Lions @ Chiefs, Opening Night

[The Golden God]

4 hours ago, lichtie23 said:

Hang it in the Louvre

Never want to see Kelce’s smug, punchable face but think I’ll make an exception here. 

[Bully Wee Villa]

Great, we finally get rid of that p***k Rodgers and the sodding Lions decide to start being competent? 

[peasy23]

 

 

[Brummie Clyde]

Bet Kedarius Toney made a fortune from that Lions win.

[Craig fae the Vale]

Thought the Chiefs might struggle sans Kelce, but still surprised by the result. Lions actually look reasonable?

[pozbaird]

On 06/09/2023 at 22:18, pozbaird said:

Nah. Recording it to watch first thing in the morning without knowing how many points Mahomes (with his tongue stuck out at a jaunty angle) put past the Lions. The benefit of being an auld retired fart. Kelce has a sore knee? He’ll still catch thirty passes and remain completely unmarked from his hospital bed. Cynical? Me? Chiefs could fall in a barrel of shite and come out smelling of roses every time.

Belichick - Brady - Gronkowski = Reid - Mahomes - Kelce. Until further notice.

^^^ Hah. Dickhead.

[Nightmare]

6 hours ago, lichtie23 said:

Hang it in the Louvre

Glorious.

f**k the Chiefs.

[peasy23]

Jawaan Taylor's blatant uncalled cheating getting called out all over the place.

 

 

[Boo Khaki]

It was Taylor who held Joey Bosa throughout the WC game and never got called. He was playing RT then, so he'll see more of Mack v's the Chargers in the divisional games but it'll be interesting to see what happens if they move Bosa over to his side.

I think this is another small issue the Chiefs have similar to the erosion of their receiving talent. The interior line is solid, but they've had a continuous depletion of talent level at OT as well over the past 2 or 3 years, and I didn't think much of either of their OT's performances last night. Taylor will not get away with lining up in the backfield as consistently as he did last night given the outcry.

[The Golden God]

https://x.com/joepompliano/status/1700172444097483033?s=46&t=wkdU37VBRcHUSjGtjfj_5A
 

The entire country is absolutely insane. 

[TxRover]

4 hours ago, The Golden God said:

https://x.com/joepompliano/status/1700172444097483033?s=46&t=wkdU37VBRcHUSjGtjfj_5A
 

The entire country is absolutely insane. 

The U.S. armed forces are happy to do flyovers whenever requested for major events...free publicity/recruiting. It's the primary purpose of the USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels (and, for that matter, the US Army Golden Knights parachute team, the Royal Air Force Red Arrows, the French Patrouille acrobatique de France, the Italian Frecce Tricolori, etc). You'll see it combined with lots of major sporting events, we'd get them on frequency 15-30 minutes before the flyover was scheduled, and they'd circle waiting for the time. Then we'd clear them for the overflight and switch them to the controller over the event airspace who would count them down so they could time crossing the event as the National Anthem finished.

The pilots get flight time, including navigation practice, time-on-target practice, and such out of it. Now, they aren't allowed to simulate targeting the event, especially since they had a boo-boo with the F-117's in West Texas in the early 00's. The F-117's used to fly long practice missions, with simulated targets at each turn point...usually an isolated building or such. Unfortunately, one such mission had an issue where a practice bomb was dropped during a "camera attack". When the pilot targeted an isolated farmhouse, he ended up plunking a blue (inert) laser guided bomb through the roof and into the foundation of the house. They ended up buying out the distressed property owner sometime later.

http://www.f-117a.com/texas.html

Edited September 9, 2023 by TxRover

[Nightmare]

7 hours ago, TxRover said:

The U.S. armed forces are happy to do flyovers whenever requested for major events...free publicity/recruiting. It's the primary purpose of the USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels (and, for that matter, the US Army Golden Knights parachute team, the Royal Air Force Red Arrows, the French Patrouille acrobatique de France, the Italian Frecce Tricolori, etc). You'll see it combined with lots of major sporting events, we'd get them on frequency 15-30 minutes before the flyover was scheduled, and they'd circle waiting for the time. Then we'd clear them for the overflight and switch them to the controller over the event airspace who would count them down so they could time crossing the event as the National Anthem finished.

The pilots get flight time, including navigation practice, time-on-target practice, and such out of it. Now, they aren't allowed to simulate targeting the event, especially since they had a boo-boo with the F-117's in West Texas in the early 00's. The F-117's used to fly long practice missions, with simulated targets at each turn point...usually an isolated building or such. Unfortunately, one such mission had an issue where a practice bomb was dropped during a "camera attack". When the pilot targeted an isolated farmhouse, he ended up plunking a blue (inert) laser guided bomb through the roof and into the foundation of the house. They ended up buying out the distressed property owner sometime later.

http://www.f-117a.com/texas.html

That’s a nice story. Using a B-2 for a flyover at an NFL game is still absolutely insane, though.

[TxRover]

6 hours ago, Nightmare said:

That’s a nice story. Using a B-2 for a flyover at an NFL game is still absolutely insane, though.

I saw it overflying an NASCAR race a few years ago.

[Nightmare]

2 hours ago, TxRover said:

I saw it overflying an NASCAR race a few years ago.

Also insane.

[TxRover]

8 minutes ago, Nightmare said:

Also insane.

More insane than overflying a K.C. game, given the B-2’s are based at Whiteman AFB (pretty close to K.C,) but if the planes are gonna fly anyway, why not?

Edited September 9, 2023 by TxRover