everyone's pick for the champs?

San Diego Chargers.

Giants seem to be weeing over the eagles atm, atleast thats what the GameCentre on nfl.com is showing, as my mum is watching some shitty programme so i cant watch the game  :-))(


think i'll spend the evening progressing with my Superstar game on madden07, i'm currently first choice WR at the Chiefs, spent 2 years at the Giants but every fucking play went through Barber, they threw the ball about 2 times a game, which got very, very boring indeed.

I can't see the Super Bowl winner coming from the NFC in a month of Sundays.

I therefore reckon the AFC Final will be between Indianapolis and San Diego and the winner of that will win the whole thing.

Which is a roundabout way of saying San Diego for the Super Bowl!

Chargers were by far the best team a couple of weeks ago. We'll have to see what a week's rest will do to them.

Colts didn't look convincing against KC yesterday. Dallas were really unlucky against the Seahawks. Just gonna go and watch the end of the 2nd with Eagles (10) vs Giants (7) - neither team have been particularly impressive this season.

Would like to see Colts win it all for Manning and Harrison. They ain't getting any younger and I think this is their last big chance of glory. They should have won it all last year as they were by far the best team in the league in the regular season. Not going to be easy for them to go to Baltimore next week. We'll see.

NMH

P.S. Think we'll forget about the end of the season for both the Broncos and the Bengals eh coxernator !  :oops:

hell of a close finish to that one!!

It wasn't really. Giants played their typical game. When their offence does something big then the defence lets them down. Eagles milked the clock well in the last 5 minutes, using every second to get to field goal range.

NMH

The Colts have fluked many a game this season, i just hope those fuckers don't win it.  :evil:

The Ravens will sort out Indy.

i dont want the ravens to win :(:(

Whyever not? The Ravens are class

gutted at the Cowboys match at weekend .. will be backing New Orleans from here on in!

Whats that old addage about having destiny in your own hands.....

FWIW, and from what I have seen this season, its all about San Diego tbh. If they make it, the Colts can not beat the Chargers as the Colts run defence is more porous than the levees in New Orleans, and the Chargers has the BEST RB in the NFL in LaDanian Tomlinson.

Frankly, I don't care who wins now as neither Cincinnati or Pittsburgh (scum) can't.

Yet they stopped Larry Johnson easily enough

Stopping Tomlinson is a totally different matter though!

The thing is though, he's not just prolific as a RB. They also use him as an extra receiver, and about half his TD's this year have come through those sort of plays. A total menace.

The bloke is virtually unstoppable at the moment. I would love to see Manning v Tomlinson in the Super Bowl which if course can't happen. Hopefully they both make it to the AFC Final. It should end up 54-51 one way or the other!

Tomlinson vs the Ravens defence would be good. When the Ravens crushed New Orleans in the regular season they killed Reggie Bush, so I imagine they'd target Tomlinson in a similar way

That could be an interesting match up. The NFL is incredibly hard to predict and for that reason I would much prefer to watch an NFL game to a Premiership game any day.

Just found this thread, and was pleased to see a few other Jets fans on here....whenever the NFL first appeared on Channel 4 was when I started to follow them.

Last night was not suprising, but the screw up with the backwards pass was a new way to bugger it up.  You can always rely on the Jets to find new and inventive ways to lose a game.

Long term though, I'm optimistic.  Mangini and staff are doing a good job, and Washington looks like he might just be a player.

Supporting the Jets and Swindon is one hell of a stressful combination....just glad I'm not alone.

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Jets, Jets, Jets!

Cheers

Donkey

The Jets have one of the most fantastically named players in the NFL (and there's some good ones!)

I give you...

D'Brickashaw Ferguson 8)

Hey, any reason to take bits of a wall into a ground are good. Better than those dodgy D Fences.  Apparently he's named after someone in an 80s soap opera like Knotts Landing, or some such.

The future's bright, the future's green (and orange, obviously).

My allegiance is with the New England Patriots. Only really because I've been to the Gillette Stadium, saw Tom Brady at a Boston Celtics game and shared a table with a few of them in Wally's Jazz Cafe in Boston... Didn't know who they were until they were introduced by the compere. Nice enough (if not eccentric) chaps!

You wanna try supporting the fucking Bengals then. If any team can discover the secret formula to monumentally fucking themselves over, its the Bengals. But as OST will testify, they're strip is the best-looking in the NFL even if all they're cheerleaders come from Kentucky (and are, by default, all inbred).

Anyway, in true American spirit, GO BENGALS (next season  :wink: )

And to add to the weird name list, I'll offer up T J Houshmanzadah (sp)

And I forgot to add, they're kit is predominantly orange, which is a good thing, right?

Hey ! What about them Broncos !

Only need not to lose at home against the worst team in the league. What do they do ? Lose in OT !

Them Broncos play partially in orange and their defence are nicknamed the 'Orange Crush'.

As for names, what about good ole Ebanezer Ekuban.

Plus, one of the Broncos best young players (Darrent Williams) was shot after the game in the early hours of new year's day !  :(

NMH

Yea, but the Bronco's have won the Superbowl more recently than the Bengals, ergo the Bengals are more crap than the Broncos, so your argument doesn't count  :wink:

I'm just waiting for the Cleveland Browns fans to come crawling out of the woodwork. They are the epitomy of crap (the team, not necessarily their fans).

Darrant Williams RIP. Any news on the hunt for his killer yet from the local network?

Latest I've seen is here:

http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_008222937.html

He was only 24 years old. Hope they catch the b*stard that did it. Javon Walker was in the car with Williams aswell but came out unscathed.

NMH

Shocking news indeed about Darrent Williams :(

Back to wierd names though....

Ebanezer Ekuban runs D'Brickashaw Ferguson a very close second indeed.

T J Whoesyermumma for the Bengals is pretty good also (As well as being a damned good player)

Other personal favourites are Jeremiah Trotter of the Eagles who sounds like a character from a Dickens novel rather than the NFL and Richie Incognito of the Rams. And what about Antwaan Randle El ???

What is that all about? :shock:

Off tangent just slightly, but its worth noting that the state of Ohio is officially in mourning today following the Championship Game loss to the Florida Gators last night. Its so funny to watch  :soapy tit wank:

That would explain why our Columbus office has been so quiet today. They've been so full of themselves all season and then they fuck it up in the big one  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I know, its hilarious and I'm making hay while the sun shines (so to speak). Cocky shits!

Wish I was there to join in the fun. Maybe I'll make a couple of phone calls before I go home tonight...

I guess what I mean isn't that the Jets have been the worst team over the past however many years, but it's the way they do it....

Back in the late 90s we lost to Denver in the AFC Championship game, the following season we were tipped by many to go all the way....but lost our QB (Testeverde) about a day before the season started, and that was that.   :doh:

Last year, we lost two QBs inside 7 plays on the opening day....so that sucked too.... :(

Bill Belichick was our head coach for a day too.   :roll:

Oh yeah, and it was us who hit Bledsoe so hard that the Pats had to play untried Tom Brady, who has proceeded to be awesome.

In short, it can really suck being a Jet, but I wouldn't change it for the world (and especially not those establishment blue scum) :evil:

Cheers

Donkey

PS Even my mate, who deliberately chose Tampa, coz they're crap has seen his team win a Superbowl!

Do Tampa Bay still wear orange?

Its all about the eagals.

no, tampa wear an interesting gold/red combo, my dad is a buccs fan, been to see em a few times. i'd fucking love to go over and watch a game some day.

 :nod:

I hope he never bothered this season.  :soapy tit wank:

I just remember years ago my nan went to America a few times and brought me back loads of Buccs stuff at the time. Never followed NFL really.

i got the nice green eagles top with mcnabb on the back, im going back to NYC in april so might pick to NY stuff up.

he went over there again, but dont think he went... down the bar for the match tho, thats a given!!!

pick me up some Jets stuff thanks treacle :D

haha good one, dollar up front and maybe i'll think abuot it, haha.

i'll see what i can do :P go my Robertson jets shirt a year or so ago, its fucking huge tho :( my dad also got me a Clayton (iirc!!!) bucs top, but its a Walmart special one, so a) is the worst top ever b) is shiney, and c)is fucking huge. funnily enough, its only good as a shirt for when i'm first outta bed in the mornings, haha!

* Eagles

 :doh:

I have a beloved Titans shirt but it has McNair on the back!  :evil:

Steve McNair is a legend

47 - Lynch. Nuff said !

NMH

84 Houshmandzadeh

Thankyou have a nice day 8)

Cunt  :twisted:

TJ was my shout in an earlier post.

That's ok, T J has enough love for everyone 8)

Damm...American Football....I thougt it's a thread about NHL... :mrgreen:
I am wondering why British doesn't have a good hockey team... :shock:

milton keynes do  :wink:

Forgotten who is his bum-chum that he always sits next to ?

NMH

Swindon have an ice hockey team Bartek, I'm surprised you've not checked them out!

bum chum sir???? :shock:  I have no idea!

i really, really, really, really, really want the bears to win this game :( not the fucking seahawks!!!

Just for you, they did, field goal in overtime.

Two nail-biting games yesterday, the other resulting in the New England Patriots surprisingly beating the San Diego Chargers in another close game - didn't see the last three minutes due to the 2 hour premiere of 24 Season 6 - Birdy, you'll love it  :wink:

So, its the Bears hosting the New Orleans Saints for the NFC title, and the Indianapolis Colts at home to the Patriots for the AFC. I'm predicting a Saints/Patriots Superbowl  :wink:

Good action this weekend!

My mum was jumpin for joy (she's a Bears fan) as they kicked the OT winner!

Im backing the Saints now .. think it would be apt for them to win it after all the troubles.

You just cannot predict the good old NFL can you? I have given up with predictions after that New England win (they're a great team, I just didn't think they would be able to stop LT) I will say though, my gob will be well and truly smacked if an NFC team wins the Super Bowl.

So of course we all know what's going to happen now  :roll:

Good to see the Patriots go through though - they'd be good for the SuperBowl if they got through... The last couple have been disappointing (excluding the occasion ace moment)

Brady's comments after game indicate how difficult it was for them.

I hope the Patriots don't win it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/6248825.stm

It will be orgasmic to have a regular season game over here at teh new Wembley and everything. They better not take the piss with ticket prices and make it £100 a throw or something.

Damn right....bloody Pats....I only hate the big blue more....

Donkey

dammit. why'd it have to be the giants :(:(



i am SOOOOO there tho. i dont care who's playing, it could be the frigging detroit lions and cleveland browns for all i care!

Coz they're the establishment team, the one the paper over there loves.

The Jets are the upstarts, we get up their noses, and I love it.  Who won the Superbowl first?  Jets.  Which team was instrumental in merging the AFL and NFL, the Jets.

Joe Namath....never a Giant....

And what chance does Eli Manning have when he's not even the best QB in his family :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

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Jets, Jets, Jets

Donkey

aparently Twickenham are trying to hijack the Wembley bid to host the game... either would be good, think i'd prefer Wembley tho...

I wouldn't have thought Twickers would have much chance. It's got to be Wembley for maximum effect.

That's where the NFL Top Brass will want it so that's where it will be (I think)

agreed. i'm quite looknig forward to it.

I can't wait. Apparently the NFL Comissioner (forget his name, it's not Tagliabue any more) will be announcing the actual date and confrming the teams in his traditional pre-Super Bowl press conference on the Friday before the game (4th Feb I believe)

Well it's going to be Miami Dolphins Vs Dallas Cowboys or New York Giants

Nick Halling on Sky reckoned Dolphins v Giants so I would say it's 99.9% certain that that's who it will be.

That's fine by me, I would go whoever it was 8)

Oh i sooo hope its the Cowboys!! Im going providing I can get a ticket anyway!

It's Colts vs. Bears for the SuperBowl.

feb 4th. should be a good game.

I'll be supporting the Bears as a one off.

I don't like them much, but I hope the Colts win the Superbowl as:

1. A mate of mine is a die-hard Bears fan.
2. It will shut up all the Commentators who keep going on about Manning being the best QB never to win the Superbowl (its as tedious as the Tim Henman winning Wimbledon thing every bloody year).
3. Indianapolis is closer than Chicago, and it doesn't have a crap movie with Catherine Zeta Jones in it named after it.
4. I've eaten in Peyton Manning's favorite Steakhouse, in his private room. He wasn't there, thankfully.

I think he's a bit of a cunt but Manning was on fire last night.

bears FTW!!!!

Bears for me .. but its a nice final

It's an interesting one. The Bears may, just may stop the Colts.

The Cincinnati Bengals: Four Questions and Five Observations

Q. What do you call a drug ring in Cincinnati?
A.  A huddle.

Q. Four Cincinnati Bengals in a car, who's driving?
A. The  police.

Q. Why can't Chris Henry get into a huddle on the field  anymore?
A, It is a parole violation for him to associate with known felons.

Q. How do the Bengals spend their first week at mini-camp?
A. Studying the Miranda  Rights.

**********

1. The Bengals had a 8 and 5 season this year: 8 arrests (literally), 5 convictions.

2. The Bengals knew they had to do something for their defense, but they couldn't get the defensive coordinator they really wanted: Johnny Cochran

3. The Cincinnati newspapers reported yesterday that Paul Brown Stadium is going to take out the artificial turf because the Bengals "play better on grass."

4. Coach Marvin Lewis has adopted a new "Honor System" for his players - "Yes your Honor, No your  Honor".

5. Bengals Out of Playoffs - Police on Alert

Superbowl Sunday. Its hard to look beyond the Colts, but I have a sneaky feeling that Manning will bottle it and the Bears will win.

I'm supporting the Colts simply because they're in the AFC.

Hmmm.....the Bengals have become something of a joke for their off field carryings on :?  It's not that difficult not to get arrested FFS!

The Colts should win but I think it will be a battle. I think the Colts offence will win out over the Bears defence but you never know :shock:

my dad doesnt care, i want the bears to win please!

Used to live in the Baltimore area in the mid 90s and got used to lots of Colts bashing (For those who don't know the franchise left Baltimore in the 80s because Baltimore refused to help finance a new stadium). Because of that I've always had a soft spot for them, especially as they used to be awful !

As for the Bears, I've never got over my dislike because of the media love of William 'The Fridge' Perry and Steve McMahon.

So, Sunday afternoon will be time to 'Go Colts !'

NMH

P.S. Work with a bloke from Cleveland who is a big Browns fan. He hates it when I keep asking him why he doesn't wear black and purple now his team has changed colours ! (Browns moved to Baltimore in the late 90s. There was uproar and Cleveland were eventually allowed to bring another franchise to their town. )

 :shock:

Lovely stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBr6jEChFMU

 :D

Just been confirmed that the London game will be Miami vs the Blue Scum.

Go Miami sounds wrong, but I can't support the other lot...

Cheers

Donkey

Ooops ! Freudian slip

NMH

So you have your hated local rivals against your not quite so hated divisional rivals. Interesting :shock:

I've pre-registered for tickets on the NFL UK website. Apparently tickets go on sale 'in the spring' whenever that might be :?

ditto OST. should be good... :D

Same as, i put myself down for 4 tickets.  8)

2 for me, me and my dad, gone for the most expensive ones, haha!!!

[quote="OOH!  SHAUN TAYLOR]So you have your hated local rivals against your not quite so hated divisional rivals. Interesting :shock:

I've pre-registered for tickets on the NFL UK website. Apparently tickets go on sale 'in the spring' whenever that might be :?[/quote]

Could only have been worse if it'd been Pats vs Giants....but I still want to be there....Maybe I'll support the Zebras.... :?

Cheers

Donkey

---Super Bowl---

So far - it's Colts 6-14 Bears - and quite entertaining.

I might watch it...


will I get to see a Jackson nipple?


Maybe not.

Only if you want to see the artist currently name Prince's nipple.

16-14 Colts at Half Time. Bears scored from the KO, 90 yd punt return, but Grossman the Bears QB has been shocking so far whereas Manning is playing well. I think the Colts will win from here, but hoping they don't.

Yep, pretty predictable stuff. Thought when the Bears ran the ball back for a touchdown on the opening play that it was going to be their day. However, when the Colts took a lead into 1/2 time I don't think the result was ever in doubt.

I'm glad for Tony Dungy, who appears a class act. Peyton Manning does some good TV adverts but is an arrogant bugger !

NMH

grossman had a bit of a mare bless him! cost me a fiver too, bugger.

Yeah - I enjoyed them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G0loI0Jn5M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0hidqy8oyY

Cracking start to the game I thought. Nice to see a couple of fumbles, interceptions, turnovers and of course the punt return. Fucking awesome.

Grossman sucks and was never going to be a superbowl winning QB, whereas you can see Manning's class after a slow start.

My mate tipped the Colts in the regualr season and I think put some money on them.

Grossmann had a complete shocker! although to be fair the Colts defense were bang on form last night.

AFC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NFC

the colts took a fucking age to get going tho... if they'd started at the pace they'd finished at, it would've been over alot sooner!



i liked the american commercials, they got em on myspace, they're ace :D

Four Super Bowl FACTS!

1. Fantastic start to the game,  Absolutely unbelievable. Devin Hester, when it comes to kick off returns, YOU are the daddy!

2. The constant torrential rain spoilt the game to a large degree.

3. Rex Grossman is a f*****g turkey! The Bears have to get a half decent experienced QB in Free Agency (Plummer from Denver perhaps? or even Bledsoe from Dallas)

4. Don Johnson STILL rules 20 years on!

Prefer this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8kMrLx6_aQ&mode=related&search=

'Ohhh ! Shake it off. Rub some dirt in it Johnny !'

NMH

Go for it fella ! Performances like Grossman's is why Shanahan benched Plummer in favour of Cutler.

NMH

You've obviously seen more of Plummer than I have so I bow to your better judgement but the Bears definitely need a half decent experienced QB otherwise they aint going to win no Super Bowl any time soon. That is a FACT!

An elementary teacher at a school in Chicago, Illinois was trying to make a good impression about the upcoming Super Bowl.  She explains to her class that she's a Bears fan.
 
She asks the class to raise their hands if they too are Bears fans. Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little girl. The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says: "Mary, why didn't you raise your hand?"

"I'm a Colts fan, and proud of it," Mary replied.
 
The teacher could not believe her ears. "Well Mary, might you explain why are you a Colts fan?"
 
"Because my mom and dad are from Indianapolis and my mom is a Colts fan and my dad is a Colts fan, so I'm a Colts fan too!"
 
"Well," said the teacher, in an obviously annoyed tone, "that's no reason for you to be a Colts fan. You don't have to be just like your parents all of the time. What if your mom was a prostitute and your dad was a drug addict and a car thief, what would you be then?"
 
Mary said, "I'd be a Bengals fan."

 :shock: Surely that should be Steelers fan! 8)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots

God bless wikipedia members.

Well it's on Wikipedia so it must be a FACT! 8)

Agree with most of that especially the rain - spoiled the game a bit - how many fumbles!!!

Felt sorry for Mmmmmm Mohammed (Bears) or whatever his name was.
He played really well considering the misfiring Grossman, but was boo-ed by the entire stadium, especially when he scored.
I assume because he converted to Islam the Yanks hate him.

But how quickly the Yanks forget that their "greatest sportsman of all time" Muhammed Ali, was also an Islamic convert!
You don't see entire audiences boo-ing him every time he appears.

they werent booing, they were shouting 'MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE' as thats his nickname...

 :nod: A bit like Town fans 'mooing' at Steve Cow(e) a few years back. It's very hard to discern the difference beween 'moos' and 'boos' 8)

Same as Zabooooooooooooooooouub! the gf wondered why we booed him the first time she came to a game!

Indeed - Same principal applies.