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This would suck so bad.
The Giants haven't made the playoffs since they went 9-7 and on a miracle run in 2011.
Eli Manning has only started TWO home playoff games in his entire career. They've only made the playoffs a total of 3 times in his career too.
So sick of the Giants who do nothing and then barely make the playoffs every 5 years and go to the Super Bowl. Sadly it could happen again since the NFC is on a weak down year. Seattle should run the table, but then again, can't trust them to win on the road.
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After this season, I doubt anyone in Cleveland is going to give a crap about the Browns. Why bother with this horrible team when you have the Cavaliers who delivered a championship and have the current greatest NBA player of our generation, and the Indians were in the World Series. The Browns are the least relevant team in Cleveland, and could easily be passed up as they turn into a basketball town.
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On 12/4/2016 at 5:26 PM, BloodyChamp said:
I wouldn't take anything lightly either if I were the Colts but the Colts didn't exactly stink vs the Pack either. This is twisted lol but I'm almost rooting for the "elites" to all go 7-9 just to put an end to this stat inflation infatuation (wow what a tongue twister lol). Brees and Rodgers could do just that along with a couple of the respected 2nd tier guys.
But don't you know? Rodgers is the best QB in the league and light years better than Favre!
Enjoy it, my friend...all those years of the analysts bashing Favre to build up Rodgers and now it has turned back on them like a double edged sword.
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According to Fisher, they worked out details for a contract back in the summer. He probably stays...I don't see him leaving, the Rams ownership is perfectly content with mediocrity.
Attendance and ratings are even worse for them in L.A. than St. Louis. The fans aren't about to waste their money to sit out in the blazing hot sun for a mediocre team that is destined to go 7-9 (or 6-10 at best this year looks more likely). The L.A. market itself is very difficult, if the Rams can't put up a winning season before 2020, they probably leave again for another new stadium.
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Crap team with 6 wins in a row against other crap teams. They've come back down to earth after losing to a mediocre to average team.
Will finish 9-7 at best and miss playoffs.
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Wow, that's sad. He's a beast in Tecmo Super Bowl III.
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Raiders were exposed last week. Carolina scored 18 points in just 4 minutes...That defense is awfully suspect. They're looking more and more like a glass cannon that is going to collapse. If Carr has one off game, they are toast.
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Kinda useless, it would fizzle out. College football already does it's job as a developmental league.
More of Roger Goodell chasing that dollar bill...I doubt this would be a popular idea with a lot of coaches, but I can see the owners approving it for quick money.
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On 11/29/2016 at 5:45 PM, 2006Coltsbestever said:
One sick dude. Imagine all of the ladies on the NFL Network that have worked with him daily but they had no idea what a monster this guy is?? That is a scary thought.
Couple Saints fans over on on our old forums had met him back at a mall, around 5 years ago. Said he was one of the nicest former players they met, even signed autographs for them.
Just goes to show that you never know the true nature with some famous people...
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On 12/1/2016 at 2:25 PM, OffensivelyPC said:
It's funny cuz he's obviously hobbling the entire time but he's outrunning everyone. Madden games are so funny. I miss those old glitchy type of stuff. Once I was playing NCAA Football, and the coach kept walking onto the field and doing the animation where he falls over when a player gets tackled out of bounds near him. When we got the ball near him it didn't matter and it lasted for most of the quarter until someone called time out.
Even the Madden games on the N64 had glitches that could often be funny.
Anyone play the original Madden and remember this?
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As long as Kubiak is the coach, Denver probably won't ever have a decent quarterback. Siemian is just more proof that his system is flawed and outdated, just like Peyton having his statistical worst season of his career under Kubiak was a red flag.
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Minnesota was walked down the field twice in that game with penalties.
But it's OK. The Vikings need something to blame their failures on as always; weather it's a kicker missing a field goal (1998 NFCCG, or wild card last year), or mean evil Saints with Bounty Gate, or now a missed call. It is never their own fault for getting bested against better teams.
No Super Bowl for them is a 1+ on a bad year.
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Just end it all together, and keep Thursday for Thanksgiving only.
This is why NFL ratings are down. One of several reasons. The product they give us has been very bad this year, and to be honest, it's been in the process of a decline for a couple years now. Bad officiating and weird calls have become a staple of the NFL, along with changing the rule book to the point they don't even know what a catch is anymore.
There is no point in having Thursday night games every single week. The players hate it, the coaches hate, and even as a fan; I just don't see any reason for me to get excited and go OMG over Browns/Ravens color rush. It's over-saturation at it's finest. The NFL is not like the NBA or MLB where, games all during the week actually make sense.
So many of the Thursday games are sloppy too and the teams look so sluggish after a short week of preparation.
I am all for cutting it back, yes! End it now!
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On 11/28/2016 at 11:59 AM, chad72 said:
What the Texans did not factor in is that if Osweiler was trained for another system, he is more likely to be valuable for that system than a new system. So, the $16 mil. per that John Elway was going to pay was for Brock to work within a system he knew enough about. However, the Texans were shooting in the dark because they had to make the offer and there is no such thing as a waiting period for a QB once free agency starts to work out a player, talk to him about his comfort level with your system etc.
That right there, is on O'Brien for being a poor coach and not moving to adapt him to a new system. Every quarterback he has ran so far in the spread system at Houston, has sucked...
I don't think Osweiler is truly the problem. Brian Hoyer had that epic meltdown last year in O'Brien's system, and we've seen similar meltdowns with how Brock has faired in the system.
If it weren't for Houston having a decent defense that has truly carried that team over the past few years, it would probably be more obvious that O'Brien is a poor coach.
QuoteGood for Brock he cashed in but the Texans are left holding the bag. Siemian was the other QB already familiar with their system, so his production far exceeds what the Broncos expected. Just the fact that they are in position to play for a wild card is more than they could ask for, IMO.
I don't think Siemian is all that good, honestly. And like O'Brien, this probably has to do with coaching too. Kubiak has yet to make a decent passer nice Matt Schaub, and people forget, Schaub was pretty good before his injuries and when he turned into an INT machine.
Denver being a wild card team is pretty disappointing since they are a SB champion. They currently have around a 56% chance of making it as a wild card, going by the ELO meter on FiveThirtyEight. If Oakland keeps winning with their suspect defense (really, Oakland's got a weak defense y'all...They look like a glass cannon right now) and if K.C. continues to win, the Broncos aren't making the playoffs. There is also the strange oddities this year like Miami and Baltimore and Pittsburgh could easily compete for a wildcard spot.
As for John Elway as a GM, I think we need another year to truly judge him. Elway seems to know what he's doing so far, where other GM's have messed up with replacing coaches and free agency picks.
If anyone is lucky, I think it's Kubiak. Kubiak will go down in history as one of the luckiest coaches to ever win a Super Bowl.
Now that Manning is gone, everyone can see that his offense is just as bad as it was in Houston, and even last year, Manning had his worst statistical season in Kubiak's system. Thank his lucky stars he has Wade Phillips and an All Pro defense to bail them out, just like last year when they pretty much won nail biters all year long.
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On 11/22/2016 at 6:31 AM, chad72 said:
Derek Carr is bringing Peyton like offensive excitement to the league for neutral observers, IMO, and the fact that his D is just OK makes it more similar to the younger Peyton days.
Luck brings a Big Ben like high ceiling excitement while Carr is your typical pocket passer.
Luck and Carr both are "gunslingers" by their style of play, and moving around in the pocket.
IMO both of them are more similar to the old gunslingers of the past, rather than a precision passer pocket passer like Manning (or Dan Marino, most pocket passers today are like clones of Marino).
Carr is like a throwback to Kenny Stabler or Brett Favre. Luck is similar...True to gunslingers of the past, they're also more prone to mistakes and throwing picks. It happens, that's just their style of play. Everyone seems to highlight the interception numbers of certain QB's that are gunslingers, though they've always had high interception numbers due to their style of play.
Older Raiders fans must be ecstatic having Carr, he does show resemblance to Stabler from time to time when he throws bombs down field.
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On 11/20/2016 at 9:20 PM, 2006Coltsbestever said:
Rodgers to me is still the best QB in the league when his head is screwed on right, something isn't right with him. He may have family issues? Ever since he got with Olivia Munn he hasn't played like Peyton and Tom level which I was ready to put him on that level of consistency. Skins up 16-10.
IMO I don't think Rodgers ever was the best quarterback in the NFL, even when he was playing at a high level. I would have took Brees over him back in 2011 and I still will take Brees over him. I've seen Brees work magic with no-name receivers and really go out of his way to try and squeak wins out with mediocre Saints teams. If you took Brees off the Saints teams of the past 5 years, they would be 3-13 on average.
It comes down to the comeback wins and just how much a QB will put their team on the back and lead them when the chips are down. Rodgers has proven so many times, he can't do that....His lack of comeback wins, speaks for itself.
People seem to forget, that this is nothing new with Rodgers. That 2011 beat down in the playoffs to a 9-7 Giants team, was only a sign of things to come. When he struggles, he can't lead that team to overcome major obstacles. I've been thinking for the past several years, Rodgers is more worried about his stats, than winning games. He'll just throw the ball out of bounds or take a sack, rather than put it up in the air or try to squeeze the ball in tight windows and make something happen. That's the difference when people compare him to Brett Favre or Peyton Manning. They took chances, they threw picks, but they won when they needed it the most in game winning situations or comebacks. Rodgers has proven time and time again, he can rarely handle this pressure.
It has nothing to do with him dating Olivia Munn, though past Packers players have come out and said some pretty bad stuff about Rodgers as a leader. Many have thought for years that he is obsessed with his ego; Donald Driver, Gregg Jennings, and Jermichael Finley all had some pretty critical things to say about him as a leader after they had retired.
One thing for sure; you NEVER seen past players come out and make the same remarks to Favre, Manning, Brees, or others who Rodgers is always compared to and said to be so much better than. The fact that former Packers players say these things about Rodgers, I think is quite glaring that something is wrong.
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At least Rodgers still got his stats! I'm sure all his apologists will be quick to point at his pretty stat numbers to remind us how bad Favre is and how Rodgers supposedly is still some Hall of Fame quarterback above criticism.
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29 minutes ago, NorthernBlue said:
That's the only thing keeping me from calling them a SB contender. Yeah, they're 8-2 but they got a lot of flaws, as you pointed out mainly in the defense. Now, that doesn't mean they can't win the SB. Just that I don't think they are considered contenders,at least yet.
Really, to me only Seattle, Dallas and New England are "SB contenders" right now. And even New England isn't indestructible. In order to be considered one, (in my book), you have to be strong on both sides of the ball. Oakland has the O, but if they fizzle out, they're in trouble. Meanwhile a team like Seattle can put 30 points on the road, in New England, but still has a defense that can carry/save them in case Russel isn't clicking on all cylinders.
There's not any perfect teams in the league. Most teams have some sort of flaws. Title contenders have significantly less flaws, which is why they are considered "title contenders". Oakland's not there yet. However, a lot of good teams can mask their flaws and still make a title run if they get hot at the right moment (a la 06 Colts, 07 Giants, 11 Giants and 12 Ravens). The Raiders can be one of those teams for sure, but until they fix their D and discipline issues, they're still not quite in the top tier of the league, at least in my eyes.
TL:DR. Raiders are good. But not amazing.
The Raiders sorta remind me of past Saints teams who would win a lot of games on the heroics of Brees, but would have terrible defenses. Right now, Oakland's defense is ranked 28th overall in poor shape.
Carr has turned this team into a contender almost by himself. Without him, that 8-2 record could easily be reversed when looking at their defense across the board.
For several weeks, it looked like the Patriots could win it all this year. But I think they were exposed in the Seattle game. They were sorta exposed by the Dolphins too, when they let Miami come back to life and nearly tie that game when they were dead in the water. The Pats are far from bullet proof at this moment.
My gut keeps telling me that it will come down to Seattle and New England, but the team I want to make the Super Bowl, is at least Dallas. Their 2014 team was loaded, quite possibly the best Cowboys team since the 90's and everyone knows Dez Bryant caught that ball against GB. They should've been in the NFCCG. While it's easy to hate on them over last year, most people forget that they were losing close games last year without Romo. Dallas is a legitimate team for sure, but I just don't know yet if I trust picking them over Seattle. The Cowboys have that feeling to them as a team of destiny under Dak Prescott, but I just don't know if it's their time yet.
I think this year is going to come down to fans cheering on whoever they believe can knock out the Patriots and/or Seattle. It surely looks like we're going to get Seattle/NE rematch in the Super Bowl, I can only hope that this time the Seahawks don't screw it up. I'd like to at least see Jimmy Graham get that Super Bowl ring he couldn't get in New Orleans.
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Probably only one in the AFC at the rate that the AFC West is moving - 3 teams with 7 wins and a possible playoff chance.
I think it will come down to the AFC North having a division winner at 9-7.
Miami is some how 6-4 right now...Buffalo needs them to collapse if they want a chance at a wildcard.
Carolina will make the playoffs before Tampa Bay, that's about how much faith I have in the Bucs right now...
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Calling it right now: Goff will have 2 touchdowns and 250+ yards passing vs the Saints.
If you think I'm crazy, consider this:
Jeff Fisher has never lost to the Saints going back to his Houston Oilers days
The Rams OWN the Saints. This is a rivalry that used to be very fun and exciting when both teams were in the NFC West. The old days of Jim Everett vs the Saints all the way to the Kurt Warner days. Very fun rivalry, especially since the Saints managed to beat the GSOT Rams in the playoffs of 2000 and again, were one of their two losses in 2001.
But since the division realignment, the Rams have straight up owned the Saints, with an 8-2 record. Both Saints wins came in 2009 and 2010.
Come Sunday, Goff will look like Kurt Warner reborn, kinda like Mariota last year looked like Steve McNair against the Saints.
Of course, if I'm wrong, then Jeff Fisher breaks Tom Landry's record of most losses as an NFL coach...and that would be pretty funny.
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7 hours ago, BloodyChamp said:
Some of the other forums I visit are still burning about that Raiders game. I know I've wanted to strangle some refs but this flat out isn't that big a deal. The Raiders are going to the playoffs if they lose the game and the Texans are not necessarily if they win it. On to Buffalo for heck's sake.
The Raiders are for real. They're so real that *some* people are going to call them frauds if they don't win the SB!!!!!!!
I was very angry how they beat the Saints. But that wasn't the refs fault...In fact, a lot of calls went our way in our game, and I'll be the first to admit it. It's the sting of losing to a 2 point conversion, and especially after you had a 10+ lead in the game twice and still couldn't win.
Not going to lie though, the ballsy 2 point conversion of the win was enough to make me really respect Del Rio. It was a risky move, not even Sean Payton in his prime would have dared try that. Del Rio should win coach of the year just based off the 2 point conversion alone.
I think they're for real, and people should be glad cause this was a team who had a lot of picks during the summer. Many picked them as a dark horse, and usually the Raiders fall short when expectations are high. This year they've proven to be the real deal.
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On 11/21/2016 at 11:15 PM, NorthernBlue said:
I got my concerns with them, too many close games that they really should have won easily (Tampa, Tennessee, New Orleans). But they're a damn good football team. D may have some issues but they have play makers, and their offense is explosive. Real fun team to watch.
I don't usually pick second team, but if the Colts miss the playoffs, for me it's between the Skins and Raiders.
They could've easily lost these games too. They were down by 14 and 11 vs the Saints, and at one point, Tampa Bay pretty much had them beat. The Titans could've got them, and Baltimore nearly beat them as well had it not been for the late game heroics of Carr slinging it down field for a TD.They're a decent team and I am glad to root for them. It's great to see a team who has been through pain and misery for so long, finally rise and have a great season. It's difficult to find reasons to hate the Raiders, they're an iconic classic team and they've suffered for a long while. However, they do have some legitimate concerns that can't be overlooked.
Their defense is ranked in the bottom 10 and they've been absolutely gashed to pieces in certain games. The Saints, Falcons, and even Houston last week had great success passing all over them.
The other major concern is their penalties. Carr would have broke the record books for his passing yardage vs the Bucs, had they not given up 20+ penalties that erased a good bit of yardage that would have gave him the record.
Their next win will put them at the first time since 2002 of winning 9 games or more...I would love to see them make a deep playoff run, but I am concerned with their defense and the number of penalties they accumulate.
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First time ever seeing something like this, very neat! The uniforms and helmet completely blended in with the endzone paint.
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2 minutes ago, backshoulderfade said:
Let's not forget Dak. He is having the best QB rookie season ever.
Would so love to see Dak get a ring this year. Dallas is due. Everyone hates them, but they are pretty much the NFL equivalent of the Los Angeles Lakers. It's in their history to eventually win a championship every now and then.
Giants vs Pats Super Bowl part 3?
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Highlighted the ones I would want.
If anything, the NFL would have a ratings explosion if they some how could get Dallas/Pittsburgh round 4. Those two Super Bowls from the 70's are widely considered the best Super Bowls ever.