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2022 was another great year for the NFC Best, though not quite in the way most people expected. The Rams faceplanted in their title defense, but the 49ers took another leap into the NFL's elite and the Seahawks quickly moved on from the Russell Wilson era, leaving these as the clear top two teams in what could be a compeitive division race. And hell, I wouldn't count out the Rams just yet. The Cardinals ... yeah we can definitely count them out. Arizona Cardinals 2022 record: 4-13 Super Bowl odds: +20000 Win over/under: 4.5 Head coach: Jonathan Gannon Quarterbacks: Colt McCoy/Kyler Murray End of an era, possibly in more ways than one. Everything bottomed out in 2022, leading to Kliff Kingsbury getting fired and loving off to Thailand. The final insult came in mid-December when Kyler Murray tore his ACL, putting his 2023 season in doubt. GM Steve Keim was also let go, so there's an entirely new regime left to make a decision on Murray, a mercurial QB they didn't draft coming off a serious injury. There's a non-zero chance he's already played his last snap in the desert. In the meantime, they'll move forward with the ol' Coltster, who I keep forgetting is still in the league, and new coach Gannon, one of the less inspiring hires of last year's cycle. There are pretty much zero expectations for 2023 -- the Cardinals are heavy favorites to land the #1 overall pick. Let's move on because nobody is reading this, including Cardinals fans. Los Angeles Rams 2022 record: 5-12 Super Bowl odds: +6600 Win over/under: 6.5 Head coach: Sean McVay Quarterback: Matthew Stafford Pretty much nothing went right for the defending champs. The new-look offensive line never gelled and was always injured, constantly forcing the offense behind schedule. Then the star players went down one by one: Cooper Kupp suffered a major leg injury and both Stafford and Aaron Donald were eventually shut down as the playoffs got out of reach. It seemed like the Rams were ready to blow it up with McVay contemplating retirement, but he decided to come back for another dance. Other than trading Jalen Ramsey, they had basically no choice but to run it back. Who knows what to expect from the Rams in 2023, but if the stars stay healthy, they're still quite a talented team. That 6.5 line is honestly pretty harsh to me. Seattle Seahawks 2022 record: 9-8, Wild Card round loss Super Bowl odds: +3000 Win over/under: 8.5 Head coach: Pete Carroll Quarterback: Geno Smith Now that's what cooking looks like. Left for dead after trading away Wilson, the Seahawks instead returned to the playoffs and are suddenly right back in the mix with an exciting young core and Geno riding an unlikely career revival. The 2022 draft class brought massive contributors in Charles Cross, Kenneth Walker, Tariq Woolen, and Coby Bryant, immediately injecting some life into a roster that got rather stale in Wilson's final years. They appear to have another fun draft with first-round picks Devon Witherspoon and Jaxon Smith-Njigba expected to play big roles. And just from an intangible standpoint, it sure seemed like the team was playing loose and having a lot more fun without Wilson's weirdo baggage. If the defense improves just a little bit and Geno proves he's not a one-year wonder, they have a real chance to challenge for the division. San Francisco 49ers 2022 record: 13-4, NFC Champiomship Game loss Super Bowl odds: +900 Win over/under: 10.5 Head coach: Kyle Shanahan Quarterback: Brock Purdy/Trey Lance/Sam Darnold maybe???? I regret to inform you that Shanahan is good at this. The 49ers are a Death Star at peak form, with almost no holes on the roster. This team was so talented, so well-coached, that it almost didn't matter who was actually at quarterback. They marched to the conference title game with the final pick of the draft holding things down just fine, and it's only when they literally ran out of healthy QBs that they finally saw their end. Purdy got cleared for camp after offseason elbow surgery and appears to have the edge over Lance, who may have run out of chances to make an impression. But if the 49ers have one weakness, they are never, ever allowed to be healthy, so there's a decent chance we see both guys anyway. Either way, this team is clearly the class of the division and one of the NFC's heavy hitters. Division titles 49ers -- 21 Rams -- 18 Seahawks -- 9 Cardinals -- 3 Super Bowl appearances (winning years in bold) 49ers -- 7 (1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2012, 2019) Rams -- 5 (1979, 1999, 2001, 2018, 2021) Seahawks -- 3 (2005, 2013, 2014) Cardinals -- 1 (2008) Benne fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Jul 26, 2023 |
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Oh Benne, a poo poo post tag? 
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Jul 26, 2023 04:18
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big peeno smith let’s go
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Jul 26, 2023 04:27
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Blessed be those who run. In the name of the blast, the counter, and the draw, amen.
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Jul 26, 2023 04:45
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Jul 26, 2023 05:11
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Mustached Demon posted:Blessed be those who run. Veer left, Veer right, Power I. Amen.
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Jul 26, 2023 05:16
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Go, the San Francisco 49ers
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Jul 26, 2023 06:43
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It is time for football Let’s go Niners Let’s get a fourth-string quarterback this time
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Jul 26, 2023 07:09
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When we remember that year for the Cardinals, let’s not forget that it was all on tape for a national audience. The in-season Hard Knocks picked up in Week 10 and immediately saw them beat the Rams to get to 4-6 and maybe have some hope for the season…. and then every single week got darker and darker until the last few episodes were the grimmest poo poo on TV.
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Jul 26, 2023 07:23
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ground floor
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Jul 26, 2023 11:43
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+20000 eh, so you're sayin there's a chance
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Jul 26, 2023 17:18
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bet ten dollars on the cards, you could win two hundred thousand, that's what that means right
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Jul 26, 2023 17:25
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Leperflesh posted:bet ten dollars on the cards, you could win two hundred thousand, that's what that means right Thanks to my education at the School of Hard Knocks, I know that you not only could win two hundred thousand, you WILL win two hundred thousand.
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Jul 26, 2023 18:17
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Praise be to the Patron Saint of The Run
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Jul 26, 2023 19:04
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MakaVillian posted:Praise be to the Patron Saint of The Run 
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Jul 26, 2023 19:31
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Gore the defense. Gore is the verb for that now. You know exactly what it means. It means, establish.
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Jul 26, 2023 19:48
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Reading that OP got me looking at the Rams' salary cap. 60mil in dead money just for ARob, Ramsey, and Leonard Floyd. Ooof.
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Jul 26, 2023 19:54
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Leperflesh posted:bet ten dollars on the cards, you could win two hundred thousand, that's what that means right maybe we'll actually go to a game this year tickets should be p cheap while kyler is still out
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Jul 27, 2023 00:44
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:Reading that OP got me looking at the Rams' salary cap. 60mil in dead money just for ARob, Ramsey, and Leonard Floyd. Ooof. ~40 of the 90 guys in Rams camp are rookies. May chaos supreme!
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Jul 27, 2023 00:57
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Leperflesh posted:bet ten dollars on the cards, you could win two hundred thousand, that's what that means right My buddy went to Vegas in the summer of '99, so I gave him $10 to put on the Rams to win the SB. I won $2,000. It's the only bet I've ever made.
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Jul 27, 2023 01:00
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MakaVillian posted:Oh Benne, a poo poo post tag? Fixed it!
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Jul 27, 2023 03:21
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JPrime posted:maybe we'll actually go to a game this year tickets should be p cheap while kyler is still out Give me a break every fucker from ohio is going to spend three hundred bucks a seat to watch the browns squeak out a 24-21 win over the cardinals. I know how this works
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Jul 27, 2023 05:03
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"I am pro run, but I sure as hell won't pay for it!" -NFL
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Jul 27, 2023 06:17
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:My buddy went to Vegas in the summer of '99, so I gave him $10 to put on the Rams to win the SB. I won $2,000. After that kind of win, why bother risking a perfect record?
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Jul 27, 2023 07:33
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Manoueverable posted:After that kind of win, why bother risking a perfect record? I announce my retirement, undefeated, from video boxing
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Jul 27, 2023 07:48
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harperdc posted:Fixed it! 
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Jul 27, 2023 20:04
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WYTS hits the Cardinals today and we got some total gems this year https://defector.com/why-your-team-sucks-2023-arizona-cardinalsquote:What is the point of this team? Am I supposed to watch this poo poo again? With their new NPC-rear end coach/GM combo deflecting all blame onto Kyler? Why? quote:Larry never got his ring. Our best QBs have been a washed Palmer and soon to be washed Kyler. We can only be good at one position at a time, and then those players leave. quote:We hired lizard person Monti Ossenfort as our third-choice general manager. He comes from a rich tradition of New England executives who fail for three or four years and leave behind press accounts of staff secretaries and QC coaches terrified that their offices are bugged. His first move as GM was to commit tampering with a head coach candidate no one wanted. quote:As I sit down to write about the terrible, deeply embarrassing football team I root for while trying to survive my 19th straight day with a high over 110 degrees in the city I enthusiastically moved back to, I've come to the realization that I have a serious decision-making problem. My only solace is the knowledge that I'll likely be taken by a heat stroke before having to watch any of the Cardinals this season. quote:Well, it finally happened. Dimestore Gosling and the meathead GM were shitcanned in the same season. It was Christmas in January for about five minutes… until I remembered none of it matters while Failson Mikey is still running the show. The only thing they left on the cutting room floor for Hard Knocks was him and Justice Drunky McBeerstain chugging Heinekens while giddily deciding which Americans needed less rights in the next term. gently caress this team. quote:The Bidwell family has controlled the team since 1932 and in those 90 years have only had 22 seasons above .500, including two perfect seasons ('43 & '44) where they went 0-10. Bill Bidwell took over sole ownership in 1972 and recorded only 10 winning seasons until he died in 2019. He was easily the worst NFL owner in that time frame, and the Cardinals STILL inducted him into the Ring of Honor. quote:The 72-hour period in 2014 where the Cardinals signed Carson Palmer to a 50-million-dollar contract only to watch his ACL explode two days later is the perfect microcosm for this franchise’s absurdly laughable history with the quarterback position. I’m fairly certain Ryan Lindley is still on suicide watch from that season, and if not, he should be. quote:I don’t have anything left to say about this team. Instead, I’d like to celebrate a rare success in this heat pit. quote:If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you, and causes you to false start on third and short. quote:I tried to indoctrinate my son into Cardinals fandom. I had dreams of him and me bonding over this piece of poo poo franchise and having the kind of relationship I never had with my Dad. I used to think when he grew up and we had nothing in common anymore, I’d be able to connect with him via our shared love of this horrible, awful team. quote:Still think we did Josh Rosen dirty despite all evidence.
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This should be a fun season
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Should we talk about how each team has done with their draft, UDFA, and free agents? I want to talk about that. Someone tell me.
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Jul 28, 2023 22:53
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algebra testes posted:
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Leperflesh posted:Should we talk about how each team has done with their draft, UDFA, and free agents? I want to talk about that. Someone tell me. Seattle is still despairing on just missing out on future all Reality QB Anthony Richardson.
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My bold prediction is that the Seattle Seahawks will be as good or even a bit better than they were last year
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Jul 29, 2023 05:30
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Cat Hassler posted:My bold prediction is that the Seattle Seahawks will be as good or even a bit better than they were last year While I am willing to expect less, I actually do think they have measurable reasons to expect more than last year.
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Frank Gore joins the 49ers front office, https://sports.yahoo.com/former-nfl-running-back-frank-gore-joins-49ers-front-office-203704702.html Welcome back Frank!
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Thursday: Sony Michel: Getting second opportunity with Rams 'means a lot' Friday: Sony Michel retires 
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:Thursday: If he's anything like everyone else who's done this, it's mostly "gently caress training camp, I'm not doing this poo poo again."
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Jul 30, 2023 15:53
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Oh cool our running backs are already dying https://twitter.com/TaylorBisciotti/status/1685785070576230400
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Benne posted:Oh cool our running backs are already dying We really need to replenish our soft tissue stockpiles.
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Ezekiel Elliot is a free agent...
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Benne posted:WYTS hits the Cardinals today and we got some total gems this year https://defector.com/why-your-team-sucks-2023-arizona-cardinals :goddamn: lol. Depressing but true
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