The long and bumpy road to Super Bowl XLVII

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Interesting stuff. Thought he was sure to go to SF.

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Where’s the seething thread? Very disappointed at Manning’s lack of ambition, he could have cemented his legacy by leading the niners back to the promised land, instead he’s happy being the big fish in Denver’s small pond.

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Ah lovely :pint:

What a cure for a hangover.

Wonder where Tebowmania will be transferred to? Jacksonville must be favourites.

Welcome to the Bronco nation Peyton!

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Tebow to the jets

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Lots of trading this season after the lull due to the CBA last year. Patriots signed Brandon Lloyd and a few on the defence. Hopefully that deep threat will work better than Chad.

The tebow mania will continue anyway. he sure does create headlines anyway. Good to see Manning stay in the AFC.

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Eagles made a good signing and the Texans made a bad mistake.
DeMeco Ryans is now an Eagle for a surprisingly small price.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Eagles[/url] made a big move to bolster the middle of their defense, acquiring two-time Pro Bowl linebacker [url=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/7782”]DeMeco Ryans[/url] from the [url=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/teams/texans”]Houston Texans for a fourth-round draft pick in 2012.
The Eagles and Texans also announced Tuesday they were swapping third-round choices in 2012. The Eagles now have the 89th pick overall, while the Texans have the 77th pick.
The 27-year-old linebacker and team captain leaves Houston as the Texans’ all-time leader with 637 tackles while also contributing eight sacks, six forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries and two interceptions in his six-year career. He earned Pro Bowl honors following the 2007 and 2009 campaigns and was an Associated Press All-Pro selection in 2007.
Ryans missed most of the 2010 season after tearing his left Achilles’ tendon.
“DeMeco is a proven Pro Bowl linebacker in this league and we’re excited to be able to plug him into the middle of our defense,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said. “He’s been the signal caller and a leader on a very good Texans defense for the last several years. He’s a tough, instinctive football player and he’ll be a great fit for our team.”
Ryans was a second-round draft pick by the Texans in 2006, the same year the team took Mario Williams with the top overall pick. Ryans made the bigger initial impact of the two stars, making 156 tackles to earn the Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year honor.
He was also durable, starting all 16 games in his first four seasons. He tore his left Achilles tendon in the sixth game of 2010 and the season collapsed, with the Texans dropping eight of their final 10 games.
Houston used most of its 2011 draft picks on defensive players, and Ryans had a reduced role because of more injuries and the emergence of Brian Cushing[/url] and rookie [url=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/24829”]Brooks Reed.
The Texans ranked second in total defense last season (285.7 yards per game), finished 10-6 and earned their first division title and playoff berth. But they lost key players in free agency, including Williams, right tackle Eric Winston[/url] and right guard [url=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/8098”]Mike Brisiel and now Ryans, the team’s union representative.
Dealing Ryans left some of the remaining players wondering about the team’s direction. Defensive ends Antonio Smith and J.J. Watt talked about losing Ryans on the NFL Network on Wednesday night.
“It’s a big surprise to me,” Smith said. "I don’t know what is going on at this moment, but DeMeco is a great player, a leader. He’s going to be an asset to each and every team he plays for. Our defense is going to miss him.
“That’s all I can say about it.”
Watt, Houston’s first-round draft pick last year, said Ryans was “the most respected guy on the defense, our leader.”
“He’s a guy that everybody turns to, especially when things are going tough,” Watt said. “It’s tough to see him go, but at the end of the day, what can we do? He’s obviously going to go play great football for the Eagles. Now it’s time for the rest of us, as a defense, to step up and find a new leader and go out there and play football. We can’t do anything about that, so it’s time for us to go out there and do it on our own.”
Ryans played collegiately at Alabama, where he earned first-team All-America honors in 2005. He was a teammate of Eagles left guard Evan Mathis with the Crimson Tide. While in the NFL, Ryans has been a leader on and off the field and his work in the community has been highly regarded in the Houston area.
“We appreciate all the hard work and effort DeMeco invested in our organization and wish him only the best moving forward,” Texans general manager Rick Smith said. “He is a class act.”

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[b]Adam Schefter[/b] ‏ [s]@[/s][b]AdamSchefter[/b][list]
[*]Denver traded quarterback Tim Tebow to the NY Jets.
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Tebow time moves to NY. It was fun while it lasted at Mile High.

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[quote=“croppy_boy, post: 657934”]

Tebow time moves to NY. It was fun while it lasted at Mile High.[/quote]

Wow. Welcome aboard Timothy.

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Cue Rex Ryan guaranteeing another super bowl…

Any ideas as to who’s getting hard knocks this year?

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What did Denver get in return?

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Ask the Saints.

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A fourth round pick is what I’ve heard.

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That is poor croppy.
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cant beat NFL for off season activity.

Tebow to the Jets. fuck sake. Sanchez is fooked. A couple of bad games and the crowd will be on their backs to put Tim in, and that’ll end them.

edit: Cromartie aint happy about it:

We don’t need Tebow. We sell out every home game let him go to Jacksonville Tampa or Miami. Our wildcat offense can b ran by J. Kerley or Joe McKnight we straight

Y bring Tebow in when we need to bring in more Weapons for @Mark_Sanchez let’s build the team around him. We already signed to 3 year ext.

And Sean Payton has been suspended for a year without pay for his role in the Saints bounty scandal.

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That’s fucking insane shit!

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Cromartie is a bollox, but he is also clearly pro life…

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What a day! Gregg Williams suspended indefinitely too, to be reviewed at the end of the season.

Tebow to Jets doesn’t make much sense to me at all, from his or their perspective. I would have thought it would be better for him to go to a franchise like the Jags, where at least an attempt could be made to build the team around him.

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Can Payton not coach then for the season ahead? Or is it a suspended kind of thing?

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A suspended suspension?

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Yes?