Cheese Curds - 2020 - News Around The League

[Drj820]

il be very upset if we ever change uniforms. i love our uniforms. Great job Ted!!!

[go pak go]

On the uniforms:

"I wanted to change the uniforms just to get the stigma (of defeat) away," Wolf told the newspaper.

The best part of the story is how the new designs – the team commissioned three different styles, according to the Journal Sentinel – made it on to the field … not in a game but on the back of the man who would eventually replace Favre with Aaron Rodgers, now-general manager Ted Thompson.

"He (Thompson) was on the field down there all by himself," Wolf told the newspaper. "The guy ran up and down the field. I was thinking to myself, ‘Holy (expletive), I must have been smoking dope.

"All it took was that one trip up and down the field for me to say, ‘(Expletive), that’s terrible. No, no, no. There’s no way we can do this. We would have changed it, but after that I said, ‘This is foolish.’ "

[go pak go]

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[British]

Good Lord. What was Wolf thinking. This is not the AFL for crying out loud.

If you have the most storied franchise in American sports you don't mess with the uniforms.

The Browns got away from their classic look and have only just now got back to it.

[Raptorman]

Good Lord. What was Wolf thinking. This is not the AFL for crying out loud.

If you have the most storied franchise in American sports you don't mess with the uniforms.

The Browns got away from their classic look and have only just now got back to it.

Names on the jersey is not classic NFL. That came from the AFL, As are the numbers on the sleeve. Again AFL

[go pak go]

Good Lord. What was Wolf thinking. This is not the AFL for crying out loud.

If you have the most storied franchise in American sports you don't mess with the uniforms.

The Browns got away from their classic look and have only just now got back to it.

I guess that all depends on what you view as "our uniforms". We have had many colors and renditions over the time.

But I do honestly think our white jerseys with yellow pants and helmet is the sharpest unfi in the league.

[British]

Good Lord. What was Wolf thinking. This is not the AFL for crying out loud.

If you have the most storied franchise in American sports you don't mess with the uniforms.

The Browns got away from their classic look and have only just now got back to it.

Names on the jersey is not classic NFL. That came from the AFL, As are the numbers on the sleeve. Again AFL

Nice pic. I guess this proves the point. The AFL = changing the unis.

But I'm not anti-AFL. Full Color Football a truly great documentary series.

The bottom line is if you have an iconic uniform do not mess with it.

Personally I love the Packer's home jerseys. In the UK that dark shade is called British Racing Green.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green

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[salmar80]

Da Bears decline Trubisky's 5th year option. And still suck.

Hit rate of the top 10 picks of the 2017 draft (at least for originsl team) = 50%.

PFT:

Second overall pick Mitch Trubisky, third overall pick Solomon Thomas, fourth overall pick Leonard Fournette, fifth overall pick Corey Davis and ninth overall pick John Ross all had their options declined.

First overall pick Myles Garrett, sixth overall pick Jamal Adams, seventh overall pick Mike Williams and 10th overall pick Patrick Mahomes all had their options picked up. Eighth overall pick Christian McCaffrey got a contract extension before the fifth-year option deadline.

[NCF]

Don Shula has passed away.

[NCF]

I had never heard or saw this before, but...

[Pckfn23]

I was interested, but a bit skeptical:

The dates are the same.
Both broke the same bones.
Theismann was tackled at the 41.
Smith was tackled at the 39.
1985 Redskins won 23-21.
1985 was Monday night.
2018 Redskins lost 21-23.
2018 was Sunday afternoon.
Joe Jacoby was out, but it was TE #85 Don Warren who got beat by Lawrence Taylor.
Trent Williams was out, looks like Morgan Moses was in (can't really tell). He was blocking Clowney with help from the LG. DB blitz from the right side and JJ Watt get to Smith.
Both Watt and Taylor were in on the tackles that broke the respective QBs' leg.
Taylor was a 4 time Pro Bowler during the game, but only a 2 time Defensive Player of the Year.
Watt was a 4 time Pro Bowler during the game and a 3 time Defensive Player of the Year.


Interestingly similar though.

[BF004]

I'm sure we've all seen this.





Packers have that 2nd round history with WR, so thought this would be interesting to see.

2nd round TD receptions since 2005. Now not all of Jennings or Cobbs or even Jordy's (I don't think) TD's came from Rodgers, but most of them sure did.

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[TheGreenMan]

Anyone seeing this Brett Favre embezzlement scheme stuff?

[Pckfn23]

Packers have that 2nd round history with WR, so thought this would be interesting to see.

2nd round TD receptions since 2005. Now not all of Jennings or Cobbs or even Jordy's (I don't think) TD's came from Rodgers, but most of them sure did.
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Starts on that page, almost at the bottom, goes into Page 20 & 21.

[salmar80]

Anyone seeing this Brett Favre embezzlement scheme stuff?

Yup, but it's all so vague at this point. We'll see once Favre responds.

[NCF]

I'm sure we've all seen this.

Busted up the 0 streak with the TD pass to Big Dog this past year. He ALMOST had another one in 2014. If Julius Peppers had held onto the pass. Huge turning point in that game, BTW.

How weird would that be if his only TD pass to a 1st-rounder was to a defensive player?

[NCF]

We'll see once Favre responds.

Now there is something we, at least, know we can count on.

[salmar80]

We'll see once Favre responds.

Now there is something we, at least, know we can count on.

Answer he did:





Don't think I've ever quoted Biloxi SunHerald before:

State Auditor Shad White revealed the payments earlier this week through an audit that indicated the Hancock County, Mississippi, native received payments of $600,000 and $500,000 for speeches that he did not make.

On Wednesday, White announced that Favre had decided to pay the money back.

“Today my office has received $500,000 from Brett Favre in repayment for TANF money he was paid through MCEC and a commitment to repay the remainder in installments over the next few months,” White said in a statement. “The money will be held in our clearing account for a period and then be sent, in full, to the Mississippi Department of Human Services to be used for TANF-appropriate expenditures.

“I want to applaud Mr. Favre for his good faith effort to make this right and make the taxpayers and TANF families whole. To date, we have seen no records indicating Mr. Favre knew that TANF was the program that served as the source of the money he was paid.”

[Drj820]

We'll see once Favre responds.

Now there is something we, at least, know we can count on.

Answer he did:





Don't think I've ever quoted Biloxi SunHerald before:

State Auditor Shad White revealed the payments earlier this week through an audit that indicated the Hancock County, Mississippi, native received payments of $600,000 and $500,000 for speeches that he did not make.

On Wednesday, White announced that Favre had decided to pay the money back.

“Today my office has received $500,000 from Brett Favre in repayment for TANF money he was paid through MCEC and a commitment to repay the remainder in installments over the next few months,” White said in a statement. “The money will be held in our clearing account for a period and then be sent, in full, to the Mississippi Department of Human Services to be used for TANF-appropriate expenditures.

“I want to applaud Mr. Favre for his good faith effort to make this right and make the taxpayers and TANF families whole. To date, we have seen no records indicating Mr. Favre knew that TANF was the program that served as the source of the money he was paid.”

Sounds like he handled the situation with honor. Good Job, Favre.

[salmar80]

Earl Thomas involved in a drama so wild I'm not even gonna try to summarize it.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/06/earl-tho ... legations/