Breaking out my blue and silver...

[Mik]

Me too. Detroit is, after all, my birthplace. That and the Browns got crushed.

I did hear that the Chiefs got some help from the refs again but I didn’t see it.

[George K]

One of the nurses I worked with had a son that played football locally, and did well.

Then he went to Notre Dame.

Now he's the long-snapper for the Lions.

https://www.detroitlions.com/team/players-roster/scott-daly/

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Breaking out my blue and silver...:

One of the nurses I worked with had a son that played football locally, and did well.

Then he went to Notre Dame.

Now he's the long-snapper for the Lions.

https://www.detroitlions.com/team/players-roster/scott-daly/

Those guys tend to have pretty long careers. Believe it or not, it's a highly specialized skill.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in Breaking out my blue and silver...:

Me too. Detroit is, after all, my birthplace. That and the Browns got crushed.

I did hear that the Chiefs got some help from the refs again but I didn’t see it.

Heard that. Also heard that Mahomes had a hit that knocked a chunk out of his helmet...

[Mik]

Yeah, saw a pic of that. The memes about if he had Allstate instead of State Farm he’d be protected from mayhem like that.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Breaking out my blue and silver...:

Those guys tend to have pretty long careers.

That's what I've heard - very safe position.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Breaking out my blue and silver...:

@Jolly said in Breaking out my blue and silver...:

Those guys tend to have pretty long careers.

That's what I've heard - very safe position.

It's an exacting position. Punting and field goals -especially field goals - require an exact placement of the snap to the holder's hands. For field goals, you're snapping the ball back 7 yards and you better keep that ball in a 12 inch circle almost every time.

[Rainman]

Any idea what that position pays?

[Horace]

They tend to be locker room favorites. Lots of athletes to choose from who can do the job.

[Mik]

I read that Eminem asked Matt Stafford to let the Lions win.

[Jolly]

@Rainman said in Breaking out my blue and silver...:

Any idea what that position pays?

Well, I can tell you from a few years back...One of the ladies who worked with me, had three boys that went to college on football scholarships. All were centers. One played at NSU, one at ULL and one at LSU. The boy who played at LSU went to the NFL and played for the Pats and the Bills, and left after 6 or 7 years to go into coaching.

At that time, it was around 700 grand a year. I suspect it's close to $1M nowadays, for somebody with 3 or 4 years experience.

[Mik]

Not stellar for the NFL, but almost as much as George made in a month.

[Jolly]

As I said, that was a few years ago. Might be more, nowadays...

[LuFins Dad]

I’d do it for half that amount….

[LuFins Dad]

That’s one down. Green Bay goes to San Fran and Detroit hosts the winner of Tampa/Philly. Detroit should make it to the NFCCG…

[Jolly]

Would tickle me.

[LuFins Dad]

[Horace]

Would be neat if Green Bay pulled a reverse Tom Brady and won a super bowl the year after their star QB left.

[Jolly]

Stafford got slobberknocked. I'm surprised the refs let that one go.

Speaking of refs, they called the worst illegal procedure penalty against the Lions, that I've ever seen. I've seen high school refs do a better job than that penalty...

[LuFins Dad]