Ongoing NFL Discussion Thread V

by **Pr4wn** Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:45 pm

First topic message reminder :

Strong staff for us, I'm excited for next season!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:29 pm

crazy_dave23 wrote:
RDuncan8 wrote:My Super Bowl preferences:-
1) Seahawks vs Broncos
2) 49ers vs Broncos
3) 49ers vs Patriots
4) Patriots vs Seahawks YUCK! Probably won't watch the superbowl!

I think this view sums me up pretty nicely

Woah what you got against the Pats-Seahawks folks

I think any 4 of the matchups will be great games

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:14 pm

Whisenhunt to take the Titans job

by Number-25 Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:39 pm

OK so Andrew Luck stinks in a postseason loss as does Andy Dalton.

Andy Dalton has a better regular season than Andrew Luck - better completion percentage, more yards, more TDs, better rating.

According to the NFL media Andrew Luck is awesome but Andy Dalton stinks.

Bugs me how these guys have their little pet favourites that can do no wrong.

by Number-25 Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:42 pm

Olly wrote:Whisenhunt to take the Titans job

Surprised at that one. Thought he might have fancied Detroit with the weapons they have. They're a team that just needs pointed in the direction with a bit of discipline. More of a project to be undertaken in Tennessee. Maybe that's the attraction? Maybe he just likes Nashville better than Detroit? Maybe he's more of a Country guy than a Motown guy???

by Lowlandbrit Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:43 pm

Olly wrote:Whisenhunt to take the Titans job

Wooow. Lions back to square one.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:45 pm

Number-25 wrote:OK so Andrew Luck stinks in a postseason loss as does Andy Dalton.

Andy Dalton has a better regular season than Andrew Luck - better completion percentage, more yards, more TDs, better rating.

According to the NFL media Andrew Luck is awesome but Andy Dalton stinks.

Bugs me how these guys have their little pet favourites that can do no wrong.

Right so you've seen both those guys play right? Because it's fairly obvious who's much better

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:46 pm

Yeah I'm surprised Whisenhunt took that job over Detroit, especially considering his struggles to find a QB in Arizona

by Number-25 Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:08 am

Olly wrote:
Number-25 wrote:OK so Andrew Luck stinks in a postseason loss as does Andy Dalton.

Andy Dalton has a better regular season than Andrew Luck - better completion percentage, more yards, more TDs, better rating.

According to the NFL media Andrew Luck is awesome but Andy Dalton stinks.

Bugs me how these guys have their little pet favourites that can do no wrong.

Right so you've seen both those guys play right? Because it's fairly obvious who's much better

Yeah, I've seen them play. Was just being a bit tongue in cheek here about how much slack Luck is being cut by the media for his 4 picks in a playoff game. The media types love him.... but at the end of the day he's a number 1 pick that threw 4 picks in a playoff game. Where's the chat about his big game temperament??

by GSC Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:23 am

I feel as though we lucked out when literally Ken Whisenhunt is the cream of the crop

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:31 am

Number-25 wrote:
Olly wrote:
Number-25 wrote:OK so Andrew Luck stinks in a postseason loss as does Andy Dalton.

Andy Dalton has a better regular season than Andrew Luck - better completion percentage, more yards, more TDs, better rating.

According to the NFL media Andrew Luck is awesome but Andy Dalton stinks.

Bugs me how these guys have their little pet favourites that can do no wrong.

Right so you've seen both those guys play right? Because it's fairly obvious who's much better

Yeah, I've seen them play. Was just being a bit tongue in cheek here about how much slack Luck is being cut by the media for his 4 picks in a playoff game. The media types love him.... but at the end of the day he's a number 1 pick that threw 4 picks in a playoff game. Where's the chat about his big game temperament??

It's very much a legit question for me too, threw 3 the week before as well. I'd probably put it down to trying to hard tbh, he just tried to fit the ball in windows that weren't there sometimes, that'll come with experience. Some were just bad throws though. Tbf though he's getting hit every play, that O-line is just awful awful awful

by mikeygnfl Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:00 am

Whisenhunt comes from the neighbouring Georgia and his first coaching job was at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Maybe Detroit didn't want him and Tennessee was the only option? It is possible the Lions are waiting on someone from 49ers, Seahawks etc.

by Lowlandbrit Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:57 am

mikeygnfl wrote:Maybe Detroit didn't want him and Tennessee was the only option?

Detroit definitely wanted him, he just wanted to be in Tennessee more (or they offered more). For as long as they took to fire the last guy, the Titans moved very quickly to find a replacement. Frontrunner in Detroit is now thought to be Jim Caldwell.
Also the Vikings have a second interview planned with Mike Zimmer today, general expectation is that they won't let him leave.

by RDuncan8 Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:03 am

Olly wrote:
crazy_dave23 wrote:
RDuncan8 wrote:My Super Bowl preferences:-
1) Seahawks vs Broncos
2) 49ers vs Broncos
3) 49ers vs Patriots
4) Patriots vs Seahawks YUCK! Probably won't watch the superbowl!

I think this view sums me up pretty nicely

Woah what you got against the Pats-Seahawks folks

I think any 4 of the matchups will be great games

I hate them both. Like, properly hate them.

by sodhat Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:12 am

I hope for a 49ers/Broncos Super Bowl because I wouldn't know who I'd want to win.

I hope it isn't a Seahawks/Patriots Super Bowl because I wouldn't know who I could tolerate winning.

Anyone bought tickets for the International Series this morning?

by BamBam Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:23 am

49ers/Patriots would be interesting, given that the Pats have almost become a power running team at times this season, would love to see what old Beezlebub would come up with against our front 7.

49ers/Broncos gives the ultimate defence vs offence matchup, if our front 7 can beat their O Line I think our offence is good enough to score on the Denver D. Could be a bit of a shootout if neither defence wins their battle.

by BamBam Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:28 am

sodhat wrote:I hope for a 49ers/Broncos Super Bowl because I wouldn't know who I'd want to win.

I hope it isn't a Seahawks/Patriots Super Bowl because I wouldn't know who I could tolerate winning.

Anyone bought tickets for the International Series this morning?

Managed to blag some club Wembley seats for the Lions/Falcons game through work Yahoo

by Skyforger Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:56 am

BamBam wrote:

Managed to blag some club Wembley seats for the Lions/Falcons game through work

Yeah, I'd heard they were having to give tickets away for that game...

by GSC Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:57 am

Raiders Dolphins is the stinker of.the 3

by TM Moot Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:18 pm

BamBam wrote:Managed to blag some club Wembley seats for the Lions/Falcons game through work

nice, thats the game for me, being a 1:30 KO thumbsup

by BamBam Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:22 pm

Hadn't spotted that! Oh well, will have to take it slightly easier in the bar than originally planned

by sodhat Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:26 pm

BamBam wrote:Hadn't spotted that! Oh well, will have to take it slightly easier in the bar than originally planned

Pre-game, maybe.
Post-game, definitely not. Fill up, especially if it's complimentary...

I'll be in the club seats for the Raiders game. I'd maybe go to see another game if I can a) afford it, and b) there are tickets still there later in the year.

by RDuncan8 Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:17 pm

sodhat wrote:

Anyone bought tickets for the International Series this morning?

Looking to get 8 on Thursday for the Lions-Falcons. Hopefully get decent seats.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:28 pm

BamBam wrote:Hadn't spotted that! Oh well, will have to take it slightly easier in the bar than originally planned

Pfft what sort of an attitude is that Bambam! More time afterwards!!

by BamBam Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:08 pm

Sadly I think its 3 hours before the game and 1 hour after .. not sure whether 10.30am on a Sunday is an acceptable time to start getting hammered!!

by BamBam Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:32 pm

Jim Caldwell is the new Lions coach

by **Pr4wn** Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:34 pm

So Caldwell to the Lions looks to be a done deal.

What do you folks think of that one?

by BamBam Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:42 pm

Not exactly an appointment to get the Lions fans off their seats would be my first impression

by mikeygnfl Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:43 pm

Here is the nfl.com playoff challenge table after the weekend's divisional games:-

Rank Entry Points
1 I'd rather win the Lotto but... 221
2 Take it to the house 209
3 BamBam's picks 203
4 leebenbow's picks 190
5= crazydave23's picks 180
5= rduncan8's picks 180
6 pr4wn's picks 179
7 The Stormbringers 172
8= mikeygnfl 171
8= redmistx's picks 171
9 jvaszst's picks 170
10 Shepton Mallet Matadors 166
11 wadey101's picks 163
12 gb1919's picks 159
13 ollyrules's picks 153
14 nicklj88's picks 0

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:43 pm

Pr4wn wrote:So Caldwell to the Lions looks to be a done deal.

What do you folks think of that one?

He did well with the Ravens offence last year obviously, but then this year weren't great but that might've been down to injuries and the fact Castillo's o-line was horrific.

Needs to install some discipline first and foremost

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:57 pm

https://www.606v2.com/t51012-nfl-fantasy-game-2014#2473950

by GSC Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:23 pm

I like Caldwell, he got a bad rap in Indy for Polians mess

by Lowlandbrit Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:38 pm

Pr4wn wrote:So Caldwell to the Lions looks to be a done deal.

What do you folks think of that one?

It's not going to be easy for him to shake the image of the second choice panic buy.

by **Pr4wn** Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:09 pm

Mike Zimmer is the new head coach in Minnesota. No surprises there then, it's about time he was given a chance.

Bengals to regress next season?

by BamBam Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:16 pm

Only the 3rd team in 24 years to lose both coordinators in one offseason

by Number-25 Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:29 pm

Pr4wn wrote:Mike Zimmer is the new head coach in Minnesota. No surprises there then, it's about time he was given a chance.

Bengals to regress next season?

Well, if you believe the anti-Redskins media, they should have the best offense in the league and Andy Dalton should become a superstar now that Gruden is gone.

by CJB Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:05 pm

Three spaces left in the fantasy game lads. Build your dream NFL team! Post a comment on the thread if interested

by Lowlandbrit Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:54 pm

Pr4wn wrote:Mike Zimmer is the new head coach in Minnesota. No surprises there then, it's about time he was given a chance.

Yeah, I'm excited about that one. He had to wait a long time, and there's a lot of teams out there that passed on him.

And this of course means just Cleveland is left. Apparently they've interviewed 6 people so far, of which two have taken jobs elsewhere (one as HC and one as OC), and two others have decided they'd rather stay where they are than coach the Browns. Reportedly they're high on Denver's OC Gase, but he doesn't want to interview anywhere until their season is over.

by Guest Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:32 am

Anybody got tickets for the wembley games??

I got Raiders tickets Smile

Feels surreal knowing that I'll be watching them

by sodhat Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:44 am

Thank God, Peyton Manning has explained what 'Omaha' means:

“I’m not sure I know how to answer that, but I’ve had a lot people ask what ‘Omaha’ means,” Manning told reporters. “‘Omaha’ is a run play, but it could be a pass play or a play-action pass depending on a couple things – the wind, which way we’re going, the quarter and the jerseys that we’re wearing. It varies really play to play. There’s your answer to that one.”

by BamBam Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:50 am

What was he thinking, giving away his entire gameplan!

by Guest Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:09 am

Im glad he took the time to explain. I imagine any coach will be laughing whenever they hear him shout omaha from now knowing that the next play will be a run play

Or a pass

Or play action

Or take a knee

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:12 pm

sodhat wrote:Thank God, Peyton Manning has explained what 'Omaha' means:

“I’m not sure I know how to answer that, but I’ve had a lot people ask what ‘Omaha’ means,” Manning told reporters. “‘Omaha’ is a run play, but it could be a pass play or a play-action pass depending on a couple things – the wind, which way we’re going, the quarter and the jerseys that we’re wearing. It varies really play to play. There’s your answer to that one.”

Fairly sure Jamie Collins will be able to cover all that at once Cool

by Lowlandbrit Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:16 pm

deadspin.com/what-does-peyton-mannings-omaha-mean

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:24 pm

BamBam wrote:What was he thinking, giving away his entire gameplan!

He was all like

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by **Pr4wn** Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:23 pm

I polled pretty hard when I saw that replay.

by Lowlandbrit Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:50 pm

Vikings new DC will be George Edwards (Dolphins LB coach), Norv Turner will be OC.

by **Pr4wn** Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:50 pm

The Jets have extended Rex until 2016.

by BamBam Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:47 pm

2 days to go!

Which game are you more excited about? For me, Manning vs Brady will be good, but its just a warm up to the main event

by Lowlandbrit Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:29 pm

http://www.spotrac.com/premium/research/nfl/contract-forecast-j.j.-watt-412/
Interesting look at the value of J.J. Watt.

by Number-25 Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:21 pm

BamBam wrote:2 days to go!

Which game are you more excited about? For me, Manning vs Brady will be good, but its just a warm up to the main event

I'm most looking forward to Pats/Broncos. Brady and Peyton will go down as two of the best ever and we might not get too many more chances to see them head to head so I'm going to enjoy this one.

Seahawks/49ers is one of those games where I'd rather neither team won so will be a tough watch.

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