2023-2024 NFL Discussion

[Fishmanic]

​

 

[gwand]

This should be a great game with terrific football. Now I have to decide who I’m backing. I have great respect for both teams.

 

[jaylach]

Anyone else hiding from the NFL this week? I do my best to avoid all the Super Bowl Week crud. There is so much hype no game could live up to it so I just avoid the hype.

 

[Fishmanic]

 

[jaylach]

So, what are we eating for the Super Bowl? Normally I'd probably do BBQ sticky wings. Doing the same but with sirloin tips instead of wings. Got two 1 pound packages of tips with my Omaha Steaks order that arrived today and seems like a good way to try them out. I'll use half of a package for the game and save the other for something else, possibly Stroganoff.

 

[gwand]

So, what are we eating for the Super Bowl? Normally I'd probably do BBQ sticky wings. Doing the same but with sirloin tips instead of wings. Got two 1 pound packages of tips with my Omaha Steaks order that arrived today and seems like a good way to try them out. I'll use half of a package for the game and save the other for something else, possibly Stroganoff.

I was thinking chili made with sirloin tips instead of ground beef. I use a mixture of ancho and a little chipotle for spice. No tomatoes. Diced onion, grated cheddar and grated egg for the topping. I like food spicy so I’ll need fresh sliced jalapeños too.

 

[jaylach]

I was thinking chili made with sirloin tips instead of ground beef. I use a mixture of ancho and a little chipotle for spice. No tomatoes. Diced onion, grated cheddar and grated egg for the topping. I like food spicy so I’ll need fresh sliced jalapeños too.

I haven't done chili in quite a while and need to correct that. My preference is venison chili using ground venison and stir-fry beef; 2 pounds of venison and 2-3 pounds of stir fry beef. Have to have tomatoes and three different beans in the stuff for me. I do it in a 2 gallon slow cooker and bag and freeze a lot. BTW, as to the beans, I use red kidney, black and white beans.

Omaha sells venison but only steaks, not ground. Not about to pay $100.00 USD for 4 7.5 ounce steaks. I like their meat and prices but venison and bison are off the wall. I may try bison and beef chili sometime but I would get the bison at my local grocery for $10.00 USD/pound. Omaha wants $22.50 USD/pound which isn't gonna happen. Sigh used to be a lady in my apartments that had sons that hunted and she would toss me a couple of pounds of ground venison for chili and I'd give her a full quart bag of chili in return. Unfortunately she moved out. Worked out great as I got the venison for free and she got what she claimed was the best venison chili she ever had.

Sigh... here I am rambling again... I REALLY need to try to stop that... Probably won't unless I get yelled at as... As Popeye would say, "I yam what I yam and that's that I yam.".

 

[gwand]

I haven't done chili in quite a while and need to correct that. My preference is venison chili using ground venison and stir-fry beef; 2 pounds of venison and 2-3 pounds of stir fry beef. Have to have tomatoes and three different beans in the stuff for me. I do it in a 2 gallon slow cooker and bag and freeze a lot. BTW, as to the beans, I use red kidney, black and white beans.

Omaha sells venison but only steaks, not ground. Not about to pay $100.00 USD for 4 7.5 ounce steaks. I like their meat and prices but venison and bison are off the wall. I may try bison and beef chili sometime but I would get the bison at my local grocery for $10.00 USD/pound. Omaha wants $22.50 USD/pound which isn't gonna happen. Sigh used to be a lady in my apartments that had sons that hunted and she would toss me a couple of pounds of ground venison for chili and I'd give her a full quart bag of chili in return. Unfortunately she moved out. Worked out great as I got the venison for free and she got what she claimed was the best venison chili she ever had.

Sigh... here I am rambling again... I REALLY need to try to stop that... Probably won't unless I get yelled at as... As Popeye would say, "I yam what I yam and that's that I yam.".

Now you made me hungry!

 

[Fishmanic]

Till Super Bowl

 

[Fishmanic]

Til
Super Bowl 58

 

[jaylach]

Less than 24 hours to kickoff and I have succeeded in avoiding all the hype.

I was sort of up in the air as to which team I was going to pull for but the 49ers are the one. Sort of tired of constantly hearing about KC and have a little soft spot for SF that goes back quite a while with Dexter Carter (SF player) being a former client from when I lived in Florida.

 

[GaryE]

To all who celebrate, I hope it's a good one.

 

[jaylach]

To all who celebrate, I hope it's a good one.

That is all I really hope for, a good game. This is one of the reason I avoid all the hype as no game can match the hype. LOL! The only time I would likely celebrate is if my Browns were in the game and won... This year the Lions would have possibly fit but didn't happen.

 

[Fishmanic]

Are You Getting Psyched?​

 

[jaylach]

Are You Getting Psyched?​

View attachment 336695

View attachment 336696​

LOL! I get a kick out of your apparent excitement with the game. For me it isn't all that much, I just hope that it is a good game which is why I've avoided all the hype this past week.

Sorry to be a bit cynical but, to me, the Super Bowl is no longer a championship but, rather, a media event. For example the halftime is twice as long as a normal game just to produce a show that has nothing to do with the game. Ya, call me old school but I much preferred when, years ago, the NFL was a sport instead of a media entertainment event. Yep, I still love the NFL but miss the days when it was not centered on media attention.