2015 NFL Season Thread

[Trojan97]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Ladies and gentleman, a fan of a team which still controls its own destiny to make the playoffs. Another great summation of this wonderful season. Playoffs better rock the ####.

I'm a Texans fan who has always bought Sunday ticket and been glued to the TV's on Sunday's and I have watched maybe 12-15 hours this season. I just haven't been able to get into this season at all.

With the implementation of the college playoff, I find myself now following college ball religiously and watching the NFL much more casually. I can't get enough college ball these days.

[Spuds_Buckley]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

As a Cards fan I am hoping for no more injuries, really sucks losing Mathieu.

As a Ravens fan, I'm expecting the coach and mascot to be on injured reserve by the end of this season.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

As a Cards fan I am hoping for no more injuries, really sucks losing Mathieu.

Yeah I can't help but pull for the Cards, that's devastating.

I'm just hoping Palmer can at least stay healthy after last year, felt so bad for the guy since 2005 when von Oelhoffen almost careered him on a dirty hit. I'd like to see him have some playoff success, it's way overdue.


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[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

It will be the Chiefs luck to Win 10 straight and claim the Division just to give themselves a home game to lose in the playoffs.

True, but to be in this situation was a pipe dream just two months ago. A playoff game at home. I have to decide if I want to pay for playoff tickets by the first. Should be a no brainer, however, Chiefs fans are fair weather fans. I'm losing my ass on three December home games. Will a 4 degree, rain soaked playoff game in January increase demand? I think I will have to pass.

[Senator Clay Davis]

An Indianapolis anti-aging clinic supplied quarterback Peyton Manning with human growth hormone, a performance-enhancing drug banned by the NFL, a pharmacist who once worked at the clinic asserts in a new special report from Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit.

The report, “The Dark Side,” is the result of a monthslong investigation in which Liam Collins, a British hurdler, went undercover in an attempt to expose the widespread nature of performance-enhancing drugs in global sports. As a cover story, Collins tells medical professionals tied to the trade of performance-enhancing drugs that he is hoping for one last shot at glory at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Manning is just one of many high-profile players the report names and raises questions about.

The report airs on Sunday but was shared in advance with The Huffington Post

As part of the investigation, Collins connected with Charlie Sly, a pharmacist based in Austin, Texas, who worked at the Guyer Institute, the Indiana-based anti-aging clinic, in 2011.

Manning missed the 2011 season, when he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts, after undergoing neck surgery. In the documentary, Sly tells Collins, who is taking secret video of his interactions, that he was “part of a medical team that helped [Manning] recover” from the surgery. Sly alleges that the clinic mailed growth hormone and other drugs to Manning’s wife, Ashley Manning, so that the quarterback’s name was never attached to them.

“All the time we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs,” Sly says in the video. “Like growth hormone, all the time, everywhere, Florida. And it would never be under Peyton’s name, it would always be under her name.”

Manning and his wife also came to the clinic after its normal business hours for intravenous treatments, Sly tells Collins on the undercover video.

Manning left the Colts after the 2011 season to sign with Denver. The NFL banned human growth hormone as part of its 2011 collective bargaining agreement with players, but did not begin testing for it until 2014. No player has ever tested positive.

Manning’s agent denied the details of the report to Al Jazeera, calling Sly’s assertions “outrageous and wrong.” But the statement does not deny that growth hormones were shipped to Manning's wife, only insisting that such matters were a matter of medical privacy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...ushpmg00000067

[CofR]

Ryan Zimmerman implicated in the report too, gonna be a huge story

[chedder]

Is anyone ever even a bit suprised when professional athletes, olympians, or even movie actors take performance enhancing substances?!

[Senator Clay Davis]

These teams have played some very dumb and sloppy football. One of them gets to host a playoff game too.

[corporatejay]

Eagles are terrible.

[Sylvanfan]

8 wins after 15 games is enough to clinch the NFC East.

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...ushpmg00000067

better get an investigation going, need to protect the integrity of the game, isnt that what the great goodell always says

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by chedder

Is anyone ever even a bit suprised when professional athletes, olympians, or even movie actors take performance enhancing substances?!

When there's literally 100s of millions of dollars on the line for some of these guys absolutely not, if I though that was all that stood between me and a paycheck like that I wouldn't even have to think twice.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm not defending Peyton per se, I'd just be surprised if any less than 75% of the league has used or is using HGH. I doubt the NFL ever seriously tests for it either because it would have to shut down the league. But the level of punishment these guys take and get right back out there for, it just can't be painkillers. I don't even think most guys use it like steroids to bulk up, just to improve recovery time. Like Peyton allegedly did.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

These teams have played some very dumb and sloppy football. One of them gets to host a playoff game too.

It would be full circle if the Red Skins were to beat Seahawks in the Wild card game. RG3 essentially ended his career in a playoff game against Seattle. If his replacement was to pull the upset. Unlikely but the 7-9 Seahawks did beat a much better Saints team back in 2011.

[SuperMatt18]

Umm we've all seen Payton Mannings athletic ability and arm strength since 2011, if he was on HGH I don't think it was working.

he probably did use it to recover front he surgery but id be surprised if most guys who have major injuries didn't use it during the recovery process

[GirlySports]

Why is TSN showing Jags-Saints this afternoon

[transplant99]

Jets putting it on the pats a little bit here....good for them.

[transplant99]

aaaand then the Pats do what the pats do and force a turnover for a TD when they need it most.

Fitzpatrick simply cannot do that in that situation.

[Skaloper]

Wow Julio Jones 70yd TD pass from Matt Ryan!!

[Mony]

Panthers streak comes to an end at 14-1. The dream of the perfect season is over.

It sucks but I'm proud of the boys. The Falcons played really well and they deserved this win.