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2006-2007 NFL Season Discussion
All discussions pertaining to the NFL's preseason and regular season go here. Training camps are opening all over the NFL and its time for a new year. The six month wait is over and the charge for the Lombardi is underway.
2006 preseason week-by-week schedule Spoiler:
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I think this season has the makings of being a special one. There are tons of intriuging subplots to look at this year.
>> How are guys like Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Vince Young gonna do in their rookie campaigns if given the opportunity? >> How will proven stars like Daunte Culpepper, Edgerin James and Drew Brees fair with their new teams? >> Is this the last season that we will see the greatness that is Brett Favre on display? >> How will teams like the Colts, Patriots and Eagles rebound after having subpar seasons last year? >> Will Big Ben and the Steelers be ready to defend their championship? ... and so much more. I think it's going to be a fantastic season. |
Well, the Colts and Pats aren't coming off subpar seasons at all.
Indeed, I too am looking forward for a great season ahead. Speaking of which, I've posted here this morning to gloat. To all Panther fans, I just got 2 tickets to the Buccaneers/Panthers game Week 3 this year (along with a few to the Seattle game on Week 17). Muhahaha! I don't know how the hell I pulled that one off. Every year, its next to impossible to get tickets. I tried the Washington game first on ticketmaster.com (tickets went on sale today at 10AM). Waited for a few minutes, froze, none left. Looked at every game. Came back to the Carolina game, found two LOWER-LEVEL tickets for 69 a piece. Couldn't believe it. I then found 3 for the Seattle game, which was even more astounding to me. Unbelieveable |
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Unfortunately, in today's society, anything less than a championship is considered a dissappointment by some. look at the Cowboys. the expectations are terribly high this year. i'll be happy even if we win just the NFC East. honestly, the toughest competition is the Panthers. i think we can beat most of the other teams in the NFC. If you're a bottom dweller and get to 8-8 or 9-7 the next year, that's a pretty darn good tunaround. |
The NFC East is the most competitive division in the NFL, period.
Any four of those teams has what it takes to take it all the way. |
What's with all the injuries so early?! And during training camp!?
Steve Smith DeMarcus Faggins LeCharles Bentley Just to name a few. |
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I agree with you. Obviously, if I'm a Cardinal or Lions fan, I'll I'm praying for right now is a winning season and a trip to the post-season. If I'm a Panther or Colts fan, the superbowl is whats on my mind. |
I can't believe Bunkley hasn't signed yet. His agent is totally screwing the Eagles. He's a frickin MORON.
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Kinda off topic - regarding the Hall of Fame, the Rocky Mountain News has a good article about the induction of John Madden into the Hall.
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Anyways, Hall of Fame game today - American Football, my friends, has come once again. |
Yeah, can't wait for tonight, Eagles and the Raiders. I gotta wait until Friday for the Bucs/Jets preseason game. I actually went down to Disney where the Bucs are in Training Camp, got into The Wide World of Sports for free.
A lot of suprises. Caddillac looked really sharp, as did the defense (as always). Simms didn't miss a guy all day. Gruden did, however, tear into Bruce Gadorski (sp) our 6th round draft pick. You could hear him 50 yards away giving him shit. |
Is the first preseason game even televised? I cant seem to find a listing for it anywhere.
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It's the Hall of Fame Game, and that's usually televised from what I can remember. I'll try looking around to see if it's on.
e: 8:00 EDT on NBC |
Go Patriots. I want to see another Lombardi Trophy in Tom Brady's hands.
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The Eagles first team offense and defense looked great. The 2nd and 3rd teams didn't, but fortunately, the first team is all that really matters.
It's only preseason, but all you can ask is for the players to play great in the little time they are given. So pumped for football. |
Who the hell watches preseason games?
I don't see any point in watching unless you like watching 3rd and 4th stringers. |
You're right there is no point. I watched the first few minutes and then it got boring as fuck.
I should have turned off the TV once I heard the name Jeff Garcia. |
I watched the first half. Thats about it. Its interesting if its the team you root for, since I watch all of the Bucs preseason games, since I like to look at the young, developmental talent here that I won't get a chance to see for some time.
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Rumors have it that Terrell's injury is more serious than advertised. just great... they sign him to a nice deal, the hopes are legitimatly high this year, and he's out for the few few games. F--K that! he better not play at all on saturday against the Seahawks. he needs to rest as ASAP for the regular season. not too mention we play the underrated Jaguars in week 1. and what's this??? freddy mitchell "the people's champ" might sign the team??? say it ain't so!!!!! |
We Have A New Commissioner. Roger Goodell, Paul Tagliabue's right hand man, has been voted in on 1st vote. NFL Network is about to show a press conference.
From ESPN.com... "NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Roger Goodell was chosen as the NFL's next commissioner Tuesday, succeeding the man who groomed him for the job, Paul Tagliabue. The 47-year-old Goodell worked his way from a public relations intern to perhaps the most powerful job in sports. He was elected on the fifth ballot among the league's 32 owners." |
I hope Roger Goodell does a better job than Paul Tagliabue. The 49ers and Broncos cheated the salary cap during the years they won Super Bowls, and what did Tags do? Slap them on then wrist.
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I thought Tagliabue did a terrific job during his many years at the helm of the NFL. The game has never been more popular, and with the current salary cap any team has a chance to win every year. Many teams built new stadiums in his era. Lots of money was made. The Players Association and the Owners maintained constant contact, too. Truthfully, I think you're going to be one of the few to complain about him.
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The lowly Cardinals are going to be competative this year. I think that's proof enough that it's working just fine.
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Tags did lots of good. No lockouts or strikes that affected the game during his era, and the NFL, as Capo mentioned, is the most popular sport in the US today. He wasn't perfect, but he did very well to create a salary cap and balance the playing field for all franchises, unlike MLB.
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No surprise with Goodell's pick. He'll probably spend a couple years trying to get out of Tagliabue's shadow but he's young, he has time to cement a legacy.
They're already calling it the "Goodell era". That was quick. At the very least, he gives hope to plenty of interns ;p EDIT: In addition to the Fantasy League, would anyone be up for a Pick Em league on Yahoo as well? If there's enough interest, I can set one up. |
Sure, I'm down for a pick-em league. If you set one up, I'm sure we'll get at least the 9 currently in the FFL in.
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Now I'm not a mean person, but I was happy to see Clinton Portis go down w/a shoulder injury!!
TooBad If he's out for a significant number of weeks, this could spell the end of the 'skins season. |
Either that or Santana Moss is going to have to play a huge role again. I don't even know if it's possible, though, without at least a competant running game.
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Well, the latest word is that Portis is done for the pre-season. He might even miss the 1st game of the regular season. This is just further proof that the pre-season is too long.
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Well it seem Vanderjaght (or however the fuck his name is spelled) is having a pretty shitty time with the Cowboys. In their Exhibition game against the Vikings, he missed not one but TWO FG attempts that were like no more than 35 yards. One in the last part of the 4th quarter, which made them go into overtime... and then again in OT... both times he could have sealed the victory for Dallas. It ended up being tied 10-10 for the game though. At least he managed to not throw his helmet down this time. :tpg:
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LOL. The most accurate field goal kicker in the history of the NFL...and he misses the biggest kick of his life last season. Dallas now has the complete heartburn combo in TO and Mike Vanderjact (sp).
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lol. TO got a whole whopping 6 yards receiving in that same game. One catch. He dropped a Touchdown pass late in the 4th too. NFL network's replaying the game (again) in which it was supposed to be Tennesse vs fuck I can't remember off hand.
Rams picked up Stephen Davis. :( But at least Carolina's having a pretty good Pre-season. 4-0 |
Stephen Davis would have been a nice pickup for the Steelers, considering Duce Staley is a joke nowadays. I'm sure Stephen Davis' abilities have deteriorated, but he has to be better than what we have now. The Rams will do well with him, too, though. Steven Jackson isn't exactly a power back.
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Davis seems to be on his way out in the NFL, but will be a nice addition to the Rams for short yardage. I'm suprised no one has mentioned the fact that Jeff George has been signed by the Raiders. You may recall that George hasn't been in the NFL for half a decade and the last time he was playing was with the Redskins...throwing something around 10 interceptions in the first three games.
Yet somehow they feel he can compete at the NFL level. Now I know Al Davis has completely lost his sanity. |
The Steelers traded for a RB today so Duce is probably out the door. It sucks because I loved him as an Eagle, but he has nothing left in the tank.
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Anyone see the new rules inducted this season? I saw a blurb on NFL Network last night.
Celebrations limited: Players can no longer use the football nor can other teammates participate. Plus, the field goal or anything to do with the field be used. Celebrations must be solo and can only take up to 30 seconds. It's probably Steve Smith's fault from last year. :tpg: Can't align with the kicker during a field goal attempt. (WTF?) Play reviews are 60 seconds instead of 90. I can't remember what other ones there are, but some of them made me really go "??" |
Giants, Carolina and Cincinatti ended the preseason 4-0. Noteables are Oakland with at 4-1 and Dallas at 3-0-1.
I laughed with T.O. catching a single pass for 6 yards. Still, Bledsoe left early, which may be why. |
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the misses shouldn't keep anyone away from picking Vanderjagt up late in a FF draft. |
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Ugh Ben Roethlisberger is on IR for Thursday's game.
So don't be suprised if we get destroyed by the Miami Dolphins of all teams. :( |
I really don't know what else can happen to Ben this off-season. A horrific motorcycle accident, and now an appendectomy. Unbelievable. At least we have Charlie Batch, a semi-competant backup.
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Charlie Batch, eh?
At least its not Tommy Maddox. |
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The Doplhins could be the surprise team in the AFC. (I'm not sure if they'd qualify as a surprise if they ended last season on a winning streak). If Daunte can stay healthy, the offense might put up big numbers. Their defense is always consistent. it's not a top tier d, but it's far from poor. |
I'm not a big Culpepper fan, so I can't see the Dolphins going that far. They are everyone's cinderella team this season. The Steelers might win this game even without Roethlisberger. Simply for the wise guy factor. Everyone predicts them to lose and they win.
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Even with Roethlisberger out (remember, he had a horrible time at the SB) - run the ball with Parker against the Dolphin's D, pass a few to Hines Ward, and let the Steeler's D take care of the rest. Culpepper isn't bad, but he's still coming off an injury. Also, they don't have the same rushing offense that they had last year. |
0-7 Steelers so far.
It hasn't been too bad of a game, but I just noticed something. Willie Parker. I'm about 95% sure I went to school with that fucker. Since he's from Clinton, North Carolina and I'm pretty sure I heard him say he played football at Clinton High (Clinton Dark Horses!) I need to call my cousin up, but damn that's just fucking wild. |
A fucking fumble on the one yard line. You've got to be kidding me.
Capo is NOT HAPPY right now. >=( |
Looked like the pulling guard (Faneca I do believe) got a piece of it. I would have loved to hear Maddens insight, but I've muted the TV.
EDIT : Wow, Miller was definately out. Well done Saban with the faggoty underhand throw of the flag. |
Is Capo happy right now? :tpg:
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Capo is elated right now. Especially since my favorite player on the team was the one who scored that TD! Incoming Heath Avatar/Signature combo coming in the next couple weeks. Heeeeeaaaatttthhhh!
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Good god, the turnovers in this game. lol.
Bad FG attempt, turns into an INT TD return. Christ. lol@Porter. THAT'S A MAN KISS. |
Ok, I might need to make that kiss my avatar. Happiness!
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Now with that over, its time for me to say something that seems to be on everyone's mind...
...the Ravens are going to DIE! (Yeah right, we're gonna blow it this weekend. Simms'll throw a bunch of pics and we'll walk away with our tail between our legs.) |
You can't win a Superbowl with Culpepper, I'm sorry. The Dolphins also have no o-line.
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There aren't really a lot of games this weekend that get me excited. Colts/Giants should be fun, although I'm getting really sick of them playing up the Mannings, the two teams make for a good enough game. The Broncos and the Rams could be a fun game in that Denver is expected to be pretty okay this year but still have a big question mark sitting there at running back. Cowboys/Jags? But the Cowboys will fall apart this year like every other team TO has been on so...*shrug*.
I guess that's the problem with a little too much parity, really huge games only come every once in a while. Tonights game was entertaining, though. Close to the end and won with defense, my favorite type of game. I didn't think much of the Dolphins this year, but I can see them getting into the playoffs, maybe even winning a wild-card game (Patriots should come out on top again, though, if Miami keeps playing like that). |
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Saban should have ran down the sidelines and threw the flag at a line ref, or, if worse comes to worst, ran out onto the field and slide tackled the ref (:p). |
THANK YOU REFS FOR NOT SEEING THE CHALLENGE FLAG!! Your blindness helped my fantasy football team this week!!
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Other than BigCunt's case here, that really wouldn't have effected the outcome. Except for prior in the game, the Steelers are a dynamite goal line team, and would have made it into the endzoen regardless. Duce or Haynes could have pounded it in, Parker could have made it to the outside, or we could have made a short pass to Heath Miller, Nate Washington or Hines Ward.
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I am going to watch my cousin who is NE's new kicker kick da bills ass sunday. Most of my family went down to foxboro.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=QhZ-vsOjzgE
A very good Brian Dawkins career highlight mix. Even if you aren't an Eagles fan I think it's very well done and worth checking out. He's one of the greatest safeties who has ever played the game, and my personal favorite Eagle of all-time. Youtube kinda makes it look grainy, but oh well, what can you do. |
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*But then again, McNair can't get away from everyone if the Ravens offensive line was as bad as it was last year. Michael Vick wouldn't have been able to evade some of those hits. :doggy: Should be a good game. |
Should be, I'm looking forward to it, though I always think the worst when the Bucs play. I can never help it. I expect a good old battle of great defenses (you know, like the 35-36 Bucs/Skins game that everyone said would be a defensive game).
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Oh gee what a surprise. Panthers are playing like ass. :mad:
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Wow, this is not good at all. The Panthers struggled badly today. Last year, they came out of the gate and lost a close game to the Saints, and this year they have opened up again with a loss. Last year they were able to bounce back even though they had to fight uphill all year. Hopefully, they'll be able to the same this season.
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They couldn't get shit done. That Abraham dude was like all up in their mashed potatoes. Jake D. was getting rather pissed about it.
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Wow, so much for our offensive line today. Simms was under pressure all day, not to mention drop after drop. Big game next week against the Goons. Gotta win it, can't start off 0-2 and expect to make a miraculous (sp? I'm exhausted) recovery.
Just unbelievably horrible. |
The Bucs basically looked like the Ravens have for the past 3 seasons. Interceptions, passes deflected, sacks...Not a fun day if you're on their side.
McNair was getting smacked around pretty good, but they were all late hits after he had gotten rid of the ball. Last three years, Boller would have either gotten hit or picked off, so now the problems with our offensive line aren't as glaring. I never would have guessed 27-0 though. The Ravens either got their shit together or they're playing way over their heads. Steelers and Bengals both won, so only time will tell... |
I would like to see the Ravens as good as they were today this year. It should be some fun competition for the Steelers. Hell our whole division will be interesting to watch this year then if it's very competitive.
Except for the Browns. They will always suck. |
Well duh, Wojo. :P
The Cards vs. 49ers game may not have been too exciting for the rest of you, but since I had a possible $3000 payday riding on them winning, I was into the game almost as much as a Steeler game. The end was torture, but the Cards did end up pulling off the victory. Thank god. Oh, and my fantasy did pretty terribly. Save Frank Gore. Whoever dropped him a few days ago is probably regretting that right now. |
The Lions almost pulled out a victory against Seattle, which would've been amazing, but of course, in true Lions fashion, they let up a field goal at the end and lost. Yay Lions!
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And now its time for MANNING vs MANNING MANNING MANNING MANNING MANNING MANGAIJNGEodsahgoADOIGjsdogusodg
I am so fucking sick of hearing about this over hyped match all week. |
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I say both mannings will completely blow it and throw interceptions. but whatever, at least 1 manning wins :D. HOORAY!
I watched the jax and cowboys game and hahahahaha bledsoe got picked off 3 times. what a sucker. |
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And how about Atlanta? 2 TDs by Vick, great job by Abraham, and I believe 120-ish yards by Dunn. |
Dunn is a good back even though hes in his 30s. 1 question though, is norwood considered the goal line back, or do they have likie a 3rd back they use for short situations?
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I think Atlanta only has 2 [half] backs - Dunn and Norwood. And both of them are small.
Though Norwood is fast as hell, so I'm not sure if he's a 3rd-down back or not. Maybe their fullback - Griffith? |
I'm more annoyed of T.O. and Parcells. It was fun to watch ESPN this morning, as you could almost see Micheal Irvin's lips attached to the Cowboys ass. Every segment on every pregame show was about the Cowboys. Talk about fuckin' overkill.
The Manning Bowl is shaping up to be the retard Giant defense bowl. 4 possible interceptions in and out of the hands of Giants defenders. As per the Bucs, yeah, they really, REALLY need to take it to the Falgoons next Sunday or else we's be fucked early. Oh, and that 49er/Cardinal game was awesome. I was suprised how well Alex Smith played. |
MANNINGMANNINGMANNINGMANNINGMANNINGMANNING
;___; also Jesus CHRIST does Plummer need to go, and he needs to go fast. Cutler may be a rookie, but at least he's not Plummer. God damn. |
What happened to BRONCOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, Tails? ;)
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You may love that image, but you got shutout by the RAVENS!!!!! jesus, at least the Cowboys scored. goddamn cowboys..... why can't drew make good decisions??? the O-ine could protect better for one. plus it helps when the refs don't call the Offensive Interference call on Wilford in the 2nd quarter. he just about ripped off Henry's head!!! well, 15-1 isn't a bad record.
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Yes, we did get shutout, and I've been in a deep depression since. I can only hope this will shake the team up and get them ready for Atlanta. We have the talent, but if you watched the game yesterday, it was more a question of focus and disipline with all the droped passes, blown assignments and coverages, and dumb mistakes.
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The Bucs won't get shut out every week. I don't think they are a great team, but they are a solid team. They should be competitive in the division. Especially if Smitty's hammy lingers for a lot of the season.
Atlanta impresses in random games every year. One game they'll go in and beat a tough team, and the next they'll lose at home to a team like the Packers(like 2005). I think the best defensive play wins that division. |
The good news for the Bucs already is the fact that John Abraham and Patrick Kerney could both be out with injuries come Sunday. Abraham tweaking his groin and Kerney hurt his tricep. 90% of the game is won and lost prior to the kickoff in the first place, and we saw that yesterday. Complete lack of focus and disipline by the Bucs was evident throughout the day. Droped passes, blown coverages, costly mistakes, the list goes on. The gameplan was poor as well. We ditched the run too early and put it on Simms and max protected every down about. We need a much, MUCH stronger commitment to the running attack.
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deion branch goes to the seattle seahawks for a 1st round pick... WTF, seattle is loaded at wr -.-. I bet they could adopt some sort of spread offense with 4 wr's and alexander. haha that would be nice.
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ok fine, maybe loaded with average talent, but that is stil CRAZY depth
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Let me clarify before someone takes that in the wrong way. Branch isn't an average receiver, and Jackson probably isn't either(although always injured), but they aren't gamebreakers. They are solid guys, which is better than average. But they aren't stars.
Still, that's a pretty quality WR corps. |
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Hey guys, wanna bet how many games the Packers will get shut out?
Out of desperation, they just signed Koren Robinson. This is looking to be a loooooooooooooooong season. |
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Yeah, no shit that's good news. FUCK. Abraham was all up in Carolina's shit. I got annoyed to see that everytime they tried to do ANYTHING. "RAAAAAARRRRRRRGHSGHSGHGHAGGHRGHLGFJ" Here comes ABRAHAM. "HAY LOLSUP I KILL YOU NOW" ._. |
OAKLAND LOL. 9 Sacks allowed to Aaron Brooks. Whats the record in a game anyway? And randy Moss apparently made some comment that is so hieroglyphic that no one can interpret it.
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Are you retarded?
:tpg: I've never really liked TJ, but kudos to him. Now, I'm waiting for him to diss Steve Young. |
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Bravo Tampa Bay! Bravo!
Still 8 quarters without a touchdown. Amazing. So much for Gruden being an 'offensive guru.' |
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Well, the fact that they were on the field way too much is asking for it. They were getting worn down, especially with the offense continually sucking it up and having trouble getting a sustained drive down. We had the same problems, lack of a running attack, defense on the field far too long, turnovers & more turnovers, and a lack of disipline (droped passes, penalties and the like).
Brooks should have scored a touchdown off a Vick interception, but it was called back on one of the most obviously bullshit calls of all-time. It was Illegal block in the back on Ryan Nece. Nece, who had both hands up, and Dunn simply backed up into him and fell down, was called and nullified the touchdown. I was livid to say the least. |
Worst Eagles loss in history of the regular season for me. For those that didn't see the game, the Eagles dominated from front to back for about 48 minutes and then fell COMPLETELY apart. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Our nickel corner who was starting in place of Lito today got hurt, Westbrook fumbles with 4 min left, Michael Lewis lets a fumble recovery slide out of his grasp and Tim Carter recovers it for a TD, a busted play on 4th and 1, LJ Smith drops a pass that would literally have ended end the game, but instead it gave the Giants life, Trent Cole has a personal foul call with 10 seconds left to make Jay Feely's 49 yard FG a 34 yarder.
17 points lost in about 13 minutes. What a fucking joke. We lost Kearse too for the season. Good thing we got a lot of depth on the lines. It's losses like this that made me wish I was an alcoholic. Good thing we got San Fran next week. How the hell can you sack Manning 8 times, hold Tiki to under 100 total yards and under 80 yards rushing, and still lose the game? AHHHH |
Yeah, I saw the Eagles self-destruct in that 4th quarter. Now that TO isn't with them anymore, I'm not rooting against them anymore (since he originally gave the Ravens the shaft when he came from San Francisco...), so it was kind of a shame to see. I come from Baltimore, but I live in an area with all diehard Eagle's fans, so I expect to see a couple of scarred wrists tomorrow at work...I'll have to bring everyone some packs of batteries for when TO makes his return to Philly in a couple weeks (hopefully).
On that note...No touchdowns allowed, an insane amount of interceptions and forced turnovers, an offense that fucking WORKS for a change, a perfect record, no major injuries and a match next week against shitty-ass Cleveland...It's a good time to be a Ravens fan. Just hope we build to 9-0 and lock up a playoff spot before McNair gets hurt and Boller has to step in. |
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1) Thank you Giants!!! Eli "I have Down-Syndrome" Manning came through for the Cowboys! I think this proves that the Eagles can't close out games.
2) Teams I'm impressed with: Chargers, Falcons. I really thought the Bucs would win that game. at least they're not the only 0-2 team in the division! 3) A nice Cowboys win, even though T.O. broke his finger. I hope he's back for the Philly game. that's alright, we'll beat the shit out them anyway even if T.O. is sidelined. 4) jesus, the 'skins absolutely suck!!! their offense is HORRENDOUS!!!!!!!! hahahahahaha..... |
Sigh, what is this sadness coming from Washington =/ I think this pretty much showed much the offense can do without Portis, which is relatively little.
I've never been a big fan of Brunell, but it's way to early to be bringing Campbell in. In any case, the next game is against the Texans, so if there isn't a win there, serious questions will need to be asked. |
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What I'm most shocked about is the Bear's offense. Grossman has taken control of the offense. I think Simms (Bucs) is in a slump. He'll get better as the weeks go on, but he needs to take control as the Bucs D can only do so much. |
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I don't even know how to reply because can't even fucking understand this. |
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Oh, and my sigpic details a much larger problem. |
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And do I see false start offense? Steve McNair was pretty sub-par in this last game. Under 50% completion, 143 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. Those are Vick numbers. |
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Anyway ignoring this Ravens fan and getting on to more important matters like our horrible offense right now. The game isn't over yet but I don't think it's in the cards for us tonight. |
McNair doesn't HAVE to be great. If he can get us 1 touchdown per game and keep the defense off the field (as opposed to the usual 3 and out routine of Kyle Boller, which kept the defense out there for 45 minutes a game), our defense can win the games. As is, he's still learning the offense and I expect him to improve big time by the time games against the Steelers and Bengals roll around (and we were 1-1 against the Steelers last year, with our crappy offense). Remember, Bilick is an offensive genius and he's never had a good quarterback to work with. He does now. (Thank you, Tennessee!)
On that note, Steelers better score some points...They're down 3-0 against JAX in the 4th quarter. Edit: Beaten to the punch. |
Yeah you're right Ravens did go 1-1 with us thats fine. Just for the record I only made that comment before as a friendly rivalry come on. Quazi just goes apeshit defensive for no reason.
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Wojo you can't joke around about such a serious issue. This is the NFL we're talking about.
Also, the Steelers blow today. Bring in Big Chuck, already. |
Heh, I still owe my co-worker a bagel from a Superbowl bet (he was a huge Steelers fan) I still give him hell about how Pittsburgh cheap-shotted Carson Palmer to win the Cincinnati game.
All in good fun. (but the AFC North is going to be a real dogfight...Browns aside, every division match is going to be a life or death struggle) |
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Ouch, another INT...
Maybe Cowher should have let Ben sit this one out... |
Usually when Ben comes off of any injury he shits the bed. Just a tough game for him tonight.
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And, hey, the guy I was facing in my other fantasy league had Willie and Hines still left to play. I guess I won that one, considering the both of them gained about 10 yards.
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Oh go eat a dick will you.
I seriously wanted to drop the issue, but if you want to continue to troll be my guest. I'll just ignore you. |
Both of you, cut it out. What are you, Browns fans?
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I can feel the love here in this thread. Back to the topic at hand however...
couple of big games this week. Jacksonville vs. Indy, Bears @ Vikings, Denver @ New England, and a MNF showdown between the Saints and Falcons. Who takes home the victories this week folks? |
Jacksonville for the upset. Bears for the win. New England gets vengence for last year's playoffs. Saints use Super Dome reopening momentum to dominate.
And most importantly, Ravens go to 3-0. That's my scorecard for Sunday/Monday. |
That was the most disappointing game I've ever been to, and I was at the Colts game in 2003. Pathetic by the defense there. Unbelievable. Just...can't put it into words how bad that was by the defense in the end.
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The game between the Panthers and Bucs felt like a playoff game, especially in the 4th quarter when it got close. Both teams really needed that win, I'm just glad the Panthers came out on the winning end. Simms really showed me something though. He had done a whole lot of nothing for 10 quarters, and then turns it around in the second half of today's game. The Bucs were down 17-0 but were able to fight back.
Also, we saw what Steve Smith means to the Panthers. Him getting back on the field and being very effective after the hamstring injury, as well as Keyshawn Johnson stepping up, were the keys to our victory. I think we're finally starting to get back on track. I just don't know what to say about Big Ben. This is 3 games now, including the Superbowl, where he's had uncharacteristic performances. I thought after his struggles last Monday, he'd be able to turn things around. I was mistaken. He played poorly again. Again, I'm not sure what's going on with him. Maybe all the injuries, and the temultuous year he's had, has taken it's toll. Lastly, congrats to Brett Favre. He became only the second player in history with 400 TD passes. It's also good that he achieved that milestone in a winning effort. |
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Holy...Ravens are indeed 3-0, but...Holy Sweet Drama FTW.
4th Quarter TD (makes the score 9-14). Miss the conversion. Stover Field Goal (12-14) Last second pick-off when Cleveland only has to kick a field goal to put things out of reach (play of the game). McNair gets team down the field somehow. McNair gets hurt. McNair NEARLY gets picked off. 52 YD Field Goal. WIN! 15-14. We should've had an easier time VS Cleveland, but oh well...Still a hell of a win. Their QB and defense looked really good all game. Steelers vs Bengals was a riot...I was rooting for the Steelers just because Cincy was also undefeated, but I kind of forgot once that punt was recovered by Cincy. Crazy shit. |
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.... or the Steelers might be better off if Roethlisberger just stayed on the field. There's always a chance he could get out of this funk. Plus, switching QBs week after week isn't good for any team's chemistry or cohesion. |
The only way Ben's going to shake off the rust and atrophy is to play. I think we can afford to eat a few losses, given last season
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Well to be fair...Ben didn't bumble the punt return and basically give Cincy a 50 yard gain on a punt (and later, a TD). Pittsburgh probably should have won that game otherwise.
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Well, Simms was pretty close to being in a world of shit. Apparently, his spleen was removed and we'll know tomorrow how bad it is.
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That really sucks about Simms. I think it's wishful thinking for Simms to come back this season. Rightfully so. I wouldn't want my QB coming back from a splenectomy for the sake of his health. That is no joke.
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There was a vote yesterday on ESPN.com asking when the Bucs would get there 1st win. i voted not until week 9 when the Saints come marching into town. |
My Lions lost another close game... I thought for sure they would've been able to beat the Packers. Well, at least they got some offense finally going. Maybe next week.
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As per Simms, he's out now for at least 6 weeks, possibly the whole season. We have Shaun King trying out right now (Wow, I can't even put that into perspective), and we will have Tommy Maddox and a few others in town over the next few days for tryouts. Should be interesting. The Lions...well I feel your pain sir. It sucks quite indeed. |
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The spleen they took out of Chris Simms could play QB better than Tommy Maddox. |
Both Oakland and New England have already had him for tryouts.
And yeah I'm still fuming over that Steeler loss. :mad: |
Haha. TO tried to commit suicide.
http://nfl.com/teams/story/DAL/9689202 Yeah it must be hard to live life being ridiculously rich. There's already a YTMND about it. http://tospace.ytmnd.com/ |
TO didn't "try" to commit suicide. He claims it was a misunderstanding, but I think he wanted to act the melodramatic drama queen we all know him to be. "Oh gee I'm so sad and these pills look so tasty."
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Does it say anywhere what type of painkillers these were? I don't like TO at all, but I really don't think he tried to committ suicide. He was probably in a lot of pain from all the injuries he's had over his decade or so in the league, and simply overdid it. I find it hard to believe that he would attempt suicide solely to garner more attention, anyway.
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Apparently the official release of the police report - several hours after the first release - was done in haste.
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It's sounding more and more plausible now, what with the fact that his girlfriend or fiance left him. We'll never really know for sure.
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Who really cares?? as long as he plays well on Sundays and helps Dallas win, he can keep on taking pain meds.
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Lot of potential blowouts this week.
Well, in the more interesting match-ups, I'll go with San Diego over Baltimore (San Diego's first opponent worth a damn, but Baltimore last week against the Browns was just plain messy - they should play harder to make up for it), New England just over Cincinnati (provided Brady is over the Post-Deion Blues, that is), and Seattle over Chicago (with a chance of the Bears playing spoiler - if Seattle's still riding the high of trouncing New York's defense, they could be in for a hangover). That's my take, anyway. |
This is do or die week for the Ravens...As Ray Lewis put it, a win this week could prove we are the best team in the AFC. San Diego is a great team, but I have confidence our defense can dismantle them...The game will depend on how fast we can get into their heads.
Still...A win probably puts us in the playoffs. A loss only drops us to 3-1. I like that set-up myself. Heh, my picks are just the opposite of Sonic's...The other games should be fairly close, but I like Chicago's defense vs an Alexander-less Seattle and Cincinnati would be my favorite team overall if they weren't in the Raven's division. They're firing on all cylinders right now and I don't think NE can knock them off right now. |
What a great ending to that game. I can't believe it doesn't show at my college. Safety, followed by a drive against the "best" defense in the league for a game winning touchdown. Then we sack their unsacked QB to end the game. I like it.
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The Ravens are a scary team. With that defense, and finally getting a QB who can go out and win games, they're going to be an interesting team to watch out for you. I was expecting the Chargers to win today but I was dead wrong on that pick.
Carolina looks to be getting things back in order. We're back to .500 now and only one game out of first place. I'm just glad to have Steve Smith back on the field. Not only that, our running game is starting to come together too, which could be attributed to Smith as well. It got a little dicey there at the end today against the Saints but we were able to pull it out. |
That was close...Didn't think we were going to pull it out. Then 12 yards rushing. Small completion. Mix in a penalty or two. HEAP! Sack. Win.
Guess...we're the best in the league now? According to Ray Lewis at least... |
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The Colts are 4-0 as well. And the winner of the Chicaogo vs. Seattle game will be 4-0 also. |
Talk to Ray Lewis. He said it...
Actually, I remember last year we played the Colts in the season opener (SNF or MNF...one of the two) and could've won the game if we had been able to generate any offense (see: Kyle Boller was our QB). Our defense actually shut Manning down pretty well...They just ended up playing, like, 40 minutes and Indianapolis finally broke through. In hindsight, we've gotten a lot better and the Colts have gotten a bit worse. Would be a close game. |
That's the Cowboys team i wanted to see. yes, their opponent was horrible, but the Cowboys were hitting on all cylinders. Julius looked great, Bledsoe was hitting his receivers and the defense played very well. i'm very happy going into the Philly game next week. T.O. and Terry Glenn wil run circles against an overrated secondary!
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OK, en route to bed (early for me), I decided to try some picks again and improve on last week's 1-2 performance. Only the trickier ones, now (i.e. no points for guessing who'll win in Indy vs the Titans)...
Philadelphia over Dallas - I'm going to go ahead and say that if Dallas focuses on trying to make sure Owens has a good stat day, it'll end miserably for them. The Eagles have to be expecting that to some degree, and furtermore Owens just isn't playing that well. Good yardage against Tennessee yes, but against Tennessee (oh, and no touchdowns, at that). Bledsoe-Glenn is working much better, but the Eagles defensive line is not the Titans defensive line, and Drew should expect to get plenty of grass stains on his pants. San Diego over Pittsburgh - Statement time. San Diego put the game on their defense and got burned, and Pittsburgh has had two weeks to get the rust out of their QB and special teams. I honestly don't think Ben will be himself for at least a few weeks more (or longer, if he gets injured Simms-style), and with effective clock-milking, the Chargers could do much to keep him, and their own defense, off the field. Baltimore over Denver - I don't consider Denver to be a great team, just an efficent one. They'll probably focus their defensive game plan around turning the new guy on the Raven O-line into a revolving door, naturally, but Denver has a habit of tuning out of their own games early, and as the last two weeks have shown, such teams are Baltimore's favorite dish. |
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Anyway, it should be a fun game to watch tonight. I'm looking forward to it. :) Double Post: It wasn't very fun. :( |
The Steelers are lacking fire and motivation.
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Lemme do my best interpretation of a player on the Buccaneer defense...
"HIGH LEIK LEMME FORGTE HOW TOO TACKEL!" Goddamn, at least Gradkowski looked good. As for the Steelers, I actually just got back from a cruise to Cozumel today, and I met some of the coolest fuckin' Steelers fans ever. One of em, which I had a pretty long conversation with, looked just like Bill Cowher. Not that it means anything, but just reinforces the fact that I have yet to meet a bad Steelers fans. /suckthesteelersballs |
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Plummer STILL can't seem to get a 0 under the INT line. But looks like McNair is the new Jake Plummer. 3 INTs? No wonder the Ravens didn't get anything done.
Javon Walker has the potential to be a big threat. We just need to give him the ball more. |
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And I know I saw a bunch of Steeler jerseys and Myron's Terrible Towels in the crowd in San Diegio. ='D |
I actually had a bus tour come in Sunday with nothing but Steelers fans. There were a good group. Granted I saw them BEFORE the Steelers loss. ^^;;
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I wouldn't read too much into this loss, since this was an extremely entertaining and tight game. With those weather conditions, anything could have happened. Carolina's next for us, so that will be an interesting test. |
The punt was 10 yards.
I put that loss entirely on Jamal Lewis. We need to get rid of him, he is not the man he was 2 years ago. This Anderson character however has potential. It was a very exciting game for the first half and a terribly disappointing one in the second. |
Carolina-Baltimore is gonna be a good one I think. Even though the Ravens lost last night, they're still among the elite teams in the AFC. And the Panthers, now that Steve Smith is firmly back into the fold, seem to be back on track. Delhomme and McNair better watch out though because Ray Lewis and Julius Peppers are gonna wreak havoc this weekend.
I think it's clear now who the best team in the league is right now: The Chicago Bears. If Grossman is gonna keep playing like this, and putting up 20+ points a game, it's gonna be lights out. You might as well pencil them in as the NFC representative in the Superbowl. Most teams probably aren't gonna put up more than 15 points against that defense. But again, Grossman is the key. We'll see if he can keep these performances up or not. |
Definately Chicago is an awesome team this year. I think they have great potential to win the Super Bowl as long as they don't slack off.
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Agreed...The Bears are downright scary. They're like...the Ravens. Except they score oodles of points for added intimidation. I have them penciled in for the NFC Championship game (vs either Eagles or Seattle) and the Super Bowl.
Heh, I work in DE with a bunch of Eagles fans. I always replace the "Fly Eagles Fly" song with "Fly Ravens Fly"...Pisses people off (for real, I think) or catches them offguard. I have the altered lyrics hanging in my cubicle...I'm just waiting to come in and see a death threat scrawled over it. |
I'll be more convinced that Chicago can hang around with the major contenders after they play one. Sorry if I'm not convinced the Bills and J.P. Losman are a high-powered offense. The only offense or team for that matter with any merit to them that they've played is the Seahawks, and they were minus Shaun Alexander (which is a huge difference). They won't play a team worth a mention until the Giants in about a month, and even they're a shakey team.
Looking at Da Bears schedule, they should win homefield-advantage throughout the playoffs. If they don't, then they won't make it far, because their schedule looks like a breeze. |
Well, yes, the Bears' schedule is fairly light, but life's been kind of hard on them since the last time they were in the playoffs, and teams with rough times get softer schedules, for the most part (though in contrast the Patriots schedule is almost inexcusably soft for a team that made it through Wild Card Weekend the previous year...who knows why). Which isn't to say that a 'soft' team can't still provide a challenge. Heck, ask Peyton Manning if he thinks the Titans are tough or not.
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The Bears have been impressive so far, but they need to prove they can win in the playoffs. Their last 2 playoff appearances have resulted in quick exits.
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I blame Kyle Boller for this loss. McNair's got no pressure to perform well with him behind him...If Boller were good, McNair would have stepped his game up to keep his starting job. Stupid Boller.
/rant I kind of agree, but I want to think Jamal is (still) recovering from that really bad off season where he got busted. But both of his "replacements" have looked impressive when they were in there...No denying that. Salary cap casualty in the making? I would think so... |
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Jamal has had alot of problems since that 2000 yard year he put up. He was in trouble with the law (I believe with possession of cocaine and selling of it -- though he never did the stuff aparently). He's got a strong offensive line in front of him, so I think its more of a mix of him getting older and possibly having some mental instability.
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Big win for the Panthers. All in all it was a great game. McNair going down for the Ravens certainly didn't help their cause, but when Boller came into the game, he kept them in it. Ironicly enough, it wasn't losing McNair that cost them the game, it was their defense that lost it by allowing a couple big plays down the stretch, mainly that big touchdown score by Steve Smith after they had just closed the gap to 2 points. The Panthers win, coupled by the Falcons loss, puts us second in the division. I was rooting for the Eagles to beat the Saints but that wasn't do be. We've got another tough game next week against the Bengals.
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Who dey? Who dey? Who dey think gonna beat them Bengals!?
THE BUCCANEERS! That was truely a great game. What an amazing finish. Bring on the Eagles. |
I won't say I forgot to make picks...I'll say this was my bye week....yeah, that's it. Would've wound up with a big old goose egg with my woulda-picks though...what a week.
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Just glad Tampa finally decided to pull one out against Cincy, so we only lost a game against Pittsburgh going into our bye week. There going to some uptight people at work, with the Eagles losing. People were talking on Thursday how they were going to walk all over the Saints. |
I'm lollin' so hard that the BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS lost to the Lions.
Only Buffalo could lose to the worst team in the league. |
Sucks to be a Raiders fan this year. Now they're 0-5...and the only winless team in the NFL.
Way to go Denver! And no INTs this time for Plummer. About damn time. |
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And man, about time the Lions got a freaking win. Of course, once I sat through those 12 straight losses a few years back, none of the Lions' struggles are all that surprising anymore. And actually, in the pick 'em thing I do, I took the Lions this week as a huge risk, so I'm twice as happy they won. |
Wow, well I said last week that the Bears were the best team in the league right now. This week I'm saying that the Raiders are obvioiusly the worst one. I don't even think the Lions were this bad when they had their losing streak. I haven't seen a team in awhile that just seems to be inept at every facet of the game... they can do no right! Al Davis must be rolling in his grave right now... oh wait, the old bastard is still alive.
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Admist multiple power outages throughout the night, looks like DA BEARS are having some problems tonight. Aren't they and the Colts the only two undefeated teams left this year? From the looks of it, might be COlts left in that category.
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The Cardinals' lead is dwindling. They're only up by six points now, with about four minutes remaining. Here's hoping the Cardinals can pull off this huge upset.
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If the Cardinals still manage to pull this off, I'll be amazed.
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It's looking good. They're already set up for a short field goal, indoors, with Neil Rackers at kicker. :)
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daaaaaag. 24-23. Maaaaaan. Amazing.
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Wow, it must've been a big dick to choke on for the Cardinals.
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Arizona forces 6 turnovers and they still can't win the game. Sucks big time.
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Jesus fuckin' Christ, how do you fuck a twenty-point lead up when Rex Grossman is your opposing quarterback? Congrats to the Cardinals, they're heritage of losing continues.
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4 Ints by Grossmen, yet the Cardinals allow two fumble return TDs and a punt return TD.
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Well, while most people are talking about how colossal a loss this was for the Cardinals (and it was indeed colossal), I'm now seeing this as more of a revelation about the Bears, even in victory. Last night's game showed what happens, and what will happen, when Rex Grossman struggles. Now, I don't think he's gonna be having 6 turnover (4 INTs and 2 fumbles) every week, but Chicago is going to find themselves in trouble against the elite teams if he doesn't play well. It was just one game but it could be a foreshadowing of things to come if they don't make the necessary adjustments.
And damn, 55 yards on 36 rushing attempts for Edgerrin James, and a fumble that changed the tone of the game. "Shut down" isn't even enough to call what happened to him. |
I like how at halftime I thought the Bears would come back, and win. This is the Cardinals we are talking about. Too bad my prediction was correct, as I'm a Packer fan.
How long will it be before ESPN cans Joe Theismann. I'm sick of listening to him. |
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And Bishop, I have to agree that we already hyped up the Bears offense due to their winning streak - along with them beating a Alexander-less Seattle. Rex Grossmen is good, but he may not be as effective and dependable near the end of the season into the post-season. Arizona doesn't have a "shut-down" defense, so I was quite surprised with the result as Seattle did very poorly and their defense is thought to be pretty good. Still, with six turnovers, Grossmen really didn't allow the offense to do much as even Thomas Jones had only 39 yards rushing and he was projected to run up and down Arizona's defense. Looks like Lovie Smith will be reviewing what went wrong as they head into their bye week. |
Did anybody see Denny Green's after-game conference? Bleepfest. He was understandably not happy. Arizona clearly could have and should have won that game, but they choked.
Chicago needs to get their act together. Sure it's the first time they're 6-0 in 20 years, but there's still 10 more games for them to play. |
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Yeah...Coach Green will be seeking some O-Linemen this offseason (or by the trade deadline, whenever that is - today, maybe?) because they pretty much have legitimate starters in the rest of the offense. |
A couple NFL-related headlines:
>> In rush to retire? Giants' Barber 'leaning toward' it >> Bears safety Brown out indefinitely after foot surgery >> Favre angry that NFL turns its back on Robinson |
http://pictures.greatestjournal.com/...3243852/453539
I know this doesn't add to any conversation, but who cares. |
Interesting day of football so far. Tampa Bay over Philedelphia, 7 to 0. They forced the number one offense in the league to give up 3 turnovers, one resulted in a TD.
And Michael Vick finally threw his first 3 TD game of his (pro?) career, and it's only the first half. |
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Ronde Barber is player of the week on defense, 6 tackles and two INTs which were brought back for TDs.
And holy shit 62 yards, 'sup Matt Bryant. And Vick and the Falcons won in OT, 41 - 38; 4 TDs for Vick. Some great games today, I must say (San Diego and Kansas City, being one of them). |
Today made me sad. Steelers lost, and I lost in the NFL Survivor Poll I was in, with a total purse of $3500. :(
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E: Wanna see a Donovan McNabb turn into an ice sculpture? Check it out! http://youtube.com/watch?v=3vnNdsQRMWs
That image of McNabb and Reid will forever be etched into my mind. I do, however, love the fact that I listened to the radio during that kick and heard Gene Deckerhoff and Hardy Nickerson go completely insane. Holy fucking shit. I was still in a complete state of shock after he made it. When Westbrooke broke 5 tackles and ran 50 yards I was cussing up a storm. My brother said he heard me from the sidewalk outside our house. Then, by some dumb-luck miracle, Matt Bryant makes the kick off his life and I lose my head; Jumping up and down and screaming at the top of my lungs "NO WAY, NO FUCKING WAY!" What a goddamn game. Blow a 17 point lead then just by the hair on your ass walk away with a win. |
That was a crazy game. 3rd loss this season that the Eagles handed to the other team on a silver platter. We need to cut down on the damn mistakes.
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The Eagles usually don't play stupid like this, but for whatever reason we are this season.
Giants loss - Trent Cole kicks McKenzie in the crotch. 15 yard penalty, Jay Feely gets his FG moved 15 yards closer. Saints loss - Tie ball game. Eagles stop Saints on a sack, which would result in a punt and Eagles getting the ball around 3:30-4min left. 12 men on the field. The 12th man(Omar Gaither) wasn't even near the sack and him being off the field would've resulted in a sack anyway. Saints have a 3rd and 5 instead of 4th and 15 and pick it up to win the game. Bucs loss - McNabb throws a stupid pass to LJ Smith at the end of the half instead of throwing it out of the end zone and settling for a FG. Then Jerome McDougle kicks a penalty flag to give the Bucs 30 frickin total yards up the field. It can make you pull your frickin hair out. |
The Patriots are going to run away with the AFC East AGAIN.
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This pertains to Madden NFL 2007 rather than just NFL discussion, but I'd like to just show it to everyone, because I laughed my ass off on this one.
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Fuck Ben. Fuck Cowher.
Ben is now a gun-shy, bitch of a quarterback. Cowher is apparently satisfied with only one Super Bowl win, and no longer gives a shit. Here's to the first overall pick. |
Them Raiders sure are a fearsome team. I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've seen a team score 20 points when their quarterback had stats of 5/14 for 51 yards and 1 interception.
On the other hand the Ravens finally showed some offensive production, driving 80 yards down the field to get McNair one of his 3 touchdowns, but as usual our defense provided the padding with two interception returns. Glad to see the Falcons and the Colts win with Manning having an unbelievable game and Vick showing that he can pass too. |
Well, I was at work for a good part of the game today. Seems like doing work was a better idea than watching that game. I'm thinking that was the nail on the coffin for the season. I really don't see them getting any better. I do find it odd that this team, for the most part, was the same team that won the super bowl last year. That is a very concerning issue. Steelers also lack depth in their lineup so don't plan them to rebound next year. I hope I'm wrong believe me.
Good thing the Pens are kicking ass right now, maybe that's why I don't care as much about the Steelers this year. |
A big part of the problem with the Steelers has to be their attitude. Last year, no one expected us to win the Super Bowl. We were underdogs. We played better as underdogs. Now, though, we think we're the shit for some fucking reason. If Cowher actually gave a shit, he might have set everyone straight, but he really seems to have lost his fire. It's a shame to say, but I wouldn't be sad to see Russ Grimm or Ken Whisenhunt become head coach after this season. "Cowher Power" just ain't getting the job done.
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Quazi probably didn't even watch the game, otherwise he would have known that they didn't score a single touchdown on offense. The performance of the Raiders' quarterback had absolutely no effect on the outcome of this game.
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I'm well aware they didn't score a touchdown on offense as you can obviously tell by the fact that I looked at the stats of the game. I just found it amusing that a team that managed to have 98 yards of total offense managed to beat the Super Bowl champions of last year. I don't know, seems kind of unusual. |
It's unusual, to be sure, but it's not unprecidented. The Texans managed to a game in a remarkably similar manner their first season.
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Ben isn't as good as he was from. Whether it's mental or the side effects of the physical pain(s) from the accident and whatnot, only he knows. But the Steelers aren't as good as last year, dropping off from the Super Bowl. Though, I'm surprised that Oakland has a 2-5 record; they're not last anymore. |
Ben had his second concussion this year a week before he played. Obviously he wasn't all there. Cowher is an idiot for letting him start, and even moreso for keeping him in the game.
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It seems like every year Tom Brady loses a key player on his team, but every year he just keeps on winning ball games. Last night was no exception. He totally carved up a Vikings defense that had been playing very well this season. At the beginning of the year, it was certain they'd make the playoffs because of the sorry division they play in, but I didn't think they'd be a Superbowl contender. Belichick and crew have proven me wrong once again. The Patriots are still among the elite teams and next week's matchup against the undefeated Colts (who also had an impressive win over the Broncos) will be very interesting.
The Panthers are horribly disappointing right now. By all accounts, they should be at least 6-2 or or 5-3, yet here they stand at 4-4. Last week, they had the Bengals right where they wanted them and let it get away. Then, this week, they start out with a 14-0 lead against the Cowboys, then all of a sudden forget how to catch a pass and let Dallas reel off 35 unanswered points. The way Vick and ATL are playing right now, winning the division seems out of reach, but maybe we can somehow get our asses in gear and nab a wildcard berth. I feel sorry for the Steelers, I really do. They, pretty much, have the same roster that won the Superbowl last year, but they just aren't clicking for some reason right now. It looked like things were turning around last week. Big Ben was having a great game before the concussion. They just don't have an identity at the moment. Their running game isn't as strong as in years past and their ability to stop the run has also wained. They're gonna keep playing though. Unlike some crap teams that tank the year to get in the lottery, Bill Cowher will have his team ready every Sunday to compete. That's for damn sure. |
Bishop, you're forgetting that the 5-2 Saints are also in your division. Panthers should be better than their playing, especially when nearly everyone had them going to the Superbowl.
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Arizona lately has made me say one thing. Minnesota's best move was getting rid of him. He's shoving Arizona downhill. And the Indy/Denver game pisses me off. 2 sec left and Indy kicks a field goal to win. BOO HISS. |
See, while I may want us to continue on our virtuous quest of mediocrity for a high draft pick, that never happens with the Steelers. We'll end up with some god awful 7-9 record and a shitty pick to boot.
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The Steelers are playing better overall than they did in the Superbowl. Look at the stats. We blast nearly every team we have come up against. Our weakest link at this particular moment is Ben Roethlisberger. The only place the entire team is not coming up strong is in points. Points don't matter when determining how they WILL do next week. The defense kicks ass when they have the chance, and the offense will find its place. This season's not over, and if you knew any history you'd realize it's far from over. As long as the Steelers have one chance, you can't count them out, so quit your pessimistic bullshit! Watch a press conference given by Cowher. He wants to win; he wants to stop making mistakes, and he wants to win more games. He is NOT complacent. As soon as Ben Roethlisberger finds his way again, we'll be the superbowl-caliber team again. This season's not over, and your whining and bitching about a "shitty pick" that we're doomed to get is stupid. Ben Roethlisberger was a shitty pick, and there's no need to break his legs. Give him a god-damned chance, and that's what Cowher's doing. I'd say they know what to do better than you do. Ben can throw 50 interceptions in one game due to mistakes against the Browns, and then the Steelers could shut out the Colts the next week. How do you know how the season's going to turn out? Fairweather fans, I tell you. Pay attention to the big picture |
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I apologize. Clearly I was wrong about you!
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A couple of great matchups today:
Cincy/Baltimore Dallas/Washington Denver/Pittsburgh and the main event: Indy/New England Another good week of football, and a Sunday night rivalry match that many is looking forward to. |
I'm actually rooting for Denver today. Rod Smith is on my fantasy team.
Plus I can't root for a team that are a bunch of underachieving retards. |
I'm still rooting for the Stillers. We'll see if our offense is able to turn it around.
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How 'bout dem Bears?
They showed signs of it against Arizona, but still, them losing today has to be the biggest surprise of the year. That and the fact that the Raiders won a game. Umm, go Falcons? |
Man, it's good to be a Ravens fan...Though I will openly say the Bengals got hosed on that 4th and 4 call, where it was clearly a hold on the guy with the long name. Oh well, it made up for that one spot, where Bilick was audibly calling out for a "goddamn measurement!" and we had to kick a field goal because the clock was running.
Definitely pulling for Denver here...A Pittsburgh loss makes a playoff spot all the more likely for the Ravens and renders this a two-team race (I was a Cincy fan before we got the Ravens, so I'm still rooting for them from a distance...Just not over the Ravens!) And Chicago...WTFF happened there? I love the grapic: 28 points for Miami off turnovers and that was their total at the time. And I'm picking Indianapolis FTW later on... |
Week after week, I've been sitting here waiting for Grossman and the Bears to hit a wall, but it never came.... until today! 4 turnovers for Grossman (3 INTs and 1 fumble) and 6 for the team overall, that's just crazy. And, on top of that, their defense played like shit today as well. So now, all the people in the media can stop comparing this defense to the '85 team. It's gonna be interesting to see how they rebound next week, more specifically, how Grossman rebounds next week.
I'm picking Indy to beat the Patriots tonight as well. Even though the Patriots run the ball well, and Indy's defense probably couldn't stop my grandma if she was in the backfield, I still take that prolithic offense the Colts poesses. Ironically enough, it could come down to Adam Vinatieri when the chips are down. |
What happened during the last play in the last Ravens drive? I have to watch on NFL.com because Baltimore never gets shown here in Philadelphia, but I was more than a little surprised when I saw this line come up in play-by-play:
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Ben actually looked pretty damn good today. Good to see him back in form. Also, I loved it when we ran the no-huddle. I don't think I saw a single false start during the time we ran it, and it appeared to be very effective. I'd like to see some more of it in the upcoming weeks.
And, yeah, turnovers killed us again. At least I have Javon Walker on my fantasy team. |
Sooo sad, bout that loss for us Steelers
Making it harder and harder to look forward to next week. And 1st quarter...what the fuck? |
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Add 70 rushing yards and over 100 receiving yards to that and you have yourself one successful day at the office.
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Speaking of the guy with the long name (taken from AP): "We're just a better team than they are. We didn't win the game and I'm sure they'll get a laugh over that," he said. "But deep down, we know we're better than Baltimore and they know it. We've got better players than they do." What a pathetic sore loser. |
So the Bears lose to go to 7-1. The Colts win to stay perfect. And Tom Brady threw four INTs against the Colts (who do have a good pass defense, just a horrid run defense).
The game was pretty good, and pretty close on paper - though those 4 INTs were where the Patriots did wrong. |
The world is flat. Parity doesn't just apply to seasons but individual games.
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So, the Colts beat the Pats to improve to 8-0. I guess I was in the wrong, I took the Pats. One of only a couple losses picking with a point spread this week. I wasn't able to watch the game, can anyone give me a detailed scoop? I thank Ryuu for filling me in a little, but was that the main story of the game? Did Brady play bad, or was the Colts pass defense just that good? Were the Pats able to run the ball?
I also hear that Harrison was great for the Colts. I saw the highlights of one of his TD catches, that was impressive. What do we all think of the Monday Night game? Looking ahead to next week 10, we have a couple interesting match-ups: San Diego @ Cincinnati New Orleans @ Pittsburgh Chicago @ NY Giants And a rematch of a great game earlier in the year: St. Louis @ Seattle Discuss. |
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Though the highlight was the Colts Defense (at least that's how some see it, ESPN.com titled the recap "Defense grabs 4 INTs to help Colts remain unbeaten"). 5 Turnovers (4 INTs and 1 Fumble) and holding Brady to zero TDs in New England. Though Brady still threw for 200+ yards. Vinatieri did miss two field goals (37, 46) of his four attempts. Pats' kicker missed one of three attempts. |
I don't what's more sad: The Raiders offense, the fact the Seahawks are dominating without their two star players or the fact that the football game is far more entertaining than wrestling tonight.
Everytime I look up, something bad is happening to the Raiders. Props to ESPN for still hyping this sorry match-up. And Kornheiser's tirade on how bad the Raiders are...That was pretty funny. Tell it like it is! Thumbs up to Michael Irvin for putting the Ravens #3 overall (behind Colts and Pats), despite taking heat from his cohorts. |
The Jets owned the Patriots. Made my day better. :tpg:
Also this week seems to be about upsets and comebacks. The two teams I knew for sure that were going to win were Tennessee and Cinncinatti. lol I was wrong. Tomorrow night Buccs at Panthers on Monday Night Football. Might have to switch up from watching Raw to see this. |
The Ravens Tennessee game was simply ridiculous. McNair was almost singlehandedly the cause of 16 points scored by the Titans, but at the same time he threw for 380 yards and 3 touchdowns. The story would likely have been completely different if Ray Lewis was starting.
Oh well, at least we avoided the upset with a field goal block. |
That was one of those games where I'm thinking, "Okay, IF they don't score anymore...IF we score some TD's, we have a chance." Lucky for us, they couldn't even muster a field goal in the second half. And McNair to Mason for the TD in Tennessee had to be sweet for both of those guys.
Hopefully now that we're in control of the division, they'll let Boller take some of the shots and rest McNair for the playoffs. The Tennessee QB is good though...They might be contenders next year. They sure didn't look like a 2-7 team. Of course, the Ravens defense didn't look like a 7-2 defense in the first half either. |
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The Steelers finally won a close game. Pretty happy here.
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Panthers finally played like the guys I've loved the past few years. It took them 3 quarters to get their shit together, but I'm stoked that they got the win that they needed.
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To call last night's win a must-win for the Panthers would be a complete understatement. In the first half, they played with no ambition or sense of urgency. Tampa Bay had several chances to blow the game open but our defense kept us in the game. In the second half our offense finally came around. With that win, and the Saints and Falcons losing, we are just 1 game back in the division.
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Biggest hush-hush don't tell anyone story of the week: Pats sign VinTest. Patriots management losing faith in Tom Cool?
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I'd just like to thank both the Ravens and Bengals for beating the Falcons and Saints today. Because of those outcomes, and the Panthers winning against the Rams, Carolina is tied atop their division with New Orleans now. It's been a somewhat disappointing year for us, but it seems we're finally getting things together now. Our defense was amazing with 7 sacks. Our offense wasn't all that good but we were able to make plays when we needed to.
Bring on the Redskins next week. |
The Pittsburgh/Cleveland game was a close one. They showed the last few seconds of the game after the Cincy/New Orleans one (Brees throwing for over 400 yards in a losing effort - ridiculous).
And it appears Donovan McNabb is out for the season. Ouch. Edit: Brees actually threw for 510 yards. Geez. |
Ahahaha Colts lose. 1972 Dolphins get to get drunk tonight.
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh hhhhhhhhhhh..........AY!!!!!!
Cowboys, son! I predict a Colts-Cowboys rematch in the Super Bowl. Cowboys win 9-6 in a FG shootout. |
This is probably the only time I'll ever be glad that Dallas won.
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Anyways, Chad Johnson made another great showing - this time with the Bengals winning. After the 260 yards and 2 TDs in the lost against the Chargers, Johnson comes back with 190 yards and 3 TDs. |
Who said shit about Mike Vanderjagt? You guys are just hating on the renewed Cowboys dynasty.
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Last year they went 9-7, and this year they're 6-4. Those are hardly "renewed dynasty" numbers.
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Dunno about all that, but if Tony Romo plays as good as he did today, the Cowboys could make some noise. With the NFC in such wretched shape, they're as good as anyone. Except Chicago. ;p
Ravens=8-2=Only 3 playoff wins for Championship? Our remaining schedule isn't exactly difficult. We probably only need to go 2-6 (or even 1-5...maybe) to take the division. Of course, home field plus getting to sit out a round would be sweet. |
Renewed dynasty, ahahaha. To steal a line from Rick Pitino, Emmitt, Troy and Michael aren't coming through that door.
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They don't need to. We got Tony, Julius, Roy, Demarcus, and Terrance holding it down.
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Don't forget your awesome field goal kicker, Vanderfaggot, to complete the so called dynasty.
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You spelled Terence Newman's name wrong. And the lack of a WR shows something. |
Man, that's just downright racist.
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I don't see any racism.
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But he's black (the blackest!). And you called him out on something he did incorrectly. Pretty blatant racism.
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I was completely kidding on the racism, comment btw.
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As was I. By the way.
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I like how Jake Plummer is about the be fucking DONE.
God, can we put Cutler in already,PLEASE. So tired of #16 killing Denver week after week. |
I've never felt better about going into a VS Steelers game...If we lose, who cares. If we win, we're up 5 on them with 5 to play. Most intercepted QB vs defense with most interceptions...I like those odds.
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Hey, I finally remembered to do this again on Saturday night! Ironically, the only game I see a semi-serious contest going on is Chicago v New England.
Truth be told, I dunno. I'm pretty big on the Patriots in general, and Grossman certainly plays badly enough to lose for his team lately, but the Bears defense is a well-oiled machine, and if the Colts pass defense can make Brady look buffoonish, Da Bears' certainly can. Still, when the Patriots are good they're damned good, and as mentioned, I'm a Pats fanboy at heart. So I'll stick with a Patriots pick. Do me proud, boys. |
Sass and I headed out a little after the third quarter began between the Pats and Bears, and I told her, "If the Ravens won, that means the Pats can too." Sure enough...
Mike Vick is an albatross on my fantasy football team (I've got him and Carson Palmer) and while I didn't play him (and will very likely win), he's so inconsistent I wouldn't be surprised if he found himself on another team in the near future. |
I don't go into work until Thursday...I've got plenty of time to think of proper gloating methods for Steelers/Eagles/Giants fans. I wouldn't be surprised if my Ravens banner in my cubicle ends up desecrated by the end of the year...
Everyone I talk to (now) agrees: Colts vs Ravens in the AFC Championship game and it'll all come down to whether or not we can stop Peyton. |
You can stop Peyton. All you have to do is remind him hes playing a playoff game.
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Schaub may be coming in, but Vick has talent to do something, if not be a QB somewhere. Transition to WR? Probably not. I like Tony Romo for the Cowboys, but that's a given - though Rex Grossman, QB for the Bears, is kinda similar to Vick. Great in some games, but some horrid one as well. He had 2 3 INTs games in his last four games. |
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Since the Eagles suck and will continue to suck until Reid is fired and they actually get some defensive players in here, the best team to me looks like the Chargers right now. They are winning without Merriman and have the best balance of offense and defense IMO.
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Well, so it seems the writing is on the wall more or less for Simeon Rice here. Simms will apparently be resigned (according to the paper this morning), but I have some serious doubts about his actual future here. Simeon Rice and Brian Kelly will probably both gone next season. I do have next season to look forward to (top 10 draft pick, 4 picks on the first day -- up to 30 million under the cap).
On the topic of the NFL in general, I think the best team is either the Chargers or the Ravens (despite that loss to the Bengals). It'll be interesting to see come playoff time if teams like the Colts or Bears in particular will actually be able to compete and win when it really counts. Oh yeah, Capo, Wojo...you's goin down this week. |
I sure hope so!
I'll still be rooting for my boys, but inside I know it's better for them just to lose. D= |
Definitely forgot about Thursday's game. Didn't even notice it was there until Sportscenter talked about it.
It's on NFL Network right? Meh Bengals beat the Ravens... |
Yeah its on NFL Network. The interesting thing is though is that most of the cable providers that carry the NFLN are not paying more money for the primetime games. So, unless you're in the local area, you won't get to see em, even if you have the network. And, the great thing is, they failed to inform us sooner (which is bullshit).
I'd rather lose this weekend. I see us at 5-11 at years end. It'll be interesting to see if any heads roll around here. Unless Gradkowski shows improvement, and Gruden is still around, I could see a top end QB draft pick here in Tampa Bay. |
The Ravens weren't particularly outplayed, we just couldn't get as much for our 300 yards as the Bengals did for theirs. Stover missing a field goal due to a bad snap on his second try (the Bengals called a timeout just prior to the snap on the first one, something that I feel shouldn't be legitimate at all.) and BJ Sams, one of the best returners in the league, getting a broken leg did not help at all.
Either way, as far as losses go, that one wasn't very worrisome except for the loss of our star returner for most likely the remainder of the season. |
Well, the Giants can kiss their season good bye. Yet another loss, but look on the bright side Giants' fans, Eli played like the mediocre qb he is, and not like the extremely terrible one he was playing like recently.
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I've decided that the Giants are almost as much fun to watch as the Ravens just because I can see Coughlin's soul being sucked away by the team he's failing to coach. Two plays stood out for me:
1)# 97 Mathias Kiwanuka intercepting Romo's pass and then immediately dropping the ball for a fumble to let the Cowboys gain 5 yards and get a new set of downs after failing to sack Vince Young last week. 2)Plaxico Burress, after drawing a questionable pass interference call, charges across the field to ram a Cowboy defender 20 minutes after the play was called dead. Last week (oh and the one before that) Burress gave up on seemingly reachable passes that ended up as interceptions. The Giants are on a roll. |
I don't like how unconfident I am about this Patriots team. I knew they'd win in the end, but I'm getting the feeling others don't expect them to.
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Bears won the division, so they have a playoff spot.
As for the rest of the NFC, wildcard seems interesting enough. Dallas seems set to take the NFC East, while the NFC West favors Seattle (St. Louis, San Francisco and Arizona...I can't see it). NFC South seems to be New Orleans by the way they're playing, but Carolina is still there. If N.O. does win the NFC South then it'd probably come down to the Giants, Panthers, and Falcons for the Wildcard. Anyways, Arizona won, which means it's just Oakland and Detroit tied for the worst record in the league. |
I'm loving this AFC wild card race. Denver has the first spot with a 7-4 record and the Jets, Bengals, Jaguars and Chiefs all have a 7-5 record. This should be an interesting playoff race as the season draws closer to an end.
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Thanks to the NFL Network and Thursday games I didn't hear about the Steelers-whoever game until today.
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I hate the NFL Network for making games on Thursdays and Saturdays. What happened to tradition?
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There was one Sunday morning many years ago, for instance, where a pregame broadcast crew was offering up one of those superfast videos where the groundscrew at Giants Stadium was at work altering the endzones for a New York home game on Sunday after a New York home game on Saturday (I forget which team played which day). The difference this year is that NFL Network has the broadcast rights to all of the Thursday and Saturday games. |
tomlinson broke alexander's 28 td record. damn he is good.
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Wow, this is one of the more uplifting days of Baltimore football I've seen in awhile...Ravens win big by playing close through most of the game and both Pats and Colts look insanely vulnerable now, along with Denver looking worse by the week. Cincy wins a gimme and they're still 2 back with 3 to play. And we've beaten SD (the other current AFC powerhouse ATM) this year. My gloating rights are fully intact, it seems.
Although the Giants fans at work have right to be in high spirits as well...Beating Carolina was no easy task. Congrats to Tomlinson for not only setting the record, but setting it with 3 games left to play! Insanity... |
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Too bad that Indy has fallen down to earth like a plane with its wings clipped. I personally don't wanna see Ego Manning win the SB.
I'm feeling even stronger about a Bears/Chargers matchup for the SB this year. Bears haven't been totally on top of things lately, but I feel they have the best chance in the NFC to make it. Chargers are gonna run all over them though. As for my Broncos, I think we need to can a few offensive lineman. If you can't protect the QB, you fail. And some of them are failing miserably. |
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I'm still calling Colts vs Ravens for the AFC Championship (provided we don't meet earlier). Both Tomlinson and Jamal Lewis can make things hellacious for Indy if their weakness is as glaring as everyone thinks it is though... Will definitely be a great January, regardless. And tonight's game aside, I like Dallas for the Superbowl in the NFC. Chicago is almost too obvious a pick at this point, so I have to root for the team that has kept me entertained (for better or worse) for the whole season. |
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Dallas doesn't really excel enough in my eyes to be in the Superbowl. On the AFC's side, though, there's a lot of contenders. Ravens, Chargers, Colts - playoffs are going to be interesting. The Eagles surprised me though. Still in the playoff hunt even though McNabb is out for the season. |
Why do you guys keep including the Colts.
Why do you guys keep including the Colts. Why do you guys keep including the Colts. Apparently I'm the only person on earth who's been watching the Peyton Manning Playoff Show for the past few years. Nothing's changed folks, the Colts are going to get sent home like they do every year. |
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Yeah well the playoffs are all set... How the hell did the Chiefs manage to sneak their way in there?
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It was a VERY disappointing year for the Panthers. So much potential there and they underachieved pretty much the entire season. The NFC, overall, has been atrocious this year. For awhile there, it looked like none of them wanted to make the postseason.
In the AFC, I'm looking for either the Ravens or Chargers to come out. In the befuddled NFC, ....I dunno, it probably doesn't even matter at this point. The Bears are the easy pick but I don't trust 'em. Maybe the Saints can make a cinderella run and make it to the big game. In the other news, the Cardinals fire Dennis Green after 3 seasons: http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/ARI/9901740 (Who didn't see this one coming?) And damn, Broncos CB Darrent Williams shot and killed: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2716385 |
Um. So...Falcons fire Jim Mora as coach. Article
Not really sure about this idea since now Vick gets to learn yet another offensive scheme under a different coach. Kansas City was a huge surprise for me. I REALLY thought it would be Denver (as I'm sure everyone else did), but it didn't happen. Three from the NFC East this year, though I really didn't think the Giants would make it after their freefall in these last couple weeks (or the Eagles for that matter after they lost McNabb. Go Garcia). |
*sits back to watch the carnage*
Ravens destroy Steelers and Bills in back-to-back weeks, then get a week off to watch the first round of the playoffs. Love it. I'd say the Ravens-Colts potential pairing I predicted has become much less likely...The Chiefs can run a lot and that should spell their doom this weekend. Worse comes to worse, they won't stop Jamal Lewis if we have to play them. Hopefully the Chargers will lose before they get to us, but we've beaten them once and we can do it again. Giants vs Eagles is going to cause a stir in my work place, with all of the New Yorkers that commute during the week and all of the people from the DE/PA area. Huge congrats to the Eagles after being dead in the water. Super Bowl prediction: Ravens vs Saints. Ravens win. |
MY 2006 NFL PLAYOFFS PREDICTIONS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Wild Card Round #6 Kansas City Chiefs @ #3 Indianapolis Colts: #3 Indianapolis Colts #5 New York Jets @ #4 New England Patriots: #4 New England Patriots Divisional Playoffs #3 Indianapolis Colts @ #2 Baltimore Ravens: #2 Baltimore Ravens #4 New England Patriots @ #1 San Diego Chargers: #4 New England Patriots Conference Championship #4 New England Patriots @ #2 Baltimore Ravens: #4 New England Patriots NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Wild Card Round #6 New York Giants @ #3 Philadelphia Eagles: #6 New York Giants #5 Dallas Cowboys @ #4 Seattle Seahawks: #4 Seattle Seahawks Divisional Playoffs #4 Seattle Seahawks @ #2 New Orleans Saints: #2 New Orleans Saints #6 New York Giants @ #1 Chicago Bears: #1 Chicago Bears Conference Championship #2 New Orleans Saints @ #1 Chicago Bears: #2 New Orleans Saints SUPER BOWL XLI @ MIAMI, FLORIDA #2 New Orleans Saints vs. #4 New England Patriots: #4 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS |
Now that my computer is finally fixed, I can re-join the discussion.
I think the Chiefs, with Larry Johnson and company, will take out Peyton and the Colts this weekend. Unless Indianapolis' run defense actually, oh I don't know, holds LJ to a significantly low margin (say, less than 100), I'll give the Colts the edge. As per the Jets/Pats game. I think we're in for a really good game with two rivals clashing. I like the Pats in this one, but it'll take a last second field goal to hold down the Jets. I also like the Eagles to stave off the G-men and the the Seahawks to take care of the Cowboys. Whoever called a Ravens/Saint Superbowl, I couldn't agree with you more. |
So draft order has been released.
Raiders get the #1 pick, Lions #2, Bucs and Browns will fight for #3 and #4 (via a coinflip). Lions are keeping Millen, which means they may go for ANOTHER WR in the first round for the fourth straight year. |
Well, I'm a Patriots fan by nature, so of course I'd like to see them in the big one, but personal druthers aside, I'm actually hoping for a Chargers-Saints bowl, or as it would probably be called, the Drew Brees Grudge Match.
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Sorry, guys, you're all going down.
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I think the Pats, Eagles Chiefs and Seahawks will all move on. The Giants have no right to be in the playoffs with the way they played the second half of their season, and I see no reason that Eli will suddenly learn how to throw a football. I also think that LJ will run for 600 yards againts the Colts last ranked run defense and the Chiefs will eliminate Peyton and th Colts
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The Eagles caught fire at the right time. One step at a time to Miami.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!! |
Yeah I think (and hope) that the Eagles will roll though the Giants.. and congrats to LT who rightfully dominated the mvp voting.
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Pennington wins comeback player of the year.
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Yes Bill Cowher just announced his retirement. He chose to go out in style rocking a Bill Cosby sweater.
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Chiefs go three-and-out on their first drive.
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The Colts defense was playing great. Held Larry Johnson to 32 yards rushing, and Trent Green to 107 yards passing. The also forced 2 INTs and a fumbled (which they recovered).
They gotta keep playing like that if they want to go to the Superbowl. Peyton played poorly, but not horribly though. 3 INTs sure, but he was 30 for 38 for 268 yards and a TD. Pretty much his flaws today were those 3 INTs (2 to Ty Law). |
You are done Dallas. DONE.
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HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS?!?!!
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Romo must feel like absolute shit right now. What an ending.
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God it feels good to see Romo fuck things up like that. After all I've heard from Cowboy fans on how awesome he is, it was only fitting he was the one who screwed up.
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I would hate to be Romo right now. Jeez, that can't be a good feeling when you botch setting the ball for a chip shot field goal (which probably would have won the game).
Not exactly the ending I envisioned for that game. |
The next Brady, guys!
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Well I have to say, I'm kind of disappointed after today. I'm a Chiefs fan when Pittsburgh isn't around, but oh well.
At least Dallas fucked up. |
Y'know, as much as I hate Dallas (and oh I do), I can't help but feel bad for
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Seattle may not be my city, but being up here in the northwest, Portland adopts all the pro sports teams they have that we don't. I'm not deeply invested, but I'm sure as hell rooting for them through the playoffs.
However, while I may loosely be a Seattle fan, I hate the Cowboys with a passion the fires of hell don't burn with. The Hawks can lose 56 to 0 next game, I'll shrug, but seeing Dallas lose the way they did fills me with great joy. There was a lot of yelling and high fives going on at my place over all those pyscho last half plays. I would of rather TO botched the game, but anyone in a Cowboy uniform failing in such a grand manner is okay by me. |
I swear the Chiefs game was near-scandalous...I mean, they must've been trying to lose. That's fine...Let's see Peyton throw some interceptions next week. Chris McAlister and Ed Reed will both be glad to take 'em to the house! Colts die next week...
Poor Romo...People in the Northeast hate Dallas too, but I was pulling for them just because they were underdogs VS last year's NFC champs. I won't shed a tear for them, but I was staring in disbelief well after the game ended. I mean, the game was OVER! Dallas had WON! And they LOST! Crazy shit... |
If the Patriots win Sunday, things are looking bright for the Ravens. We're playing a team notorious for playoff chokes at home with the possibility of having the Pats topple the Chargers so we won't have to travel to San Diego.
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God.....that Cowboys game literally broke my spirit. I was supposed to go to the club and shit after that and I just....went home and went to sleep, it was so damn depressing.
The only thing I can say is.....maybe Romo comes back next year with some hair on his balls. He's for all intents and purposes a rookie QB. They make mistakes....even ones of epic proportions like this. |
Wow that was some ending in Seattle. Botched snaps seem to be the way teams are going out.. It costed the Bengals a potential playoff spot, the Giants a win a few years back and now the Cowboys.
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Asante Samuel got another INT for a TD. Sass and I LOLed.
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Eagles beat Giants 23 - 20...believe it or not...another Football game this year, dependent on a field goal
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It's worth noting that, when setting up my bracket, I changed my mind about the Eagles-Giants and gave it to for the Eagles. So, after a regular season where the underdogs won 55% of the time, none of them win in the first round of the playoffs. Gamblers must be breathing a little easier, even if two of the games came down to field goals (one that was botched and one that was made). I feel bad for Tony Romo after watching that fuck-up, but then he should've tried a little harder to elude tacklers. I'm not sold on the Colts just yet. They're going to Baltimore (where it's expected to be unseasonably warm but shitty weather) and the entire team has been heating up (including Jamal Lewis). Of course, I can't sell myself on the Ravens either (MCNAIR :(). We'll have to see what the conditions are. The only game I'm worried about is Patriots @ Chargers. I'll buy experience over n00bs and a shitty coach most days, but the Pats have been beaten by the run and, in case you hadn't heard, the Chargers have a record-breaking MVP running back in his prime itching to take his game to prime time. |
What's wrong with McNair? The guy's done nothing but win since coming to Baltimore. I have as much confidence in him as I would Brady or Manning (okay, REGULAR season Manning!). It's not like we need to put up 6 TD's per game...He gets the job done, even if his numbers aren't sparkling. Remember: He has a win over the Chargers this year.
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McNair has at least gotten to a superbowl, more than Manning can say to this point. If Manning throws 3 interceptions again, or makes too many mistakes, he won't be fortunate enough to be playing Trent Green who decided to play it too safe and avoid his receivers all day (granted, there were drops, but that doesn't excuse his performance). McNair has plenty of playoff experience, and he doesn't have to put it all on his shoulders. It'll be a tight game, but I like the Ravens in this one.
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Man that game was too close for me. I knew it was going to be close though because Eagles Giants games are always dogfights. Next up we got a huge challenge on our hands. It won't be easy. It is the Eagles vs the world in this game. Everyone is pulling for NO because of katrina and because of the cinderella story.
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Eagles played solid...The Ravens killed the Saints pretty badly even with their "home field advantage", so that looks about dead even to me, much like Eagles vs Giants were. I'll pick...:cow: ...Saints by a field goal. Have to hand it to the Eagles for not throwing in the towel with McNabb gone. That'll be interesting to sort out in the off-season...Congrats if they make it to the Finals or better. Best weekend of football: Coming next week! The worst game will probably be Seattle vs Bears and that's last year's NFC champs vs a 13-3 team still. That's Grossman's game to win or loss. I'm feeling upset there. Oh, and I like Pats over Chargers. Give that one...Hmm, Pats by a TD and a field goal. |
I can't imagine the Seahawks beating the Bears. It'd be like the Chargers losing to the Raiders.
(P.S.: Don't get me wrong; I want the Colts to lose. Colts vs. Patriots in AFC Championship = 7 days of "WAAAAAAAH MANNING VERSUS PATRIOTS AND HIMSELF WILL HE BREAK THROUGH?????") |
I can imagine the Seahawks making it a close game, thanks to Rex being a fuckwad and throwing 3+ intercepts again, some returned for TDs. Seattle should really try giving their defense a little more time on the field and take the lead, then just rush with Alexander or throw to Branch for some big plays.
I hope that Peyton gets his ass handed to him by the Baltimore defense. Enough said. McNair is just doing too damn good this year (well, except the game he lost vs the Broncos :) ). Perhaps Peyton will make a new commercial after he loses, quoting "I suck" instead of "D-fence". Eagles vs Saints ... I'm rooting for both teams because I want Garcia to have the best playoff game of his life, but I also want Drew Brees to have a good game as well. They'll probably set up Bush to be the decoy on the field a couple times and try throwing to Horn or screen to McCallister. I'd have to say that with LT, the Chargers can win at any time in the game. Let's face it - LT has won several games by himself single-handedly. However, Brady being the veteran 3-time Superbowl winner, the Patriots will give the Chargers a run for their money. Oh yeah, remember that its Bill Bellachick vs Marty Schottenheimer. Marty KNOWS how to screw up playoff games like he's done in the past, but his players are still too damn good to allow the Patriots to take the lead late game by a field goal. |
Both of the AFC match ups have me excited for the weekend. Colts v. Ravens and Patriots v. Chargers should both be good games.
NFC...not so much. I don't care for the Seattle/Chicago or New Orleans/Philly one. Maybe the latter a bit, but I'm not as excited to watch those two like the two AFC games. On that note, I'm pretty sure it's the AFC coming away with the SB win again this year. |
Ooooh, if the Pats have to kick a late clutch field goal, there are going to be a lot of heart attacks in Patriots Nation. Gostkowski is not nearly as reliable as #4 was.
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Ryuu, the AFC games have me pumped as well. I'm looking forward to the Ravens D vs. Manning matchup. Should be extremely fun to watch. The Chargers/Pats should be interesting, particularly because Rivers will be making his first playoff start which could mean trouble for the Chargers. |
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Pretty cool video of some guy who was at the Eagles/Giants game in the stands recording Akers' game winning kick. |
Apparently both the San Diego Chargers and the Chicago Bears are hoping to achieve MAXIMUM HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE++ by limiting ticket sales to their respective divisional playoff games to people within a certain area surrounding the stadium.
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Anyway, it's a cute idea, since home-field advantage is really only limited to your fans and the noise level they can produce. Since there's an ton of Patriots fans out there, it probably won't impact the game too much. It really ultimately shows that the team isn't worried if they don't have enough fans to fill the stadium and make it look like someone cares the Chargers are in the playoffs, just as long as they keep the other team from benefiting from it. |
Some douche predicts a Baltimore-New Orleans Super snorefest.
Here's what I predict as the order of most to least appealing Super Bowl matchups, BTW:
I got bored with the last 7. I'm obviously not interested in seeing the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, and Philadelphia is not that exciting a team without Donovan McNabb. |
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Some of my family say they are going to Miami if they go the Super Bowl hehe. Oh he is cousin by the way on my moms side. Only 1 year older then me =p I am happy he got 60,000 extra dollars for the two playoff games so far. Insane. |
Ridiculous defensive game in Baltimore today. 6 TOs. 4 by Baltimore (though that last fumble by McNair really wasn't big in my mind as McNair acted/knew the game was over), and 2 by the Colts (Manning INTs again).
Vinatieri was best described by Dungy - "Money." 5 FGs. |
Wow Manning actually made it past the second round of the playoffs?
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That was...winnable for us. We lost by a matter of inches (two balls were about to be intercepted by Ed Reed, but were deflected by Ray Lewis and McNair's first interception was close). And the refs blew 3 calls: A BS holding call on Ogden, they whistled Reed's interception dead when he was able to return it (and they WERE returning it) and there was clearly a late hit before that (I think on Mason) that should have been good for 15 yards. That stings, but keeping that in mind, I have no doubt we'd have won if a couple of those 6 things had gone our way because it was a close game.
We made a lot of mistakes and our offensive playcalling was...awful (that's twice Jamal Lewis has done nothing in the playoffs), but we were pretty much even with Manning the whole way (remember: he should have had 2 more interceptions). Addai though...He's a good RB. He definitely dented our defensive line. |
The first Reed interception was dead, he was touched by the Colts receiver when he came down. The second however, holy fuck. Reed laterals the ball to Cmac before he landed out of bounds with loads of potential for a strong return.
On Lewis, he averaged nearly 5 yards a carry and Billick gave him a lowly 13 carries, how the hell does that make sense. My take on the game: Someone painted Kyle Boller black and threw him McNair's Jersey because that wasn't Steve McNair I saw out there. |
WHO DAT? WHO DAT?!!
NEW ORLEANS: 27 WHO DAT?: 24 |
I'm so glad to see the Saints win. I'm really looking forward to seeing them face the Bears next round.
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Man, both Eagles and Ravens die the same day...It's going to be a surreal aura at work this week. Saints though...They're the real deal. Reggie Bush got fucking GORE!ed in that first drive though. That was one of the hardest hits I've ever seen on someone...I swear he was horizontal before he hit the ground.
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Tough loss with dumb playcalls by Reid and bad defense. Very winnable game that will bug me the entire offseason. Oh well, I'm used to it being in Philly.
If the Eagles go out and get some defense in free agency, specifically DT and SAM LB, then this team will be much stronger next year. Oh and a strong safety too. Considine BLOWS. Go Eagles |
I have one question for Andy Reid. What the hell was he thinking when he punted on fourth down with like 2 minutes left? Did he really expect to get the ball back?
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How 'bout that Steve McNair, huh? More or less proved my vague point.
http://home.comcast.net/~the66thdope...terPHIatNO.gif Additional Spam: Why did the Bears just take the timeout? Both of these coaches suck. OVERTIME IN CHICAGO Matt Hasselbeck: "WE WANT THE BALL, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GONNA SCORE." When is the NFL going to adopt the college football overtime system? P.S. Bears win http://home.comcast.net/~the66thdope...erSEAatCHI.gif Additional Spam: My sister is trying to tell me that, in the event that someone commits a fair catch, then kicks the ball the ball through the uprights, that kicker's team gets four points. O_o Additional Spam: Pats behind the Chargers 10-14 at halftime, but the Pats had a great drive and might have some momentum going into the next half. I like how I'm the only person who cares right now. Additional Spam: PATS WIN! WIDE RIGHT! LACES OUT! |
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Patriots versus Colts at Indianapolis. Reuniting Vinateri with the Patriots in the AFC Championships. I'm loving how the post season is working out. I really thought San Diego was going to win this one and win against the Colts to go on to the Super Bowl, but I was wrong. Colts/Patriots and Bears/Saints. The Superbowl is going to be crazy. |
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What a ridiculous pair of AFC games. All field-goals in IND@BAL, just ugly play all-around in NE@SD. Of course, this AFC Championship will be the NFL's kin to Red Sox-Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS. I already feel like the Bears have lost the NFC Championship. |
WOOOOOOOOOO GOST GOST aint no thang. Brady drove it to FG range once again.
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I got Bears and Pats.
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I still vote for Pats-Saints, or Colts-Saints.
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The Saints are the wise-guy pick. I don't think they are that good. They barely beat the Eagles and they Eagles weren't that good... and I'm an Eagles fan. The only reason we made the playoffs was because the NFC sucked and we could string off key wins against the weak NFC at the end of the season. Our run defense was pathetic all year and the Giants just weren't good enough to exploit it. The Saints did.
But the Saints defense sucks and I don't think the'll be able to handle the cold loud Chicago environment. |
So basically, what you're saying is: whoever wins the AFC wins the Super Bowl.
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It depends. I could see Manning choking in the Superbowl against a tough Bears defense, but if the Patriots make it I think they win regardless of who gets there from the NFC.
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I'm 7-1 in my playoffs prediction.
...not too bad. Colts and Pats winning goes to show how close the 4 remaining AFC teams were. AFC will win the SuperBowl. |
Dopes the only wise one here~
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At this point, I'm just rooting NFC...Colts and Manning can suck an egg and I'm tired of seeing the Pats win it all. The Bears are fresh and Saints (perennial losers most of their existence) are a feel-good story, Katrina aside. I'll do like the rest of America and root Saints.
Good god though...How could the Chargers LOSE that game? It's madness... |
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All I can say is that if you go for it on 4rth and 11 in the first quarter for no reason, as opposed to kicking a field goal, you deserve to lose. Honestly, what the hell is that coach thinking. I hope he feels like an asshole now that that Chargers lost by a field goal when he could have opted to kick one.
I think that now I'm rooting for a Pats-Bears Superbowl. I really hate the Colts, and I think Tom Brady is going to lead the Pats back to the Superbowl. I really don't care who wins this year, I just don't want it to be the COlts. |
I'm predicting a Patriots and Bears superbowl and HOPEFULLY the Bears come out with the victory.
I also want to see a new version of the Super Bowl Shuffle. |
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I formatted my computer but failed to retain by bracket, so you'll just have to imagine the rest. Not that anyone cared.
Anyway, ESPN's head NFL honchos, Len Pasquerelli and John Clayton, have picked the Colts and Bears for their Super Bowl matchup, leading me to bring up again my list of what would be the most popular Super Bowl matchups.
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Oh hell - we got Prince performing at Halftime during the Superbowl, and the 4 teams playing for their conference championships = I could care less about.
Indianapolis = I hope they lose badly (when Vinatieri kicked the last field goal I got irritated at seeing Dungy go "money, money, money!"). Plus, I'm thinking the Colts purposefully made themselves look bad this season with the crappy run defense they had. All of a sudden their defense looks great in the playoffs. Wow, way to go Colts! You had us fooled! New England = Lucky as hell they beat the Martyball. Well then again, no luck needed - let Schottenheimer be the stupid playoff coach he is. Anyway, I hope they lose too, since they've hogged the playoffs and Superbowls this century (where's Denver when you need em? OH well, losing to a 5-10 team in the last game of the season proves you don't deserve any playoff contention) New Orleans = I'll be rooting for them. Since #1 San Diego can't get it done, perhaps Drew Brees can have his sigh of relief that he jumped off the Martyball to a new team with new weapons in hand. Yeah, Chicago has the #1 defense in the NFL, but I don't think the stats are good enough to hold back Deuce, Reggie, Drew, Joe, and Marques. Perhaps they'll take a 2-score lead and kick another onside kick like they did vs Dallas. That was sweet! Bears = Rex Grossman doesn't care how they win - he just wants that Superbowl ring. OK REX - even if you throw an interception or 5, just as long as the defense can hold the Saints at bay, and have them punt it back into your control. In which you can make another first down, then throw another interception. The Bears were reluctant enough to swat down throws that would have turned into interception TD returns for the Seahawks. Alexander kept it a close game as well, so Deuce will most likely pose the same threat. I bet these guys will lose - and Rex will definitely have to consider another team or 2nd string. |
I prediciting the home teams will win - I might change my mind before kickoff. I have a gut feeling the Colts will win it all because they are on a roll - similar to the Steelers last year. I hope I'm wrong because I don't like Manning (who does?).
I hope the Bears lose - 'cos I'm a Packer fan. |
Well the NFC Championship game looks to be over. After that Reggie Bush 88 yard TD (which was awesome to watch BTW), the Bears basically decided to be better on offense.
32-14 in the 4th. Looks like the Bears are headed to the Superbowl (and Lovie Smith technically being the first black coach to go to it - as long as they finish off the game). |
I may have to destroy Fred Thomas.
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WHO DAT GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS?
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Goddamn this Colts v. Pats is epic.
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One of the greatest games I have ever seen. Period.
2007 AFC Championship Game. My God. Bears v. Colts. Superbowl. Cannot wait. |
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YES YES YES FUCK YOU TOM BRADY FUCK YOU |
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Go Colts! |
real bears eat horses alive.
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I like how Tom Brady just ran off the field when that game was over.
"brb cutting myself" |
So much I could say about Tony Dungy after what he did for this franchise and this city. God I was so happy when that pass was picked. Tony, with all his class and respect, will be able to play for a title.
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I hate the Pats and I hate the Colts, so tonight was kind of a lose/lose situation for me. That being said, I really fucking hate Tom Brady, and the game was pretty damn entertaining.
Here's hoping the Bears will dismember the fuckers. |
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I second the Amen.
This looks like a good battle though. I cant wait until Manning loses his first super bowl appearance. |
Alright, now that I'm a little calmer...
The Pats and Colts both had gifts in this game (Caldwell wide open a couple of times, the catch in the end-zone where the guy was pushed out), but once the game got down to 3 minutes and the Colts had the ball I knew it was over. Brady just had to throw a pick and that would do it OH HEY LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. I can imagine every Patriots fan thinking to themselves when they got possession in the last minute, "This looks familiar..." I wrote the Patriots off after the Colts scored. There's no way anyone can hang this loss on Tom Brady...he did everything he could to keep the Patriots in this one but the bad wide receiving and the aging and depthless defense ultimately did the trick. They had the Colts so many times in this game and they just let them stick around. The Colts are now guaranteed to win the Super Bowl; there's no way the NFL will let the Bears, led by Rex Grossman, Mr. "I didn't give 100%," beat Mr. "I'm the best quarterback in the NFL so I should win a Super Bowl." The first-black-coach-in-the-Super-Bowl angle has no relevance now...how about the first black quarterback to WIN a Super Bowl? |
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Go Bears! Grossman for president! |
I was 1/2 in my picks. I loved the Bears in that game, but had the Pats too. Everyone will be predicting a Colts blowout but I think Bears play it close and maybe win it.
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I thought I was gonna be so wrong for picking the Colts to win when the Pat went up 21 - 3. As much as I don't like Manning and Polian, I want the Colt to kick da Bears' ass! |
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damn straight :tpg: amazing game indeed. haha, that first-black-coach-in-the-super-bowl angle was kinda funny. and then we got the second-black-coach-in-the-super-bowl and it was like, owait... |
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