Sunday NFL Countdown Drinking Game for October 3rd, 2010

Hey everyone, after a long hiatus ADM is back!. And in our first new weekly feature we're coming up with a drinking game for every week for either NFL sunday Countdown or ESPN College Gameday, and this week we're starting out at the professional level.

Drink- Every time they mention "Philly Fans" "Booing" and "Donovan McNabb" "Andy Reid (also eat a McGriddle)"

Jesus, can this story go away? Who cares if they boo him? Fans of any Philadelphia sports team don't really need much of an excuse to boo ANYTHING. Should they boo him? No, the most accomplished member of that franchise said before he was traded that he wanted to finish out his career there and at the end of the day it was fromt office decision (one that lead to them drafting NFL defensive rookie for the month of september Nate Allen). I also wouldn't blame anyone for booing him, His remarks that came out in the following months made it feel like he was pushed out the door (which, maybe he was) and making it seem like no one ever supported him during his tenure. Look, no one supported AJ Feeley, He sucked and was 3rd on the depth chart behind Koy Deitmer, You were the face of a franchise for a decade, even though a vocal minority of fans never had faith in you, there were a lot of us that did, and now that it's over, it's time to move on.

Drink- when they mention "Dez Bryant" "Dinner" "Rookie Hazing" and "Economy"

As was pointed out by ESPN's Adam Schefter, Dez Bryant's base Salary is 320,000, that dinner tab he paid for his teammates? $55,000. 17% of the money the guy knows he's gonna make that year? gone because some fat fuck linemen decided it was funny to make the rookie pay for it. Besides the fact that the guy has a 5-Year 11.8 million dollar contract (8.5 of which is guaranteed, which is something of a misnomer because there are no guaranteed contracts in the NFL and in all likelihood we're gonna be facing a lock-out next season) his contract is bonus heavy, I have the guy on my fantasy team, and a lot of you who may have drafted him will also know he's not doing anyone a lot of favors right now, including himself (158 yrds receiving and 0 TD's, if your league counts return yards and return TD's you're in a pussy league.)

Drink- at the mention of "Anquan Boldin" "Joe Flacco" "NFL Record"

I might be mentioning this because Boldin and I are both FSU alums. But last week he beat Marvin Harrison's mark for 600 career receptions by 4 games. You figure on average teams throw the ball about 20 times a game, and in Arizona he wasn't even the #1 target and missed several games because of that scary hit to the dome he took in '08 that resulted in him having a steel plate in his head while a member of the Buzzsaw that is the Arizona Cardinals, he could have theoretically done this last year. Now as a member of a team that for a lot of years was thought of as a run first team (Jamaal Lewis, Willis McGahee Ray Rice) him and Donte Stallworth are two weapons that make the Ravens a serious contender in the AFC again.

Drink- at the mention of "Garrett Hartley" "Matt Bryant" "John Carney" "Sean Peyton mistake" CHUG if- "Boomer shrugs when talking about kickers"

The Saints and Falcons game last week went into overtime where Garrett Hartley missed a 29-yard FG attempt, The Falcons then take possession, march downfield, line up for the field goal, field goal is blocked, however, Sean Peyton (the saints coach) attempted to "ice" the kicker and called a time out before the snap, Falcons line up again after the TO, Falcons are penalized for a false start, back up 5 yards, line up again, kick field goal, win game. That happened in the span of 30 seconds (of game clock, so 15 min real time).

and of course, at 10 pm on AMC there is the Mad Men Drinking Game.

The End of an Era

Number 5 is now a Washington Redskin. I never thought I'd see Donovan wear any other color than midnight green and black for the rest of his career, Burgundy and gold are his new threads though and the world moves on. I grew up in the McNabb-Reid era. I was too young to really remember the Buddy Ryan-Randall Cunningham days. I was a sophomore in high school in 2004 ( the most recent year the eagles made it to the super bowl) I remember I was on a bus heading home from Birmingham, Alabama coming home from my JROTC's Drill competition.

I grew up in a team that at one point had a three headed monster of a back field with Duce Staley, Corell Buckhalter, and Brian Westbrook our Wide outs were James Thrash and Todd Pinkston and in the slot we used Freddie "I love my hands" Mitchell. None of these guys are on the team anymore. The only constant for the past decade when it has come to the Eagles has been Donovan. This year's offense seems to be the best offense the iggles have had in years, no injury concerns to our running backs, a shored up Wide Reciever corps, an O-line that finally has seen some stability, and now, we discard the leader.

I remember back in 2000 my mom bought me a black McNabb jersey, I didn't want to take the thing off. My dad told me that he doesn't buy jerseys anymore because no one seems to stick around anymore. (This was because he owns a Flyers Eric Lindross jersey and gets boo'd whenever he wore it to a game.) Two years ago for his birthday I bought him a Brian Westbrook jersey. We Eagles fans never stop to think that these guys will ever leave. We want them to die wearing the wings on their helmets.

Kevin Kolb is the new Quarterback, Kolb threw for 300+ yards in both starts he made during the season when McNabb was injured and was named NFC player of the week in his 2nd start. Seeing #4 behind center on the first game of the season will take a little getting used to, then again so was seeing Brian Dawkins wear a Denver Broncos uni.

People grow attached to sports figures because they view them as representatives of themselves . McNabb had that smile in the huddle and the goofy celebrations that made you adore him, Despite constant critisism and people calling for his job, he kept his cool, never once going out and throwing anyone under the bus or complaining about everyone else besides himself. Donovan has acted as a professional throughout his tenure.

Even though Donovan never won the eagles a super bowl, he's still the most dynamic figure in the team's history, the legacy he leaves with this town is that of someone who could have jumped the ship when things started heading south, but stayed onboard and helped the team get back on track. When The Eagles play the Redskins during a monday night football game on October 26th, expect me to wear my #5 jersey even though his will be a different color, he's always gonna be an Eagle.

Week In Sucktitude: Week 1

44 weeks since I've been able to talk about the NFL. fuck there's a lot of backage here, It's only week 1 and it seems like the whole league Is ready to end the season tomorrow, ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?! GO HUG A CLAYMORE KURT WARNER. Between The Bengals D allowing Neckbeard to hook up with Brandon Stokley for an 89 yard score and the Panthers Special teams to allow DeSean Jackson to return a punt for 85 Yards for another score. Between those two plays and Pat White singlehandedly killing the wildcat, week 1 sure had some suck moments, like Brady Quinn's Garo Yepremain-esque fumble/throw. Byron Leftwich's 12 second release, and the Rams forgetting to even show up, Something I realized last night, We're one matt schaub papercut away from seeing Rex "sex cannon" Grossman in Texans' blue (or red). This week's Suckiest Player: Jake Delhomme 4 picks and 1 fumble resulting in 24 points for the eagles. Way to make fans want to see Luke McCown over you. oh he got hurt. Then began the Matt Moore era in Carolina. Good thing for you the panthers don't have any fans, just people waiting till college basketball starts again.
BONUS!Street Fighter II edition Aaron Rodgers

SHROYUKEN

Riding high on the wave of euphoria

Funny, that. The Phillies are a mere one game away from the world series, all my life being a fan of Philadelphia area sports teams has been a crutch that gets kicked from under me, This decade though has shown promise to seemingly every team in the area, with the Eagles being the most successful team this decade, seemingly winning everything but a superbowl, The Flyers going from the worst team in the NHL to going all the way to the eastern confrence finals last season, the Soul winning the arena bowl, and now the Fightin Phils one cole hamels start away from a world series, our first since 1993. This city is so ready for one of our major sports teams to win a title, I dont know what will happen if we actually do.

I just realized how much I enjoy comic books again, this faux world where anything is possible makes things pretty interesting, Iron Man in my opinion is a better movie to enjoy than The Dark Knight, girls only enjoyed that movie for Heath Ledger being so dark and had he not died I doubt they would have even noticed it at all. Stand back and ask yourself exactly what went on in that movie. Christian Bale made batman into this whiny pussified version of Bruce Wayne that never occured in the comics, Robert Downey Jr. played Tony Stark flawlessly. Terrance Howard was even good in his protrayal of James Rhodes who eventually dawns a suit like Tony's and becomes War Machine, even though that doesnt occur in the movie it is illuded to. What im saying is Marvel knows how to have fun with their movie franchises, something DC is yet to catch onto, Comics are meant to be enjoied, not make you contemplate how you felt before you saw this movie and the ramifications it has on reallife, because when you do that you miss the key word in Comic books, the word that signifies these are not to be taken seriously and to let you sit back and enjoy what it is you're experiencing. Comic.

-Bnew

Cash rules everything around me

Coke Zero for the masses

"If you aint making a lot of mistakes, you aint making a lot of decisions"
-David Banner

Truer words were never spoken, The phillies got beat up and mugged out in LA, and I didn't even watch the whole thing anymore, I can't Grampy Moyer got five runs off of him in the 1st inning, way to be clutch in a contract year old man, now I know what it's like to endure a gang rape. Ive been a recluse this weekend, i think ive physically gone outside to get the mail, walk to albertsons, and grill my steak, and that's it, the other 45 hours of the weekend were spent in my living room drinking yuengling I took from work, or in my room sleeping. This week in the NFL was pretty awesome, Redkins and cowboys both lost to shitty teams, and my eagles narrowly avoided the same ate before J.T. O'sullivan made the campaign for the niners to draft Tim Tebow, but losing to the cardinals and rams is almost grounds to be redacted to the CFL.

Well, back to me talking about how I'm wasting my life these days, halo 3, now, while the game is over a year old now, I still find myself playing it, either grifball or matchmaking, but last night, myself and three of my friends undertook a grand venture in said game, the Vidmaster: annual achievement, Finish the campaign on Legendary Difficulty with the Iron Skull ( a game modfier that whenever a teammate dies the game reverts to the last checkpoint) with everyone in ghosts. sounds easy enough right? fuck no, this took us nearly four hours. this is my second vidmaster achievement, and I'm looking forward to november 7th so I can get my third one, and I'm gonna have to wait out untill the mythic map pack becomes avaliable to get the fourth and final one and get whatever reward Bungie has promised us.

-Bnew
I ain't here to break it, just see how far it will bend

I just...wow.....

Sometimes being from the greatest city in the USA backfires, like, right here, Hockey mom is dropping the puck tomorrow at the Bailout center (it's really the wachovia center, but the new mets stadium is gonna be called the citi center, so fuck that.) The Phillies won, again, Brad Lidge continues to raise my blood pressure during the ninth, but he remains perfect on the year with 48 saves. Chase utley was walked four times. four times. Brett Meyers, when he wasn't busy hitting his wife in the face, had three hits, for three RBIs and two runs. Moving to the Eagles Donovan is mad, and well, I would be too, he has called his own preformance latley embarrising, and with the 49ers coming into town, it's the perfect shit team to let out some fustration at having a 2-3 record with, Westbrook or not, Hell, Reggie brown is even out so that means we get DeSean and the guy who's banging a girl next door.

I've been drinking a lot of Yuengling latley, let me rephraise that, my beer intake is the same, but Yuengling seems to be the primary pallet quencher. If you know me, beer is somehting I take somewhat seriously, and to those of you who know me there is very little I take seriously. Beer is one of them, my tastes on it have been noted in the past and I'm not gonna lie, I enjoy trying new beers inorder to find my favorite one. It could be the philly bias I have, It could be because my work serves it and it is leaps and bounds better than corona, Bud Light, Miller Light and Coors Light, Could be because I can drink three of them, watch a Phils game and feel on top of the world, But Yuengling has become my new favorite for the moment.

-Bnew
yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night