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How do y’all think a ‘heel’ would be received in the NFL?
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:28 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:28 am
I’ve always wondered how well a heel would do in the NFL.. I see it work in the ufc all the time. Whether staged or not, having a ‘bad guy’ always helps to build and sell a fight.. plus, it’s sort of refreshing to hear some good shite talk every now and then as opposed to the same ol same ol coach speak answers we get for every interview in the NFL. If you beat a team by four TDs, I don’t want to hear you talk about how good that other team was at your post game press conference. Dog them out. If they suck, say they suck. If you don’t like the guy lined up across from you, I wanna hear about it. Take the pussy gloves off once in a while and let people know that you don’t like the other team. It’s ok
I understand that the nfl doesn’t need to sell its games the same way the ufc sells its fights, but at the end of the day, it’s entertainment. Why does everyone HAVE to get on the mic to praise and worship his opponent all the time?
I understand that the nfl doesn’t need to sell its games the same way the ufc sells its fights, but at the end of the day, it’s entertainment. Why does everyone HAVE to get on the mic to praise and worship his opponent all the time?
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Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:31 am to TheRouxGuru
Too much Monster this morning?
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:33 am to TheRouxGuru
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plus, it’s sort of refreshing to hear some good shite talk every now and then as opposed to the same ol same ol coach speak answers we get for every interview in the NFL
People absolutely BLAST athletes and coaches who give anything more than coachspeak.
99% of the time someone deviates from the script they get shite on.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:37 am to GoldenBoy
Never had one in my entire life. What does that have to do with this thread? 
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:39 am to JohnnyKilroy
Yep. Look at Brooks Koepka in golf. He doesn't give the usual canned pro speak that the corporate types like Spieth or JT does and he gets absolutely shite on here.
Chuck and Shaq are some of the few who can speak their mind without getting flak (and, it took Chuck to reach "elder statesman" status before he was immune).
Chuck and Shaq are some of the few who can speak their mind without getting flak (and, it took Chuck to reach "elder statesman" status before he was immune).
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:42 am to SoFla Tideroller
I agree with y’all, but that’s what’s great about a heel, they love being the bad guy.
‘Don’t like what I had to say? frick it, I hate y'all too’. Not everybody needs to be best friends. It’s a mean, physical sport
‘Don’t like what I had to say? frick it, I hate y'all too’. Not everybody needs to be best friends. It’s a mean, physical sport
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:43 am to JohnnyKilroy
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People absolutely BLAST athletes and coaches who give anything more than coachspeak. 99% of the time someone deviates from the script they get shite on.
Well yeah we’re in a society of NPCs
The only ones who have the capacity to be heels in the NFL are team owners. Jerry Jones is the closest
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 9:46 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:55 am to TheRouxGuru
It is a lot easier to be individualistic in a non-team sport. UFC, tennis or golf where you see that kind of thing more often are not team based. Some douche running his month on a 53-man NFL roster will have to deal with team justice from the rest.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:00 am to CunningLinguist
That’s a fair point, I agree with you
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:19 am to CunningLinguist
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It is a lot easier to be individualistic in a non-team sport. UFC, tennis or golf where you see that kind of thing more often are not team based. Some douche running his month on a 53-man NFL roster will have to deal with team justice from the rest.
Or deal with getting traded to the team he was shite talking.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:20 am to TheRouxGuru
Every sports team should consider all other teams their enemies.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:49 am to TheRouxGuru
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:55 am to TheRouxGuru
quote:You know players change teams a lot in the NFL. So at some point, former rivals end up becoming teammates. Going to create a recipe for locker room drama when the "heel" player ends up becoming teammates with guys he dogged out publicly at some point down the road.
I’ve always wondered how well a heel would do in the NFL..
Just seems like a good way to have teams shy away from signing you or not be willing to give long term deals with a lot of guaranteed money that'd make it difficult to cut bait if the player in question becomes a locker room cancer.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:55 am to WG_Dawg
Travis Kelce is pretty much a heel….to a lot of people.
‘80s NBA had heels. Thug Knicks and Bad Boys.
Laimbeer gave zero fricks.
‘80s NBA had heels. Thug Knicks and Bad Boys.
Laimbeer gave zero fricks.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:59 am to TheRouxGuru
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"I see defensive linemen jump to knock a pass down. When that happened near me, I'd smack 'em in the solar plexus, and that got their hands down real quick."[1] As sportswriter Paul Zimmerman said: "Conrad Dobler was mean dirty. He tried to hurt people in a bad way...he made teams that he played on better. He played hurt, didn't complain, but he was a filthy, filthy player." He made the cover of Sports Illustrated, who heralded Dobler as "Pro Football's Dirtiest Player".[2]
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I’ll do anything I can get away with to protect my quarterback,” Dobler told Sports Illustrated in 1977, employing illegal tactics like holding, eye-gouging, leg-whipping and biting among them.
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This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 11:11 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:21 am to TheRouxGuru
I feel we’ve seen heels in the NFL for some time, so long as you weren’t part of their fan base.
Brady, Belichik, and the Patriots were practically the NFL’s answer to the New World Order for the length of their run.
Richard Sherman was damned sure a heel with Seattle’s Legion of Boom.
Travis Kelce is a heel in the eyes of many, now.
The Dallas Cowboys are heels, too.
Brady, Belichik, and the Patriots were practically the NFL’s answer to the New World Order for the length of their run.
Richard Sherman was damned sure a heel with Seattle’s Legion of Boom.
Travis Kelce is a heel in the eyes of many, now.
The Dallas Cowboys are heels, too.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:40 am to Hoodie
I agree with what you’re trying to say, but what I meant was more of while on the microphone. Call out the other teams. Challenge them, call them names if you want to. If you’re a defensive back, get on the microphone and tell us how terrible you think the next wide receiver is. Call him slow FFS 
If any of those guys/teams you mentioned were being interviewed, it would be the same boring generic interviews that we get 24/7
If you’re a ‘heel’, embrace it. Become an aggressive antagonist
If any of those guys/teams you mentioned were being interviewed, it would be the same boring generic interviews that we get 24/7
If you’re a ‘heel’, embrace it. Become an aggressive antagonist
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 11:41 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:59 am to navy
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Travis Kelce is pretty much a heel….to a lot of people.
No he isn’t. Stop it
Posted on 1/29/24 at 12:02 pm to chalmetteowl
Kelce is disliked by nearly everyone I know. You may not agree, but it’s no less true.
He’s a multimillionaire pushing a vax that some find controversial who’s dating a billionaire pop star. You don’t think a lot of people with hate him just for that?
He’s a multimillionaire pushing a vax that some find controversial who’s dating a billionaire pop star. You don’t think a lot of people with hate him just for that?
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 12:03 pm
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