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the 2014/2015 nfl thread v. R U RDY 4 SUM FOOTBAW?

eagles defense is tied for 2nd in sacks and 1st in forced fumbles

cowboys are going doooooown

stats schmats though, its all about getting plays when it matters most. a well timed sack can completely change a situation, and when you are in close games you cant rely on "well we've held people to xxx ypg through the season so that means we will do it this game as well"

you still have to do it. the eagles make plays, they just give up some plays too. but that's just the nfl anymore. its all about when you make and give up plays

they also lead the league in solo tackles which means they are: A- on the field too much, B- put in situations where they are in man-to-man a lot, and as a result, C- I have no idea where im going with this. but they can tackle pretty good
 
detroit gets a lot of penalties iirc

special teams, penalties, MISSED FIELD GOALS

all go into the hidden yardage shibe

Cody Parkey is 8/9. pretty sure thats more fgs than the lions have made as a team this year and theyve played 1 more game

now take what I just said and apply it to the previous stats

twerk

ok so they dont get a lot of penalties. but im not buying the defense yet.
 
Eagles actually don't have a very good defense. Those sack rankings are a little off, but it doesn't matter because the Eagles' strength doesn't rely on their defense. They're offensive beasts. That's way more exciting than being a defensively strong team anyway imo. The Eagles are really exciting to watch. A lot more so than my team.
 
GenericMind said:
Eagles actually don't have a very good defense. Those sack rankings are a little off, but it doesn't matter because the Eagles' strength doesn't rely on their defense. They're offensive beasts. That's way more exciting than being a defensively strong team anyway imo. The Eagles are really exciting to watch. A lot more so than my team.
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You say that but it is not the reason the eagles are 5-1. The defence is certainly underrated, but at the same time frustratingly mediocre, so more specifically the d line is underrated and conor barwin is having a great year, among other good players. Im not sure i know enough to understand why so many easy yards are given up on the pass, but williams and fletcher seem to be fucking miles away from the receiver too much of the time, giving far too much time to catch and make a play, neither of them should be on the team further than this season . having said that, cant wait for rest of the season to see how this turns out and how many more gears there are to go through on both sides of the ball

and to the above, yeh that alex henery should never have stepped on the field for detroit, terrible kicker
 
idk im a personal proponent of the bend-dont-break defense

they are relatively mediocre on defense. any team that starte bradley fletcher at cb will have issues

but they make plays. remember when Jairus Byrd was the best free agent safety? Malcolm Jenkins definitely did

their best linebacker hasnt played a game yet. the offense has also had its bad moments which makes the defense have to be on the field more only without a lead like much of last year.

you basically just proved my point of them being underrated. so the rams put up 28 pts on them. they also just beat seattle.

by way of special teams. and the eagles have one of the best if not the best special teams from top to bottom in the league. Brandon Boykin is on the screen before the ball is 9/10 punts. Sproles can pop off a 20+ yd return out of nothing.

just wait until the playoffs. and the Eagles WILL make the playoffs. I cant say that about either the Bills or Lions
 
I actually thought Jarius Byrd was overrated in FA, and that's coming from a guy who really liked him. For the amount he was asking and how much I liked Aaron Williams as Safety for the Bills, I was fine with letting Byrd walk. And in hindsight it looks like one of the smartest moves they've made in awhile.

I still believe that if the Bills had kept Byrd, Byrd and Williams would have been by far the best safety tandem in the league. I'm sure most non-Bills fans don't even know who Aaron Williams is but he's become my second favorite player on the team behind Freddie Jackson. He's 4 years younger than Byrd, plays hard, hits hard, was signed to a long-term deal at like a fourth of the price as Byrd, and is quietly having one of the best seasons for a safety in the league so far according to ProFootBallFocus.com who ranks every play of every player every game, throughout the whole league.
 
yeh i do agree subutai they do make plays and i do like a big majority of the people they put on the field going forward, getting kendricks back will be nice too
 
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Bring on san diego
 
alasdairm said:
i'll bet. i'm not one of these s&g pussies who doesn't believe in his team (or, worse, takes a bet then welshes when he loses).

november 30th. it's on. a one-week avatar bet?

that is st. andrews day, btw. so you're double-fucked.

eddie lacy was a huge cornerstone of my fantasy team last year so i'll be hoping to snag him again which will rule/suck.

:)

alasdair
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Found it..
 
it's the start of the end, dwe...

chargers are sliding fast down all the rankings after a home loss to the 2-3 division rival chiefs. bleacher report has them at 8th place (behind the patriots now :) )

alasdair
 
^ maybe not br specifically but you're always touting rankings. now that your chargers are sliding down the rankings, they're no longer relevant?

what a fucking surprise.

alasdair
 
a better comparison is the offense vs. defense matchup:

sd pass offense (6th) vs. (18th) den pass defense
sd run offense (29th) vs. (3rd) den run defense

sd pass defense (3rd) vs. (3rd) den pass offense
sd run defense (13th) vs. (25th) den run offense

either way, the chargers are getting creamed.

creamed. chargers. geddit!

:)

alasdair
 
The Chargers offense and defense ranks have been padded due to their weak schedule so far imo. On paper it looks like the Chargers have the better defense, but I'd put Denver's ahead of them.
 
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