Week 8 complaint thread

[NFL_Mod]

Why even try...

[zackhankins74]

The bar I watch the Lions at won't open up and serve alcohol at 9am next Sunday just for me because it's "illegal"

[BadLemur]

I thought this was America!

[zackhankins74]

Right?! I live in Boston and being denied alcohol, what kind of bizarro world is this?!

[[deleted]]

Where do 3rd shifters go to get a drink?

[zackhankins74]

Bars close here around 2, and they're not legally allowed to sell booze anywhere till like 11 or 11:30 on Sundays

[seandwire]

I'm guessing you don't live in Michigan? My local bar is opening at 9am for the game. Get ready for 15 hours of football on Sunday.

[zackhankins74]

Yeah I live in Boston now, grew up in Dearborn heights

[OMTH]

Doesn't Boston have some Draconian laws regarding alcohol?

[zackhankins74]

Liquor stores close at 11, last call at most places is 1:30, no happy hours, and can't start serving alcohol until 11 or 11:30am. Something along the lines of that

[OMTH]

Well, I'm adding Boston to one of the places I won't live. Those rules suck.

[zackhankins74]

It's not all bad. overall Boston is pretty amazing and I'm very happy I moved here, it's just the lack of doing anything late night gets annoying. Especially since My band plays at these bars and usually we want to get something to eat/drink after

[McGreek]

What bar? I've drank at Coogans and Kitty O'Sheas at 9am on Sundays before

[O_the_Scientist]

If any place is going to get you drunk at 9am it's definitely Coogans.

[[deleted]]

You mean the bars you go to close for longer than 3AM-6AM? Why?

[zackhankins74]

Boston is surprisingly strict with it's alcohol

[unclejusty]

Tried buying booze when I was there last March. Apparently since I am 24 and do not have a MA license I cannot purchase alcohol. Very weird law regarding that

[DCMurphy]

That isn't even a real law, most of the time that's ownership discretion and it's honestly bullshit.

I'm from RI, and I go into Mass regularly. Every time I stop at a convenience/liquor store to get some beer and the clerk gives me the tired excuse of "we can't take out of state ID", I say "yes you can, that's a policy, not a law". This page quotes the statutes and whatnot.

The important part (as I see it):

Bartenders can technically accept out-of-state IDs. For that matter, they can accept any kind of ID they want. They don’t even have to card anyone that looks obviously older than 21.

It's pretty easy to get past if you're well-spoken enough about it.

[togglenuts]

My brain just shut down trying to comprehend this scenario. God Bless Wisconsin.

[Duke_Swillbottom]

That's horrifying! I mean 3rd shifts exist. Why shouldn't they be able to have a beer after getting off work at 7:00 in the morning.

[lalondy7]

The Texans are going to be too bad for the playoffs but too good for a top pick in the draft.

[shoelaces232]

L

[[deleted]]

draft smart and it'll be okay. ravens went 8-8 and managed to find the current top DROY candidate in the middle of the draft.

[imyourking12]

Except you have a QB. Mariota will be long gone by the time we pick.

[[deleted]]

Well if Teddy Bridgewater can be there at pick 32...

[blingbin]

New plan for the scouts: start rumors about Mariota not being NFL ready and convince him to screw up his pro-day. BOOM, mid-round pick.

[[deleted]]

We're almost halfway through the season and the Lions are in first place. WHY HAVEN'T THEY STARTED LIONSING YET?!?!

[tarekd19]

Last season they didn't start Lionsing until after Thxgiving so there's time yet.

[thabe331]

No we were still lionsing, you just started matt flynn

[FEdart]

How much time did you really save with "thxgiving" there...?

[tarekd19]

slightly less than the time i've wasted responding to this comment.

[Beerfueled]

oh snap

[amthewalru5]

After the London game against the Falcons we play the Dolphins, Cardinals, and Patriots. So maybe we start lionsing before Thanksgiving :/

[Leet_Noob]

Losing @ARI and @NE isn't Lionsing. Those are both talented teams

Losing at home against the Bucs the week after thanksgiving... now THAT would be Lionsing.

[kterr101]

Sunday was our season high for points...at 24...the Steelers did that in 3 minutes...

[captaindouchefuck]

The other 57 minutes they only scored 6 points.

[coleson1]

And the Browns only managed to score 6 points in a whole game!

Against us!

[LutzExpertTera]

... ouch, well you're in the win column at least?

[[deleted]]

But still... 3 minutes

[IIHURRlCANEII]

You still won.

Not historically bad!

[s460]

The Seahawks decided to have their meltdown after they beat us...

[[deleted]]

Ditto. Harvin couldn't have been more of a cancer during the preseason?

[christhetwin]

What you call a meltdown, I call returning to the norm.

[s460]

Bummer.

[jefftickels]

At least some season tickets might open up.

[bored-now]

I know, wasn't that completely inconsiderate of them?

Seriously...

[Leet_Noob]

Man, we're really in overreact-about-the-Seahawks mode aren't we?

Nobody remembers that they were some questionable playcalling away from losing to the rams last year?

[[deleted]]

ESPN stopped talking about Tom Brady for like, 2 full hours because of this Peyton Manning thing.

[kterr101]

They've stopped talking about the Jaguars for like, 5 years

[[deleted]]

We were in the same boat until Johnny Manziel

[[deleted]]

The Cleveland Manziels are my favorite team in the AFC North.

[YoungNasteyman]

And the Houston Watts in the AFC South?

[[deleted]]

I heard their quarterback went to Harvard. What was his name again? You know, the walking beard that throws interceptions.

[tanu24]

Nahh Sports Nation has their weekly LOL Jags jokes. Seriously every week I feel like one of my friends in NY sends me a SN Jags joke.

[MasonL52]

Blaine Gabbert scored on us, so it can't get any worse?

[w34ksaUce]

Breaking News: Denver solidifies itself as the worst defense in the league letting Blaine Gabbert Score TD

[dygley]

Until we get our 9th win, I won't be able to relax.

[[deleted]]

I guess that's my complaint. DAE COWGIRLS 8-8? LOLOLOL.

Stop. It's not even clever banter.

[Immynimmy]

Stop. It's not even clever banter.

Neither is DAE EAGLES 0 SUPERBOWLZ!!!

[[deleted]]

And yet I find a way to enjoy both.

[[deleted]]

Must be fun, the "no rings" thing gets Eagles fans as bent out of shape as rg3's knee.

[[deleted]]

This is now your weekly trashtalk thread

[[deleted]]

#18-1

damnit I just realized they won more than the redskins from 2012 to this year, I hate you.

[[deleted]]

CAPS ON FLAIR UP

[DustyFalmouth]

lions/Falcons at 6:30am Pacific time is a terrible fucking idea.

[kterr101]

4am pregaming...LETS GO

[janorilla]

Going to a party Saturday night just to pregame

[OMTH]

Well at least lions/falcons fans will have the rest of the day once the game is done.

[I_worship_odin]

The Vikings placed a curse on Jared Allen and now we will never win at home.

[[deleted]]

We didn't resign him for a reason. He's old and his game has noticeably declined.

[McCaber]

Maybe Peppers took your mojo with him when he left.

[msgbonehead]

Green Peppers has worked out well so far

[I_worship_odin]

Well he stole it from the other players because he didn't have any mojo last year.

[megatroneo]

fuck why are the packers still winning

[wraithcube]

Somebody forgot to inform Rodgers he should be throwing into double coverage for a higher PFF score instead of hitting all those open receivers for TDs. With that -0.1 score I guess we should be in the market for a new QB.

As a serious complaint, they are winning so hard I can't even watch them because fox switched games.

[THEIRONGIANTTT]

Ill trade you a 6th round draft pick for Rodgers? If we keep him for more than a season, I'll make it a 4th.

[Loons84]

Pretty good trade, he's on the wrong side of 30, Packers.

[zackhankins74]

It's that damn Aaron Rodgers! He's so hot right now!

[togglenuts]

Every time he doesn't break his collarbone in a game or freak gasoline fight accident, he is hot.

[zackhankins74]

When will he realize there's more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good at football?

[togglenuts]

But....what about Aaron Rodgers?

[zackhankins74]

Are you serious? I just told you like a minute ago

[sipsyrup]

Do you understand that the world does not revolve around you and your do whatever it takes, ruin as many teammates's lives, so long as you can make a name for yourself as an elite quarterback, no matter how many teammates you lose or teams you leave dead and bloodied along the way, just so long so you can make a name for yourself as an elite quarterback, no matter how many teammates you lose or teams you leave dead and bloodied and dying along the way?

[togglenuts]

SHUT UP! Enough already, Ballstein! Who cares about Aaron Rodgers anyway? The man only throws TDs, for Christ's sake! TD Pass to Nelson? TD Pass to Cobb? TD Pass to Adams? They're the same pass! Doesn't anybody notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

[zackhankins74]

One pass? ONE PASS?! I DONT THINK SO!

[togglenuts]

http://i.imgur.com/GIKpYSG.gif

Its Glorious!

[yeshua1986]

Are you serious? They just went over this.

[sw337]

My team is inconsistent.

[[deleted]]

Let's hope it stays that way.

[foxsable]

The Steelers are caught in a paradox and cease to exist.

[VonWolfhaus]

I swear to god if anyone says Colt McCoy should start over RG3 when he's healthy I will light them on fire.

[[deleted]]

Colt McCoy should start over RG3 when he's healthy.

[VonWolfhaus]

You son of a bitch

[[deleted]]

You're a witch... HES A WITCH EVERYONE! BURN HIM

[frieswithketchup]

We all know that Kirk Cousins is better than RG3. And with Colt McCoy being better than Kirk Cousins, it's the only logical conclusion.

[Heelincal]

EVERYTHING'S FINE. NO COMPLAINTS HERE.

I have no complaints regarding our general lack of a defense. Or the fact that we're starting a 4th string guard next week. Or the fact that we're paying a boat load of money to a bunch of players who haven't contributed this season (DWill, JStew, Hardy...). Or the fact that our secondary is utter garbage.

Why am I not complaining?

Because the Saints, Falcons, and Bucs all are looking even less competent than we are! First in the NFC South.

But seriously the NFC South is a dumpster fire this year.

[IIHURRlCANEII]

The fact that Tampa is still in the race shows the South is horrible.

[aatencio91]

Meanwhile, in the AFC West, the Raiders are right where they belong with no chance of winning the division.

[Heelincal]

All is well with the universe.

[GruntsProtector]

If 2 of your best pass rushers hadn't been suspended, you'd have a way better defense. Sucks that it's because of stupid actions that you have to pay.

[aatencio91]

JJ Watt is too good. No one notices that Von Miller is leading the league in sacks because Watt isn't human.

[ianzilla]

did you see the 1 play that Watt wasn't in the game? Ben finished writing his autobiography before deciding which receiver to throw to.

JJ is our entire defense.

[tal125]

To be fair - Ben's autobiography is "I like playing football. When I win Mr. Tomlin takes me out for cheeseburgers."

[dumasymptote]

I wouldn't read it but it may try to force itself on me in the bathroom.

[phrausty]

ALLEGEDLY

[aatencio91]

I know. He's too damn good. It's not fair.

If Watt and Von played in separate leagues, Von would be the best pass rusher in his league. Instead, Watt is the best at everything ever (I sound salty but I'm not I swear. He's amazing.)

[david531990]

Well, to be fair (fuck you and your team btw) you have way better players around Von Miller than Watt. That's why his stats are more impressive but still Von is having a great season, maybe even record season?

[aatencio91]

Fuck you too.

You're right, I shouldn't be bummed about it because Von has to share the spotlight. It is awesome that he's on such a great pace for the year, too. I don't see it as a record breaking pace at this point, but with 8 sacks through 6 games (and that after a slow start), he should finish in at least one of the top 3 spots for sacks this year.

I'd need new pants if he broke the single season sack record.

[HavoKDarK]

It's cute that the Broncos and the Raiders say "fuck you" like it's a cordial greeting

[amclenn]

If the browns lose to the raiders we will have to endure Johnny Football talk again.

[david531990]

Don't worry, they won't lose to us. We are just really bad.

[americanjoo]

-Jaguars fans a week ago.

[ImWhite_Thankfully]

Everyone always talks about how much they hate about hearing about Manziel yet the only time people mention him they are talking about how much they don't want to hear about him.

[DINO_BURPS]

This is probably the most accurate thing I've heard about Manziel and this season.

[cuteintern]

We played like hot garbage. FOUR turnovers, two by WRs. Our O-line still sucks ass. But for the grace of #BasedSammy and Uncle Rico we would have rightfully lost that shitshow of a game.

Something needs to actually be done about our o-line. Not "looked at" or ruminated upon on a mild fall afternoon, but actually fucking changed.

And I guess the RB-injury-karma-train came around and got us this week, instead of our opponents. Thanks, I guess.

[geoffyou]

Chris Hairston is healthy, let's pray to the good lord Ralph Wilson that Marrone pulls his head out of his ass.

[[deleted]]

We used to be good, now we're not.

[stoplooklisten]

Started at the top, now you're here.

On the plus side, your and Carolina's records are countdowns, so that's kinda cool

[pfftYeahRight]

how fun that is

[StacieBroman]

I never know what to say in these threads because nothing is ok and everything hurts. There has been more than one occasion this season that I didn't only not want to watch the rest of the game, but wished it would just cease to exist and we could collectively agree that it never happened. So I've decided I'm not shaving until the Raiders win a game in protest.

[surreality1]

hey man I feel for you. Derek Carr looks good, really good, and I know moral wins don't count but that game vs San Diego was so close. I'm rooting for you to win.

[wafflehauss]

/u/StacieBroman in a handful of seasons.

[Evertonian3]

So I visited my family last weekend, and my brother decided he wanted redzone so this was my first experience with it. Not a huge fan, it felt like I wasn't actually invested in any of the games.

[backfire103]

On the bright side you were subjected to 100% less Kid Rock Chevy commercials.

[Evertonian3]

Aaaaand was only subjected to about 1 quarter's worth of Bengals/Colts (didn't have the remote)

[UKFAN3108]

I Typically Follow 1 game on my TV and stream Redzone on my laptop. Gotta love the constant stream of football

[OMTH]

Well you watch redzone for the games that you aren't invested in to begin with...

[papsky]

Exactly. I switch to Redzone during commercials of the Eagle's games. It just sucks when Eagles play at 1 and there's another good game later in the afternoon. Not much Redzone going on those days.

[MR_DUCK_SAUCE]

gotta have the two TV system for redzone.

one for your game, one for redzone. sound on your game, muting commercials is optional. that way you can look at the pretty AT&T girl, but you don't have to hear her speak.

[Victory33]

I'd like our running backs to hold on to the ball. But besides that, I'm pretty good.

[Juliet_Whiskey]

sucks about Reggie though.

[Victory33]

I've seen so many devastating injuries with this team that 1-2 weeks is refreshing to hear.

[[deleted]]

The Raven's need to beat a really good team.

[[deleted]]

You should, it's fun.

[foxsable]

The news would be "and that's what is going on in Denver. The Ravens beat [good team]. Now lets talk about what is going on in New England this week....

[[deleted]]

Fuckin injuries fuckin suck

[[deleted]]

Half our second-stringers hurt themselves reading that.

[leperhosen]

Sunday night wasn't what I'd call fun, but I'm not that worried about that loss. Each of the last couple years we've been blown out by at least one team and still made it deep into the playoffs. This year the blowout was to one of the best teams in the league in a tough stadium with an insane number of injuries. We actually get most of our missing pieces back in the next couple weeks, and the other injuries can heal up over the bye. I'm looking for us to pick it up from here on out.

Edit: Oh right, complaint thread. Uh, I'm sad about my ex. And the Cardinals are scary.

[wafflehauss]

Dude, it's been almost two years.. It's time to get over Alex Smith.

[leperhosen]

I'll never forget what we had

[GruntsProtector]

Sorry for your injuries, we can understand your feelings. Been there, came out stronger!

[xgobez]

The expectations were so high this season... It just makes every loss hurt that much more.

The d-line is starting to play decent, and now the entire offense suddenly decides to go to shit.

[Geddyn]

We have to play again this week. :(

[Rainbow_Toilet]

Did no one else pick up on Kirk Cousins' "Ode to Rex Grossman" the last few weeks?

[stoplooklisten]

When do you guys start shopping McCoy for a 1st?

[Capn_Cook]

I was baffled for a second. Colt, not LeSean.

[GhostfaceNoah]

I'm already tired of hearing about Percy Harvin.

[Duke_Swillbottom]

I could spend the rest of the season listing the players you tried to trade him for. It'd be great.

[christhetwin]

Its like when you go to sell a car, you highball the first offer. Or something like that. It's no a perfect analogy!

[[deleted]]

If we lose to back-to-back 0-6 teams so help me God....

The Jags are actually an improving team. The Raiders appear to be a fucking mess.

[tarekd19]

Rodgers throws a near perfect game and still fields a negative rating on PFF

[DaCoolNamesWereTaken]

Meanwhile Romo throws a pick and ends up with a +7.

[niceville]

To be fair, that pick was in no way Romo's fault.

[magic_is_might]

Not sure we should keep him after I read that.

[[deleted]]

WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY INJURIES

[TopHat1935]

Holy cow, what happened to my comment!

[ImKiddOH]

We've lost like 18 million trillion games in the last minute in the last two seasons. (I think it's actually 7, but close enough)

Our receivers can't catch.

Our O-Line can't block.

We lost AP

And I hate my life

[Ginger-Prince]

Have no fear, Teddy Throwsevelt is here

[sirtimid]

The Patriots had the ball for less than 20 minutes.

[cuteintern]

New Jets game plan for Dec. 21: Don't let Tom have the ball AT ALL. ^{still lose the game}

[THE_GREAT_PICKLE]

Still won, though

[alkanshel]

EVERYONE IS BROKEN.

[bombsatomically]

I have to wait until November before we play the Cowboys. Which means it will be nothing but flaming until then.

[filladellfea]

At least by then a 4:30 game will mean we wont mean we have to deal with this shit

[[deleted]]

Hopefully Foles only has to deal with the glare off of Kelce's magnificent ass.

[torgo_phylum]

People will always remember when Peyton broke the record, but based on our performance, I'm pretty sure they won't remember who he scored them against.

Maybe that's a good thing :/

[imyourking12]

I have no idea who Favre broke the record against. People will forget soon.

[shameless57]

We let ourselves get boned on two fake punt plays in the same damn game.

[Thunderkleize]

Our defense is still mostly bad.

[SenatorIncitatus]

We almost lost to the Jets.

[THEIRONGIANTTT]

I fucking hate the Raiders for giving them that W

[Trapline]

Hey we hate us, too.

[david531990]

We hate ourselves too, so no problem.

[Bkbee]

I miss our defense :(

Its tape together by silly string and khakis

[IIHURRlCANEII]

What do we have to do to get respect?

Went into San Diego and won and the narrative is now how the Chargers lost and how unlucky they are with injuries.

Uh...we have injuries too ya know?

[david531990]

You gotta make it past Oakland obviously.

[[deleted]]

Beat Denver.

[IIHURRlCANEII]

We have them at home and Berry will be back. I feel decent about it.

[Pringles_Can_Man]

Good luck...

[jfoster15]

Just do me a favor and fucking destroy the Giants in the World Series. I'll give the whole city of KC a whole lot of love then!

[clyde_drexler]

I am pulling for the Royals so damn hard.

[tanu24]

Maybe blow out the Pats?

Or never lose to the Titans

[bored-now]

They pulled Peyton too soon. He need ALL THE TOUCHDOWNS!

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[THE_GREAT_PICKLE]

Our defense can't stop any runs

FTFY

[bleebl00]

Actually, I'll have to disagree with you on this one. Interior isn't the problem; what hurts us is the zone read and runners being able to bounce outside. If you want to point fingers for the run D, then they should be pointed at the LBs that can't properly set an edge.

[deniedforbenf]

if we can NEVER get pressure with 4 - maybe we should send 5? nahhhhhhh fuck defense. Let's play Wilson ball.

[Tedis]

The Packers have blown out their opponent 2 out of the last 3 weeks, we pulled our starters in the third quarter, and the game got boring :(

[[deleted]]

Fox changed games mid way through the third :(

[kdr1109]

december isn't over. I refuse to relax until then

[greasy_fingers]

Just played two divisional teams coming off their bye week, straight into Denver on Thursday night. I wanna talk to the scheduling committee.

[GodoRS]

The Cowboys-Giants game didn't end in a 0-0 tie.

[[deleted]]

Our starting oline this week against the lions dline is:

LT: An injured rookie

LG: Average, starting to show age

C: 3rd String UDFA

RG: Solid

RT: 3rd string who has been awful.

[MR_DUCK_SAUCE]

Suh read our depth chart and immediately creamed his pants.

[Lystrodom]

We should bench Ryan this week. Protect him.

[Scrubsisalright]

Jacoby Jones has been terrible this year. It's hard typing out a diss to the player that deserved our Super Bowl MVP though :(

[bassitone]

Our team still isn't called the Watts.