Attyla wrote: Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:51 am
The league screwed us by promoting the arm of JaMarcus Russell and hiding his drug use.
The league screwed us by making up a rule called the tuck rule and only using it on us when it counted most
The league screwed us by us hiring Shell 2.0
The league screwed us by making our center vanish hours before the Super Bowl
The league screwed us by making us travel the most of any team every year since the beginning of time
The league screwed us by hiding Brady in the draft so the Patriots could draft him, and him winning it all repeatedly
The league screwed us by giving us high draft picks over and over
f
ck the league
With the exception of them making up the tuck rule and then getting it wrong in our game (which Brady already stated they did) and the travel time everything else you wrote here is something that we are in control of.
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It's the NFL that's in control of the schedule, not us.
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It's the NFL that is in control of the officiating, not us.
This is all I was pointing out until you jumped off the deep end and went on a tirade with this post and another one after that.
Of course we have made bad decisions and had bad teams and that is our own fault, no sane person would contend otherwise. Just like no sane person would contend that the schedule and most importantly the officiating has added greatly to our demise. From 2009 until 2024 our record is 104-156. In that exact same time frame the bears record was 112-148, just 8 measly games more won. And in that exact same time frame here is where we finished in penalties and they did...
First 3 times. Bears 0
Second 3 times. Bears 0
Third 2 times. Bears 0
Four-Five 1 time. Bears 0
6-10 (below the top five) 5 times. Bears 1
That's 14 times we were in the top 10 in the league v. the bears 1.
In 16 years they have never been in the top 5! lol?
So for the last 16 seasons two bad teams with only an 8 game difference in the W/L column but one of those bad teams, us, had to contend with a landslide more of penalties. Oh, and in the exact same time frame the bears were at the bottom of the league in penalties 4 times v. our 2.
So, what about a team that was worse than us? I'm glad you asked that question. The Jaguars.
The Jaguars were 84-176 in the exact same time frame. That's 20 games WORSE than us! What were the results?
First 0
Second 3 times
Third 1 times
Four-Five 0
6-10... 0
That's 14 times we were in the top 10 v. 4 times for the Jaguars.
Oh, and the Jaguars? In that exact same time frame where in the bottom of the league in penalties 5 times v. our 2. They lost 20 more games than us but only managed to be in the top 10 in penalties 4 measly times.
Do you see a problem there?
Yesterday, the broncos are screaming at the top of their lungs that ONE... yes, 1 measly penalty cost them the game. One. Let that sink in.
What does anybody who has ever watched even a few football games much less people who have watched it for 50+ years see every single game? The HC's screaming at the officiating. That is how crucial the officiating is in NFL games. Yes, we have had bad teams but that doesn't magically erase the damage they have done year in and year out and there is no need whatsoever to apologize for NFL officiating. It's just the opposite.
They have earned that shit.