2014 Point & Laugh At The taterskins Thread

[ice grillin you]

I just read that the team is not allowing the media to show video of the coin toss....I thought the nfl owned the games

yeah i don't see how this is possible. danny's reach only goes so far.

teams must have the right to deny access as well as the league

that said danni's reach is as far as a reach can go....washington season ticket holder roger goodell is one of his best friends

lol at calling the seahawks Hoydas

I'm saying it flat out.  They're Hoydas and someone should punch them in the face.   The Eagles don't have those kind of players to get shtein real.  They used to but they don't anymore.

gang green defense talked more shtein than any unit ever....were they Hoydas?

dallas 90's dynasty same way....i guess they were bitchmade too

you sure the reason you think seattle is a bunch of Hoydas isnt because they just ate your favorite teams young??

[MDS]

ding ding ding ding

romey obviously didnt want the nfccg last year. bodies were dropping. seattle, you know, won. but theyre Hoydas!

[Rome]

I'm saying the Ryan era Eagles would kick the shtein out of them.

Are you idiots actually disagreeing with that or just arguing with me to make your sandy vaginas moist?

[ice grillin you]

buddys defenses i would give a slight advantage to...seahawks offense gets a solid advantage

on a neutral site id probably have sea -3

but either way its really silly to call the seahawks Hoydas

[SD]

Seattle's D is like the bad boys, you knew they were good, they were dirty, got away with stuff, and talked a lot of shtein...people hated them at the time, but looking back I wish they played in Philly. It's the reason the Broad Street Bullies are still so popular.

[General_Failure]

I was all set to hate Seattle until I saw Sherman walk that guy off the field after he got flagged on a punt. After Peters got a flag for whining to a ref about how awful the refs were, now I just wish the Eagles had anyone that smart playing for them.

Their 12th man merchandising push is still obnoxious garbage, though.

[MDS]

I'm saying the Ryan era Eagles would kick the shtein out of them.

Are you idiots actually disagreeing with that or just arguing with me to make your sandy vaginas moist?

you do realize buddy's eagles won 0 playoff games and seattle has 4 playoff wins + a super bowl?

[ice grillin you]

seattles defense is also doing their thing in an era where video game numbers are being put up in the league....in todays game you need a great secondary which is exactly what seattle has put together....where as on the gang green defenses it was the front seven...that back four may not translate so well to the modern game....especially the plodding hit first cover later safeties

[smeags]

i click on the foreskin thread and find a zesty debate about the current seahawks vs the 90's eagles.

i like diversity. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Breeland and Roberts throwing down

https://twitter.com/brittmchenry/status/542733916793487361

Vine of the first couple shots

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://bit.ly/1ulG4Dj

[BigEd76]

nm

[General_Failure]

Finally, this team does something to pay respect to actual Native Americans.

[Rome]

http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/11/7377669/taterskins-desean-jacksons-custom-i-can-t-breathe-cleats

[PhillyPhreak54]

Read Simmons' column on Grantland...

Especially if the reader is standing a little too close to the flame, if you get my drift. Here's Simon in Alexandria, VA ...

"Is the Washington NFL team the worst, most dysfunctional franchise in professional sports? Washington is now a perennial loser. The team's name is considered by many to be racist. They have a meddling, litigious, unlikable owner, two decades of dysfunction, a clueless PR team and the worst home stadium experience. Even promising moments (RG3 2012) backfire spectacularly (RG3 2014). And there's no hope because Dan Snyder is only 50 and will never sell. If the NFL wasn't already a morally dubious venture, the embarrassment of following the Washington team has pushed me over the edge. I'm officially an NFL widower. And I feel so much better; it's amazing how many errands and how much yard work you can do with a full Sunday. The Washington NFL Franchise is the suckiest franchise in professional sports. Thank God I can still get by watching crushing playoff collapses by the Nats and Caps!"

That one nailed a variety of checkmarks: mild hyperbole (words like "worst" and "suckiest"), some slight homerism (by rule, shouldn't the Raiders be mentioned in any "worst/most dysfunctional" discussion?), the mini laundry list of tragedies (always a staple), the surprising reveal in the middle (he buried the lede — he actually made himself an NFL widower!), the obligatory poison arrow at someone (calling the NFL "morally dubious," which I thoroughly enjoyed) and a terrific sarcastic closer that would have made Joe House proud.

The most poignant line in that email: "There's no hope because Dan Snyder is only 50 and will never sell." Hold that thought.