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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > The Football Funhouse > 2017 The NFC North: Fuck the entire NFC North. Including my own team.

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

IcePhoenix posted:

How quickly do you think Kaepernick could learn our offense

If you have more than one receiver one the field at a time he will have trouble going through his reads for 14 games a year. On the other hand, his mobility is a real asset behind your subway turnstile offensive line.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2017 19:44

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 17:20

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

186 posted:

Two guaranteed wins against the Packers.

Are you SV after a namechange? I've been off the forums for a year or so and now I hardly recognize people outside of the Eliminator thread

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 00:52

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Chris James 2 posted:

Sam Bradford remains questionable.

Also true when he's not injured

# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 01:07

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

It's hard to freak out when the problems have been the same for years. I just give a sort of eye roll now.

The defense is a sieve like always - I wanna say there were two or three straight completions to Sanu in the first quarter where he was totally uncovered. A healthy Mike Daniels making the front more effective will make the defense work better, but he doesn't solve the communication problems (or the personnel problems) in the secondary.

The offense can't play at all against decent man coverage, the same problem they've had since the Kansas City game in 2011.

That being said, they'll still win the division.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 13:57

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Knees are weird like that.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 17:20

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

WHOOPS posted:

https://twitter.com/GoesslingStrib/status/911263296929648640

womp womp

I am shocked

# ¿ Sep 22, 2017 18:04

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Detroit_Dogg posted:

Oh right we got rid of Dan Orlovsky so we can watch Generic Michigan Man #6 throw passes into the dirt

I'm sure you'll really miss that guy that ran out the back of the endzone that one time

# ¿ Oct 10, 2017 14:22

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

WHOOPS posted:

hahaha you poor bastard. success in the NFC North doesn't extend beyond 2nd place.

It's true, the Packers were 2nd in the division when they won the superbowl

# ¿ Oct 10, 2017 20:41

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Yaws posted:

I hate the Packers with a veracity that has never been seen on this earth

I've been watching Aaron Rodgers shred the Vikings defense for a decade now and that son of a bitch wants to play into his forties.

I don't think you know what 'veracity' means

# ¿ Oct 11, 2017 03:09

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

It's not the Packers style to pick up free agents to replace injuries (with minor exceptions like James Jones in 2015), but I could see picking up Kaep working out if TT suddenly became a much more active GM.

For instance, if he were able to facilitate ten multi-party trades such that Dom Capers coached the opposing defense every week.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2017 21:27

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

On a more serious note, the Packers have a really weird offense that is short on typical West Coast concepts and long on Rodgers pulling off crazy sandlot stuff and I don't think even a very good pocket passer with the ability to move around in the pocket and extend plays could thrive in it quickly. Especially given the 60% casualty rate on the offensive line. The options are spend money on a guy and miss the playoffs or don't spend money and miss the playoffs.

Although I guess that in this division this sort of thing is always possible (cf. 2013):

# ¿ Oct 17, 2017 21:37

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:

Are you talking about the same Packers team that has played their only good pass rusher out of position on the inside for several years? I don't think that happened because Dom Capers was handed a bunch of talented players to fit his scheme no, quite the opposite. Dom Capers isn't a defensive genius these days but he's adequate. The problem is the roster is sub par besides the hall of fame qb.

Besides 2014, Matthews hasn't seen that much time at ILB; when he was being played there a lot, he was more productive than when on the edge. He also hasn't been the only productive outside rusher for the last few years (in fact in 2015 and 2016, Peppers and Perry were both more productive than he was on the outside), and his occasional bad habits from years ago like over-committing instead of setting the edge on run plays have become the new normal for him.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2017 14:28

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Yes

# ¿ Oct 26, 2017 15:00

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/927735398968594432

Is this some optical illusion where there's not actually a sight lane to that receiver between the two OL or is it as bad as it looks

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 14:33

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

SKULL.GIF posted:

That says it all, doesn't it? Capers can't even effectively use a Hall of Fame player.

I remember when they signed Pep and Capers was talking about how he'd been playing out of position his whole career and he was actually a natural 3-4 OLB

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 19:04

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

scuz posted:

He and McCarthy both can't adjust their schemes to suit his players. Last year when he was talking about "we have to beat our 1-on-1s" I nearly blew my own head off.

Pad level,

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 19:04

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

If the [otherwise unsubstantiated] rumors about him transparently quitting on the team once Rodgers' collarbone got broken are true, I can easily understand his teammates being pissed with him

# ¿ Nov 10, 2017 19:33

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

It turns out it doesn't matter how bad the Packers are so long as the Bears still suck!

# ¿ Nov 12, 2017 23:29

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Behind the scenes: the Vikings intercepted the food order and replaced sushi with lutefisk

# ¿ Nov 27, 2017 22:56

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

SKULL.GIF posted:

Same but Nick Collins and the legion of pretty-decent Packer safeties we've had.

You are blessed to have forgotten the before-times when we had no safeties. Woody was gone and Peprah got cut, so we had ? and � next to Burnett. One of them might have had a name like a box wine, MD Jennings or something? THe other I have mercifully forgotten (just like the rest of the world will forget him, as he suffers the penalty of damnatio memoriae).

# ¿ Nov 28, 2017 14:32

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

It turns out MD Jennings also got signed by the Bears in 2014! Don't know why - he couldn't play at all, and the only scheme stuff he could have taught you would be how to get blown by for a TD which your defense was already proficient at by then.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2017 16:23

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

PupsOfWar posted:

Kentucky

PupsOfWar posted:

thery've

# ¿ Dec 1, 2017 15:27

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Detroit_Dogg posted:

Also TJ Lang loving sucks

Is he constantly playing through injury like his last few years in GB or has he regressed majorly

# ¿ Dec 4, 2017 22:58

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Henchman of Santa posted:

It�s up there with Muhammad Bernstein.

Tell me he played for the Bears

# ¿ Dec 6, 2017 15:15

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Henchman of Santa posted:

I misremembered, it�s actually �Mohammmed Markstein.� It�s from the fake antifa press release about November 4.

:sigh:

Someday my dream will come and an honest-to-God descendant of Stan and Jan will play for the Bears

# ¿ Dec 6, 2017 15:35

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

The innovative bend-and-also-break strategy

# ¿ Dec 14, 2017 19:24

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

rabidsquid posted:

i have AHL season tickets and its definitely fun to go but lmao if you think more than one or two of these teams in the entire league can run more than one line that can actually possess the puck. its all dump and chase and its more bad than higher level dump and chase, which is impressive.

When I was a kid, my dad would take me to River Rats games (they were the Devils' farm team at the time). They ran a variant of the Devils' neutral zone trap that was pretty effective. It was fun to watch, and through a scheme that would take too long to explain I once got to have dinner with Patrik Elias when I was seven. So woohoo AHL for me.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2017 15:16

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Good Will Hrunting posted:

Worth a double post imo

https://twitter.com/BenFennell_NFL/status/942754643242864641

Ben Fennell's a cool dude

# ¿ Dec 18, 2017 17:15

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

I feel like "lotta ballgame left" is Nagler's version of "pad level"

# ¿ Dec 18, 2017 18:20

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Soothing Vapors posted:

I want it to be one or both of the Ryans because I feel like I'm ready to take the next step and turn my drinking problem into a full-fledged disorder

You alright mang? Problems at home?

# ¿ Dec 19, 2017 19:19

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Tbh he looked like wet rear end during most of the comeback game in 2013 too, but all anyone remembers is the crazy pass to Cobb at the end

# ¿ Dec 20, 2017 15:55

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

MikeCrotch posted:

Is there something you are trying us tell us mang

That Dom Capers is a bad defensive coordinator and he should feel bad

# ¿ Dec 20, 2017 17:28

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Looking at that chart, I'm struck by a thought: the Vikings are the Bills of the midwest. Makes u think

# ¿ Dec 21, 2017 04:05

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

What's worse in the grand scheme of things - wasting Fran Tarkenton, or wasting Jim Kelly?

# ¿ Dec 21, 2017 15:28

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Obviously the Best thing would be getting wasted with Brett Favre,

# ¿ Dec 21, 2017 15:28

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

In other news, Mark Murphy was hospitalized today after apparently reading a five year backlog of McGinn articles and CHTV blog comments over the weekend

# ¿ Jan 2, 2018 02:27

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Hand Row posted:

Notice how the secondary stinks, yet two guys TT drafted who were just ok left and became Pro Bowlers? Capers was really bad.

The Hayward saga was the most frustrating thing ever. He was amazeballs his rookie year then kind of meh for the next three years, then we let him walk and he's fantastic again. I think he led the league in picks and was named an all-pro last year. Way to use talent, Dom.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2018 02:47

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

If you read Murphy's comments themselves I think you'll find they don't point to Russ Ball anything like as strongly as Mike FLorio says they do in that article (where he also mentions every other name linked to the opening by anyone so that he can say "called it!" no matter who gets the job)

# ¿ Jan 3, 2018 14:54

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

The ILB coach is the only firing that confused me. Blake Martinez took a big step forward this year and Jake Ryan seems solid most of the time*. Overall the unit is performing better than it has since 2010 (before Desmond Bishop got hurt). If they think they're giving up too many big runs up the middle they should look at all the two-man fronts that Dom is calling before anything else.

* Occasionally I see people making GBS threads on Ryan on CHTV or in game day threads, so I double checked my gut feeling that he's pretty good with PFF, and it turns out they love his nuts and rate him 82.something. This is actually very slightly higher than they rate Martinez! I know their methodology of basically assigning +, - or 0 to each play and adding poo poo up over the season then normalizing on a 0-100 scale is far from perfect but IMO as a general barometer they're pretty good

# ¿ Jan 4, 2018 01:24

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 17:20

Blotto Skorzany: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Looking at the typical career path of NFL coaches, it seems like a system designed to maximize the effect of the Peter Principle

# ¿ Jan 4, 2018 16:20

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