# Warning: Football-Like Substance Found! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 8, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617 "2008-09-08T15:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![inkysplotchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@inkysplotchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkysplotchy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/181 "2008-11-13T17:53:05Z")
It hasn’t held the Vikings back, they’re leading the division! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/182 "2008-11-13T18:01:55Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Lions cut Henson yesterday to pick up a kicker. Orlavsky probably needs an operation on his thumb. He refuses to get it ,because he does not want to pass up a chance to play.It is not throwing hand. That leaves us with Culpepper and Stanton. Dante has barely played in the last couple years. Stanton has not shown if he has what it takes to be a pro QB. The most important position on the team is completely unsettled. If the last eight (?) years have shown you anything, it ought to be that QB is not the most important position on the team. **It’s GM**. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/183 "2008-11-13T20:10:25Z")
Martin Mayhew is GM. It is important that his last name starts with M. That seems to be one of our important criteria. The Ford Family still owns them. That is the root of all evil. They change coaches like underwear. The team has no continuity . Every player with any talent knows he will be around longer than the coach. Marinelli has his son in law on the staff. Hard to believe he was the best man available. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/184 "2008-11-13T20:55:30Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Martin Mayhew is GM. It is important that his last name starts with M. That seems to be one of our important criteria. > The Ford Family still owns them. That is the root of all evil. They change coaches like underwear. The team has no continuity . Every player with any talent knows he will be around longer than the coach. Marinelli has his son in law on the staff. Hard to believe he was the best man available. He was the Bucs’ linebackers coach before following Papa Marinelli to Detroit, and he didn’t get the Bucs’ job through Marinelli. The problem with the Lions’ defense isn’t coaching. They run the Tampa 2 almost exactly the way Monte Kiffin does. The problem is that the FIVE former Bucs players they signed to run it were backups or spot starters for the Bucs, except Dwight Smith and Brian Kelly- and Kelly is three years and about four knee surgeries past his prime. I’ve always thought Smith was a terrific player, especially in Tampa, but it’s worth noting that New Orleans and Minnesota both waived him (and it’s not like either team is known for secondary play). ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/185 "2008-11-14T04:04:19Z")
This play-by-play guy on NFL Network for the Jets/Pats game might be the most brutal commentator I’ve ever heard. If I found out tomorrow that this guy was working JV Middle School Football games in New Mexico last week I wouldn’t be even slightly surprised. I’ve never been a huge fan of whichever Gumbel usually works for NFL Network, but now I’m praying for his return. **Praying.** ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/186 "2008-11-14T04:15:15Z")
> [@inkysplotchy](#): > > It hasn’t held the Vikings back, they’re leading the division! Gus Frerotte isn’t terrible, given some protection and a running game, which he has. Taverius Jackson is terrible. At least Gus is a vet and can manage an offense, Jackson is clueless. Just be sure to put extra pads on the walls and goalposts… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/187 "2008-11-14T04:48:09Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Gus Frerotte isn’t terrible, given some protection and a running game, which he has. Taverius Jackson is terrible. At least Gus is a vet and can manage an offense, Jackson is clueless. > > Just be sure to put extra pads on the walls and goalposts… Amazing. Gus Frerotte is on the same team as other people that have done really bad things and Frerotte is the one that gets the shit. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/188 "2008-11-14T04:51:56Z")
Boatful of strippers = harmless fun Headbutting goalpost = dangerous… fun? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/189 "2008-11-14T06:22:14Z")
I forgot about the Love Boat. Isn’t Leonard Little on the Vikings? ETA: no he isn’t, but he should be ridiculed for the rest of his life, seeing as how he got away with what he got away with. Well, him and Ray Lewis and such. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/190 "2008-11-14T14:00:55Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I forgot about the Love Boat. Isn’t Leonard Little on the Vikings? > > ETA: no he isn’t, but he should be ridiculed for the rest of his life, seeing as how he got away with what he got away with. > > Well, him and Ray Lewis and such. Did Lewis actually do it? I thought he was just “in the area” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/191 "2008-11-14T16:11:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Did Lewis actually do it? I thought he was just “in the area” or something. Nah, he was acquitted, but that can’t stop you from giving him shit. Actually, he’s the first high-profile name I could think of. Yes, before Pacman Jones. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/192 "2008-11-14T16:46:25Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Did Lewis actually do it? I thought he was just “in the area” or something. As I recall, he knew who did it but refused to cooperate with authorities. He was never implicated in the actual crime. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/193 "2008-11-17T03:19:22Z")
The hits just keep on coming. Lions lost again,now 0 -10. They did not play badly. Actually had a couple leads. They gave up like 270 yards on the ground though. Why can’t a pro football player tackle? Why can’t a whole defense tackle on a one on one situation? Brand spankin new QB .Daunte .threw 2 bad intercepts just like every Lion QB does. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/194 "2008-11-17T04:42:22Z")
At least Daunte put up some points, though. You’re in every game now, whereas for the first 6 weeks of the season every game was over by halftime. LOUNE… catch that rushing performance today? 24 for a 112, plus 20ish receiving yards… what’s that guy’s name again? I know, he’s never going to catch Forte. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/195 "2008-11-17T04:59:17Z")
Got anything picked out for your new user name? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/196 "2008-11-17T05:04:36Z")
That’s your job. Mine is not to reason what or why, mine is to try to keep posting with a straight face. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/197 "2008-11-17T05:10:03Z")
Benevolence may lead me to let you pick. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/198 "2008-11-17T16:39:16Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Benevolence may lead me to let you pick. If you do, given the terms of the bet, I think I have to go with **Really Not Rookie of the Year** … ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/199 "2008-11-23T19:19:08Z")
The best QB rating in the NFL is 105. The average QB rating against the Lions this year is 109.5. What more do you need to know? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617/200 "2008-11-23T21:44:07Z")
I must tell you Detroit fans that Shaun Rogers is probably the best D-lineman I’ve ever seen. I feel bad for him. He got out of one suckhole to end up in another. Yet the season is practically over and he’s still out there giving full effort. I’ve gotta give the guy credit - it’s too bad he’s surrounded by 10 members of some high school’s JV team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-football-like-substance-found/462617.md?page=11)