Its official

[Jangler]

They fired their coach.

[Udogg]

Pretty much any thread that has the following statements: I think that...., Why can't people......, I know that.....) are going to go badly.

The other ones that usually lead to purgatory:

1.Salary Cap whiners. Either side.

2.Linked Article having anything to do with Cam Newton or saying anyone is better than Cam Newton.

3. ESPN(skip bayless, Cowherd or any other talking head)

4.Any other team troll (Saint J, Lonebucfan, TRD :) )

5. FA acquisition

[Jangler]

I'd take a good Cam Newton thread about now.....ah the good old days.

[CarolinaNCSU]

I'd take a good Cam Newton thread about now.....ah the good old days.

The only thing that may slow the complaining threads will be when the Saints get hit with their penalties. And that might just last a total of a day.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Little fun fact from the NFLN earlier:

The top five spending teams from FA last year all made the playoffs.

Now nobody here is suggesting we spend a bunch, but I thought it was interesting because the same dumb people keep going "lolololol The Eagles brah! The Eagles!!" as if teams that aren't afraid to commit finances to outside talent don't see improvement.

[Chimera]

Its official. Mozilla Firefox has ruined internet message boards. Why can't people post in one of the other threads about people freaking out for no reason?

[Jangler]

Little fun fact from the NFLN earlier:

The top five spending teams from FA last year all made the playoffs.

Now nobody here is suggesting we spend a bunch, but I thought it was interesting because the same dumb people keep going "lolololol The Eagles brah! The Eagles!!" as if teams that aren't afraid to commit finances to outside talent don't see improvement.

were the Eagles in the playoffs?....matter of fact they only won 2 more games than us...think you need a better overspender example...

[CarolinaNCSU]

Has a single player signed anywhere so far, that anyone realistically thought we would even talk to anyway? I thought it was common knowledge we would look at the Garay's of the world, not the Vjax and Mario types.

[Marguide]

Little fun fact from the NFLN earlier:

The top five spending teams from FA last year all made the playoffs.

Now nobody here is suggesting we spend a bunch, but I thought it was interesting because the same dumb people keep going "lolololol The Eagles brah! The Eagles!!" as if teams that aren't afraid to commit finances to outside talent don't see improvement.

That's interesting. Did they list who they were and the order? Just curious.

With all our signings, I'm surprised we didn't crack the top 5. Was it just signing other team's FA's? Also surprised the Eagles weren't in the top 5.

[PhillyB]

BAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

so tired of these threads. goodell needs to hand down the saints* punishment so we can gleefully distract ourselves with that for the next two weeks.

[Udogg]

That's interesting. Did they list who they were and the order? Just curious.

With all our signings, I'm surprised we didn't crack the top 5. Was it just signing other team's FA's? Also surprised the Eagles weren't in the top 5.

That's what I was about to say. Who spent more than us and the eagles in last year FA period?

[chef17]

Stupid thread. You can't sign every free agent every offseason on Madden either. Makes no sense to blame it.

[PhillyB]

Little fun fact from the NFLN earlier:

The top five spending teams from FA last year all made the playoffs.

Now nobody here is suggesting we spend a bunch, but I thought it was interesting because the same dumb people keep going "lolololol The Eagles brah! The Eagles!!" as if teams that aren't afraid to commit finances to outside talent don't see improvement.

did it differentiate between teams that signed other teams' disgruntled free agents and teams that signed their own big-name free agents?

charles johnson was roundly considered the marquee free-agent player available. we wooed him away from atlanta and other teams trying to contend for him.

ryan kalil is among the top three centers in the league in terms of talent and production. he was touted as a top offensive line candidate that could put a team like the bears over the edge. but we offered him a contract he couldn't resist and he signed with us instead.

same with deangelo williams. and then we went out and picked up ron edwards in free agency. he was considered one of the best defensive tackles available, started for kansas city for years without missing a start. their fans were incredibly pissed that he got away; this was considered a major coup for the panthers.

then we went out and made a trade for greg olsen, which is another something we don't do very often.

oh and shockey. don't forget shockey.

"we don't sign free agents" is a myth.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

but i <3 madden. i get all the best playerz