Quote :

"Maybe I'm retarded, but I've watched plenty of HD football games with no bars on the side. Am i missing something?"

It's a difference in how they choose to frame the picture. In the past they've always assumed that everyone had an old school 4x3 TV and tried to put all the important stuff inside that box. If you had a 16x9 HDTV, you did get extra stuff on the sides, but what was there was completely unintentional and oftentimes not relevant at all. Now the camera operators are actually looking at a 16x9 box when they're choosing their shot. So, in theory, you will be getting wider shots that actually take advantage of your entire HDTV screen.

In practice, it's probably not gonna be that much of a difference. But it's good to see them actually producing content specifically for people with newer TVs and not dumbing it down for people still on older sets.

8/19/2010 10:33:31 PM

basically, they are zooming out a little

8/19/2010 10:35:33 PM

If anything, they'd be zooming in a little. But that's simplifying it quite a bit.

8/19/2010 10:40:07 PM

yeah i meant what have traditionally done

8/19/2010 10:42:48 PM

Andre Brown with a decent meaningless preseason run. WOOOOOOOO.

8/21/2010 8:22:07 PM

saw that, looked good

just got a TD

[Edited on August 21, 2010 at 9:38 PM. Reason : ]

8/21/2010 9:13:11 PM

rodgers first throw of this preseason game was SICK

8/21/2010 10:17:58 PM

over/under on the number of weeks before Derek Anderson overtakes Matt Leinart for the starting QB position with the Cardinals?

3? 4?

Leinart looked terrible as usual, Anderson came in, marched down the field and scored on his first drive. Through a little over a quarter of play Leinart was 4/6 for 28 yards, on one drive Anderson was 3/5 for 55 yards

[Edited on August 23, 2010 at 9:08 PM. Reason : adsf]

8/23/2010 9:06:43 PM

Leinart is such a joke...and I watched part of the USC/UCLA game from his senior year the other day, and I had forgotten how good a college QB he was, since he's been so terrible in the NFL

8/23/2010 9:08:44 PM

nice hurdle

8/23/2010 10:09:56 PM

hell yeah

8/23/2010 10:11:24 PM

And Gado with the steam roll.

8/23/2010 10:12:52 PM

I hadn't seen a hurdle like that since the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the piss out of British Columbia a couple weeks ago

8/23/2010 10:30:37 PM

Max Hall might take over, he's been doin well, undersized but pretty good.

8/23/2010 10:48:08 PM

haha the Titans play some message by The Rock over the PA system after the game apparently

8/23/2010 11:09:36 PM

Ochocinco fined $25k for posting on twitter during a game

8/24/2010 1:51:40 PM

http://tweetphoto.com/41154433

8/24/2010 9:09:59 PM

Top 200 Players by Scouts Inc. On ESPN:

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/features/scouting

Quote :

" #4 DeMarcus Ware LB DAL 93 "

Also Mario comes in at # 16, Philip at #18

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 7:42 AM. Reason : ..]

8/25/2010 7:40:22 AM

Ware is tied for 3rd and Mario/Philip are both tied at #14 with a grade of 91. Not sure how you messed that one up...

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 8:42 AM. Reason : Smitty tied at #22]

8/25/2010 8:40:50 AM

Too early in the morning... I realized that they had the same grade, but I thought they were ranked within that grade. It is indeed in alphabetical order.



[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 8:49 AM. Reason : .]

8/25/2010 8:47:09 AM

Adrian Wilson also tied at #22

8/25/2010 8:47:58 AM

refs mightve just cost Kyle Orton an injury. The called an obvious incomplete pass a fumble, that was picked up and returned by James Harrison, Orton went low trying to make a tackle and got his back/shoulder/upper arm smashed. The 1st play after that Brady Quinn got sacked.

With how shitty Quinn and Tebow have looked (well Tebow hasnt looked bad, hes just young and been hurt) the Broncos will be in a world of trouble if Orton has an injury. It all couldve and shouldve been avoided if the refs wouldve made the right call and left it as an incomplete pass

also, FUCK THE STEELERS

[Edited on August 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/29/2010 8:56:35 PM

if Orton and Quinn both have extended injuries, its just part of God's plan for Tim Tebow

8/29/2010 8:58:55 PM

givin him the business!

8/29/2010 9:09:19 PM

Dwyer looking like a steal today.

Dude was looking like 1st-2nd round material until he crushed his draft stock at the combine.

8/29/2010 10:55:27 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview10/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=5489176

Cryptkeeper ranks all the QBs ... and lol fuck us
didnt read the whole thing, but dont know how he came up w/ 33
nvm he has both leftwich and roeth. in there

Quote :

"32. Matt Moore, Carolina Panthers Analysis: He has a 6-2 record as starter, but a slow start could speed the Jimmy Clausen era in Carolina. Chance of being elite: 5 percent 33. Jake Delhomme, Cleveland Browns Analysis: Interceptions in the playoff loss to Arizona in 2008 led to a downward spiral for a quarterback who won a lot of games for John Fox and the Panthers. At 35, Delhomme has no chance of being a starter anywhere else if he doesn't cut it in Cleveland. Chance of being elite: 0 percent"

[Edited on August 31, 2010 at 9:25 AM. Reason : ]

8/31/2010 9:25:03 AM

I've got an extra ticket to the Texans/Bucs game tonight. Anybody in the area and interested?

9/2/2010 10:32:38 AM

Quote :

"New England Patriots receiver Randy Moss, who has kept silent for most of training camp, expressed some frustration Monday afternoon about not having a contract beyond this season. "When you have done so much and put so much work in, it kind of feels like I am not wanted," Moss told CBSSports.com. "I am taking that in stride and playing my final year out and whatever the future holds is what it holds, but it is kind of a bad feeling -- feeling not wanted. It is not like my production has gone down. I am speaking from an individual standpoint. I don't know about [Patriots quarterback] Tom [Brady's] or whoever else's contract. "I am a little older and understand the nature of the business -- the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted." Moss, 33, is entering the final year of a three-year contract and will earn $6.4 million this season. Last season, Moss caught 83 passes for 1,246 yards and 13 touchdowns. Brady, whose contract also expires at the end of the season, and Moss went out to dinner together Monday night, according to a source. Moss has been quoted more than once this offseason as saying he thought this would be his last year in New England. In May, in a Boston Herald story about Moss parting ways with longtime agent Tim DiPiero, Moss was quoted as saying, "I don't think I'm realistically in the future plans of the Patriots. But if the New England Patriots don't want me in their future, [it's a business]. I understand." Moss made similar comments in February. "I don't think they are going to extend my contract here," Moss said, according to The Boston Globe. "You know the Patriots don't really pay, so when I got my second contract from them that was a blessing in disguise. I understand the business. I don't think they're going to re-sign me back. I'm not mad. I'm not bitter. It's just the way things are in this NFL, so like I said after this year I'll be looking for a new team. I think so.""

Actually, Randy, it does sound like u mad

It will be interesting to see how this affects his play this season. Most players would try and ball out in a contract year but I get the feeling if things get tough Randy will be pouting on the sideline real quick.

9/7/2010 8:44:51 AM

I think the Pats are not offering an new contract because of the potential labor issues. Moss is already 33 and assuming there is a major strike next year, the Pats would be giving him a contract to begin at 35. I would be leary to give any NFL player a good contract at 35.

I think Moss though will try and put up huge numbers just to prove that he is worth the money. I think he has gotten past all that pouting crap that tarnished his career in Minnesota and Oakland.

9/7/2010 8:51:14 AM

the quartered back formerly of cincinnatus has returned

http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2010/09/in-which-the-irish-pugilist-has-a-chance-encounter-with-royalty.html

9/7/2010 11:02:09 AM

John Clayton is so sketchy looking

It burns my eyes to see him in HD

9/7/2010 7:05:30 PM

GAME DAY

9/9/2010 8:54:33 AM

IT'S ON

9/9/2010 12:43:53 PM

Ray Lewis' thoughts on the Jets, pretty funny stuff.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5550547&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines

Quote :

"I don't care nothing about Revis outside of, we play on Sundays and that's it. ... I'm just glad he is signed, so there is no excuses. Don't come and say, 'Oh, we didn't have Revis.' Have everybody y'all need to have. Whoever y'all need to go sign ... whatever to do, sign who you need to sign, stack your deck and let's go play football."

Quote :

"We're packing our bags, and we're not packing our bags to come play water polo. We're packing our bags to come play football."

9/9/2010 5:06:31 PM

Is that stache real? I saw it on TV but didn't catch the intro to his bit where he would explain why he would be wearing a fake stache.

9/9/2010 5:16:18 PM

I love it.

Ray is getting his club ready for a damn battle come Monday. I'm really looking forward to that one.

9/9/2010 5:18:40 PM

9/9/2010 7:57:48 PM

Oh sweet, another "New Orleans will overcome" montage.

9/9/2010 8:01:52 PM

whoa. a hurricane hit Louisiana in 2005?

9/9/2010 8:33:14 PM

Saints wouldn't have won anything last year if the Vikings hadn't self-destructed.

9/9/2010 8:34:14 PM

man I hate both of these teams

9/9/2010 8:35:06 PM

I didn't know NO had so many white people

9/9/2010 8:35:59 PM

Lord have mercy where's Whitney Houston when you need her for the anthem.

9/9/2010 8:38:30 PM

Saints made that look easy.

9/9/2010 8:46:34 PM

Brady has gay hair.

9/10/2010 10:48:59 AM

any nfl redzone feeds?

9/12/2010 1:22:03 PM

hahaha

9/12/2010 1:25:20 PM

http://atdhe.net/24006/watch-red-zone-channel

9/12/2010 1:28:15 PM

I am watching NE/CIN. Not only do I hate NE, but apparently my fantasy opponent is a huge fan seeing how half of his team is NE. More reason to cheer for the hopeless looking Bengals.

9/12/2010 1:28:24 PM

How the hell does Houston have 2 FG's when they only have 25 yards and the colts haven't turned the ball over?

9/12/2010 1:34:39 PM