NFL 2013

[Nebu]

I thought the Chiefs lost because everyone on their team got a concussion. 

[Chimpy]

Dear StateFarm: The superfans were funny 25 years ago, they are not anymore.

[Malakili]

They really need to figure out a way to make this "possession going to the ground" rule more consistent and predictable.

[Tannhauser]

Uh, Chargers? WAT?  Oh wait, Norv Turner isn't the coach anymore!

[sickrubik]

Don't remind me who is the Chargers HC. 

Mind you, I think I would rather play the Chargers than the Colts. I will enjoy Colts upsetting the Pats at home that way the Broncos don't have to play the Pats.

[Shannow]

Yeah but you aren't gonna face the Pats cause you'll lose to the Chargers..

[sickrubik]

Sure.

[Nebu]

And... Green Bay loses another big game because they don't know how to play FUCKING CONTAIN DEFENSE.....

I feel better now.

[Mithas]

The Packers seriously need to look into what they are putting in their Gatorade. The injuries this year to their starters were ridiculous.

Also, first 6 rounds of the draft should be defense.

[Chimpy]

They need to hire a new DC. Capers is one of the greats but their defense has gotten worse since the Superbowl year, not better. And they need to bring in some god damn talent.

[Nebu]

They need to hire a new DC. Capers is one of the greats but their defense has gotten worse since the Superbowl year, not better. And they need to bring in some god damn talent.

It's not Capers.  It's the personnel.  The calls were solid.  It was the mental errors that killed them.

[sickrubik]

So many times where they went for the big hit/big play instead of just TACKLING, too.

[Paelos]

There needs to be a challenge to the cameramen to see if they can put Jim Harbaugh on camera when he's not bitching or throwing a tantrum like a child.

I loathe him.

[Shannow]

So many times where they went for the big hit/big play instead of just TACKLING, too.

You've just described 90% of NFL players. I still want to know where football players are taught to tackle with their helmets.

[Paelos]

You've just described 90% of NFL players. I still want to know where football players are taught to tackle with their helmets.

ESPN

[Mithas]

There needs to be a challenge to the cameramen to see if they can put Jim Harbaugh on camera when he's not bitching or throwing a tantrum like a child.

I loathe him.

This. That guy seriously thinks his players do not commit penalties.

[HaemishM]

The Packers lost because their defensive backfield sucks monkey ass. If they could get just 1 player, it should be a safety, someone that can cover the middle of the field and quarterback the DB's. You know, someone like Charles Woodson. There are just too many you guys in that area who miss coverages. Plus, not having our best pass rusher for a good portion of the season didn't help. Something needs to be done on that side of the ball for sure and they need new trainers because there were way too many injuries this year. Still, considering our best player was out for 7 games, we had a rookie left tackle and an undrafted free agent right tackle for much of the season, we did a lot better than should have been expected. Didn't hurt that our division is full of chokers.

[naum]

Congratulations to the Cleveland Browns for continuing to be the most recent Ohio NFL team to win a playoff game. #FactoryOfSadness

@ramzy

[Chimpy]

Hahaha

[sickrubik]

So many times where they went for the big hit/big play instead of just TACKLING, too.

You've just described 90% of NFL players. I still want to know where football players are taught to tackle with their helmets.

YES EXACTLY.

[WayAbvPar]

So many times where they went for the big hit/big play instead of just TACKLING, too.

You've just described 90% of NFL players. I still want to know where football players are taught to tackle with their helmets.

This is seriously about 80% of the reason the Seahawks D is effective. Watch them tackle- you rarely see someone bounce off because he flew in sideways trying to blow someone up. They ALL wrap up and drag people to the ground. It is a joy to behold for a coach at heart 

[Trippy]

There needs to be a challenge to the cameramen to see if they can put Jim Harbaugh on camera when he's not bitching or throwing a tantrum like a child.

I loathe him.

This. That guy seriously thinks his players do not commit penalties.

There were plenty of shots of him not spazzing out on camera. You are only remembering the ones where he did. Also the game was strange cause so few penalties were called and it wasn't because the players weren't committing them (on both sides).

[Bungee]

Congratulations to the Cleveland Browns for continuing to be the most recent Ohio NFL team to win a playoff game. #FactoryOfSadness

Don't remember who tweeted it, but both the Bengals' and KC's last playoffs wins were against the Houston Oilers.

[K9]

Phins have released Mike Sherman. I think this is for the best.

[Nebu]

You've just described 90% of NFL players. I still want to know where football players are taught to tackle with their helmets.

I'm not sure you really appreciate the speed at which things happen on the field.  Hitting someone with your body is the initiation of contact.  Wrapping them up happens some time later.  At NFL speed, the time it takes to get to step two is often longer than you have.  

I remember trying to tackle Keith Byars in college.  I was happy as hell if I could even get a shoulder pad on him.  

[naum]

I'm not sure you really appreciate the speed at which things happen on the field.  Hitting someone with your body is the initiation of contact.  Wrapping them up happens some time later.  At NFL speed, the time it takes to get to step two is often longer than you have.  

I remember trying to tackle Keith Byars in college.  I was happy as hell if I could even get a shoulder pad on him.  

^^THIS

While I never played at that level I did play against guys that did have pro experience in street games. And this is the biggest point they shared with me in later years about their pro XP -- so much faster, everyone is fast (that, and they hit a lot harder :)).

And while it a different sport, I did skate against ex-pros (no NHLer of note but a few enjoyed a cup of coffee and a few shifts at the NHL level) and Canadian junior league players and again, the speed is at a whole different level. It's like stepping into a batting cage and hitting 90+ MPH pitches or stepping on the tennis court and trying to return 100+ MPH serves. Television cameras give a false sense -- if you're at ice level or court level you might get a better appreciation. I remember when the Coyotes first moved to Phoenix and they had their summer camp open -- it was just down the street from where I worked at the then called America West Arena I took a coworker down to ice level (there was a restaurant connected open for lunch) and watched the squad just execute some simple skating drills (like they used to make us do to whip into shape) with pylons from ice level and it gobsmacked my coworker friend, as he had a notion that hockey players were all just a bunch of uncoordinated and grossly physically thuggish deformed goons.

[Merusk]

Congratulations to the Cleveland Browns for continuing to be the most recent Ohio NFL team to win a playoff game. #FactoryOfSadness

@ramzy

Oh lord I'm e-mailing this around work tomorrow. hahaha.

[01101010]

http://nfl.si.com/2014/01/08/josh-mcdaniels-withdraws-cleveland-browns-coaching-job/

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that McDaniels has “withdrawn from consideration” for the Browns’ gig, which came available after Rob Chudzinski was fired last week.

[Paelos]

My bet is he's hoping to take over for Belichick since the big guy is now in his 60s. I don't think he realizes that Bill will never retire until the team is in shambles or he's in a pine box.

[Malakili]

My bet is he's hoping to take over for Belichick since the big guy is now in his 60s. I don't think he realizes that Bill will never retire until the team is in shambles or he's in a pine box.

Maybe he just has enough sense not to take a coaching job for the Browns.

[K9]

This is probably his last shot at a HC gig, and being Pats OC seems like a pretty nice position, especially while Brady sticks around. I could imagine him being content to ride that out until another good team has a one-year implosion, like this year's texans, or the 2011 Colts, and try and get back in there.

[sickrubik]

Maybe he just has enough sense not to take a coaching job for the Browns.

You mean like Bill? :D

[HaemishM]

until another good team has a one-year implosion, like this year's texans

I'm not sure the Texans implosion is a one-year thing. I mean, they fell FAR. They ended up worse than the fucking JAGUARS. They've got talent once it gets healthy but if Andre Johnson gets hurt (or Foster again) and they don't settle that QB situation, or fix whatever happened to that defense, that team is not going to improve. At least they'll get a first round QB.

[Paelos]

Houston has never really had the QB they need, save two seasons. They've had the running back and the line and the defense which covered up the QB, but not the QB. He's been top 10 rating at times, but not usually in production.

Schaub is a guy who had one amazing season in 2009, a good one in 2010, and he's never lived up that potential again either by injury or bad play. He simply doesn't put up the yardage numbers you'd expect in a passing league with very little if any real competition in his division other than the Colts.

[K9]

until another good team has a one-year implosion, like this year's texans

I'm not sure the Texans implosion is a one-year thing. I mean, they fell FAR. They ended up worse than the fucking JAGUARS. They've got talent once it gets healthy but if Andre Johnson gets hurt (or Foster again) and they don't settle that QB situation, or fix whatever happened to that defense, that team is not going to improve. At least they'll get a first round QB.

Well I guess we won't know until next season, but on paper the Texans seem to have most of what they need to be a playoff team. Their defense is respectable and should only get better, they have a good WR 1-2 in Johnson and Hopkins, and they'll have Arian Foster back next year and he's hitting the prime age for RBs and has all the talent to be a top-5 back. Their big hole has been at QB, and poor QB play has dragged the rest of the team down this season. It's hard to be a top defense in points when your offense is putting you on the field for 3/4 of the game.

I realise not everything is equal, but the colts when from 10-6, to 2-14, back to 11-5 in the transition from Manning to Luck. I think the Texans have the potential to do the same.