...and the Redskins lurk only 1 game back, waiting to pounce on the division title, to grab it and win with a 5-11 record when the others all collapse.:wink2::rolleyes2:{sm3} -- Al
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I was on a conference call until 11 so I missed most of the Giant game, thank god. The NFC East is awful and seems ripe for the taking by the Cowboys.
If the Jets continue to progress, as they seem to be doing, and the Giants, playing like they are, it will become a Jets town. Jets have the right coach it seems, a young no nonsense guy (now that the circus has left town and gone to Buffalo) whereas it's time to leave for Grandpa. The guy waiting in the wings, McAdoo, is terrible. He'll be another Ray Handley.
If the Jets continue to progress, as they seem to be doing, and the Giants, playing like they are, it will become a Jets town. Jets have the right coach it seems, a young no nonsense guy (now that the circus has left town and gone to Buffalo) whereas it's time to leave for Grandpa. The guy waiting in the wings, McAdoo, is terrible. He'll be another Ray Handley.
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Another Thursday night, another craptastic football game..................wow, just awful.
Football is a strange game; three short years ago, the 49ers and Ravens played in the Super Bowl, both teams having gone to back to back championship games. Both teams look like up and comers, the Ravens looked poised to have a three or four year run, as did the 49ers. The 49ers then went to their third NFCCG in a row, losing to the Seachickens. Fast forward to the present and those two teams are a combined 3-9, both are just awful football teams right now.
Things change in the NFL in the blink of an eye, it's incredible.
Football is a strange game; three short years ago, the 49ers and Ravens played in the Super Bowl, both teams having gone to back to back championship games. Both teams look like up and comers, the Ravens looked poised to have a three or four year run, as did the 49ers. The 49ers then went to their third NFCCG in a row, losing to the Seachickens. Fast forward to the present and those two teams are a combined 3-9, both are just awful football teams right now.
Things change in the NFL in the blink of an eye, it's incredible.
I still think Thursday night football is an awful idea. The short week, both for practice and rest, usually makes for a bad football game. I have just never bought into the game, forgetting it's on most of the time and usually not caring about the match-up if I do remember it. Sundays and Mondays are sufficient. -- Al
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how about they just don't show SF on there instead...that alone would make it better...
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The NFL schedules are made very early in the season.
Who would have guessed that both the Seahawks and 49ers would each be sporting a 2-4 record.
However, I don't believe that there is anyway the T.N.F. slot could be kept open and then select two teams that would provide an excellent match up and interesting game.
--- LaRRy
Landmark win for the Redskins today. Fell behind to Tampa Bay 24-0 midway through the 2nd. Trailed 24-7 at the half. Went ahead 31-30 with 24 seconds left in the game and won. Largest comeback in franchise history. Never thought it possible. They looked absolutely dead and listless at 24-0 and only started looking a tick better with the first TD.
An NFL first occurred in the Miami game when the Dolphins scored 4 offensive TD's of 50 yards or more in the first half. First time in NFL history that 4 such Td's have been scored in one half. -- Al
An NFL first occurred in the Miami game when the Dolphins scored 4 offensive TD's of 50 yards or more in the first half. First time in NFL history that 4 such Td's have been scored in one half. -- Al
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After falling behind at the beginning of the game the 'Vikes defense stepped up and crushed the Lions. Stafford was running for his life all day, sacked 7 times and hit many more. He'll fell REALLY good on that flight to London.
Bridgewater impressed again, cooling standing in and hitting his receivers. Whoever this Diggs guy is...glad they pulled him off the practice squad!!
Bridgewater impressed again, cooling standing in and hitting his receivers. Whoever this Diggs guy is...glad they pulled him off the practice squad!!
Fun with numbers: Philip Rivers has 123 pass attempts in his last 2 games, the most since 1950. By way of comparison to a HoF Qb of yesteryear, Green Bay's Bart Starr, Rivers has in just 7 games this year, already thrown for more pass attempts, pass completions, and yards than Starr did in any full season of his 15 year career. Rivers also has a relatively modest (for this era) 15 TD passes. Starr passed this total in a full season twice, each time with 16 Td's. My, my, times sure have changed. And NOT for the better. -- Al
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So 6 games into the season, the conclusion I draw so far is; this league stinks.
I mean, it sucks.
Of the 32 teams in the league, 11 have winning records; the rest are at 500 or worse.
The Dolts are 3-4 and they "lead" the AFC south.
What a garbage product.
I mean, it sucks.
Of the 32 teams in the league, 11 have winning records; the rest are at 500 or worse.
The Dolts are 3-4 and they "lead" the AFC south.
What a garbage product.
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If the Pats would be good enough to lose once in a while some of those teams might have better records! I mean look at the Vikings...they handed a game to the pathetic 49ers. Wasn't that nice of them??
Another reason to hate the Patriots - they are so selfish that they don't think of the feelings of any other teams in the league. They only think of themselves. Sad, really :wink2:^&grin
The NFC East has turned into a real shootout.:rolleyes2: The mighty Redskins have clawed their way into 2nd place, just a game behind the Giants. This division is stacked top to bottom with dangerous teams that are capable of beating any other team in the NFL, as long as the other team fails to show up at kickoff. Boy, this division is UGLY. -- Al
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As great as it is to see the Patriots sitting at 6-0, I see them losing to the Giants, Jets and either the Broncos or some team that comes out of nowhere and upsets them (Doofins in Miami comes to mind), ending up 13-3 and having to go on the road in the playoffs and beat the Bungles and Donkos, not going to happen.
Their secondary, minus Revis, is starting to show cracks, Spinach Chin lit them up good yesterday, continually converting third downs.
I see it as a problem going forward, plus the injuries are starting to pile up, they only had 18 healthy players yesterday on offense............................
Their secondary, minus Revis, is starting to show cracks, Spinach Chin lit them up good yesterday, continually converting third downs.
I see it as a problem going forward, plus the injuries are starting to pile up, they only had 18 healthy players yesterday on offense............................
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They look pretty dam good to me George, beating the likes of Steelers, Bills, Jets, can't remember who else but those are some good teams, to me just looks like a repeat of the last 10-12 years of Pats, win big in regular season, get some home cooking for playoffs then off to the Super bowl, you mentioned you hate playing the Ravens in the playoffs...well no worries there this year brother as my boys will be lucky not to finish in the bottomless pit in the North with Cleveland, actually after Palmer throws for 863 yards, 8 tds tonite we'll have the cozy bottom all to ourselves...Sammy
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Sammy,
Thanks for the positive words; I go by the eye test and their secondary is not very good; spinach chin shredded them yesterday, 3rd and 10, 3rd and 11, 3rd and 8, 3rd and 14, he just kept finding wide open recievers.
We'll see what happens going forward and like you said, home field advantage is huge; if they can get the #1 or #2 seed, they're in business...............
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I don't think so George. The Giants have absolutely no pass rush. Brady can sit in the pocket all day and pick them apart, or, if the G-Men blitz, Brady will get the ball to the open receiver all day. As long as Brady is healthy, the Patriots will beat the Giants by double figures.
The only reason the Giants have a winning record is you are correct, most of the league sucks, especially the AFC South and the NFC East. There are half-a-dozen undefeated teams, the class of which is your Patriots, and the rest of the league is a mediocre mess.
The Giants GM has no clue (the only Giants First round picks of the 9 year Jerry Reece Era on the team are this year's pick, Flowers, last years pick, Beckham, and one other offensive lineman, who is mediocre), and they have no defensive line to speak of. But the Giants could bounce back in a year or two with a new GM who drafts better. There are a lot of teams that are so abysmal it will take years to rebuild them.
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More fun with numbers. Rivers leads the league in passing with 2,452 yards. Of that 1,229 is yards after the catch. That is over %50 from YAC.
They really have to change that stat.
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tough game Sammy...
I was rooting for them...
tough game...
I was rooting for them...
tough game...