Week 3 discussion thread

by GSC Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:03 pm

First topic message reminder :

Hakeem Nicks will not play for the Giants as they go on the road to Carolina tomorrow night.

by crazy_dave23 Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:54 pm

Always take the points Jim Schwartz... Great game by the looks of it!

by BamBam Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:58 pm

Conspiracy theory - Saints are tanking the year to get a top 3 pick so they can pick a real pass rusher

by GSC Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:03 pm

Miami tries to ice Folk but his kick is blocked.

2nd attempt goes through

by crazy_dave23 Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:04 pm

Why bother with the icing the kicker mallarcy

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:19 pm

Cards now 17-0 and dominating Vick. Time for Foles?

by crazy_dave23 Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:24 pm

Don't rush to bench Vick. He's been pretty horrendous with the ball but you can't throw in a mid-late round rookie who has never thrown a pass

by skins4ever Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:26 pm

I can't be the only Skins fan thinking we have to go D with at least 1 of our first 3 picks next year? We seriously need either a good DL pass rusher or more likely a top notch DB.

Speaking of which, Saints need a whole new defense...

by dancingweeman Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:36 pm

Vick drilled again. He must be hurting!

by dancingweeman Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:36 pm

And another Vick turnover!

by crazy_dave23 Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:38 pm

crazy_dave23 wrote:Don't rush to bench Vick. He's been pretty horrendous with the ball but you can't throw in a mid-late round rookie who has never thrown a pass

BENCH THE MAN... furious

The only FF game I might win this week (keeper) is riding on the Cardinals not getting bazillions of points!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:45 pm

Vick: 19 pass attempts, LeSean McCoy: 4 carries. Andy Reid going to the Cam Cameron playbook today.

Use one of the best RB's in the game for god's sake

by mikeygnfl Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:00 pm

Nick Foles was the man in form in preseason and in just about any other sport the person if form would start.

The Eagles could have easily been 0-2 this season. Vick's kamikaze football will not win anything. Surely 24-0 down is the time to give your rookie QB a run out. Plenty of mid-draft QBs have gone on to be successful.

by mikeygnfl Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:06 pm

crazy_dave23 wrote:
crazy_dave23 wrote:Don't rush to bench Vick. He's been pretty horrendous with the ball but you can't throw in a mid-late round rookie who has never thrown a pass

BENCH THE MAN...
The only FF game I might win this week (keeper) is riding on the Cardinals not getting bazillions of points!

I will be surprised if you don't win it. I would need another 25 points in the 2nd half from the Cardinals defence to have a chance. They will surely finish on less than 25 points and you still have Ryan, Gonzalez playing and Rice and Welker to come.

by crazy_dave23 Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:10 pm

I know I should win the Keeper game.... I'm just getting tense because aside from my keeper team I'm absolutely sucking this season (probably the best team to have work out though as I get to keep some of it!).

I know I started bad with the San Fran Trams last year and made the playoffs, but whilst that was happening I was going 12-2 and 13-1 in my not 606v2 leagues! This year i'm, 1-1 in the West and my team sucks due to injury, 0-2 in one of my others and certainly going 0-3

by mikeygnfl Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:34 pm

I'm definitely having my worst fantasy week of the season.

Did anyone see the Cardinals form coming?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:58 pm

GSC you have been unbanned

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:04 am

Well we got battered well and truly. Fumble at the half was killer

Fortunately you can only get 1 loss per game. Still 2-1, dust off and ready for the Giants next week.

by Number-25 Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:07 am

skins4ever wrote:I can't be the only Skins fan thinking we have to go D with at least 1 of our first 3 picks next year? We seriously need either a good DL pass rusher or more likely a top notch DB.

Speaking of which, Saints need a whole new defense...

Nope, you're not the only Skins fan thinking that skins4ever. Our secondary in particular is a trainwreck at the moment. Problem is of course, we have no 1st round pick next year with which to grab a really top notch player. We'll also still be struggling with the salary cap penalty thanks to the made up "spirit of the salary cap" rule so we might struggle to strengthen in FA.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:17 am

Olly wrote:GSC you have been unbanned

by mikeygnfl Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:31 am

A couple of teams lost this week that probably shouldn't have - the Dolphins and the Steelers.

by mikeygnfl Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:39 am

I've got Gronkowski to score 1st TD tonight.

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:27 am

The Saints are 0-3 and teams they played are 0-6 vs other teams

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:26 am

Please hurry up and get the proper refs back

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:41 am

If this game isn't a wake up call for Goodell to get the proper refs back I don't know what is

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:56 am

Sorry but get these replacement refs as far away from a football field as possible.

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:01 am

Crazy end. Only good angle is the refs and he said in so I'll bow to his judgement.

Neither team looking that strong so far, a lack of pass rush from either team. Pats were efficient, but didn't really manage to push it down the field.

by sodhat Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:09 am

Not the easiest season to predict so far. I watched the entirety of Oakland/Pittsburgh and was pretty pleased to come up so big in the 4th quarter. The defense couldn't stop anything all day but came up with the turnovers to tip the game on its head. Even Carson Palmer is being praised now, after being pilloried so far.

There is life in the Raiders yet, but we desperately need a pass defense.

by The Mangler US_UK Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:09 am

Great performance by the Cards -- Kolb looked sharp today and Fitz got going.

With Bush going out of the Jets game with a knee injury, I'm officially out of healthy RBs on my fantasy team (Forte and Stewart). Things are looking grim.

by Colan (niner) Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:34 am

NFC West divisional games are going to be great tests, espeially now that Arizona looks like the main challenger over Seattle to the 49ers

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:29 pm

The Pats are below .500 for the first time since 2003 I believe.

by Skyforger Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:31 pm

I can see there being some low scores in the competition this week. Mine certainly will be!

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:22 pm

Mike Singletary helped prepare the Vikes offense for the 49ers. Keeps coming around to bite the 49ers in the ass

by twelve283 Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:34 pm

The game last night, which should have been very enjoyable, was ruined by the officiating. I don’t totally blame the refs who, as Collinsworth said, are “trying their best” but they are waaaaaay out of their depth. The whole environment last night with the crowd noise, coaches and players (on both teams) pleading with them for calls, flags etc. They didn’t have a clue how to handle the game. I mean ffs the fact that Harbaugh got them to measure a spot which was like a full yard short of a 1st down was just ridiculous. We had Torrey Smith jerking his head around like he’d been pulled back by his hair when there was NO actual contact and DPI being called. I could go on, but I wont.

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:56 pm

Harbaugh getting a 15 yard penalty for trying to call a timeout was pretty funny

by twelve283 Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:19 pm

GSC wrote:Harbaugh getting a 15 yard penalty for trying to call a timeout was pretty funny

Actually, from the TV shots, it looked to me like Harbaugh was on the field of play waving his arms around, shouting at the refs. It was only after the flag was thrown that he signaled for a time out. Maybe he did signal for a TO before that and the TV didn't show it but it looked like he was just trying to bully/intimidate the refs.

by Colan (niner) Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:48 pm

Yeah Harbaugh sort of made a fool of himself but at least he cares. I feel sorry for the refs, but if I were a player/coach, I'd be trying to bully them a little because they are obviously influenced

by GSC Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:09 pm

Revis and Clayborn hit IR

by mikeygnfl Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:49 am

Ok I've gone for Sidney Rice for the 1st TD.

by GSC Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:54 am

Replacement refs just cost GB a win definitively.

Blatant OPI and an INT by Jennings.

Not to mention OPI that turned into DPI on 1st and 30, and a roughing the passer on an INT.

Honestly can't blame GB for walking off, they were absolutely robbed.

by GSC Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:57 am

I have no idea how the NFL can't cave to the refs now.

This is better than all the leverage the refs could ever muster

by Dorothy_Mantooth Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:21 am

GSC wrote:I have no idea how the NFL can't cave to the refs now.

This is better than all the leverage the refs could ever muster

Thought you did not care that much about the Refs lockout?

by bluestonevedder Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:30 am

Hate to ask, but I'm at work and can't watch any of the video highlights. What happened at the end of the Pack game with the hail mary?? Stats suggest pack were pretty dominated, and aren't clicking offensively at all. Is that just distorted?

by CFCNick Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:45 am

GSC wrote:Replacement refs just cost GB a win definitively.

Blatant OPI and an INT by Jennings.

Not to mention OPI that turned into DPI on 1st and 30, and a roughing the passer on an INT.

Honestly can't blame GB for walking off, they were absolutely robbed.

I feel with the bad call on the Tate TD justice was done. The Packers had the most BS calls in their favour on their TD drive. The DPI on Chancellor was the worst DPI call ever and then the spot for the 1st down when Rodgers was clearly a few inches short on 3rd down.

Justice done. Seahawks deserve it on the 1st half performance. If the Packers oline plays anything like that against better teams they'd be a hell of a lot further behind than 7-0. Personally I can't wait until they come to MetLife, they look way more beatable than last year and we nearly got them.

by TM Moot Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:05 am

bluestonevedder wrote:What happened at the end of the Pack game with the hail mary??

Wilson threw it into endzone, couple of Packers and couple of Seahawks jumped up. Jennings and Tate both grabbed it pretty much simultaneously (although Jennings had more of the ball). As they fell, Tate's right arm came away then back onto the ball.

Bit of a scrimmage on the ground, 2 refs run over, the look at each other, then both raise their arms together, one signalling TD, the other touchback..!!

I don't blame the field refs, but you would like to think the 10 mins of reviewing would of got the result correct in the end!

by bluestonevedder Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:35 am

God, what a calamity. Pretty absymal for professional sport to end like that.

Thanks for the info, TM Moot

by TM Moot Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:50 am

I should say that I am seeing it as a cheesehead, so i am slightly bais Very Happy

i think the funny bit is that they almost forgot about the PAT and had to get players back out to complete the game Erm

by CFCNick Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:58 am

Here's why I think Packer fans should quiet down a bit. Recorded on my phone from gamepass. No way this was PI.

http://telly.com/E0JSI

by bluestonevedder Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:48 am

It's swings and roundabouts at the end of the day MockingJay. Any supporter from any team would behave in the same way if they felt their team had been unjustly treated. I can't comment any further, because I haven't seen the game, but it's natural for a fan to react like any Packers' fans have.

Those all your videos on that page?

by Skyforger Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:24 pm

Shame about the ending, but I liked the class shown by Aaron Rodgers. Sacked 9 times and he just got back up each time and carried on playing. None of this Jay Cutler whining.

by CFCNick Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:35 pm

bluestonevedder wrote:It's swings and roundabouts at the end of the day MockingJay. Any supporter from any team would behave in the same way if they felt their team had been unjustly treated. I can't comment any further, because I haven't seen the game, but it's natural for a fan to react like any Packers' fans have.

Those all your videos on that page?

Yeah. That's where the videos I put on twitter end up.

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