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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 01:20 PM Nov 2013

Florida Ruined The NFL

http://deadspin.com/florida-ruined-the-nfl-1462844200

Burn Florida. Sterilize the entire state of its NFL teams as you would an MRSA contamination. Float it into the Gulf, Bugs Bunny-style. Send the NFL to Los Angeles or London or Lucknow, anywhere but the Sunshine State—professional football cannot thrive on its saline soils. After an ugly, addled Monday Night Football matchup that had fans begging for the quality of a Thursday game, this much is clear: On a combined index of internal happiness, talent, and ability to make headlines for actual football matters, the Jaguars are Florida's top team. That's not a world I'm prepared to live in.

Last night was doomed to farce. The Dolphins, with the Jonathan Martin scandal still an oozing sore, appeared every bit as toxic as the Buccaneers' staph-riddled locker room. The Bucs, who seem to hate their coach with the fury of a thousand suns, came in winless, though about as underachieving and unlucky as any winless team can be. If ever a game was destined to end in a tie or in the events of Revelation 9, this was it....

Miami played—well, like a team missing two of its starting offensive linemen. Two consecutive sacks torpedoed the Dolphins' hopes of a game-winning drive. The ground game was a crime against humanity. Their actual running backs combined for 11 carries for zero yards. That's just as good, if not as efficient, as tight end Charles Clay, who managed zero yards on two carries. Ryan Tannehill was the rushing star, with a single two-yard scramble. In all, that's 5.14 inches per carry.

The least-worst team won, and won for the first time this season, leading the 2008 Lions to crack open bottles of St. Ides Special Brews. The Dolphins lost their fifth in six games. Winter is coming, daylight is fading, and we all march inexorably toward death. But there is one silver lining: Neither team has any more national games this season. Sports fans can take a lesson from society, and pretend Florida isn't happening.




(h/t Will Pitt)
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Florida Ruined The NFL (Original Post) KamaAina Nov 2013 OP
Bullshit Auggie Nov 2013 #1
Who would you propose to contract? KamaAina Nov 2013 #2
I'm not going to answer that Auggie Nov 2013 #3
Miami was an expansion team too. El Supremo Nov 2013 #4
Hah -- that's bullshit as well Auggie Nov 2013 #5
Dallas and Denver were expansion teams, also. nt madinmaryland Nov 2013 #10
No, Denver was not. El Supremo Nov 2013 #12
Actually... madinmaryland Nov 2013 #14
The AFL was a separate entity, in direct competition with the NFL ... Auggie Nov 2013 #15
I have always viewed the AFL, just as I view the American League, as madinmaryland Nov 2013 #16
No shit Sherlock! El Supremo Nov 2013 #17
The definition of an expansion team is one that has to start from scratch... madinmaryland Nov 2013 #9
It's still, technically, an "expansion" team Auggie Nov 2013 #13
I thought the subject line meant Florida schools - Miami, FSU, Florida... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #6
FUCK YEAH!! They gave the NFL the murderer Aaron Hernandez. madinmaryland Nov 2013 #11
Dang... Scurrilous Nov 2013 #7
LOL Auggie Nov 2013 #8
At least their orange juice can't be beat. nt Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #18
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
2. Who would you propose to contract?
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 04:26 PM
Nov 2013

The Jags are a no-brainer, but who else? And bear in mind that L.A. is still bereft of pro football.

Auggie

(31,061 posts)
3. I'm not going to answer that
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:29 PM
Nov 2013

what's done is done, and it wouldn't be fair to those tax payers and fans who have invested billions in tickets, stadiums and surrounding infrastructure.

BTW, here's the expansion list dating back to 1976. Cleveland's franchise was suspended in 1996 and reinstated in 1999, so they're technically not an expansion team.

Seattle Seahawks - 1976
Tampa Bay - 1976
Jacksonville Jaguars - 1995
Carolina Panthers - 1995
Baltimore Ravens - 1996
Houston Texans - 2002

Yes, Ravens are an expansion team.

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
4. Miami was an expansion team too.
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:47 PM
Nov 2013

In 1966 with the AFL. So were the Bengals.

That's when everything started to go downhill.

Auggie

(31,061 posts)
5. Hah -- that's bullshit as well
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:58 PM
Nov 2013

The Dolphins have had incredible years … many memorable seasons and players. It wouldn't be the NFL without them.

Auggie

(31,061 posts)
15. The AFL was a separate entity, in direct competition with the NFL ...
Wed Nov 13, 2013, 09:06 PM
Nov 2013

until it merged in 1969.

From wiki:

The AFL was created by a number of owners who had been refused NFL expansion franchises or had minor shares of NFL franchises.

The AFL's original lineup saw an Eastern division of the New York Titans, Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills and the Houston Oilers along with a Western division of the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, and Dallas Texans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_League

On edit: This was not an "expansion" league because it wasn't sanctioned by then existing NFL.

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
16. I have always viewed the AFL, just as I view the American League, as
Wed Nov 13, 2013, 09:22 PM
Nov 2013
expansion leagues. The DH made the AL an expansion league!!


madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
9. The definition of an expansion team is one that has to start from scratch...
Wed Nov 13, 2013, 06:50 PM
Nov 2013

The Ravens were essentially the old Browns, whereas the new Browns had to start from scratch. So even though the NFL's view of the expansion teams are different that what is reality.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
6. I thought the subject line meant Florida schools - Miami, FSU, Florida...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 07:03 PM
Nov 2013

Yeah, they ruined the nfl also!

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
11. FUCK YEAH!! They gave the NFL the murderer Aaron Hernandez.
Wed Nov 13, 2013, 06:55 PM
Nov 2013


But they did give us the greatest running back in the NFL..




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