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correct, perhaps a tad bit immature. specially because the Green Bay defense is top 4 in the league status (Pit, Bal, NYJ if wondering).

however, this is the NFL. things move at an extremely fast pace.

fwiw - I think Vick should be starting, and I disagree and think that Kolb will never be a great QB. maybe he will get some numbers but that's because he's in a pass-happy Eagles offensive attack
 
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smotpoker said:
I was most pleased with the Bengals yesterday. It makes me laugh to hear people say the AFC north is the Steelers and Ravens division. Cincinnati is 7-0 against the AFC north this season and last.Why suddenly after they have a better team than last year they are no longer considered to win it again is beyond me.

They got off to a horrible start against N.E and shut down Flacco and the Ravens yesterday.

Oh yeah and Vick still sucks. Hopefully he will have a career ending injury soon. That would make me so happy.
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Wether they are a better team than last year remains to be seen.

The reason why the Steelers and RAvens are still put infont of the bengals is because of history and one good season isnt enough.

Sweeping the division the year before doesnt mean anything. Neither do division titles. When you bengals fans going to realize that? Your team and organization is NOTHING until it wins a superbowl. Until then you are on a less level than Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Sorry thats just the way it is.

Win a playoff game and we can talk some more.
 
I don't think you can underrate sweeping the division. as Steelers fans, we take sweeping the AFC North (or coming close) for granted. it was a BIG deal for Cincinnati to sweep last year - it assures a decent playoff spot.

they did beat the Ravens last game, which was impressive. I think that the Ravens should have and would have won if Joe Flacco had not had such a horrible game. however, that's why they play football.

it will be hard for the Steelers to win the division because they play Baltimore without their star QB. I don't know if their defense can elevate the team past the Ravens, because the Ravens have an equally impressive defense.

just watch out when Ben Raptisburger comes back! hot damn, Pittsburgh will be all set if they can put up even a couple TDs with that D.

that being said, I am predicting an early Superbowl: Steelers VS Packers. Packers will have the #2 seed and Steelers will have the #5 seed.

other teams I am impressed with this early: Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, and the Chicago Bears (Mike Martz ftw).

Saints look good, but neither their offense or defensive is as impressive as last year. I predict they will lose in the NFC championship
 
I don't know if the Steelers make the bowl, but they look damn good this year on defense. When Ben comes back, you guys may look like the best team in the league. The playoffs are just so unpredictable. But the Steelers run and defense model has carried them to the bowl many times before.

How about them Dolphins. I can't believe how much this team has turned around on defense. Vontae Davis will challenge Darell Revis and Nhamdi for best CB in the league pretty soon. I'm sure everybody saw his highlight reel. Monster hits, great pass breakups, and a juggling interception.
 
2-0 in my fantasy league so far. This is my first year doing it and its alot of fun.

Pretty dissapointed as a 49ers fan though. Such strong team, yet they start out 0-2. They're really gonna need to kick ass down the stretch to make the playoffs. At least we're in a division with the rams/cards/seahawks all of which are having pretty bad starts too, so not all is lost.

Oh, and troy polamalu is a fucking BEAST.
 
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axl blaze said:
I don't think you can underrate sweeping the division. as Steelers fans, we take sweeping the AFC North (or coming close) for granted. it was a BIG deal for Cincinnati to sweep last year - it assures a decent playoff spot.

they did beat the Ravens last game, which was impressive. I think that the Ravens should have and would have won if Joe Flacco had not had such a horrible game. however, that's why they play football.

it will be hard for the Steelers to win the division because they play Baltimore without their star QB. I don't know if their defense can elevate the team past the Ravens, because the Ravens have an equally impressive defense.

just watch out when Ben Raptisburger comes back! hot damn, Pittsburgh will be all set if they can put up even a couple TDs with that D.

that being said, I am predicting an early Superbowl: Steelers VS Packers. Packers will have the #2 seed and Steelers will have the #5 seed.

other teams I am impressed with this early: Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, and the Chicago Bears (Mike Martz ftw).

Saints look good, but neither their offense or defensive is as impressive as last year. I predict they will lose in the NFC championship
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I see it this way: Either your team has a legitimate shot at the superbowl or it doesnt. Im not sure what sweeping the division means if you dont win a playoff game.

Steelers can win the division easy.. they are allready 1 game up on every team. They probably wont have to sweep the division to do it.

Also the bengals were lucky to beat Baltimore. Horrible penalties called on the ravens after they stopped Cinci on third down gave the bengals 6 points in that game. That win was hardly impressive.

Im not going to predict the steelers in a superbowl as its is early but when ben gets back they will probably on a different level than the ravens or bengals.
 
I watched the same Bengals game and the penalities were legit. Although a rare penalty, tripping is a legit penalty and the Ravens were guilty of it.

Besides, you can't blame an entire loss on a couple penalties (see Miami-OSU from 2003). It's a 4 quarter game.

I never once claimed the Bengals would win the superbowl (at least not without sarcasm). All I said was they have the same team back from last year plus a better tight end and T.O. By that logic, they should be an improved team.
They simply weren't prepared for N.E and if you watched the 2nd half of that game they actualll outplayed N.E in the second half.

The Steelers are very fortunute to be 2-0 without Rapelesburger. In all honesty I think it's a toss up between Cincy, Pitt and Bal. Sorry Cleveland, while you didn't get blown out either game, and you could easily be 2-0, it's not gonna happen.

WHO DEY !!!!
 
I still love watching Vick play, shoot me sports fans.

smotpoker, you are right. the AFC North is tough and perhaps the toughest division in football. while I don't think the Steelers will win the division, I think they should accumulate enough momentum in December and into the playoffs to have a good run (as per usual).

the Dolphins are a great surprise. Miami teams have usually been my Number 2s, and despite my hatred for Chad Henne, their defense looks AWESOME.

this is the year of defensive football. I love it. nothing makes me happier, in fact
 
smotpoker said:
I watched the same Bengals game and the penalities were legit. Although a rare penalty, tripping is a legit penalty and the Ravens were guilty of it.

Besides, you can't blame an entire loss on a couple penalties (see Miami-OSU from 2003). It's a 4 quarter game.

I never once claimed the Bengals would win the superbowl (at least not without sarcasm). All I said was they have the same team back from last year plus a better tight end and T.O. By that logic, they should be an improved team.
They simply weren't prepared for N.E and if you watched the 2nd half of that game they actualll outplayed N.E in the second half.

The Steelers are very fortunute to be 2-0 without Rapelesburger. In all honesty I think it's a toss up between Cincy, Pitt and Bal. Sorry Cleveland, while you didn't get blown out either game, and you could easily be 2-0, it's not gonna happen.

WHO DEY !!!!
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Ah.. a bengals fans thinks the ray lews tripping penalty was legit.. im amazed...8)
 
the late hit penalty on the Ravens WAS NOT legit. the ref even came out after the game and said it was the wrong call.

tripping, it could go either way. Ray Ray could have meant to do it, he could have not meant to do it. it was a call that could have logistically gone either way.

I despise the means the league has taken to protect the QB in the last half of the decade
 
I'm not sure whether it's bias or stupidity, or a combination of both, by how is it not CLEAR that the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS are the team to beat in the AFC?

They RUN AWAY with their division virtually every year, clinch the #1 seed by Mid-December semi-regularly, and have the greatest record this past decade of any NFL team EVER (in ANY decade) because they have the greatest player of all time playing BY FAR the most important position in the sport.

They lost perennial pro-bowl RB Eddegrin James - no problem.

They lost perennial pro-bowl AND future Hall Of Famer WR Marvin Harrison - no problem.

After ALL of these years, it still seems that some people STILL fail to grasp the fact that Peyton Manning is to football what Magic Johnson was to basketball - he made very very good players APPEAR to be GREAT.

PLUS . . . they ARE the defending conference champs.

So, I ask you predictors of the Steelers/Patriots/Ravens/Others to win the AFC - why on Earth would you believe that any PARTICULAR one of those teams would (NOT "could" - WOULD) beat the Colts in a play-off game?

I mean - other than your obvious anti-Colts and/or pro-your favorite team bias?
 
theotherside26 said:

^^^Because my team, the Texans, put the hurt on them to start the season.........need any more reasons?
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Yes.

I need A LOT of more reasons.

"Your" team, the Texans, have NEVER so much as MADE THE PLAY-OFFS!

Are they improved this year from their perennial mediocrity?

Probably so.

Did they win ONE SOLITARY *REGULAR SEASON* *HOME* GAME over the Colts?

Yes - congrats on not blowing a 17-point lead in the closing minutes to the Colts for the THIRD time in just over a year.

You want to wager on who will go further in the play-offs - the TExans or the Colts?

Name the stakes.

I'll start a fund tomorrow to cover a multi-billion dollar bet, if you're that deluded.
 
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