NFL 2012

[HaemishM]

I look forward to seeing T.O.'s ego fight with Sidney Rice's.

[WayAbvPar]

And Braylon Edwards. And Kellen Winslow Jr.

Unless they complete 75 passes a game and the ball is spread around, there will be a lot of sandy vaginas and pouting. I sincerely hope it all blows up in a giant mushroom cloud of hate and angst and ego that leads to Pete Carroll being strung up by his testicles and beaten all the way out of town.

To sum up- FUCK PETE CARROLL FOREVER.

[HaemishM]

Maybe Braylon and Kellen can ride their motorcycles together? 

I totally forgot you got Winslow AND Edwards on that team. The over/under on fights at practice has got to be ridiculous.

[ghost]

Bet they don't get as rough as the Jets practices...

[HaemishM]

IKNOWRITE? 

I'm fucking loving this Rex Ryan Shcaudenfraude as his entire team just dissolves into fucking pissing matches. The best part is that Santonio Holmes hasn't even started throwing hissy fits yet.

[ghost]

Shockingly, Elvis Dumervil has been cleared of all charges related to his gun waving incident.  I'm a little shocked, considering all the gun nonsense that has been going on the US lately. 

[Trippy]

And Braylon Edwards. And Kellen Winslow Jr.

Unless they complete 75 passes a game and the ball is spread around, there will be a lot of sandy vaginas and pouting. I sincerely hope it all blows up in a giant mushroom cloud of hate and angst and ego that leads to Pete Carroll being strung up by his testicles and beaten all the way out of town.

To sum up- FUCK PETE CARROLL FOREVER.

I'm gong to enjoy watching WAP's head explode if the Seahawks make the playoffs again under Carroll.

[Paelos]

So how long do we wait to start doing our Preseason Predictions? Week 3 of the Preseason?

[ghost]

Pete Carroll has the most fucked up nose that I've ever seen. 

[WayAbvPar]

And Braylon Edwards. And Kellen Winslow Jr.

Unless they complete 75 passes a game and the ball is spread around, there will be a lot of sandy vaginas and pouting. I sincerely hope it all blows up in a giant mushroom cloud of hate and angst and ego that leads to Pete Carroll being strung up by his testicles and beaten all the way out of town.

To sum up- FUCK PETE CARROLL FOREVER.

I'm gong to enjoy watching WAP's head explode if the Seahawks make the playoffs again under Carroll.

Now that SF is legit this is a lot more unlikely than it used to be. I have taken steps to voodoo doll SF though- I kept their defense as one of my 3 keepers in one of my FF leagues. They should get torched regularly.

[Ingmar]

Our schedule is roughly a billion times harder this year, so yeah. Also there's no way Alex Smith throws only 5 INTs this time around. I'm a reasonably strong advocate of him being actually pretty good, but that was a statistical anomaly even if he IS good.

[Paelos]

Our schedule is roughly a billion times harder this year, so yeah. Also there's no way Alex Smith throws only 5 INTs this time around. I'm a reasonably strong advocate of him being actually pretty good, but that was a statistical anomaly even if he IS good.

SF's strengh of schedule is 26th in the league. 

Last year it was 30th.

[sickrubik]

Our schedule is roughly a billion times harder this year, so yeah. Also there's no way Alex Smith throws only 5 INTs this time around. I'm a reasonably strong advocate of him being actually pretty good, but that was a statistical anomaly even if he IS good.

For the most part you play the same teams.. however.... Dolphis get Cowboys and Panthers while Niners get Giants and Saints.  

That being said, Seahawks have the harder SOS. http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/56896/2012-nfl-strength-of-schedule

[Paelos]

I find it incredibly fucked up that the two easiest SoS's are GREEN BAY AND NEW ENGLAND 

[Segoris]

I don't know about SF having a much tougher schedule than Sea or even compared to last year's SF schedule. Since they're in the same division they play almost all the same opponents. The difference here is thate SF has to play a N.O. team without it's head coach, quite likely without one of it's best defensive players (on an already not very impressive Def), and with the stand-in head coach only having returned from being suspended not too far before SF plays NO. The other team SF plays which Sea doesn't is NYG. Regular season NYG are hit or miss, who knows what side of the 8-8 NYG (who have lost players in both free agency and quite likely to injury at the rate they're going). Both NO and NYG could cause problems

On the flipside, Sea has to play a Car team which in 2011 was no where near the shit team it was in 2010, and is much improved even further for 2012, and then Dal which similar to NYG you don't know what you're getting in that match.

Both Sea and SF have improved, but not enough improvement in Sea to take over the division as long as Smith keeps interceptions under 10 - given his receiving corps and addition to the backfield this shouldn't be too difficult. I do agree that 5 int is an anomaly though



fake edit - bah while typing this up sickrubik and Paelos posted. Looking at SoS rating now

True edit - not fully agreeing with the SoS, though NE does appear to have a really nice schedule

[sickrubik]

The difference between SF and Sea is.. well, they play each other. 

[Ingmar]

To clarify, I meant our schedule this year was harder than our schedule last year, not that it was harder than Seattle's.

[Paelos]

Playing shit is still playing shit. Your schedule is a breeze.

[sickrubik]

I will say one thing. Looking at that SOS ranking thing... I just depressed myself.

[Tannhauser]

Poor Browns and Rams :(  That's a tough row to hoe. 

[tazelbain]

Division champions should have a winning record or they forfeit their playoff slot to an extra wildcard.  These garage divisions are a disgrace.

[HaemishM]

Division champions should have a winning record or they forfeit their playoff slot to an extra wildcard.  These garage divisions are a disgrace.

I agree but it'll never happen.

SOS formulation or not, playing in the NFC West with even a half-decent team should net you at least 4 wins. That division did get better this year, I must admit, but I don't think it's that much better. The real cream puff division is the AFC South.

[Paelos]

The NFC East and NFC West were both equally awful last year. It's just that the Giants were better at the end because they weren't injured. Thing is, the NFC East has improved a lot, and the NFC West hasn't.

The AFC South is the absolute shitpile of the NFL. It's just so not even close.

[ghost]

Division champions should have a winning record or they forfeit their playoff slot to an extra wildcard.  These garage divisions are a disgrace.

They should be relegated to the Independence Bowl. 

[Nevermore]

They should just have a selection committee of totally unbiased voters select the teams they feel are worthy to be in the playoffs based on their body of work and the opponents they played.   

[Tannhauser]

I see what you did there.

[sickrubik]

They should just have a selection committee of totally unbiased voters select the teams they feel are worthy to be in the playoffs based on their body of work and the opponents they played.   

You could have SB Nation do it.

[Sjofn]

Ah, Giants. I hope Eli properly stretches his face muscles before games.

[Paelos]

Preseason games start for realz tonight. Enjoy the first series before all the starters are sipping Gatorade and wearing headphones.

[Johny Cee]

Pats/Saints was on last night.  Not terribly exciting and the coverage was the shitty Boston-market sports media (I think).

Chandler Jones was a bright spot, and he looked pretty fucking good.... it didn't sink in until they showed him on the sidelines and I realized who he was.   His brothers are Arthur Jones (DT on the Ravens) and Jon Jones (UFC LHW champ).  Talk about ridiculous athletic talent in that family!

[Paelos]

The backup refs for the NFL last night called the Atlanta team "Arizona" twice during penalties. 

[cmlancas]

Because I know everyone here cares so much about the Tampa Bay Bucs.  I was wondering if anyone else had caught some of the local commercials showing Schiano as a back-to-basics coach who values hard work and upstanding citizenry.

Imagining a Seahawks commercial got me to thinking about this:  I was wondering if their local sales folks would be pushing Caroll walking through a landfill and picking up garbage (I'm looking squarely at you, K2) for his team.

[01101010]

Because I know everyone here cares so much about the Tampa Bay Bucs.  I was wondering if anyone else had caught some of the local commercials showing Schiano as a back-to-basics coach who values hard work and upstanding citizenry.

Imagining a Seahawks commercial got me to thinking about this:  I was wondering if their local sales folks would be pushing Caroll walking through a landfill and picking up garbage (I'm looking squarely at you, K2) for his team.

Nah... Maybe more sorting through a thrift store filled with misfit toys.

[Paelos]

Well the first preseason game for the Cowboys is a dumpster fire. Glad we're getting this out of the way (hopefully).

[HaemishM]

Well the first preseason game for the Cowboys is a dumpster fire. Glad we're getting this out of the way (hopefully).

It will get worse. I thoroughly expect the Cowboys to have a better defense this year, while their offense implodes majestically.