NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread
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Phazael
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Hawks won't get in unless they run the table the rest of the year. Most of their losses are conference and divisional ones, which hurt a lot for tie breakers. At this point, I think you also have to consider the Rams as being in the running for the final WC for the same reasons. Of all the remaining contenders for the final WC spot, I do think the Hawks are the strongest team, but I would not go busting out the anointing oils right now. There is a lot of enthusiasm over having beaten a shittier version of themselves and they didn't exactly look amazing while doing it. The best hope for them is for Palmer to break his legs so they can pull a Giants and sneak in at 9-7 as division leaders, because I have a hard time envisioning them getting to ten wins when God let his chosen boy get sacked six times by one of the worst D-Lines in football.
Grimmlokk
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Motherfucker is the Cadillac of swears. It's like the star wipe in editing, why would you use anything else?
Fisher sometimes plays. It's pretty obvious to spot when he's out there because he'll always get called out for fucking something up.
Uber Uberest
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Look at every team's schedule, they all look like shit. The league is down and it is literally tomato can after tomato can for any team.
Brahma
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And that is what makes the NFL great...every shitbag team has a chance at winning the Super Bowl!
Phazael
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I think the Pats and Packers are both playing at a high level. The Broncos, Bengals, and Panthers are playing solid football. Just about everything else is either a crapshoot or complete shit show at this point. The major difference is that the gap between the top and middle of the pack is as vast as it has been in recent years and a couple of teams at or near the top have been gifted ludicrously easy schedules. I love to hate on the Hawks, but the fact is that even if that Detroit shit had been called correctly, most of their losses did come from undefeated teams. And if I am being brutally honest, the Packers will be facing a team with a winning record for the first time all season when they travel to Denver next week. That game and the eventual Asterisks vs Bungles showdowns will probably clear up where teams really stand. Right now, all we know is that the five undefeated teams have mostly just beaten up a bunch of sub .500 squads.
The Packers and Pats do look really good right now. We'll see what happens down the stretch though. Denver and Carolina are certainly quite mortal, even looking bad despite their records. Then you always have the shit divisions that could send a winner to the playoffs that gets hot in their last few games and runs the table.
Right now it does feel that NFL is trending more towards shit vs shit with only a few teams managing to remain at the top of the pack consistently. This year for whatever reason feels like the gap has widened.
Right now it does feel that NFL is trending more towards shit vs shit with only a few teams managing to remain at the top of the pack consistently. This year for whatever reason feels like the gap has widened.
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Alex
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The Bengals look exponentially better than the Broncos. I think the Pats are the obvious #1 team at the moment. But they haven't beaten anyone worth anything yet either. I also think you're leaving Arizona and Pittsburgh off the list of good teams. When Ben comes back that offense could very well be the #1 offense in the league.
But yeah, the parity isn't really there this year. And each division except for two (if we count the Jets in the AFCE) only has one good team - so a lot of them aren't even playing each other.
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I don't think there's a clear top team. Packers, Patriots, and Bengals look good, but there have been some fucking tight games for all of them. The Broncos are basically a mediocre offense, that should on paper be top 5, with an amazing defense. It's kind of like the Seahawks in previous years except you have deep ball threats and an immobile quarterback instead of a nimbly-bimbly pass tosser with a beast of a running back.
Ain't no one gonna go undefeated this season. All these teams are going to have their day. I'm thinking best team record is maybe 1 team at 14-2 and the other 2 at 13-3 or 12-4.
I kind of hope Geno Smith goes to the Superbowl and wins with the Jets just for the laffs.
Ain't no one gonna go undefeated this season. All these teams are going to have their day. I'm thinking best team record is maybe 1 team at 14-2 and the other 2 at 13-3 or 12-4.
I kind of hope Geno Smith goes to the Superbowl and wins with the Jets just for the laffs.
Phazael
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Up until Rivers racked up 500 yards on us last week, I felt the Packers were the top team due to having better defense and a more diverse passing game than "pick play to Amendola", but I think all the vanilla schemes to prepare for late season have dulled our edge and the major McCarthy midseason nap has not happened yet. While they have not really beaten anyone worth a shit on defense, the Pats are the obvious top consistent performer at the moment. They only have one real test left and the Bengals are known for imploding in big games, so I don't expect anything to be difficult for them until the playoffs. Packers have the inside track to be top seed, but there are several very losable games left and that's without taking the yearly McCarthy meltdown into account.
Arizona is not a good team. Good teams do not drop back to back games the way they did. They look really good against teams with shitty defenses, which happens to be most of the league this year. They are already in a position where it looks like they might not take their division. They ran it up against weak opponents, but (like many others) started looking very average when they came up against a decent defense.
Ben will not make that offense the number one in the league, especially with that turnstile collection they call an O-Line. I know Vick is a sub par passer, but Big Ben is not some field general that can make up for their shortcomings the way a Brady, Rodgers, or even Newton can. Of all the teams with issues, they are in the best position to recover, though, thanks to a mostly soft schedule left and only one in division loss to this point. That secondary has got to get better if they are going to challenge the Bungles for the division, let alone make any kind of noise in the playoffs. Frankly, the AFC playoff gauntlet is looking a lot rougher than the NFC one this year and all the top teams have solid passing games. Not exactly ideal for the Yinzers.
Jets are a big question mark for me as well, especially since they were one bonehead play away from being undefeated. But on the other hand, their schedule has actually softer than the Packers or Pats has been so far, so it could be another Atlanta situation. No fucking clue on that one. With all the mediocrity (esp at QB and OLine) its so hard to gage this season.
Arizona is not a good team. Good teams do not drop back to back games the way they did. They look really good against teams with shitty defenses, which happens to be most of the league this year. They are already in a position where it looks like they might not take their division. They ran it up against weak opponents, but (like many others) started looking very average when they came up against a decent defense.
Ben will not make that offense the number one in the league, especially with that turnstile collection they call an O-Line. I know Vick is a sub par passer, but Big Ben is not some field general that can make up for their shortcomings the way a Brady, Rodgers, or even Newton can. Of all the teams with issues, they are in the best position to recover, though, thanks to a mostly soft schedule left and only one in division loss to this point. That secondary has got to get better if they are going to challenge the Bungles for the division, let alone make any kind of noise in the playoffs. Frankly, the AFC playoff gauntlet is looking a lot rougher than the NFC one this year and all the top teams have solid passing games. Not exactly ideal for the Yinzers.
Jets are a big question mark for me as well, especially since they were one bonehead play away from being undefeated. But on the other hand, their schedule has actually softer than the Packers or Pats has been so far, so it could be another Atlanta situation. No fucking clue on that one. With all the mediocrity (esp at QB and OLine) its so hard to gage this season.
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NFC South hit the jackpot this year and plays the AFC South and NFC East, arguably the two worst divisions in the NFL.
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I really think some of you are getting far too harsh on the undefeated teams. Every year the top teams lose some games and have some bad games against poor teams. One or two games doesn't define any team.
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Obnoxious Seahawks fan on my facebook posted this after the game :
Not looking for Facebook drama so I will rebut it here: Beating a 2-4 team with a QB who is terrified of your defense due to past trauma while letting your quarterback take 37 sacks is not really a sign of a real world beater.