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Official 2011 NFL Season Thread
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how amazing have these early games been? my Pick Ems are screwed, but I'm happy to see so many match-ups go until the 4th quarter or OT. the average person surmises that the game of footbaw is brutish, uncouth, and without any strategy or tact whatsoever. however, the game of footbaw (while being entertainingly brutish), is also a chess-match where strategy means just as much as brute strength. the biggest example of this is during those close 4th quarter games or OT, when footbaw is even more a showcase of a cat-and-mouse strategy
New England got stunned by the Buffalo Bills! somewhere near the Niagra Falls, GenericMind is cuming buckets of satisfaction. but this time not on any barely legal ass, but on his coffee table, right in front of his television. I can't believe the Bills are 3-0, with a victory over their heated rivals, New England
I thought that the Detroit Lions, fast becoming one of my most favorite teams to watch/root for this season, were over in their first divisional game against Minnesota. I think they were down something like 21-0 before they game back to take the game in OT. the NFL's OT set-up is still second-fiddle to genius OT set-up of college footbaw (perhaps the only thing the NCAA has done right, eh?). however, Matt Stafford is a beautiful QB with an even more beautiful arm, and he hooked up beautifully for a huge chunk of yardage to set up the game-winning FG in OT. go Detroit! Robo-cop would be oh so proud
perhaps most impressive were the Cleveland Browns, led by Colt McCoy. the Browns had to to run their two-minute drill to score a TD to win against the visiting Dolphins. the Dolphins can't seem to win against the Browns, and they lost in the final seconds as Colt engineered a very precise two-minute drill for the game winning TD. it was great to see such a former downtrodden stadium + fans start absolutely RAWKIN during this win. the City of Cleveland needs the Browns to be good. and CLE's tourist motto "WE'RE NOT DETROIT!!" wouldn't ring as true if the Detroit Lions finally got good while Cleveland stayed stuck in the mire
Cinci against San Fran was close, and although Cinci has been five times better than how I pictured them to be this early, this game came to the wire. SF Coach Harbaugh implemented superior coaching in his close win, actually taking a self-inflicted safety on purpose to secure a win against the Bengals. some would be confused by this, but 49ers could give up two points and they would much rather perform a safety-punt-off instead of punting the ball to the Bengals, where they could score a TD. see? whomever said the game of footbaw is for knuckle-draggers?
Carolina VS Jax was a great game, with Jax's Blaine Gabbert coming out a bit and showing us he has some skill for an underdeveloped rookie. it was nice to see a fellow rookie QB in Carolina's Cam Newton battle it out close, but it was even better to see a stat-jacking Cam Newton get his first W
the Eagles game. what else to say than it's great to see Philly lose again. also, it seems as if we all underestimated the NY Giants. I know we have some G-Men fans here, or we did, and they must be happy. I bet Philly is scratching their ass over that 100 billion dollar contract to Mike Vick now, eh?
Bears VS the Pack should be good
and I get to see a brilliant night game of the Steelers VS an impotent Colts team! there is nothing better than watching the Steelers go up against a crippled/untalented footbaw team. why? because like last weekend, the Steelers do raep and when they raep they raep pretty damn hard and long and entertainingly. I can't wait to see Steelers DC Dick LeBeau implement some of his gorgeous and ingenious blitzes coming from every way against Kerry Collins, the Colts QB. I almost feel bad for Kerry Collins... this night game could get U-G-L-Y
New England got stunned by the Buffalo Bills! somewhere near the Niagra Falls, GenericMind is cuming buckets of satisfaction. but this time not on any barely legal ass, but on his coffee table, right in front of his television. I can't believe the Bills are 3-0, with a victory over their heated rivals, New England
I thought that the Detroit Lions, fast becoming one of my most favorite teams to watch/root for this season, were over in their first divisional game against Minnesota. I think they were down something like 21-0 before they game back to take the game in OT. the NFL's OT set-up is still second-fiddle to genius OT set-up of college footbaw (perhaps the only thing the NCAA has done right, eh?). however, Matt Stafford is a beautiful QB with an even more beautiful arm, and he hooked up beautifully for a huge chunk of yardage to set up the game-winning FG in OT. go Detroit! Robo-cop would be oh so proud
perhaps most impressive were the Cleveland Browns, led by Colt McCoy. the Browns had to to run their two-minute drill to score a TD to win against the visiting Dolphins. the Dolphins can't seem to win against the Browns, and they lost in the final seconds as Colt engineered a very precise two-minute drill for the game winning TD. it was great to see such a former downtrodden stadium + fans start absolutely RAWKIN during this win. the City of Cleveland needs the Browns to be good. and CLE's tourist motto "WE'RE NOT DETROIT!!" wouldn't ring as true if the Detroit Lions finally got good while Cleveland stayed stuck in the mire
Cinci against San Fran was close, and although Cinci has been five times better than how I pictured them to be this early, this game came to the wire. SF Coach Harbaugh implemented superior coaching in his close win, actually taking a self-inflicted safety on purpose to secure a win against the Bengals. some would be confused by this, but 49ers could give up two points and they would much rather perform a safety-punt-off instead of punting the ball to the Bengals, where they could score a TD. see? whomever said the game of footbaw is for knuckle-draggers?
Carolina VS Jax was a great game, with Jax's Blaine Gabbert coming out a bit and showing us he has some skill for an underdeveloped rookie. it was nice to see a fellow rookie QB in Carolina's Cam Newton battle it out close, but it was even better to see a stat-jacking Cam Newton get his first W
the Eagles game. what else to say than it's great to see Philly lose again. also, it seems as if we all underestimated the NY Giants. I know we have some G-Men fans here, or we did, and they must be happy. I bet Philly is scratching their ass over that 100 billion dollar contract to Mike Vick now, eh?
Bears VS the Pack should be good
and I get to see a brilliant night game of the Steelers VS an impotent Colts team! there is nothing better than watching the Steelers go up against a crippled/untalented footbaw team. why? because like last weekend, the Steelers do raep and when they raep they raep pretty damn hard and long and entertainingly. I can't wait to see Steelers DC Dick LeBeau implement some of his gorgeous and ingenious blitzes coming from every way against Kerry Collins, the Colts QB. I almost feel bad for Kerry Collins... this night game could get U-G-L-Y
welcome to the new NFL, buddy. you can thank Roger GODdell for that. teams like my team, the Steelers, are going to be the way of the past. James Harrison was right, what a fag!!
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I want Tony Sparano FIRED! I want his administration FIRED! I want their offices burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON THE ASHES!
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I wish Texans vs Saints would have been on around here. It seems to have went exactly how I figured it would though (high scoring Texans get an early lead, Drew Brees leads Saints to comeback) .
Like you were saying axl, this is the new NFL and heavy hitting safeties are on the way out. The Texans essentially have four CBs and this seems to be the way forward. I would have picked them to win if they were not up against Drew Brees. Out are the days of the linebacker-esque safeties, in are the days of speedy pass coverage guys. And it sucks.
Like you were saying axl, this is the new NFL and heavy hitting safeties are on the way out. The Texans essentially have four CBs and this seems to be the way forward. I would have picked them to win if they were not up against Drew Brees. Out are the days of the linebacker-esque safeties, in are the days of speedy pass coverage guys. And it sucks.
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Rams got hammered today, but i'm not going to be a pussy finger pointer - they just got their asses whipped.
NFL kicks ass, great day of football!
It will kick even more ass if Indy can some how find a way to beat Steelers tonight
NFL kicks ass, great day of football!
It will kick even more ass if Indy can some how find a way to beat Steelers tonight
GenericMind
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GenericMind
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I didn't ask for your life story. The bills beat the patriots fair and square. The game was amazing.
^ it was a great game and the bills had a great win. 3-0, top of the division - this must all be very new to you, gm 
ryan fitzpatrick is my fantasy qb - i hope he keeps racking up big wins.
alasdair
ryan fitzpatrick is my fantasy qb - i hope he keeps racking up big wins.
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Blow me, Ryan Fitzpatrick. What a hunk.
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well that Indianapolis VS Steelers game was far more exciting than I originally planned it to be. I'm still amazed that the Colts shut down Pittsburgh's run-game so effectively. I wasn't amazed in the fact that Freeney and Mathis were on Big Ben's jock all game, that's usually what has happened when teams with good pass-rushers square off against this horrible offensive line of Pitt
it looks like another OT is down and out for Pittsburgh. Coach Mike Tomlin had to have been ready to be on the verge of putting in some defensive linemen over to the offensive line. it's scary to have a patch-work O-line so early in the season. but it's nothing new for me to deal with as a Steelers fan. this detriment is so crippling, yet year in and year out the Steelers find some way to win in spite of their O-line woes (last season was a good red-letter example to my point)
gotta love Troy Polamalu. he still is one of the most fun players to watch in the NFL's entirety. you can't front on that
it looks like another OT is down and out for Pittsburgh. Coach Mike Tomlin had to have been ready to be on the verge of putting in some defensive linemen over to the offensive line. it's scary to have a patch-work O-line so early in the season. but it's nothing new for me to deal with as a Steelers fan. this detriment is so crippling, yet year in and year out the Steelers find some way to win in spite of their O-line woes (last season was a good red-letter example to my point)
gotta love Troy Polamalu. he still is one of the most fun players to watch in the NFL's entirety. you can't front on that
Methadone84
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Roddy White and Julio Jones = Best WR Tandem in the league no question
They both will get over 1000 yards this year
Roddy White had 140 yards n Julio had 115
yeah we lost but everyone played good besides our shitty offensive line thats our ONLY weakness WE NEED TO GET THAT SHIT SETTLED
if we had good o-line we wouldnt lose a game
They both will get over 1000 yards this year
Roddy White had 140 yards n Julio had 115
yeah we lost but everyone played good besides our shitty offensive line thats our ONLY weakness WE NEED TO GET THAT SHIT SETTLED
if we had good o-line we wouldnt lose a game
GenericMind
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Haha jk. Nothing but hearts for you alasdair. I was on my 800th celebratory beer and was ready to fist fight any non bills fan last night 
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methadone, i want to hug you. yesterday hurt.
congrats GM. that was a great fucking win.
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Tony Sparano
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In his defense, he has fucked up corneas from getting hot french fry grease in his eyes while working at some restaurant, and from what I hear looks like a mutant without them.
That is the only defense I have for Tony Sparano.
Fire that motherfucker in a fire.
I honestly don't know how you can find defense, punting on every drive and running between the tackles on every play more entertaining than west coast style offense football. To me there is nothing more frustrating to watch than an inept quarterback that the defense doesn't have to fear, so they stack the box on every play causing 0-3 yard gains every time and single digit scoring at the end of the game. Yes the pats and bills have sub-par defenses, but give Fitzpatrick and Brady credit, they are very accurate. They will put up big numbers even against elite defenses.
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It's not that I like stalled drives and running up the middle on every play (I don't). I just like to see balanced teams. I like to see receivers blocking for run plays and the run game setting up play-action pass. I like to see defenses make big plays and present a challenge to the opposing offense, and use complex blitz schemes (like the Steelers for example). There's so much more strategy in the game IMO when it's not just about running around receivers until they get open all the time.
Big victory for the G-Men yesterday, over division rivals Eagles. Watching the Giants beat the Eagles is just as good as watching them beat Dallas, but with the other Steve Smith's choice to play for the Eagles this year, I enjoyed this victory a little more.
It was great watching Victor Cruz finally play well in a regular season game, and hopefully that gave him the confidence he needs to play like that week to week. He made that TD catch over the 2 defenders, as the ball wasn't delivered that well. His other touchdown should have just been a short gain, but due to poor tackling and the defenders running into each other, he was able to take advantage of the situation. Both Jacobs and Bradshaw had touchdowns, and I like seeing Jacobs get a TD here and there to keep him happy.
I guess that I am rooting for the Redskins to beat the Cowboys tonight, since I really despise the Cowboys and love watching them lose in their ridiculous new stadium, although a loss for the Redskins may help the Giants' chances at a playoff birth. It is still too soon to say, but the Giants really need to do well during the first half of their season since the second half looks pretty tough for them.
Edit: Cowboys won. It's far easier seeing that they won, then watching the game and seeing them win.
It was great watching Victor Cruz finally play well in a regular season game, and hopefully that gave him the confidence he needs to play like that week to week. He made that TD catch over the 2 defenders, as the ball wasn't delivered that well. His other touchdown should have just been a short gain, but due to poor tackling and the defenders running into each other, he was able to take advantage of the situation. Both Jacobs and Bradshaw had touchdowns, and I like seeing Jacobs get a TD here and there to keep him happy.
I guess that I am rooting for the Redskins to beat the Cowboys tonight, since I really despise the Cowboys and love watching them lose in their ridiculous new stadium, although a loss for the Redskins may help the Giants' chances at a playoff birth. It is still too soon to say, but the Giants really need to do well during the first half of their season since the second half looks pretty tough for them.
Edit: Cowboys won. It's far easier seeing that they won, then watching the game and seeing them win.
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