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 Peregrine wrote:
Dammit 49ers, you were supposed to take Arizona out of the division race entirely! You had one job to do!

I was gonna quote Helgrenze and somewhat agree with his assessment of the game, because I still have PS Vue (for now), and am unable to watch the game (thanks, d-bags... and feth you, twitter!)

But, you saved me a bit of time and wondering.

My own pre-game assessment, based on his numbers, was that because of SF's seeming inability to throw the ball, that worst run Def that AZ has, was gonna get a lot of help with a loaded box.

Inability to throw the ball is right. Stupid interceptions, inexcusable misses on wide-open receivers that should have been touchdowns, and constantly throwing short of the first down on third and long. Arizona wasn't exactly good, they just happened to suck less. You didn't miss much unless you really love punters.

 Peregrine wrote:
Inability to throw the ball is right. Stupid interceptions, inexcusable misses on wide-open receivers that should have been touchdowns, and constantly throwing short of the first down on third and long. Arizona wasn't exactly good, they just happened to suck less. You didn't miss much unless you really love punters.

Lol, so JSTOR holds more excitement than tonights game?

A couple Questions for the group:

Which Undefeated team will be the first to lose?

Will the Browns win any games this season?

 helgrenze wrote:
A couple Questions for the group:

Which Undefeated team will be the first to lose?

Will the Browns win any games this season?

As much as I am a fan of the Vikings, I would have to say they will probably go down first. They have a long history of being inconsistent and choke artists. Which is why one of their colors is purple. If you were choking for over 40 years, you would be purple too.

The Brady Revenge Tour is something else...

He has thrown more than 400 yrds so far.

Gronk is a different player with Brady.


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 NorseSig wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:
A couple Questions for the group:

Which Undefeated team will be the first to lose?

Will the Browns win any games this season?

As much as I am a fan of the Vikings, I would have to say they will probably go down first. They have a long history of being inconsistent and choke artists. Which is why one of their colors is purple. If you were choking for over 40 years, you would be purple too.

Sam Bradford ain't too shabby eh?

 whembly wrote:
The Brady Revenge Tour is something else...

He has thrown more than 400 yrds so far.

Gronk is a different player with Brady.


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 NorseSig wrote:

 helgrenze wrote:
A couple Questions for the group:

Which Undefeated team will be the first to lose?

Will the Browns win any games this season?

As much as I am a fan of the Vikings, I would have to say they will probably go down first. They have a long history of being inconsistent and choke artists. Which is why one of their colors is purple. If you were choking for over 40 years, you would be purple too.

Sam Bradford ain't too shabby eh?

I have never had an issue with Bradford on the Vikes. The issues to me are the still relatively weak offense and the history of choking and inconsistency (particularly in the late season and game quarters) . Often the Vikes don't adjust their tactics when they need to or it is obvious that they should. Yeah, they ate steak and got new horns for their helmets this week, but what about next week?

Ugh, that Broncos games was just sloppy. Not even bad, just we could not get our gak together, Offense and Defense.

Hope the return of Siemian makes things better next week.

So...bad MNF game or worst MNF game?

 curran12 wrote:
So...bad MNF game or worst MNF game?

It was pretty damn ugly through half-time... then, I remembered I now have TV again, and switched it to the Cubs game October baseball>gakky MNF game between two gak teams I don't like

News out of Dallas is that Romo will take is QB job when he's ready...

I think we can all agree that Prescott wrestled the job away fair and square.

Man, for being a Superbowl team, the Panthers sure have fethed up this season. Maybe the Broncos rattled them too hard? Or all the gakky helmet to helmet hits on Newton in the first game KO'ed him?

Indeed!

Common wisdom is that you don't lose your job due to an injury.

Unless you pull a Brady on your Bledsoe...

And really, that should happen here as well.

I'd go right back to Romo. Just because Romo is playing doesn't mean they have to start throwing the ball all over the field. They can continue playing the same way. But Romo can make throws and win games Prescott can't at this point in time.

 gorgon wrote:
I'd go right back to Romo. Just because Romo is playing doesn't mean they have to start throwing the ball all over the field. They can continue playing the same way. But Romo can make throws and win games Prescott can't at this point in time.

IDK, Cowboys are 4-1 under Prescott. That loss came week 1 against the Giants. Next game is Green Bay at Lambeau, then, their bye before facing Philly.
Could they tank at GB, maybe, but Romo coming back against Philly's pass rush......That could be a mistake.

He'll probably get injured again soon enough, and then Tony should realize it is time to hang 'em up.

If he wants to have any quality of life at all after football, he might need to start thinking about it!

If they keep running the ball the way they have, then Romo won't take so many hits. Note that his best year (2014) was when Murray had his big season. He put up a passer rating over 113 and played 15 games. If he's feeling good and his skills haven't declined since then, 2014 Romo is far better than Prescott is now.

Considering this was his second back surgery, the wrong hit could paralyze him.

So, what is everyone's prediction on how their team will do this year and what is your reasoning? I predict the Vikings will make the playoffs, but won't get close to the bowl. We have an excellent head coach in Zimmer, and a defense I believe the "experts" have under rated, but I think the offense is still lacking. Combined with the bad luck they are having with injuries, I just don't think the Vikings have what they need to make it to the bowl . A kicker who chokes under pressure is another issue. I think Walsh's confidence is gone, and I don't see any sign of him getting it back. I think under Zimmer with the development of a stronger offense the Vikes could finally win a bowl in 2 or 3 years, but I just don't see it happening this year. It is a miracle and testimate to their defense that they are 5-0 now.

 NorseSig wrote:
So, what is everyone's prediction on how their team will do this year and what is your reasoning? I predict the Vikings will make the playoffs, but won't get close to the bowl. We have an excellent head coach in Zimmer, and a defense I believe the "experts" have under rated, but I think the offense is still lacking. Combined with the bad luck they are having with injuries, I just don't think the Vikings have what they need to make it to the bowl . A kicker who chokes under pressure is another issue. I think Walsh's confidence is gone, and I don't see any sign of him getting it back. I think under Zimmer with the development of a stronger offense the Vikes could finally win a bowl in 2 or 3 years, but I just don't see it happening this year. It is a miracle and testimate to their defense that they are 5-0 now.

Broncos will make it to the playoffs if we can get our gak together. The first game looked great, then we just started getting sloppy. This last game was pathetic. We lost by a touchdown (which is respectable), but our offense was nowhere to be seen and our defense flopped from amazing to poor back and forth. This next game will be very telling how the season will go for us, with Siemian coming back to play.

I think Philadelphia wins 10+ games and makes the playoffs.
Of course it would help bunches if Pete Morelli never officiates another game for them.... Bets if he never officiates any more games, ever.
They have one of the top Defenses currently Rated 2nd over all, 3rd in Run def, and 6th in pass. Even with Detroit being an outlier, they have only allowed 51 points, and racked up 10 sacks.
Their Offense isn't too shabby either, currently Ranked 12th over all, 20th in Pass, and 10th rushing with 12 touchdowns and only one interception so far.
10 wins is definitely doable with their schedule and the way they have been playing.
SB... maybe not THIS year.....

Texans will go 7-9, Os Brokewheeler will continue to struggle but then peel off 400 yards and 7 TD passing on the last game of the season so we won't make feth-all in changes this off season.

 kronk wrote:
Texans will go 7-9, Os Brokewheeler will continue to struggle but then peel off 400 yards and 7 TD passing on the last game of the season so we won't make feth-all in changes this off season.

Hey, thanks for taking him off our hands

Seahawks will make the playoffs, that I'm sure of. That said, I haven't seen enough of the NFC to make a call on how far they will go. Old rivals Carolina and Arizona are sputtering out of the gate, but the Vikings and Falcons are surging.

Well now... It seems I am 6-6-1 on my predictions. (The one was a "flip a coin" pick)

Lets see if I can improve:
Thursday Night
Broncos at Chargers: Charger's pass attack vs Bronco's pass def, both teams are meh in the run game though SD holds the advantage on run def. If Siemian plays it could go their way, but....
Chargers win this one by wearing down the Broncos Def.

NFCE
Baltimore at NYG: this one is almost too easy. Ravens D vs NYG O....
Ravens in a low scoring match.

Dallas at Green Bay: Both teams are going to need to find their passing game in this one. Both teams have been tearing things up running the ball, but they are opposed by a run def that matches them.
GB wins this by finally getting the ball in the air.

Philadelphia at Washington: Washington suffers from the "Feast or Famine" issue, Their Offense is good, their Def is horrid. Eagles are good on Off and have been amazing on Def. The Johnson suspension may hurt the Philly Oline as they are putting a rookie in his place.
Eagles win this one by taking advantage of the expected pass rush on the right side.

I hope Big Ben's going to be alright...MRI scheduled for after today's game. I'm really looking forward to a Roethlisberger/Brady match-up next week.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/ben-roethlisberger-to-undergo-mri-on-injured-knee/ar-AAj1Pnn?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=ASUDHP



****UPDATE****
He's got a torn meniscus and will need surgery. Out for at least 2 weeks. No Brady/Big Ben showdown for now.

 helgrenze wrote:

Dallas at Green Bay: Both teams are going to need to find their passing game in this one. Both teams have been tearing things up running the ball, but they are opposed by a run def that matches them.
GB wins this by finally getting the ball in the air.

From the in-game break highlights, looks like this one ain't going that way..

And a whole lot of Seahawks fans suddenly breathing again. What a game...

 Peregrine wrote:
And a whole lot of Seahawks fans suddenly breathing again. What a game...

no kidding man... We got lucky with that one... but in the NFL a W is a W, there are no polls to worry about

And the Bears managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...