NFL 2010

[Nevermore]

You stay awesome, Dallas! 

[Abagadro]

Wash/Dallas was a heck of a game.  Good Sunday to start the season all the way around.

[HaemishM]

What a Sunday! Great start to the season for sure. Washington and Dallas was a great game full of  Gotta love an offensive line that absolutely kills multiple drives all game long until they finally shitcan your winning TD. Go go gadget hold! McNabb did what he needed to do, not lose the game.

Speaking of losing the game, WELCOME TO THE KEVIN KOLB ERA, PHILLY FANS!      Motherfucker looked lost until he got knocked out. But I can't say as I blame him, since every third play he was getting pulled for Michael the Dog Killer Vick. That's what you want to do with your newly anointed starter QB against a tough D Line, keep switching him in and out for a fucking trick QB, making sure he gets in no rhythm whatsoever. Bad call on Reid's part. But again, fuck you Philly fans, you deserve to go 0-16 for continually treating McNabb like shit year after successful year. Green Bay, OTOH, looked solid. Still worried about the running game though, especially if Grant is really hurt that bad. Jackson has talent, he just seems to hesitate at the point of attack and doesn't get the kind of drive he needs. It's like he's afraid to hit people in the mouth. And goddamn that offensive line can eat my ass. I can't wait for Bulaga to replace one of those fuckers by midseason.

Texans look for real this year. Foster definitely looks for real.

[01101010]

One thing is for sure after that GB game... Matthews is a fucking beast.

[ghost]

Speaking of losing the game, WELCOME TO THE KEVIN KOLB ERA, PHILLY FANS!      Motherfucker looked lost until he got knocked out. But I can't say as I blame him, since every third play he was getting pulled for Michael the Dog Killer Vick.

I have a feeling that Reid knows who the better player is and has known for a while.  He's just letting Kolb knock himself out with play, etc., and then he will have no option but to go with Vick.  By doing it thus he avoids the PR shitstorm.

[Cyrrex]

Augh we are getting KILLED by the freaking Seahawks.

Ahahaha SUCK IT San Francisco!

Sorry, but we in Sea Chicken land haven't had much to cheer about lately.  For any sport.

And while we're at it, SUCK IT Dallas Cowboys.  Hell, I hate the Redskins, but I'll take them any day over your sorry asses.  Too bad none of that amazing talent is in your brains.

[Malakili]

Wow, Detroit got hosed.

I don't care what the rule is, thats a touchdown, he specifically held it out in one hand as he went to the ground to show he had possession. Letter of the law be damned.

[Paelos]

Wash/Dallas was a heck of a game.  Good Sunday to start the season all the way around.

Yeah it was a great game. It's tough to lose on a penalty when you throw the winning TD, but that's the breaks. The Dallas defense looked very good, and I hope the offense will be fine once we get our battered O-Line back. The penalties! 

[Nebu]

Yeah it was a great game. It's tough to lose on a penalty when you throw the winning TD, but that's the breaks. The Dallas defense looked very good, and I hope the offense will be fine once we get our battered O-Line back. The penalties! 

Excuses excuses.  Dallas had the whole game to beat Washington.  It was Dallas' fault that they relied on the last play of the game so heavily.  Dallas played a poor game.  Washington had to pull out every stop to just be in it.  Were I a coach, I'd get my players focusing on the myriad of fuckups that happened during the game, not the call at the end.

[Cyrrex]

The call at the end was pretty clear anyway, and had the hold not happened Romo may have just gotten his head torn off by Okapo (or whatever his name is)...at the very least, he'd have been under more pressure. 

But yeah, Detroit got hosed.  That was a catch by any reasonable definition - just not the one in the rulebook apparently.  I think the refs called it right, it's the rule that needs to be tweaked.

[Paelos]

Yeah it was a great game. It's tough to lose on a penalty when you throw the winning TD, but that's the breaks. The Dallas defense looked very good, and I hope the offense will be fine once we get our battered O-Line back. The penalties!  

Excuses excuses.  Dallas had the whole game to beat Washington.  It was Dallas' fault that they relied on the last play of the game so heavily.  Dallas played a poor game.  Washington had to pull out every stop to just be in it.  Were I a coach, I'd get my players focusing on the myriad of fuckups that happened during the game, not the call at the end.

Not making excuses. We did everything we could to lose. We missed a FG, we fumbled at the end of the second half for Washington's only TD, and we took a ton of penalties that cost us not only several first downs and the game-winning TD. The offense was totally wretched and the line deserves to be run into the ground for how many dumbass mistakes they made. That being said, Romo played well under fire, Austin is still Austin, and the defense bowed up several times in bad situations to keep our fuckup offense in the game. I'm not tossing the baby out with the bathwater because we lost a road opener.

[WayAbvPar]

Wow, Detroit got hosed.

I don't care what the rule is, thats a touchdown, he specifically held it out in one hand as he went to the ground to show he had possession. Letter of the law be damned.

Amen. I didn't even remember I had Megatron in one of my fantasy leagues until well after the game, and I was incensed.

Hey, who was the guy giving me shit for drafting Arian Foster too high? 

I am not sure who showed up at Qwest on Sunday, but it certainly wasn't the Seahawks I was expecting. Hope they can keep it going!

[Cyrrex]

Meanwhile, Paelos, your pick of the Texans was looking fairly prophetics.  Jesus Criminy.

[Paelos]

Meanwhile, Paelos, your pick of the Texans was looking fairly prophetics.  Jesus Criminy.

Yeah, I chuckled about that one. I do think the Texans have a team built to win the AFC, and I expected them to eek by Indy's terrible O-line issues, but that was a runaway.

[Nebu]

Hey, who was the guy giving me shit for drafting Arian Foster too high? 

One good week does not make a season.  The guy is part of a platoon.  It's always risky taking half of a platoon backfield... that or a RB working for Shanahan.

[Cyrrex]

Hell, any RB not named Chris Johnson or Ray Rice is probably a gamble these days.  Fortunately for me, I have the latter...

...now his ass needs to reel off at least 20 points tonight, or I'm screwed.

[HaemishM]

I think Foster is going to get the majority of the carries for the Texans this year. And of course, yesterday's big totals were against the Colts run defense, which has always been poor when Bob Sanders doesn't play. His injuries have more to do with the Colts' defense than any other factor, including Freeney's missed time last year. I'm still not sure the Colts would have won that game with Sanders, though. Mario Williams was working the shit out of that O-Line and Antonio Smith wasn't far behind. The Texans are definitely going to make the playoffs this year, IMO, though I still don't think they'll win the division.

If Andy Reid decides Vick is his quarterback, that will end any chance of me ever rooting for Philly again, even against the hated Cowboys. Michael Vick should still be in fucking prison, not making a million dollars as wildcat QB (or a starter). Fuck Michael Vick in his earhole.

Anyone who was surprised by Cincy getting pounded by the Pats? I can't believe anyone is giving them a chance at a winning season this year. Aging, hurt and incoherent is the best description I can give of that team.

[Nebu]

Anyone who was surprised by Cincy getting pounded by the Pats? I can't believe anyone is giving them a chance at a winning season this year. Aging, hurt and incoherent is the best description I can give of that team.

I must confess that I was a tiny bit surprised.  Not by Cinci losing.  I knew that would happen.  I just thought the Cinci defense was a little better than they showed.  I was very wrong about that.  

[Malakili]

Anyone who was surprised by Cincy getting pounded by the Pats? I can't believe anyone is giving them a chance at a winning season this year. Aging, hurt and incoherent is the best description I can give of that team.

I must confess that I was a tiny bit surprised.  Not by Cinci losing.  I knew that would happen.  I just thought the Cinci defense was a little better than they showed.  I was very wrong about that.  

I actually picked Cinci in that game (though partly against my best judgement), but their defense just couldn't do a damn thing against the Pats.

Re: Michael Vick, regardless of his off the field stuff, I think the eagles are dumb if they don't put him in.  Of course, I hate the eagles either way, so this really won't make me hate them any more than when they just signed him last year to begin with.

Also,

[Segoris]

-Det got hosed. I was in downtown Chi yesterday and it was this weird feeling of we won, but what a shitty way to win. Good job by the refs to make the call that is supposed to be made, but what a crappy rule. Hopefully that gets tweaked for next season.
-Good job McNabb and the Skins over the boys. I don't like how Dez Bryant was being used, at all, early on. I missed the second half though so maybe it improved, but shitty screens without even getting blockers out for him....
-I was actually surprised by the Houston and Indi game, I figured Houston would do great but just not win. Hopefully that keeps up and they'll continue to be very fun to watch.
-I also thought that NE would win over Cinci, but it would have been a bit closer. Mostly due to not thinking Welker would do so well

Overall, another great opening Sunday.

[Ingmar]

If Detroit had gotten that catch/win it would have been a steal of a game in its own right. Even if you subtract the insane penalty yardage, Chicago doubled them up on total yards, and neither team could hold onto the ball. Basically they were looking at a chance at what was basically a flukey luck win, and they ran out of luck.

Locally, I think the Alex Smith hate has reached new heights. Discontent with the Niners is heading towards the Raider zone I think.

[WayAbvPar]

I can dig that. Smith was cover your eyes awful yesterday. If he completes that throw to the wide open FB on 4 and 1 to make it 10-0 it is a totally different game. Not to mention the interceptions. Seahawks D played really well, but Smith didn't help himself at all.

[Paelos]

If Detroit had gotten that catch/win it would have been a steal of a game in its own right. Even if you subtract the insane penalty yardage, Chicago doubled them up on total yards, and neither team could hold onto the ball. Basically they were looking at a chance at what was basically a flukey luck win, and they ran out of luck.

Also, WTF was Chicago thinking when they got the fumble on the 1 with like 8 minutes left in the game? You couldn't cram it in there on 3 plays, and you are down by 1 in the fourth quarter. You have absolutely no fucking business not making a FG and taking the lead.

[Segoris]

I absolutely agree. Most of Chicago agrees with you as we stood dumbfounded on our couches, or wherever people were at, as they attempted and failed on 4th down. A scoreless second half (at that point) in a close divisional game on opening day....you take the damn points.

On the train home yesterday, some say that is a decision where had the jammed it in the endzoe that Lovie would be viewed as being a smart or brave coach, I called bullshit. If he made it when he went for it, he'd have been a fool who made a dumb decision and had been lucky. I don't think that was one of those decisions at all. When losing and given an early Christmas present, like the ball on the opponents 1 yard line, you take the damn points.

[Paelos]

Not to mention the fact that Detroit had done NOTHING for about an hour with the ball. The defense was absolutely smothering them until they got the lead and decided to run the most hated defensive scheme in the game: the "Don't Fuck This Up" Prevent.

Of course, Calvin Johnson did go to Georgia Tech. They aren't always as smart as they believe. 

[Sjofn]

"Oh no, Sjofn, the 49er defense is good this season, you should totally start them! They're playing the shitty Seahawks, too, don't start the Giants defense even though they're only playing shitty Carolina!"

$!@##$%$&

Still. Yay Giants! 

[01101010]

Glad to see at least one other team look exactly like the Browns. Jesus christ on a stick, did Sanchez even look 10 yards past his O-Line? That was fucking horrible...

[JWIV]

Glad to see at least one other team look exactly like the Browns. Jesus christ on a stick, did Sanchez even look 10 yards past his O-Line? That was fucking horrible...

Sanchez is fucking awful - it's just because he's playing in New York that somehow means he must be a great QB or some bullshit.   

[Nevermore]

Sanchez is going to make Jets fans wish they had Pennington back.    Serves them right for never appreciating the guy.

[SnakeCharmer]

That poor receiver is still looking for his cleats after that hit from Ray Lewis...Talk about being violated.

[Sjofn]

Glad to see at least one other team look exactly like the Browns. Jesus christ on a stick, did Sanchez even look 10 yards past his O-Line? That was fucking horrible...

Sanchez is fucking awful - it's just because he's playing in New York that somehow means he must be a great QB or some bullshit.    

If he was playing for the Giants, maybe, but it's the fuckin' Jets we're talking about. But even if that were the case, it's not just because he's playing for a NY team. That NY team went mighty deep in the playoffs with him as their QB, that tends to earn some extra "he's not wretched!" time.


PS: It's hard to appreciate a dude that seems to spend 98% of the time he was with your team hurt. That was the main gripe about him that I recall when Pennington was with the Jets.

[Cyrrex]

I alternate between thinking Sanchez sucks naturally and thinking that he sucks as a result of wretched play-calling.  I think it's probably both to some degree, but I'm swinging more an more to the latter.  We all know they still have the training wheels on him...which you can't do on a second year guy, and you absolutely cannot do if you want any chance to go to a Super Bowl.  For better or worse, they have to open up that offense.  If they don't, they have the best defense in the league and still manage to lose 8 games.


Also, what the fuck San Diego?

[Paelos]

The AFC West is a running gag-factory. San Diego may not even be able to strut to the playoffs this year with that kind of effort. The first round bye certainly didn't do them any favors when they had to play the "powerhouse" Jets.

Pop Quiz: What's the only division in football to have three losing teams? The AFC West.   

[Brogarn]

I'm of the opinion that Sanchez is better than the Jets are letting him be. They're telling him they don't trust him by the plays they're giving him. How confident and good would you be if your boss was constantly telling you "We'll let you do this, but no more, because we don't trust you" and then not even giving you a chance to try to change their opinion? These days, being older and wiser, I'd know that these idiots were telling me wrong and either find a way to prove they're wrong or  start looking for other work. But when I was in my early 20's? I'm thinking I'd be indecisive and look a bit like a clown, too.

[Cyrrex]

I'm of the opinion that Sanchez is better than the Jets are letting him be. They're telling him they don't trust him by the plays they're giving him. How confident and good would you be if your boss was constantly telling you "We'll let you do this, but no more, because we don't trust you" and then not even giving you a chance to try to change their opinion? These days, being older and wiser, I'd know that these idiots were telling me wrong and either find a way to prove they're wrong or  start looking for other work. But when I was in my early 20's? I'm thinking I'd be indecisive and look a bit like a clown, too.

Kinda how I'm seeing it, yeah.  And he's becoming so used to it now that he actually starts his progressions wrong.  Ball snaps and he looks to his check-downs first, never even seeing if someone is open downfield.  You know that isn't his natural instinct, that's (bad) coaching.