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Another questionable (see: Wrong) call in Seattle.

Brutal way to lose for the Lions.

GD weather... I just needed Miller to get a TD... ONE TD....

Also, Time for Wilson to take a rest.

As for actual games, EVERYBODY knows not to give Eli the ball with 1:30 left. SF should have run it three/four times.
Ah well, Philly is now only one game out of first (ok, second, Dallas is on bye and has a win over Philly) and they play NYG on Monday.

Gonna be a close one tonight!!

Thank goodness the Colts are still the Colts!

That game was so absurd. That fake punt play had me laughing so hard I was crying for 10 minutes. The play had to be called "plthhhhhpoooop" which just translates to the sound of the center crapping his pants.

Steelers win with the 3rd string QB... Vick just can't throw the ball had -6 passing yards the first half. I'm glad Vick hurt himself gave Jones a chance to shine. If Big Ben can't play next week they better start Jones over Vick.

I was at the game. It was great to see Jones play well, but I also won't be shocked if he disappoints next week. I felt like half of his success was due to the change of pace he created after the plodding offense they ran with Vick at the helm. Jones will get starter reps in practice this week, but the Chiefs will also be gameplanning for him, which is a different thing than he faced yesterday. I expect a conservative offense again if #7 can't go.

Still, the Steelers are getting better all the time, and look like they could be very strong after Roethlisberger returns and gets back on track.

 gorgon wrote:

Still, the Steelers are getting better all the time, and look like they could be very strong after Roethlisberger returns and gets back on track.

Yep. Even if you lose next week, you should have a very strong team when a healthy Ben gets back.

 Chute82 wrote:
Steelers win with the 3rd string QB... Vick just can't throw the ball had -6 passing yards the first half. I'm glad Vick hurt himself gave Jones a chance to shine. If Big Ben can't play next week they better start Jones over Vick.

Gah, I hope so.

Vick is killing my Antonio Brown fantasy play....

So much for Seattle being a "4th Quarter team". It's looking like they'll have to get in line and buy their Superbowl tickets like everyone else.

Chancetragedy wrote:
That game was so absurd. That fake punt play had me laughing so hard I was crying for 10 minutes. The play had to be called "plthhhhhpoooop" which just translates to the sound of the center crapping his pants.

I facepalmed pretty hard. Typical crap playcalling comes and bites us in the rear, as usual. It was so disappointing to see after we had the ball rolling early.

...but not really all that much in the 2nd half, so in the end, it probably didn't matter much?

Except for the laughs, of course!

 Alpharius wrote:
...but not really all that much in the 2nd half, so in the end, it probably didn't matter much?

Except for the laughs, of course!

It was absolutely bad playcalling. Our weakness has been our O-line and Pep Hamilton's unwillingness to do anything other than throw deep passes. Had we kept to crossing routes, screens and runs it probably would have gone better.

Yah you guys had all the momentum in the first half. I was actually pretty impressed. Sure it was aided by that rediculous bobble by Edelman that Adams took to the house. But still much tighter game than I was expecting.

I agree that play was bad play calling, the pats are one of the best coached teams in the NFL they aren't getting fooled on a fake punt they are expecting that's for sure. Mcafee is one of the best punters in the game and is a serious field position weapon. Just let him kick it.


Also what the heck was the deal with the officiating, not giving the colts that insides kick, the ticky tack PI, the multiple clock missteps. Really bad looks continue for the NFL's officiating crews.

I am not a fan of the Eagles....but damn do I like their dark green color scheme.

Wow, Philly goes Last to First in a couple of games. NFC East is going to be a brawl going to the wire.

Saw a clip of that Colts play done by a high school team, Anderson was out of place and nearly fumbled the snap. He should have been about ten yards back. Not that it mattered, The Illegal Formation call killed the potential.

FFL: Geez, Second highest score and STILL lost. At one point, I was within 10 points of a hard fought win.
In 4 out of 6 matchups, I lost to either the Highest scorer, or the second highest. And kept it close enough to not be a victim of the Biggest Blowout.

Almost every NFL team is still trying to get in on that sweet black uniform sales thing, aren't they?

Buncha copycats.

Green Bay might be undefeated, but they look really poor to me. Especially the last two games. Rodgers needs to get it together.

 trexmeyer wrote:
Green Bay might be undefeated, but they look really poor to me. Especially the last two games. Rodgers needs to get it together.

They look OK to me - their woes are all rather recent.

Compare them to Denver - now there's an undefeated team that looks shaky!

Denver is shakier than a thing that shakes.

But we'll see.

 kronk wrote:
Denver is shakier than a Red Sox fan on a 3-day detox program.

That doesn't make sense, and it isn't even funny.

Maybe...shakier than the Astros chances at making the ALCS?

Fixed! Also, at least we made the play offs!

 kronk wrote:
Fixed! Also, at least we made the play offs!

Touché!

Not so sure the Texans will though!

No...
Sadly.

But we still have Watt!

 kronk wrote:
Denver is shakier than a thing that shakes.

But we'll see.

Shakier than Michael J Fox? Shakier than a Miley Cyrus music video (or, so I've been told)?


Honestly, I'm not sure what it is, but this season is turning out to be quite difficult for me to watch. It's just bleeding boring to me.

Combo of ridiculous play call to lose the Super Bowl + bad 2015 so far for the Seahawks?

Seahawks are not very good.

 Alpharius wrote:
Combo of ridiculous play call to lose the Super Bowl + bad 2015 so far for the Seahawks?

Not really... I mean, even though I'm around Seattle, and see the Hawks games on TV, I'm more able to watch more of the other games, and college games. I've never been one to get too up or too down when my team is doing well/poor... I'm pretty even keel about these things.


I've been somewhat vocal on these boards about how piss poor the officiating has been, combined with being so fething tired of hearing about deflated anything or even ANYTHING related to anyone with the name of Tom and Brady, in that order. I honestly think that the best part of football this season has been pregame shows. Terry Bradshaw's rant on Greg Hardy was spot fething on (IMO), and the fact that dude is still playing shows the lack of character many teams, and the league has as a whole.


Then again, having a ridiculously awesome baseball post-season this year (despite my team being out of it) may have something to do with not caring.

Weren't people wondering early last year what was wrong with the Seahawks, though?

Granted, they were better then than what they've shown this season, but they're too talented to count out, especially in a year with so much mediocrity going on.

There's lots of football left to be played. And what seems to be absolute truth in week 7 won't necessarily be the case in week 17.