ILNFL sandbox thread, because you shouldn't pass up a chance to LOL @ the NY Giants

Caleb's only a starter by proxy tho due to injury, Tebow was like NAMED the starter....

in that case...

http://sportscasm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Mark-sanchez-suit.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center_%28American_football%29&diff=prev&oldid=139227800

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7352748/football-injuries-thumbs-sign

I don't know if this is recent or what, but

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k481/BurritoElectrico/Runawaycart.gif

"Honey Badger don't care about no lights!" - 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh on the MNF blackout in locker room speech.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/1221/nfl_mockdraft_576.jpg

Luck's going to the Colts, der. Does Miami take RGIII or Barkley? My guess is that they'll take whichever one turns out to be a dud in the long run.

man that graphic

i don't think the dolphins are going to be high enough to take RGIII

i feel like the colts might win this thurs & ppl will lose their mind or else they will somehow lose in a fishy way & ppl will lose their mind

also i havent watched this tcu-la tech game the entire way but what ive seen has been p dope - la tech is good

guess i shd use the college thread

Texans should root for the colts tonight right?

texans fans

texans have fans?

yeah do you think Houstonians care about anything other than football?

kind of a slow game after a super fast start? foster is such a beast tho

Dan Orlovsky!

Guys, Dan Orlovsky is executing a pretty successful 2 minute drive, here.

mixed emotions in Indianapolis right now

it truly is a cruel twist of fate that the Texans finally make the playoffs and have to do it with Yates. granted he's done pretty well tonight but it's a far cry from having Schaub or even Leinart.

this game has been kinda nuts

It'd be pretty nuts to have a Super Bowl between the Saints (who lost to the Rams) and the Texans (who may lose to the Colts), also.

ive been saying all night that indy will win this

orlovsky is infuriating if ur rooting 4 him -- so many passes either tipped or just wildly overthrown/thrown away

Oh man the Texans are just killing themselves right now.

also SO MANY flags in this game right?

love it

Hahahaha "It took them three hours to find the end zone but they finally did!" The 2011 Indianapolis Colts!

such conflicted cheering indianapolites amirite

first time i think i've ever rooted for indy?

orlovsky time

WHO NEEDS LUCK BUILD THE TEAM AROUND DANNY O

Manning isn't hurt, he just pretended to be all year so he'll win at least 2 more MVP trophies when he comes back

I still LOL when thinking of the time on the Lions when, backed up deep in their own territory, Orlovsky dropped back to pass, and ran out of the end zone and completely didn't realize it.

would stl take luck with the 1st pick? would minny?

The Rams would be in a pretty awkward position if they had the #1 pick too, really. They could probably get someone to trade a whole bunch of stuff for Luck, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZrpEdc0ZQ

DANNY O

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcsouth/post/_/id/32118/can-the-colts-lose-the-top-pick

It looks like the draft order for teams with similar win totals goes to strength of schedule, then Division tiebreakers (the same as to determine which team wins a division, apparently), Conference tiebreakers (same), and then a coin flip.

I would guess Colts have the weaker schedule from quick glance (Vikings played the Packers twice, Detroit twice, the NFC South has two good teams and the AFC West is blandly OK; Rams play SF twice, Saints, Packers, Ravens, and Steelers), but I dunno.

Hahaha xp

vikings have the strength of schedule disadvantage, but they can conceivably have that turn around in the next two weeks.

also, the colts are playing blaine gabbert next week.

deion said something like "they can trade up and steal, they can trade back and steal.."

^is honestly the single most mystifying thing i ve ever heard not even just sports-wise

deion koan

guys, plz to explain why the colts just (potentially) walked away from the andrew luck/first pick trade motherlode sweepstakes.

danny o. should've kneeled on the one after that p.i. call.

Colts get the #1 pick, trade up to the heavens for the ability to restore Peyton Manning to permanent glory in exchange for the rights to Andrew Luck plus Austin Collie's soul (he is from BYU so it is prob pure), naming rights to Lucas Oil Stadium, and a 2013 3rd Rounder.

danny o has triplets imminent! hes goin all out

tbf I think Danny O doesn't give a shit about the Andrew Luck sweepstakes (nor should he), and it probably isn't in the interests of most of the other players if the Colts end up getting their QB for the next decade. They'll remember this season, and this game, well after they're out of football, until the chronic traumatic encephalopathy wipes it away.

well look at that, they don't want luck that bad after all.