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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 2:31pm On Mar 13, 2019
Eli has been a terrible Quarterback for the last 4 seasons at least. The Giants are pretty much finished for the foreseeable future if they don't get rid of him
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by A40(m): 1:10am On Mar 13, 2019
chic2pimp:
A40 abeg how was Lemar today?
Don't mind diadem10. When Lemar ends up in Changchun Yatai this thread will not contain the two of us
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by A40(m): 11:27pm On Mar 12, 2019
Nayo08:
please what's the meaning of the GOAT
Greatest of all time
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by A40(m): 11:26pm On Mar 12, 2019
Saw this on Twitter

Carlo Ancelotti: 'There is a player who is more dangerous than Cristiano Ronaldo, it's the Cristiano Ronaldo who hadn't scored in the previous match'
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by A40(m): 10:59pm On Mar 12, 2019
Ororo showing us again why he's the GOAT. The debate should be closed
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 12:19am On Mar 12, 2019
Khanben:
My point is that he did not flop after the contract and every thing he did was about getting that guaranteed money
There are more adult ways to advocate for more money. Why make it sound like the team was the problem and act like a complete child when all you simply wanted was more money.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Offical Bayern Munich Fan Thread: 6x Champions Of Europe by A40(m): 12:08am On Mar 12, 2019
raumdeuter:
With Zidane back to Madrid, I will wager that James stays with us
I'm all for it.
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m):
Roland17:
I agree with everything you said but the embolden and that is because AB is not just a WR for the edges, he can also play slot receiver which we have witnessed severally. He is a threat on so many angles in comparison to someone like Julio whom I respect a lot. Have you wondered why Julio does not have enough touchdowns when the play is at the red zone? Julio is more dangerous when the QB still has ground to cover in comparison to the end zone. Over the last 2 seasons, the biggest issue for the Falcons has been how to locate Julio in the red zone so they can increase his TD percentage. Since 2016, Matt Ryan has had 1 of 20 when he targets Julio in the red zone and that includes playoff games, that stat is not a fluke. Even Mo. Sanu had more endzone touchdowns than Julio.
I'm a Steelers fan my gee. There are countless games I've seen AB shutdown in single coverage never mind double.

It's tough to gauge how good or how bad Julio is in the red zone. Jones does not get anywhere as close to the number of targets a guy like Brown gets in the red zone.

https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/articles/fantasy-football-film-study-is-julio-jones-a-poor-red-zone-wr/

This is an article breaking down most of the Red Zone targets in that season I listed above

Roland17:
All I am saying is that in comparison to AB who can run all kinds of offensive schemes including RB, Julio is limited and can be covered especially when he is doubled at the end zone. Now, Hopkins is another animal on his own!!
Julio is not as skilled but is a tougher cover IMO. One QB just has a better ability to get his receiver the ball in the redzone than the other

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2017/redzone-receiving.htm

Mere looking at this list and the number of Steelers receivers in the top 30 of red zone receiving and targets that should tell you one is playing with a QB that is better at getting the ball to his receivers in shorter fields
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 10:52pm On Mar 11, 2019
Tundesam923:
are you saying they are better? Not Hopkins . The dude just got a good qb- deshaun Watson, so let's see how It goes when they start getting to the playoffs regularly, but Julio Jones is better than Antonio brown? Receiving yards? Maybe, but overall production goes to ab
Deshaun just played a full season this year. Hopkins has been dealing with rubbish QB's his first 4 years in the league before Watson (who's hardly elite btw). Osweiler, Keenum and other QB's so bad I can't remember them.

I didn't say Julio is better than Antonio I only said Julio Jones is a tougher receiver to cover than AB. Brown is a lot more consistent, a better route runner (which is 70% of what makes a good receiver) and overall the better receiver
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 10:41pm On Mar 11, 2019
Tundesam923:
whoa!!! I ain't going there o. Julio Jones is mind bending awesome(they did lose and heartbreakingly at that Sha). And hopkins? The dude has glue in his hands. I think maybe bill has more film on them- the same division and all and it's not like ab has being a dud against them...far from it. The ish is that Brady has always outdueled big Ben and it ain't close. Hopefully, it goes well for both of them in their respective teams. Got no bone in this at all...colts all the way for me!
The blame lies more on the defense than Ben. The previous year we lost to them at home after that Jesse James TOUCHDOWN that was wrongfully canceled Antonio was pocketed by Stephon Gilmore.

A lot of times we lose to the Pats it's mostly down to the defense not being able to keep the game close. My point anyways is that Big Ben made AB and not the other way round like the media is trying to spin. Let's see how Antonio fairs when he doesn't have elite QB's throwing his way and feeding him 10-15 targets a game. Larry Fitzgerald that warned Brown is not crazy, he's a WR and knows how a great QB can help a receiver
Sports › Re: Mixed Martial Arts Fan Thread: UFC, Bellator Etc by A40(m): 10:32pm On Mar 11, 2019
Gratefulheart01:
But i think Smith is LHW na, i think he's number 4 in LHW sef.
Smith and Adesanya can't be in same rank na, or else smith will just be beating all of them for that level.
Smith started at Middleweight. He moved to LH probably because that's where he felt was his natural level. Trying to cut weight can be really stressful if you're not a natural middleweight you will always be at war with your body

Gratefulheart01:
If Jones still wan hold title more, abeg free am, it's better to be king in LHW than a loser in HW grin. Some times, staying relevant in fighting may involve staying away from fighting some people who will open ur yansh for whole world to see.
Well that would be a darned shame then. He's been Undisputed twice, he's held the belt thrice. I look at the division and who else can step up. DC moved up and ended the streak of Miocic. That took a lot of balls and courage which is why I am shocked that Jon Jones isn't even considering it

Gratefulheart01:
Lol, That Adesanya silva pics though. But if you watch their fight, their fight look like play play somehow, although one will always enjoy his skills and moves. For Adesanya Tavares fight, e get some knee kick chance wey him dey get, him go just use style free his opponent, if smith get that kind chance, blood go full the whole octagon. Some UFC fights and fighters are really scary and really brutal.

UFC is some bloody shiit. It's safer to be a boxer than a UFC fighter. Omo, i dey always fear that ufc, always looks like they will beat themselves to death.
Silva is a very technical fighter. Brute approach can't work with him. If you want to see Adesanya in savage mode go and watch his fight with Brunson. He showed mad athleticism and his knees really wrecked Brunson.
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 8:07pm On Mar 11, 2019
Tundesam923:
it was not about what obj and Hopkins were making per year per se, but the guranteed money. They did give him a 19 million signing bonus( his last extension with the Steelers), but that was all. That was the guranteed upfront. The new salary is actually 18.333 million,( and you need incentives to get to that- pro bowl and all) and obj makes 18 million per year. so it really was about the guranteed money. And we both know he ain't no big Ben, so the Steelers could not do anything to that contract.
I have no qualms with Antonio wanting more money. My problem is with how he chose to go about it, dragging the organization that made him who he is today through the mud and making it sound like he was being ganged up against and playing the victim instead of just coming upfront and telling us it was all about the money all along like Bell did

Julio Jones had similar situation with the Falcons and didn't become an embarrassment to his organization.

Money is very important but if he fails at Oakland he is putting his Hall of Fame credentials in jeopardy
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 8:01pm On Mar 11, 2019
Tundesam923:
true that! Diva wr don't win on the big stage, but the Steelers have been unlucky to be in the same division with a team that had bill belichick and Tom brady( Patriots) and belichick has always done what he knows best- take away your best weapon which has been AB and allow big Ben to beat them with his arms which we both know how that has ended and injuries too have played a role in this guys not winning together
Why didn't Belichick take away Julio Jones in the Superbowl? The truth is Antonio Brown is easier to shutdown than the likes of Jones and Hopkins. I'm a Steelers fan and I've seen Antonio get locked down by lesser defensive masterminds than Bill Belichick.

No long yarning. Ben has shown he can win in the past. Let Antonio Brown go and prove he can without Ben
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 7:48pm On Mar 11, 2019
Tundesam923:
yes! Read it too. You could check the one on theringer.com. very nice and even bleacher report did one too and even though they all acknowledge that AB was childish and immature ...they all agreed on various points 1. Most prolific receiver in this era. 2. Made big Ben looked much better than he really was. This was a dude who went 9-21 in a Superbowl with 2 interceptions. And that guranteed money also
Did you know if you take out the 73 TD's Ben has thrown to Antonio Brown you're still left with 290? Big Ben made Antonio Brown not the other way round.

A great receiver cannot make a bad Quarterback look good. That's why Larry Fitzgerald is suffering in Arizona

Even in that Superbowl he was able to win in his second season he made some big plays in that game and in the Conference title game he made the game saving tackle after Jerome Bettis aka The Bus fumbled at the goal line.

Ben is a winner and was winning long before Antonio Brown made the league
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 7:14pm On Mar 11, 2019
Khanben:
Unless you somehow have facts that negate what was said in this article, i don't understand your figures.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26186487/grading-antonio-brown-trade-steelers-raiders-won
Your article is literally corroborating what I said ab initio.

We took a calculated gamble paying AB in advance after his second deal. Had he failed the Steelers would have been slandered for extending a second rounder after two seasons. People always go on and on about these things as if the league is not filled with players who flop after getting huge deals.

Besides most of the cap juggling moves were made due to paucity of funds and not because they didn't want to pay Brown. He was made the highest paid receiver and the Steelers policy is well known when it comes to these contracts. Everybody is subject to it even Big Ben
Sports › Re: Mixed Martial Arts Fan Thread: UFC, Bellator Etc by A40(m): 4:17pm On Mar 11, 2019
Gratefulheart01:
Jons will perform. With the way he handled smith, it will take a very technical fighter to take him down. I never knew he could handle Smith that way, i've always thought smith is a bad ass nigga. UFC commenters have predicted Smith will counter all the sudden attack from Jones. I'm still yet to understand how jones fights, i'm sure he will perform but let him enjoy his light-heavyweight first before he moves up. I just see same potential in Adesanya, except he is not a brutal fighter, UFC is not for soft hearted people. He just have to be more brutal and top his present division.
But Smith is not really a true Light Heavyweight. He moved up from middleweight to take on Jones.

On paper Jones is equipped with all the tools to conquer at Heavyweight but I'm sure he has his reasons for not wanting to move up there. He's teased fights with Brock Lesnar in the past and I'm sure he's watched DC and is thinking if DC can do it surely I can. Though I also saw an interview of him talking about the risks of moving up to fight DC at Heavyweight.

Enjoy? Jon Jones has fought at LH for like 8 years now. IMO he has nothing left to prove in that division. Jones is a unicorn! I don't know if I've ever seen a more complete fighter with no real weaknesses. He's not the heaviest hitter but his reach is so long it will keep you at bay and occupied so much so you have little chance to mount your offense. And his kicks!! It's like fighting with a giraffe! This nigga is like Dhalsim

Adesanya is not brutal? Are you sure? I don't think Derek Brunson or Anderson Silva will agree oh

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:08pm On Mar 11, 2019
Killrhymz:
His presence was like a disease in the locker room,discouraging young players.
He's a locker room nuisance. Just watching his statements and videos since this whole thing started. If you're a team interested in winning forget it! You can't win with Antonio Brown. He's always been about his numbers whether the team wins or not.
Sports › Re: Mixed Martial Arts Fan Thread: UFC, Bellator Etc by A40(m): 2:30pm On Mar 11, 2019
Gratefulheart01:
Lol, weight too matters, he is too skinny for my liking as a fighter. He gat the ability and the skills but his weight will begin to tell on him when he encounter thick fighers. Anthony smith always look solid on the ground.
I think asking Jon Jones to move to Heavyweight makes more sense than asking Israel Adesanya to move to LH and face the best fighter in the history of the division. Let Jones move up
Sports › Re: Mixed Martial Arts Fan Thread: UFC, Bellator Etc by A40(m): 2:21pm On Mar 11, 2019
Gratefulheart01:
Adesanya is the only person that can fight Jon Jones but since Adesanya is a light weight fighter, he will still have to take some time.

Nobody can beat Jon Jones for now.
I want Adesanya to stay at middleweight. Adding 20 pounds to his frame is unnecessary! He's a skinny guy

Jon Jones na agbaya. Why is he afraid of moving to Heavyweight? He has dominated Light Heavyweight so why not move up to fight the Blaydes, Derrick Lewis, JDS and Ngannou's of the world like Cormier did
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 2:18pm On Mar 11, 2019
Tundesam923:
straight up bro! No guarantees in that contract with the Steelers. Heard 30 million plus in his new contract with the raiders. Who could blame him? He's almost 31 and maybe have 2 or 3 years of elite play.
Is that why he quit on the team on the last week of the season? Is that why he has been acting like a lunatic attacking journalists, missing team meetings and behaving like a douchegoblin?

If you want more money there are mature ways you can go about it instead of bringing an organization and their QB to disrepute. We Steelers fans are ready for a fresh start. Antonio Brown does not exist to us. The Steelers have a conveyor belt of receivers so can't be bothered
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 2:13pm On Mar 11, 2019
SmooshCHN:
At home. embarassed
The only constant with this Warriors team this season is it's unseriousness on defense. Which is understandable but no less worrying
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 2:11pm On Mar 11, 2019
Khanben:
AB has been underpaid for about 10 years now compared to other WR of his talent. In a sport where career ending injury can happen any time, I appreciate the broda wanting to get paid. The deal with the raiders was simply about money nothing else if the steelers were willing to pay him what comparable talents were earning I doubt he would have even demanded for a trade in the first place.
Underpaid for 10 years? No be 2010 e enter league?
Haba. You people should fear God nau! We gave him a $42.5m/5 year deal after his second season where other teams would have allowed him to run his rookie contract, bear in mind he was a 6th round pick

And after that deal expired he was given a $68m/4 year deal that made him the highest paid receiver in the game! So if the Giants or Texans pay Odell or Hopkins a certain amount 2 or 3 years later, you don't expect the Steelers to react to every change in the market. So you see The Steelers took care of Antonio Brown abeg. You people should stop spreading this false narrative.

We won 0 Superbowls with him and got to 0 Superbowls even with him in his prime so I really don't care
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:34am On Mar 11, 2019
Lmaooo Golden State blew a 16pt lead to the Suns
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 12:17am On Mar 11, 2019
SmooshCHN:
God will double you account balance for remembering these. This is how a classic LeDickrider thinks. They switch the narrative when it favours them.
On All star weekend, Klay Thompson and Draymond are not all stars.
Warriors lose a regular season game. "The have 5 all stars but won't make the finals."
You win in the finals, suddenly Klay and Draymond become all stars and you hear "They have 5 all stars what do you expect?"

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 10:20pm On Mar 10, 2019
donlittle25:
8 finals appearance 8 finals appearance yen yen yen . Now uncle might miss the playoffs
Lwkmd. The Leastern Conference hid LeNomad for the longest time. Just one season in the West and their MCM's team has tapped out with 17 games left! This for me is even more disappointing than them not making the playoffs. I thought they would even put up a fight. Waving the white flag this early has even killed the fun out of trolling these guys
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by A40(m): 9:00pm On Mar 10, 2019
Time to Safety Dance. All the 80's babies afrodoc2, elampiro, Roland17 una go remember this jam

We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance, Well they're no friends of mine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 8:36pm On Mar 10, 2019
Tundesam923:
lmao. Smh. You really don't like the guy very much Sha ...and speaking of juju, double coverages everywhere o. Cornerbacks with safeties on top? That sounds like a dicey situation all around. And a 37 year old qb who has never being great(good, not great) would put you over the top? Defense has been the calling card for the last 2 Superbowls wins, so maybe they would go back to it. P.s James Washington is going to be the WR2 grin grin
Why should I like a guy that burned bridges at a team that paid him twice.

If you double JuJu Smith then more food for the other tight ends and receivers. The NFL is the ultimate team sport.

What people are not getting in this matter is that Big Ben made Antonio Brown not the other way round. Absence of AB means less forced throws and more balanced targets and ball distribution. Ben has thrown over 300 TDs and 50k yards

The Steelers offense was strong in the 2008-2009 Superbowl season. It wasn't just the defense
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 6:06pm On Mar 10, 2019
KNIGHTBlaed:
grin grin No mind these our LBJ family. During the series of finals between GSW and the Cavs, I remember vividly on this thread when some LBJ fans were busy arguing and winning on how the Cavs are favorite and have the best casts. It was even worse when that werey arrived on this thread (the one wey claim to be God of the IQ's), that one when went on to compare players by their positions and guess who won? Cavs because to him/them Bron>Durant, Kyrie playing better than Curry, TT better than Draymond, J.R = Klay, then K.Love is an advantage abi na how he talk am sef grin grin
After finals; GSW is a cheat team with 4 all stars, KD is a snake, Bron has no help.... Here on this same thread o. It was only the last finals that warriors were clear favorites o, and still to LBJ's fans last year "It will be a close finals" until end of game 2.
They always shape shift and change colors like chameleon.

My own is this season has emphatically buttressed what I have been stressing since the Fall of Man. LeNomad owes his career to playing in a weaker conference. He is going to need that Miami Heat level roster just to make it past the first round in the West never mind getting to the Finals
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by A40(m): 6:00pm On Mar 10, 2019
raumdeuter:
PDP cant win Lagos. The work APC has done in Lagos underground and in the grassroot PDP cannot match

Its only the elites that are PDP sympathizer
PDP are an unserious bunch in Lagos. They have no real base and routinely decamp to APC when shyte hits the fan. Look at Obanikoro and even his son that still contested under PDP flag in 2015, e don sharply port to APC. It's comical

You can only see them during election period and once it's over they go back into hibernation. Even Jimi Agbaje that resurfaces every 4 years like World Cup cannot realistically expect to win any elections in Lagos.
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:42pm On Mar 10, 2019
steady986:
It will all unfold before our very eyes. Just mark this space.
Klay, Kawhi, KD are not coming to the Lakers. Don't set your self for heartbreak
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:39pm On Mar 10, 2019
steady986:
You forgot to tell us that the Lakers were 20-14 and 4th in the west when he got injured. The whole world knows that his injury and the trade palaba was what slowed the team down. But of course, the Lebron haters will never see this.
Shey you can see the team in 10th??

Where were the Lakers when he returned? How many games left? So you mean your LeNomad cannot lead the Lakers to the playoffs without all-stars? If the Clippers and Jazz were waiting for all-stars would they make the playoffs?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by A40(m): 4:19pm On Mar 10, 2019
Joggyinho and David Lulz. Sakamanje Brazilians

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