NFL

[genoscoif]

I knew that would be taken in a weird way...but I just want to experience what it was like to, say, just go down to the gross part of the Jersey Shore in like 1978 - go to like Bar A or whatever and just get after it for a weekend...no cell phones, no uber, like, you just had to figure **** out...I've never started a night out of drinking without a cell phone (reasonably, like, not including a beach bar or whatever)...I'd just want the experience...

It was definitely OK. At least I liked it.

And it's not just the cell phones and the ATMs, there's an era to it...the clothes, the hair, "Miss You" being played on repeat probably at most clubs...it's no doubt a grass-is-always-greener thing and I wouldn't want it permanently, knowing what I can do now because of all the amenities...but it's one of those, "if I had a time machine" things, this is - illogically - one of my first stops...

Not illogical at all. Nostalgia is a powerful mfer...especially if you were on the periphery and never got to actually experience it first hand. It's like nostalgia envy. Lol.

Throughout history, technological advances have helped make humankind's lives easier. Recently though, while making certain tasks less taxing, technology has added additional complexity to our everyday lives. Some subtle, some not so subtle.

It's be interesting to dive deeper into that.

[dodint]

The cool thing about it is you can watch any movie set in its own time and get a taste of it. Like the old observation that most episodes of Seinfeld are rendered moot by the invention of the mobile phone.

It wasn't set in its own time, but look at Stand By Me. Nostalgia porn up the wazoo with that one. Kids, doing real stuff, on their own.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Yep. Stranger Things scratches that itch for me now, because I'm roughly the same age as the main characters.

Sigh.

[offsides]

I knew that would be taken in a weird way...but I just want to experience what it was like to, say, just go down to the gross part of the Jersey Shore in like 1978 - go to like Bar A or whatever and just get after it for a weekend...no cell phones, no uber, like, you just had to figure **** out...I've never started a night out of drinking without a cell phone (reasonably, like, not including a beach bar or whatever)...I'd just want the experience...

It was definitely OK. At least I liked it.

And it's not just the cell phones and the ATMs, there's an era to it...the clothes, the hair, "Miss You" being played on repeat probably at most clubs...it's no doubt a grass-is-always-greener thing and I wouldn't want it permanently, knowing what I can do now because of all the amenities...but it's one of those, "if I had a time machine" things, this is - illogically - one of my first stops...

Don't forget to bring a quarter for the juke box.

[Orlando Penguin]

I got a football (also after an extra point) at a Rutgers game like 10 or 12 years ago and they had security scouring all around to try to find it and return it...my friends and I set up a series of misdirections as to who had it and I think I ended up putting in one of our girl's purses.

How was there such a concentration of people at a Rutgers game that they couldn't figure out who had the ball?

[mikey]

It was one of our like three relevant seasons...

[blackjack68]

I got a football (also after an extra point) at a Rutgers game like 10 or 12 years ago and they had security scouring all around to try to find it and return it...my friends and I set up a series of misdirections as to who had it and I think I ended up putting in one of our girl's purses.

How was there such a concentration of people at a Rutgers game that they couldn't figure out who had the ball?

Ray Rice?

[nocera]

Browns are gonna Browns.

[tifosi77]

Cam with the walk-in TD to get things started in NE.

[nocera]

Cam with the walk-in TD to get things started in NE.

It would kind of be hilarious if NE was still godly while Brady sucks in Tampa.

[shoeshine boy]

Cam with the walk-in TD to get things started in NE.

It would kind of be hilarious if NE was still godly while Brady sucks in Tampa.

I have minimal expectations for the Pats this year. a QB who can run will be an interesting change of pace though.

[tifosi77]

Before NE signed Cam, I said that I wouldn't be surprised if both NE and TB finished +/- 1 game of their 2019 records. Once NE added Cam, presuming he plays with the chip on his shoulder after sitting on the sidelines for 80-odd days with no suitors, I felt that NE had the much better chance of equaling their 2019 mark.

If you look at the history of the AFC East in the 19 seasons Brady was there, they only sent a second team to the playoffs like 2 or 3 times (compared to the AFC North which has had 2 playoff teams like 8 or 9 times in that span), so they've been historically noncompetitive. Now the Bills are looking to be decent, and Miami is potentially on the cusp with Tua in the wings. But I just didn't think either would make up enough ground on NE.

But yes, I am hate-watching both NE and TB today.

[willeyeam]

The Pats had a great defense last year and upgraded at QB. They'll be fine. I wouldn't be surprised if they figure out how to win that division

[Kaiser]

Russ is dropping smart bombs in Atlanta.

[tifosi77]

Fitzmagic is abracadabraing himself to a 3-pick game. Yeehaw.

[nocera]

Rivers still sucks. Shocking.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Bell hurt again, lul

[tifosi77]

The Pats had a great defense last year and upgraded at QB. They'll be fine. I wouldn't be surprised if they figure out how to win that division

I was not as big a buyer on their defense as many others were. They ran up crazy stats in the first half of the season when they opened with 8 straight games against non-playoff teams; after that, they went 4-4, including three losses to '19 playoff teams and a Week 17 loss at home that cost them a bye.

Early on people were comparing them to the '85 Bears, who played 5 of the 6 teams that went to the playoffs that year (they themselves were the 6th team), and beat 4 of them including pitching two playoff shutouts (the only TD they allowed that post-season was scored at the beginning of the 4th qtr of the Superb Owl, when they already had 40+ pts on the board after letting their nose tackle score a rushing TD instead of letting one of the greatest RBs of ever score in the SB). The only game the Bears lost that whole year was to the Dolphins, which clearly was the work of perfect-season-preventing voodoo. The Pats lost the wildcard at home to Ryan Tannehill. (Which reminds me of the schadenfreude of Tombrady's last throw in NE being a pick 6)

[blackjack68]

Eagles crapping the bed to the vague team name from the nation’s capital.

Wentz with three turnovers.

Wonderful.

[tifosi77]

"Alvin Kamara is healthy, and so are his pockets." lol

[tifosi77]

First couple series in and the TB defense looks scary fast. This is not what I was hoping to see.

[shafnutz05]

Eagles crapping the bed to the vague team name from the nation’s capital.

Wentz with three turnovers.

Wonderful.

Yeah that was an absolute joyful experience.

[skullman80]

Brady is looking bad.

[blackjack68]

Brady is looking bad.

Annnd...he throws a TD.

Shhhh. Don’t jinx it!

[Beveridge]

I'm surprised the announcers didn't notice the heads up play by Fitz at the end of the first half. Hopkins made the catch, and Fitz basically grabbed the ball and set it for the spike and there was 2 seconds left. Kicker makes the 56 yard attempt. 0% chance that ball even gets placed to snap before the time runs out if Fitz doesn't do it.