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mojoween
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Cancelling Directv, throwing out season tickets and burning jerseys because of ANTHEM PROTESTS and yet supporting teams with domestic abusers, murderers/accidental killers and drug abusers is the DUMB

DrSpaceman73
DrSpaceman73

I believe it was a surface pro he threw, not an iPad.  Surface pros don't weigh as much.  And probably his best throw all night.  ...........             T

twoods
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Why don't they close down the concession stands and bathrooms during the anthem so everyone is forced to stand up? Better yet, why doesn't every armchair asshole stand up at home during the anthem ins

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I am glad that football is back. :)

 

I think that there have been some really nice highlights this week so far. (There was also some ugly playing going on today as well with teams like the Browns/Indy/Texans) I thought that Marcus Mariota and Tyrod Taylor both looked great today. Marcus played extremely well and looked like a very good NFL starting QB. I also enjoyed seeing Tyrod have success in his start with the Bills. I think that the Bills could end up doing well this year.

 

There was also quite a bit of injuries today (Josh McCown, Luke Kuechly suffering concussions, Derek Carr hurting his hand.) Plus now it being reported that Dez Bryant broke a bone in his foot and will be out 4 to 6 weeks. I definitely wonder how these injuries might end up affecting teams. Dez's injury for sure is a big hit to the Cowboys. I thought they played great tonight at the end without him, but his injury will definitely have a big impact on their team.

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Minneapple

Minneapple

HOLY COW(Boys!) Man, that was amazing! I never understand why teams are not able to move the ball for more than three quarters of play, but the last 2 minutes - boom!

 

It's called a prevent defense. The defense will put in a dime package (six defensive backs) and give the wideouts big cushions in hopes of preventing a big play. Ideally a defender come up and tackles the wideout in bounds after a catch, it takes awhile for the offense to move up to the line of scrimmage after each long pass play, and time runs out. But this RARELY EVER WORKS. 

 

The Giants did a lot of stupid toward the end there. I believe at one point Eli had the ball snapped with 17 seconds left on the play clock. Then they called a pass, when a run might have killed 30 more seconds.

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DrSpaceman73

DrSpaceman73

I didn't get to see it--was the Ravens-Broncos game as ugly as the box score looks? Because that looks, um, UGLY.

 

 

Yes it was.  Not a single red zone play for either team until the last two minutes of the game.  Very boring game. 

 

It was like I think it was the LSU-Alabama game where it was like 6-3, except each team had an INT returned for a TD

 

Either both offenses are very bad or both Ds are very good.  Except Baltimore now lost suggs for the year

 

ANd Ronnie Hillman looked much better than CJ anderson running the ball. 

 

You could say Manning didn't look good and doesn't have much arm strength, but then what was Flacco's excuse? 

Danny Franks

Danny Franks

Yes it was.  Not a single red zone play for either team until the last two minutes of the game.  Very boring game. 

 

It was like I think it was the LSU-Alabama game where it was like 6-3, except each team had an INT returned for a TD

 

Either both offenses are very bad or both Ds are very good.  Except Baltimore now lost suggs for the year

 

ANd Ronnie Hillman looked much better than CJ anderson running the ball. 

 

You could say Manning didn't look good and doesn't have much arm strength, but then what was Flacco's excuse? 

 

It depends on what you class as boring, really. I loved watching the Ravens' defense in that game. As good as they've been for a long time, even with a couple of players missing. The Broncos got nothing on the ground until that long drive in the 4th quarter, where the Ravens' front 7 started to tire.

 

If they can play like that for the rest of the season, they're looking like a top 5 defense, easily. Even without Sizzle, who will be sorely missed.

 

The offense, on the other hand.... Ugly, but I'm willing to put that down to the O-line struggling greatly against two of the best pass rushers in the game, and a solid D-line for the Broncos.

Danny Franks

Danny Franks

Apparently the Giants lost track of how many time outs the Cowboys had, and intentionally tried not to score.

 

Seriously? Holy hell, that's amateur hour. Just get some junior assistant to run inside, put the game on TV and see how many timeouts Fox or CBS or whoever say the Cowboys have got, if you can't keep count yourselves.

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mojoween

mojoween

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On any given day I find Romo to be infuriatingly punchable but my newspaper this morning went over the top. I mean, look at this expression!

http://imgur.com/gallery/70GhyXe

(This is the first time I've used imgur and wanted to put the pic in the post but I'm using my phone and can't figure out how to get it to work, grr)

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stealinghome

stealinghome

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Seriously? Holy hell, that's amateur hour. Just get some junior assistant to run inside, put the game on TV and see how many timeouts Fox or CBS or whoever say the Cowboys have got, if you can't keep count yourselves.

To be fair to the coaches, apparently it was Eli's mistake. Coughlin gave an interview saying Eli was the one saying not to score.

Oh, Eli...you're so lucky you have the last name that you do.

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benteen

benteen

I can't believe Chip Kelly attempted a field goal.  Colin Cowherd is right when he says that in today's NFL, you can expect to kick a field goal with a minute and thirty left and not expect the other team to have enough time to drive the ball down the field and score a TD.  He was talking about the Giants in that regard but still, it applies here to a certain degree.  Kelly made his reputation on taking chances and didn't follow through with that last night.

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On any given day I find Romo to be infuriatingly punchable but my newspaper this morning went over the top. I mean, look at this expression!

 

Looking at that, I keep thinking "When you have two SB MVP trophies sitting on your mantle, you can gloat..."

 

In Romo's defense, doesn't he always have that stupid little grin on his face? Even when the Cowboys lose. And Eli always looks like he's about to cry.

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ganesh

ganesh

Objectively, yes. 

TO was a jerk, no question. Plus, he had a huge arrest record for all those DUIs and gun charges. And all the steroid use. Except not. I was always confounded how much that was heaped on him when other players with comparable talent had literal arrest records. Oh, he mouthed off a lot and you didn't like it? Boo hoo. Tell him to stfu then. 

 

Seriously, I'd rather be in a locker room with someone who acted like a jerk a lot and like to run his mouth than someone who carries guns to strip clubs, beats his gf/wife, ran a multistate crime ring, or killed someone while driving drunk. cf., take your pick. 

DrSpaceman73

DrSpaceman73

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I don't think TO will get in anytime soon. 

 

The HOF is weird with WRs, there is a backlog it seems and they make them wait to get in.  Marvin Harrison has been eligible a few years and is not in, and I don't think it has anything to do with his post playing troubles and rumors.  Cris Carter got in before Marvin Harrison, I don't think anyone would argue Carter was the better player.  he just had been waiting several years to get in

 

Art Monk waited a long time.  Marvin should get in before TO.  Comparable career numbers and Harrison has a title, TO does not, and at least during his playing time Marvin Harrison was a great teammate, never caused locker room trouble

 

My favorite Marvin Harrison-Manning memory is when they broke the record for TDs by a WR-QB duo, afterwards they each kept trying to give the other person the TD ball to kept.  It wasn't an act, they each wanted the other to have it. 


Tim Brown as well waited a long time to make it

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merylinkid

merylinkid

Peter King once made a comment about the Hall of Fame selection process.   He said he noticed that the more discussion there was about a player's deserving to be in, the less likely the player was to get in.   I thought about it and realized that made sense.   This is the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Very Good (tm PFRA).   The people who deserve to be in are the ones you look at and go "Wow, yeah HIM."    That even casual fans of the game have heard of him and what he did on the field.   If you have to start comparing stats and records, well, then it is NOT obvious that person is Hall of Fame, the best of the best.    He's just a really good player.   

 

Which is the problem with the WRs.   Very few of them make you go "OH WOW" when you think of their game exploits.    You knew they made a difference in the game.   But you didn't really go "yeah the team was hopeless without him."   So you're reduced to going "but he had this many catches and the other guy only had that many."   Or  "look at the yards after catch compared to so and so."   Which is why some of them wait to get in, the selectors go "oh man, WR backlock, PICK ONE, quick."   Okay maybe not exactly, but they realize they need to do something so the decide on one and move on to the next name.

mojoween

mojoween

I saw this story about women playing fantasy football on my local news yesterday and they played it on the CBS Evening News tonight and I still hate it. I find it condescending, especially when that one chick says her husband can watch football without her complaining or whatever she said.

They're still treating female football fans like some weird new hybrid of human that needs to be viewed under a microscope.

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ganesh

ganesh

I've been playing fantasy football with women for over 15 years. I find that attitude as deplorable as the "ZOMG chicks like Doctor Who and play video games!" Uh, yes.

 

If you have to start comparing stats and records, well, then it is NOT obvious that person is Hall of Fame, the best of the best.    He's just a really good player.

 

Yes and no. WR is a quirky position, but the eras of football have changed fairly rapidly. There's not those concrete milestones like baseball. I can see why there's some delay. TO won't get voted in because people don't like him. I think there's a lot less players in football that people say HIM, but are still HOF players. 

Fukui San

Fukui San

Every time Peyton Manning gets hit, I cringe and hold my breath a little waiting to see if he gets up. And I don't even like him. I really, really hope he has the sense to know when it's time, and doesn't get himself seriously injured.

"it's time" was about 8 months ago. Now he's starting over with a new offensive coordinator, a talent deficient O-line, and half the arm he used to have.

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