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The Texans have stumbled into the playoffs, lost the #1 and #2 seeds, and haven't shown any offense in the last 3 weeks...

It's not looking good for us.

 helgrenze wrote:
AND... its official... Andy Reid is fired as eagles Head Coach... Too bad most of the possible replacements are also among the fail club.

Pat Shermur and Tom Heckert (head coach and GM of the Browns respectively) were also sacked earlier today. I liked Heckert, a lot of his later round draft picks have been performing well, and well.. Shermur actually showed emotion yesterday walking off the field, you could see the tears welling in his eyes, and they were decently red and watery during his press conference yesterday after the game. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be saying something like this in two years, knowing how our trends go.

And sorry about the Texans stumbling Kronk.

Though I am happy that the Steelers missed the Playoffs this year too, let that thought sink in a bit for Tomlin and gang

Gah... hate to say this... but, if ya'll the wagering type.... place bets on Seattle winning.

 whembly wrote:
Gah... hate to say this... but, if ya'll the wagering type.... place bets on Seattle winning.

If I recall correctly, Seattle is a "better on the road" team aren't they? I mean their 7 straight wins at home are nothing to shake a stick at, but I always thought they were considered better on the road.

 Alfndrate wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Gah... hate to say this... but, if ya'll the wagering type.... place bets on Seattle winning.

If I recall correctly, Seattle is a "better on the road" team aren't they? I mean their 7 straight wins at home are nothing to shake a stick at, but I always thought they were considered better on the road.

Historically we are not as good on the road as at home but this year with the changes the team has gone through namely getting Russel Wilson as QB we have gotten much better at away games.

I hope the Hawks skull stomp the Redskins next Sunday and then march through the rest of the NFC to the Superbowl.

 Bloodfrenzy187 wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Gah... hate to say this... but, if ya'll the wagering type.... place bets on Seattle winning.

If I recall correctly, Seattle is a "better on the road" team aren't they? I mean their 7 straight wins at home are nothing to shake a stick at, but I always thought they were considered better on the road.

Historically we are not as good on the road as at home but this year with the changes the team has gone through namely getting Russel Wilson as QB we have gotten much better at away games.

I hope the Hawks skull stomp the Redskins next Sunday and then march through the rest of the NFC to the Superbowl.

I'm thinking Broncos Hawks in the superbowl...

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Bloodfrenzy187 wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Gah... hate to say this... but, if ya'll the wagering type.... place bets on Seattle winning.

If I recall correctly, Seattle is a "better on the road" team aren't they? I mean their 7 straight wins at home are nothing to shake a stick at, but I always thought they were considered better on the road.

Historically we are not as good on the road as at home but this year with the changes the team has gone through namely getting Russel Wilson as QB we have gotten much better at away games.

I hope the Hawks skull stomp the Redskins next Sunday and then march through the rest of the NFC to the Superbowl.

I'm thinking Broncos Hawks in the superbowl...

Me too...

Then, it's a coin flip...

In the big game? I'm probably going with the Broncos. Von Miller and Peyton are probably gonna go all General Sherman on Atlanta...

 Alfndrate wrote:
In the big game? I'm probably going with the Broncos. Von Miller and Peyton are probably gonna go all General Sherman on Atlanta...

While that's a perfectly logical assessment on the Broncs... however, the Seachickens seems to have luck on their side this season.

 whembly wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
In the big game? I'm probably going with the Broncos. Von Miller and Peyton are probably gonna go all General Sherman on Atlanta...

While that's a perfectly logical assessment on the Broncs... however, the Seachickens seems to have luck on their side this season.

Whoops my bad, I feel that Atlanta is probably going to beat Seattle... thus my General Sherman and Atlanta reference... We'll see though. I'm not a huge follower of anything outside of Cleveland Football, but it could be interesting

 Alfndrate wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
In the big game? I'm probably going with the Broncos. Von Miller and Peyton are probably gonna go all General Sherman on Atlanta...

While that's a perfectly logical assessment on the Broncs... however, the Seachickens seems to have luck on their side this season.

Whoops my bad, I feel that Atlanta is probably going to beat Seattle... thus my General Sherman and Atlanta reference... We'll see though. I'm not a huge follower of anything outside of Cleveland Football, but it could be interesting

The problem I see with Atlanta going to the Superbowl is the fact that they have a deplorable habit of choking during the playoffs.

 Bloodfrenzy187 wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
In the big game? I'm probably going with the Broncos. Von Miller and Peyton are probably gonna go all General Sherman on Atlanta...

While that's a perfectly logical assessment on the Broncs... however, the Seachickens seems to have luck on their side this season.

Whoops my bad, I feel that Atlanta is probably going to beat Seattle... thus my General Sherman and Atlanta reference... We'll see though. I'm not a huge follower of anything outside of Cleveland Football, but it could be interesting

The problem I see with Atlanta going to the Superbowl is the fact that they have a deplorable habit of choking during the playoffs.

And Peyton has had plenty of trouble with the Patriots, who they will most likely meet in the AFC championships, and the Patriots have had trouble on the road. Every team has these issues... we'll see, I feel like Atlanta is going to be Seattle, but remember, I also felt that the Browns were going to do much better this year than last year . Though to be fair, they did do 25% better than last year >_<

 Alfndrate wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:
AND... its official... Andy Reid is fired as eagles Head Coach... Too bad most of the possible replacements are also among the fail club.

Pat Shermur and Tom Heckert (head coach and GM of the Browns respectively) were also sacked earlier today. I liked Heckert, a lot of his later round draft picks have been performing well, and well.. Shermur actually showed emotion yesterday walking off the field, you could see the tears welling in his eyes, and they were decently red and watery during his press conference yesterday after the game. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be saying something like this in two years, knowing how our trends go.

And sorry about the Texans stumbling Kronk.

Though I am happy that the Steelers missed the Playoffs this year too, let that thought sink in a bit for Tomlin and gang

Seeing how much Cleveland likes taking on Philly's castoffs..... Possible destination for Reid and company. Just not liking the quality of coaching that is currently available.

I knew that they Chiefs were going to fire the head coach but they kept the GM. WTF! The guy can't draft player, makes stupid trades and won't left his coaching staff do what needs to be done and they kept him. He must have a video of the owner dancing in his basement like the guy from Silence of the Lambs.

 helgrenze wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:
AND... its official... Andy Reid is fired as eagles Head Coach... Too bad most of the possible replacements are also among the fail club.

Pat Shermur and Tom Heckert (head coach and GM of the Browns respectively) were also sacked earlier today. I liked Heckert, a lot of his later round draft picks have been performing well, and well.. Shermur actually showed emotion yesterday walking off the field, you could see the tears welling in his eyes, and they were decently red and watery during his press conference yesterday after the game. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be saying something like this in two years, knowing how our trends go.

And sorry about the Texans stumbling Kronk.

Though I am happy that the Steelers missed the Playoffs this year too, let that thought sink in a bit for Tomlin and gang

Seeing how much Cleveland likes taking on Philly's castoffs..... Possible destination for Reid and company. Just not liking the quality of coaching that is currently available.

Are you talking about Banner? I'm sure that's less of a "taking Philly's castoffs" and more of Haslem, who was a minority owner of the Steelers, asking around the league saying, I'm looking for a guy that is x, y, and z. Who do you know? Let's face it, the only decision he had to make was whether to show up to a game or not with the.

Andy Reid and Michael Vick in brown colors... I think the Dawg Pound might riot...

 helgrenze wrote:
AND... its official... Andy Reid is fired as eagles Head Coach... Too bad most of the possible replacements are also among the fail club.

He needed to go, IMO.

A weird question, but here it is.

I picked up a Mantic Dreadball Forge Father box. I was going to
paint them up in Dark Blue with orange highlights (go bears!).

I might do this with all the teams.

Question though.

What teams would the other Dreadball teams represent?

 Alfndrate wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:
AND... its official... Andy Reid is fired as eagles Head Coach... Too bad most of the possible replacements are also among the fail club.

Pat Shermur and Tom Heckert (head coach and GM of the Browns respectively) were also sacked earlier today. I liked Heckert, a lot of his later round draft picks have been performing well, and well.. Shermur actually showed emotion yesterday walking off the field, you could see the tears welling in his eyes, and they were decently red and watery during his press conference yesterday after the game. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be saying something like this in two years, knowing how our trends go.

And sorry about the Texans stumbling Kronk.

Though I am happy that the Steelers missed the Playoffs this year too, let that thought sink in a bit for Tomlin and gang

Seeing how much Cleveland likes taking on Philly's castoffs..... Possible destination for Reid and company. Just not liking the quality of coaching that is currently available.

Are you talking about Banner? I'm sure that's less of a "taking Philly's castoffs" and more of Haslem, who was a minority owner of the Steelers, asking around the league saying, I'm looking for a guy that is x, y, and z. Who do you know? Let's face it, the only decision he had to make was whether to show up to a game or not with the.

Andy Reid and Michael Vick in brown colors... I think the Dawg Pound might riot...

Heckert was from Philly too. But I doubt Vick would be in Cleveland. I don't expect Vick to be starting anywhere after this season, man has a target on his back....and chest.. and head....

 helgrenze wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:
AND... its official... Andy Reid is fired as eagles Head Coach... Too bad most of the possible replacements are also among the fail club.

Pat Shermur and Tom Heckert (head coach and GM of the Browns respectively) were also sacked earlier today. I liked Heckert, a lot of his later round draft picks have been performing well, and well.. Shermur actually showed emotion yesterday walking off the field, you could see the tears welling in his eyes, and they were decently red and watery during his press conference yesterday after the game. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be saying something like this in two years, knowing how our trends go.

And sorry about the Texans stumbling Kronk.

Though I am happy that the Steelers missed the Playoffs this year too, let that thought sink in a bit for Tomlin and gang

Seeing how much Cleveland likes taking on Philly's castoffs..... Possible destination for Reid and company. Just not liking the quality of coaching that is currently available.

Are you talking about Banner? I'm sure that's less of a "taking Philly's castoffs" and more of Haslem, who was a minority owner of the Steelers, asking around the league saying, I'm looking for a guy that is x, y, and z. Who do you know? Let's face it, the only decision he had to make was whether to show up to a game or not with the.

Andy Reid and Michael Vick in brown colors... I think the Dawg Pound might riot...

Heckert was from Philly too. But I doubt Vick would be in Cleveland. I don't expect Vick to be starting anywhere after this season, man has a target on his back....and chest.. and head....

I thought Heckert was, couldn't remember, and didn't want to say it, lest I sound like an arse. Also the question of Vick was on the topic of sports radio guys last week. They were talking about Alex Smith (the qb from the 49ers) and Vick as possible Qbs... I don't see Vick coming here, mostly because of the Dawg Pound... that is until he would start winning games lol.

 malfred wrote:
A weird question, but here it is.

I picked up a Mantic Dreadball Forge Father box. I was going to
paint them up in Dark Blue with orange highlights (go bears!).

I might do this with all the teams.

Question though.

What teams would the other Dreadball teams represent?

There's a Skaven Team.
a Human team of Ironman dudes.
and an Orc/Goblin team

 malfred wrote:

 malfred wrote:
A weird question, but here it is.

I picked up a Mantic Dreadball Forge Father box. I was going to
paint them up in Dark Blue with orange highlights (go bears!).

I might do this with all the teams.

Question though.

What teams would the other Dreadball teams represent?

There's a Skaven Team.
a Human team of Ironman dudes.
and an Orc/Goblin team

Only you would have a conversation with yourself... I think the teams should be as such:

I think the Orc/Goblin team should obviously be the Steelers

 Alfndrate wrote:

 malfred wrote:

 malfred wrote:
A weird question, but here it is.

I picked up a Mantic Dreadball Forge Father box. I was going to
paint them up in Dark Blue with orange highlights (go bears!).

I might do this with all the teams.

Question though.

What teams would the other Dreadball teams represent?

There's a Skaven Team.
a Human team of Ironman dudes.
and an Orc/Goblin team

Only you would have a conversation with yourself... I think the teams should be as such:

I think the Orc/Goblin team should obviously be the Steelers

Did you NOT post on old dakka? I had my spammy moments.

 Alfndrate wrote:

 malfred wrote:

 malfred wrote:
A weird question, but here it is.

I picked up a Mantic Dreadball Forge Father box. I was going to
paint them up in Dark Blue with orange highlights (go bears!).

I might do this with all the teams.

Question though.

What teams would the other Dreadball teams represent?

There's a Skaven Team.
a Human team of Ironman dudes.
and an Orc/Goblin team

Only you would have a conversation with yourself... I think the teams should be as such:

I think the Orc/Goblin team should obviously be the Steelers

Wouldnt the Ironman like humans be the Steelers? Just saying.

Yah if anything the orks/goblins would be the ravens... They are the ugliest group of dudes in the nfl. Put a pic of Suggs next to rice and just cringe.

Alfndrate ... I am sure there are teams that are desperate enough to take Vick on, but if Reid goes to Cleveland, I doubt Vick will go with him. Though Marty might.

Here's hoping Vick's career ends.

He'll get backup duty, but unless some major injury happens hopefully his starting career is over. Unfortunately you don't give up on that kind of talent. And there are countless examples of that pacman jones, plaxeco burress, Vick, aquib talib and others.

Why fire Lovie Smith? Overall I think that is the worst move Chicago could have made all offseason and they opened up with it.



Vick in Arizona, Im sure Fitz would love that.

Rumor has Reid heading to AZ for an interview this week..... seriously doubt he would take Vick with him, anywhere. I think Vick heads south, maybe to Panthers for a mid round pick.

DeathReaper wrote:Why do the packers have to suck so bad?

I can not believe they could not beat the vikings.

Ohh well 10-6 not a bad finish for the Bears.

Maybe if Cutler stays healthy next season, and the bears pick up a tight end that can catch, and a left guard that can block they will be in great shape.

I cant wait til the vikings drop the packers out of the playoffs next week.

I think the super bowl will be Bronco's and the Falcons

Either way there should be a few good games in the coming weeks.

Why did they completely fire Lovie Smith though
I mean his work with the defense was pretty impressive.
Not sure who I would like as a replacement as well

And whoever wins the redskins vs Seahawks game is the NFC champions to face Denver