NFL 2015 Season (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

for real!

you heard him too?

......

he was a Green Bay fan and he screamed like a girl on almost every play...

I swear...

if I had been sitting close to him...

I would have had to say something...

George...

7 1/2...will they cover without Edelman?

good luck...

I'd be all over that bet; I think next week they lose to that defense without Edelman and Lewis, it will catch up to them against a defense like Denver has.

 

[Panzer ace]

I'd be all over that bet; I think next week they lose to that defense without Edelman and Lewis, it will catch up to them against a defense like Denver has.

This week will have some pretty good games to watch. Monday you have the Bills/Patriots, Thanksgiving you have Panthers/Cowboys and Sunday night the Patriots/Broncos.

 

[mikemiller1955]

This week will have some pretty good games to watch. Monday you have the Bills/Patriots, Thanksgiving you have Panthers/Cowboys and Sunday night the Patriots/Broncos.

don't understand the Carolina/Dallas game...

Carolina has won 10 in a row...
undefeated...
put up 44 points today...
and Vegas has the Cowboys as a 2 point favorite...

whaaaaaaaaaat!!!

Romo is soaking his elbow in WD-40 tonight to get the rust off...

and they are favored...^&confuse

 

[mikemiller1955]

Dalton and Palmer both looked really good tonight...

especially Palmer on that last drive...

 

[Panzer ace]

don't understand the Carolina/Dallas game...

Carolina has won 10 in a row...
undefeated...
put up 44 points today...
and Vegas has the Cowboys as a 2 point favorite...

whaaaaaaaaaat!!!

Romo is soaking his elbow in WD-40 tonight to get the rust off...

and they are favored...^&confuse

Mike:

I am not sure on the all that goes into that betting line but I think two factors are at work there. First Carolina is going to lose eventually and second the Cowboys are one of the best teams in the NFC when Romo is healthy.

-Jason

 

[Warrior]

don't understand the Carolina/Dallas game...

Carolina has won 10 in a row...
undefeated...
put up 44 points today...
and Vegas has the Cowboys as a 2 point favorite...

whaaaaaaaaaat!!!

Romo is soaking his elbow in WD-40 tonight to get the rust off...

and they are favored...^&confuse

Because Dallas is a very good team and had Romo and Bryant not been injured, they'd be leading that craptacular NFC East, plus Carolina is a fraud team having played a bunch of tomato cans to get to 10-0.

Vegas knows what they are doing when they set these lines.

 

[jazzeum]

You can only play who is on your schedule. There are no style points in the NFL.

If the Panthers schedule is a crap schedule, then how is the Patriots' schedule also not a crap schedule. Excluding teams with .500 records (as of today), the Pats have beaten two teams with winning records, whereas the Panthers have only beaten 1. If you count .500 records, the Panthers have beaten four of those teams, the Patriots three of those teams.

The competition is pretty similar.

 

[Louis Badolato]

As a Giants fan, the Panthers Cowboys game is key on Turkey day. If the Panthers can find a way to win, the Cowboys, at 3-8, are pretty much out of contention (they would basically have to win out to have any chance). On the other hand, if the Cowboys win, they are only a game and half out and right in the thick of the worst NFC East race in division history (8-8 probably wins it, 9-7 almost certainly does). The key to the game is the Panthers defense. They are stout against the run, and if they pressure Romo enough, they should be able to pull it out.

 

[jazzeum]

I don't think you can ask the Cowboys to run the table. It's asking a lot. The division is there for the taking because they all stink.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Brad...

they can't run the table...

off a very short week...

Carolina...Newton...will destroy and embarrass their secondary T-giving day...which is horrible...

Green Bay will also beat them at Green Bay...

I'm hoping for 7-9...:rolleyes2:

too little too late...

what I thought was gonna be a great season...fell apart after the injury landslide...

 

[lancer]

Of the 8 divisions in the NFL, 3 have winning records, 4 have losing records,and 1 is even. The only winning division in the AFC is the East, all the others are losing records. The NFC has winners in the North and South, the West is .500, and the East a loser. Best record belongs to the NFC South at 25-15, while the worst is a tie between the NFC East and AFC South, both at 16-24. Division leaders include 2 undefeated teams (one in each league) and 2 .500 teams (one in each league). There are 18 teams with records ranging from 6-4 to 4-6. The NFL calls it parity but it smells and plays like mediocre. -- Al

 

[Louis Badolato]

Of the 8 divisions in the NFL, 3 have winning records, 4 have losing records,and 1 is even. The only winning division in the AFC is the East, all the others are losing records. The NFC has winners in the North and South, the West is .500, and the East a loser. Best record belongs to the NFC South at 25-15, while the worst is a tie between the NFC East and AFC South, both at 16-24. Division leaders include 2 undefeated teams (one in each league) and 2 .500 teams (one in each league). There are 18 teams with records ranging from 6-4 to 4-6. The NFL calls it parity but it smells and plays like mediocre. -- Al

Al,

Don't you think they should have left well enough alone? The NFL was far and away the most popular sport in the United States, and its tried and true combination of strength and speed, brutality and grace, and, above all, balanced play between offenses and defenses, made it the best product to watch on a week to week basis from the 1970's through around 2004. Great teams were built on tremendous defenses (1985 Bears, 1986 Giants, early 2000 Patriots), great offenses (1990's Dallas Cowboys, 1990's 49er's, 1999 Rams) and most often a combination of greatness on offense, defense and special teams (1980's 49ers, 1990 Giants, 1980's Raiders, more recent Patriots Teams).

I used to watch every televised game, all day Sunday and Monday Night. Now, with the watered down rules and "parity" I find myself only watching the Giants and catch the highlights (or lowlights) on Sports Center. The NFL has become the No Fun League, and frankly, with the officiating determining every game with subjective interpretations of ticky-tack rules, like 50 yard pass interference penalties, or a defensive holding in the backfield away from the play (a nicely defensed broken-up pass) turning a fourth and 19 into a first down on a touchdown drive, I have lost interest. I am starting to watch NHL Hockey, for a tough fast moving sport where the game at least resembles the sport I played as a kid.

 

[lancer]

Al,

Don't you think they should have left well enough alone? The NFL was far and away the most popular sport in the United States, and its tried and true combination of strength and speed, brutality and grace, and, above all, balanced play between offenses and defenses, made it the best product to watch on a week to week basis from the 1970's through around 2004. Great teams were built on tremendous defenses (1985 Bears, 1986 Giants, early 2000 Patriots), great offenses (1990's Dallas Cowboys, 1990's 49er's, 1999 Rams) and most often a combination of greatness on offense, defense and special teams (1980's 49ers, 1990 Giants, 1980's Raiders, more recent Patriots Teams).

I used to watch every televised game, all day Sunday and Monday Night. Now, with the watered down rules and "parity" I find myself only watching the Giants and catch the highlights (or lowlights) on Sports Center. The NFL has become the No Fun League, and frankly, with the officiating determining every game with subjective interpretations of ticky-tack rules, like 50 yard pass interference penalties, or a defensive holding in the backfield away from the play (a nicely defensed broken-up pass) turning a fourth and 19 into a first down on a touchdown drive, I have lost interest. I am starting to watch NHL Hockey, for a tough fast moving sport where the game at least resembles the sport I played as a kid.

Louis, it is a classic case of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Someone, somewhere, determined that the popularity would continue to climb, regardless of what they did to the game. Defense was perceived as a poor step-child to the offense, so tinker they did, fixing what wasn't broke, and 'they' have basically ruined the game I grew up loving. From the 60's through the 90's, I hardly missed a game on Sunday. Now, I suffer through a Redskins game if nothing else is on tap, but the 'never miss a game' attitude is long gone. I don't care much at all for what the game has become, pass/pass/pass and pass again. No defense, flags every other play, the ridiculous breaks in the action while run-of-mill plays are reviewed, catch or not-a-catch (who knows?), you can't hit him above the chest or below the belt, I'm just disgusted with it all. The NFL should just get it over with and issue all Qb's, receivers, running backs, and, oh what the heck, everyone else with a flag belt, call it flag football and stop the farce they now call tackle football. -- Al

 

[mikemiller1955]

even with Rex Ryan's kill the QB defense...knocking Brady down over a dozen times...

even with an "inadvertent whistle"...stopping the play...which may have resulted in a TD...or at least a field goal...

even without Edelman...

NE still pulled out a nice win...

don't know what the status of Amendola is for next week...

but the only thing that will keep NE from going undefeated is injuries...

that was an extremely poorly officiated game...

I can almost understand throwing a flag inadvertently...

but to whistle that play dead...

that doesn't make sense...

 

[jazzeum]

They did what good teams do: make in game adjustments and figure it out. That's what separates the good from the bad.

 

[jazzeum]

I read today that Frank Gifford's family did an autopsy and they found that he suffered from CTE. Someone wrote on here they wished that the NFL was like it used to be. This is the reason it can't. When a sport is lethal to the people who play it, how long should it be played before it is outlawed or proper work rules to safeguard its employees are implemented. Had this happened in any other industry, that industry would be in serious trouble.

 

[Warrior]

I read today that Frank Gifford's family did an autopsy and they found that he suffered from CTE. Someone wrote on here they wished that the NFL was like it used to be. This is the reason it can't. When a sport is lethal to the people who play it, how long should it be played before it is outlawed or proper work rules to safeguard its employees are implemented. Had this happened in any other industry, that industry would be in serious trouble.

The NFL has legislated hard hits out of the game to protect the players, but more importantly, to protect themselves from future lawsuits.

By doing so, they've made the workplace safer while at the same time, the game has suffered, it's all about offense now, more to the point passing, which is why the product is so bad because there just are not enough quality QB's who can pass in the league.

Go down the roster of teams and look at some of the total tomato cans some teams have as QB's; the pressure regarding concussions came faster than the talent of the QB's.

Plus, the refs are just awful this year; that Monday night game was torture to watch, I thought that third quarter was never going to end. They throw flags on every other play, then have a conference for ten minutes discussing what happened.

The game is run a play, run a play, penalty, commercial time out, run a play, run a play, penalty, commercial time out, rinse and repeat.

In short, it sucks.

But at least the players are safer now.

 

[mikemiller1955]

it's all about offense now, more to the point passing, which is why the product is so bad because there just are not enough quality QB's who can pass in the league.

this is the first week...
that I can ever remember...
where every game's..."over and under"...

is over 40 points...

most of them in the mid 40's up to 49...

it's not something I really watch...

but 49 points is 7 TD's in 4 quarters...

that's a lot of offense...

 

[Warrior]

this is the first week...
that I can ever remember...
where every game's..."over and under"...

is over 40 points...

most of them in the mid 40's up to 49...

it's not something I really watch...

but 49 points is 7 TD's in 4 quarters...

that's a lot of offense...

I'd be all over the under in the Patriots/Denver game, I'm thinking 16-13 or something that, Brady vs the immortal Brock Burgermeyster/Myesterburger, Collins plays hopefully and they put a ton of pressure on him, something the Bears were able to do as that offensive line of the Broncos is, well, offensive...........

 

[mikemiller1955]

I'd be all over the under in the Patriots/Denver game, I'm thinking 16-13 or something that, Brady vs the immortal Brock Burgermeyster/Myesterburger, Collins plays hopefully and they put a ton of pressure on him, something the Bears were able to do as that offensive line of the Broncos is, well, offensive...........

it's 46 1/2 points...

I don't bet those...

1 fumble...1 int...1 penalty...

they are impossible to predict in my opinion...

I think they are sucker bets...

flip a coin...ask the magic 8 ball...throw a dart...

better yet...

have those chimpanzees that threw darts on CNN a few years ago and kicked butt on the stock market...