THE OFFICIAL 2012 NFL SEASON thread

[ShadowDog]

Green Bay lost to the Colts??

Yes. Yes they did.

[Bob]

And the NFC West has the best overall record in all of football.  Well, that is weird.

[ShadowDog]

I imagine its a good time to be a Rams fan.

[Bob]

If they would stop having all their WRs and linemen getting hurt......

It's a start.    And I wanna thank the Redskins for giving us their first round picks in 2013 and 2014.

[RVR II]

If they would stop having all their WRs and linemen getting hurt......

It's a start.    And I wanna thank the Redskins for giving us their first round picks in 2013 and 2014.

Ya know.. My Panthers and Bills could each use one of those..

[k1]

New season of The League starts tonight! I love that show. (Yes it could go in a tv thread but its about Fantasy Football)

[RVR II]

Dallas Lost and my Bills Won!!

[NashaWriter]

Yay, so a lot of Ravens are injured. T-Sizzle will be back for the Houston game tho I rather him not come back until he was fully healed. I have a feeling this will be the end of Ray, he is 125 years old, I don't see him bouncing back.

I've talked way to much smack on FB for this to happen now heh.

[RVR II]

Both my Bills and Panthers lose again!

[RVR II]

BOUT FRIGGIN TIME!!

1-5 Carolina Panthers fire general manager Marty Hurney
Posted:  10/22/2012 12:01 PM
 

The Carolina Panthers have fired general manager Marty Hurney, the team announced Monday morning.

Hurney has been the general manager with the team since 2002, but his seat has become hotter since the 2010 season when the Panthers went 2-14.

From 2002-2009, the Panthers had three playoff appearances, including two NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl appearance. But since 2010, the team has had the fewest wins in the NFL with nine.

"This was an extremely difficult decision," said team owner/founder Jerry Richardson in a statement. "Marty made every effort to bring success to the Panthers and took the team to a Super Bowl and two NFC championship games. Unfortunately, we have not enjoyed the success we hoped for in recent years. I have the greatest respect and admiration for Marty and will always appreciate the way he tirelessly served the organization."

The Panthers stand at 1-5 this season after falling at  home to the Dallas Cowboys, 19-14, on Sunday. The team has lost four games this season by six points or less.

"I am very fortunate to have been a part of one of the best organizations in the NFL since 1998," Hurney said in a statement. "As general manager I will always regret not helping us win the Super Bowl or having back-to-back winning seasons. I hope this change starts accomplishing the direction to those goals.

"I understand this decision by Mr. Richardson and will always have an extremely close relationship with him. I consider him the best owner in the NFL. I am responsible for everybody in coaching, the players, the scouts and everybody in football operations. After six weeks, we are 1-5 coming off a 6-10 season."

In an interview with the Observer earlier this month when the Panthers were 1-4, Hurney told columnist Tom Sorensen that he's the person responsible for the product on the field.

"I'm a better general manager today than when we went to the Super Bowl or we went to the NFL championship or we went 12-4," says Hurney. "I know more. But the bottom line is the record is not good enough, it's unacceptable."

Hurney has been working without a contract so the team is under not obligation to pay him a buyout. A Panthers spokesman said there is no news conference scheduled at this time.

The Panthers are not expected to name an acting GM, a team spokesman said. The rest of the front office and the scouting department is expected to remain intact for the time being.

Some players reacted strongly to the news of Hurney's firing.

Defensive end Charles Johnson went on Twitter to denounce the move.

"Marty wasn't the reason we are losing! That's bs! Unbelievable!" Johnson posted on his Twitter feed. "Marty might be the realist GM that I know. BS BS BS BS!"

Steve Smith: "Have always respected Hurney"

Walking into Bank of America Stadium on Monday morning, Panthers veteran wideout Steve Smith was still trying to process the news that general manager Marty Hurney had been fired.

"It sucks. I don't know what to say," Smith said. "It's a tough business. And when you don't have a good year, not just players but everyone else is under a microscope."

Smith, the longest-tenured player on the Panthers' roster, was drafted in 2001, a year before owner Jerry Richardson promoted Hurney to GM.

"I always will, I always have respected Marty as a man and also as a GM. He's made some tough decisions," Smith said. "Marty and Mr. Richardson, I think neither party thought this day would come in the middle of the season like this."

Smith was asked whether Hurney was being made the scapegoat for the Panthers, who are 1-5 and have lost four games in a row.

"In a loss, you can look at a lot of people and a lot of things (and) the word, "scapegoat," comes to mind," Smith said. "I'm not in a position, and I don't want to put myself or speak for things that I have no – I'm not in those meetings. I don't know what's being said or what expectations were unmet or expected."

Smith said he did not see Hurney's firing coming, but has learned not to be surprised in the NFL.

"In this league, every week is something new," Smith said. "But the part about any business is sometimes good people get let go. Sometimes it's too soon. Sometimes it's too late. But that's how it is."

It wasn't difficult! It should have been done a looong time ago

[ShadowDog]

BRING BACK BILL!

[RVR II]

Week 8 is here.. yay

Anything worth watching??

[Bob]

Week 8 is here.. yay

Anything worth watching??

I'm watching the rams home game from London. 

To bad the announcers luv New England with every breath.

[RVR II]

I'm forced to watch our 1-5 Panthers play the 5-1 Bears in Chicago cause our local CBS station would rather show some bullshit 'paid program' crap

[RVR II]

WOW!! We have the Lead 10-7 forcing 2 turnovers
Sloppy how it is so far, we'll see if we can hold the lead