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NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread
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opiate82
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So pretty much exactly what I said about the Niners, defensive scheme covered up for deficiencies in personnel week 1 against an inexperienced QB, but a real offense put them in their place. I still think this team has 8-8 talent but looking at their schedule it is tough to imagine them getting much past 6 wins. My biggest WTF of this week was the O-Line. They seemed to handle what is supposed to be a talented Minnesota front just fine week 1 but were obliterated this week.
I'm not ready to go full on Dilfer-dick-slobbering on Kaepernick but I have seen some incremental improvements in his game from last year. I still don't know what the hell happened to his deep-ball accuracy. I thought it was one of his best assets when he first took over the starting job, now he couldn't execute the trash-can drill if they put an industrial dumpster out there.
I'm not ready to go full on Dilfer-dick-slobbering on Kaepernick but I have seen some incremental improvements in his game from last year. I still don't know what the hell happened to his deep-ball accuracy. I thought it was one of his best assets when he first took over the starting job, now he couldn't execute the trash-can drill if they put an industrial dumpster out there.
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I think you might be forgetting that the cowboys were 8-0 on the road last season. True, the only playoff road game was a loss, but come on, it was barely a loss.
Is that the when the pats ran a no huddle offense in order to confuse the sound people at buffalo's stadium? Sounds pretty shady to me. Someone get Brady's phone, lets investigate.
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What's impressed me about the cowboys is their defense. Their offense has been serviceable at best, which is about all you can expect, but hot damn is their defense picking up the slack. Sean lee is a monster. I swear the guy has some sort of teleport to the ball hack, and he makes tons of incredible back field tackles. I don't think its a stretch at all to say hes the best OLB in the game when he aint injured, and he's managed to stay uninjured for two straight games this season. To bad his bones are made of glass. They probably have a gurney with his name on it on the sidelines at all times. I can deal without romo or dez for a bit, as long as sean lee is in to hold the fort.
They lost by one touchdown to the world champs after scoring 32 points. I wouldn't discount them from a Wildcard. Then again, Rex Ryan....
Memo's are not rules. He can send out all the fucking memo's he wants.
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I posted the #SoundGate bit because I love the irony, not because I really give a shit. It is an actual rule though and the memo obviously was to remind everyone of the rule, so you're pretty fucking dumb.
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A Romo-less Cowboys team is not going to win on the road against the teams they need to for home field (read Green Bay), but yeah looking at their schedule its their home games that are going to test them (Seattle, New England) more while they have to rely on Weedon. I see them winning the division (how could they not in that shitshow?), but they are going to have to do it on the road in the playoffs. They are not a strong playoff team in the last two decades, especially under Romo. They basically beat a shitty eagles team and the Lions in that entire stretch, both at home in the Wild Card round. I don't see them winning a playoff game with a banged up (he is evidently not going to get surgery) Romo on the road. As I said, unless Weedon pulls a Flynn and wins a bunch of tough games in Romo's absence, the SB is very unlikely at this point.
Packers will be the front runners up until Sitton, Rogers, or Bulaga gets hurt, which is admittedly likely given our horrid conditioning people. McFatty will piss away a couple of winnable games, too. If the stars align and Seattle somehow gets home field, then they are the likely SB bound team. I don't think the Ravens will make it at this point, so I see NE going again, especially since they have learned they can get away with shit in exchange for a fine. No other team is going to beat NE at home in the snow.
A Romo-less Cowboys team is not going to win on the road against the teams they need to for home field (read Green Bay), but yeah looking at their schedule its their home games that are going to test them (Seattle, New England) more while they have to rely on Weedon. I see them winning the division (how could they not in that shitshow?), but they are going to have to do it on the road in the playoffs. They are not a strong playoff team in the last two decades, especially under Romo. They basically beat a shitty eagles team and the Lions in that entire stretch, both at home in the Wild Card round. I don't see them winning a playoff game with a banged up (he is evidently not going to get surgery) Romo on the road. As I said, unless Weedon pulls a Flynn and wins a bunch of tough games in Romo's absence, the SB is very unlikely at this point.
Packers will be the front runners up until Sitton, Rogers, or Bulaga gets hurt, which is admittedly likely given our horrid conditioning people. McFatty will piss away a couple of winnable games, too. If the stars align and Seattle somehow gets home field, then they are the likely SB bound team. I don't think the Ravens will make it at this point, so I see NE going again, especially since they have learned they can get away with shit in exchange for a fine. No other team is going to beat NE at home in the snow.
Good old Roger has tried to make policy with memo's before. I naturally assumed that he went overboard and was telling teams they couldn't do things they obviously could because that's how Roger operates. Just ask the Patriots about Roger's memo's on filming other teams.
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That would be a pretty impressive star alignment for this to happen. I still think we have a legitimate shot at the playoffs for sure. But for us to get homefield throughout at this point would take us going 13 - 1 and the Packers having a worse record than us so head to head tiebreaks don't decide it. That ain't happening.
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Dallas has a better team this year than they've ever had before. Their defense is playing outstanding and they're missing 3 of their best players. As long as they make it into the playoffs, then I'd say it comes down to them or Green Bay. Seattle looks like they're clearly on the decline so it's unlikely they make it back
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It does happen but not all that often:
Since realignment only 10 teams have managed it out of 107 to start 0-2. That's 9%. None have gone 0-3 and done it but getting just one win and going 1-2 can give you hope since 36/141 teams to start with that made the playoffs.
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Merrith
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I don't know how anyone could take the comment seriously given their 3 SB teams in the mid 90's.
Also, the debate on Flacco has been settled.http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13...e-once-all-nfl
Also, the debate on Flacco has been settled.http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13...e-once-all-nfl