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It's amazing how much better every team gets in the time between the draft and the kickoff of the first regular season game.

Having said that, I do think my Steelers will be a little better than last year. Vegas seems to think so also. But injuries, etc. can turn even the most promising seasons into a train wreck. Only time will tell.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Browns looked good, compared to previous pre-season games where we came out and looked like a pee-wee league team...

Alternatively, I didn't see much of the Rams... Did you guys send your cheerleaders and not much else?

Rams didn't game plan... at all. o.O

That's typical of Fisher.

Here's what stood out for me:
BROWNS:
-Weeden actually looks like a pretty good quarterback. I'm rooting for the guy as his rise to the NFL is awesome.
-The defense looks FAST. Wow!
-Your running game looks non-exisitent. I guess you miss TRichardon, or that the RAMS run defense is that good.

RAMS:
-Bradford looks good...really good. The 3 incompletions were catchable balls that hit the reciever's hands.
-Givens + Bradford... that'll the a common combo (Givens broke the Rookie receiver stats of 5 games of 50+ yrd receiving pass)
-Pead fumble... jeeze, a classic case of a guy with oodles of abilities that just can't get it together on the field.
-DRichardson and ZStacey looks really good running the ball.
-Punt coverage... lolwut? That should never, EVER happen in a game. o.O
-Defense seems meh in this game... probably due to zone coverages as this is pre-season. I think we only blitzed once the entire game. The Rams defense was built to blitz all the time. *shrug*

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:And so begins the false hope

Last year's first preseason game was gak, this was a completely different team out there last night.

gorgon wrote:It's amazing how much better every team gets in the time between the draft and the kickoff of the first regular season game.

And then after the first possession, the other shoe drops and we fall apart

whembly wrote:
Here's what stood out for me:
BROWNS:
-Weeden actually looks like a pretty good quarterback. I'm rooting for the guy as his rise to the NFL is awesome.
-The defense looks FAST. Wow!
-Your running game looks non-exisitent. I guess you miss TRichardon, or that the RAMS run defense is that good.

Our 2 "main" runningbacks are none-existant atm. T-Rich has a minor injury and the team already knows what he can do considering he ran as much as he did last season with injured ribs. I'm not worried about him, I'm hoping Norv taught him how to fething hit the hole and run. Otherwise we'll be stuck with side scrolling 2D Richardson again...
Weeden did well, and looked a lot more confident out there. He needs to work on his fades though. His endzone passes kind of suck still.

RAMS:
-Bradford looks good...really good. The 3 incompletions were catchable balls that hit the reciever's hands.
-Givens + Bradford... that'll the a common combo (Givens broke the Rookie receiver stats of 5 games of 50+ yrd receiving pass)
-Pead fumble... jeeze, a classic case of a guy with oodles of abilities that just can't get it together on the field.
-DRichardson and ZStacey looks really good running the ball.
-Punt coverage... lolwut? That should never, EVER happen in a game. o.O
-Defense seems meh in this game... probably due to zone coverages as this is pre-season. I think we only blitzed once the entire game. The Rams defense was built to blitz all the time. *shrug*

Mmm 91 yard return I saw like 1 ram on screen the entire time

Suffice it to say, the next two preseason games will tell me more about this year's Browns. I'm just hoping Jimmy Haslem doesn't get sent to klink for frauding those companies . His 83 yr old dad would become owner of the Browns.

Panthers gonna win it! They're gonna do it! Woo! Go Panthers!































Please. . . . *sob*

 rubiksnoob wrote:
Panthers gonna win it! They're gonna do it! Woo! Go Panthers!

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Panthers would win if they were playing the chargers maybe, but the bears? Come on now.

BEAR DOWN

Well, I just happened to be given 13th row, 50 yard line tickets to the Panthers/Bears game tonight by a friend who couldn't use them!

I like Bradford's skills, but he was stuck on such bad teams that his career was starting to go the route of David Carr or Archie Manning. The NFL is hard enough...it's crazy hard to work on your game and improve when everything's just kinda crumbling around you. It's very easy to become damaged goods in that situation, even if you had some talent...beat up from too many hits, develop bad habits, get gunshy in the pocket, etc. Bradford just needs a chance, I think.

 gorgon wrote:
I like Bradford's skills, but he was stuck on such bad teams that his career was starting to go the route of David Carr or Archie Manning. The NFL is hard enough...it's crazy hard to work on your game and improve when everything's just kinda crumbling around you. It's very easy to become damaged goods in that situation, even if you had some talent...beat up from too many hits, develop bad habits, get gunshy in the pocket, etc. Bradford just needs a chance, I think.

Speaking of damaged goods, Colt McCoy was injured last night after throwing 3 for 7 with 41 yards and an interception... Hopefully this gets the Colt McCoy lovers here in Cleveland to shut up .

 gorgon wrote:
I like Bradford's skills, but he was stuck on such bad teams that his career was starting to go the route of David Carr or Archie Manning. The NFL is hard enough...it's crazy hard to work on your game and improve when everything's just kinda crumbling around you. It's very easy to become damaged goods in that situation, even if you had some talent...beat up from too many hits, develop bad habits, get gunshy in the pocket, etc. Bradford just needs a chance, I think.

He's your prototypical pocket quarterback with sneaky foot speed. He just needs weapons on the filed like any other quarterback.

I don't care how good you are... but, you ain't going to be successful if you're throw balls on your back (if OL crappy) or if your recievers can't get open.

 whembly wrote:

 gorgon wrote:
I like Bradford's skills, but he was stuck on such bad teams that his career was starting to go the route of David Carr or Archie Manning. The NFL is hard enough...it's crazy hard to work on your game and improve when everything's just kinda crumbling around you. It's very easy to become damaged goods in that situation, even if you had some talent...beat up from too many hits, develop bad habits, get gunshy in the pocket, etc. Bradford just needs a chance, I think.

He's your prototypical pocket quarterback with sneaky foot speed. He just needs weapons on the filed like any other quarterback.

I don't care how good you are... but, you ain't going to be successful if you're throw balls on your back (if OL crappy) or if your recievers can't get open.

Hopefully for Rams fans Tavon Austin and Givens can get open more than Amendola sitting out injured last year

at least Safford's x-ray came back negative

Dakka's NFL Champ returns! Ya that's me. You can call me Champ... No really...

Pick 'em league this year?

 Byte wrote:
Dakka's NFL Champ returns! Ya that's me. You can call me Champ... No really...

Pick 'em league this year?

I'm in. Who did we use last year?

PANTHERS WIN!!!

 kronk wrote:

 Byte wrote:
Dakka's NFL Champ returns! Ya that's me. You can call me Champ... No really...

Pick 'em league this year?

I'm in. Who did we use last year?

Yahoo. Seemed to work smooth enough.

 rubiksnoob wrote:
PANTHERS WIN!!!

It is preseason, no one really cares.

 DeathReaper wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:
PANTHERS WIN!!!

It is preseason, no one really cares.

Hey man, I'll take anything I can get. It's been a rough couple of years down here.

At least Bostic and Long looked good

Long got beat a few times, he's got some learning to do. Bostic looked sharp.

Line depth looks to be an issue, the guys they had out there with the 3rd string QB weren't doing him any favours.

Eagles/Pats game was alright.... Philly's O line was much improved looked more like a team than last years debacle Vick had a nice series, with a couple great passes, D-Jax made a hel of a catch on the TD.
Foles was more consistant but less flashy putting together a nice drive and eating the clock.
Both were pretty much done by the 2nd quarter. Third string and wannabes for the rest of the game.
Defense is still WIP. A few highlights but getting slashed on the opening drive was too much like last year.
Brady's TD pass was just too spot on to not score, but that's Tom for ya.
Dogpile on Tebow was the highlight of the 2nd half.

Hey Alf... I just read that Kosar is getting criticism for his "color comments" on the RAMs last Friday? Was he really over the time? o.O

 Byte wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 Byte wrote:
Dakka's NFL Champ returns! Ya that's me. You can call me Champ... No really...

Pick 'em league this year?

I'm in. Who did we use last year?

Yahoo. Seemed to work smooth enough.

Yeah...count me in too!

I haven't gotten to FF in a few years, but always had fun doing it!

PM me with the info, and be ready to get stomped

FFL for those interested. Feel free to tell me what scoring and roster size and settings your like otherwise I'm gonna do qb, 2wr, 2RB, flex, TE, K, Def. and standard PPR scoring with .25-.5 PPR.
To join follow this link.
http://y.ahoo.it/IhC3Tq41

Chancetragedy wrote:
FFL for those interested. Feel free to tell me what scoring and roster size and settings your like otherwise I'm gonna do qb, 2wr, 2RB, flex, TE, K, Def. and standard PPR scoring with .25-.5 PPR.
To join follow this link.
http://y.ahoo.it/IhC3Tq41

Pick'em league again as well?

Yah I'll set that up in a minute. Haven't setup a FFL in a couple years so was just fleshing that out real fast haha.


Edit: pickem league, if everyone really wants it we can do the confidence points system again. But as it stands right now it's just straight picks.

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Also to the fantasy league well be doing auto draft the Friday before the first game.

I'm in on both..
FFL = Wrathe's Team.
Would have liked to be able to edit name/colors.

Pickem = Helgrenze.
Either way is fine by me. though the points can help break ties.

Bow down to the Emperor of Man, Russell Wilson, or be annihilated with the rest of your heathen kind.

Also, hold my dick.

@helgrenze - go to my team-edit team setting- and you can can edit your team name and colors there. If your talking about something else let me know and I'll get it fixed!

Mean Machine cocked, locked, and ready to destroy!


And SGC.....let's go all the way this year!!

12M4L!!

(12th Man 4 Life!)

 whembly wrote:
Hey Alf... I just read that Kosar is getting criticism for his "color comments" on the RAMs last Friday? Was he really over the time? o.O

Feth no he wasn't

Fischer is making a stink over nothing. Bernie Kosar, for all of his alcoholism, brain damage from being hit too many times, and just a general gakky post-NFL life (wife left him and took his money, daughter is in porn, etc...) Kosar has a large amount of knowledge about football, and honestly I would respect what he says about the game over some of the national talking heads (simply because he doesn't have to cowtoe the company line). Bernie's comments in the first two quarters was spot on color commentary. He broke down the teams as they played, saw things that the average person didn't see, and talked about how bad the Rams were playing (as a color commentator should). The real issue occurred when Kellen Clemens came into the game. Had this been a real game, we would never have seen Clemens unless several acts of God happened to give him the chance to play. By the time you get to the 4th quarter, you're left with the last string players and have to keep things entertaining. So Jim Donovan, the main announcer for the Browns, had a story about Clemens' daughter being blessed/kissed by the pope. Kosar, a professed Catholic, responded in kind with a religious bit in which he said, "Bless me father for I have sinned, I have to watch him play the 4th quarter." Honestly, it's not much of an issue and never would have happened in a real game or on a national broadcast. The local NBC affiliate that runs the TV broadcast for the Browns should have gone through Donovan's story during a production meeting and then turned to Bernie and said, "What would you say to this?" And bam, problem solved.

Idk why Fischer is giving a gak. His team didn't show up and it's preseason. Honestly I think people should be making just as much of a stink over his comment about Bernie's history being well documented (alluding to the issues I said earlier).

It's a non-issue (says the guy that just wrote a large paragraph on it ).

9ers bringing it home!!!