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[I-10east]

If I had to guess as of what's gonna happen to the Chargers and Raiders... Mark Davis basically has an one way ticket to San Antonio/Austin as the city of Oakland can't afford a new stadium deal. To me the San Antonio Raiders doesn't sound right. IMO that name should be retired ala the Houston Oilers. Name them the San Antonio Masked Marauders or whatever LOL. 

The Chargers are in serious jeopardy of being LA's second team; Hopefully they can get their act together and find a way to keep 'em in SD, but I'm not counting on it. IMO LA shouldn't have two teams. Any current Chargers 'fanbase' in LA is virtually non-existent; Don't believe the Spanos (25 percent of Chargers fans going to the Q are from LA) hype.

Hell, mostly just the old schoolers are LA Rams fans, with youngsters having allegiances to other teams. I do think that the Rams will stay there with the top notch stadium catering to other fans, the glitz etc; They will be fine.   

[Adam White]

If I had to guess as of what's gonna happen to the Chargers and Raiders... Mark Davis basically has an one way ticket to San Antonio/Austin as the city of Oakland can't afford a new stadium deal. To me the San Antonio Raiders doesn't sound right. IMO that name should be retired ala the Houston Oilers. Name them the San Antonio Masked Marauders or whatever LOL. 

yeah, like the "desperados" or something.

[I-10east]

^^^Yeah, that's more appropriate.

The Raiders, Oakland to work on a lease for 2016.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/23/raiders-oakland-to-work-on-a-lease-for-2016/

[I-10east]

Concerning the Super Bowl, I'm gonna be rooting heavily for Denver, but I'm afraid that Carolina is gonna win. I saw some Jags fans on FB saying that they can't root for Manning because of his history against the Jags. The reason why I'm (and some on FB) rooting against Carolina is because I don't feel like the "Both teams came in at the same time, and they won a SB" talk coming forth.

Yeah I know that CAR been to the SB before, but it is nothing like winning it. The 'bridesmaid' consolation crap that the media sells with SB losers is so vastly overrated. Plus I don't feel like seeing a legion sudden 'new diehard' Carolina Panther fans suddenly sporting their new gear all over Jax and the country; These 'fans' also have Steph Curry jerseys, the KC Royals and whatever trendy bandwagon successful team that wins the championship.

Carolina could be a monster for years to come if they keep those pieces in place. Think about it, they didn't even have what many thought was gonna be their top WR Kelvin Benjamin, and they still look like the are gonna win the SB. They are solid in all three categories. The way that Cam is playing out of his mind right now and they most likely will be better next year, very very scary team.

[thelakelander]

I'm just hoping for a competitive game. I don't care who wins. I'm not really attached to either team.

[spuwho]

Carolina, a first half offense against Denver, the #1 Defense.

If not a typical blowout, it will be like the NE game and go down to the last play.

[RattlerGator]

I think it's going to be an absolute blowout. For those of you who are Jaguars fans and remember our first game of the year, think about this:
Carolina managed just 263 yards against us. Cam completed just 18 of 31 passes for a measly 175 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 35 yards and threw an interception. The score was 10-9 in the third quarter and in their opening drive of the quarter they drove to our 37 yard line but the D sacked Cam on consecutive plays and forced them to punt from our 48. A punt into the endzone puts us at our 20. Everbank was rocking on a beautiful day, about 10 degrees below normal for early September.

A 3rd and 5 pass from Blake to Hurns gets us up to the 36. On 1st and 10 Blake scrambles up to the 48 for a big momentum push -- but Joeckel is flagged for holding. Ball is placed at the 26. Buzzkill, bigtime. Young QB vs. good defense; danger!

And then Blake threw that damn pick-6.

Ballgame. Blake didn't sufficiently understand time-and-place and got baited into a gamechanging mistake.

That series of plays serve as a perfect (to me) description of our season. The coaching staff (Babich included) put together a great gameplan to defense one of the best QBs in the League. To me, it showed their ability to properly scheme -- we just didn't (and don't) have the horses on D but the defense kept us in position to win. If you were there watching it in person, Carolina looked better but not by much. Cam rushed 14 times for 35 yards and his longest gain was 10 yards. But he kept drives alive and they brutally wore us down. Time of possession was essentially equal at the half but they wound up with an 8 minute advantage because of a 15-play, 8 minute drive in the 4th quarter that began at the 10:48 mark and ended with a field goal at the 2:41 mark.

It was like a python slowly-but-surely squeezing the life out of you. And it was frustrating as hell (just as the season turned out to be). But stepping back and looking at in in review -- that game also showed our tremendous promise. A heavy draft of defensive players and multiple free agents on D should fix our problem on that side of the ball.

Carolina has an all-time great QB (had he not screwed up, my Gators would have had the dominant run Bama is now enjoying) and an all-time great team; they win this Super Bowl easily.

[Bridges]

(had he not screwed up, my Gators would have had the dominant run Bama is now enjoying)

Sometimes I can't tell if you're serious or just trolling. 

[funwithteeth]

I'm cheering for the Panthers here, because 1) they're fun to watch, and 2) I don't want to see Peyton "Noodle Arm" Manning fart his way to another victory on the back of Denver's legit-terrifying defense.

[RattlerGator]

(had he not screwed up, my Gators would have had the dominant run Bama is now enjoying)

Sometimes I can't tell if you're serious or just trolling.

Definitely serious. Two titles in three years; in the fourth year, played in the SEC Championship game as the number one ranked team in the nation and opportunity to make it into national championship game for the third time in 4 years -- lost to the eventual national champion (Bama) as they began their historic run. Had Cam remained on the Gator squad, two more national titles were a serious possibility. Who can deny that ? ? ?

[I-10east]

Well, it's basically a done deal; the San DIEgo Chargers no more. They are headed I-5 North to La-La Land.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/28/report-chargers-acquire-land-for-practice-facility/#comment-4866817

[I-10east]

^^^It's interesting to note that Santa Ana (within the LA metro; where the land is for the Chargers HQ and training camp) is 32 miles from LA proper, and 89 miles away from San Diego. The Los Angeles Chargers of Santa Ana at Southern California maybe? Better known as 'LACSASC'.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/San-Diego-Chargers-Santa-Ana-Property-366902851.html

[I-10east]

Holy lame duck!!! The Chargers will stay in San Diego for atleast one year? Wow!! Dean Spanos clearly has egg on his face from the whole Carson folly that went bust. Talk about awkward!!! I would be shocked if SD's average attendance will be over 40,000 next year.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/29/chargers-will-play-in-san-diego-in-2016-may-move-to-l-a-in-2017/

[Keith-N-Jax]

Do they really think fans will come with the latest news? A bit strange.

[I-10east]

^^^To top it off, WR Keenan Allen has the NERVE to say VIA tweet... "So it's looks like we are going to be in San Diego for another season. The stadium better be packed. The fans got what they wanted".

https://twitter.com/Keenan13Allen