2012 NFC North/NFL Thread

[ChicosBailBonds]

The photos remind me of the "new" Soldier Field - great on the inside but awful-looking from the outside.

What is awful about it, other than the price tag?

[🏀]

What is awful about it, other than the price tag?

Not sure what's great about it either.

[wadesworld]

Great selling point.  "Hey guys, our franchise is such a joke that we can share our football stadium with the basketball team and all the college athletics in the city!"

SKOL QUEENS!

[MerrittsMustache]

What is awful about it, other than the price tag?

It looks like an eye-sore from the outside.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Ugly on the outside, the glass is interesting.

Also, I find most modern stadiums to be pretty ugly. The ballparks are usually pretty cool, but football/soccer/Olympic style stuff seems to be ultra-modern, which I'm not wild about.

I like old-school styling, but the glass roof is pretty interesting. Would be cool to be sitting in there on a cold, but sunny afternoon.

[GGGG]

Oh you guys are just being grumps.  Soldier Field looks dumb because they built it on top of the old one.  Otherwise it would be fine.  I think this looks good too.  Much better than the old cookie cutters or even the modern stadiums that are indistinguishable from one other.  Unique is good.

[MerrittsMustache]

Oh you guys are just being grumps.  Soldier Field looks dumb because they built it on top of the old one.  Otherwise it would be fine.  I think this looks good too.  Much better than the old cookie cutters or even the modern stadiums that are indistinguishable from one other.  Unique is good.

That's exactly why Solder Field looks dumb. It looks like a UFO landed in Soldier Field much like this design will look like a UFO has landed in downtown Minneapolis.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

IMHO who cares what it looks like on the outside.  The fans will be on the inside, the game is played on the inside and I think that is the only thing that matters.  Fan experience, sightlines, aesthetics etc. are what matter.   Player and fan experience trump the DirecTV blimp view.  Full disclosure I despise the Vikings.

[jesmu84]

Gabe Carimi traded from Bears to Bucs for 6th round post. Allegedly, the new staff never even considered Carimi as a tackle and had him 4th on depth chart as guard. There are now 0 first round picks from the Angelo era still on the roster. What a terrible GM in terms of drafting early rounds.

[MerrittsMustache]

Gabe Carimi traded from Bears to Bucs for 6th round post. Allegedly, the new staff never even considered Carimi as a tackle and had him 4th on depth chart as guard. There are now 0 first round picks from the Angelo era still on the roster. What a terrible GM in terms of drafting early rounds.

Would have liked to see how Carimi progressed without the knee injury his rookie year. He showed some potential. Then again, the knock on him was a history of injuries IIRC.

[GGGG]

Would have liked to see how Carimi progressed without the knee injury his rookie year. He showed some potential. Then again, the knock on him was a history of injuries IIRC.

Outside of Joe Thomas, UW tackles have largely been disappointments in the NFL.  Their interior linemen have done much better.