OT: NFL

[IUPNation]

It’s not too late for yinz to learn how to sing Fly Eagles Fly!!

[EyeoftheHawk]

It’s not too late for yinz to learn how to sing Fly Eagles Fly!!

We’ll do that when you catch up to Lombardi trophies. Only five to go!

Joking aside, Philly got a great win last night in a tough stadium. They’re the favorite to go back to the Super Bowl in the NFC.

[IUPNation]

We’ll do that when you catch up to Lombardi trophies. Only five to go!

Joking aside, Philly got a great win last night in a tough stadium. They’re the favorite to go back to the Super Bowl in the NFC.

That is a tactic used on Philadelphia fans on a daily basis.

It's hysterical to us because those who use it...usually delusional Cowturd and Midgets fans...do so because they are a current disadvantage to us currently.

It's not like the NFL somehow had this transformation between the 1965 season where the NFL and AFL still had separate title games and the first "Super Bowl" at the conclusion of the 1966 season.

The first two "Super Bowls" were not even called that at the time of their staging.

It's a marketing term for the NFL Championship Game....an event that has officially taken place since 1933.

There was no sudden change in the game. All it was that a merger happened and the NFL technically expanded. The league was watered down in reality...as it was much harder to win a title pre merger...especially when some teams could get all the talent like the Bears and Packers. Offically...the Green Bay Packers have the most titles at 13.

A Super Bowl win is no different in the NFL record book as any NFL title won from 1933 to 1965. You can argue that the titles bestowed from 1920 to 1932 are suspect since there was no official playoff.

That being said...the Eagles have four titles...a ring was given out each time. So the Yinzers only have 2 more......

What is really funny about those who think Super Bowls are somehow different...they forget that up until 1978...seasons were only 14 weeks...there were less teams in the playoffs and it was still mostly a beer league into the 70's. Those first 10-15 Super Bowl winning teams would get obliterated by today's teams...the game has slowly gotten bigger and faster over the years. So if the Eagles 1948, 1949 and 1960 titles "Don't count" anymore...than I'd say every Super Bowl Winner into the early 80's has reached their expiration date an no longer count either. It seems like player conditioning and the way the game is played took off more in the mid 80's...

Then I would attack that logic by asking when do World Series and Stanley Cups stop counting? I mean until 1969...there were no League Title Series. So do all World Series before the expansion of the playoffs no longer count?

So all Stanley Cups before the 1967 expansion no longer count? I mean the league doubled in size.

[EyeoftheHawk]

That is a tactic used on Philadelphia fans on a daily basis.

It's hysterical to us because those who use it...usually delusional Cowturd and Midgets fans...do so because they are a current disadvantage to us currently.

It's not like the NFL somehow had this transformation between the 1965 season where the NFL and AFL still had separate title games and the first "Super Bowl" at the conclusion of the 1966 season.

The first two "Super Bowls" were not even called that at the time of their staging.

It's a marketing term for the NFL Championship Game....an event that has officially taken place since 1933.

There was no sudden change in the game. All it was that a merger happened and the NFL technically expanded. The league was watered down in reality...as it was much harder to win a title pre merger...especially when some teams could get all the talent like the Bears and Packers. Offically...the Green Bay Packers have the most titles at 13.

A Super Bowl win is no different in the NFL record book as any NFL title won from 1933 to 1965. You can argue that the titles bestowed from 1920 to 1932 are suspect since there was no official playoff.

That being said...the Eagles have four titles...a ring was given out each time. So the Yinzers only have 2 more......

What is really funny about those who think Super Bowls are somehow different...they forget that up until 1978...seasons were only 14 weeks...there were less teams in the playoffs and it was still mostly a beer league into the 70's. Those first 10-15 Super Bowl winning teams would get obliterated by today's teams...the game has slowly gotten bigger and faster over the years. So if the Eagles 1948, 1949 and 1960 titles "Don't count" anymore...than I'd say every Super Bowl Winner into the early 80's has reached their expiration date an no longer count either. It seems like player conditioning and the way the game is played took off more in the mid 80's...

Then I would attack that logic by asking when do World Series and Stanley Cups stop counting? I mean until 1969...there were no League Title Series. So do all World Series before the expansion of the playoffs no longer count?

So all Stanley Cups before the 1967 expansion no longer count? I mean the league doubled in size.

Geez, you spent a lot of time on this.

So even if we go back to the leather helmet days, Pittsburgh still has two more.

[IUPNation]

Geez, you spent a lot of time on this.

So even if we go back to the leather helmet days, Pittsburgh still has two more.

Because it’s a tactic used on Eagles fans every day. Before it was win one and then talk they we did and now we hear from Turd fans that Super Bowls won in 1971, 1978, 1992, 1993 and 1995 somehow by former players that are either dead, schitting in adult diapers or planning to collect social security in the next few years applies to todays team and somehow negates our recent title in which we still have players on the roster with said ring.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Because it’s a tactic used on Eagles fans every day. Before it was win one and then talk they we did and now we hear from Turd fans that Super Bowls won in 1971, 1978, 1992, 1993 and 1995 somehow by former players that are either dead, schitting in adult diapers or planning to collect social security in the next few years applies to todays team and somehow negates our recent title in which we still have players on the roster with said ring.

I’m not sure it’s a “tactic” as much as it is people who weren’t alive in those days just don’t think about it. Add to that there was a significant change in professional football that created the Super Bowl era (and more teams) and it does feel a bit like two different leagues. If it changes down the road, which is inevitable even if it’s 50 years from now, people then will likely not look at the Super Bowl era they way they look at whatever it is at that time.

As mad as some Philly fans must get about this, I think it’s worse with Packers fans. I was part of a conversation where someone said the Packers only won two Super Bowls and I watched a group of guys who were typically laid back beer guzzlers and brat eaters turn into madmen! They were ready to throw hands, LOL.

[IUPNation]

I’m not sure it’s a “tactic” as much as it is people who weren’t alive in those days just don’t think about it. Add to that there was a significant change in professional football that created the Super Bowl era (and more teams) and it does feel a bit like two different leagues. If it changes down the road, which is inevitable even if it’s 50 years from now, people then will likely not look at the Super Bowl era they way they look at whatever it is at that time.

As mad as some Philly fans must get about this, I think it’s worse with Packers fans. I was part of a conversation where someone said the Packers only won two Super Bowls and I watched a group of guys who were typically laid back beer guzzlers and brat eaters turn into madmen! They were ready to throw hands, LOL.

But nothing changed in the 60’s. It was a beer league. Those players were not in the condition they are today.

It was just a merger..not any massive change in the level of play.

[Fightingscot82]

Just saw that the Steelers RB coach helping cover OC duties has a son on Slippery Rocks team and was first team All PSAC DB.

[ShipAlum]

The Steelers released Joey Fisher (Shepherd) on 11/14.

[Ram040506]

The Steelers released Joey Fisher (Shepherd) on 11/14.

Darn, hope he can get another crack at it in the offseason.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Darn, hope he can get another crack at it in the offseason.

They may not be done with him. It's all roster needs (even on the practice squad). He could be back in a week.

[Bart]

Jahri Evans made the 25 semifinalists list for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024. It gets cut to 15 in December

[CHIP72]

So if the Eagles 1948, 1949 and 1960 titles "Don't count" anymore...than I'd say every Super Bowl Winner into the early 80's has reached their expiration date an no longer count either. It seems like player conditioning and the way the game is played took off more in the mid 80's...

My rule of thumb with pro sports titles is any titles won over 20 years ago don't really count anymore (unless they are just barely over that threshold and that team also won titles within the last 20 years that were part of a group of championships with those earlier wins - the Patriots' 2001, 2003, and 2004 NFL championships would be an example). Those championships were won a long time ago, and dust has collected on the trophies; they aren't relevant today.

An alternate I look at things are only championships from the time I followed sports (in my case, 1981 to present) count. I don't remember titles from before that; they aren't directly relevant to me.

[IUPNation]

My rule of thumb with pro sports titles is any titles won over 20 years ago don't really count anymore (unless they are just barely over that threshold and that team also won titles within the last 20 years that were part of a group of championships with those earlier wins - the Patriots' 2001, 2003, and 2004 NFL championships would be an example). Those championships were won a long time ago, and dust has collected on the trophies; they aren't relevant today.

An alternate I look at things are only championships from the time I followed sports (in my case, 1981 to present) count. I don't remember titles from before that; they aren't directly relevant to me.

Try telling that to a Cowturds fan.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Las Vegas has the over/under tonight at 30.5 points for the Steelers and Patriots.

This is one of the lowest ever set in LV for an NFL game.