2013 NFL Season

Also, the refs from the SF/GB game admitted that Mathews, not Staley, should have gotten the second flag as well after the late hit and ensuing skirmish which would have given the Niners a 1st and goal from inside the 5. So I guess that whole thing balances out more or less.

That isn't Manning Face, that is Manning Entire Upper Body.

Really interested to see Eagles/Redskins tonight, because right now the entire division looks like they'll be home by the end of wildcard weekend.

Robert Baratheon_sl said:

They were $2M apart, they'll miss him if he puts up half of yesterday's effort a few times. It wasn't some sort of "give me Calvin Johnson money" thing...it was like $4M vs $6M.

Ozzie plain fucked up, tbh. He even said they used the savings to sign defensive players...apparently the type who help give up 7 TD passes. They sent Flacco's hot target from their insane postseason run away to save $2M...and yeah, they already miss him. No offense to Flacco but Baltimore has never been the system where you could put a jersey on a walmart greeter and complete passes to him all day long because of the offensive system, that's the Tom Brady thing.

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As Famm said, I doubt there's a Ravens fan alive that isn't regretting Boldin wearing another jersey, but it wasn't as cut and dried as Ozzie being cheap. The fact is, he's been spot on about letting talent walk away right as they reach that fulcrum between "effective" and "too expensive/too old." Boldin may very well prove him wrong this time around, especially if he continues putting up 200 yards a game, but Ozzie usually has a knack for figuring out a player's ceiling.

It also wasn't the simple matter of "just $2M." The $6 mill that Q would have cost towards this year's cap went towards signing Dumervil, Canty, and Huff. Dumervil and Canty will be studs in Pees' defensive scheme. I'll give you Huff played like shit on Thursday, but he's the organization's stopgap answer until we either groom Elam into a Free Safety, draft the FS of the future, or convert Jimmy Smith or Lardarius Webb. And there was no way Reed was going to stay, not with his lost tackling ability, general fragility, weird personality quirks, and desire to keep making top safety money. All three players currently taking up Q's cap cash are cornerstones of the 2013 defensive unit. Peyton carved that unit up last week, but I do believe once it starts to gel, it'll finish in the top 10 of the league's defenses.

Oh, and the 6th rounder we got from San Fran for Boldin was traded to move up and get Arthur Brown, our SAM linebacker of the future. Again, Boldin wasn't just tossed aside (and he wasn't released, like some idiots keep saying) for no reason. Whether they were the RIGHT reasons remain to be seen. In fact, this season may directly suffer for it, but I believe the organization will be better off for it in the future.

Wombat_sl said:

That isn't Manning Face, that is Manning Entire Upper Body.

Really interested to see Eagles/Redskins tonight, because right now the entire division looks like they'll be home by the end of wildcard weekend.

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I just hope they beat the shit out of each other.

BTW, Polamalu is still pretty rad.



First thing the announcer said after the most perfectly timed blitz in history? "Oh he got him right on the head!"

And by that he means his thumb grazed his helmet. Fuck you, announcer guy.

Hasn't Palumalu done that a number of times? Not to diminish that play, hes amazing, but I'm sure I've seen him make very similar timing plays in his career.



EDIT: Like this one, funny enough also against the Titans and in this case on the goal line.




Edit again: and another against the Ravens:



and here cleveland.

That play could be a scene straight from Waterboy. Amazing timing.

I imagine the next words out of the hc mouth was "let's change that snap count"

Gonna lose this week because dipshit Bronco defender decided to drop his pick 6 on the 1 yard line. The magic of fantasy football.

SimSimSalabim_sl said:

Hasn't Palumalu done that a number of times? Not to diminish that play, hes amazing, but I'm sure I've seen him make very similar timing plays in his career.

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Yeah, it's sort of his signature play. Was mostly bitching about the announcing ignoring the great play and immediately going in to pussy mode. Gonna be a lot of tangential stuff like that from me this season I imagine.

Lavar Arrington used to be really good at timing the snap as well.



Really thought that dude was a lock for all-time HoF level player when he was drafted.

Famm_sl said:

We are the team of 20/20 hindsight thus far.

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Problem is, you're not. Most people who weren't Ravens fans wondered WTF the Ravens were doing by gutting their team to overpay an average/above average qb. Ravens fans assured us that they knew what they were doing and they'd still be an elite team.

Now the first game could just be one loss and they may end up being great afterall, but to say it's all hindsight and "Who could have seen that coming?" is straight up denial.

Yeah. I was mostly just responding to the "best timed blitz in history" comment, I was like wait a second I've seen that guy do the same thing like a half dozen times.

I'm unable to find a clip of the original announcer with the play, but definitely sounds like a complete faggot.



Also ESPN has a poll up asking people if they'd take Colin Kaepernick over any other QB in the NFL. I mean, really? Taking overreaction Monday to a whole new level.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

No, they're fucked. That offense was atrocious. Defense might prop them up to 7 wins, but that's wildly optimistic.

Pouncey is over-rated as fuck, but he'd be a serviceable starter if he could stay on the field for 3 straight plays. I fucking hate Pouncey. Out for the year, of course.

Larry Foote is old as dirt but he's a really good defensive playcaller on the field. Out for the year, of course.

Stephens-Howling is out for the year. Good. He looked awful.

They had zero rushing first downs. None even close. I was cautiously optimistic about the line with Pouncey and Decastro playing side by side. Well that shit went away fast and the rest of the game against the vaunted Titans D disabused me of any notions I had that they'd be worth a shit. Guh...thank God for fantasy football.

Still waiting on my new avatar from Gilg.

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If you really think that and they agree, trade Polamalu right now and change from rebuilding to retooling. I bet you could fleece a contender of some draft picks, like the Broncos or GB.

Ambiturner_sl said:

Problem is, you're not. Most people who weren't Ravens fans wondered WTF the Ravens were doing by gutting their team to overpay an average/above average qb. Ravens fans assured us that they knew what they were doing and they'd still be an elite team.

Now the first game could just be one loss and they may end up being great afterall, but to say it's all hindsight and "Who could have seen that coming?" is straight up denial.

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I'm saying we were counting on Pitta to make up the lost receptions. Now Pitta is gone. Without Pitta on the roster we would have found a way to keep Boldin another year. And for the millionth time, we didn't gut the team to pay Flacco. His contract would have been structured the same this year no matter what the total was on it. Our big cap hits right now are Rice, Suggs and Ngata. Even if Boldin finishes his contract with us, it would have been over by the time Flacco's started to hit the cap.

Really that's the only major loss. The entire rest of the offense is back intact and there were very solid reasons for everyone else we turned loose on D.

i really hope both of these teams look good just to spice that division up.

jooka_sl said:

One thing I most certainly didn't miss is Gruden

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I just think he should go back to coaching, that way we don't have to ever hear him again.

The Redskins stadium experience apparently still sucks dick! How do you copy Seattle's 12th man shit and Virginia Tech's Enter Sandman entrance within the same 5 minute timeframe? Christ.

The whole place is a dump and it's out in the middle of nowhere at the end of one of the subway lines, and that's on top of all of the cheesy shit they do in the stadium.

incoming chip kelly is a genius comments

.... wow