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Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

I am happy the Colts pulled their heads out of their asses and won yesterday. Frank Gore rules. And it's no surprise their best drives featured him, Coby Fleener, and Jack Doyle. Fleener isn't much for blocking and can have the dropsies, but he is really good at running routes and getting open. He needs to be featured more.

Andre Johnson on the other hand, looks done. His one good play was negated by a hold, of course. I think they might just want to use him in goal-line situations and play Dorsett more, with Moncrief starting on the other side of Hilton.

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Quest For Glory II posted:

Cam Newton is the same qb as Roethlisberger except his team doesnt give a gently caress if he destroys his body running with the football

Except for, you know, the accuracy and touch on the ball

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:02

GaussianCopula: Jun 5, 2011; Jews fleeing the Holocaust are not in any way comparable to North Africans, who don't flee genocide but want to enjoy the social welfare systems of Northern Europe.

So Peter King is basically saying that it's a Lost Season (TM) if the Patriots don't go undefeated, at least for Tom Brady.

For my part I'm fine with ring 5, but 19-0 would be pretty sweet, especially in a year where we play the NFC East (aka "Year of Eli")

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:02

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Grittybeard posted:

In his career with the Chiefs, he has 4 overall in the regular season.

Still, Alex...drat. Throw a ball.

Twitter fooled me. We still have by far the worst starting QB in the division

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:03

FeedingHam2Cats: Nov 10, 2009

The Ravens will go 7-9 this season, every loss being by less than a td

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:04

Hot Diggity!: Apr 3, 2010; SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

FizFashizzle posted:

None of the undefeated teams in the NFC have played anyone good.

Of the four, Arizona looks to be the best.

Seattle is pretty decent but I agree that the Cardinals look the best.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:04

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GaussianCopula posted:

So Peter King is basically saying that it's a Lost Season (TM) if the Patriots don't go undefeated, at least for Tom Brady.

For my part I'm fine with ring 5, but 19-0 would be pretty sweet, especially in a year where we play the NFC East (aka "Year of Eli")

95% agree

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:06

Grittybeard: Mar 29, 2010; Bad, very bad!

FizFashizzle posted:

None of the undefeated teams in the NFC have played anyone good.

Of the four, Arizona looks to be the best.

If Green Bay gets through KC tonight they've probably played the roughest schedule, even if KC and Seattle would only be 1-2. One of those teams will probably end up pretty good at least, which is more than I can say after glancing through the other schedules.

I guess the Falcons might have the next toughest out of the NFC undefeateds? Lucked out on the timing with Dallas for sure though.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:07

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

TubeStank posted:

Seattle is pretty decent but I agree that the Cardinals look the best.

I'm not ready to hop back on that bandwagon simply because they have Kam back after not being near the team for months and they beat the worst team in the nfl.

There seem to be organizational issues there, Marshawn looks to finally be breaking down, and the offensive line isn't magically going to be nfl caliber.

that said I strongly believe they'll beat Carolina in a horrifying 12-8 affair in a couple weeks and the Panthers can continue their slow, pathetic limp to the 6 seed.

Grittybeard posted:

I guess the Falcons might have the next toughest out of the NFC undefeateds? Lucked out on the timing with Dallas for sure though.

They've looked very unconvincing doing it.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:07

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Anthony Barr is really good and he almost made like 12 kids grow up without a father.

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# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:08

Impossibly Perfect Sphere: Nov 6, 2002; They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

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GaussianCopula posted:

So Peter King is basically saying that it's a Lost Season (TM) if the Patriots don't go undefeated, at least for Tom Brady.

For my part I'm fine with ring 5, but 19-0 would be pretty sweet, especially in a year where we play the NFC East (aka "Year of Eli")

I thought you were Peter King?

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:13

Diva Cupcake: Aug 15, 2005

Having your #2-3 WRs and your #1RB out is bad but Fitzpatrick still played like poo poo. Devin Smith had his man beaten multiple times and Fitz underthrew the deep ball every time. That's disconcerting.

Defense played well though and Chip was smart to attack the linebackers in coverage. No passes were completed against Revis or Cro in 6 attempts. That Sproles PR was some voodoo poo poo. I still have no idea how he made it through what appears to have been pretty good coverage.

Realistically I would have been happy with 2-2 going into the bye. If the Jets can pull off 3-1 with an out of conference loss and divisional win, then awesome. Hopefully getting Decker and Ivory back will get the offense on a better track.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:19

nerve: Jan 2, 2011; SKA SUCKS

I know a lot of people are down on Seattle (rightfully so) but I still think with the NFC being as weak as it is they'll compete for a WC. Cards are scary.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:19

Professor Funk: Aug 4, 2008; WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

Ozu posted:

Having your #2-3 WRs and your #1RB out is bad but Fitzpatrick still played like poo poo. Devin Smith had his man beaten multiple times and Fitz underthrew the deep ball every time. That's disconcerting.

Defense played well though and Chip was smart to attack the linebackers in coverage. No passes were completed against Revis or Cro in 6 attempts. That Sproles PR was some voodoo poo poo. I still have no idea how he made it through what appears to have been pretty good coverage.

Realistically I would have been happy with 2-2 going into the bye. If the Jets can pull off 3-1 with an out of conference loss and divisional win, then awesome. Hopefully getting Decker and Ivory back will get the offense on a better track.

Fitz's accuracy was generally dogshit yesterday, not just on deep balls. He had Smith wide open in the back of the endzone at some point in the 3rd quarter yesterday and he airmailed the ball behind him. That was more concerning to me than his noodle arm.

I'm excited to see Decker back on the field, especially now that Smith is back.

Professor Funk fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Sep 28, 2015

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:34

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Ozu posted:

Having your #2-3 WRs and your #1RB out is bad but Fitzpatrick still played like poo poo. Devin Smith had his man beaten multiple times and Fitz underthrew the deep ball every time. That's disconcerting.

Defense played well though and Chip was smart to attack the linebackers in coverage. No passes were completed against Revis or Cro in 6 attempts. That Sproles PR was some voodoo poo poo. I still have no idea how he made it through what appears to have been pretty good coverage.

Realistically I would have been happy with 2-2 going into the bye. If the Jets can pull off 3-1 with an out of conference loss and divisional win, then awesome. Hopefully getting Decker and Ivory back will get the offense on a better track.

Get used to that. Back when Fitz was with the Bills, he'd miss Marquise Goodwin deep at least once a week. Fitz's deep accuracy is poo poo. Otherwise he's cool and good though.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:35

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Ozu posted:

Having your #2-3 WRs and your #1RB out is bad but Fitzpatrick still played like poo poo. Devin Smith had his man beaten multiple times and Fitz underthrew the deep ball every time. That's disconcerting.

Defense played well though and Chip was smart to attack the linebackers in coverage. No passes were completed against Revis or Cro in 6 attempts. That Sproles PR was some voodoo poo poo. I still have no idea how he made it through what appears to have been pretty good coverage.

Realistically I would have been happy with 2-2 going into the bye. If the Jets can pull off 3-1 with an out of conference loss and divisional win, then awesome. Hopefully getting Decker and Ivory back will get the offense on a better track.

If they lose this week, it's a bad 1st quarter of the season because they will have lost to 2 bad teams back to back after a good road win. Going in the wrong direction. I'm just VERY tried of bad QB play costing this team games as it has for my entire life as a Jet fan. It's really going to suck if they waste another great defense because they can't pull their heads out of their rear end on O.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:40

A Man and his dog: Oct 24, 2013; by R. Guyovich

The NFC North is dog poo poo.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:43

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# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:47

Diva Cupcake: Aug 15, 2005

mcmagic posted:

If they lose this week, it's a bad 1st quarter of the season because they will have lost to 2 bad teams back to back after a good road win. Going in the wrong direction. I'm just VERY tried of bad QB play costing this team games as it has for my entire life as a Jet fan. It's really going to suck if they waste another great defense because they can't pull their heads out of their rear end on O.

Yes. If they win what looks like a winnable game (Jets currently favored by 1.5) then it's a very good first quarter. This changes week to week to be too worked up over an OOC loss when they're missing 4 starters, including Richardson. Concentrate on the uncoming "road" win and they're back on track.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:48

Nail Rat: Dec 29, 2000; You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!!

Codependent Poster posted:

I am happy the Colts pulled their heads out of their asses and won yesterday. Frank Gore rules. And it's no surprise their best drives featured him, Coby Fleener, and Jack Doyle. Fleener isn't much for blocking and can have the dropsies, but he is really good at running routes and getting open. He needs to be featured more.

Andre Johnson on the other hand, looks done. His one good play was negated by a hold, of course. I think they might just want to use him in goal-line situations and play Dorsett more, with Moncrief starting on the other side of Hilton.

The sad thing about Andre Johnson is, instead of giving him a boatload of money to be terrible, they could have paid a lot less to Reggie Wayne for a 1 year deal to be his farewell tour, and he'd be just as effective.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:52

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Ozu posted:

Yes. If they win what looks like a winnable game (Jets currently favored by 1.5) then it's a very good first quarter. This changes week to week to be too worked up over an OOC loss when they're missing 4 starters, including Richardson. Concentrate on the uncoming "road" win and they're back on track.

Richardson playing doesn't win that game though. This was horrific offense losing a game by themselves again as we've seen for the last 30 years. Also Willie Colon, a middling player himself, got hurt and they put in walking pile of crap Brian Winters who then proceeded to get absolutely dominated by a backup DT and giving up pressure that caused 3 tipped passes and a pick. Just ugly football.

mcmagic fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Sep 28, 2015

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:54

PrinceRandom: Feb 26, 2013

Codependent Poster posted:

I am happy the Colts pulled their heads out of their asses and won yesterday. Frank Gore rules. And it's no surprise their best drives featured him, Coby Fleener, and Jack Doyle. Fleener isn't much for blocking and can have the dropsies, but he is really good at running routes and getting open. He needs to be featured more.

Andre Johnson on the other hand, looks done. His one good play was negated by a hold, of course. I think they might just want to use him in goal-line situations and play Dorsett more, with Moncrief starting on the other side of Hilton.

Nope you assholes took him you, so you sure as gently caress better get him to 14000

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:57

Nail Rat: Dec 29, 2000; You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!!

Put Andre Johnson on kick coverage IMO

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:58

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

the colts are killing AJ's HOF hopes

or AJ is killing them himself. whatever

At least Steve Smith is doing some fuckin work on his HOF resume this year. at this rate he's on pace to pass andre, cris carter, james lofton, reggie wayne, marvin harrison, and tim brown on the all-time receiving yards list

The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Sep 28, 2015

# ? Sep 28, 2015 16:59

Professor Funk: Aug 4, 2008; WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

mcmagic posted:

Richardson playing doesn't win that game though. This was horrific offense losing a game by themselves again as we've seen for the last 30 years. Also Willie Colon, a middling player himself, got hurt and they put in walking pile of crap Brian Winters who then proceeded to get absolutely dominated by a backup DT and giving up pressure that caused 3 tipped passes and a pick. Just ugly football.

The defense played an excellent game, all things considered. They gave up, all told, 17 points despite the offense turning the ball over 3 times and generally not being able to sustain drives until the end of the game.

I'm going to withhold judgment on the offense until Decker + Ivory are back. Also, I'd much rather see Kerley get regular reps than Quincy Enunwa whenever the receiver corps is healthy again.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:01

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Peter King operates under this strange assumption the rest of America cares about the Patriots as much as he does

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:02

PrinceRandom: Feb 26, 2013

I'm gonna hate the colts so much loving more if they can't get aj less than 400 yards.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:02

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Professor Funk posted:

The defense played an excellent game, all things considered. They gave up, all told, 17 points despite the offense turning the ball over 3 times and generally not being able to sustain drives until the end of the game.

I'm going to withhold judgment on the offense until Decker + Ivory are back. Also, I'd much rather see Kerley get regular reps than Quincy Enunwa whenever the receiver corps is healthy again.

The D was fine. Not great, but fine. This was 100% on the offense.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:03

evilweasel: Aug 24, 2002

GaussianCopula posted:

So Peter King is basically saying that it's a Lost Season (TM) if the Patriots don't go undefeated, at least for Tom Brady.

For my part I'm fine with ring 5, but 19-0 would be pretty sweet, especially in a year where we play the NFC East (aka "Year of Eli")

He's not the only one, ESPN is doing this today too. I mean come on, they're 3-0, this is just headline-generating nonsense. It's also annoying because it just sets up a dumb narrative for if they lose a game or two.

Plus it detracts from Kraft needling the Ravens.

evilweasel fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Sep 28, 2015

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:08

Kawalimus: Jan 17, 2008; Better Living Through Birding And Pessimism

I want to see an 18-0 AFC team and an 18-0 NFC team meet in the Superbowl.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:10

evilweasel: Aug 24, 2002

Kawalimus posted:

I want to see an 18-0 AFC team and an 18-0 NFC team meet in the Superbowl.

whoever wins, the dolphins lose

i can get behind this

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:11

Dattserberg: Dec 30, 2005; National champion, Heisman winner, King crab enthusiast

Can someone post the PFF scores for the Lions starting offensive linemen?

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:13

Kawalimus: Jan 17, 2008; Better Living Through Birding And Pessimism

evilweasel posted:

whoever wins, the dolphins lose

i can get behind this

Amazing too if those two teams were like the Cardinals and the Bengals.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:16

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This is gonna be the best season ever :allears:

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# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:16

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Dubious posted:

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I'd like to be mad about it but it's the city's own drat fault for giving them a goddamn 80 year lease

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:17

Diva Cupcake: Aug 15, 2005

Professor Funk posted:

The defense played an excellent game, all things considered. They gave up, all told, 17 points despite the offense turning the ball over 3 times and generally not being able to sustain drives until the end of the game.

I'm going to withhold judgment on the offense until Decker + Ivory are back. Also, I'd much rather see Kerley get regular reps than Quincy Enunwa whenever the receiver corps is healthy again.

Enunwa has been bad but Kerley doesn't play the same position. Enunwa is the defacto TE/H-back since ours are all broken and terrible; Kerley only plays the slot.

The Owusu injury really doesn't hurt except that you're now giving reps to inexperience in Devin Smith, albeit with a higher upside. Decker injury kills because instead of a tall power forward in the slot creating matchup headaches versus nicklebacks and linebackers, you have a small guy in Kerley. While he's a pretty decent WR, he doesn't have the speed or height to be a matchup problem versus anyone. When Decker comes back Kerley's snaps will likely go way back down.

I also would like Ridley to come back healthy since Zac Stacy doesn't appear to be anything good.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:19

cheesetriangles: Jan 5, 2011

If the Superbowl isn't 18-0 versus 18-0 I am going to be so mad.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:20

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