NFC North / NFL Thread 2017-18

[barfolomew]

Oh, and give that #80 back.  It's been worn by some true legends so don't soil it another minutes a-clown.

Yes, it does sound like you were hoping to like Marty. 

[CreightonWarrior]

Bennett headed back to that Pats. Very little doubt in my mind he quit on the team when A-A-Ron went down.

[jsglow]

Yes, it does sound like you were hoping to like Marty. 

Seriously!  I was.  I knew he was outspoken but I liked his work with the Bears and wanted the Packers  to sign him then.

[Jockey]

Jerrah just needs to go full track suit before his transition into Al Davis is complete.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/sports/jerry-jones-nfl-roger-goodell-david-boies.html

I don't think Jerry was that upset when Goddell screwed up the Rice thing. But, this is his very own fave sex offender. Now, he is mad.

[Pakuni]

Jerrah just needs to go full track suit before his transition into Al Davis is complete.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/sports/jerry-jones-nfl-roger-goodell-david-boies.html

Let's not besmirch the dead. Al Davis was very open and public about his disagreements with the commissioner's office - well, mostly Rozelle - not a little sneak like Jerry who uses surrogates to do his dirty work (looking at you, Papa John).

Also, unlike Jerry, Al actually was a football guy.

[rocket surgeon]

Bennett headed back to that Pats. Very little doubt in my mind he quit on the team when A-A-Ron went down.

i don't have access to it, but bob mcginn, long time, well respected packer writer has an interesting story on his blog which is available only thru subscription.  a radio guy was discussing it earlier today-martellis was basically a slug before the ink was dry on his ?$million dollar contract.  nobody had the stones to tell him to pick it up.  doubt he try's to pull that schnit on belichek

[jesmu84]

Bennett going off on Twitter this evening.

[#UnleashSean]

Bennett going off on Twitter this evening.

Wow the packer fans on Twitter make Kaminsky look tame.

[#UnleashSean]

I have Aaron Brooks, Mark Brunell, Ty Detmer, Matt Hasselback, and Matt Flynn on lines 1 through 5 for you

You missed Tom Brady and Brett Favre.

[🏀]

Wow the packer fans on Twitter make Kaminsky look tame.

These people on a Venn diagram are a single circle.

[Hards Alumni]

These people on a Venn diagram are a single circle.

+1

I'd lay money that Bennett knew what he was doing and expected this... and when you quit on your team, you sort of deserve some of it.

[jsglow]

Wow the packer fans on Twitter make Kaminsky look tame.

I'm not going to look anything up on twitter but the fact is that Bennett both quit on his teammates and potentially defrauded the Packers with his 'injury'.  I have zero respect for him and unless it crosses the line of decency, Packers fans have the right to vent against him.

[🏀]

You know MB starting complaining about some old shoulder injury when AR12 went down.

'Oh what shoulder injury?'

'Yeah, I tweaked in in 201?. Flares up from time to time.'

Packers:

[4everwarriors]

Same old Marty, hey?

[jsglow]

All I know is that if he suits up for the Pat's Sunday he's going to lose that $4.2 million back to the Pack.  Good.

[MerrittsMustache]

I remember being out with a few GB fans during a preseason game where Bennett caught a TD and they were all very excited about the signing. I told them to give it about 10 games and they'd be done him. Turns out it only took 8 games. Marty must have gotten more efficient in his ability to wear on people.

When a guy with his kind of talent has been on 5 teams (kind of 6) in a 10-year career, it's very telling.

[B. McBannerson]

Well I think in retrospect you can see why he fell to the fifth round in a pretty bad quarterback draft.

But they have kept him, feeling it worth the investment.

[Jockey]

I'm not going to look anything up on twitter but the fact is that Bennett both quit on his teammates and potentially defrauded the Packers with his 'injury'.  I have zero respect for him and unless it crosses the line of decency, Packers fans have the right to vent against him.

Remember the difference between fact and opinion. I am well versed in this area since I do it so often.

He has a rotator cuff injury. We all love to attack athletes when we don't feel their injuries are enough to satisfy us.

I've had the same injury and it is no fun. I was able to function, but it took about two years to fully heal.

[Hards Alumni]

Remember the difference between fact and opinion. I am well versed in this area since I do it so often.

He has a rotator cuff injury. We all love to attack athletes when we don't feel their injuries are enough to satisfy us.

I've had the same injury and it is no fun. I was able to function, but it took about two years to fully heal.

That's neat, but not what he said.  Marty B needed to disclose his injury, but he clearly didn't... that is the crux of the problem.

[jsglow]

Remember the difference between fact and opinion. I am well versed in this area since I do it so often.

He has a rotator cuff injury. We all love to attack athletes when we don't feel their injuries are enough to satisfy us.

I've had the same injury and it is no fun. I was able to function, but it took about two years to fully heal.

In a 30+ year career where folks tried to spin me for a living, I got very good at detecting the bullcrap meter.  Mark this one down.  I'm not saying he wasn't hurt.  I'm saying he chose not to play through (or disclose) something the instant ARodg hit the turf.

[Jockey]

That's neat, but not what he said.  Marty B needed to disclose his injury, but he clearly didn't... that is the crux of the problem.

Agreed. I would have cut him for this as well.

I was just clearing things up for those who said he was faking the injury.

[CreightonWarrior]

Marty cleared his physical with the Pats and was practicing today.

[jsglow]

Marty cleared his physical with the Pats and was practicing today.

[Hards Alumni]

Marty cleared his physical with the Pats and was practicing today.

So he just wanted out.

[4everwarriors]

Fook Marty and da horse he rode in on, hey?