Are you ready for some Football 2016 Thread

[Coach]

Im looking forward to watching my Raiiiiiders !!!

It's been a long time since they've been in the playoffs and maybe this will be the year. They are on the upswing because they couldn't do any worse than they have in the last decade.

How are your teams shaping up ?

GO RAIDERS!

[White Squirrel]

Way to put a positive spin on it, Coach!

Colts fan here, used to be a season ticket holder. Gave them up a few years ago because it is a 7-hour round trip drive. Loved going to games, but decided I would rather just spend game time on my couch and save the other seven hours for other activities. Plus, the cost of gas, parking, and food was getting more expensive than the cost of the tickets! My own home cooked brats are a lot cheaper.

My son-in-law (a Saints fan) and I got a nice joint Father's Day present this year. We have tickets to the Colts/Packers game in Green Bay on November 7. I have always wanted to see the "frozen tundra" at Lambeau. We are really looking forward to the weekend.

[Jdl447]

Browns....what can I say?

[Whaler]

A rabid Seahawks fan here and have been for 40 years even though some of those years were pretty bad ones.

[Deadwood Dutch]

I attend at least two Eagles games a season, my son is a season ticket holder. The tailgating is almost as much fun as the game, especially the way the Eagles have played. They have some key injuries already and one suspended 10 games for substance abuse. These guys never learn, they hurt their team and the fans. Most preseason predictors have them winning only 6 or 7 games this year. The offensive line needs improving and wide receivers too. They got this new quarterback, Wentz, but he has a slight rib fracture but probably Sam Bradford was going to be the starting quarterback anyway, at least for part of the season. Injuries play a big part. I'll just keep looking forward to the beer, hot dogs, cheeseburgers, pulled pork sandwiches and snacks that everone chips in for, to bring to the game. Something tells me that at 71, that I may not be doing this for too many more years. I grew up a Giants fan back in the '50's but after attending Eagles games in the 1980's, I switched.

[JEBar]

biggest preseason news to me is they are changing Carrie Underwood's Sunday Night opening song ===> http://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/09/w ... /21448219/ <=== can only hope the new intro will be as good as the original

[RetiredSeabee]

I have been on the Redskins roller coaster for so long It ain't funny. Hopes up hopes smashed......repeat for twenty years.

[ace73]

Lions fan here! But I grew up in Pittsburgh, so
the Steelers are still my favorite!!

[Deadwood Dutch]

7 PM eastern time tonight, Eagles vs. Steelers in my area anyway, I'll check it out.

[Coach]

My Neice and her husband are huge Eagle fans. They even named their son John Jackson Eagle.

They live in California and go to several games a year.

I asked her husband why the Eagles since he grew up in SoCal. He told me the Eagles were so bad when he was a kid that it was the only team gear he could wear in LA that didn't get him beat up.

[JCN]

Lions fan here! But I grew up in Pittsburgh, so
the Steelers are still my favorite!!

Same here, grew up in Pittsburgh and even though I moved away over 10 years ago I'm a huge Steelers fan. Can't wait for this season I really think they will be good if everyone can stay healthy.

My wife actually switched us to DirectTV so I will have the NFL package and can now see EVERY STEELER GAME! Very exciting news in our house....

[Coach]

Franco Harris crushed me when I was a kid.....the immaculate reception killed me.

I have Big Ben for my fantasy QB. I hope he stays healthy this year.

[JCN]

I hope so as well.

I actually saw Franco Harris at the movies once. He smiled and said hi when I acknowledged him. Guess he still lives in Pittsburgh.

[ace73]

Glad it's only the pre-season as both my teams lost!

JCN, I lived in the Sto-Rox area and graduated in '73!

[JCN]

Glad it's only the pre-season as both my teams lost!

JCN, I lived in the Sto-Rox area and graduated in '73!

I grew up in Beaver County (Hopewell/Aliquippa) and graduated in 2001. We weren't too far apart distance-wise but I have to admit I was born 10 years after you graduated! Glad to see there's another Steeler fan here.

[Coach]

Raiders lost to the Packers as I expected but hey they are 500 in the pre season.

GO RAIIIIDERS !!!

[Sir Henry]

I hung up my Seahawk banner next to the M's banner today.

[JWC]

Here in the South, when someone says "Are you ready for some football", we answer, "did it end?". Of course, college football is king down here. Pro football is not nearly as popular. College football starts August 26th. Although really, most believe it never stopped. lol

Welcome back Sir Henry!!!

[Coach]

I hung up my Seahawk banner next to the M's banner today.

Welcome back SH.

[Sir Henry]

Thanks for the welcome backs. This year might be another Superbowl run for the Seahawks.