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Post by sdm3 on Mar 25, 2019 23:20:54 GMT
I say no. I don't care about the Packers/Bears rivalry. For me this season is about a new challenger trying, again, to topple the Patriots. Imagine opening the year with the Pats vs the Chiefs or Browns at home? Harkening back to an old rivalry just because it's the 100th season (a fact that most fans won't even be aware of) just seems out of touch to me.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 25, 2019 23:33:03 GMT
As a football fan I think it's a fun idea even if the game itself isn't super compelling. As a Pats fan I don't care one way or the other if they're on opening night.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 0:01:02 GMT
I'm all for it. Super glad it's not the Patriots. I could just see them losing on Week 1 in a blowout and media jumping on the Brady is washed bandwagon. The less Patriots focused media I intake the better for health reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 0:12:11 GMT
I thought it was conventional wisdom and written in stone the Super Bowl Champs - opening up perhaps the last team they beat in the Conference Championship if that division is on the slate or at least their rival.
not hating - to me - I want to see Green Bay / Chicago (both home and home) in frigid temps - not late summer - and both teams blow - sorry Bears fans - show us again you're playoff worthy and Turdisky can step up again.
this after A-Rod failed to make the playoffs.
I don't get it. frozen tundra Christmas eve fight for the division? sure. i'm in. opening game?
boooo!!!
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Post by DSDSquared on Mar 26, 2019 12:04:14 GMT
I like the tradition of the Super Bowl champs opening up the season. I think this is a dumb idea, but it is a good rivalry so whatever. I will just be happy to see real football again.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 26, 2019 12:10:10 GMT
I thought it was conventional wisdom and written in stone the Super Bowl Champs - opening up perhaps the last team they beat in the Conference Championship if that division is on the slate or at least their rival. not hating - to me - I want to see Green Bay / Chicago (both home and home) in frigid temps - not late summer - and both teams blow - sorry Bears fans - show us again you're playoff worthy and Turdisky can step up again. this after A-Rod failed to make the playoffs. I don't get it. frozen tundra Christmas eve fight for the division? sure. i'm in. opening game? boooo!!! You've convinced me. This is a lame opening night matchup between two teams that are probably going nowhere. It's a classic cold weather game, not opening night material. 2/3rds of the league's fans don't know or give a shit about the history between the two teams, either.
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Post by NJtoTX on Mar 26, 2019 12:51:44 GMT
Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith may actually give the Pack a defense this year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 21:50:17 GMT
Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith may actually give the Pack a defense this year. They'll be much improved next year imo. 9-7 or 10-6 could be possible. Plus there is a chance that they get Ed Oliver at 12 in the draft. That would be a scary defensive line. Plus I mean no more McCarthy.
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Post by sdm3 on Mar 27, 2019 2:19:23 GMT
I'm all for it. Super glad it's not the Patriots. I could just see them losing on Week 1 in a blowout and media jumping on the Brady is washed bandwagon. The less Patriots focused media I intake the better for health reasons. The Patriots earn the media attention on account of winning the Super Bowl. I hate hearing about the "grand, storied" history of the wonderful saintly football powerhouses the Green Bay Packers, their ancient, old as time rivalry with the Chicago Bears, the incredible Aaron "Hail Mary" Rodgers... nah.
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Post by Xeliou66 on Mar 27, 2019 3:21:08 GMT
I don’t like it, I would prefer it open with a home game for the defending Super Bowl champ Patriots. I don’t care about the grand historical stuff, I care about the present game, and I like the season opening with the defending Super Bowl champs hosting a game.
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Post by ctown28 on Mar 27, 2019 3:44:49 GMT
I generally don’t like Thursday weekly games but do like the defending champs kicking off the season on Thursday, it seems now the NFL is going to try a new experiment to start the season, this game looks like it could add to the snooze fest that mist Thursday games are
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 27, 2019 13:45:40 GMT
Let's call it like it is. The NFL knows most of America hates the Patriots, and the Bob Kraft stuff isn't helping the matter. They want to avoid controversy as best they can and go with some popular teams from Middle America to get higher ratings.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 27, 2019 16:44:31 GMT
it seems now the NFL is going to try a new experiment to start the season The NFL can't kick off the season with a Pats game. It would be a PR disaster for the NFL when the network shows the owner's booth and the Pats' sex offender owner who's going to be on trial for soliciting sex from girls who are forced to work as sex slaves is there cheering for his team of cheaters.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 27, 2019 16:45:19 GMT
I'm all for it. Super glad it's not the Patriots. I could just see them losing on Week 1 in a blowout and media jumping on the Brady is washed bandwagon. The less Patriots focused media I intake the better for health reasons. The Patriots earn the media attention on account of winning the Super Bowl. The NFL can't kick off the season with a Pats game. It would be a PR disaster for the NFL when the network shows the owner's booth and the Pats' sex offender owner who's going to be on trial for soliciting sex from girls who are forced to work as sex slaves is there cheering for his team of cheaters.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 27, 2019 16:46:51 GMT
it seems now the NFL is going to try a new experiment to start the season The NFL can't kick off the season with a Pats game. It would be a PR disaster for the NFL when the network shows the owner's booth and the Pats' sex offender owner who's going to be on trial for soliciting sex from girls who are forced to work as sex slaves is there cheering for his team of cheaters. They weren't sex slaves, but when does reality make its way into your posts?
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Post by bluerisk on Mar 27, 2019 19:25:41 GMT
I say no. I don't care about the Packers/Bears rivalry. For me this season is about a new challenger trying, again, to topple the Patriots. Imagine opening the year with the Pats vs the Chiefs or Browns at home? Harkening back to an old rivalry just because it's the 100th season (a fact that most fans won't even be aware of) just seems out of touch to me. What rivalry?
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 27, 2019 21:32:58 GMT
Because 100 years of celebration? It's not like Bart Starr & Walter Payton are active players.
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Post by damngumby on Mar 28, 2019 11:35:42 GMT
it seems now the NFL is going to try a new experiment to start the season The NFL can't kick off the season with a Pats game. It would be a PR disaster for the NFL when the network shows the owner's booth and the Pats' sex offender owner who's going to be on trial for soliciting sex from girls who are forced to work as sex slaves is there cheering for his team of cheaters. Looks like the "sex slave" angle of this story is falling apart. No evidence. Plus the fact that the women Kraft was with were in their 40/50s. If DC-Fan was asked what color was the sky, he'd find a way to get it wrong. He ain't Always Wrong fer nutin'!
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 28, 2019 14:35:40 GMT
The NFL can't kick off the season with a Pats game. It would be a PR disaster for the NFL when the network shows the owner's booth and the Pats' sex offender owner who's going to be on trial for soliciting sex from girls who are forced to work as sex slaves is there cheering for his team of cheaters. Looks like the "sex slave" angle of this story is falling apart. No evidence. Plus the fact that the women Kraft was with were in their 40/50s. If DC-Fan was asked what color was the sky, he'd find a way to get it wrong. He ain't Always Wrong fer nutin'! The story shut down for me as soon as I found out their ages, 40's & 50's. They were not traffickers, therefore this entire thing as news piece is ridiculous. Kraft was the headline & for paying middle aged women for sex. #2019
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 31, 2019 6:29:22 GMT
The NFL can't kick off the season with a Pats game. It would be a PR disaster for the NFL when the network shows the owner's booth and the Pats' sex offender owner who's going to be on trial for soliciting sex from girls who are forced to work as sex slaves is there cheering for his team of cheaters.
Plus the fact that the women Kraft was with were in their 40/50s. Another lie made up by Kraft and the Patriots. The women weren't in their 40/50s. They're young girls who were forced to work as sex slaves for rich old scumbag assholes like Robert Kraft.
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