NFL 2010

[Bunk]

My football pool awards $10 per week to the highest overall point total. I needed 15 points from Gore and SF's defence. So yes, I watched that game very intently. Can't imagine any reason I would have watched it otherwise. (I ended up winning by 0.88 points)

[naum]

Yeah, that was a putrid game.  To think how low the Cardinal's offense has fallen.  I'm quite surprised that they got rid of Leinart for this asshole.

But inconceivable as it may seem, the Cardinals, even now at 3-8, are  only 2 games out of first place in the putrid NFC West where 7-9 might dial a team up the post-season experience.

[01101010]

Derek Anderson... 

He has the athletic talent and cannon arm, but is straight out of the Ryan Leaf mental institution. He has no pocket presence or field awareness. Can't blame him being a little bitchy since he's been dogged mercilessly in Cleveland after his one hit wonder season. I gotta dismiss the post-game interview though, bullshit questions set my ass a blaze as well.

[Paelos]

My question would have been: Hey Derek, why are you eye-fucking your receivers? 

[Draegan]

This dude went to a Pro Bowl once.

[HaemishM]

Yeah, that was a putrid game.  To think how low the Cardinal's offense has fallen.  I'm quite surprised that they got rid of Leinart for this asshole.

Yeah, I'm thinking Leinart could not possibly have been worse than this. Neither one may be Kurt Warner, but fuck. Even without Boldin, you should be able to get more than 200 passing yards with Fitzgerald on the roster. And you damn sure ought to be able to run the ball. I guess Warner was better than we thought.

[ghost]

I always thought Warner was really fucking good, but the league is riddled with fuckwads like Anderson.

[HaemishM]

Warner's biggest problems was always holding the ball too long. Testament to his abilities that he made that offense sing most days behind a line which can't seem to run block for shit these days.

[Paelos]

The game as a whole was just sad. You even knew nobody was into it when they tried to preview the damn thing with Jaws and Gruden sitting at the table talking about how awesome it was going to be, and they had nothing but "They have Larry Fitzgerald!" I think they are contractually obligated to have one NFC West matchup on MNF per year, but this one was just 

I can see how they believed that it would be better at the beginning of the season, but they should just avoid anything out West except San Diego until it proves itself. You know who is the best team in either of the West divisions? A 7-4 Kansas City squad. 

[HaemishM]

I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck we have the Bears, Tampa Bay and Kansas City with winning records. The mind, it wobbles.

[ghost]

I still think the Bears look kind of reasonable. 

[Trippy]

Their defense has been solid and their offense has been doing better after Martz remembered you can also run the football in the NFL.

[ghost]

Martz remembered you can also run the football in the NFL.

Which has also helped Cutler to look pretty spectacular. 

[Brogarn]

Which has also helped Cutler to look pretty spectacular survive his offensive line. 

Barely.

[murdoc]

I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck we have the Bears, Tampa Bay and Kansas City with winning records. The mind, it wobbles.

I love my Bucs, but they have only beaten sub .500 teams so far. Still - easily a more successful season already than what I was anticipating.

[ghost]

The Bucs really deserve no respect unless they go back to the old school unis. 

[Sjofn]

The Bucs really deserve no respect unless they go back to the old school unis. 

YES

[Sauced]

Which has also helped Cutler to look pretty spectacular survive his offensive line. 

Barely.

They are moving the pocket, calling rollouts, and Cutler has drastically reduced his dumb-to-good decision ratio down to a tolerate one "WTF" a game.  He is picking up 2-4 first downs with his feet per game, which has, for four straight weeks, led to scoring drives in the 4th quarter when the defensive line spied in the flat instead of rushing and DBs refused to turn their backs in pass defense on 3rd down.  The Eagles defense, minus their two corners but still, had *no chance* until the team collectively decided the game was over at 31-13 in the late 3rd quarter.  I think ghost's original statement on Cutler's play the last month is entirely accurate.  But haters gonna hate, and I hope he keeps winning since it seems to really piss people off.

And the defense, shit, you guys should start watching.  They are really fucking good, playing lights out.  Peppers is shutting down one side of the field in a way that hasn't been done since, I dunno, Bruce Smith in his prime?  Reggie White?  Seriously.  Can't run, can't pass, QQ.   The can rush four and stop the run with seven, as linemen can't kick out on linebackers at the snap.  The secondary is covering for an admittedly lesser talent pool by having the privilege of sitting in Cover 2 waiting for a tipped pass and reading the QBs eyes at all times. 

Of course, I reserve the right to retract all of this when Brady shows everyone how to carve the defense up a week from Sunday.  And if they sleep on the Lions this weekend, I'll come back to get laughed at.

[Cyrrex]

Any defense can have good days and bad days, and much of the problem with the Chicago defense in the recent past has been that they have simply spent too much time on the field, partly due to their inept offenses.  When the offensive side starts to hold up its own, as it has in recent weeks, the defense can really shine.

And yeah, it really is a good defensive unit.  One great lineman (Peppers) and a guy on the other side who is becoming a fabulous bookend for him (Idonije).  Two really good linebackers in Briggs and Urlacher...Urlacher can play like a star, and Briggs may be even better, but gets no credit.  Tillman is solid in the secondary, and almost all of their CBs and Safeties either have a nose for the ball in the air or can strip the ball from you.

[Brogarn]

[snip]

I'm not hating. Your offensive line has had Cutler running for his life constantly. That's just reality. Finally getting the running game going has help alleviate some of that, but Cutler's still getting hit or sacked far more often than he should be.

[Paelos]

I'm hating. I'm hating on the entire NFC except the Falcons. You will all be ground into dust.

[naum]

I'm hating. I'm hating on the entire NFC except the Falcons. You will all be ground into dust.

I'd like to see a 7-9 NFC West team make it to the Super Bowl.

Especially if an 10 or 11 win Green Bay team has to sit out.

[Sauced]

[snip]

I'm not hating. Your offensive line has had Cutler running for his life constantly. That's just reality. Finally getting the running game going has help alleviate some of that, but Cutler's still getting hit or sacked far more often than he should be.

Oh, no doubt.  They are probably 2 good linemen away, if not 3.  The starting 5 the last 4 weeks have, at least, gotten *better* as the games go on.  Probably coaching, but with a new LT, LG and RT, they are learning on the fly.  It's worth noting that they have actually started sneaking seven step drops back into the game plan, if sparingly.  The rookie RT Webb is getting beat too much, but he's a 7th round pick, so he's a bit of a find, relatively speaking.  He made a play a few weeks ago where he got spun around, and instead of letting himself get beat, he BOXED OUT and blocked the guy with his ass, giving Cutler enough time to throw a TD.  So, some promise to go with the growing pains.

[Cyrrex]

Cutler actually seems to be good with that weird little shuffle 7 step drop he does.  I actually think they should use it even more.

[JWIV]

Surprising noone, Josh McDaniels just got shitcanned.    If tis the season for firing, I've got some names I wanna add to the list.   

[Rasix]

Surprising noone, Josh McDaniels just got shitcanned. 

Tip for future coaches: if you run your two best offensive players out of town, you better win some games.

[WayAbvPar]

Surprising noone, Josh McDaniels just got shitcanned. 

Tip for future coaches: if you run your two best offensive players out of town, you better win some games.

In his defense, they were whiny cunts. In their defense, McDaniels is a huge douche.

[HaemishM]

Kind of surprising to me about McDaniels. Yeah, the writing was on the wall, but it seems like the offense wasn't the problem so much as the defense. Which meant he probably hired the wrong guy or didn't pay enough attention to it. Either way, good luck finding a good coach there.

Also, way to choke on the cock, Jets. Holy shit, what a dismantling.

[Bunk]

Mitch Berger (Canadian Punter) is a regular guest on our local sports radio. They asked his oppinion on McDaniels - He called him an annoying little prick, that hopes to grow up to be Belicheck one day, but is too short to ever have a chance - or something along those lines. Apparently people who have played for him didn't like him much.

I was going to defend the Bears, but Sauce has done an adequate job. I'll just sit back and enjoy the season (even if Brady still scares the crap out of me). Watching them make Vick look ordinary was amazingly fun.

[Sauced]

I think the appropriate state of mind of Bears fans this week is "Please just keep it competitive".  The problem with playing cover 2, even if you are doing it well, is that great quarterbacks shouldn't really have a problem tearing it apart, since the whole point is to "dare" the mediocre QBs of the league to consistently make throws into tight, predictable windows.

Given the CHI schedule (NYE, @MIN, NYJ, @GB), I'm just *hoping* they can go 1-2 over the next 3 weeks, so the GB game is for the North title (assuming GB goes 3-0).

[HaemishM]

GB's schedule is @Detroit, @NE, home against NYG and home against Chicago. I'm prepared to say the NE game is probably a loss and the Giants game will depend on which Giants team shows up, but probably that'll be a win. So 2-1 before they beat the Bears at home.

[Brogarn]

I'm so pissed off at the Jets. Not only because they lost to the Patriots, but also because they put the announcers into Turbo Brady Knob Schlobbing Mode. It was disgusting and I turned that shit off well before the half.

[WayAbvPar]

MNF is completely unwatchable thanks to the announcers.

[Ingmar]

At least Gruden will be coaching somewhere instead of yapping next year?

[Ruvaldt]

I'd be willing to donate to a "Bring Gruden to the University of Miami" fund just to get him off of MNF.  As far as I'm concerned he is the most insufferable color analyst currently working football, and he shits up Monday night games for me every week.  Hell, I'd be happy if he went anywhere but Dallas.  Please, don't let him come to Dallas...