NFL 2022 Season

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mcswny said:
God damn, the lions are playing with some heart. Literally to only send Aaron Rodgers home
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I was just thinking the same. They stand to gain absolutely nothing else from winning tonight, and in the process, they would send the team that just eliminated them from the playoffs there in their place. That's some deep-rooted hate! Solid rivalry....
 
I have a hard time believing that NFL players won't give it their all in any game regardless of circumstances. I suppose some of the tanking reports could be exceptions, but considering how many players have stat based incentives in their contracts, as well as how stats play into future contracts, I just dont imagine too many of them are keen on just rolling over just because the game doesn't matter towards their playoff aspirations.

And that's not to mention the natural competitiveness that I believe is pretty strong in most athletes that make it to that level.

Just my opinion of course, but I think for the most part these guys want to play hard at all times for a multitude of reasons.
 
Nick Clayton said:
I have a hard time believing that NFL players won't give it their all in any game regardless of circumstances. I suppose some of the tanking reports could be exceptions, but considering how many players have stat based incentives in their contracts, as well as how stats play into future contracts, I just dont imagine too many of them are keen on just rolling over just because the game doesn't matter towards their playoff aspirations.

And that's not to mention the natural competitiveness that I believe is pretty strong in most athletes that make it to that level.

Just my opinion of course, but I think for the most part these guys want to play hard at all times for a multitude of reasons.
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One big reason would be fear of injury. Could you imagine blowing your ACL on the final game of the season when youre fighting for nothing, essentially missing the entire next season?
 
Go Lions!

This is looking pretty good....
mcswny said:
One big reason would be fear of injury. Could you imagine blowing your ACL on the final game of the season when youre fighting for nothing, essentially missing the entire next season?
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Yeah, but I think Nick's mostly right; if football is your livelihood, you want to win, because anything less feels like failure. Taking pride in your work, at the end of the day. For sure, players sometimes skip out on preseason games/practices/etc. to protect their bodies in contract years, but regular season and playoff games all seem to mean something to players.

These Lions are making me a believer!
 
Shad said:
Go Lions!

This is looking pretty good....

Yeah, but I think Nick's mostly right; if football is your livelihood, you want to win, because anything less feels like failure. Taking pride in your work, at the end of the day. For sure, players sometimes skip out on preseason games/practices/etc. to protect their bodies in contract years, but regular season and playoff games all seem to mean something to players.

These Lions are making me a believer!
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Oh Im sure he is. I have a bias because my body is destroyed ;)
 
mcswny said:
One big reason would be fear of injury. Could you imagine blowing your ACL on the final game of the season when youre fighting for nothing, essentially missing the entire next season?
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Ya no doubt there is that element, and it's probably not black and white at any point. I just think overall, and this is just a guess of course, that these guys who have dedicated their whole life to this game have a lot of pride and a lot of competitiveness. And it seems those who don't aren't always well received by other players and teams. Be curious to see how things play out for Clowney this off season after the shenanigans he pulled here at the end of the season.
 
Peyton00 said:
Anybody hear from GOTY or Mossback lately?

They were balls deep on the Hawks after their first few wins and now....they have gone off screen taking the fluffer roles?

Hope they are okay?
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I’m looking forward to the playoffs.
It will be fun to watch with some teams that haven’t been in them in recent years.
SF
 
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