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Studio 46 - Non-TPiR Discussion => Out In Left Field => Topic started by: bigblue999 on August 02, 2015, 04:42:46 PM
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We are officially one week away from the start of preseason with the Pro Football Hall of Fame game.
Who's your pick to win the Golden Super Bowl this February? I'm picking the Arizona Cardinals. I believe their defense will be strong and if Palmer can stay healthy, they will be a contender this year.
My division picks:
AFC East: Buffalo Bills
AFC North: Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC South: Indianapolis Colts
AFC West: Denver Broncos
NFC East: New York Giants
NFC North: Green Bay Packers
NFC South: Carolina Panthers
NFC West: Arizona Cardinals
Wild Card picks:
AFC: New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins
NFC: Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions
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I'm going with Packers vs Colts for the Super Bowl with the Packers winning it all. Both teams are great and have the offense, but the Packers have the better defense of the two. My division picks:
AFC East- Patriots
AFC North- Ravens
AFC South- Colts
AFC West- Broncos
NFC East- Cowboys
NFC North- Packers
NFC South- Panthers
NFC West- Seahawks
AFC Wild Cards- Steelers and Bengals
NFC Wild Cards- Saints and Vikings
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Call me crazy, but I'm going with Panthers and Ravens, with the Ravens winning a close one. As for the division winners and wild cards, my choices are:
NFC EAST: Cowboys
NFC NORTH: Packers
NFC SOUTH: Panthers
NFC WEST: Seahawks
NFC WILD CARD: Lions, Cardinals
AFC EAST: Patriots
AFC NORTH: Ravens
AFC SOUTH: Colts
AFC WEST: Broncos
AFC WILD CARD: Bengals, Steelers
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I'm picking the Packers to win the Super Bowl too. They've got (arguably) the most complete team and the motivation of avenging last year's NFC Championship game. And they'll beat the Steelers because I think they'll be the most "playoff ready" team going into the playoffs (look at who they have to play in their last 6 games and you'll see what I mean).
As to the rest of the playoff field...
AFC East: Patriots
AFC North: Steelers
AFC South: Colts
AFC West: Broncos
NFC East: Cowboys
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Panthers
NFC West: Seahawks
AFC Wild Cards: Ravens and Dolphins
NFC Wild Cards: Giants and Lions
Also, Aaron Rodgers will repeat as NFL MVP.
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I too believe it's going to be Colts-Packers in Super Bowl L, with Rodgers's experience getting him world title #2, at this preliminary stage.
For each division, I'm guessing:
AFC East: Patriots (but Miami makes a strong run, possibly with Tannehill reaching for elite status)
AFC North: Ravens (Steelers a longer shot if they transition well enough)
AFC South: Colts (barring injuries, probably no question here)
AFC West: Broncos (but Chargers and Chiefs will probably make them work for it)
NFC East: either Cowboys or Eagles (it'll probably come down to whichever remains healthiest; New York could have a shot too)
NFC North: Packers (too loaded not to, although Minnesota is getting stronger)
NFC South: Panthers (they could be major sleepers to win it all if Newton remains consistent, I feel)
NFC West: Seahawks (still in prime shape for a Super Bowl run, particularly now with so many key contributors resigned)
Best guess for AFC Wild Cards: Dolphins, Chargers, Bills, Steelers
Best guess for NFC Wild Cards: second place finisher in NFC East, Cardinals, Vikings
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It is still not going to be the Packers.
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AFC East: Dolphins. The Patriots will make a run at the division once Brady returns but the 4 game hiatus opens the door for other teams and I like Tanahill as an up and coming quarterback and with Suh now teaming with Wake that pass rush will be dominant. I do think that the Patriots get a wild card. The Bills have some weapons in McCoy and Watkins and their defense is good but their quarterback situation will keep them out of the playoffs. The Jets are too weak offensively to be a factor.
AFC North: Steelers: Big Ben had an awesome year last year and I see that continuing. The Bengals should have made a coaching change several years ago and the Browns are the worst organization in the AFC. The Ravens are an X factor that could complete for a wild card, especially if Flacco has 1 of his better years.
AFC South: Colts for sure. With an awesome off season adding Gore and Johnson, Luck has loads of weapons to work with as he enters his prime. Even with a strong defense with Watt, the loss of Johnson and the quarterback situation will prevent the Texans from being relevant and now Foster is hurt. I think Mariotta is a wait and see proposition but the Titans are a couple years away under a best case scenario. This division belongs to the Colts.
AFC West: Broncos: Peyton is past his prime and the loss of"the other Thomas" doesn't help but none of the other teams are really good enough to dethrone them. The Raiders will be improved and Carr and Cooper will be a duo to watch but the Raiders won't be good enough to complete for the division. Jamaal Charles is totally awesome baby but he doesn't have enough help around him and I don't sense that the Chargers will be good enough to dethrone the Broncos either. Any of the 3 could be a wild card but I think the Ravens take the 2nd wild card.
NFC East: Eagles: Stealing Murray from the Cowboys was a double showcase winner for the Eagles getting themselves a star player while weakening their division rival in the process. And they have good receivers. Bradford ay not be durable but I'm taking the Eagles here. The Cowboys lost Murray and haven't exactly found a good back to replace him. Even so with Bryant aboard and the offensive line the Cowboys have I'd pick them for a wild card if it hadn't been for the fact that they had an intra team fight a few days ago. That is very worrying as it seems that the boys in big D have chemistry issue. The Giants season could go either way and the Redskins are the worst organization in the NFL and have been since Synder bought them.
NFC North: Packers. I don't like the Packers but Rodgers is an elite regular season quarterback. I think I now like the Vikings rather than the Cowboys for the 2nd wild card. I think Bridgewater will continue to develop and I have a gut feeling that Peterson will come back with a vengeance. The Lions lost too much to free agency and the Bears are stuck with Cutler.
NFC South: Panthers: Newton is coming along nicely and that defense should be elite. The Falcons will be mediocre at best and I don't think team bountygate will be a factor. I'm so glad team bountygate has been weakened by the loss of Graham. I think Winston will have a lot of growing pains as a first year.
NFC West: Seahawks: Their defense is still strong, Lynch is back, and the addition of Graham gives Wilson an outstanding new weapon. I think my Cardinals will take the first wild card as our defense is strong, I think Palmer will have a bounce back year and we have decent receivers. The Rams have a good enough defense to win the Super Bowl but their offensive offense will keep them out of the playoffs. Gurley was a great pickup but the Rams still need help at the quarterback and receiver positions. The 49ers are now a terrible organization that suffered a lot of retirement and free agent losses and will suck and that's a good thing.
Super Bowl pick: Colts over Seahawks.
My realistic goals for my Cardinals are to beat team bountygate in week 1 and to make the playoffs.
GO CARDINALS!!!! :)
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Not sure why everyone is convinced and assuming Brady's suspension is being upheld at four games, if at all, given the court case pending, not to mention the mounds of evidence that has me still believing he's not only innocent, but the whole deal is held up by the Ideal Gas Law, which Vincent claimed to have ignored during the leaked statements earlier today. Furthermore, the precedent, in either case, as held by the CBA, and prior examples: First, and foremost, the inflation policies. These state that only $25,000 can be fined, and it's a team fine. It is not an individual player's fine. Secondly, furthermore, even if such is the case intentionally, and we assume Brady had wrongdoing, Favre's non-compliance was $500,000; not four games and $2 million. Also that Goodell claimed that he would not get punished for refusing to hand over his cell phone. There's even debate about that, if he's contractually obliged to. The CBA says nothing about these items.
As for the cell phone crap? Yeah, that doesn't look good, but I find it a major red herring to the actual point. See my final sentence of the first paragraph. Because I expect this argument to be used against me: Brady is not a repeat offender, and for that matter, neither are the Patriots. 18 months is the span you have between offenses to be labeled differently, as stated by the CBA, and more commonly recognized in Suh's stomping of Aaron Rodgers' leg.
Last note: Even if this all was intentionally done, which doubts the science, Goodell's hypocritical stances of inadmissability of evidence, etc. this does not impact the integrity of the game, no matter how much he says as much. Salary cap breaches (historically), steroids, head trauma, and domestic violence are much more pressing issues in this league. On the third and fourth points, look no further than the Junior Seau controversy in Canton, and Hardy's suspension, which is now equal to Brady's. In what world should Hardy have equal punishment?
This needed to be said, because this whole process pisses me off. It's an illogical consequence that ignores the science behind it all, covered with smokescreen. Media and NFL delight; more eyeballs, more storylines, and more interest in the product during its offseason when baseball usually reigns supreme. My point of saying all this? Two pronged: Correct common mistakes being made here, especially those assuming Brady is out for the first four games, extremely prematurely, and in light of existing evidence, and the awful work of Exponent. The other reasons? Well, predictions.
As such, here are my divisional breakdowns:
AFC East: Patriots. Brady plays all 16 games, similar to last year's numbers, with a slight uptick overall, but still enough to be a Top 5 QB by the advanced metrics, thanks to a weakened defense, especially its secondary, even if the front seven will be fun to watch. The first game agains the Steelers will score record ratings, and the fifth game of the year, at Indianapolis, will end with many narratives of the Patriots running up the score the next day. They win this fairly easily.
AFC North: Steelers. It feels odd to type this, but the big problem with Pittsburgh will be its defense. They are a great offensive team, having ranked second last year in weighted offensive DVOA.
AFC South: Colts, because there is no other option at this point. I thought they had a very poor offseason, still not addressing their run defense concerns, and added offensive pieces that add little to no upgrade to fix their holes. Hoyer and Mallett don't wow, but the rest of the team does, especially its D-Line. Foster being hurt is no matter, given a RB's little value to a team in today's game; Blue is competent enough.
AFC West: Broncos, and not by a lot. I think Peyton still has enough in him to get to the playoffs, but it won't be much, certainly not enough for a bye. The defense remains average, the ST poor, and the offense very good, excellent if Manning shows his last few months were no more than a fluke.
AFC Wild Cards: While they won't win the division (unless Brady's suspension is held up, even then not sure I'd pick Miami), I think the Dolphins are an absolutely interesting team to watch this season as the 5 seed. How far they go is kind of like Denver: It's all up to Tannehill. Love most of their parts, but I don't think he's quite there. They could be the Ravens a few years ago, given their makeup. Likewise, a similar team in excitement, if likely less so QB-wise, my team for the 6 seed is the Texans.
NFC East: No idea what Chip Kelly was doing; I'd put the Giants above them right now. Murray is a vast overpay, and like the Colts, money better used elsewhere. Running back are fungible. Dallas will be fine, not only for this reason, but their downright awesome offensive line. I see no reason to pick against Dallas right now for this division.
NFC North: Packers; very well rounded team, if unfortunately coached very poorly, which is frequently their downfall. But watch for Minnesota, they're going to be really interesting at the end of this year, and I expect a big burst from them, come 2016, if just barely miss out.
NFC South: I'm torn between Atlanta and New Orleans here, given schedule ease here, but I'll take age 36 Brees over new FAs, new coaching staffs in Atlanta, which can often be a big what-if. Not thinking Brees declines just yet. Carolina is in the close but not quite camp for me this year.
NFC West: Seahawks. Didn't like the deal for Graham, not as a slight on Jimmy Graham, but just how much Max Unger meant for a team that is so run heavy over the middle. It won't show on box scores, but that will be their undoing, not to mention that awful deal they signed Lynch to. Expect the 49ers to have a top 5 pick next draft, Rams offense is too offensively woeful, and the same questions remain on Arizona as last year: Offense. Expecting a 36 year old Palmer to be healthy and effective isn't realistic, and don't see it happened. Best he's ever been by DVOA was 12th in 2007. Don't expect close to that, so yeah, not good.
NFC Wild Cards: Atlanta will hang around with New Orleans all year, but a rough start will put them in second, and good for the 5 seed. Also from the NFC South, no more cap mess for the Panthers, no suspensions from that D? Like them kind of under the radar good. They won't have the schedule strength afforded to the Falcons and Panthers, so that puts them as my 6.
Tough Super Bowl pick, but I think New England over Green Bay. I thought about this for probably 20 minutes, but yeah, this is actually a tough year to pick, much more so than most.
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Aldon Smith has been released by the 49ers due to his recent arrest.
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The NFL Hall of Fame enshrinnents are tonight. This year we will be inducting players Jerome Bettis, Will Shields, Charles Haley, the long overdue Tim Brown, and the late Junior Seau. Also being induced are executives Ron Wolf and Bill Polian. Congratulations to the class of 2015.
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Also senior nominee, longtime Vikings center Mick Tinglehoff
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So the first points of the year come on a 36 yard field goal by Shaun Suisham at 5:59 p.m. AZ time.
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NFL power rankings are out, and Atlanta sits at no. 24. Their two top draft picks (both RBs) are on injured reserve, but it's preseason (first game this Friday against Tennessee), so we'll see how things play out without them.
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Freeman and Coleman are only expected to miss a couple weeks. Not on injured reserve. Should be back around the start of the season.
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OMG some really ugly stuff involving Cam Newton and the Panthers http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13408997/cam-newton-carolina-panthers-gets-scuffle-shoves-josh-Norman I picked the Panthers to win the NFC South this year but after this I'm not feeling very good about the pick as the lack of leadership and chemistry revealed by this is a bad sign.
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There's no clear winner in the NFC South. All four teams look weak. Don't be surprised if the winner has a losing record again.
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Guys, camp fights happen all the time. It's honestly not that big a deal. It's really not going to affect anything. People forget about them not long after they happen.
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Guys, camp fights happen all the time. It's honestly not that big a deal. It's really not going to affect anything. People forget about them not long after they happen.
That indeed is very true. However, there are exceptions to the norm...
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25266487/report-jets-qb-geno-smith-out-6-10-weeks-with-broken-jaw-after-fight (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25266487/report-jets-qb-geno-smith-out-6-10-weeks-with-broken-jaw-after-fight)
Granted, the Jets probably weren't going to be relevant anyway this year, but still, this has to sting
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Guys, camp fights happen all the time. It's honestly not that big a deal. It's really not going to affect anything. People forget about them not long after they happen.
Yeah, but the quarterback was involved and that made it explode. I agree that even with the quarterback, it isn't that big of a deal, but usually the stories of camp fights don't involve the QB. So when people see it, it's like "OMG! Not the leader! If he's fighting than this team's in chaos!"
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Not going to hurt the Jets long term, but still, you'd hope to have your starter QB available in the beginning of the season when the Patriots are perhaps slightly vulnerable without Tom Brady (yeah, I know that still might not hold up).
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I agree the Jets situation is the exception. That was IK being stupid and losing his temper. I was actually curious to see how Geno was going to fare in this new offense with Chan Gailey as offensive coordinator. Now the Jets will (likely) turn to mediocre Ryan Fitzpatrick for the first few weeks, as I'm guessing Geno won't return until Week 6 (the Jets' bye is Week 5).
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It turns out that the issue with IK and Smith was over $600. http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/13416881/geno-smith-new-york-jets-6-10-weeks-broken-jaw
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It turns out that the issue with IK and Smith was over $600.
And these guys make how much again?
$600 may be a big deal for us, but not for NFL players. It was a stupid fight. End of discussion.
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How about this? IK was claimed by the Bills.
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YES! Team bountygate lost in the final seconds tonight! :) Even in preseason it feels great to watch that team lose.
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YES! Team bountygate lost in the final seconds tonight! :) Even in preseason it feels great to watch that team lose.
It may be pre-season, but I guess moneygamelover is in midseason form :roll:
(seriously, PLEASE just call them the Saints...or New Orleans...or anything that isn't "Team bountygate" or similar).
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(seriously, PLEASE just call them the Saints...or New Orleans...or anything that isn't "Team bountygate" or similar).
I agree wholeheartedly...Bountygate's already in the past, anyway. Still, it's a shame that the Saints lost to the Ravens.
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Atlanta-Tennessee: Matt Ryan was perfect calling signals in his only series. T.J. Yates was a train wreck; Sean Renfree has been impressive. 31-24 Atlanta late in the game.
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James Harrison taking a stand against participation trophies https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/nfl-dad-sends-powerful-message-by-confiscating-126923732762.html Good for him. It's good to see someone take a stand against the"everyone gets a trophy" culture.
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James Harrison taking a stand against participation trophies https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/nfl-dad-sends-powerful-message-by-confiscating-126923732762.html Good for him. It's good to see someone take a stand against the"everyone gets a trophy" culture.
I agree. This whole "everyone's a winner" society is really bad. I'm glad someone is teaching their kids right.
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In what should make moneygamelover happy, Arizona brought in Chris Johnson to reinforce their running game. Jay Glazer was the one to break the story.
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I do like the Johnson signing as he's still a productive back and we could use the help in the running game. Solid pickup :) The Chiefs pretty much kicked our butts and blew us out in our first game so I hope we'll do better against the Chargers this week.
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(seriously, PLEASE just call them the Saints...or New Orleans...or anything that isn't "Team bountygate" or similar).
I agree wholeheartedly...Bountygate's already in the past, anyway.
Thank you, guys. If I may make a suggestion to the OILF moderators, any future pejorative nicknames or adjectives (such as "dirty" and "filthy") for the Saints used by moneygamelover should be edited out.
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Thank you, guys. If I may make a suggestion to the OILF moderators, any future pejorative nicknames or adjectives (such as "dirty" and "filthy") for the Saints used by moneygamelover should be edited out.
Absolutely. There's no need for it anymore.
There's also no need to tell us when games are scheduled, especially in Arizona time. Most of us live in different time zones.
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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000514941/article/jordy-nelson-believed-to-have-torn-acl-on-sunday (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000514941/article/jordy-nelson-believed-to-have-torn-acl-on-sunday)
There are still tests to be done, but if it is this severe, at least Green Bay has depth to withstand the blow losing Nelson will be...and the reigning MVP :P
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Reggie Wayne is going to the dark side. He's signed a one-year deal with the Patriots.
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The Falcons have officially got a name for their new digs that opens in 2017: Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Isn't the Superdome currently named for Mercedes-Benz?
All the more reasons why having corporations buy the naming rights for stadiums is dumb.
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Isn't the Superdome currently named for Mercedes-Benz?
Yep.
All the more reasons why having corporations buy the naming rights for stadiums is dumb.
Word.
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There is an American Airlines Arena (Miami Heat) and an American Airlines Center (Dallas Mavericks) in the NBA, but it would be just bizarre to have the same corporation have naming rights for two stadiums in the same division. There's an article on ESPN.com about the stadium name that states the Superdome's naming contract lasts until 2021 and it will be honored, but it seemed to suggest after that there would be a new sponsor.
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Ian Rapoport is reporting that Evan Mathis has landed with the Denver Broncos.
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Michael Vick signs a 1-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is immediately upgraded to backup.
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Michael Vick signs a 1-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is immediately upgraded to backup.
Essentially replacing Bruce Gradkowski who suffered a finger injury Sunday and was placed on Injured Reserve.
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Falcons sign former Bears/Redskins QB Rex Grossman to a 1-year contract. He'll be jockeying for a backup spot to Matt Ryan, and the way T.J. Yates has been playing, he'll probably get it.
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It was nice to see my Cardinals get their first win tonight as Marion Grice, a former Sun Devil, scored the game winning touchdown for us over the Raiders with 31 seconds. With the Saints and Dodgers both losing today, this was a perfect day:) Even if it is only preseason it just feels good to get a win.
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Kirk Cousins will be the starting QB for Washington when the season starts.
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and Tyrod Taylor will be the starting quarterback for the Bills according to reports. He's looked the best of their three candidates, but very interesting considering he's never started a game before and has rarely seen action at all in the regular season.
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And the Bills have also released Fred Jackson. An odd move considering McCoy having the hamstring injury right now. I wouldn't have too much faith in any of the Bills quarterbacks but either Manuel or Taylor could perhaps play well enough to win given their strong defense and playmaker Watkins on offense. That said Taylor was the right choice as he looked the best of the 3 and is the most dynamic. But I still think that the Dolphins are better and with Brady the Patriots are better.
Cousins was 1 of of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL last season and more proof of the Redskins being the worst organization in the NFL that Cousins continues to get more chances. The internal struggle over RG3 shows this as well. The Redskins would be best suited jettisoning both of them after this year and seeking a new quarterback over the winter.
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The Seahawks have traded WR Kevin Norwood to the Panthers for a conditional pick. I was hoping that he'd pan out considering Seattle burned a 4th rounder on the guy, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I thought his highlights at Alabama certainly looked good, but oh well.
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To be fair, Fred Jackson was also dealing with an injury himself and McCoy should be good to go for the opener against the Colts. And though he's been injured, himself, I think the Bills are high on Karlos Williams, which made Jackson expendable.
As for the Washington QB future, Cousins is a free agent after this season and the team could simply release Griffin before the start of next league year to avoid being on the hook for his 5th-year option.
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The Seahawks and Fred Jackson are going to meet and he's expected to sign with the team. This is cool, as he's going to be reunited with Beast Mode, and those two are on great terms. Welcome, Fred. I hope that the Hawks can get you a ring this year.
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Might want to pump the brakes on that one ;)
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Tom Brady's suspension has been officially overturned in court. The NFL can still appeal it.
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/13570716/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-wins-appeal-nfl-deflategate (http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/13570716/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-wins-appeal-nfl-deflategate)
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Violate the "substance abuse policy": 4 games.
Cheat in a playoff game and destroy your evidence: Nothing.
This makes me sick.
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Violate the "substance abuse policy": 4 games.
Cheat in a playoff game and destroy your evidence: Nothing.
This makes me sick.
(http://i.imgur.com/43ddDwa.jpg)
Clearly you didn't read the verdict, since Judge Berman specifically took issue with it being equal length to a substance abuse suspension. Furthermore, what is your rationale for having cheated? A courtroom that the NFL picked, still lost. The Wells Report/Exponent was given 12 sarcastic air quotes around the word "independent", finding the piece to be poor quality overall, more probable than not. The general awareness right now is that the NFL lost, not close, either, on their home field. Bizarre, yet relevant footnote from the case: Brady had better stats in the second half of the game.
This is a pretty bold statement, and especially in light of the court's decision, you probably should explain your rationale a bit further, especially in light of all evidence to the contrary, Goodell introducing new evidence in court that wasn't affidavitted, plus red herrings like the cell phone crap.
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The whole thing was stupid anyway. The fine for doing that to balls is TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. Obviously, they don't see the initial act as that big of a deal for them. Then, people get mad at the NFL because Goodell has power in both the initial hearing and the appeal, but that power was something the players COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED for. Don't get mad now that you see the ramifications of YOUR shortsightedness.
That said, Brady, Kraft, AND Goodell all come of it looking bad in my eyes. Brady for his smug attitude, and even worse, the destruction of his cell phone. Kraft for his staight up temper tantrums at the podium. And Goodell for pursuing it this far. You KNOW the punishment was too heavy and you went after it anyway. And then to make Brady confessing a part of the settlement and refusing to back down when he said no? You deserved this.
I may have more to say on the matter, but I may not. I'm at work now and typing long posts suck and I've done a lot already.
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Falcons cut QBs T.J. Yates and Rex Grossman. More to certainly come before the 4 PM deadline tomorrow.
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And I now pump the brakes on pumping the brakes lol. The Seahawks have now signed Fred Jackson.
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Welcome to the two time defending NFC Champs, FredEx! I'm ecstatic that he'll be on the team and he'a very good at pass blocking (something that is sorely lacking for the Hawks). I'll bet that Russel Wilson is feeling a bit better when he'll be on the field. Next up, please come home Kam. We miss you.
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I thought they signed Fred Jackson, not Freddie Mitchell :oldlol:
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Seattle did pretty well for themselves in adding Jackson. He's still a pretty solid back. And it's only a 1 year contract so it's low risk.
In other news the traitor Darnell Dockett was cut by the 49ers today. :)
Darnell Dockett and Trent Richardson may well have reached the end of their NFL careers.
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Wouldn't exactly call Dockett a traitor, just because he signed within the division. San Fran offered him more money than Arizona did. Simple business. That said, maybe SF wasn't thrilled with how he looked coming off that torn ACL, leading to the cut. A bit surprising, though, since SF will eat $2.5 million in dead money because of the cut.
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By this time tomorrow, we should know the 53-man rosters of each team. And the games start to matter next Thursday, when the Steelers visit the Patriots (and yes, Brady will be playing thanks to his suspension being overturned).
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Two cuts I want to mention:
1. Eagles release Tim Tebow (as reported by ESPN) I question this move, especially after sending Barkley to Arizona. If they had kept Barkley this would make sense. But having only Bradford and Sanchez makes no sense at all.
2, Bengals release DT Devon Still. I'm kind of split with this one. I can understand why they did it since they need to get down to a 53-man roster, but I thought they could at least keep him for one more year. Oh well, I hope he makes a practice squad, and since his daughter's insurance is covered by the NFL for the next 5 years, I guess it's a blessing in disguise.
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It seemed as though the trade of Barkley was an indication that the Eagles were going to keep Tebow. Maybe the Eagles think they'll find a third quarterback they'd prefer over both Barkley and Tebow after other teams cuts are announced.
The Redskins meanwhile are keeping RG3 as a backup.
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It seems it's more a matter of the amount of talent the Eagles have at other positions and how they need some depth elsewhere that they likely felt those last few rosters were better served, rather than keep Tebow. Chip Kelly came out and flat out said Tebow wasn't good enough to make the roster. It was never set in stone that the Eagles (or any team, for that matter) has to keep three quarterbacks. For what it's worth, the Eagles are at 52 players, so they can sign someone (possibly a third QB) without having to drop anyone (or sign one to their practice squad).
And this is actually the second straight season the Bengals cut Devon Still at final cuts (though CIN signed him to their practice squad and later promoted him to the active roster). And he is ineligible for a practice squad, so at this point, it's active roster or bust for Still. I do wish him the best, as a fellow Penn State grad.
No surprise the Redskins are keeping RG3, otherwise they'd be paying him while not on the team.
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Another surprise move today. Reggie Wayne has asked the Patriots to release him and they did.
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I had been curious about the release of Wayne and the fact that he himself apparently asked for it. I couldn't understand why someone would want to be released from an expected contender. Well, apparently, Wayne felt that the Patriots environment was"too tough" and"not fun". I'm a bit taken aback by this as it is a job after all. http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/new-england-patriots-reggie-wayne-asked-for-release-no-fun-090515
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Which isn't believable given that, over the majority of his career, Peyton Manning, by far one of the most intense players historically at quarterback, was his passer. I choose to read a little in between the lines as to the real reason: Pats were going to cut him and think he's toast these days, but wanted to make it look classy and have it appear as a mutual parting. This also would explain New England's line about how great a receiver he's been over the years.
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Zolak's also not the most-credible reporter out there.
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Week 1 is upon us. Atlanta is getting 3 at home against the Eagles in the Monday night opener. Having shed the team of deadweight, we'll see how the O-line protects Matt Ryan. Some are saying the NFC South will be as bad as it was last year.
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Well, the season kicks off tonight with Pittsburgh and New England, and I've got New England cruising for a W. I hope that the game ends in a tie (you can guess why), but that's not gonna happen.
Also, Seattle has been given four and a half points for Sunday's match at the Rams. That sounds right, and I'll say that Seattle will win in a gritty and ugly affair (is there anything else when these two teams meet?) 17-13. Go Hawks.
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Ah, opening night of the NFL season. One of my favorite days of the year and easily the best day of September. While I think Big Ben is only entering his prime, I see a Patriots blowout win in the case of tonight's particular game. Throughout the Belichick era, the Patriots have always been at their best when they've had a chip on their shoulder and after their offseason I expect to see a super fired up and motivated Patriots team tonight and I expect them to make a statement. Patriots will win and win big in this one.
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There is early word that Bruno Mars will do or has been offered to do the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show.
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Didn't do this earlier when the thread was started, so why not now, mere moments away from the season starting...
AFC
East: Patriots. (Dolphins, Bills, Jets)
North: Ravens. They have high hopes stacked for them (we'll get to that later). Defense should be better and Wacko Flacko is still more consistent than most quarterbacks. (Steelers, Bengals, Browns)
South: Colts. (Texans, Titans, Jaguars)
West: Broncos. (Chiefs, San Diego, Oakland)
Wild Cards: Steelers, Dolphins
NFC
East: Cowboys. (Eagles, Giants, Redskins)
North: Packers. (Lions, Vikings, Bears)
South: Panthers. (Saints, Falcons, Tampa Bay)
West: Seahawks. (Arizona, 49ers, Rams)
Wild Cards: Arizona, Eagles
I won't get into all the playoff stuff and just skip straight to the...
Super Bowl: Ravens over Seahawks
That's right, I'm pretty much going the Sports Illustrated route with my picks, which was probably going to be my pick anyway. Slightly far-fetched, but certainly plausible. Honestly, it'd probably be more difficult for the Seahawks to three-peat in appearances than it would be for the Ravens to make it.
Here's hoping for a great season. :)
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Gimme the Pats, 35-31 here. Neither defense looks all that promising right now, but both offenses look excellent. Could be a shootout. Both teams with injuries on the interior offensive line, however, so that will be interesting to watch.
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Scoreless first quarter??? Wow! Sure wouldn't have expected that.
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And a Gronk spike for the season's first touchdown.
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Hi, Gronk. By the way, it would be neat if we could use the chat feature sometimes during the NFL (if the mods allow it, of course).
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Steelers can't buy a break in the kicking game between the preseason injuries and Scobee apparently not working out for them have missed twice tonight.
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Gronk again baby! :)
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It's a rough start, sure. But it's not all Scobee. Steelers shot themselves in the foot on that first drive with the gadget play after moving the ball so well. And, uh, yeah they really had the formula to stop Gronk.
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And Scobee makes a 44 yarder. 14-3 in favor of the Patriots at halftime.
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Moving tight ends around the formation is fun.
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Pittsburgh scores their first touchdown on a 1-yard run from Will Johnson. 21-11 Pats.
#TakenotesCarroll
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Our first vultured fantasy score of the season. #SorryDeAngeloOwners #IStillDontBlameCarrollForThePlayCall
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Did the Steelers forget to cover Gronk in their in-game plan?
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Fumble recovery touchdown for Gronk! That's 3 total touchdowns for Gronk tonight!
Well the fumble recovery touchdown was reversed to 1st and goal at the 1 but Gronk ended up with his third receiving touchdown so he still has 3 touchdowns.
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Did the Steelers forget to cover Gronk in their in-game plan?
They had the formula, remember? hahaha
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Fumble recovery touchdown for Gronk! That's 3 total touchdowns for Gronk tonight!
Well the fumble recovery touchdown was reversed to 1st and goal at the 1 but Gronk ended up with his third receiving touchdown so he still has 3 touchdowns.
#AllTheTightEndTouchdowns #WeSeeYouScottChandler
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And with this win Tom Brady has become the NFL's all time leader in most wins by a starting quarterback for a team with 161 as a Patriot. A huge congratulations to Tom Brady. :)
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There is early word that Bruno Mars will do or has been offered to do the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show.
Didn't he just do the halftime show two years ago?
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Yep. And they want him back.
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Aldon Smith has signed a one year deal with the Raiders. I didn't see that one coming...
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The Raiders need more pass rush and since it's only a 1 year contract it's low risk. And although it is surprising on the surface, the Raiders have long been a team that will take chances on guys.
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Apparently the Steelers were complaining about the Patriots radio network interfering their headsets last night:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13627398/pittsburgh-steelers-coach-coach-headsets-get-interference-new-england-patriots-radio-broadcast
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Wow... Eli Manning hit pay dirt with his contract extension. 4 years, 84 million, and here's the kicker: 65 of that is guaranteed. That's nuts.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/13629952/new-york-giants-eli-manning-agree-four-year-contract-extension-worth-84-million
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Appropriately, the Steelers were complaining about the Patriots radio network interfering their headsets last night:
Fixed that for you.
You'd think a team that has been tarnished with a reputation of cheating would do their best to prevent something like this, particularly considering the media always jumps on them for doing so.
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1) It's a league issue, by the NFL.
2) The Patriots had the same issue.
3) The NFL issued a statement stating it was their responsibility last night, and not of the Patriots.
(http://data.whicdn.com/images/57338344/large.jpg)
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Indeed. If a team has issues with coach to coach on their headsets, the other team's connection is shut off. So the Patriots had nothing to do with it. Just poor timing that this happened.
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But if it's a non issue, why is it being blown out of proportion again? The media will never leave the Patriots alone of this keeps up.
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The ad of the night last night. =)
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But if it's a non issue, why is it being blown out of proportion again? The media will never leave the Patriots alone of this keeps up.
Because controversy=eyeballs=ratings=profit.
I still don't understand why the NFL gets such constant media attention year round, but so long as people continue to gobble it up, it'll never change.
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It's really grown into a year-long event. It's become the playing season and the non-playing season. Interest in the draft and scouting has really risen, which is why we even see so much coverage of events leading up to the draft, such as the college All-Star games (East-West Shrine Game, Senior Bowl), the Scouting Combine and Pro Days. Free agency also creates such a buzz in between the Combine and the draft. The only "dead" periods anymore in the NFL are the couple of weeks between the Super Bowl and Scouting Combine and the weeks between the end of OTAs and beginning of training camps.
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Here are some nuggets I wrote up on each team with division, playoff and Super Bowl picks.
https://billriccettenfl.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/2015-nfl-preview/
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My Cardinals open up against the Saints tomorrow and I'm feeling very nervous as I'd rather go 1-15 and beat the Saints than go 15-1 and lose to the Saints. I do think this is a game we should win. We have a good receiving group and the Saints aren't great in pass defense. And the Saints offense will be greatly weakened by the loss of Graham. Any time Drew Brees in on the field it's a dangerous opponent but my Cardinals should win this game.
Sunday's other games:
Packers at Bears: Packers. Aaron Rodgers has had a lot of success against the Bears in his career and the Bears don't look like a very good team this year so I expect the Packers to win this one pretty convincingly.
Chiefs at Texans: Texans. Both teams seem pretty average. But whether Hoyer is the answer for the Texans at quarterback or not, this is a game the Texans can win with defense if they have to. Watt is the most dominant defensive player in the game today and Wilfork was an underrated signing. Texans d gets the job done here.
Browns at Jets: Jets. Scalpers afternoon off. This is a yawner of a matchup. I'll take the home team in a matchup of two bad teams.
Colts at Bills: Colts: Luck is just entering his prime and when you add Gore and Johnson to an offense that already had Hilton you're going to tough to stop even for a good defense like the Bills. And while the Bills have weapons of their own with McCoy and Watkins, I'm not a believer in Taylor (though he's definitely better than Cassell.) Colts take this one.
Dolphins at Redskins: Dolphins: I'm a big believer in the Dolphins. It's obvious they're strong defense with the likes of Wake and Suh leading their pass rush but I also see Tanahill as a really good up and coming young quarterback. And when Cousins played last year he was one of the worst starting quarterbacks in the NFL. Cousins will spend of tomorrow on his back anyway thanks to Wake and Suh.
Panthers at Jaguars: Panthers blowout. Nothing else needs to be said.
Seahawks at Rams: Seahawks. Both teams have great defenses and a fully expect a low scoring game here. But I think Wilson, Graham, and Lynch make just enough plays for the Seahawks to win and Foles makes some key mistakes for the Rams to lose.
Lions at Chargers: Chargers: Stafford has never been a great road quarterback and the Lions will be much weaker without Fairley and Suh. The Chargers will miss Gates early with the Lions defense being weakened with those losses Gordon and Woodhead should be able to run the ball tomorrow and Rivers just needs to be efficient.
Titans at Buccaneers: Titans: Mariota seems to be further along at this point than Winston. Winston is going to going through the growing pains this and that's just the way it is. And it's not as though he has a lot of help either. The Titans may not be great but Mariota will play enough tomorrow to win.
Bengals at Raiders: Raiders: Carr showed great progress at the end of last season and Cooper will become a great weapon for him. With Mack being a defensive star the Raiders are building something good. The hiring of Jack Del Rio as coach was a solid move as well. The Bengals are a team that can't be trusted. And Dalton will likely neither never rise to being a top notch quarterback nor fade out the league. Dalton is what he is: An average NFL quarterback who will have his good days and bad days. I think he has a bad day tomorrow.
Ravens at Broncos: Broncos: I expect the Broncos to have a hot September. Whether they keep it up as the season progresses is another matter as Peyton Manning may not be capable of surviving a full season anymore, but I expect the Broncos to be strong early on. The Ravens are an X factor team whose season could go either way but the Broncos will be better tomorrow.
Giants at Cowboys: Cowboys: The biggest rivalry on the menu tomorrow, I think the Cowboys take this one. The Giants are an X factor whose season could go either way and the Cowboys-Giants rivalry has historically tended to be competitive, the Cowboys are the better team right now. Their offensive line is strong and Romo to Bryant emerged as a strong combo last year. And the Cowboys are underrated on defense. Cowboys start strong tomorrow.
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Panthers at Jaguars: Panthers blowout. Nothing else needs to be said.
I'm sorry to say this.
Are we really going to go through this again? Can we stop with the lazy analysis of a team just because you don't think they're good? Same with Browns-Jets. Yeah it's not a good matchup but even my partner and I discussed it on my podcast last week (though we got a laugh saying it might be funny watching the Browns move the ball on offense). I was afraid of this but half of these previews are basically the same thing you thought of these teams at this point last year. Teams change from year to year.
And by the way, I'm actually picking the Jaguars in this one. Bortles looks improved and Allen Robinson is ready to break out. My worry on the Panthers is where does the production come from in the pass game and pass rush? A group of Philly Brown, Ted Ginn and Devin Funchess isn't scaring anyone and the Jags secondary is pretty good. On the flip side, is Kony Ealy ready to step up as the leader of the pass rush group with Frank Alexander. They're also banged up on the interior defensive line.
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Also, while I'm at it, I'll post two notes. First, my winners for the week: GB, SEA, JAX, MIA, IND, NYJ, KC, NO, SD, DEN, OAK, TEN, DAL, PHI, MIN
Second, my DFS lineups for Draftkings' Millionaire Maker this week:
1) Sam Bradford, Ameer Abdullah, Eddie Lacy, Jordan Matthews, Allen Robinson, Steve Smith Sr., Travis Kelce, Davante Adams, Dolphins defense
2) Aaron Rodgers, Chris Ivory, Lamar Miller, Davante Adams, Brandin Cooks, Allen Robinson, Greg Olsen, Steve Smith Sr., Dolphins defense
Please, fantasy gods, one time, Let me make a little bit of money this week.
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Philadelphia at Atlanta will be a test of whose offensive line blinks first. If Julio Jones stays healthy and gets the keys to the car enough, Falcons may have a chance, and the Eagles' secondary is questionable. But I still like the Eagles running with the three.
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Gonna go ahead and change my pick to Houston over Kansas City. Think the Texans will get pressure on Captain Checkdown himself.
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The Seahawks finally ran the ball on the goalline with the game on the line, but Lynch was stopped.
#Irony
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That's 2 games in a row where Seattle can't gain a single yard when they need to, but this time, they gave the ball to Lynch, so you can't blame play calling :oldlol:
Gonna go ahead and change my pick to Houston over Kansas City. Think the Texans will get pressure on Captain Checkdown himself.
Should've stuck with your first instinct Bill ;)
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Haha, yeah I know. But hey, that's the beauty of the NFL. Indeed, how ironic that last play for Seattle.
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Speaking of Seattle, someone might wanna check their facts at ESPN...
(http://i.imgur.com/pXRyjG7.png)
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You can't fault the offensive play calling this time but that onside kick to start overtime was questionable at best. And boy those Bills and Chiefs were both really impressive early.
And how bout Mariota throwing a touchdown on his first drive and Winston throwing a pick six on his first drive?! Wow!
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Correction: it wasn't the goalline.
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Surprising, yes. But understandable. I mean, they didn't give up a touchdown, so they had a shot. And if they recover the ball and score, game over. So just like the deciding Super Bowl play, we're talking about the result, not the call.
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The play the cost Seattle today's game and the one that cost them last year's Super Bowl were completely different. I bet they tried to prove they could learn from their mistakes but it doesn't always work.
Speaking of Seattle, someone might wanna check their facts at ESPN...
ESPN hasn't really been known for their reliability. They once reported that the Mets got Cespedes from the Red Sox.
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oh, and just a friendly reminder: don't overreact to Week 1. I'm trying like hell myself not to.
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Marcus Mariota: 4 touchdown passes in the first half.
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Cue everyone proclaiming Mariota > Winston because #hottakes
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Speaking of Seattle, someone might wanna check their facts at ESPN...
(http://i.imgur.com/pXRyjG7.png)
They are actually the defending champs of their division.... (Both are in the NFC West)
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YES! My Cardinals beat the Saints! :) This feels wonderful! Palmer finishes with 307 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Loved the play on the clinching touchdown to David Johnson too. Ellington getting hurt is a concern but for now I'm just to savor this fantastic win! :)
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Ndamukong Suh is a bush leaguer at best and a downright thug at worst. I can't believe he's still playing.
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Bad news for the Ravens. Terrell Suggs tears his Achilles. Out for the year.
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They are actually the defending champs of their division.... (Both are in the NFC West)
Not only that, they're defending champs of their conference.
Still, to use such a term with no context can only lead one to believe they mean that Seattle were the defending champs of the Super Bowl. Poor wording. Other broadcasters were sure to add "conference" in between defending and champs.
Oh look, the Ravens hardly played in the hurry up and remained stifled by the Broncos D for almost the entire game. But when they final get the lead out as the clock wound down and they were down by 6, suddenly they came alive and marched downfield. Gee, maybe if they'd done that a little more during the game, they wouldn't have to hurry up down the field as the clock wound down. How funny.
Wasn't too impressed by Trestman's true first outing. Here's hoping he can exploit Oakland to really show what he's made of. However, the Ravens have an annoying habit of letting not great teams into games they have no business being in. Here's hoping that doesn't happen next week.
I'd be mad about the loss today if it weren't for the fact that everyone except Cincy lost this week. Doesn't feel too bad when you lose with everyone else.
Bad news for the Ravens. Terrell Suggs tears his Achilles. Out for the year.
Well...that sucks. Still, he'll probably be a strong presence on the sideline, and if that's the only injury the defense has to endure this season (fingers crossed), they can face the adversity his loss brings.
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Well really this is the second loss to the defense after Matt Elam went down. Obviously Suggs hurt but they do still have Dumervil. But, and I'm going to sound like a broken record here, it's just one game. Let's see what happens with these teams in Week 2.
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Oh, I'm not overreacting. He's definitely a great player that they'd love to have, but I realize and have seen the Ravens work through such injuries. They're a strong team. Again, I'm not really trusting Week 2 as a real barometer to how the season is going to go. Nothing against Oakland, it's just that I don't see them as a team that tests. I certainly know the Ravens could lose if they themselves see them as "easy", but if you've got to separate games into columns of "Games You Should Win" and "Games You Might Lose", this one goes into the former.
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Ndamukong Suh is a bush leaguer at best and a downright thug at worst. I can't believe he's still playing.
I'm just glad that he's out of the NFC. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that the Lions would be without Suh for the Monday Night Football match. Also, I was very happy that the Seahawks Swiss Cheese O-Line would not have to worry about Suh killing Russel Wilson.
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Giants defense phones it in. It's the last two seasons all over again.
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No, Eli and Coughlin mismanaged the clock. He should have taken the sack at the goalline.
Unbelievable........................... .......... Worst loss since the Miracle at the New Meadowlands.
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Or how about draining the clock as much as possible. Why snap the ball with :20 still on the play clock? No reason for that.
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No, Eli and Coughlin mismanaged the clock. He should have taken the sack at the goalline.
Unbelievable........................... .......... Worst loss since the Miracle at the New Meadowlands.
How about running the ball instead of throwing it to begin with. Then either a clinching touchdown is scored or 40 extra seconds come off the clock. And yes they should have drained the play clock as well.
Still that was a fantastic performance by Romo and Witten on the final drive. The Cowboys snatched a win on a night they didn't play well most of the night.
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For 3+ quarters, the Cowboys had blown their home opener. It took the Giants 90+ seconds to bail the Cowboys out. Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin have smart football minds about 98% of the time, but overreaction or not, I'll bet this holds up as the dumbest loss any team suffers this season.
Of course, none of this happens if the Giants aren't hit with a phantom DPI call in the 3rd which ultimately led to Romo's first touchdown...
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How about running the ball instead of throwing it to begin with. Then either a clinching touchdown is scored or 40 extra seconds come off the clock. And yes they have drained the play clock as well.
Doesn't matter. All he had to do was not throw the ball on third down and he did. Coughlin is taking the blame for it but I include Eli as well.
And know I'm hearing Dez Bryant suffered a broken foot and may need surgery.
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and Winston throwing a pick six on his first drive?! Wow!
The last QB to do so: you may have heard of him--Brett Favre.
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What a debut by Dan Quinn. The Falcons hold off the Eagles 26-24 in the first MNF game of the season.
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Mmmm...roast crow...
As is their nature, Atlanta took a sizeable lead in the first half then started phoning it in during the second half. Thanks to the secondary, Atlanta pulled this win out of their keister.
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But as such, give Philly lots of credit too; they could have just thrown up their hands and walked out at halftime, but they jumped up and went out fighting to the bitter end and forced Atlanta to earn it. That probably constitutes a moral victory of sorts from a certain point of view, and makes it clear they're still a team to be reckoned with at this point (and to be honest, I'd happily trade a loss here in exchange for a win over Dallas next week at the drop of a hat).
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Props for Philly QB Sam Bradford for figuring out how to riddle Atlanta's zone defenses by using sweep routes on the far sidelines and disrupting the Falcons' pacing with hurry-up offenses. Both he and Matt Ryan each had two INTs.
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Falcons sign former top draft pick Jake Long. He'll back up Jake Matthews at right tackle and transition later to left tackle.
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Correction: Jake Long will back up left tackle then later transition to right. I misheard.
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Ladies and Gents....Andy Reid.
Should have just taken a kneel and go to overtime. I can't believe that just happened.
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Simms actually first guessed that decision not to play for overtime.
That was one of the most stunning finishes to a regular season game I've ever seen. The Miracle at the Meadowlands of our generation.
And you're never going to win many games with FIVE turnovers.
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Too bad the DirecTV was out (thanks for whacking the coax cable today for yet a second time this summer, landscaper dude...), as it sounds like I missed a heck of a finish. Regardless, I'm very happy I took the Broncos defense in fantasy. This is two weeks in a row they've come up clutch for my team.
Also, this:
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OK, so if you're going to play for OT, just take a knee. There was roughly 30 seconds left and both teams had 1 time out left after Denver tied the game.
Either take a shot to get in long FG range or take a knee and play for OT.
Granted this should have been a safe play, but it is basically a give up play. I'm not sure of the odds, but does the likelihood of a turnover in that situation exceeds the likelihood of them breaking off a 30+ yd run?
A few years ago, I recall the Packers running such a play right before halftime. Just a safe hand off, no turnover, but someone got injured and was out a few weeks.
Risk / Reward.
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My Cardinals go on the road to the Bears tomorrow and we have a couple of concerns. Ellington being out doesn't help our cause. And the Saints torched us with screen/swing passes last week and the Bears have a player in Matt Forte is good at exactly those types of plays. All that said, I still like our chances. The Bears aren't a good defensive team so I think Palmer and our receiving group can score whatever points we need to win the game. GO CARDINALS! :)
Texans at Panthers: Panthers. Kuechly being out for the year is a big blow to the Panthers. But it seems as though the Texans quarterback situation is holding their whole team back and they still don't have Foster yet either. And while they may lack weapons, at least the Panthers still have Cam Newton. The Texans defense should be better than it was last week but I think the Panthers win a low scoring game here,
49ers at Steelers: Steelers: The Steelers did some good things offensively last week and might have had a better shot were it not for some self inflicted wounds. Even if the 49ers defense shuts down Williams Big Ben should be able to do more enough to win this game. While they looked better than expected last week, the 49ers don't have the offensive firepower to stay with the Steelers. Remember too that west coast teams rarely have success when they play on the east coast.
Buccaneers at Saints: Saints. Playing against a weak opponent, you figure some of those Saints field goals from last week will become touchdowns this week. And while the Saints pass defense is weak, you can't expect much from Winston in his first road game. Going into a loud and hostile environment such as the Superdome will be a challenge for him. Winston was always going to have his growing pains this year. Go Buccaneers tomorrow.
Lions at Vikings: Lions. I was pretty disappointed in the play of the Vikings on Monday when they couldn't even score a touchdown against a defense decimated by retirements. Yes, the Lions blew a big lead last week, but I think that was more about what the Chargers did right. Peterson will need time to get back being the player he was and the Vikings may be better later in the year you can't feel good about them now and I think Stafford and Johnson do enough to get the Lions a win.
Patriots at Bills: Patriots. While the Bills had a great win over the Colts and appear to be a solid team all around, the Patriots are always at their best when their motivated and I think the Patriots will be very motivated tomorrow. The Patriots will want to show the Bills that they still rule the AFC East. And while the Bills are a good defensive team, Tom Brady is capable of playing well against any defense. The Patriots still are the cream of the crop in the AFC East.
Chargers at Bengals: Chargers. Rivers and Allen really got a nice thing going last week and the Chargers appear to be potent offensively. And I still don't trust the Bengals. Last week may well have said more about the Raiders than it did about the Bengals. The Chargers will be even better when Gates returns but they have enough now to win. Even if Hill has another big day rushing for the Bengals, the Chargers can win this game offensively.
Dolphins at Jaguars: Dolphins. Even if Wake doesn't play Suh should be able to get good pass rush in this game and I think Tanahill will play well tomorrow.
Titans at Browns: Titans: I think Mariota has another big day. No he's not going to be the MVP. Yes, he is going to face some adversity at some point. But the fact is that the Browns, like the Buccaneers, are another bad team so I think Mariota can keep it going for this. The Browns also lack offensive weapons and Manziel looks very mistake prone. Mariota got a good draw in facing bad teams in his first two games.
Falcons at Giants: Falcons: I see this game turning into a shootout. Eli will be able to do some things and I do think Beckham has a big day but I think with Jones and White the Falcons outrace the Giants in a high scoring affair. Both teams are better offensively than they are defensively. Strong receiving groups + questionable secondaries = high scoring game.
Rams at Redskins: Rams. The Rams have a strong defense, especially in terms of pass rush, and Kirk Cousins sucks. And Jackson is out for awhile. Regardless of how much the Rams do offensively, the strong Rams defense combined with the fact Cousins sucks will ensure the Rams win this game. I'm not yet convinced that Foles is the answer but the Rams can and will win this game defensively.
Ravens at Raiders: Ravens: The loss of Suggs is a blow. But with Raiders having a poor secondary Flacco could have a big day tomorrow. And Carr isn't 100% right now. The Raiders may do better offensively since they don't to face Suggs but the Ravens are still the better team. Even if this game proves to be a tight one I think the Ravens pull it out.
Cowboys at Eagles: Eagles: The loss of Bryant is huge for the Cowboys in this game. While the Eagles secondary is prone to giving big plays, this weakness is nullified by the Cowboys not having their big play weapon. The Eagles offense picked it up in the second half last week and had a shot at winning were it not for that blown field goal. I aslo a super motivated Murray tomorrow since he is facing his former team for the first time. This is the best rivalry on the menu tomorrow for sure.
Seahawks at Packers: Packers: The Legion of Boom is clearly missing Kam Chancellor. And if Nock Foles and Lance Kendricks can burn you, the Aaron Rodgers and James Jones certainly can. You know, in 1993, Emmitt Smith held to start the season and after the Cowboys started 0-2 they gave in and Smith got his contract and the Cowboys went on to win Super Bowl 28. I wonder if an 0-2 Seahawks start might cause the same thing to happen with Chancellor.
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Luke Kuechly is not out for the season. Don't know where you saw that. And at least Houston now has some upside at quarterback with Ryan Mallett.
Wake was listed as a limited participant all week but my guess is he plays. And Olivier Vernon is still vastly underrated. And it's Tannehill, not Tanahill.
But just keep in mind that teams are still figuring things out in Week 2. Four quarters of football does not define a football team. It takes time.
Oh, and my upset pick is Chicago over Arizona.
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And here's my lineup for this week's Millionaire Maker on Draftkings:
QB - Ryan Tannehill
RB - Chris Johnson, TJ Yeldon
WR - Eric Decker, Jarvis Landry, Mike Evans
TE - Rob Gronkowski
Flex - Ameer Abdullah
Def - Dolphins
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So far, Week 2 is basically the complete opposite of Week 1. Gotta love the start of the season.
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My Cardinals have scored touchdowns on offense, defense, and special teams today. That's pretty cool! :)
The Steelers showed some boldness in going for two and getting it after those first few touchdowns.
And is Winston actually looking decent in his first half in a hostile environment? Wow.
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Just continues to show that Week 1 shows us next to nothing. We very well could look at the 49ers like last year's Titans. Beat a good team Week 1, crash back to Earth. Rams another team crapping the bed, though Washington gave Miami all they could handle in DC. I hear plenty of people consider the first couple of weeks as kind of an extension of the preseason. Things are still sloppy and kinks are still being ironed out. But that's just another reason we sit back and enjoy the plot unfold.
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Today's game is just proving how much of an idiot Jed York was this offseason.
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Granted, we knew the Steelers would have a dynamic offense this season. They just got picked apart by Tom Brady. Just need to figure out the defense, but Ryan Shazier is a stud.
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Really bad news for the Cowboys. Dez Bryant will be out longer than anticipated. He won't be back until sometime in December (10-12 weeks.)
Also, Cutler got hurt throwing a pick-six.
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Some are saying Dez might be back in six weeks. Lots of confusion as to what his timetable will be.
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Yes! My Cardinals are 2-0 baby! Obviously the injury to Cutler killed off any shot the Bears might have had. I'm really pleased with the performance of Carson Palmer so far this year. Today he threw 4 touchdowns, 3 to Fitzgerald. :) I'm feeling pretty good right now. :)
And the Saints are 0-2 :) For playing his first game in a hostile environment Winston played pretty well today. Wow! It's always a great day when the Saints lose! :)
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Atlanta 24, N.Y. Giants 20. Matt Ryan's passing game (363 yds) compensated for the limited run game, although the two rookie RBs--Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman--scored both Atlanta's TDs as well as comprised 57 rushing yards (the line shows 56 net rushing--Ryan was -1 in his single rush).
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And now Tony Romo has left the Cowboys' game against the Eagles after suffering a broken collarbone.
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It's bad for Romo. The Cowboys can't buy a break this year. And it's not as though the Cowboys have another competent quarterback on their roster. No Romo = no playoffs.
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So who's the favorite in the NFC East then?
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So who's the favorite in the NFC East then?
That's exactly the question. With the Cowboys not having Romo I don't particularly feel good about any NFC East team at this point in time.
Derek Carr just pulled off a game winning touchdown drive. Well done Carr.
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Jags and Raiders win today. What a weird late-afternoon window. And with the Redskins and Bucs also winning, survivor pools be damned.
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Derek Carr just pulled off a game winning touchdown drive. Well done Carr.
Well done, Carr? More like well done Baltimore defense on completely choking today.
I mean, I thought, if anything, the offense would be their downfall because they'd take it easy, but they never got a chance to because the defense couldn't stop a toddler running through molasses.
The defense was so bad, it was unbelievable. Was this some sort of overreaction to the loss of Suggs? Whatever it was, it was unacceptable and now so soon into the season they've got their backs up against the wall with three division games coming up.
Call me an Overreacting Orville if you must. I know they're only two games into the season and I've seen the turnaround teams have done after such an auspicious start. That doesn't change the fact that it's a terrible way to start.
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And for the second straight week, the Giants blow a double-digit lead again, the first time a team has ever done that to start a season. I don't know what's going on with Eli and Tom but they better get their head's out of their (expletive).
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Is it time for a change at head coach in New York?
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I think the Packers are going to run away with the NFC North.
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Final:
Packers - 27
Seahawks - 17
The Packers finally beat the Seahawks, who are now 0-2. They sure can use Kam Chancellor desperately.
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The Packers finally beat the Seahawks, who are now 0-2. They sure can use Kam Chancellor desperately.
When was the last time Green Bay beat Seattle before this game? They had at least two wins stolen from them in the past three seasons.
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When was the last time Green Bay beat Seattle before this game? They had at least two wins stolen from them in the past three seasons.
2009 when they thrashed them 48-10 at home.
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And they need to do what it takes to get him back. With being 0-2 it's time for the Seahawks to shallow their pride and do whatever it takes to get Chancellor back in a Seahawks uniform.
Also it's worth noting that the Packers with the tiebreaker essentially have a 3 game lead over the Seahawks for playoff seeding/home field advantage.
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The Seahawks do have the Bears and Lions at home the next two weeks, so they very well could get back to .500 at 2-2. And we saw last year they went from 3-3 to 12-4 and the top seed in the NFC.
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And they need to do what it takes to get him back. With being 0-2 it's time for the Seahawks to shallow their pride and do whatever it takes to get Chancellor back in a Seahawks uniform.
I strongly disagree, MGL. It would be a spit in the face to Michael Bemnett who was on the verge of holding out, but he showed up anyways, and caving into Kam's demands would make the levee break and other players would demand more funds. John Schneider must not blink first. What you suggest is a very dangerous idea.
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Falcons RB Tevin Coleman is questionable vs. Dallas this Sunday (bruised rib).
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Update: Tevin Coleman is now out vs. Dallas as he has been diagnosed with a rib fracture. He will be out at least two weeks; his return will be based on his pain threshold at that time.
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Roger, when was the last time the Jets started 2-0 and the Giants started 0-2?
In their first two games, the Jets have forced 10 turnovers. If that's not hot I don't know what it.
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I didn't think coming into the season that the Jets would be a factor but apparently they are. And they host the Eagles next week so they're well set up to go 3-0.
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Saints' Drew Brees will get the onceover today to assess the severity of his shoulder injury (first prognosis was bruised rotator cuff) and his potential downtime.
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Jay Cutler will be out for Sunday's game at Seattle and Jimmy Clausen is going to get the start. The Bears are going to have a really bad time as they come into an angry nest of Seahawks for their home opener.
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13722598/kam-chancellor-end-contract-holdout-return-seattle-seahawks (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13722598/kam-chancellor-end-contract-holdout-return-seattle-seahawks)
Needless to say, this will likely help the Seahawks get their first win on Sunday.
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Redskins at Giants tonight. I think the Giants get themselves in the win column tonight. While the Redskins may be able to run the ball, as they do have a good running game and the Giants run defense is weak, I'm still not a believer in Cousins. Furthermore, it's not that the Giants haven't been a good enough team to win, it's more like that they've had some self inflicted wounds. The Giants have been on the verge of winning. They just need to make a few more plays offensively to close games out. Particularly with it being a Giants home game and my lack of belief in Cousins, I think the Giants get off the snide tonight. This is also the best rivalry we have in week 3.
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The Giants win their first game of the season. They almost phoned it in again but managed to survive.
And why are they still throwing the ball on 3rd down when they could just run out the clock?
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Atlanta at Dallas is anywhere from a toss-up to Atlanta giving 2. Dallas is without Dez Bryant and Tony Romo; Atlanta is without Tevin Coleman and Devon Hester. This is one of those "the first that blinks loses" games, and Atlanta's 680 "The Fan" says it's a trap game for Atlanta. My wallet says Dallas wins.
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Tom Brady has just become the fourth member of the 400 touchdown club. (P. Manning, Favre, Marino.) Congratulations to Tom Brady on reaching this rare milestone. :)
And how's this for a weird start to a game. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13753446/st-louis-rams-pittsburgh-steelers-game-delayed-pyrotechnics-mishap
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400*
Also the Jets have been exposed.
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Jets exposed? Or the Eagles offense starting to turn the corner a bit? Exactly the type of game Philly needed to get their swagger back.
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Ben Roethlisberger is carted off the field with a left leg injury. That could be brutal for the Steelers.
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Atlanta-Dallas was 28-14 Dallas at the half. It's now 28-25.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in desperate need of a new kicker.
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For the first time in franchise history, the Ravens fall to 0-3 after a fantastic battle of the WRs in Baltimore.
The defense showed flashes of greatness, but in the end they let Cincinnati respond every time the offense retook the lead. The defense leaks like a celebrity sex tape. They look like the Keystone Cops with their level of incompetence in stopping the opposing offense. Dean Pees said "Defense isn't defined by one game." Okay, Dean. Does two games define it? This was a rather embarrassing showing for a team that became memorable for its defense. This was absolutely the worst way to kick off the season at home, especially during the anniversary 20th season.
Only three 0-3 teams have made the playoffs since 1990. The last was in 1998. None have made it to the Super Bowl. The season is essentially over. I'll sit and faithfully watch every game this season. I'll root for the improbable to happen. I'll hope and hope, but I've got to keep a realistic mind.
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Atlanta rallies to beat Dallas, 39-28. Devonte Freeman lights it up with three TDs.
Arizona is clobbering the 49ers late, 40-7. Colin Kaepernick has thrown four INTs, two of them consecutive pick-sixes.
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My Cardinals are 3-0 with a decisive victory over the rival 49ers. A pair of pick six plays got us off to a great start and Carson Palmer and the offense took it from their. I'm also encouraged that Chris Johnson ran the ball well today and scored a pair of touchdowns. Not only are my Cardinals 3-0 but we've looked good doing it and we're getting contributions from all phases of the game. It feels wonderful. :) And the Saints are 0-3. :)
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My Cardinals are 3-0 with a decisive victory over the rival 49ers. A pair of pick six plays got us off to a great start and Carson Palmer and the offense took it from their. I'm also encouraged that Chris Johnson ran the ball well today and scored a pair of touchdowns. Not only are my Cardinals 3-0 but we've looked good doing it and we're getting contributions from all phases of the game. It feels wonderful. :)
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
How about waiting until the game's actually over before declaring the Cardinals 3-0?
(yes, I know they're up 40-7, but it's the principle)
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Seattle avoids being the third recent Super Bowl-winning team to start this season 0-3. They shut out Da Bears, 26-0, despite being without Beast Mode for most of the game.
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On the Seahawks-Bears game: Chicago punted on all ten of their possessions, six of them three-and-outs. Virtually non-existent offense.
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I think a team would have to be really falling apart to lose against the Niners this year
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I think a team would have to be really falling apart to lose against the Niners this year
No, a team would be falling apart if they lost against the Bears.
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The Bears have traded Jared Allen to the Panthers for a conditional draft pick.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000541450/article/panthers-agree-to-trade-for-bears-jared-allen?campaign=Twitter_atn
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Allen is a good pickup for the Panthers. The addition of Allen makes an already solid defense even better. With Julio Jones easily the best receiver in the NFC., the battle for the NFC South should be an interesting one.
Chiefs at Packers tonight in a rematch of the very first Super Bowl won by the Packers 35-10 as Max McGee, subbing for an injured Boyd Dowler, caught 7 passes for 138 yards and 2 touchdowns despite being hung over as the Packers defense shutout the Chiefs in the second half. Have to favor the Packers tonight as Rodgers is playing well right now and the Packers are always tough at home in the regular season. Furthermore it's impossible to trust the Chiefs after that bungle job they did against the Broncos. The Chiefs seem to be a team that gets their own way and doesn't know how to finish.
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It's a low-risk move for the Panthers, but let's be honest, Jared Allen is over the hill. Really anything he provides at this point is a plus.
And you really can't put down a team over one play. If we did that for every team, we'd have smoke coming out our ears, nose and mouth. Think this could be a pretty good game.
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I know we're only into the NFL season for three weeks but the way the Packers and Patriots are playing it is very likely they will meet in Super Bowl 50.
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Chiefs at Packers tonight in a rematch of the very first Super Bowl won by the Packers 35-10
Actually, that wasn't the first Super Bowl. That was the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The first Super Bowl was won by the New York Jets over the Baltimore Colts, 16-7, in 1969.
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Most of the lines now out has Atlanta giving 7 to Houston this Sunday. Bovada.com has it a toss-up. The Atlanta OL will have to be at the top of their game to keep J.J. Watt at bay.
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PFF gave Rodgers a negative grade for his game last night (-0.8), which was lower than that of Blake Bortles did this week (-0.7).
I used to give decent stock to them, around 2012. Not since then, as I've learned better! They are worthless, and prove as much to me (as they should to you) on a weekly basis. Football Outsiders is the way to go.
-2.3 was their initial grade for Rodgers last night, before being changed. Jesus Christ, what a godawful site they are. Do they not give credit to a QB credit regarding short completions to open receivers? Seems that way. Not like there's any value in diagnosing a defense pre-snap, going through the progressions, adjustments, and throwing the ball the right spot in a WR's hands, who has a foot ahead of on the defense, for an eight yard gain.
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No, a team would be falling apart if they lost against the Bears.
To be fair, we're missing our starting QB and top WR, our first-round pick's PUP, and the Seahawks are the worst team we've played this season.
Once Cutler gets back and our schedule eases up, we'll upgrade from "worst team ever" to "mediocre".
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PFF gave Rodgers a negative grade for his game last night (-0.8), which was lower than that of Blake Bortles did this week (-0.7).
5TD's 333 yards 0 Ints (again). Pathetic site.
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Actually, that wasn't the first Super Bowl. That was the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The first Super Bowl was won by the New York Jets over the Baltimore Colts, 16-7, in 1969.
No, moneygamelover is right! That was the first Super Bowl! New York Jets defeated Baltimore Colts, 16-7, was actually Super Bowl 3.
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It was first called the AFL-NFL Championship Game. It was Lamar Hunt, owner the Kansas City Chiefs who first called it "Super Bowl," which would become its official name in 1969 with that contest as Super Bowl III.
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Ravens at Steelers tonight in a renewal of the NFL's biggest and most bitter rivalry. The Steelers are without Big Ben for 4 to 6 weeks. That's definitely a blow but I'm picking the Steelers to win this game. Michael Vick is a more capable backup than Brandon Weedan, the game is in Pittsburgh, the Steelers still have weapons (especially Brown), and the Ravens defense has given us no reason to believe in them without Suggs. Even if Flacco and Smith can make a few plays the Ravens defense is poor without Suggs so the Steelers may win a medium scoring type game.
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Weeden*
I actually think Baltimore wins this one because I imagine they come out very desperate, as most 0-3 teams tend to do, plus Vick is on a short week prepping as the starting quarterback. He'll hit some deep throws, though. And it's not like Pittsburgh's defense is strong, especially without Ryan Shazier.
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Ugly, ugly game (typical for Thursday night), and I have no idea how the Ravens won but they find a way to save their season. Wow.
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The Steelers were in position to win this game but a pair of missed 4th quarter field goals really bit them in the butt. Conversely Justin Tucker was clutch with a game tying 42 yard field goal with 3 seconds left and the 52 yarder to win it in overtime. This game came down to the kickers. Neither team looked very good but kicking game proved to be the difference. Ravens not eliminated yet.
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Not all on Scobee. Todd Haley's play-calling late was terrible. Might have outsmarted himself. This is 2015 Michael Vick, not 2004 Michael Vick.
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Ugly, ugly game (typical for Thursday night), and I have no idea how the Ravens won but they find a way to save their season. Wow.
Not all on Scobee. Todd Haley's play-calling late was terrible. Might have outsmarted himself. This is 2015 Michael Vick, not 2004 Michael Vick.
Still, if Scobee makes those field goals, the game doesn't make it to overtime. I agree that the play calling was not that great, but somebody on the team has got to step up for those shortfalls. Scobee had the chance to be that somebody.
Definite lifeline for the season. They get 10 days off before facing the Browns and after that the currently reeling 49ers. The time will be greatly needed to assess the injuries to Campanaro and Steve Smith Jr., and get them back on the field for the next game.
Got to take the win any way possible.
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Josh Scobee has been punted off the Steelers.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/steelers-punt-kicker-scobee-over-ravens-loss-193916997--nfl.html
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My Cardinals host the Rams tomorrow and I fully expect a win. While the Rams defense is too good for the Cardinals to put up another 48 or 47 spot as they have the last two weeks, Carson Palmer is a solid quarterback and we have a strong receiving group that will make enough plays to win. The Rams don't have much offensive firepower of their own and the Cardinals have a good secondary so I see something like a 24-7 win for the Cards here. GO CARDINALS!!! :)
Jets vs Dolphins in London: Jets. The Jets aren't a great team and are coming off their first loss, but the strength of the Jets is their defense and the Dolphins have been struggling to score all year. The Dolphins as a team and an organization seem to be reeling right now. The Jets have some stability with Bowles. I see a low scoring slugfest in which the Jets prevail.
Jaguars at Colts: Colts win to get 2-2.
Giants at Bills: Bills: This is a rematch of Super Bowl 25, best remembered for the tragedy of Scott Norwood in the Giants 20-19 win. I however, tend to remember the game more for the contrast of styles with the fast paced Bills meeting the ball control Giants. The 1o minute touchdown drives the Giants had in the 3rd quarter was one of the great moments in Super Bowl history. As for tomorrow, the Bills have been playing well so far this year. You know what you're from the Bills on the defensive side of the ball and Taylor seems to be emerging as a solid quarterback to guide their offense. And between the boneheaded play calling and the poor 4th quarter defense, the Giants are a team that can't be trusted right now. Bills take this one.
Panthers at Buccaneers: Panthers: What we have here is a rookie quarterback against a strong defense. The Panthers defense will dominate this one and Cam will make enough plays to get the win. The Panthers will continue to take advantage of their favorable early season schedule.
Eagles at Redskins: Eagles: The Eagles got off to bad start this year, but I think last week jump started them. I think the Eagles offense will play well. But considering they're going up against the worst starting quarterback in the NFL, the Eagles should be able to win this game regardless.
Raiders at Bears: Raiders. For the first time in seemingly forever, the Raiders are a program that is heading in the right direction. Carr and Cooper are emerging as a fantastic quarterback-receiver duo. The Raiders are doing a great job on 3rd down and in the red zone. The Bears whole team sucks and is being made even worse by trades. And jimmy Clausen is the worst backup quarterback in the league. Defense is the biggest weakness of the Raiders right now but Clausen sucks way too badly for the Bears to able to take advantage of it. Raiders win here.
Texans at Falcons: Falcons: The falcons are the 3-0 team that is kinda flying under the radar, but they're playing great football. Julio Jones is on fire and the Falcons may be the most improved team over last year. J.J. may get his sacks but the Falcons will get their points and the Texans lack the firepower to stay with the Falcons.
Chiefs at Bengals: Bengals. Dalton is off to a string start this year and with Hill and Green the Bengals have weapons. The Chiefs secondary is weak and the Chiefs offense seems to be a crapshoot of what will you get on a given day. The Bengals defense has been good the majority of the year so I see the Chiefs having a quiet day tomorrow.
Browns at Chargers: Chargers. While the Chargers have slumped after the week 1 comeback, they are a better team than the Browns. I think Rivers and Allen get back on track tomorrow as the Browns don't have a good defense. And McGown is not the answer at quarterback. Manziel should be starting. The Browns had their best game with McGown starting. More importantly, McGown is a below average old guy and the Browns would be better served to give Manziel a series of starts and see how it goes. Sometimes it's best to give the young guy a shot.
Vikings at Broncos: Vikings upset Broncos here. The Vikings are playing well right now. And the Broncos, although they are 3-0, haven't looked too great. Using the eye test, the Vikings look pretty good and the Broncos look shaky. Going by the eye test and by gut feeling on this one.
Packers at 49ers: Packers. Rodgers is white hot coming off a 5 touchdown game and the 49ers have been shredded by Big Ben and Palmer the last 2 weeks. I see Rodgers having another huge outing tomorrow. This is a mismatch.
Cowboys at Saints: Saints: It looks like Brees will play and Weeden is NOT a good backup quarterback. In fact the Cowboys are 12 games under .500 in his starts, The Cowboys have more talent than the Saints overall but hard to see Weeden winning this one. Go Cowboys tomorrow.
GO CARDINALS!!! :)
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Andrew Luck is out so I think the Jags might be able to hang in this one. Who knows how much Matt Hasselbeck has in the tank.
Panthers D is ok but not as strong without Kuechly. Bucs have the ability to possibility to win this one. Carolina seems a bit overrated right now.
And Brandon Weeden actually played ok last week against Atlanta. I picked New Orleans if Brees is playing, which he is. But the Saints is pretty sluggish, nonetheless. Maybe going against a leaky Dallas D kickstarts them a bit.
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Joe Philbin is making horrible coaching decisions. The Dolphins have been a disappointment this season when they were expected to be a top-ranked team.
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It's more Bill Lazor who does the play calling, but the idea still holds. Lazor is clueless right now and can't maximize his talent. Of course, it doesn't help that Branden Albert has been out with an injury.
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Ouch! My Cardinals suffered their first loss with an unexpected loss to the Rams. :( We canme up a few plays short.
And wow Browns, there's no excuse for being offsides on a field goal attempt.
Speaking of field goals, I can't remember worse overall field goal kicking than we saw this week.
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Nice win for Atlanta. After winning two close come-from-behind games and a close game where they eventually pulled away, they had a bonafide blowout, 48-21 over Houston. Devonta Freeman continues to pay dividends with 3 rushing TDs, and LB Nathan Stupar put in the exclamation mark with an 84-yard fumble recovery for a TD with 0:00 left.
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Denver's defense is almost the only reason they're 4-0 right now. Wow. Just wow.
That's a rough way to lose a football game, Cleveland.
Yikes, 49ers. I think you guys look worse than the Ravens.
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My Giants beat the undisciplined and overrated Bills 24-10. The running has improved mightily over the last few years and I'm glad to see that. The only downside was Eli throwing his first pick of the season but that's small potatoes.
As for the Broncos, this maybe the best defense Peyton has ever had in his career, then again Kubiak is a defense-minded coach.
As for the 49ers, they look really really bad. And for Cleveland, nice job shooting yourselves in the foot.
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The Colts played a tough game, but our kicker got the game winning field goal to defeat the Jaguars 16-13 in OT.
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Green Bay may be 4-0 but their schedule has been very easy so far.
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Drew Brees gets his 400th touchdown pass on a 80-yard game-winner to CJ Spiller in OT. What a way to get it!
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My Giants beat the undisciplined and overrated Bills 24-10. The running has improved mightily over the last few years and I'm glad to see that. The only downside was Eli throwing his first pick of the season but that's small potatoes.
As for the Broncos, this maybe the best defense Peyton has ever had in his career, then again Kubiak is a defense-minded coach.
As for the 49ers, they look really really bad. And for Cleveland, nice job shooting yourselves in the foot.
Kubiak is more on the offensive side. He played quarterback in the NFL. Well, he backed up John Elway. The defense is a credit to one of the best defensive coaches we've seen, Wade Phillips.
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Joe Philbin is making horrible coaching decisions. The Dolphins have been a disappointment this season when they were expected to be a top-ranked team.
It's academic now. Miami has fired Philbin.
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The Dolphins have been a major disappointment on both sides of the ball and especially on defense where they rank 30th including 32st against the run. Between the collapse at end of last year when they a shot to make the playoffs and the kindergarten level start to this season, it was time for a change.
Lions at Seahawks tonight. I think the Seahawks take this one pretty comfortably. With Chancellor back in the fold the Seahawks defense should be able to get back to being the strong defense they've been the last few years and I think they can shut down Johnson and Tate. Stafford usually struggles on the road against good teams and with free agency losses the Lions have been greatly weakened on defense. Gotta favor the Seahawks in this matchup. And with the Lions as the last winless team and the Dolphins the NFL's biggest disappointment, it looks like the Lions and Suh were better together than they are apart.
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Can the 49ers just forfeit the rest of their games, please? Jeez, Jed...
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Kam Chancellor possibly saved the season for the Seahawks. Huge blow for the Lions as they are now 0-4 and the only winless team in the league.
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Wow! Chancellor's game clinching forced fumble was the best defensive play we've seen so far this season. I really thought the Lions were going to pull the upset when they got into the red zone. What a play by Chancellor. That said Seattle doesn't look like a contender this year. They may win a lot of regular season games with their defense but they don't have enough offense to stay with the Atlantas and New Englands of the world come playoff time.
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Wrong call:
"A player may not bat or punch:
(a) A loose ball (in field of play) toward his opponent’s goal line or in any direction in either end zone.
(b) A ball in player possession."
http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/useofhands
Emphasis mine. No, this does not apply towards Chancellor, it's an issue with Wright. Furthermore, shouldn't this have gotten a look by the booth, as it's a turnover, and thus automatically reviewed? Nobody's mentioned it yet on the broadcast, but supposedly are now.
Also, maintain Gruden was stupid to suggest throwing on 3rd and 1. You are a yard away, and if Zenner, who looked strong on the drive, doesn't get it, you're kicking a short field goal from 26 yards out. Prater's 1/1 there this year, 49/52 career, to tie the score. Between that and not knowing when the play clock was starting, we have a further explanation of why Caldwell is one of the worst coaches in the league. What to call instead? Jaws said he no blocking TE? Cool. Come out in a jumbo, 6 lineman, one deemed eligible as a receiver, but only in there to block and create a hole to get that damn yard.
LOLions!
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Wrong call:
http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/useofhands
Emphasis mine. No, this does not apply towards Chancellor, it's an issue with Wright. Furthermore, shouldn't this have gotten a look by the booth, as it's a turnover, and thus automatically reviewed? Nobody's mentioned it yet on the broadcast, but supposedly are now.
Also, maintain Gruden was stupid to suggest throwing on 3rd and 1. You are a yard away, and if Zenner, who looked strong on the drive, doesn't get it, you're kicking a short field goal from 26 yards out. Prater's 1/1 there this year, 49/52 career, to tie the score. Between that and not knowing when the play clock was starting, we have a further explanation of why Caldwell is one of the worst coaches in the league. What to call instead? Jaws said he no blocking TE? Cool. Come out in a jumbo, 6 lineman, one deemed eligible as a receiver, but only in there to block and create a hole to get that damn yard.
LOLions!
I think Caldwell's decision to pass on 3rd and 1 was a good call. Maybe the Seahawks were expecting a run play and they got fooled. Unfortunately for the Lions, Kam made the important play of the day.
Also you missed the fact that Wilson passed the ball on 3rd and 2 when they should have ran it to milk the clock. It's a risky play but he was able to make the completion to win the game.
And this isn't the first time the refs helped the Seahawks win a game.
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I think Caldwell's decision to pass on 3rd and 1 was a good call. Maybe the Seahawks were expecting a run play and they got fooled. Unfortunately for the Lions, Kam made the important play of the day.
Also you missed the fact that Wilson passed the ball on 3rd and 2 when they should have ran it to milk the clock. It's a risky play but he was able to make the completion to win the game.
And this isn't the first time the refs helped the Seahawks win a game.
Yeah, they set up for a run, I think (would have to check, bet I'm wrong) Seattle called a base Cover 3, with another rusher in the A-gap. That's why you run jumbo, and probably run through the right guard or tackle. It's a game of adjustments. I'd argue Wright's is more important, that said, though not to take away from Chancellor's awesome play. Anybody can get that ball in the endzone, and if it's a Lion, that's six points. Fumble recovery is luck. As the saying goes, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
Don't think I missed it so much as I was isolating on that one play, but yes, your observation about running the clock there is correct, through either a run, or a quarterback rush, given Wilson's speed.
Last point, no doubt. Lest we forget: Who caught the first ball of the drive? Golden Tate III. Who was the receiver who got the benefit of the doubt, at the end of Packers at Seahawks in 2012? You got it!
ESPN saying the play was not reviewable? My ass. Under two minutes AND a turnover. Booth review.
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And this isn't the first time the refs helped the Seahawks win a game.
And these were the regular refs who failed to do their job. This also isn't the first time they screwed Detroit out of a potential win. Seemed those two combinations are going hand and hand.
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And these were the regular refs who failed to do their job.
To be fair to the regular refs last night, that rule is so obscure that they probably didn't even know it existed at the spur of the moment. I certainly didn't even know it existed, and I've been playing armchair referee for 30 years.
But that's irrelevant because they totally should have known to review every f***ing turnover! (I'm a Seahawks fan, and even I'm complaining about this!)
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To add my 2 cents to this discussion, I'm going to link an article which basically dissects what happened from the officials' perspective: http://www.footballzebras.com/2015/10/06/13257/ (http://www.footballzebras.com/2015/10/06/13257/)
In short, it was a missed call, and the NFL's officiating supervisor (Dean Blandino) knows it. However, here's my key takeaway from the article:
Any illegal bat is a judgement call. (Greg) Wilson (the official who made the call), without benefit of replay, must process the action he saw. Officials on these type of plays will cycle this through their head quickly as an accident reconstructionist might do, but in the span of a second or two...
...The play is reviewable because it was a fumble out of bounds in the end zone, and it occurred after the two-minute warning. However, there is no reviewable element, since the batting aspect is a judgement call. Replay rules are rigid to measure the objective calls by design. Had this been allowed in replay, this would be up to (referee Tony) Corrente’s judgement (with replay official Howard Slavin and either Blandino or senior supervisor Al Riveron consulting).
So turnovers (which this was) are reviewable. However, the act in question (batting the ball) isn't because that is judgement. Doesn't make it right, but it gives the NFL an out. It's more an indictment of the system than the official(s) in question.
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The efficient solution is to make every play reviewable. Had batting/punching been reviewable it would have been obvious that Wright batted the ball illegally and the call would have been changed to 1st and goal from about the 6 inch line for the Lions. Also let's get out of the business of defining certain plays as judgement calls. Yes, there are times when a "judgment has to be made." but that's sometimes true of even a catch vs a non catch. Defining plays as judgement calls can both provide a cop out for the refs and inhibit their ability to do their best possible job at the same time. The best thing would be for all rules to have clearly defined parameters and for ALL plays to be reviewable. And if that would increase length of game sometimes that's okay. The important thing is to get right.
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This Thursday when my Colts play against the Houston Texans, there's a possibility that Andrew Luck may get to play. He is listed as day to day with a shoulder injury, so hopefully he can play or allow Matt Hassleback to start & rest Luck one more game in order to allow him to heal up more in hopes to play against New England.
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I think the refs thinking (if wrongly so) was that since the ball looked like it was going to head out of the endzone regardless of Wright's push (Kam Chancellor punched it with force), and there was no one around to get the ball (similar in vein of how PI isn't called if the ball is uncatchable), there was not enough there to make the call.
Not saying the ref was right, but it makes sense enough for me to give the ref nothing more than a reprimand. I wouldn't hang him for it.
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Atlanta is giving 6 at home against Washington this Sunday. The 'Skins are without DeSean Jackson, but there are a number of categories where they are superior to Atlanta, time of possession the most glaring. Atlanta needs to get off to the same start they did against Houston and have their defense hold fort as well. Could be a trap game. The crystal ball says Atlanta runs with the 6.
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Hasslebeck managed to push the Colts to another win against Houston despite an illness. Andrew Luck should be ready to play against New England one week from Sunday.
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Fourth quarter stat on the Atlanta-Washington game: Devonta Freeman has more rushing yards than the entire Redskins team. 12-7, Atlanta early in the quarter.
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Seattle blows a 17-point lead and loses in overtime to Cincinnati.
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The Buccaneers end their 11 game home losing streak with a win over the NFL'S worst team.
That was a frantic finish in Atlanta. 5-0 teams have a 91% chance to make the playoffs so things are looking good for the Falcons.
The Saints are 1-4 :) Our chances of enjoying a Saints free postseason look great now.
Say what you will about Cutler (I have myself at times) but the Bears were hopeless without him and have now won consecutive games with him.
And wow, what a job by the Bengals emergency field goal team. Things are looking good for the Bengals who are now 5-0.
Man it's days like this I really love the red zone channel.
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The Browns beat the Ravens in Baltimore for the first time since 2007. It's the third straight game the Ravens blew a 4th quarter lead.
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Robert Alford could run for mayor of Atlanta after that OT pick-six.
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Ravens defense looks like garbage. It's hard to imagine that this team has never started 1-4 before, but I guess those years they didn't do well, they at least had the defense to get off to an okay start. So many miscues. So many chances to stop Cleveland on 3rd down and they just couldn't do it. It was just deflating to watch. C.J. Mosley should be embarrassed. Not only letting a big play go by, but also for timing the snap count right, bursting through the line and completely missing the guy with the ball. That defense needs help and I don't know what it is.
Wasn't too thrilled with the conservative playing in the 3rd quarter nor the play calling in overtime, but at least the offense showed life. It's crazy too that the offense looked better than the defense since the offense was far more riddled with injuries today. Even fans of the team need tutorial on who the WRs are.
On to San Francisco, where the Ravens will try to steal one at Levi in a rematch of Super Bowl XLVII.
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I think Mack got a hand on Mosley on that play and gave him enough of a shove to get him out of the way.
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And thanks to the Patriots for handing the Cowboys a can of whoop-ass, the Giants have a chance to take first place against the underachieving 49ers. If they somehow fail, the NFC East will be a 4-way tie.
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A tie that would still see Dallas on top thanks to their 2-0 division record.
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Yes! My Cardinals are 4-1 after a blowout win over the reeling Lions. I was worried after we suffered a totally unexpected loss last week but we rebounded nicely. Palmer went 11-14 with 3 touchdowns and sat out the 4th quarter because the game was in hand. Our defense was huge with takeaways today, including 4 in the first half alone. The big question mark is our admittedly weak strength of schedule as we've beaten the Saints, Bears without Cutler, 49ers, and Lions. I am however, pleased with our performance in these wins. Maybe we just had a bad day last week. At any rate I feel a lot better after seeing us bounce back and play well today and I'll certainly sleep a lot better this week than I did last week. GO CARDINALS! :)
I'm really impressed with Tom Brady today. While taking a beating he still completed 20-27 passes for 275 yards and 2 touchdowns in what turned into a blowout win over the fading Cowboys.
Undefeated teams at this point: Panthers (bye week), Packers ( :( ), Bengals, Falcons, Broncos, Patriots.
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For the moment at least, reports of Chip Kelly's demise have been greatly exaggerated. There's still work to be done on getting faster starts, and a somewhat bumpy road ahead, but he still has a competitive team, particularly if they can get to something close to 100% full health. And if Fletcher Cox isn't a strong candidate for defensive player of the year now, something's wrong with the system.
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What a game! Giants lead the NFC East with their win over the 49ers.
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Clutch Eli!!!!! His first game-winning drive in three years!! Giants have the NFC East lead!
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At this point, the 49ers are rapidly heading toward the number one draft pick, but knowing York and Baalke, they'll probably blow that too.
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This is 2015 Michael Vick, not 2004 Michael Vick.
Spoke too soon :P
Steelers win on a walk-off touchdown from Le'Veon Bell.
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I loved that the Steelers ran Bell instead of kicking the field goal. Loved seeing them play to win instead of not to lose. Great job Tomlin and Bell.
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Loved seeing them play to win instead of not to lose.
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Huge that Bell fought for that touchdown, otherwise they lose. What a finish. By the way, Vick wasn't all that great. He's still 2015 Michael Vick :P
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What a gutsy win! Vick stepped up his game tonight and Bell played like a boss. Wish the offense could be more consistent but I'll take it.
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Vick really didn't play well the first three quarters. One drive late in the game does not erase three full quarters of sub-par play. Really, thank goodness for Le'Veon Bell because Vick has been sucking the life out of Antonio Brown. Second straight game under 50 yards after 35 straight going 5/50.
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question: how do the networks handle NFL overruns? I remember that CBS shows 60 Minutes in its entirety but how did NBC do it when they had the AFC or what about FOX today?
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Fox and CBS start their primetime on Sundays right after the late game in the east no matter how late. NBC did it that way ever since the infamous "Heidi" game in 1968.
Atlanta gives 3 on the road against New Orleans this Thursday. Saints may not have wideout Marques Colston (shoulder), but Atlanta's biggest concern is still their pass rush which is among the bottom 10 in the NFL. The Saints, on the other hand, have allowed the most yards per game in the NFL. Drew Brees isn't exactly lighting it up (6 TDs, 3 INTs) but he could make this a close game unless the Falcons can figure him out. Atlanta is 4-1 vs. the line, so let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Falcons lay the 3.
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Update: Julio Jones is questionable (hamstring) for Atlanta at New Orleans.
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although we have not had a game this year that has caused CBS to cancel a show(last year it happened a few times)
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my folks do remember a game that preempted part of Willy Wonka-was it a Redskins game?
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my folks do remember a game that preempted part of Willy Wonka-was it a Redskins game?
November 23rd 1975 overtime game featuring the Raiders at the Redskins. This game went deep into overtime with the legendary George Blanda kicking the winning field goal for the Raiders late in overtime for a 26-23 Raiders victory. Willy Wonka was joined in progress 45 minutes late. NBC considered showing the movie from the beginning but decided on joining it in progress because they didn't want to delay the network's other programming. This was supposed to have been the TV premiere of Willy Wonka and had been heavily promoted.
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as far as the Cowboys. man they were terrible last week.. kind of wished CBS could have switched to DEN/OAK but that game was well ahead
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17-7 Saints in the 3rd. Falcons are looking horrendous, fumbling twice in the red zone and giving up yards to Brees with their weak zone defenses.
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24-7 after allowing an unopposed touchdown on fourth down.
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31-14 with about 4:00 to go.
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It's always a dark day when the Saints win. :( The Falcons were never good enough to to get off to a 9-0/10-0 type start.
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Devonta Freeman was the lone bright spot for Atlanta, with two TDs (1 rush, 1 receiving) and 156 yards total (100 rushing, 56 receiving). Matt Ryan ate turf five times, exposing Atlanta's porous O-line.
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Fox and CBS start their primetime on Sundays right after the late game in the east no matter how late. NBC did it that way ever since the infamous "Heidi" game in 1968.
Atlanta gives 3 on the road against New Orleans this Thursday. Saints may not have wideout Marques Colston (shoulder), but Atlanta's biggest concern is still their pass rush which is among the bottom 10 in the NFL. The Saints, on the other hand, have allowed the most yards per game in the NFL. Drew Brees isn't exactly lighting it up (6 TDs, 3 INTs) but he could make this a close game unless the Falcons can figure him out. Atlanta is 4-1 vs. the line, so let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Falcons lay the 3.
I remember NBC delaying Our House for football(back when they had the AFC in 1986) I remember that Deidre Hall was on that show and so was Shannen Doherty(in her first TV role) NBC would show Our House in its entirety after the last late game finished like CBS and FOX does now can't remember what they did before that(I kind of associate the Dolphins(with Marino), Jets, and Elway and the Broncos with Our House since their games always preceded that show)
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My Cardinals were exposed as a pretender in losing their first road game against a quality opponent. Palmer was only able to muster 1 touchdown and threw a bad interception that clinched the win for Pittsburgh. It's also a very bad sign for out defense that a THIRD STRING quarterback played well against us in the second half. :(
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The Jets are a force to be reckon with. They are 4-1.
The Broncos are 6-0 despite Peyton struggling. He leads the NFL with 10 picks.
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The Broncos defense really"picked up" Manning in that overtime after that interception. Father time may have finally have caught up with Peyton Manning but at least for now they are still able to win because of an awesome defense and strong special teams.
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As I posted on Facebook earlier, the Seattle-Carolina game has turned into "The Jerry Springer Show". No fewer than four fights broke out during the first half.
Seattle is up by a FG.
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What a sensational grab by Ricardo Lockette!
Whoa!
That'll be on the year's best highlights reel.
GO HAWKS!!!!!
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Cam Newton...definition of clutch.
Seahawks do not look like a Super Bowl contender.
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Disgusting. For the fifth time in their last seven games--including Super Bowl XLIX--Seattle squanders a 4th-quarter lead.
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What a joke. Dang it all, what a shame.
4th quarter defense? What the heck?
:evil:
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What a joke. Dang it all, what a shame.
4th quarter defense? What the heck?
:evil:
Now you know how us Giants fans feel.
Seattle has now lost to their NFC playoff opponents from last year this season.
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I am surprised that the Seahawks defense collapsed for a second straight week. Last year the Seahawks started 3-3 before ripping off their run to George Halas trophy. But that felt like a team in a slump that needed to break out of it. This year it feels like the Seahawks just aren't a very good team. They could be 1-5 if that bat would have been called. But the other side of the coin is that Panthers are pretty good. I had my doubts as they haven't exactly played murderers row so far this year. But they keep finding ways to win and that's the mark of a quality ballclub. It seems to me as though both Andy Dalton and Cam Newton are putting their previous shortcomings behind them and becoming high quality NFL quarterbacks.
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Philip Rivers sets a Charger record for number of attempts (65--completed 43) and yards passing (503) in San Diego's 27-20 loss at Lambeau. Fourth quarter comeback falls short at the goal line on fourth down.
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Looks like the two twelfth men can't help Seattle now. :P
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Seahawks easily could be 1-5 if the refs didn't screw the Lions over a couple weeks ago.
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38 points scored, 5 sacks by the defense...
Where has this Dolphins team been all year?
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Being held back by their terrible coaching staff. They're free of the Philbin/Lazor/Coyle burden.
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...does somebody want to try and explain what the Colts just did on 4th and 1? I think it defies logic and common sense
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Worst play I've seen since this:
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#FireWhisenhunt
Seriously, the man is 4-29 in his last 33 games as head coach; 3-18 as coach of the Titans. This is his second 1-4 start in a row with the team.
The offensive line is terrible, granted. But at the end of the day, the Titans piss poor performance falls on the shoulders of the head coach. I'm still baffled that he kept Mariota in after that vicious hit he took, despite clearly having issues with ball control and mobility thereafter. Mettenberger is a perfectly good backup -- hell, he should be starting somewhere. It made absolutely no sense whatsoever why he wasn't utilized until the very end of the game.
As a lifelong fan of a franchise that has been in Tennessee almost as long as I've been on this earth, I want to have something to celebrate, and since Jeff Fisher left (and really several years before that), it's been the same old song and dance every year -- except that it's somehow even worse now. Again, Whisenhunt isn't the only one to blame for that, but with his record, it's tough to argue that some of the blame can't be placed on him. I'm ready to see a change. Miami just did it, and look how that turned out for them today. If the Titans want a chance to save this season, and more importantly, if they want to keep their fan base from completely giving up on them in a year when a new franchise quarterback generated more buzz since freakin' Vince Young was drafted, then Whiz needs to go, and sooner rather than later.
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With their 1-5 record, the Ravens are easily the biggest disappointment so far this season. Barring a dramatic turnaround, they're on pace to post their worst record in what was supposed to be their celebratory 20th season, in which Sports Illustrated picked them to win the Super Bowl.
Of the remaining undefeated teams (Bengals, Broncos, Packers, Panthers, Patriots), who will be the last one standing? As much as I hate to say this, it'll be either the Packers or the Patriots.
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Well, we're guaranteed to have at least three undefeated teams still standings after Week 7, as the Bengals, Broncos and Packers are all on a bye. Then, we're guaranteed an unbeaten entering Week 9 because the Packers and Broncos meet on Sunday Night Football in Week 8.
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Now, thanks to the Lions' win, there are no teams with winless streaks.
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Marcus Mariotta is out this Sunday vs. Atlanta with a sprained MCL.
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Correction: Mariotta's status for Sunday is unknown. He will be monitored as the week goes on.
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So who wants to win the NFC East?
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The AFC South is worse. It's not out of the realm of possibility that we could have two division winners with losing records this year.
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Levi's Stadium is in kind of a bad state isn't it?
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It's a race for the bottom of the NFC West as the Seahawks and 49ers clash on TNF! Can the Hawks defense find stability in the fourth quarter and finally slam the door shut, or will Jim Tomsula and Colin Kaepernick pour more gasoline into the Seahawks fire and send their season into a tailspin of depression and frustration? We'll find out very soon.
Score prediction: Seattle 24, San Francisco, 14
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Depending on your POV, either the 49ers offensive line played like kindergarteners tonight or else the front seven of the Seahawks were awesome tonight. And while it's not surprising that tonight was a get healthy game for the Seahawks. But while last week's 49ers win can be attributed to the Ravens being pretty bad this year I must admit that I find myself more and more dumbfounded by how on earth did this 49ers team beat the Vikings? The more I've seen of both the Vikings and the 49ers the less sense that has made.
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It goes to show how crazy week 1 was.
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Jed York needs to go.
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Atlanta is a 4-point road favorite against Tennessee this Sunday. Zack Mettenberger will likely start at QB for the Titans as Marcus Mariotta was held out of practice. Titans rank near the top on pass defense and near the bottom on rush defense. So look for Atlanta to give Tevin Coleman and Devonta Freeman the keys to the car often. Atlanta wins and rolls with the 4.
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The Patriots are still kings of the AFC East after a 30-23 win over the Jets gives them a 2 game lead. Tom Brady looks like he could play another 10 years.
The remarkable turnaround for the Dolphins with Dan Campbell continues. They always had talent so it's not surprising that a better coaching staff is getting better results out of them.
It's always a dark day when the Saints win. :(
And I can't believe it. Of all quarterbacks, Kirk Cousins pulled off a 4th quarter comeback for the 2nd time this year
Wow.
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Atlanta wins a snoozer against Tennessee, 10-7. Both QBs, Ryan and Mettenberger, were erratic, each throwing for a TD and 2 picks.
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Despite the Colts' last-minute come-around, the Saints still beat them by 27-21*. It's the Saints first away win this season. :-D
*Sorry, MGL.
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It wasn't pretty but the Giants beat the Cowboys for the first time in three years! Eli may have not had a good game but the defense and special teams stepped up when it mattered!
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The special teams of the Cowboys were terrible. To give up a 100 yard kickoff return touchdown in a tie midway through the 4th quarter and to blow your last chance by muffing a punt is pretty bad. The Giants, Eagles, and Redskins have now settled into a 3 team race in the NFC East as the Cowboys proved unable to hold down the fort without Romo and Bryant.
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Still a bit too early to count Dallas out, despite the rough going lately. Bryant is close to returning and Romo should be back by Thanksgiving. And even with losing four straight, they're only 1.5 games out of first and still own the tiebreaker over both New York and Philadelphia. In my opinion, it's still a three-horse race between the Eagles, Giants and Cowboys. The Redskins' success isn't sustainable. Tampa Bay is a bad team (though still stunning to see them blow such a big lead. Lovie may be on the hot seat very soon, if he isn't already there).
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Yes! My Cardinals are 5-2 after surviving a scare in the 4th quarter. We had decent balance on offense as Palmer played well and Chris Johnson continued his solid season on the ground. And defensively, the Honey Badger was totally awesome baby! :) I am disappointed in our special teams with that missed extra point and getting a punt blocked. Had it not been for our special teams blunders this would have been a comfortable win. Nevertheless I feel good about where we're at after the win. We now have a 2 game lead over the Seahawks (though with both head to heads remaining) and the 49ers suck. I like the way we're playing. If we clean up our special teams we should be a playoff team. GO CARDINALS!!!!! :)
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Atlanta hosts Tampa Bay this Sunday and are giving 7. Several factors working into this: there is growing concern that Matt Ryan's throwing arm is all but dead (Dan Quinn says otherwise), and Julio Jones' hammy hasn't healed fully. Atlanta is 4-3 against the line and except for the season opener against Tennessee, Tampa Bay hasn't exactly been getting blown out of the water. Atlanta wins but Bucs cover the 7. (Subject to change, depending on who gets held out by game time.)
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The Ravens' 20th season just keeps getting worse and worse. This time, they lose in Arizona, on Joe Flacco's last-second interception in the endzone, and fall to 1-6. Looks like the SI curse has struck them (as in the magazine that predicted them to win Super Bowl 50 back in the preseason).
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And the Patriots give the Dolphins a reality check with a 36-7 blowout. The Patriots dominated from the opening kickoff and never looked back. There's no doubt who rules the AFC East.
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Meanwhile, the Raiders fans want to keep their team in Oakland, and proved it by attending a town hall meeting last night.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Raiders-fans-plead-with-NFL-execs-to-keep-team-in-6599804.php
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Tomorrow's marquee matchup pits the Packers against the Broncos. As both teams are currently undefeated, this guarantees that one of them will lose its first.
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Tomorrow's marquee matchup pits the Packers against the Broncos. As both teams are currently undefeated, this guarantees that one of them will lose its first.
Go Broncos! Anything that eliminates the possibility of the Packers being the last undefeated team is a good thing!
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As both teams are currently undefeated, this guarantees that one of them will lose its first.
Not if they tie.
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The Giants and Saints combine for 49 points and over 500 yards and it's only halftime.
Are the Lions really that bad?
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I didn't think the Lions would be a playoff team this year but I certainly didn't expect them to be this bad. It may be time for the Lions to realize that Matthew Stafford is not the answer (he's never won a playoff game.)
I'm disappointed in my Cardinals so far as we should not down by 10 to the Browns but I can't believe that the Falcons are actually trailing the Buccaneers by 10. I'm not the biggest believer in the Falcons but the Buccaneers are still a team that they should beat without difficulty.
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Mettenberger is a perfectly good backup -- hell, he should be starting somewhere.
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Just when we thought they'd taken a page from yesterday's Georgia Bulldogs playbook, the Falcons have tied the Buccaneers 20-20 (from a 20-3 deficit) with :07 left in regulation. OT coming up. Matt Ryan has accounted for 373 (all passing) of the 470 total yards the Falcons have so far.
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My Cardinals got their act together in the 2nd half and are now 6-2as Carson Palmer threw for 374 yards and 4 touchdowns. I'm glad to be 6-2. :) We will need to eliminate turnovers if we hope to beat the Seahawks or Bengals in the coming weeks but I'm encouraged by the fact we were able to overcome a slow start and come back and win.
Hopefully the Saints will lose in overtime. It's now guaranteed that over 100 points will be scored in the Saints-Giants game as the game being won on a field goal would mean 101 points would be scored and a touchdown would mean 104 points would be scored.
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I don't know what's worse: Horrible officiating or teams taking advantage of it. It's bad enough the Giants' lazy defense put them in that spot.
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Some very tragic news out of Baltimore. Steve Smith's NFL career is over after he tore an Achilles tendon in the Ravens win over the Chargers. It's just terrible to see such a great player have his career ended in this manner. :( Smith's 89 should be retired by the Carolina Panthers.
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Falcons lose in OT, 23-20. After Tampa Bay's field goal, Atlanta's drive is stopped In on fourth down as Matt Ryan's pass went incomplete. That puts Carolina in the NFC South catbird seat no matter what happens tomorrow against the Colts.
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Some very tragic news out of Baltimore. Steve Smith's NFL career is over after he tore an Achilles tendon in the Ravens win over the Chargers. It's just terrible to see such a great player have his career ended in this manner. :( Smith's 89 should be retired by the Carolina Panthers.
Not so fast. It is certainly within Steve Smith's capacity to rescind his decision to retire and come back one more year to finish it out on the field. I hope that's what he does. He certainly deserves to go out on his own terms.
At least the loss of Steve Smith was somewhat cushioned by a Ravens' win today. Defense, especially that secondary, still looks god-awful, but it was nice to see the offense finally click in a way to overcome the defense's shortfalls.
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The Giants-Saints game was overall a sloppy game. Both teams came in with horrible defenses so I wasn't surprised that this was going to be a high-fashioned shootout between Brees and Eli. Unfortunately it was the punter's facemask penalty that decided the game and it didn't help that the refs have no idea what they were doing. It's not the first time the punter costed the Giants the game (cough cough Matt Dodge cough cough).
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The Giants-Saints game was accurately described as Arena Football.
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Whew...
The Seahawks survive their trip to Dallas and get a little revenge against the Cowboys. That's great going into the bye, and Paul Richardson should be ready to go for the Arizona game on Sunday Night Football. I can't wait to see him and Tyler Lockett on the field together as that's a whole lot of speed.
Also, unicorns must exist because Russel Wilson didn't get sacked today. Heck yes to that stat. :-D
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The Broncos defense hand the Packers their first lost of the season. Amazing performance by Wade Philips.
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First, thank you to the Broncos for beating the Packers and ensuring that the Packers would not be the final undefeated team. :)
Speaking of the Broncos, they have just traded for Vernon Davis. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14039472/vernon-davis-san-francisco-49ers-traded-denver-broncos
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First, thank you to the Broncos for beating the Packers and ensuring that the Packers would not be the final undefeated team. :)
It's always a great day when the Packers lose.
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Either the Niners are now looking to hoard draft picks or Jed York is a bigger idiot then I thought.
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You know the AFC South is bad when the Jaguars are only a half-game out of first place.
Either the Niners are now looking to hoard draft picks or Jed York is a bigger idiot then I thought.
We get it, you hate Jed York. Please stop beating a dead horse.
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You know the AFC South is bad when the Jaguars are only a half-game out of first place.
This year's AFC South (and perhaps NFC East as well) are more proof of why we should NOT have automatic playoff berths for division winners and why we should instead take the top 6 teams per conference. That said that was a great play by Kuechly in overtime and a clutch kick by Gano. Good teams find ways to win and that's what the Panthers keep doing. I wasn't their biggest believer early in the season but I'm convinced now that the Panthers are the best team in the NFC this year.
Fixed maligned quote.
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They better be. With the Bears dead in the water, it's time to root for the Panthers to finally get Tillman that ring he deserves.
The fact that they play the Packers next week just makes rooting for them even easier.
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Packers are still the best in the NFC, in my opinion. And here we go again with people clamoring over the playoff format. Sure the AFC South isn't good, but that doesn't mean we overhaul the system. It happens. We deal with it.
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Blaine Gabbert will start at QB for San Francisco this Sunday vs. Atlanta. Falcons are a TD road favorite but their offense has been not been on all cylinders the past two games. Rush defense was exposed again against Tampa Bay and this could work to S.F.'s advantage. I like the 49ers in an upset.
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San Fran is a dumpster fire and they're starting Blaine Gabbert. I don't see Atlanta faltering against them. Tampa at least has a good quarterback. It's gonna be a good ol' fashioned house cleaning after the season.
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Titans fire head coach Ken Whisenhunt after a dismal 3-20 record so far with the team. Assistant head coach/tight ends Mike Mularkey has been name interim head coach.
About damn time.
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Word I heard on the radio is that Kaepernick's days in Frisco may be numbered.
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The season reaches its official midway point. Tonight's Battle of Ohio is first on the slate, with the Bengals hosting.
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Adam Schefter reporting that the Detroit Lions have canned their GM and team president.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14059034/detroit-lions-fire-gm-martin-mayhew-president-tom-lewand
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Bulletin board material? It's been noted that the reason the 49ers are starting Blaine Gabbert at QB is because Atlanta's defensive front is so bad that he'll never get sacked, let alone rushed.
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Jason Pierre-Paul is set to make his debut tomorrow against Tampa. This should be good for the Giants fledgling defense.
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It's always a great day when the Saints lose! :) Thank you, Mariota.
And the Panthers hold off a Packers rally. Thanks to the Panthers for beating the Packers. The Panthers remain undefeated. It would be great if the Vikings actually beat them out in the North. And I think with the Packers losing back to back and the Panthers beating them head to head the Panthers have now clearly established themselves as the best team in the NFC.
What a play by Antonio Brown to setup the Steelers winning field goal. That's a great player making a great play to win an important game.
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Looks like the Packers aren't up with the elite teams in the NFL.
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Eli Manning is now the all-time winning QB for the Giants, passing Phil Simms. They are now guaranteed to stay in first place for another week.
Also the Falcons and Packers are looking like pretenders.
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The pundits and experts at ESPN's site who said Atlanta would trounce the 49ers will be getting my recipe for rotisserie crow. Atlanta was held to 17 yards on the ground (12 from Devonta Freeman) in a 17-16 loss to the Niners.
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Note to Dan Quinn: 13+ 3 is still is less than 17. Should have gone for it.
And how about the Colts upsetting the Broncos to give the Broncos their first loss. The Colts are our only hope of seeing any team in the AFC South become respectable this year.
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The Cowboys have lost six in a row for the first time since 1989 when they went 1-15.
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Note to Dan Quinn: 13+ 3 is still is less than 17. Should have gone for it.
And how about the Colts upsetting the Broncos to give the Broncos their first loss. The Colts are our only hope of seeing any team in the AFC South become respectable this year.
Glad they got that win. Aqib Talib did poke Dwayne Allen in the eye & the Denver defense were getting penalties.
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Talib has been given a game suspension due to the eye poke yesterday.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14091903/aqib-talib-denver-broncos-suspended-1-game-eye-poke
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The Colts will have a bye week along with some other teams whoever they are.
Talib has been thinking of appealing the suspension.
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Atlanta has the bye week. To crack an old joke, take the bye and the points. ;)
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And then there were three... (Bengals, Panthers, Patriots)
As much as I hate to say this, it looks like the Pats will be the last one standing.
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Colts QB Andrew Luck will be out two to six weeks with a lacerated kidney and a partial tear of his abdominal muscle.
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The Bills hold off a Jets rally to win 22-17 as a late 4th and goal by the Jets failed. McCoy had a 112 yard night and Taylor was efficient if unspectacular night. That AFC Wild Card race is tight with the Jets, Steelers, and Bills all sitting at 5-4 and the Raiders at 4-4.
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With the Falcons off this week, I'll call the other NFC South games (predictions only a fool would lay money on since I'm making them):
Dallas at Tampa Bay is a toss-up. Who in their right mind would ever see those words meshed together? The recent antics of Greg Hardy and Dez Bryant could be potential distractions, but Tampa Bay has eight players inactive. Dallas should prevail.
Carolina at Tennessee has the Panthers giving 3. Marcus Mariotta's touchdown-to-interception ratio (13-5) is a bit better than Cam Newton's (14-9). Carolina's late comebacks have had Rolaids stocks skyrocketing. Carolina wins and lay the 3.
Washington is giving 1 at home against New Orleans, whose defense couldn't stop a clock with a dead battery of late. Gut feeling and coin flip says Saints win this one.
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Now playing backup QB for the Steelers: tight end Heath Miller.
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A Cowboys loss and a Eagles loss means the Giants stay in first place going into their bye week, and considering they are about to play New England, it helps us a little.
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The Ravens have found some spectacular ways to lose in the past. Today was the spectaculariest. To lose because of an untimed FG attempt after a dropped INT and THEN a facemask penalty with 0:00 on the clock is just amazing.
That was probably the stupidest penalty to make in that situation and has to be the dumbest thing Elvis Dumervil has ever done on a football field. Congrats.
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With the Falcons off this week, I'll call the other NFC South games (predictions only a fool would lay money on since I'm making them):
Dallas at Tampa Bay is a toss-up. Who in their right mind would ever see those words meshed together? The recent antics of Greg Hardy and Dez Bryant could be potential distractions, but Tampa Bay has eight players inactive. Dallas should prevail.
Fail.
Carolina at Tennessee has the Panthers giving 3. Marcus Mariotta's touchdown-to-interception ratio (13-5) is a bit better than Cam Newton's (14-9). Carolina's late comebacks have had Rolaids stocks skyrocketing. Carolina wins and lay the 3.
Called it.
Washington is giving 1 at home against New Orleans, whose defense couldn't stop a clock with a dead battery of late. Gut feeling and coin flip says Saints win this one.
Epic fail.
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What an insane finish in Green Bay.
I am very happy that Detroit somehow found a way to get that win. Now, if only somebody could beat Carolina a few times...
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Lions win at Lambeau for the first time since 1991. What a crazy ending indeed. Lions always find someway to lose a game but somehow they barely lucked out.
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Giants lose a nail-biter, allowing the Cheatriots to escape with the win.
At least the Eagles lost.
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Landon Collins needs to go. He's been a dud all year.
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Dude, he's a rookie. Gotta give him time to develop. Way to early to throw in the towel on a second-round pick whom the Giants traded up for. And he's been banged up all year.
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At 7-2, the Minnesota Vikings lead the NFC North going into next week's game against the Packers. Who saw that coming when the season started?
And at least Peyton Manning got the all time yards record, because the rest of his day wasn't good.
Giants lose a nail-biter, allowing the Cheatriots Patriots to escape with the win.
Think of it this way; if this was a Super Bowl, the Giants would've won ;)
(and FTFY)
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Can someone tell me what a catch is these days?
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Let's ask Charlie.
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What a fiasco.
Yes, Seattle's offense is not good and wildly inconsistent.
But my goodness, that officiating was horrendous. They missed 3 delay of game calls on AZ, didn't call one single holding call on Arizona (they were getting away with it all night long), flubbed an obvious fumble by ruling it incomplete, and kept a crucial drive alive with a bogus illegal contact call on Bobby Wagner.
Call me a whiner if you like, but you can't deny that the refs had an enormous impact on the game tonight.
Le sigh. At least moneygamelover didn't accept the bet that I proposed. I wonder what picture he would've made my avatar for the week.
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Peyton Manning is questionable this Sunday at Chicago. Torn plantar fascia (heel).
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Who would've guessed that the Packers and Broncos would be on losing streaks (3 and 2, respectively) after being undefeated for most of the first half? Or that the Panthers and Bengals would remain undefeated at this point in the season? I know that everybody in Detroit is celebrating after breaking a 24-year losing streak at Lambeau. And the Ravens...well, they're toast, and continue to be the biggest disappointments in the entire league.
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At 7-2, the Minnesota Vikings lead the NFC North going into next week's game against the Packers. Who saw that coming when the season started?
You wanna know what's wild? The Vikings could actually go 13-3 this season. The rest of their season consists of the Arizona Cardinals and a slew of beatable teams (Packers twice, Bears, Falcons, Giants, and Seahawks). At this point, the Vikings are a lock for at least a Wild Card spot, thanks to the entire NFC East and most of the South and West divisions being dumpster fires.
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The Saints have announced they will show DC Rob Ryan the door today. Saints defense have allowed 81 points total in their last two losses.
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For the first time since 2011, Peyton Manning is inactive.
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The NFL announced a mistake (one of many) from yesterday! Turns out the Ravens should've won yesterday as the left tackle for Jacksonville was not lined up properly at the time of the snap, which should've drawn a false start penalty resulting in a 10 second runoff and the end of the game.
Still doesn't change the fact that the game should've ended anyway on either an easy interception or a simple non-penalty inducing sack.
Instead, they ended the game in the stupidest fashion and with probably the worst loss in the history of team. Call it hyperbole, but if the clock hits 0:00 and you're in the lead, you win. Especially when the last play snapped is a hurried, non-descript hoping-for-a-miracle play. That penalty was the epitome of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and I don't see how a loss could get much worse.
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The Saints have announced they will show DC Rob Ryan the door today. Saints defense have allowed 81 points total in their last two losses.
If the Saints and Seahawks have any hope of getting the NFC Wild Cards, they need new defensive coordinators, like, yesterday. They could still get there if they run the table on the rest of the season, but at this point, it's almost a foregone conclusion that the six NFC playoff teams will be the Panthers, Cardinals, Vikings, Packers, Falcons, and whichever NFC East team finishes with the least s**tty record.
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If the Saints and Seahawks have any hope of getting the NFC Wild Cards, they need new defensive coordinators, like, yesterday. They could still get there if they run the table on the rest of the season, but at this point, it's almost a foregone conclusion that the six NFC playoff teams will be the Panthers, Cardinals, Vikings, Packers, Falcons, and whichever NFC East team finishes with the least s**tty record.
Yeah... I'm starting to wonder if Kris Richard was the right guy to promote to DC. I was thinking Ken Norton would've been next in line once Dan Quinn bolted for Atlanta, but I sure was surprised when it went to Richard, and now Ken is down in Oakland. What a bummer. :(
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And then there were 2...so who loses first, Panthers or Patriots?
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I wonder: why have TV timeouts during replay reviews? I think the NFL should exempt those stoppages from being TV timeouts
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So they can force another stoppage just so the league's TV partners can make even more money and waste even more time?
No thank you. Games are long enough as it is.
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And then there were 2...so who loses first, Panthers or Patriots?
Some are saying the Patriots, with Julian Edelmann out for the rest of the season (foot fracture).
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Some are saying the Patriots, with Julian Edelmann out for the rest of the season (foot fracture).
He's only out for 6-8 weeks. He'll probably be back just in time for the playoffs.
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It's a similar injury to what Dez Bryant just had, so yeah, he might be back for Week 17, more likely the Divisional Playoff (since New England will likely get a first-round bye).
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With Victor Cruz done for the year, the Giants bring back Hakeem Nicks.
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Brandon Weeden, thanks for playing. Jerry Jones has some parting gifts for you.
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And Jacksonville remains alive in the playoff race.
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This Sunday has Atlanta hosting Indianapolis. Atlanta is giving 6, with Matt Hasselbeck replacing Andrew Luck III at QB. The key matchup will have Colts CB Vontae Davis against Atlanta's Julio Jones. Dan Quinn doesn't plan on taking Davis lightly. Falcons win but take the Colts and the candy.
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Even on their bye week, the Giants remain in first place for another week as the Eagles and Redskins embarrass themselves against the the Bucs and Panthers respectively. Amazingly the Cowboys are still in the division race.
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Atlanta is this week's NFC South chump, losing to the (no pun intended) Luck-less Colts, 24-21. Matt Ryan throws for 3 TDs and 3 INTs; Hasselbeck 2 TDs and 2 INTs.
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Joe Flacco's season is over with a torn ACL and possibly MCL. Eli Manning is now the last QB to not miss a start since the 2000s.
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Sad to see Joe's consecutive starts streak end. I've always enjoyed him as a QB and love the stability he brought to the position here in this town. For better or worse, he's been a fine QB. Without him, we might not have that Super Bowl title. I hope he'll be just as good if not better than he was next season.
As soon as he began limping on the field though, I said to my father how if he was injured, this was possibly the best time to do it. In the middle of what amounts to a lost season. It doesn't hurt that bad when you're already so far out of it.
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Joe Flacco's season is over with a torn ACL and possibly MCL. Eli Manning is now the last QB to not miss a start since the 2000s.
Philip Rivers hasn't missed a start since the beginning of the 2006 season, the second-longest active streak behind Eli. Flacco was third with 121 straight regular-season starts. Eli is at 177 and Rivers is at 153 (not counting playoffs).
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Joe Flacco's season is over with a torn ACL and possibly MCL. Eli Manning is now the last QB to not miss a start since the 2000s.
It seems like every time the Baltimore Ravens win a game or come close, they actually lose. During the opening week, they lost LB Terrell Suggs (the Ravens did lose however), a couple weeks ago WR Steve Smith, and of course It was just that the St. Louis Rams were just playing really bad that day, and this "win" could be negative in the draft lottery. Meanwhille, the Redskins running offense had one of their worst performances ever, and the defense made too many penalties at the wrong time.
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Falcons RB Devonte Freeman has entered the league's concussion protocol after the blow he took in yesterday's game. It is not expected to be serious.
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Patriots are 10-0. 😢
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The Browns have demoted Johnny Manziel to third string quarterback after videos on social media showed him partying in Texas during the team's bye week. Josh McCown will be the first string.
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The Lions carve the Eagles 45-14. First place up for grabs in the Giants-Redskins game Sunday.
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Well, that didn't take long. Romo throws a pick-six less than a minute into their tilt against Carolina.
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23-3 Carolina at the half. Romo has three picks now, one for another TD and the second two to Luke Kuechly.
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And Romo is out again having reinjured his collarbone.
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And Romo is out again having reinjured his collarbone.
Which all in all means this season will be at least a minimal success for we in Philly regardless of what our final record is, knowing that we probably broke Dallas for good this year when we knocked him out back in Week 2, which for we can be as good as winning it all. Of course, we can still take note we can still win the division if we remain calm and get the right breaks going forward; it'll be challenging, certainly--perhaps VERY challenging--but it still can be done at this point, so no matter how bleak the fan base feels at present, it's still not yet time to abandon ship, not until Week 16 at earlier, really, since it's really only the last two games of the year that really matter at this point.
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The Packers have now lost to the Lions and Bears at home this season. They also ceded the NFC North to the Vikings.
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Minnesota at Atlanta this Sunday: Falcons are giving 2-1/2 at home, and both teams are coming off losses. Atlanta's certainly can have been prevented but they make more vanilla than McCormick once they take a substantial lead and they lose the game. Matt Ryan's accuracy has been in question of late, and Roddy White is still odd man out. Taking the Vikings here.
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Called it. Matt Ryan has absolutely no rhythm under Dan Quinn's system and Devonta Freeman was sorely missed.
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Yep. Minnesota goes to 8-3 and reclaims the top of the NFC North standings. At this point, the Vikings could choke the rest of the way and still conceivably get a Wild Card with an 8-8 record. Nobody else in the NFC seems to be trying to get into that position.
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Called it. Matt Ryan has absolutely no rhythm under Dan Quinn's system and Devonta Freeman was sorely missed.
Well, it's Kyle Shanahan's system, but I get what you're saying.
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And would you believe that Seattle has moved up to the 6-seed! The defense neutralized Big Ben's 456-yard performance with a total of FOUR interceptions--one each for Sherman, Chancellor, Lane, and Rubin. Russell Wilson threw for a career high five TDs to knock off the Steelers, 39-30.
I guess one NFC team wants to fight for a Wild Card after all...
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Revenge is sweet. I'm so glad that Seattle beat those darn Steelers, and oh what a game it was (should've been on Sunday Night Football). Go Hawks!
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In all likelihood, CBS probably protected this game. And by the time the Broncos QB situation became a bit clearer, it was too late to flex in another game, anyway.
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Just when you thought Seattle was getting it together, Jimmy Graham tears his patellar tendon and is done for the year.
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It sucks for Graham, but to be fair, he wasn't exactly a major factor in that offense. He had only scored two touchdowns all season and hadn't found the end zone since Week 3. They should be okay with Luke Willson at tight end.
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Matt Hasslebeck is 4-0 as he manages to give the Colts the 25-12 victory against Tampa Bay.
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Carolina stands alone as the only undefeated team! Pats choke a 14 point lead and lose tonight against the Brock Osweiler Broncos. I guaranteed if Peyton started, the Pats would have been 11-0.
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Pats choke a 14 point lead and lose tonight.
That's not something I'd expect from the Patriots. When was the last time they coughed up a lead that huge?
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That's not something I'd expect from the Patriots. When was the last time they coughed up a lead that huge?
If my memory is correct, the infamous 4th and 2 game back in 2009 which ironically kept the Colts perfect.
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I'm sure there's no one out there who'd think the Panthers would be the last remaining undefeated team at this point in the season. Despite their shocking loss (much to the glee of their haters), the Patriots are still the favorites to win the Super Bowl for the second year in a row.
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More fallout from the Patriots' loss: WR Chris Harper was cut from the team. He muffed a Britton Colquitt punt that was recovered by the Broncos' Shaquil Barrett which led to the Broncos' game-winning touchdown.
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I guess one NFC team wants to fight for a Wild Card after all...
The Bears are moving in the right direction, but their hole might be just a touch too deep, thanks to their 2-5 conference record.
Yep. Minnesota goes to 8-3 and reclaims the top of the NFC North standings. At this point, the Vikings could choke the rest of the way and still conceivably get a Wild Card with an 8-8 record. Nobody else in the NFC seems to be trying to get into that position.
In Minnesota loses out and goes 8-8, I don't see them finishing ahead of Chicago. The Bears would be 6-6 with a win over the Vikes, and if they can win that game in Minnesota, I don't see them losing more than one of their remaining games (SF, WAS, TB, DET).
Which all in all means this season will be at least a minimal success for we in Philly regardless of what our final record is, knowing that we probably broke Dallas for good this year when we knocked him out back in Week 2, which for we can be as good as winning it all.
And Philly fans wonder why nobody likes them. Breaking someone's bones isn't exactly something that should be cheered in polite society.
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Brought up by Mel Kiper today: We are 150 days away from the NFL Draft. As it stands now, the Tennessee Titans would hold the first overall pick.
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More fallout from the Patriots' loss: WR Chris Harper was cut from the team. He muffed a Britton Colquitt punt that was recovered by the Broncos' Shaquil Barrett which led to the Broncos' game-winning touchdown.
Actually it cut the Patriots lead to 21-14 and shifted momentum to the Broncos.
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Correct. My source was in error.
It was a year ago today when Carolina lost their last regular season game.
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You see it a lot in college play but the Ravens win on a kick block return for a touchdown thanks to former Giants player Will Hill.
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Josh McCown is toast for the rest of the season for Cleveland, having fractured his clavicle last night. Could Johnny Manziel's demotion be rescinded?
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Cleveland is just going to end up with either Jared Goff or Connor Cook anyway, so it's all good, Browns fans.
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Official: Coldplay is doing the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.
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The end of the Packers/Lions game is a microcosm of the Detroit Lions as a franchise; snake bitten and not that good.
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People are saying the refs screwed over the Lions. The Lions shouldn't have choked a 20-0 lead and it wouldn't have come down to that.
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Atlanta is a 1-point underdog at Tampa Bay Sunday. Matt Ryan says he's got to be more effective as QB, but he can only be so effective with a porous O-line. That and a defensive front that cannot touch opposing quarterbacks. Jameis Winston should exploit this with little trouble. Buccaneers and lay the point.
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The Bears are 7-point favorites hosting San Francisco this weekend, which is actually a first - Chicago was the underdog in each of their first 11 games. Hopefully it doesn't go to their heads and they can keep playing with the intensity they've shown the last several weeks.
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Just when everyone thought the Ravens were dead, they keep fighting for their lives. They probably won't make the playoffs, but the thing is they never give up, and I like their chances in Miami.
As for the Panthers, they have to play in New Orleans, where the Saints get another shot at handing them their first loss of the season. The last time these two teams met, Carolina beat the Saints in Week 3 at Charlotte, but it was only by five points, so the Saints may use this as motivation and succeed this time.
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Devonta Freeman returned for Atlanta after passing concussion protocol, but it made no difference. A late Matt Ryan interception gives Tampa Bay a 23-19 win as the Falcons continue to circle the drain.
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And Carolina wins the NFC South.
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Again the Giants forget how many quarters there are in a game, yielding a ten-point lead and losing to the Jets in overtime.
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Week 1: Should have won vs Cowboys
Week 2: Should have won vs Falcons
Week 8: Should have won vs Saints
Week 10:Should have won vs Patriots
Week 12:Should have won vs Jets
It's time for Coughlin to retire. You don't go for it on 4th and goal when your leading by 10 points. Just as bad as passing it at the 1-yard line in the Super Bowl.
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Look out, NFC. Seattle is back and firing on all cylinders. The o-line is growing up, Russell Wilson is firing laser beams, they have a running game again with Thomas "Rawls Royce", the front seven is terrorizing opposing QBs, and the secondary is making tackles again. Go Hawks.
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And Carolina wins the NFC South.
Currently trailing New Orleans, 14-0. Not that it would make any difference apart from ruining an unblemished regular season if they lose.
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Earlier this afternoon, the Ravens blocked an extra point attempt by the Dolphins and returned it all the way for two points. Unfortunately, the return was negated by an offsides call on the Ravens.
Just now, the Saints blocked an extra point attempt by the Panthers and returned it all they way for two points. No flags. It is the first time since the rule was put in place, and therefore the first time in NFL history, a team has scored the two points on a blocked extra point. Congrats.
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Philadelphia is leading the Patriots by two touchdowns?? Has the world gone mad in our presence?
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One quarter to go. The Eagles can pull a Giants.
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One quarter to go. The Eagles can pull a Giants.
No, they won't.
New England has their second loss this season.
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How about that... Philly topples the Patriots. What a great day. The cherry on top will be if Matt Hasselbeck gets some long awaited revenge against the Steelers.
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No, they won't.
New England has their second loss this season.
That's a shocker but I'll take it! First time Philly beats Brady and Belichick. Patriots currently holds the #3 seed, behind the Bengals and Broncos.
And how about Cam Newton again with 5 touchdowns.
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Carolina is still undefeated. What a game.
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What's really interesting is that no NFC is out of the playoff hunt yet. Seattle currently holds the 6-seed with their 7-5 record. Each of the bottom-feeding teams could still theoretically get to 8 wins.
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The Panthers next opponents are the Falcons, Giants, Falcons again, and the Buccaneers. They may very well go 16-0.
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What a bummer for Hasselbeck and the Colts. Matt got taken out by a shoulder injury and the Colts defense was absolutely horrendous. I say they the door is now open for Houston to make a run for the AFC south division unless Andrew Luck gets back soon and catches fire.
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Just hope the Pittsburgh training staff had enough ice handy after Brown's impromptu celebration following the long touchdown....
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This game pretty much sums up the NFC East this season.
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Atlanta is getting 7 on the road vs. Carolina on Sunday. There appears to be dissention in the ranks as Kyle Shanahan's offense schemes are not working in this five-game losing streak. More emphasis on the passing game and Matt Ryan is simply not connecting. He's getting yards but his red zone efficiency is woeful. Atlanta's main goal is to stop Cam Newton. Yeah, like that's gonna happen. Give me Carolina and lay the 7.
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It's no surprise: The Patriots and Panthers have the best chances to win Super Bowl 50. Of course, this would be a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVIII, a hard-fought battle that the Patriots won.
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The Broncos waive Christian Ponder.
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At this point, three teams are tied for the NFC East lead with 5-7 records. And over in the AFC South, the top two teams are 6-6, so it is possible that we may have two division winners finishing at 8-8 or worse!
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Like last year's season finale, Atlanta is phoning in this game against Carolina collect. 21-0 Panthers in the second; Carolina has already racked up 260 yards of offense.
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Carolina shuts out Atlanta, 38-0 and gains a first round bye in the playoffs.
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Either Green Bay is an undisciplined team or the refs have a lot of money on the Cowboys.
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Good news: the Seahawks blew out the Ravens and gained (for now) the 5 seed, the o-line was awesome, and Russell Wilson is blazing hot as he tossed 5 more TDs.
Bad news: Thomas Rawls is done for the year and the running game is in serious trouble. Get well, Baby Beast. :(
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I think it's safe to say the Cowboys loss to the Packers today pretty much sealed that they are out of the playoff picture.
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I think it's safe to say the Cowboys loss to the Packers today pretty much sealed that they are out of the playoff picture.
I think you would be right. Dallas could still win out and get a 7-9 record. Philadelphia and Washington have only 6 wins so far; however, they play each other in a couple of weeks, so it guarantees that one of them will get win #7. So Dallas can only win the division depending on the tiebreakers.
Detroit and San Francisco are officially out of the NFC playoffs, thanks to their losses yesterday.
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Having peed in the punch bowl, Atlanta is a 3-point underdog this week at Jacksonville, who put up 51 points against Indianapolis this past Sunday. Matt Ryan's ineffectiveness of late has been attributed to not getting enough time to throw in the pocket (just over 2 seconds), magnifying the porousness of the O-line. Fans want Kyle Shananan's head on a silver platter. Jacksonville wins and lay the trey.
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I think you would be right. Dallas could still win out and get a 7-9 record. Philadelphia and Washington have only 6 wins so far; however, they play each other in a couple of weeks, so it guarantees that one of them will get win #7. So Dallas can only win the division depending on the tiebreakers.
So who does in fact have the inside track at this point if they ended up with the same record? Washington has the tiebreaker with Philadelphia, Philadelphia has the tiebreaker with New York, and with Washington and New York splitting their series, no one seems to have the edge there. I admit Dallas does still have a faint chance, but it does seem unlikely they'll win all 3 of their remaining games at this point, and one more loss, especially if it's the finale, probably does finish them for good.
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To be clear, Dallas would win any tie at 7-9. This scenario would mean they will have swept the Redskins and sit at 4-2 in the division, while the other teams would have at least three division losses.
Philadephia and Washington control their own destiny. If either team wins out, they win the division. The Giants will need some help. If both Washington and New York end up 9-7, Washington wins on division record (4-2 vs. 3-3). A three-way tie is a bit complex, depending on different results. There's a way Washington wins a three-way, but also for Philadelphia. Basically comes down to the Washington-Philadelphia game in Week 16.
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I think you would be right. Dallas could still win out and get a 7-9 record. Philadelphia and Washington have only 6 wins so far; however, they play each other in a couple of weeks, so it guarantees that one of them will get win #7. So Dallas can only win the division depending on the tiebreakers.
Detroit and San Francisco are officially out of the NFC playoffs, thanks to their losses yesterday.
Unless it's a tie.
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Unless it's a tie.
#RuinAFireballPost @midnight
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This is the best 49ers rumor I have heard. (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/16/speculation-emerges-of-a-49ers-sale/)
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Does anyone actually like those color splash uniforms? Gosh, those Rams all yellow yesterday was aweful.
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Hell no. The Jaguars jersey was bad, the Bills and Jets on the field together was a terrible combo. And yes, the Rams mustard jersey was ugly.
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Yep, bright orange and bright yellow in the same game was too much. Hopefully the league will realize this experiment is not working and return to normal.
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Hopefully the league will realize this experiment is not working and return to normal.
Especially the Steelers' throwback "bumblebee" jerseys. Those are ugly as sin.
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Latest scuttlebutt in Atlanta is that Falcons owner Arthur Blank will show GM Thomas Dimitroff the door at season's end. OC Kyle Shananan may follow him along with other coaching personnel.
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Seattle can clinch a playoff spot with a W over Johnny Football and the Browns AND a loss from the Washington Potatoes OR the New York Giants.
So, I'm hoping for Buffalo or Carolina to help out Seattle today because (on paper) Seattle shouldn't have too much trouble with Cleveland. That being said, any given Sunday always applies.
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Panthers are 14-0. They didn't want to win but they were also playing a team that didn't want to win either...
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Seattle does win, and thus eliminating St. Louis, Tampa Bay and New Orleans from postseason.
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In order for the Giants to win the NFC East, they must go 2-0 while the Redskins must go 0-2.
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Odell Beckham may be suspended this upcoming week for his behavior during the Giants tilt with Carolina yesterday.
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Odell Beckham may be suspended this upcoming week for his behavior during the Giants tilt with Carolina yesterday.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14416603/odell-beckham-jr-new-york-giants-suspended-one-game
He will be pending an almost certain appeal.
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Even if Carolina rests their starters, they stand to go 16-0 with trips to Atlanta and Tampa on tap. They're a TD favorite at Atlanta this Sunday's. Carolina wins but take Atlanta with the gift 7.
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14416603/odell-beckham-jr-new-york-giants-suspended-one-game
He will be pending an almost certain appeal.
The appeal has been denied.
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What?
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Falcons' RB Tevin Coleman is in concussion protocol but not for something that happened during a game. He slipped while taking a shower and hit his head. His status vs. Carolina this Sunday is questionable.
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Thanks, Eagles.
Washington clinches the NFC East.
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A Carolina win or an Arizona loss gives the Panthers home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
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This is why you don't elect to kick in overtime.
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Crazy games today:
- Falcons end the Panthers undefeated season.
- The 5-win Ravens sweep the Steelers for the first time since 2011, which clinches the AFC North for the Bengals.
- Patriots elect to kickoff in OT, which leads to a GW-touchdown by the Jets. And because the Steelers lost, the Jets control their playoff destiny; win next week and they are in.
Oh and the once 1-5 Chiefs clinch a playoff berth.
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By the end of the week, we could have 11 of the 12 playoff spots set. Vikings clinch a playoff spot if they win or if the Seahawks win. Texans can clinch the AFC South if the Bengals beat the Broncos (Houston would clinch the strength of victory tiebreaker over Indianapolis).
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Looks as if Arizona will wrap up home field advantage. Their 38-8 lead on Green Bay is holding up.
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They still need to beat Seattle next week and have Carolina lose to Tampa Bay to get the top seed.
Also, here are some fun playoff scenarios for next week, as of now (posting at 6:49 EST):
Falcons clinch a playoff spot with:
Win vs. New Orleans
Minnesota loss vs. New York Giants and Green Bay
Seattle loss vs. St. Louis and Arizona
Wins by three of Tennessee, Carolina, San Francisco and Denver.
If you like that...
Colts clinch the AFC South with:
Win vs. Tennessee
Denver win vs. Cincinnati on Monday night
Houston loss vs. Jacksonville
Wins by the following teams: BUF, MIA, ATL, BAL, PIT, OAK, DEN
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I don't see the Packers doing much in the playoffs. They can't seem to beat the good teams this year.
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NFC North title will be decided next Sunday night.
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Not like they had many options to choose from. MIN-GB was far and away the best choice with what happened this week.
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Now that the Vikings are in and the winner of the NFC North gets the #3 seed, it is possible that we'll be seeing the same match-up in the wild-card round.
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If Green Bay wins and Seattle wins. If Minnesota wins, they'll host Seattle and Green Bay heads to Washington.
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Minnesota's win knocks Atlanta out of the playoffs.
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I don't see the Packers doing much in the playoffs. They can't seem to beat the good teams this year.
Being from WI.... we've been saying this for the last 8 weeks now :)
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The Denver Broncos have pulled off an overtime victory over the Cincinnati Bengals to clinch a spot in the playoffs.
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Eagles have fired Chip Kelly
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That surprised me. Yeah he made horrible moves during the off-season but I least they could've given him one more chance.
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Come on, Titans. Do something logical for once and hire Chip.
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That surprised me. Yeah he made horrible moves during the off-season but I least they could've given him one more chance.
I might have waited one more year myself (although I would have had no problem switching coordinators at this juncture), but what is is; presumably things had just reached too much of a boil behind the scenes (coupled with the fact the defense was basically completely out of gas by this point in time from too much ludicrous speed too often). But it was far from a failed tenure, as any divisional title won fairly is well worth crowing about (as is anyone beating Brady on his own turf), so the Kelly era can be epitaphed more as a noble experiment that didn't quite pan out as hoped rather than an abject failure (compared to, for example, Bobby Petrino's run with the Falcons, which became clear was all about the money and produced nothing but anger and losing). And there is still the core of a very good team there if utilized properly by the next man in the position, so I wish Chip well wherever the road leads from here and hope that the best available man gets the position.
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Atlanta gives 4 at home in the season finale against New Orleans this Sunday. Both playing strictly for pride; Atlanta plays to salvage a season that began with promise and circled the drain halfway through. Defense discovered its game against Carolina and they'll use what they affected this Sunday. Atlanta rolls with the 4.
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Well, technically not nothing, since Atlanta is one of the nine teams the Colts need to win in order to win the AFC South. :-P
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The Tennessee Titans are on the clock.
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I guess the Jets wanted to give the Giants some company on the couch this January. Steelers will play next weekend as a wild-card team.
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If Denver loses today, Cincinnati will clinch the other first round bye.
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Cincinnati clinches home field over the AFC playoffs with their win over Baltimore coupled with New England losing to Miami.
Not quite. Cincinnati can't clinch home field but they can still get a first-round bye if Denver loses, which in that case gives the Patriots home field. A Denver wins gives them home field and knocks Cincinnati to #3.
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Not quite Cincinnati can't clinch home field but they can still get a first-round bye if Denver loses, which in that case gives the Patriots home-field.
Yeah, that's what I was correcting. I got Denver and Cincinnati confused.
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The AFC playoff possibilities:
If Denver wins:
1. Denver 2. New England
No. 6 Pittsburgh at No. 3 Cincinnati
No. 5 Kansas City at No. 4 Houston
If Denver loses and Kansas City loses:
1. New England 2. Cincinnati
No. 6 Pittsburgh at No. 3 Denver
No. 5 Kansas City at No. 4 Houston
If Denver loses and Kansas City wins:
1. New England 2. Cincinnati
No. 6 Pittsburgh at No. 3 Kansas City
No. 5 Denver at No. 4 Houston
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Browns announce the firing of head coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer.
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The playoff seedings in the AFC are set:
1: Denver Broncos
2: New England Patriots
3: Cincinnati Bengals
4: Houston Texans
5: Kansas City Chiefs
6: Pittsburgh Steelers
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The Broncos held on despite five turnovers. I can't say I have faith in any team in the AFC East aside from the two wild cards.
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I have the top 20 picks in the 2016 NFL Draft here for your viewing pleasure. https://billriccettenfl.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/2016-nfl-draft-order-non-playoff-teams/
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The Broncos held on despite five turnovers. I can't say I have faith in any team in the AFC East aside from the two wild cards.
Hm? A touch confused on this phrasing, since the AFC East doesn't have either of its conference's wild cards. Do you mean the AFC as a whole? The Patriots as an individual team, as the sole AFC East representative?
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Hm? A touch confused on this phrasing, since the AFC East doesn't have either of its conference's wild cards. Do you mean the AFC as a whole? The Patriots as an individual team, as the sole AFC East representative?
I meant the AFC division winners. Given the way both AFC wild cards have been playing and the performance of the division winners over the past few weeks, I can't see the top four seeds getting far. Thanks for catching that.
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49ers announce they have relieved Jim Tomsula of his duties.
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Thank God this stain of season is over. Worst season since 2007. First time the Ravens have had a Top 10 draft pick since 2003. This was just a hard luck season. Twenty players on injured reserve. It was just a mess. 14/16 games decided by 8 pts or fewer. Three different starting quarterbacks in the last six weeks. It looked like an episode of Hoarders this mess of a season. Let's hope no major publications picks the Ravens to make the Super Bowl next year, maybe then they can actually do something.
49ers announce they have relieved Jim Tomsula of his duties.
Does no team even care about NFL tradition? There will hardly be anyone left to fire on Black Monday at this rate.
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49ers announce they have relieved Jim Tomsula of his duties.
That's like only snapping off a branch when the whole tree is diseased.
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Minnesota wins the NFC North. Your seeding:
1. Carolina
2. Arizona
3. Minnesota
4. Washington
5. Green Bay
6. Seattle
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NFL Playoff Schedule: https://billriccettenfl.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/nfl-playoff-schedule/
NFL 2016 Schedule of Opponents: https://billriccettenfl.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/2016-nfl-opponents/
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My picks:
Chiefs over Texans
Steelers over Bengals
Seahawks over Vikings
Green Bay over Washington
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My picks:
Chiefs over Texans
Steelers over Bengals
Seahawks over Vikings
Green Bay over Washington
Those are my picks as well. Green Bay really lucked out getting Washington instead of Seattle.
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Here's the early NFL Draft order (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000572264/article/2016-nfl-draft-order-and-needs-nos-1120), courtesy of NFL.com:
1. Tennessee
2. Cleveland
3. San Diego/Los Angeles?
4. Dallas
5. Jacksonville
6. Baltimore
7. San Francisco
8. Miami
9. Tampa Bay
10. NY Giants
11. Chicago
12. New Orleans
13. Philadelphia
14. Oakland/Los Angeles?
15. St. Louis/Los Angeles?
16. Detroit
17. Atlanta
18. Indianapolis
19. Buffalo
20. NY Jets
At this point, it's still unknown where the Rams, Raiders and Chargers will play next season, hence the "/Los Angeles?" after their current cities. But I think we should know by the start of the draft if the L.A. situation is resolved, once and for all.
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Tom Coughlin out as Giants head coach
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Coughlin actually decided to step down as coach.
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It sure was nice to see Seattle punch Arizona in the mouth yesterday.
Bring on Minnesota
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Colts announce contract extension for head coach Chuck Pagano
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The Chargers officially file for relocation to Los Angeles.
EDIT: The Rams and Raiders have also filed for relocation
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Colts announce contract extension for head coach Chuck Pagano
Once Andrew Luck is 100% in 2016, I feel things will improve. We just need a stronger offensive line that will protect him more. Pagano can turn this team around.
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Tampa Bay fires Lovie Smith as head coach after going 8-24 in two seasons under him.
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So now that the Raiders, Rams and Chargers have filed for relocation to L.A., there are bets everywhere as to who will actually be allowed to move there. The Rams' owner is hellbent on getting there, and he spurned St. Louis by saying that it's better off as a two-sport town (with the baseball Cardinals and NHL Blues already there), and that its latest stadium deal was a colossal failure, not to mention that any team who moves there in the future will face total ruin, financial and otherwise. The Raiders don't seem to want to share Oakland with the A's, and the Chargers still have no luck getting a new stadium built in San Diego. That being said, I think the Rams and Chargers will move, and the Raiders will be forced to come up with a solution that will keep them in the Bay Area, even if it is having to share the 49ers' stadium on a temporary basis until a new stadium can be built elsewhere.
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Random fact: If the Steelers make it to Super Bowl 50, it would be the 4th time out of 5 that the Steelers make it to a Super Bowl ending in a 0.
SB 10: WIN vs Dallas
SB 20: Did not play (Chicago romped the Patriots)
SB 30: Loss to Dallas
SB 40: WIN vs Seahawks
SB 50: ?
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Beyonce and Bruno Mars to join Coldplay at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 halftime show
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It's official: the Chargers and Rams are upping it to Los Angeles.
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Late update: Dan Sileo's report on the Chargers and Rams move has been removed from its source (The Mighty 1090 in San Diego) as a proper vote has yet to be taken.
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So if this is true, this means that the Raiders will be stuck in Oakland for a while longer. I, for one, prefer Los Angeles Rams over St. Louis Rams, and too bad about San Diego losing the Chargers; at least they still have the Padres.
SN: If the Chargers indeed move to L.A., they will do the exact same thing that the NBA's Clippers did 32 years ago. Add to that the Rockets' departure to Houston in 1971, and it's becoming clear that San Diego cannot hold on to its sports teams when it matters most. As I said, they did the right thing by building that new baseball park, so the Padres are the lone exception...so far.
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Gee, that was fast.
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No move can be official until the owners approve them, anyway. I believe they are meeting this week to make the decision.
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For the first time in 22 years, the Chief's win a playoff game.
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What a gimme putt game it was for the Chiefs. Houston could have tripped over the chalk lines.
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And the Bengals-Steelers game has become a snoozer at the half (6-0 Steelers).
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Garbage. Enjoy your free ride courtesy of the refs, Pittsburgh.
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Can't blame the refs there. Just pure stupidity by the Bengals.
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Can't blame the refs there. Just pure stupidity by the Bengals.
Steelers are a great team It wouldn't surprise me if they win Super Bowl 50. The Bengals showed us yet again they were just pretenders.
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That was an awful ending. I thought for sure the Bengals were gonna pull off the victory but they shot themselves in the foot with those two personal foul penalties and the Hill fumble. I'm surprised Jones wasn't ejected for touching the ref.
At least now Brady gets a shot at revenge against Kansas City after what they did to them last year.
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Well I've honestly never seen a team lose a game like that before. Of course, Bill's right; you can't blame the refs. They did their best to control it. The Bengals imploded plain and simple.
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I'm surprised Jones wasn't ejected for touching the ref.
He'll be facing a fine for it but yeah he should have been ejected. They suspend you for making contact with officials in any other sport, though.
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First the Royals win their first World Series in 30 years, and now the Chiefs win their first playoff game in 22 years...it's a great time to be a Kansas City sports fan! On the other side of the coin, it seems that Marvin Lewis cannot win a playoff game as a coach, for all his regular season success, you can't help but feel bad for his failures in the postseason. As for today, I think the Vikings and Packers will win their respective games today.
I predict that the Rams and Chargers will move to L.A., and that there will still be a team called the Oakland Raiders. We shall see by the end of the week.
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So the debate now.... Was the Bengals loss yesterday worse than the Packers choking away the NFC Championship last year?
Wow, what a terrible way to lose and at home. How distasteful of the fans at the stadium? I know it isn't all of them, but wow you just can't throw stuff.
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Unbelievable. Another undeserving team advances.
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Blair Walsh channels his inner Gary Anderson. That's three road-playoff wins this weekend.
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#LacesOut
By the way, I think the road streak ends in the next game. Washington over Green Bay.
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So the Seahawks will go to Carolina, leaving whoever is the Packers/Redskins winner to visit Arizona. Along with Chiefs/Patriots and Steelers/Broncos, it looks like the Divisional Playoffs are all set.
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Road warriors. For the first time in NFL history, all 4 road teams win on the same weekend.
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Updated draft order:
21) Washington Redskins
22) Houston Texans
23) Minnesota Vikings
24) Cincinnati Bengals
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The laces didn't matter that much, he just choked the kick.
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Road warriors. For the first time in NFL history, all 4 road teams win on the same weekend.
Thanks to major implosions by both the Bengals and Vikings. I knew the Packers would win since Washington was in the playoffs because of a garbage division.
My picks for next round. I was 4 for 4 this past weekend:
Packers over Cardinals
Seahawks over Panthers
Patriots over Chiefs
Steelers over Broncos
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The lines on the upcoming games:
Kansas City
New England -5
O/U: 43
Green Bay
Arizona -7
O/U: 50
Seattle
Carolina -3
O/U: 44
Pittsburgh
Denver -7 (Bovada has this a pick 'em)
No O/U
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So the home team is 0-4 in wild-card round for the first time ever...impressive!
My picks are Packers, Panthers, Patriots and Broncos.
I knew the Packers would win since Washington was in the playoffs because of a garbage division.
Same goes for the Chiefs winning over Houston. The Texans also played in a crappy division.
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Divisional round picks:
NE over KC
AZ over GB
SEA over CAR (upset's gotta happen somewhere)
PIT over DEN
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On Friday, January 15 at 8 PM ET, NFL Network will rebroadcast Super Bowl I. It has been assembled from known footage and includes all 145 plays of the game. More about it here (http://www.channel3000.com/sports/packers/super-bowl-i-to-be-reaired-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-50-years/37374510).
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I pick all the road teams except New England this round.
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It now appears that San Diego and Oakland will be the teams to move to L.A. As NFL owners have voted to recommend proceeding with the Carson stadium plan instead of Inglewood, where the Rams would be playing.
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Well, we are about to see by tomorrow which teams, if any, will be on the move to Los Angeles. I say the Rams and Chargers move there, and the Raiders stay where they are.
SN: Should that scenario play out, don't be surprised if Chrysler signs on as a sponsor for the new L.A. stadium, for obvious reasons.
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Randy Kerdoon of KNX radio (Los Angeles) says that a vote was taken but the 24 votes needed was not reached and that three owners have left the meeting. The Inglewood site would host the Rams with the option for the Chargers to join them.
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The Rams are moving back to L.A. Chargers may also be moving to L.A. too.
EDIT: Raiders staying in Oakland.
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Yes. The Chargers' move to L.A. probably won't happen for another year or two. In the meantime, the Raiders could see a nice little bit of recompense from being left out.
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Well, it may not be over yet. The Chargers have one year to accept an offer to share the Rams' stadium, and if they refuse, then the Raiders can get that option instead. Another scenario has the Raiders moving to San Antonio, which is an intriguing possibility that would give Texas a third team to root for besides the Texans and Cowboys.
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HEARTBREAKING NEWS: Lawrence Phillips: Former NFL Player Found Dead in California Prison, Officials Say
Phillips' body was found Wednesday. He is believed to have taken his own life, Kern Valley State Prison said. He was serving a 25-year sentence and was facing additional murder charges.
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Well, it may not be over yet. The Chargers have one year to accept an offer to share the Rams' stadium, and if they refuse, then the Raiders can get that option instead. Another scenario has the Raiders moving to San Antonio, which is an intriguing possibility that would give Texas a third team to root for besides the Texans and Cowboys.
Wouldn't St. Louis be a more practical move as the Raiders would replace the Rams there, or can St. Louis not support an NFL team?
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I suppose only time will tell. Surprising in the meantime no businesspersons in San Diego have made any bids to buy the Chargers off the Spanos family to thus ensure the team stays, as Paul Allen's purchase of the Seahawks 20 years ago kept them from going to L.A.
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San Antonio would be among the lowest ranked TV markets with an NFL team should such a move occur (no. 32--the lowest ranked is Green Bay at no. 68).
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Chip Kelly is now HC of the Niners.
Won't mean a thing if Baalke still holds the reins at the Draft.
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Elsewhere: Dirk Koetter, who had been Atlanta's offensive coordinator, is now head coach at Tampa Bay. Former Atlanta head coach Mike Smith will be his defensive coordinator.
Ben McAdoo is now the Giants' head coach, having previously been their OC.
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Well, with Antonio Brown being ruled out, I'm switching my previous pick of Pittsburgh to Denver.
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The great Chris Mortensen, one of the members of ESPN's NFL coverage, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 throat cancer. Hopefully he'll get better! Until then, he is taking a hiatus from ESPN.
Thoughts and prayers for Chris and his family are due at this time.
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/01/175700/
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I have found that former Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne is officially retiring. Thank you #87.
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Chiefs (Momentum is a scary thing. The Chiefs have it; the Patriots don't. This'll be the upset of the weekend.)
Cardinals (It'll be closer than the week 16 meeting, but the Cardinals are going to be too much for Green Bay again.)
Panthers (The Seahawks simply aren't winning this game. Experience doesn't matter because the Panthers are better.)
Broncos (I'll be rooting for the Steelers, but with a limited Big Ben and no Antonio Brown, I think Denver pulls it out.)
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Chiefs (Momentum is a scary thing. The Chiefs have it; the Patriots don't. This'll be the upset of the weekend.)
Cardinals (It'll be closer than the week 16 meeting, but the Cardinals are going to be too much for Green Bay again.)
Panthers (The Seahawks simply aren't winning this game. Experience doesn't matter because the Panthers are better.)
Broncos (I'll be rooting for the Steelers, but with a limited Big Ben and no Antonio Brown, I think Denver pulls it out.)
Really? The Panthers had a cakewalk of a schedule and Seattle was missing several key players last time. They're also out for a little revenge for what happened in week 6. This will be the tightest game of the weekend.
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And we get more of the same filthy plays from the Patriots. How can you defend a cheap shot like that?
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F***ing Gronkowski.
Denver's the only AFC team left that I'll root for.
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Andy Reid + clock management = Epic Fail. Makes the Giants clock management this year look good. That Gronk + Edelman catch though....
It's going to be Brady vs. Manning in Denver or Roethlisberger vs. Brady in Foxborough.
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And we get more of the same filthy plays from the Patriots. How can you defend a cheap shot like that?
By the rulebook. I'll let you be the ref; which of these does that apply to?
ARTICLE 6. UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS. (g) unnecessarily running, diving into, cutting, or throwing the body against or on a player who (1) is out of the play or (2)should not have reasonably anticipated such contact by an opponent, before or after the ball is dead.
Should be said, I thought it was a cheap hit on first glance, but by the letter of the law, it isn't. Also, same filthy plays? Further examples?
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Should be said, I thought it was a cheap hit on first glance, but by the letter of the law, it isn't. Also, same filthy plays? Further examples?
I'm talking about the Amendola helmet-to-helmet hit and it was flagged. It was one hit from one game. In the defense of the Patriots, it seems we're getting a lot of these from other teams.
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Eagles fans: how did you like that first look at your new head coach with that mismanaged, time draining drive that made winning the game near impossible?
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I'm talking about the Amendola helmet-to-helmet hit and it was flagged.
Right, that's what I thought you were referencing. That said, that's what it was whistled for.
Anywho, Green Bay's offense from last week is why opponent context matters. Not excepting them to do much at all, especially given Arizona was my pick before the postseason started this year.
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STOP CHEATING
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Great PR move by the Titans announcing Mularkey as their new head coach during halftime of a playoff game. Ownership of this team is a joke. Probably the worst mismanagement of any professional sports team, quite frankly. It's amazing to see the stark contrast between the city of Nashville and the massive growth its undergoing (you can't even find a hotel room because they stay booked) and the piss poor management of their NFL team. The Titans are undoubtedly the most irrelevant team in the league.
"You have to have continuity around the quarterback. It's big for Marcus to have Mike." (http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-4/Decision-to-Stick-with-Mularkey-Key-for-Marcus-Mariota/c64fca3d-4223-4505-8d98-1fd02bc72b96)
You can have continuity with a new coach. They choose a guy who no other NFL team would have even considered. They didn't even interview any of the decent candidates out there. Why set yourselves back another two or three years, because I guaran-damn-tee you we'll be having this same new head coach discussion in a couple of years? Why would Mariota want to stay here in the midst of this dumpster fire? If things don't improve, he'll bolt for another team as soon as he gets the chance.
Good grief. Sell the team, Amy Adams Strunk. Please. You're less competent as an owner than Bud Adams was, and that's saying a lot...
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Eagles fans: how did you like that first look at your new head coach with that mismanaged, time draining drive that made winning the game near impossible?
How about passing on 2nd down with just over two minutes left and your opponents don't have any timeouts? Another recipe for disaster in the making, this one for Arizona.
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Ladies and Gents...Aaron Rodgers does it again.
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Aaron F***ing Rodgers
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And Rodgers' Hail Mary is irrelevant thanks to Fitzgerald's 75-yard run and the game-winner!!
And how does the coin not flip lmao.
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Green Bay's season ends in OT without seeing the ball for the 2nd straight year.
All I can say is wow!
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Well, one thing was going to be irrelevant anyway, whether it's Arizona's play-calling/Rodgers' Hail Mary or the coin not flipping.
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Really? The Panthers had a cakewalk of a schedule and Seattle was missing several key players last time. They're also out for a little revenge for what happened in week 6. This will be the tightest game of the weekend.
You were right on one thing, the game was tight. Nevertheless, Carolina wins, and they'll host the Cardinals next Sunday. Now it's time to see whether or not it'll be Brady vs. Manning or Brady vs. Big Ben that'll be the lead off.
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It will be another Brady/Peyton matchup for the conference finals.
Good thing we don't have to hear that freaking foghorn at Gillette anymore.
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In what could possibly be the final match-up between the two elite QB's.
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Gonna be a fun Final Four.
Updated draft order:
25) Pittsburgh Steelers
26) Seattle Seahawks
27) Green Bay Packers
28) Kansas City Chiefs
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It will be another Brady/Peyton matchup for the conference finals.
Thanks to Brady winning on Saturday, going into Sunday it was assured that either Brady, Manning, or Roethlisberger would represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. 12 of the last 13 years have featured Brady, Manning, or Roethlisberger representing the AFC in the Super Bowl. The one that broke the streak? Joe Flacco.
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The earliest line has Denver and Carolina each a 3-point favorite. Denver-New England should be a good game.
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The earliest line has Denver and Carolina each a 3-point favorite. Denver-New England should be a good game.
Where do you see this, especially on Denver's end? I have New England and Carolina both as 3.5 point favorites, according to Bovada right now. New England's has already been teased from -2.5 on its onset, yesterday afternoon. Wish I had taken that, gah. If you can find me a Denver -3.5, that's good money.
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Misread. My bad.
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The complete opposite happened this past weekend as all the home teams won! Whereas the weekend before, all the road teams won!
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I think the Pats will clobber the Broncos. I'll be shocked if New England don't win Super Bowl 50.
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I think the Pats will clobber the Broncos. I'll be shocked if New England don't win Super Bowl 50.
They're playing Peyton Manning in what could be his last ever game. I really can't see it happening any other way.
As far as the NFC game, I think it could go either way. I could see Carolina giving New England a tough battle in the Super Bowl.
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It looks like the Chargers are one step closer to leaving San Diego for Los Angeles, as they're negotiating with the Rams about a potential Inglewood stadium partnership (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14598949/los-angeles-rams-san-diego-chargers-hold-first-meeting-stadium). As the Raiders may be moving to San Antonio, their chances of moving to L.A. are definitely dead (that is, unless the Chargers decline first, but I don't think they will).
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DE Jared Allen is doubtful this Sunday for Carolina (foot).
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Buffalo Bills hired Kathryn Smith as special teams quality control coach. Smith becomes the first full-time female NFL coach.
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Whatever walls can come down, the better.
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More Chargers news: The team has filed for Los Angeles trademarks (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14603280/the-san-diego-chargers-filed-los-angeles-chargers-la-chargers-trademarks), making it more likely that they will leave San Diego. However, the L.A. mayor wants them to try to work out a new deal with their current city (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14612391/los-angeles-mayor-san-diego-chargers-wish-luck), though he wishes them luck in their future endeavors. The question is, what will they do next? Perhaps a bad choice of words, but I guess the ball is in their court now...
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The NFL is now in discussions to share Thursday night telecasts with CBS and NBC. Each network would simulcast five games with NFL Network, but not in consecutive weeks for each. More here (http://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-throws-weight-around-in-talks-over-thursday-night-football-1453422063) from the Wall Street Journal.
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Peyton Manning will await the winner of the NFC Championship Game for Super Bowl 50.
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What an amazing game! Broncos D pressured Brady all game long. Definitely the best Brady-Manning game of all time.
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Definitely the best Brady-Manning game of all time.
Or worst, if you're a Brady fan.
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Watching Brady walking off the field, head down in dejection...
what a glorious and magnificent sight to see.
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No Cheathawks! No Deflatriots! This might be a Super Bowl worth watching.
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No Cheathawks! No Deflatriots! This might be a Super Bowl worth watching.
Cheat Hawks? You're better than that. Do I call your team juvenile names? No.
That being said, good riddance to Brady and the team from Massachusetts.
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Looks like we'll be seeing Carolina in the Super Bowl. What a disappointing game.
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I hope Peyton gets his second ring and ride off into the sunset like Elway did. He deserves it.
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We're watching what could very well be Carson Palmer's last game as a Cardinal. Holy cow is this bad.
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I've lost count on the exclamation marks the Panthers have made.
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Updated draft order:
29) Arizona Cardinals
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Glad the Seahawks & Patriots are eliminated. Looks like we're going to have a great Super Bowl between the Panthers & Broncos.
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Carolina opens up as a 4-point favorite.
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No Cheathawks! No Deflatriots! This might be a Super Bowl worth watching.
I think it will be a great game. It would be nice to see Peyton end his career with a Super Bowl ring.
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No Cheathawks! No Deflatriots! This might be a Super Bowl worth watching.
http://yourteamcheats.com/
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The AFC game notched an overnight 53 share for CBS, the highest for a championship game in thirty years. No word on the NFC game's ratings.
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And so it appears the Curse of the Pottsville Maroons, assuming it is in fact real, may have struck the Cardinals yet again. So, perhaps if they're finally willing to share the 1925 title, maybe they might finally reach the top.
More to the point, this looks like it will be a good, if perhaps low-scoring, golden anniversary Super Bowl. Whoever has the ball last may be the one to win it.
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It's been a fantastic week for Russell Wilson: Not only does he get the first pick in the Pro Bowl (http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Seahawks-QB-Russell-Wilson-picked-1st-in-Pro-Bowl-6788870.php), he is also engaged to singer Ciara! Let's hope that her latest engagement goes a lot better than her last, which she called off because rapper Future had been cheating on her.
And how's this for karma? None of the Patriots' Pro Bowl selections will play in the game (http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/new-england--patriots-players-bailing-out-of-pro-bowl), so the cheating and deflated balls will not taint it, and fans of the other 31 teams can breathe a big sigh of relief.
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None of the Patriots' Pro Bowl selections will play in the game, so the cheating and deflated balls will not taint it, and fans of the other 31 teams can breathe a big sigh of relief.
It's by their own accord not to play, not like a league-mandated deal. Also, again, le sigh, didn't CU just talk about not doing this?
Oh yes...
http://yourteamcheats.com/
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The Pro Bowl is a joke anyways, so it doesn't matter who does and doesn't play, nobody will care about it. :lol:
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No one's going to stop the accusations of the Patriots being cheaters. The haters have been on them since the Tuck Rule for crying out loud. I bet if they won Super Bowl XLII, the year Spygate came out, fans everywhere would be calling for an asterisk.
Also, again, le sigh, didn't CU just talk about not doing this?
Not directly. All he did was post the website; no rule about not throwing the Patriots under the bus. There does need to be a site like that for other sports. One can only wonder how many violations teams like the Yankees have.
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Here's how we know the Pro Bowl has become a joke: Tyrod Taylor ended up in the game. Not that Taylor played terrible this season, but by no means was he a Pro Bowl-caliber player.
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How, then, do you think it might be improved?
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From The Mighty 1090 in San Diego: the Rams and the Chargers have reached an agreement in principle to share the Inglewood stadium. The question is now if and when the Chargers will move. They have until January 15 of next year to make that decision; it could be extended pending the outcome of a stadium initiative in the election this November. The Chargers have until March to decide whether or not to play the 2016 season at the Coliseum.
LATE UPDATE: The Chargers will play the 2016 season in San Diego and will work for a long-term stadium solution.
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How, then, do you think it might be improved?
Hard to say. You're better off moving deck chairs on the Titanic than improving the Pro Bowl.
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The Pro Bowl is a joke anyways, so it doesn't matter who does and doesn't play, nobody will care about it. :lol:
I agree and I wouldn't mind if the NFL got rid of it altogether.
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A little screwup of the day for them painting the wrong end zone:
http://deadspin.com/they-painted-the-wrong-end-zone-at-the-super-bowl-1755902778
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From The Mighty 1090 in San Diego: the Rams and the Chargers have reached an agreement in principle to share the Inglewood stadium. The question is now if and when the Chargers will move. They have until January 15 of next year to make that decision; it could be extended pending the outcome of a stadium initiative in the election this November. The Chargers have until March to decide whether or not to play the 2016 season at the Coliseum.
LATE UPDATE: The Chargers will play the 2016 season in San Diego and will work for a long-term stadium solution.
Well, this is great news for San Diego! Hopefully the Chargers can work something out in the long run.
Expect the Raiders to get an offer from L.A., if the Chargers stay where they are for 2017 and beyond. However, there's a new player for them: Las Vegas, which is proposing a new domed stadium that will house UNLV's football team. And San Antonio's still in play as well, so all eyes are now on Mark Davis and what he'll do next.
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Megatron no more. Calvin Johnson has told the Detroit Lions that 2015 was his curtain call.
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I have a feeling win or lose in the Super Bowl that Peyton Manning may end up retiring as well. He's had an excellent career & has broken records.
As for Calvin Johnson, can't say I blame him to retire. He also has had a great career.
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Mark Davis is holding off relocation talks for now, as the Raiders are now negotiating with Oakland to stay there for the season. Hopefully, they can work out a deal for a new stadium, although that is less likely to occur, compared to the situation involving the A's, who might get their ballpark soon (let's hope that happens).
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Singing the national anthem in this year's Super Bowl is none other than......Lady Gaga. Things can't get worse can it?
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Singing the national anthem in this year's Super Bowl is none other than......Lady Gaga. Things can't get worse can it?
As long as she doesn't screw up the lyrics, I'm fine with it.
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How close to Roseanne do you think that performance will get?
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Singing the national anthem in this year's Super Bowl is none other than......Lady Gaga. Things can't get worse can it?
That's not really fair. She's proven herself to be far more than just the kooky outfits and processed vocals over over-hyped beats. Her performance at last year's Oscar ceremony really showcased how well she could sing in addition to her team ups with Tony Bennett. Your opinion may not change, but I just thought it was worth noting that I thought she wasn't the worst or anywhere close to it.
The national anthem is in good hands as long as, like Patrick said, she doesn't foul up the lyrics.
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Word has it that Cleveland will cut Johnny Manziel in March. Local sports talk radio has labeled him as the Kim Kardashian of the NFL.
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Singing the national anthem in this year's Super Bowl is none other than......Lady Gaga. Things can't get worse can it?
Considering she's one of my list of favorite singers, yes, things could be a lot worse. ;-)
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There is now speculation that if Denver wins this Sunday, Peyton Manning will return, possibly with the Los Angeles Rams.
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The over/under on Lady Gaga's performance of the National Anthem is 2:20.
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Your 2016 HOF class:
Tony Dungy
Brett Favre
Kevin Greene
Marvin Harrison
Orlando Pace
Dick Stanfel
Ken Stabler
Eddie DeBartolo
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Adam Schefter reporting that Marshawn Lynch has told people close to him that he's going to retire.
Thanks for everything, Beast Mode. Seahawks fans will never forget the amazing things you did for the team.
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Super Bowl prediction:
Denver: 20
Carolina: 14
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27-20 Carolina. When's the Golden Road Scouting Combine?
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Just did my breakdown for Frat House Sports, Bill! Listen from 1:05:33 to 1:11:35 (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fhsports/2016/02/07/frat-house-sports-nfl-super-bowl-50-special).
Unless, of course, you mean college players, in which I'll be giving some feedback and breakdowns a bit once today ends, since today's an NFL day, for obvious reasons. Then you and I get the real fun on! My prediction is in the link, for those curious.
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Panthers: 31
Broncos: 27
And I said it in passing in chat on Friday, and I'll repeat it here: my other prediction is that Josh Norman will have a pick-six at Peyton's expense. Game MVP will still be Cam though; 300+ total yards, 3 TDs (2 passing, 1 rushing), 0 picks.
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Carolina: 21
Denver: 13
I don't think this game is going to be a high-scoring affair. Cam's too good for the Denver defense and I can't see Peyton getting that far.
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Carolina: 3
Denver: 0
16/OT. Because.
More seriously:
Carolina: 24
Denver: 17
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I would not be surprised if Aqib Talib gets ejected from this game. He's a beast and not in a good way.
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And it's over. The Broncos are your Super Bowl Champions. Petyon will get his second ring.
I'm thinking either Von Miller or DeMarcus Ware will get MVP. This Super Bowl was all about Denver's defense.
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I guess we found Cam Newton's Kryptonite: Von Miller. ;D
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Congratulations to Denver. The first Super Bowl for them in 17 years.
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I don't follow the NFL, but I predicted the Broncos would win when we got here. Congratulations, Denver.
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Woo hoo! :-D
Cam and the Panthers go down in flames. I am very happy that Denver won the game.
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By the way, the last bit of the first round of the NFL Draft is:
30) Carolina Panthers
31) Denver Broncos
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Well, gratz to the Broncos defense for winning the big game! Now to wait for spring training.
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As they say, defense wins championships, and it doesn't ring any truer than in the NFL. That said, congrats to the Broncos for their third Super Bowl win! Will Peyton Manning do the same thing John Elway (not to mention Jerome Bettis, Michael Strahan and Ray Lewis) did and retire as a Super Bowl champion?
SN: Peyton and Eli (the only man to ever beat Tom Brady in the Super Bowl) are now even in championships won, with two each.
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Superman turned into Grumpy Cat last night.
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The Oakland Raiders have announced they will play the upcoming season in Oakland.
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The scouting combine will be coming soon.
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Peyton Manning will announce tomorrow that he's calling it a career after 18 seasons.
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Peyton Manning will announce tomorrow that he's calling it a career after 18 seasons.
And what better way to do so than winning a Super Bowl championship in your final game; he and John Elway now share the distinction of defeating NFC South teams in their respective last performances on the field. (However, as the NFL still had six divisions of five teams each in 1998, Atlanta and Carolina were then in the NFC West.)
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Peyton Manning will announce tomorrow that he's calling it a career after 18 seasons.
Thank you, Peyton Manning, for what you done for the Colts & Broncos. You will always be a Colt to all us Colts fans. Good luck to you in whatever you wish to do afterwards.
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Cleveland releases Johnny Manziel. Who didn't see that coming?
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Looks like the Broncos will badly need a new QB, as Brock Osweiler has gone to the Texans. If you expected him to be Manning's replacement in Denver, I'll bet you're very disappointed now. But good luck in Houston!