NFL 2015

[Tannhauser]

He carries the ball like he holds his girlfriend - at arm's length. 

You have to save room for Jesus. 

[Ginaz]

Tennessee mom from Nashville didn't like Cam Newton's little TD dance last weekend.  Writes a letter to the newspaper in Charlotte to complain, claiming her little girl was scarred for life at the sight of Newton's "pelvic thrusts" and "arrogant struts".  To distract her daughter from this uncalled for display, directs the young one to watch the cheerleaders instead.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2590234-titans-fan-pens-letter-to-cam-newton-saying-his-td-dance-offended-her-9-year-old?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Edit: And just as I thought, she's some Mary Kay, stepford wife evangelical type.

http://www.stpaulchristianacademy.org/about-us/governance/profile/index.aspx?linkid=1474&moduleid=50

[Paelos]

That's raycessss

EDIT: Also to some degree Cam is being held to a different standard because of the position he plays. As a WR nobody would care. As a QB, they get all butt-clenching about NOT BEING A LEADER WHARBLEGARBLE

[Shannow]

It's just stupid. So stupid I had to check it wasn't a parody. OMG HE'S DANCING!!! LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS!

[Malakili]

It's just stupid. So stupid I had to check it wasn't a parody. OMG HE'S DANCING!!! LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS!

[Mithas]

9 teams in the NFC have 4 wins or less in Week 10. That's the NFL product we have now. And flags.

Teams like the Vikings are 7-2 but haven't beaten anyone with a winning record. I was going to say something about how they haven't played anyone yet, but there isn't anyone decent to play. The NFC is really bad this year. I think I'll just root for the Cardinals because it seems like they have the best chance to beat the Patriots.

This COLOR RUSH garbage needs to stop. Saw this on Twitter:

[Paelos]

The game's also 6-6 at the half.

[HaemishM]

I hadn't seen those unis because who the fuck wants to watch that game but GOD... DAMN. That is a goddamn eyerapey travesty.

[TheWalrus]

It reminds me of the font colors on those weirdo conspiracy sites I catch my dad visiting at work. Awful idea.

[WayAbvPar]

I hadn't seen those unis because who the fuck wants to watch that game but GOD... DAMN. That is a goddamn eyerapey travesty.

I saw chatter about it on social media so I tuned in to see a few plays. I think I would rather watch someone color test their urine than those two teams play.

[Paelos]

I took the under 43, so WINNING!

[WayAbvPar]

I took the under 43, so WINNING!

Points or viewers?

[01101010]

I took the under 43, so WINNING!

Points or viewers?

[sickrubik]

It reminds me of the font colors on those weirdo conspiracy sites I catch my dad visiting at work. Awful idea.

Your 2016 NFL Sponsor: Rense.com

[sickrubik]

https://twitter.com/49ers/status/668138951647997952

Kapernick practiced all week, listed as probable, put on IR. Sure, nothing fishy with that at all. 

[TheWalrus]

It reminds me of the font colors on those weirdo conspiracy sites I catch my dad visiting at work. Awful idea.

Your 2016 NFL Sponsor: Rense.com

So you knew exactly which one I was thinking of. Noice!

[Paelos]

Guess who's back?
Back again?
Tony's back!
Tell a friend!

How bout dem Cowboys!

[WayAbvPar]

They are still alive in their crap sandwich of a division. I am rooting for them even though I loathe Jerry Jones and Greg Hardy with every fiber of my being.

[Paelos]

They are still alive in their crap sandwich of a division. I am rooting for them even though I loathe Jerry Jones and Greg Hardy with every fiber of my being.

We'll still need a Thanksgiving miracle to beat SuperCam and his white-women-scaring TD dances of doom.

[HaemishM]

Well, it was a decent NFL Sunday for me.

The Packers finally looked like a team that wanted to win again. Their defensive line beat the shit out of the Vikings O Line and as a result, both Teddy Bridgewater and (Whip It) All-Day Peterson were bottled up, beaten up and battered. Unfortunately, Baby-Arm Bridgewater still showed that the Packers secondary is utter shit in coverage. Randall is a rookie and he got constantly picked on all day when Bridgewater had time to throw. I don't think the Vikings are a legit contender but they could cause someone an early playoff exit. At least A.A. Ron finally looked like himself again - well, in the second half. The first half saw him make some really bad throws/misses. Eddie Lacy even decided to show up for the game, almost fucking me again in fantasy because I almost used use James Starks. Instead I went with Kamar Aiken and he got me decent points.

Not that it helped because apparently Phillip Rivers has just fucking given up. Must be all those fucking crumbsnatchers he and his wife keep pumping out. San Diego should have been a playoff team this year and yet they can't put up more than 3 points against the Chiefs. They are awful. Peyton's injury has meant that I had to grab Jameis Fucking Crab-Thief Winston off the waiver wire to feel safe about the QB position. After a 5 TD performance against the Chip Kelly Experience, I'm sure he'll toss 4 picks next week if I decide to start him.

The Sunday Night game was a thriller - in the second half. Carson Palmer must have been having flashbacks to his days with the Bengals in the first half because he kept throwing to them. The Bengals couldn't decide from play to play or series to series whether they wanted to win a division or just coast into the playoffs. In the end, they settled for coasting, as that last drive was just sick how badly their secondary got torn apart.

The refs on both games I watched just sucked. There were a number of non-calls that were made in both games that just had me shaking my head like - 'Wait, isn't that a penalty? Isn't the defensive player spiking the ball after sacking the QB either unsportsmanlike conduct or delay of game? Isn't taking your helmet off in the field of play a 15-yard penalty? Why wasn't that called?" And that was just in the Packers game. The "phantom unsportsmanlike snap count" call at the end of the Bengals game was kind of out there. I can't say if it deserved to be called or not but it was very strange.

So now there's a QB controversy in Denver. YAY. Fivehead vs. the Andre the Giant.

[sickrubik]

The Brockolypse is upon us. All hail our crustacean overlord, Brock Lobster.



Edit: Yeah, the refs were terrible this week. Somehow Chicago got flagged exactly 0 times (well, okay, they got one that was declined by the Broncos) in the Broncos game.

Edit 2: I'm not sure there's any real controversy. Play Oz this week, rest manning until he's healthy. Even if we lose to the Patriots, we'll be at 8-3 and still a shot for a first round bye. Honestly, I'm not even sure the Broncos 2016 QB is on our roster.

[Paelos]

Haemish left out 2 key things from the Green Bay game.

1 - Minnesota had 110 penalty yards. ONE HUNDRED AND TEN. They gave the Packers at least ten points on just marching them down the field alone with yellow ticker tape parades.
2 - Terrence Newman is still in the league, and he shouldn't be. The Packers lit him up like a fucking Christmas Tree. And that's why AA-RON had a good day later in the game.

[HaemishM]

I did mention the refs - they were wildly inconsistent in their calls and some of the things they did call seemed... odd though not totally out of character with the NFL's policy of displaying the 50th Super Bowl Anniversary color at every opportunity.  But at least one of those non-calls (the spike after the QB sack) would have made a big difference in Minnesota's attempt to get back into the game.

James Jones final TD pass - not sure who was covering him on that play, but the replay showed he just flat gave up covering at one point in the route and gave Jones like 5 yards clearance to make that still amazing catch.

[Rasix]

Nice whistle, ya goobs.

[Malakili]

Welp.

[Mithas]

What a clunky final 2 minutes.

[sickrubik]

The officiating is just AWEFUL.

[Malakili]

I guess the kept the clock running at the end because he was going backwards when he went out of bounds? But I think that just applies when pushed out going backward? I dunno.

[HaemishM]

I thought we'd gotten rid of the replacement refs a few years ago. Shows what I know. Jesus wept, that was a fucking horribly officiated game. The "inadvertent whistle" not only was a completely idiotic clusterfuck, it wasn't even called right in the end. It either robbed New England of a TD (by being blown dead in the first place), or it totally jobbed Buffalo out of not only a do-over on the play, but also an extra 15 yards for the flag on Rex Ryan interfering which he shouldn't have gotten because the fucking play was whistled dead anyway. But that was only the most blatant bit of ref stupidity. That last catch by Watkins should not have been ruled like that - it was a catch, no one touched him and he got out of bounds on his back. Why doesn't he get credit for getting out of bounds and stopping the clock? Are they trying to say he's giving himself up on the play? Just an utter fucking disgrace.

Not that Buffalo really deserved much of a chance to win that. Two missed open field tackles gifted New England two touchdowns. Taylor straight up underthrew a number of balls to wideouts who'd beaten their defender, and he's lucky none of them got hurt trying to catch his shitty passes. The one good deep ball he threw was AFTER he got hurt so maybe someone should pile drive his shoulder into the ground before the game starts from now on. Still, the Bills made a lot of bad play calls, such as trying stretch runs on 3rd and 1, or just not even bothering to target Sammy Watkins most of the game. I do give the Bills credit for pounding the shit out of Brady the whole game but that's as much on a really poor O line as anything the Bills did. And you have to make those open field tackles.

[Shannow]

Rex Ryan taking a 15 yard penalty on that play was peak Rex. So so stupid. I figured Buffalo would play much better than week 2, too much talent on that defense and Ryan can coach a D ...at least until they make stupid mistakes and take dumb penalties. The Patriots has been pretty darn stout when needed though, especially in the 2nd half of games. That's the difference between the 14/15 Pats and the 07 thru 13 or so. They can actually get off the field on 3rd down plus this year they are getting to the QB...without Jamie Collins.
The problem will be the offense. Last night was a pretty good example of what can be done if you take Gronkowski out of the game and pressure Brady all night. The Denver game will be interesting. Best case scenario is that the o-line gets some stability, Amendola's knee is ok and we get some contributions from Lafell, Dobson and Harper. I think that if this offense was healthy..aka Solder, Edelman, and Lewis were all playing this team would be fucking unstoppable.

[HaemishM]

Apparently, the ref who blew that call on the last play of the game confused the college rule with the NFL rule about that kind of play.

And Deadspin also says what I've been saying for seasons - the NFL officiating has gotten really shitty.

[sickrubik]

Manziel busted down to 3rd String.

 

[Azuredream]

Manziel didn't look as bad as I thought he would, but he still sucks. Everyone sucks. We suck. Going into the season I was predicting 6 or 7 wins but it's looking like we'll be lucky to get 4.

[Tannhauser]

Manziel busted down to 3rd String.

 

Johnny Clipboard?

[sickrubik]

Amendola has knee sprain, not expected to miss extended time