NFL 2012

[Paelos]

The funny part was, it almost worked. If not for a terrible pass, he was gone.

[HaemishM]

Andy Reid is so getting fired.

Yes. Serves him right for hitching his team to the human turnover machine that is Dog Killer. What does $40 million buy you? A fuckton of red zone INT's and a pink slip. It might have bought you an offensive line to block for the retard, but running QB's don't need that!

The Eagles have no excuse. They could run Shady McCoy 35 times a game and do better than they have with Reid's "I'll throw 65% of the time and only run to remind people this isn't the Arena League."

[Segoris]

The funny part was, it almost worked. If not for a terrible pass, he was gone.

It was actually a damn good pass imo. I think Cooper just left the endzone too early so the pass (which hit him in stride) ended up being a forward pass instead of a lateral. had Cooper started less than half a second later it would have been perfect.

As for Reid, I'm with Haem on this. When you have McCoy there's no reason to not run 30 times per game, especially when he has ~100 yards in the first half.

[Paelos]

5.5 yards per pass attempt for the Eagles last night, and 7.3 yards per carry discounting Vick's scrambles.

That said, the Eagles called 23 runs and 47 passes. I count the 6 Vick runs as called passes. You can probabaly fudge on 1 or 2 as called QB draws.

You have a wretched offensive line that's getting people murdered. Your QB has been sacked 7 times in a game. And yet you're still calling passes in a game that was honestly within reach in the 3rd quarter. That deserves scorn, and that falls on the Eagles playcaller.

[ghost]

Yes. Serves him right for hitching his team to the human turnover machine that is Dog Killer. What does $40 million buy you? A fuckton of red zone INT's and a pink slip.

Don't forget the 5 lost fumbles.  

[ghost]

This should make Cowboys fans happy...... 

[Nebu]

Jerry Jones reminds Cowboys fans that, if you have enough money, you are allowed to make an infinite number of stupid decisions.

News at 11.

[ghost]

Yes, it's not really news.  However, is there anything more delicious than watching Cowboys fans squirm?   

[Nebu]

Yes, it's not really news.  However, is there anything more delicious than watching Cowboys fans squirm?   

Yes... watching Yankees fans squirm.

[Paelos]

This should make Cowboys fans happy...... 

"We've had success doing it this way and we're going to have success in the future doing it this way," Jones said. "It eliminates some very serious issues when you look around the league, as to creating an additional layer that you're continually having decisions, making changes and doing those kinds of things."

Really? We've had success doing it this way? Jerry steals all of Tex Schramm's notes and proceeds to fall ass backwards into the most lopsided trade in the history of the NFL. After that? 20 years of draft failure.

[ghost]

Yes, it's not really news.  However, is there anything more delicious than watching Cowboys fans squirm?   

Yes... watching Yankees fans squirm.

Really?  I guess I don't know any.  I do live in a sea of Cowboys fans though.  Maybe it's just location. 

[WayAbvPar]

This is too good not to steal share-

[HaemishM]

Total win. "Winter is coming..."

[Tannhauser]

The Norv one got me! 

[Ingmar]

The Aaron Rogers one is glorious.

[MrHat]

Hilarious.  Love me some Grantland.

[ghost]

I know a hooker.  Tits like Vince Wilfork.   

[cmlancas]

That is straight up one of the best image-humor jokes I've seen in awhile.  Right up there with The Onion's Tebow/ground article.

However, homer's gotta home:  Bucs might actually be in line for a playoff bid if the defense can stop getting caught doing drugs.  Josh Freeman is finally showing us what we've always wanted.

[naum]

That is straight up one of the best image-humor jokes I've seen in awhile.  Right up there with The Onion's Tebow/ground article.

A similar one, on LeBron's hacked email, posted a few months back, is just as hilarious.

[Paelos]

Oh cmlancas, you make me chuckle.  The Bucs have no shot at Wild Card, and there's no way they can catch the Falcons with their terrible schedule.

You still have 3 WC teams ahead of you, and you have to play the Falcons twice. Here's the bigger problem: Your pass defense is a trainwreck. Not only are you dead last in the league in yards given up through the air, you're tied for 5th to last in sacks, and you gamble like crazy in the secondary. It's either going to be a pick or it's going to the house.

The good news is that you've carried a robust turnover margin. The bad news is that it hasn't stopped you from giving up 23 a game on average. The worst news is that you have to still play Atlanta, Denver, and NO on the road. Those teams like to fling it.

[cmlancas]

I might should've posted in green, but I figure homers gotta home.

I'm just glad we have something to cheer for that isn't "God, please let us score more than 10 points and hold the opposing team under 50."  Fuck you Raheem.  You could've been great if your personnel decisions matched your charisma (Dominik is actually not awful).

[Nevermore]

Bucs pass defense might suck but the offense is really humming now.  Now that Freeman has an actual #1 receiver he's playing much, much better and Doug Martin is finally hitting his groove.  Don't forget, Tampa was just one step out of bounds from beating New Orleans once already.

[Paelos]

New Orleans has the worst defense on both pass and run side of the ball in the NFL  

But yeah I think Tampa has the best room to grow in the NFC South next year. They need a better DE, a better linebacker core, and a better tight end option. I like Dallas Clark, but he's old and slow now.

[murdoc]

However, homer's gotta home:  Bucs might actually be in line for a playoff bid if the defense can stop getting caught doing drugs.  Josh Freeman is finally showing us what we've always wanted.

At the very least they will be in the discussion towards the end of the year and that's much better than what I anticipated.

[sickrubik]

I see them going 5-3 or 4-4 the rest of the stretch. They still have to play ATL twice though.

Schedule: SD, @CAR, ATL, @DEN, PHI, @NO, STL, @ATL

[Paelos]

Atlanta's defense needs to be ashamed of what they put out on the field.

So should Philly's. 

[HaemishM]

Atlanta's defense needs to be ashamed of what they put out on the field.

So should Philly's. 

Philly should just be ashamed, period. Though Vick's concussion might have saved him from the shame of being replaced by a rookie. Has the Nick Foles era begun?

I didn't watch much yesterday, just a little of the Dallas/Philly game and the Houston/Chicago game. Philly is done as a playoff contender and Dallas is hanging on by a thread. Amazing how many teams just shit the bed yesterday. San Diego? Done. Buh-bye Norv Turner. Of course, the fucking Giants just shit the bed period (which fucked both my fantasy teams - fuck you Eli). The Bengals? REALLY? The AFC West just became the Broncos and no one else. Ryan Fitzpatrick ended Buffalo's season with a really bad pick in the endzone. Miami got curbstomped by the Titans, though it seems like most of that was just shooting themselves in the foot while trying to shoot the ball they just dropped. Indy is 6-3 and 2 games ahead of San Diego for a wild card spot? THE FUCK? Detroit is determined not to get back into the playoffs this year, though having AP running up and down the field all day didn't help. Letting Christian Ponder have another good day just shows how badly the Lions really needed to improve their defensive backfield this year - I'd say on balance, their draft this year was terrible.

Chicago loses Cutler to a concussion (on a really shitty, vicious illegal hit). The announcers were bemoaning at the end that Chicago didn't address its backup QB situation as if Campbell had done so much worse than Cutler. Hey, cuntface, Cutler wasn't lighting up that defense either. In fact, 2 INT's and a 16.7 rating in the first half? Campbell actually had better stats partly because the Bears actually tried running the ball. Still didn't matter when your team puts the ball on the ground so much as well. Houston did better offensively though neither lit the world on fire. Chicago has a real problem - their offense doesn't click against good defenses.

[Malakili]

Atlanta's defense needs to be ashamed of what they put out on the field.

So should Philly's. 

Philly should just be ashamed, period. Though Vick's concussion might have saved him from the shame of being replaced by a rookie. Has the Nick Foles era begun?

I didn't watch much yesterday, just a little of the Dallas/Philly game and the Houston/Chicago game. Philly is done as a playoff contender and Dallas is hanging on by a thread. Amazing how many teams just shit the bed yesterday. San Diego? Done. Buh-bye Norv Turner. Of course, the fucking Giants just shit the bed period (which fucked both my fantasy teams - fuck you Eli). The Bengals? REALLY? The AFC West just became the Broncos and no one else. Ryan Fitzpatrick ended Buffalo's season with a really bad pick in the endzone. Miami got curbstomped by the Titans, though it seems like most of that was just shooting themselves in the foot while trying to shoot the ball they just dropped. Indy is 6-3 and 2 games ahead of San Diego for a wild card spot? THE FUCK? Detroit is determined not to get back into the playoffs this year, though having AP running up and down the field all day didn't help. Letting Christian Ponder have another good day just shows how badly the Lions really needed to improve their defensive backfield this year - I'd say on balance, their draft this year was terrible.

Chicago loses Cutler to a concussion (on a really shitty, vicious illegal hit). The announcers were bemoaning at the end that Chicago didn't address its backup QB situation as if Campbell had done so much worse than Cutler. Hey, cuntface, Cutler wasn't lighting up that defense either. In fact, 2 INT's and a 16.7 rating in the first half? Campbell actually had better stats partly because the Bears actually tried running the ball. Still didn't matter when your team puts the ball on the ground so much as well. Houston did better offensively though neither lit the world on fire. Chicago has a real problem - their offense doesn't click against good defenses.

I only watched the first half of Bears/Texans, but the rain made the game a total mess.  Turnover after turnover on both sides.  I mean, you've got to be able to play in whatever conditions, but it looked to me like the first half was a mess on both sides.

[Paelos]

Chicago relies on turnovers to move the ball. If you can protect your QB and the ball while establishing a variant on the running game, the Bears have no answers. Fling it and hope for the best? Bears will eat you alive.

[Paelos]

The denial in the Jets franchise over Sanchez is reaching hilarious levels.

Sanchez fails? We'll fire the offensive coordinator. He fails again? We'll shift the story to the backup who isn't playing. He keeps failing? We'll fire the GM for not giving him any weapons.

At what point do you just man up and admit as a franchise that you made a gigantic mistake taking an overrated USC QB. Believe me, you're not the first team to get suckered. He's got the 30th QB rating in the league. The only worse QBs are Skelton, Weedon, and Cassell. Oh shit, look another USC guy in the bottom of the league. 

[sickrubik]

Who's fault was it for going 11-5 two seasons ago?

Sanchez isn't great, but they have a... lot more issues than just him.

[Bungee]

The denial in the Jets franchise over Sanchez is reaching hilarious levels.

Sanchez fails? We'll fire the offensive coordinator. He fails again? We'll shift the story to the backup who isn't playing. He keeps failing? We'll fire the GM for not giving him any weapons.

At what point do you just man up and admit as a franchise that you made a gigantic mistake taking an overrated USC QB. Believe me, you're not the first team to get suckered. He's got the 30th QB rating in the league. The only worse QBs are Skelton, Weedon, and Cassell. Oh shit, look another USC guy in the bottom of the league. 

Where's Romo ranked?

[Paelos]

Where's Romo ranked?

21st. A notch higher than Eli.

[Nebu]

21st. A notch higher than Eli.

I'd like to know where he ranks in terms of salary.

[HaemishM]

At what point do you just man up and admit as a franchise that you made a gigantic mistake taking an overrated USC QB. Believe me, you're not the first team to get suckered. He's got the 30th QB rating in the league. The only worse QBs are Skelton, Weedon, and Cassell. Oh shit, look another USC guy in the bottom of the league. 

Thing is, it really isn't JUST Sanchez. Oh yes, he's terrible (mostly just terribly inconsistent - when he's good, he can win big, but when he fails, he fails even harder). But even after last year, anyone with eyes could see this team had issues they didn't address at all. They had no running game and Tomlinson was a better back at his advanced age than Greene was ever going to be (Greene also inconsistent). So they let LT go and didn't draft a RB high or sign a decent one or trade for one. Their WR corps was suspect - both Holmes and Burress are at best #2 guys but at least together they gave some threat. So instead of resigning Burress and drafting a WR, they just let Burress go and drafted a WR who has only been on the field 4 or 5 games. Then they pissed away a draft pick on TEBOW and I still can't understand why. They don't use him. They sure don't use him enough for what they gave up for him. Has he even had 100 snaps this season? And he brought with him the added bonus of pressure on Sanchez that the guy clearly cannot handle. I mean, this team isn't just failing on the field, they have failed at almost every stage leading up to the games. That 11-5 season they had 2 seasons ago? They had LT who at the time was running out of his mind for his age, to the point where he masked the serious inadequacies of Greene.

Now they have no wideouts of note, their running game can't run most games and their QB is throwing INT's left and right and can barely complete more than 50% of their passes. At this point, why NOT try Tebow at QB? At least he can run and he's not going to throw many more incompletions than Sanchez.