NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

Ambiturner_sl said:

I guess when you've never won a Super Bowl, preseason success is something you get excited about

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Chiefs are 3-0!!!!

WTF kind of tackle is that?

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Gravy_sl said:

Chiefs are 3-0!!!!

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Urlithani_sl said:

WTF kind of tackle is that?

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That was fucking awesome! Dirty as shit, but hilarious.

Elurin_sl said:

That was fucking awesome! Dirty as shit, but hilarious.

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I was expecting way worse by the way all my Ravens fan friends were describing it. Doesn't look legal but people were texting shit like he "power-bombed" him. Not even close.

Gavinmad_sl said:

I mean that's dirty as fuck and should have been flagged, but calling it a powerbomb is perhaps a bit much.

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Watched it again and the more I think about it, the more I think that should have been an instant ejection, especially during the preseason. Dude is already going down, and you pull him back up so you can spike him on his head.

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Definitely should be a flag, I just wish I knew wtf he was doing. Robinson not a guy I would think of trying to spike a guy on his head. The result is dangerous as fuck though.

Bowman looks like an absolute stud. I love that Mangini is actually using blitz packages - that was one of the big downsides to Fangio. Johnson has great potential and I think will be a good CB one day.


The offensive line and Kaepernick still look completely awful.

Pack are not having a happy preseason...


4 Bills QBs today combined for 30/33, 395 passing yards and 3 TD's.

AlsoVick hooked up with Martavis Bryant for a 63 yarder.


Bryant looks awesome. Too bad he's missing the first 4 games. Whoever the fuck the Steelers weed dealer is needs to take a step back.

My last ten minutes:

"Oh yeah, there was a preseason game tonight, I should see if anyone got hurt. Well, fuckety fuck fuck."

1) Not sure anyone in the NFC North gets to 10 wins. With the South still crap, that Eagles/Giants/Cardinals fight for the wildcards will be fun to watch.

2) Bradford is going to win a lot of fantasy weeks... until he gets hurt.

3) I hate to say it, but are the freaking Cowboys the frontrunner in the NFC right now?

Jesus.

Loving Keith Butler choice as DC so far. All 4 Bills QBs go combined 30/33 and make Tyrod Taylor and EJ Manuel look like Aaron Rodgers.

Picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. /sniffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Wombat_sl said:

3) I hate to say it, but are the freaking Cowboys the frontrunner in the NFC right now?

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Most have them with Seattle and Packers as a team to beat. Reading the reports this morning, it looks like the offense will stay the course and that the defense is much improved. Preseason goggles are on though so we'll see what shakes out against the Giants on the 13th.

I see nothing from the Cowboys that makes me think they should be the favorite. Unless we are just using last year as our bench mark? Both teams(my eagles) have new people at key positions. I need to see a few games from them first. I'm still not convinced they are ok at RB and that was key to their success last year. Romo threw the ball a lot less, I think I read less than Kyle Fucking Orton? Murray was such a huge part of that offense and allowed them to play more conservative and to not rely so much on romo. I'm not sure They can get away with that this year. I'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong once the season starts and I watch a few games. Right now, I'm not convinced.

If Bradford can stay healthy, Iggles look to be very good. Big if, but he looked pretty incredible vs GB.

he did, it's preseason so I hate to get carried away but he was making all the right throws and checking down to the right people. He was accurate as fuck too.

Last year combined with a much improved defense is why Dallas is most likely favorites, along with Seattle, at this point.

And the improvement to average from historically bad is what allowed Romo to be more conservative.

Convo_sl said:

I see nothing from the Cowboys that makes me think they should be the favorite. Unless we are just using last year as our bench mark? Both teams(my eagles) have new people at key positions. I need to see a few games from them first. I'm still not convinced they are ok at RB and that was key to their success last year. Romo threw the ball a lot less, I think I read less than Kyle Fucking Orton? Murray was such a huge part of that offense and allowed them to play more conservative and to not rely so much on romo. I'm not sure They can get away with that this year. I'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong once the season starts and I watch a few games. Right now, I'm not convinced.

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Yeah but as soon as Murray slowed down and people keyed off him, Romo took over and reminded people why he's the current franchise QB. You could argue the chicken or the egg all you want but Romo is what drives that engine. Murray's success was the combination of a dominant line, his skill, and team's fear of what Romo could do with Witten and Bryant. Now Romo's success last year was partly a product of the run game, which they had to turn to in order to try and keep him healthy, but he's always been statistically successful so mostly he was just staying the course. He also didn't have to do much in terms of heroics. I think I remember reading that the Green Bay loss was the first time the defense had given up the lead in the 4th quarter all year.

The only thing that changed with Dallas offensively was the loss of Murray. And as much as I enjoyed what he brought to last year's success, he wasn't going to reproduce what he did. Like I said, some of that was because of a need to focus on the run game to help Romo, but there's no such limitation this year. Meanwhile they beefed up the defense considerably which is where I think most of the success this year will stem.

Meanwhile, Kelly sidegraded his running game, let his best receiver walk, and traded his best QB for a guy who has yet to stay healthy and who has had not one, but two knee injuries. Murray is now running behind a line that no longer has its best interior lineman and wasn't all that spectacular to begin with (outside of Peters). Oh, and they let their best Defensive lineman go, their best corner go, and have a new linebacker coming off an ACL injury.

So yeah, I'm not sure where your optimism is coming from, especially since preseason success is NFL fallacy numero uno. Keep in mind that Dallas went 0-4 last preseason and again, the year Detroit went 0-16 they went 4-0 in preseason.

Yeah, I'm absolutely baffled by the optimism Eagles fans are showing right now.