N.F.L. Season 2018-19 (1 Viewer)

Panzer ace said:
Draft grades for each team (immediately following the end of the draft):

A+

No one knows how any of these picks will turn out, lets revisit this class in 2-3 years.
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Every team should be graded as incomplete/will revisit in three years to see what the grade really is.
 
Warrior said:
Every team should be graded as incomplete/will revisit in three years to see what the grade really is.
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And like I have said in the past, all of the draft "experts" should have to come back 2 years after each draft to congratulate themselves when they were right on a player and more importantly (and more often) admit when they were wrong.
 
With the arrival of a 17 game season can we finally get rid of 1,000 yards as a benchmark?

That is 58 yards per game.
 
2021 schedules released...
lucky Cowboys...
get to play opening game against Super Bowl champion Buccaneers in Tampa Bay...
will definitely start off 0-1...
 
Panzer ace said:
With the arrival of a 17 game season can we finally get rid of 1,000 yards as a benchmark?

That is 58 yards per game.
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Yep. That 1000 yard benchmark is from the old days of the 12 and 14 game seasons of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Then again, that's when the NFL actually nurtured and cared about the running game and the defenses built to stop it. That NFL has been dead and buried for at least 3 decades. -- Al
 
Anyone care to explain how the Steelers get the most difficult schedule in the NFL (strength of schedule) and the Buccaneers (SB Champions) get the 29th (nearly the bottom)....................................:mad: I am so done with the NFL horsecrap and it is not even near the start of the season.

Tom
 
tdubel said:
Anyone care to explain how the Steelers get the most difficult schedule in the NFL (strength of schedule) and the Buccaneers (SB Champions) get the 29th (nearly the bottom)....................................:mad: I am so done with the NFL horsecrap and it is not even near the start of the season.

Tom
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Because of the way the scheduling is set up; Bucs play each team in their tomato can division twice, then they play the 2nd place finisher in two other NFC divisions, then they play one other division in the NFC, then they play a division in the other conference, AFC East this year.

Scheduling has zero to do with where you finished the previous year other than the match ups in your conference, ie, you play the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finisher in two other divisions based on where you finished.

Oh, gee maybe Tommy Boy can go 20-0 this year, wouldn't that be swell, then play until he's 50 years old too while he's at it.

Heard today some Patriots season ticket holder already sold his 6 seats for the October 3rd match up in Foxboro with Tampa bay for 15K; that's 2500.00 per ticket.

The fans here are going to ballwash this guy to the max all game long, even when he torches the Patriots 49-3 and throws for 500 yards and 7 TD's; the way things are lining up, he'll be in line to break the NFL passing record for most total yards by a QB at that game too.

just all kinds of awesome right there..................can't wait.
 
Warrior said:
Because of the way the scheduling is set up; Bucs play each team in their tomato can division twice, then they play the 2nd place finisher in two other NFC divisions, then they play one other division in the NFC, then they play a division in the other conference, AFC East this year.

Scheduling has zero to do with where you finished the previous year other than the match ups in your conference, ie, you play the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finisher in two other divisions based on where you finished.
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I did not know the formula...
thank you...
 
mikemiller1955 said:
I did not know the formula...
thank you...
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Mike,
It's a bit confusing, but the easiest way to look at it is;

You play each team in your division twice.............3 x 2 is 6 games
You play a rotating division in your conference......4 teams is 4 games
You play the team in the other two divisions in your conference based on where you finished; 1 plays both 1's, 2 plays both 2's, etc............2 games
You play a rotating division in the other conference.....4 teams is 4 games
Now this year, you play a random team for the 17th game

So aside from the two teams in your conference that you go head to head with based on where you finish, it's the luck of the draw who you play each year and it's total crap shoot.

This year the Patriots get to play the 3rd place finisher in the two AFC divisions; first time in forever they did not have to play the first place team from the divisions.......................they have a pretty easy schedule this year; they play the NFC South; aside from Tampa, three easy games, then the AFC South, two very easy games, two somewhat difficult ones, then the Chargers, the Browns and their division opponents.

The X factor is what they get from the QB position; they could finish anywhere from 12-5 to 5-12.

Time will tell.
 
Warrior said:
Mike,
It's a bit confusing, but the easiest way to look at it is;

You play each team in your division twice.............3 x 2 is 6 games
*****You play a rotating division in your conference......4 teams is 4 games
You play the team in the other two divisions in your conference based on where you finished; 1 plays both 1's, 2 plays both 2's, etc............2 games
*****You play a rotating division in the other conference.....4 teams is 4 games
Now this year, you play a random team for the 17th game
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thanks again George...
but what designates who is the rotating division in your conferences...
and what designates who is the rotating division in the other conference?
is there some kind of rotation between the 3 divisions in each conference?
see asterisks above...
 
mikemiller1955 said:
thanks again George...
but what designates who is the rotating division in your conferences...
and what designates who is the rotating division in the other conference?
is there some kind of rotation between the 3 divisions in each conference?
see asterisks above...
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Great question; I don't know what formula they use for that, but last year they played the AFC West and the NFC West and this year they play the AFC South and the AFC South.

Assuming in 2022 they play the AFC North and the NFC North, then 2023, they'd play the NFC East, but they are in the AFC East, so I'd assume it rotates back to AFC West?

I'm not really sure to be honest.
 
Warrior said:
Because of the way the scheduling is set up; Bucs play each team in their tomato can division twice, then they play the 2nd place finisher in two other NFC divisions, then they play one other division in the NFC, then they play a division in the other conference, AFC East this year.

Scheduling has zero to do with where you finished the previous year other than the match ups in your conference, ie, you play the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finisher in two other divisions based on where you finished.
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You have to be a mathematician to figure this out.

Warrior said:
Heard today some Patriots season ticket holder already sold his 6 seats for the October 3rd match up in Foxboro with Tampa bay for 15K; that's 2500.00 per ticket.
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So, how many did you buy?
 
lancer said:
Yep. That 1000 yard benchmark is from the old days of the 12 and 14 game seasons of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Then again, that's when the NFL actually nurtured and cared about the running game and the defenses built to stop it. That NFL has been dead and buried for at least 3 decades. -- Al
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George:

Great post.

When Jim Brown rushed for 1863 yards in 14 games back in 1963 he said he felt like he let the team down by not gaining more yards.

Meanwhile, in today's NFL some guy I have never heard up gets up after gaining 2 meaningless yards and signals for the first down, acting as if he just helped his team win its third straight Super Bowl. And of course, in the end, he finishes with 20 yards on 15 carries................

-Jason
 
jazzeum said:
You have to be a mathematician to figure this out.



So, how many did you buy?
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That game is going to be something else, I'll have to get MTWM to scare me up some tickets, she's got this I'm pretty sure.


Brady's Father called one of the local sports talk radio stations here yesterday, he said "The Bucs will beat the Patriots handily on the 3rd", then proceeded to further rub it in over "My son had to leave NE to get another SB, he knew he was never getting one there" or words to that effect.

What a piece of work.

Needless to say, behind the scenes here it must have been something the last couple of years Brady was here how acrimonious the relationship was between him and Belichick.

Good riddance........................
 
I read an article about the NFL Network and its 3 hour show on the NFL schedule. The article basically said that the show seems like it is geared toward everyday fans, yet in reality it is for gamblers and their prospective bets.
 
This seems like a story of no consequence and sullies the reputation of a deceased senator who can’t defend himself and is probably only out there because Trump’s name is involved. Moreover, the whole spy gate thing is past history.
 
Brad...

I'm guessing you didn't actually read this piece or watch the stories on both ESPN and the NFL Network before you poo pooed on my posting it...referring to it as of "no consequence" and suggesting "a deceased senator's need to defend himself".....

it was not insinuated in the article that he needs to defend himself...Senator Specter's reputation was never sullied or besmirched in this story...quite the opposite...that's not what the article was about at all...if you had actually read it you would have seen it was a story about Specter's efforts to uncover the truth behind Spygate and Goddell's effort to handle it so hastily and destroy any evidence...also especially dwelling on Trump's alleged bribe to Spector...orchestrated by Kraft to drop the investigation and not look any deeper...

still...

I tip my hat to you for your never ending unsolicited seal of approval on moderating what you think is news worthy to others on the forum...thank you...
 
Mike,

I read it and it’s only there because it only involved Trump.

I couldn’t give a f what you post. Keep posting whatever makes you happy.
 
your incessant snarky comments are annoying...
you know...
the easy fix is to just block me...
or don't read my posts...
I don't need you to validate or judge my posts as being worthwhile to read...
you don't need to play moderator with me...
 
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