Because "player of the month" is meaningless, and a "player of the year" would be, too. Except they'd expect some kind of ceremony about it, and in a year where nobody makes big returns, who wins? Rob Bironas? Special Teams Ace Larry Izzo? Or the first-ever linebacker Punt Coverage gunner, Leon Joe?

It's nice in theory, but the last three years, there has been Eddie Drummond and that Bills guy... and while they were the best, it's not like they had a lot of competition.

In the future, I think it will change. I think Hester has shown the NFL that you NEED a return man, even if you have to reach to get him. It will open the door for more pure athletes to enter the draft, and saturate the market for returners. Hester to me seems like the next Antonio Gates, completely changing the game. In turn, that will force teams to spend a lot more money on special teams, and keep their starters in on ST coverage.

Shit, I forgot to use the analogy I had for "Special Teams Player of the Year."

It's like how the Academy Awards has awards for, like, "Best Female Vocal Lead in a Foreign Comedy or Musical Animated Short Film."

Nobody cares. It's still an Oscar, and I bet if the people of TPWW put their heads together, we could EASILY win an Oscar or a Grammy. I mean, Spoken-word albums? Gospel? Some of the categories are so desperately thin, it just makes me wonder why anyone wants to win the "big" ones, when their bagel boy could win an award for "Best Food Service Assistant for a Movie."

YOU KNOW?

AlphaBean, if they end up doing what you think with the kick returner thing..in true NFL fashion I bet they totally ignore football speed and just try to find the fastest guy possible. They've been doing it for wide recievers for years (Bethal Johnson?)

Well, you could give it to a kicker or punter or something as well. I could see a huge variety for candidates for most years.

The Texans did work out that track star guy after all...

And the Vikings DID draft Michael Bennett and Troy Williamson...

lol, and now Bethel Johnson is our best KR and deep threat. :lol:

And who the fuck would want to see a Kicker or Punter winning any type of award? They don't do anything. Just having a job in the NFL should be enough reward for them to be happy. It's extremely fleeting.

Just look at the most accurate kicker of all time. Go ahead, look at him. Where did he go?

That would be so awesome if Justin Gatlin signed with some team. If I were the Texans, since they blew BOTH Reggie Bush and Vince Young, iI would put him on the team in a heartbeat.

I was just gonna get you to use my avatar, but whatever..

Who Dat??

ROFL @ when Drew Brees said "Who Dat" in the post-game interview. He's such a white guy.

Not to try to split hairs because I've seen the play you're talking about and yeah its BS, but I would wager illegal blocks and to a great degree holding happens on every play. Its just a matter of whether or not players get caught. I do however think its quite ridiculous when blatant penalties get the no call.

Happened in the Giants game this past weekend, I don't know if anyone saw it here but Tim Carter was under cut the receiver in a diving motion to catch the ball and the defender was falling backwards, and as he did grabbed onto Carter's arm and started to pull it as he fell. Carter dropped the pass as a result. The referee was standing 10 yards away at a perfect angle to see the penalty...no flag. Such bullshit.

Having a live NFL game every Thursday is beginning to gradually ruin the NFL, especially when it's on a network that I don't even fucking get anymore. What are they thinking here?

You know what it is? The gamblers. They're going to have a game every day of the week on "national" TV so the addictive gamblers can bet on more games.

Sopcast, duuuuude. Watching that shit right now. Sucks. You're not missing anything at all.

I do indeed have SopCast and am watching the game on SopCast at the moment. But why would I want to watch a game on the internet, especially on a low quality, half-sized screen? What is that?

"Seahawks looking to keep the dream alive -drive alive."
"I knew it was drive, not dream."


LOL, fire him already

Better than nothing is what it is. Though for this particular game, not much better. Shit's nice to have when you're the fan of a team in another state though. I live in Texas, so getting a Bronco game when we have the Texans and Cowboys isn't likely. And watching a small, shitty stream is a lot better than reading the play-by-play on NFL.com or something.

The thing is they shouldn't be having games on Thursday every week anyway. I like it at the end of the season when they have a couple of games on Saturday or whatever, but starting at week 10 to play games on Thursday just messes everything up.

This has been a horrible season for NFL telecasts actually. I like the way NBC presents the game, but everything feels so different this year, and I do not like that.

Not to mention I have to watch the Dallas Cowboy game on UPN this Saturday. That's repulsive.

It's on UPN but its just the telecast of NFL network

Yeah, I agree with you on the Thursday game thing. I liked how last year the last few weeks they had a couple games on Saturday, but on channels like CBS and FOX.

Sucks about the UPN thing though. I remember the last Cowboy game I watched on UPN(or WB) a couple years ago. Hated everything about it presentation wise. If I remember rigth, Cowboys got shut out or something, like, 41-0 by the Raiders. Preseason though.

Went to that game.

Ah, sorry? :lol:

Yeah I like college games being on Thrusday nights, but NFL games just don't seem right.

The production of the games is fucking awful, the colors look like real dull or something I can't put my figner on it exactly but it just looks like shit. They also have Brian Gumble and Chris Collinsworth annoucning the game.

Are they doing this for the rest of the season? If so, this will be the last time I am able to watch since I am done with finals next Thrusday and I only have NFL Network in my dorm and not at home.

Yeah it's for the rest of the season, but based on the schedule, you won't be missing much.

Minnesota @ Green Bay
Kansas City @ Oakland
NY Giants @ Washington

Cris Collinsworth: "Alex Smith's the best I've ever seen"

And wtf is with them riding Vernon Davis' shit hard about his penalty? I mean, I'm sure he knew he couldn't use a prop, but I'm sure no one figured it'd be that much of a problem if he just put his foot on the pylon.

"Whenever someone complained in the locker room, Steve Hutchinson was always right in their face."

lol what a prick.

To any of you who said that the Seahawks will go to the Super Bowl: no they aren't.

the seahawks are seriously given 6 free wins a year, how do they not win these games

lol "NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM"

Yeah, but that doesn't matter when there's like, 5 dudes within 2 yards of him

Nah the Thursday night games are the bees knees.

All three division rivalry games. Those are more often than not, good games if you like football. Those are the types of games where a team that wins all other 15 games (the Vikings) loses the one game to their division rival, who sucks (the Bucs), because nobody knows you better than your rival.

Yeah, but usually atleast decent teams have to be playing. Not, you know, the Raiders.

But yeah, I can see your point as to why someone might be interested.

God, this season has been like Madden on autopick where they have the computer pick games for the season and like 9-7 is the best record in the game.

Frank Gore

Lmao at how much Gumble and Collinsworth couldn't stop laying the shit on Alex Smith, saying he was not good enough for the NFL, yadda yadda. Then they were basically down on their knees licking his balls by the 4th quarter.

(He did play a class 2nd half though ;) )

I'd rather someone make bold statements and be wrong than be a huge idiot and state the obvious, or mimick what he's heard others saying.

Like the people on Brad Johnson's jock... did they ever watch him play?

Alex Smith is 22 years old and he plays on the 49ers. What the fuck do they expect? 18 years younger than Brad Johnson with a worse defense and playing just as well, or better.

Alex Smith will be the greatest QB to ever play the game when its all said and done.

Joking

I think Alex Smith will be a great QB. Last year i was thinking he was going to be horrible, but he's honestly progressed a ton this year. He isnt making as many mistakes and he's alot more confident in his game. I think next year we'll start to see him make a run for a Pro Bowl spot. The 49ers need some pass rushers and a really explosive reciever. If they get that, they'll win there division for alot of years to come.

Norv Turner