Ongoing NFL Discussion Thread V

by GSC Sun 14 Dec 2014, 7:24 pm

First topic message reminder :

Manziel is learning school yard football doesn't cut it in the NFL.

Until he learns the basics this will continue

by GSC Sun 04 Jan 2015, 9:51 pm

And that's why you cant really take Dallas all that seriously. secondary is abysmal

by mikeygnfl Sun 04 Jan 2015, 10:23 pm

Can't see the Cowboys winning this at the moment. The Lions defence is dominating them.

by Number-25 Sun 04 Jan 2015, 11:06 pm

I wouldn't write Dallas off yet. They win in spite of their defense and it's hard to keep their offense down for the whole game.

by mikeygnfl Sun 04 Jan 2015, 11:37 pm

Number-25 wrote:I wouldn't write Dallas off yet. They win in spite of their defense and it's hard to keep their offense down for the whole game.

Missing field goals won't help them. They did manage to keep the Lions to a field goal though.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 04 Jan 2015, 11:50 pm

It's a shame we're gonna have to see Carolina next week and not one of these two

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 04 Jan 2015, 11:55 pm

Just throw it to Calvin and a hook ffs Detroit

by GSC Sun 04 Jan 2015, 11:58 pm

I don't know, this has been Dallas not being particularly good and Detroit tripping over their own feet

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:06 am

Suh gonna get paaaaaaid this off season

by Lowlandbrit Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:06 am

GSC wrote:I don't know, this has been Dallas not being particularly good and Detroit tripping over their own feet

It's a Lions/Cowboys playoff game; it's not about who shoots themself in the foot, it's about who leaves more toes.

by Number-25 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:08 am

Did that Lions guy really just return a kickoff to his own 5??? How dumb was that???

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:14 am

1) officials grow some balls
2) Jim Caldwell grow some balls

by Number-25 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:17 am

Did Martin really just punt the ball 10 yards??

Are Detroit trying to lose now?

by GSC Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:18 am

We can all go to bed now, the fix is well and truly in

by Number-25 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:25 am

It does seem that way

by Number-25 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:26 am

This is dreadful stuff here from Detroit

by mikeygnfl Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:27 am

GSC wrote:We can all go to bed now, the fix is well and truly in

Are the refs throwing flags or Jerry Jones throwing notes?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:30 am

Wow no words, hard to not think this isn't a fix

by GSC Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:32 am

Detroits DEs being routinely put in chokeholds.

Clearly Megatron needs to run onto the field

by Number-25 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:34 am

Come on Detroit! Wake up!!

Sadly though, they're not gonna be allowed to win this should they somehow get their act together here are they?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:37 am

Just throw it deep to Calvin and get the make up DPI call

by GSC Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:38 am

That play almost summed up this game

All that was missing was the refs picking up the 2nd fumble

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:50 am

Sure the refs were awful, but my word Detroit take a Frak shot down the field to the best wide out in the game.

by mikeygnfl Mon 05 Jan 2015, 1:14 am

The Lions possibly would have got points on the 'picked up flag' drive and made it 23-16 at least or 27-16 add the kick off and that's a different ball game.

Anyway...

Divisional Round
AFC
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots
Indianapolis Colts @ Denver Broncos

NFC
Carolina Panthers @ Seattle Seahawks
Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers

by Skyforger Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:13 pm

Why did it have to be the Ratbirds?

Instead of getting beaten by the Broncos in the Championship game we'll lose to Baltimore in the Divisional round.

by BamBam Mon 05 Jan 2015, 12:19 pm

I'm quite glad the Panthers-Seahawks game is the only one on at a silly time, its the only game that looks a foregone conclusion to me

by sodhat Mon 05 Jan 2015, 1:22 pm

But what did Jungle Boy think about the call?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 4:53 pm

Dallas's defence is gonna get absolutely destroyed next week.

In fact the two AFC games look like the best two matchups

by crazy_dave23 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 7:44 pm

Olly wrote:Dallas's defence is gonna get absolutely destroyed next week.

In fact the two AFC games look like the best two matchups

I'm actually quite concerned we will throw it away... we have a habit of doing this recently in the playoffs at home.

by GSC Mon 05 Jan 2015, 8:10 pm

Dallas will run the ball right down GBs throat. Rodgers is incredible but GB tends to be soft when it matters

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 9:41 pm

Gotta wonder if that calf is fully healed as well

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 05 Jan 2015, 9:42 pm

Skyforger wrote:Why did it have to be the Ratbirds?

Instead of getting beaten by the Broncos in the Championship game we'll lose to Baltimore in the Divisional round.

Tbf we only lost last time in the playoffs cos we had no Gronk and ended up having to try cover Bolden with Edelman. We're a completely different team this year

by Number-25 Mon 05 Jan 2015, 11:24 pm

I think Dallas have a really good chance against Green Bay. They're 8-0 on the road this year and with that running game, they're built to play in the cold weather. Yeah, the defense is a weakness but often this season they seem to have just about got the job done just well enough for their offense to pull them through.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 07 Jan 2015, 8:16 pm

Redskins actually in danger of making some decent hires with wade Phillips in line for the DC job

by GSC Wed 07 Jan 2015, 8:57 pm

Its the Redskins

It always ends up in 4-12

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 07 Jan 2015, 10:57 pm

"@AndrewSiciliano: Falcons announce Scott Pioli will run personnel and draft, answering to Thomas Dimitroff, who will handle cap."

TRYING TO RECREATE THE BELICHICK COACHING TREE WITHOUT HIM DOESN'T WORK WHEN WILL NFL TEAMS REALISE THIS

by GSC Wed 07 Jan 2015, 10:58 pm

I wasn't aware Pioli moved into coaching

by Number-25 Thu 08 Jan 2015, 9:42 am

Woohoo! The Redskins have finally hired a GM. Can't argue with McGloughlin's track record in San Francisco and Seattle so on the face of it, it could be a really good hire..... if he can steer clear of the vodka! Dan Snyder and a GM with a self-confessed history of alcohol abuse... get your popcorn people!

by BamBam Thu 08 Jan 2015, 9:53 am

I remember reading a profile on him a while ago, can't find it now, but was a really good read. His track record is excellent, but obviously the alcohol abuse is a potential issue

by sodhat Thu 08 Jan 2015, 10:21 am

Might be this one:

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12014699/scot-mccloughan-nfl-best-talent-scout-self-employed-living-farm

by Number-25 Thu 08 Jan 2015, 10:34 am

Yeah, that's the one I had read soddy. Am pleased the Redskins have finally wakened up to the fact they need a GM worthy of the title and that they've gone and got one.... but, you know, it's the Redskins and I'm too used to them makinga mess of stuff now to get too excited. Even if the vodka becomes an issue though, he would still be an upgrade over Bruce Allen!

by BamBam Thu 08 Jan 2015, 10:51 am

Yep that's the one, I hope it works out for him

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 08 Jan 2015, 7:08 pm

crazy_dave23 wrote:
Olly wrote:Dallas's defence is gonna get absolutely destroyed next week.

In fact the two AFC games look like the best two matchups

I'm actually quite concerned we will throw it away... we have a habit of doing this recently in the playoffs at home.

https://m.facebook.com/AdamSchefter/posts/887448121307830

That won't make you feel any better....

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 09 Jan 2015, 7:54 am

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/08/jason-mccourty-devin-mccourty-nfl-playoffs/

Jason mccourty essentially begging for a relevant team to come save him from Tennessee

by sodhat Fri 09 Jan 2015, 9:00 am

I think we'll be looking at the St Louis Titans as soon as the Rams bolt to L.A.

They must be the most anonymous franchise of them all right now.

by TM Moot Fri 09 Jan 2015, 10:30 am

sodhat wrote:I think we'll be looking at the St Louis Titans as soon as the Rams bolt to L.A.

They must be the most anonymous franchise of them all right now.

Tennessee who? Headscratch

by BamBam Fri 09 Jan 2015, 10:33 am

Can't they just save some admin and move the Titans to LA then?!

by mikeygnfl Fri 09 Jan 2015, 11:27 am

Tennessee Titans average attendance this year is 15th in the league and bigger than seven of the playoff teams including New England and Seattle.

by mikeygnfl Fri 09 Jan 2015, 11:35 am

Just looking at Super Bowl winning quarterbacks and since the expansion in 2002 only one one over the age of 31 has won it. That was Brad Johnson in 2002 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Oakland Raiders (yes those teams used to be good). Since then oldest winning quarterbacks were Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger who both won it just weeks after their birthday. Five other quarterbacks since 2002 over 31 have played in the Super Bowl but were all on the losing team.

So it is not looking good for the chances of Tom Brady, Tony Romo and Peyton Manning.

by Number-25 Fri 09 Jan 2015, 12:59 pm

mikeygnfl wrote:Tennessee Titans average attendance this year is 15th in the league and bigger than seven of the playoff teams including New England and Seattle.

Not too bad for a stinking 2-14 team.

by TM Moot Fri 09 Jan 2015, 1:18 pm

mikeygnfl wrote:Tennessee Titans average attendance this year is 15th in the league and bigger than seven of the playoff teams including New England and Seattle.

69k, that's impressive. Although Miami is 13th at 70k and the place always looks half empty/full!?!

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