NFL 2013

[Nevermore]

Old-Man-Pittsburgh?

I doubt Pittsburgh will even be .500 team with Pouncey out for the year.

[K9]

Terelle Pryor, week 1 NFL rushing leader

[Mithas]

Man the Lions just did not want to win that game. Ponder is terrible.

[Paelos]

Steelers looked like ass.

[K9]

[Nevermore]

The worst quarterback in the league throws a bad pick 6. News at 11.

[K9]

usually they manage to get picked off the other side of the line of scrimmage though. 

Conclusions so far; Alex Smith and Carson Palmer are doing good work and should make things more interesting this year. Chicago's defense is still scary as fuck, and as a bous our O-Line rookies seem to actually know how to stop the other team from sacking our QB. Bengals are going to eat their division up. Steelers are going to suck, even more so with the loss of Pouncey (sad times, he's a great player), Jags are going to suck, Jets are going to suck and Geno Smith is not going to save them, Browns will also continue to suck, and also seem content to waste Trent Richardson in pass protection. Jordan Cameron is going to be good for them. Fins don't look terrible, but they still have stuff to figure out on O. Pats are going to win their division because Brady is magic.

[Tannhauser]

Your team lose the first game of the season?  Someone made team posters in the vein of Game of Thrones, so go there and rekindle the football fire in thy breast!

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[Mithas]

The worst quarterback in the league throws a bad pick 6. News at 11.

That was beyond a bad pick. That was possibly the worst pick you will see all season.

[Nevermore]

The worst quarterback in the league throws a bad pick 6. News at 11.

That was beyond a bad pick. That was possibly the worst pick you will see all season.

I would expect nothing less from Gabbert! 

[Trippy]

Eli better be careful, his face may get stuck in that position

[Merusk]

 Houston, New England and Cincy, yes Cincy have legitimate shots.  

Well, unless of course they continue to do stupid shit like make unnecessary roughness penalties at key junctures, like the 2 today.

[Cyrrex]

Charles Tillman, the Bears' 2nd best WR....

At this point, he's their 1st best WR.

Are you just pre-programmed to hate Brandon Marshall?  Because he's really, really good.

[Paelos]

HOW BOUT DEM TURNOVERS! 

[sickrubik]

Giants were one of the teams I thought might be an automatic loss for our 6-week stretch of being Von Millerless... suddenly seems a little more winnable now.

[Nevermore]

That was a remarkably close game for a team that coughed up the ball 6 times, though.

[Trippy]

Yeah so many blown opportunities by the Cowboys but at least they didn't choke at the end.

[Nevermore]

After my fantasy draft I was kicking myself for taking DeMarco Murray instead of David Wilson when I already had Dez Bryant, since I hate having RB/WR combos from the same team.  After Wilson's performance last night though...

[ghost]

Yeah so many blown opportunities by the Cowboys but at least they didn't choke at the end.

Don't worry.  They still have all the right pieces in place to make this a shitty season.

[Malakili]

As a Giants fan I'm not sure if I should be horrified that they turned the ball over 6 times, or impressed that they still almost managed to win.

[sickrubik]

I think the answer to that question is "Yes".

[Paelos]

I'm impressed the Cowboys won a first game. That's two years in a row now against the G-Men.

[HaemishM]

God, that was a horrible, horrible fucking game last night and everyone involved should be deeply fucking ashamed for having played in it. How fucking bad of a team are the Cowboys when they can almost lose to a team so thoroughly inept that it turned the ball over 6 fucking times? I really hope the Redskins are better than last year because if they aren't, the NFC East will be a raging dumpster fire this year. Two fumbles by the starting running back that you chose over the perennially injured Ahmad Bradshaw, picks galore both Eli's fault and not Eli's fault, a defense that manages to stop the Cowboys multiple times until they just run out of gas. Utter fucking clownshoes. The Cowboys' defense looks good and their offense looks... suspect to say the least. That ought to have been a curbstomping with as many short fields as the Cowboys got. At least Romo didn't look too bad when he wasn't getting sandwiched between two sides of beef because his O line cannot block for shit.

The Packers made that game a lot closer than I expected, which is a good sign, but I had already written it off as a loss the minute I saw the schedule. They had better get Morgan Burnett back stat, because holy shit, their safeties couldn't cover ME running down the middle of the field, much less the Beast with Two Backs that is Boldin and Davis. I mean, it wasn't even fucking funny how many times those guys got open just running down the seam with a giant placard saying "COVER ME!" in their hands. The Pack's defensive line performed well, and I thought they managed contain on Kaepernick enough that Harbaugh didn't bother with much read-option shit and the Niners' running game was stifled. The Packers didn't get much running game at all, but I didn't expect one against San Fran - that defense is just too good. Almost as bad as the coverage, though, was the really FUCKSTUPID penalties the Packers gave up. I'm not even that fucked off about the refs missing that offsetting penalties thing - if Matthews had kept his fucking head and not launched himself against the guy clearly out of bounds or if McCarthy would have just declined the penalty on 3rd down and given the Niners 4th and 2, I don't think San Fran scores that TD. However, you give them 3 goddamn attempts at the same fucking 3rd down, THEY WILL EAT YOUR SOULS. Clearly, the Niners are the best team in the NFC, IMO.

Atlanta and New Orleans turned out to be a better game than I thought, and the Saints D is better than I thought. I still think Atlanta's a better team, though.

Fuck you, Bengals, for not closing the deal on the Bears. That division is still yours to lose though, because Pittsburgh looks like dogshit, Cleveland is still called The Browns, and the Ravens have possibly the dumbest GM other than the Jags' GM. I'm betting Joe Flacco was watching that San Fran/Green Bay game and eyeing his stack of $100 bills and wondering if he'd taken about 1/4 fewer of them, would he have someone on his team who can catch the ball? And while I'm on that subject, what fucking mutton head trades their best wide receiver to the team they barely beat in the Super Bowl for a 6th rounder? Then gives their overrated QB one of the richest contracts in history? I agree with the sentiment that the Ravens should have let his ass go and picked up Alex Smith instead. Also, the Chiefs suddenly look a good team now that they have a real QB - yes, I said it, Alex Smith is a real QB. He ain't elite and granted, his first game was against the Jags but shit. Alex Smith coached by Andy Reid with the offensive talent that team has ought to be a surefire wild card in the garbage scow of the AFC. The Jags have a QB competition and Gabbert WINS that competition even against Chad Henne? How many ways can the universe tell Chad Henne that his QB career is done? Gabbert beat you out. That's the kind of thing that should kill a man's soul.

And oh you Tampa Bay Bucs. You let Geno Smith and the J-E-T-S JETS beat you because of the most ill-disciplined idiotic penalty I think I've seen in a while. Way to lay down and die.

[sickrubik]

Kaep as a pocket passer loooked GREAT.

[Segoris]

Almost as bad as the coverage, though, was the really FUCKSTUPID penalties the Packers gave up. I'm not even that fucked off about the refs missing that offsetting penalties thing - if Matthews had kept his fucking head and not launched himself against the guy clearly out of bounds or if McCarthy would have just declined the penalty on 3rd down and given the Niners 4th and 2, I don't think San Fran scores that TD. However, you give them 3 goddamn attempts at the same fucking 3rd down, THEY WILL EAT YOUR SOULS. Clearly, the Niners are the best team in the NFC, IMO.

And you shouldn't be upset about the offsetting penalties thing as there never should have been a flag on Staley to create an offset. I think it is right that Staley should not have been flagged and Matthews should have had a 2nd personal foul on him and possible ejection for hitting a player's helmet after the play was over.

Being upset with McCarthy is right, that was just a dumb call instead of putting the 49ers into a 4th down where they likely would have gone for 3. 49ers still win by 2 if they kick the FG though, and GB still had plenty of chances to win as that all happened mid/early 2nd qtr. Granted momentum changes are an X factor so it could have changed a lot more in that game if McCarthy doesn't fuck up on his decision with the penalty.

Except the "fuck you, Bengals" part as I would like to thank them for their dumb penalties, I'm with you on everything else,

49ers are still the main team in the NFC, Packers are still #2, and they'll see each other again in December unless the Seahawks play like they did at the end of last season and take one of their spots in the NFC championship.

[Paelos]

I hope the NFC East is a dumpster fire. That way the Cowboys will win it with 9-6! 

[Trippy]

I hope the NFC East is a dumpster fire. That way the Cowboys will win it with 9-6! 

That would be quite the accomplishment.

[Segoris]

I hope the NFC East is a dumpster fire. That way the Cowboys will win it with 9-6!  

That would be quite the accomplishment.

Indeed, winning at 9-6 is an accomplishment stating that the rest of the NFC east is so shitty that the Cowboys don't even have to play their 16th game (which is still possible)

[Paelos]

9-7 then!

[sickrubik]

Or! 9-6-1

[Hoax]

Houston, New England and Cincy, yes Cincy have legitimate shots.  

Well, unless of course they continue to do stupid shit like make unnecessary roughness penalties at key junctures, like the 2 today.

Not to mention multiple too few or too many men on the field problems. Not to mention horrible turn overs. Not to mention the defense still lacks a general and got utterly lost on at least 3 plays (so lost you could tell from the tv broadcast) so here's hoping Harrison will nominate someone and tell them to step up or do it himself.

Oh and Maualuga still blows ass and still no safeties.     If Pollack or Thurman had been able to stay in the league and play as well as they looked like they might as rookies... Stupid Paelos.

This is probably the most talented roster the Bengals have had in a long long time, it certainly is on par with the best Palmer, Chad and Housh years. The Bears were not better players but they were the better team by miles, what a fucking disgrace.

[Merusk]

I didn't watch the whole game. I saw the first 7 mins of the first quarter and the stupid-ass UN call and then went to mow the lawn.  I got back inside just in time to watch the 2nd UN call and just chalked it up to a guy who's got no control of his team and players who realize it; Marvin Lewis.  (No fault of his because he's so castrated by Brown that there's no way the players would respect him. )

[Nevermore]

And oh you Tampa Bay Bucs. You let Geno Smith and the J-E-T-S JETS beat you because of the most ill-disciplined idiotic penalty I think I've seen in a while. Way to lay down and die.

It's hard to get on that linebacker too hard because that was an awfully close call (unlike the Clay Matthews penalty) and earlier in the game in the same exact situation with Geno Smith seemingly running out of bounds, he instead turned it upfield at the last second and gained a bunch more yards.  Credit Smith with taking advantage of the NFL treating QBs like priceless porcelain figurines and making sure Lavonte David was fucked no matter what he did.  Everyone who didn't see the game is skewering the guy but of all the bone-headed, sloppy plays the Bucs had in that game I rank that hit pretty low.

[HaemishM]

I don't know, that looked like a pretty boneheaded play to me - I saw it live as they switched the feed over to that game after the Saints won. I know defense are trained to not restrain their hits but some of these guys need to learn when is the right time to do that. 4th quarter with a razor thin lead? Definitely the time.

Also, yes, Clay Matthews was a goddamn meathead on that play. He really should never have been in that position, though.

[Paelos]

Well this Eagles offense looks terrifying.

Great.