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The Official 2012 NFL Thread v. All aboard the Kaepernick bandwagon!
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hahaha, yeah that statement took more false tone during the events after half-time... still, for the Browns losing 16-17 to the (annually) vaunted Eagles, who should be contending for a Super Bowl (lol), it's not looking as bad as it's been before in Cleveland. they've got the run game...
but what surprised me the most during Philly's edging of Cleveland, is that the Browns had attitude - dare I say it, sass-ttitude - during their season-opening home loss. defensively speaking, the last couple years the Browns would get pushed around in the box time and time again, which is bullshit on a team from the AFC North. however, say what you will about the Eagles and their "Super Bowls," the Philadelphia Eagles will be running an offense, at you, guided by the dangerous (in all ways) Mike Vick...
on the subject of the Eagles, I think that their franchise-longest tenured HC Andy Reid, is above average. gasp! well come on... we all know that Reid isn't as bad as the Philly media might say (no matter how hilarious their NFL Political Cartoons with the coach turn up!). Reid actually made Donovan McNabb - I liked McNabb in his hey-day, but I feel like many teams would have caused him to implode far earlier in his career... without Andy Reid there would be no commercials of Chunky Soup, gracing McNabb's mug, I bet!
also I think Andy Reid's son died during the off-season? OverDose, I'm guessing - because I've read around that his two sons are hard-core druggies. just imagine having that "Chunky Soup money" in such an open-aired... and laissez-faire market that is the City of Brotherly Love... actually, I think the other Reid son got straight and now owns a dealership or something
however, my condolences to Andy Reid. he gets enough shit flung at him already, and he usually rolls with the punches (or handfuls of flying shit, in this case). it's the most unnatural, horrendous act to bury your own child - I'm sure
dude Akers is a machine. your FG kicker has such supreme length. I mean, most NFL kickers should be hitting those 35 yard field goals via clockwork... but David Akers has an unyielding range that is twice as long...
so let me get this straight, Care. your team is loaded with Super-Star talent from the offense, defense, to special teams (Akers + Ginn = wtf?). the 49ers even have a good enough coach, despite him cut from that twitty Harbaugh cloth, even. all the 9ers need is a QB that has that certain element... a Je ne sais quoi, if you will pardon my French during (superior) American chatter
take my guy at QB... Big Ben. with that REAL protection from a REAL O-Line, he would have won twice as many SBs... hell, even Payton Manning would have won 2 Lombardis, instead of just 1, before retiring
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Donovan McNabb was a great QB when he ran around and made plays with his feet.
But that all stopped because he didnt want to be known as a "running quarterback"
like dude, you are not accurate enough to be known as a pocket passer, he threw more balls at
the knees than any other QB ive watched who went to the playoffs.
Id say Brian Westbrook made his career more than anyone. All McNabb did was dump like 2 yard screen passes to him and he'd get a bunch of YAC. That was seriously their bread and butter until TO came because they had no deep threat.
2004 was it man, they had the best team that year I still believe, just not the best QB and Coach
But that all stopped because he didnt want to be known as a "running quarterback"
like dude, you are not accurate enough to be known as a pocket passer, he threw more balls at
the knees than any other QB ive watched who went to the playoffs.
Id say Brian Westbrook made his career more than anyone. All McNabb did was dump like 2 yard screen passes to him and he'd get a bunch of YAC. That was seriously their bread and butter until TO came because they had no deep threat.
2004 was it man, they had the best team that year I still believe, just not the best QB and Coach
eh, I'm impressed by Philly but honestly I hate their style of defense, and their Defensive Co-Ordinator. I used spend a lot of time at the Defensive End position, and stretching the D-end out to a 9 technique, angled inside, is foolish imo in the NFL
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its the ideal frontrunning team
if they go up fast the other team has to pass and they can go to town on the other QB. I thought they played the run extremely well today though which is what killed them last year, and DeMeco Ryans looked like what he was supposed to look like. Kurt Coleman got LIT UP by Trent Richardson though, knocked his helmet off.
Next week against Baltimore should be a good game though, and will probably get a decent split in the pick em thread
if they go up fast the other team has to pass and they can go to town on the other QB. I thought they played the run extremely well today though which is what killed them last year, and DeMeco Ryans looked like what he was supposed to look like. Kurt Coleman got LIT UP by Trent Richardson though, knocked his helmet off.
Next week against Baltimore should be a good game though, and will probably get a decent split in the pick em thread
Andy lee was the best punter in the league last year aswell.
Yea the team really is prety stacked. Moss, Davis, Crabtree and Manningham as receivers with Jacobs Hunter and Gore running it will be lethal. Defense is the best in the NFL and Smith was 20 of 26 with 211 yards and 2 TDs. Smiths low passing yards is a result of our lethal running game. He doesnt turn the ball over and provides a legitimate passing threat with his new weapons. The 49ers are going to be scary good this year. I will be surprised if they are not a high playoff seed in the NFC.
Yea the team really is prety stacked. Moss, Davis, Crabtree and Manningham as receivers with Jacobs Hunter and Gore running it will be lethal. Defense is the best in the NFL and Smith was 20 of 26 with 211 yards and 2 TDs. Smiths low passing yards is a result of our lethal running game. He doesnt turn the ball over and provides a legitimate passing threat with his new weapons. The 49ers are going to be scary good this year. I will be surprised if they are not a high playoff seed in the NFC.
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Refs are calling a shitty game tonight. These replacement guys need to step their game up.
I hope Manning gets taken down and put on IR even though I don't like the Steelers.
Pittsburg just danced into the lead. Defenses aren't looking so hot today, across the league.
Man im so glad I picked up David Ackers on one of my fantasy teams. That kick was amazing.
I hope Manning gets taken down and put on IR even though I don't like the Steelers.
Pittsburg just danced into the lead. Defenses aren't looking so hot today, across the league.
Man im so glad I picked up David Ackers on one of my fantasy teams. That kick was amazing.
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yo Care Im not trying to shit on your team because they are good but if you look at their offense person by person the Eagles have better players at all the skill positions
besides Tight End, but Brent Celek is a good receiver he just has to stay and block on a lot of plays. Not quite Vernon Davis though, but id say he is a better blocker
besides Tight End, but Brent Celek is a good receiver he just has to stay and block on a lot of plays. Not quite Vernon Davis though, but id say he is a better blocker
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feels bad man
glad i was outta town playing softball and just followed pkay by play on a phone instead of watching it
w/e rams have defense, finnegan/jenkins are solid in the back, quinn/long are solid in the front and JL is solid in the middle
the offense is bad
i expected to lose
still feels bad man
i don't even care about the rest of the league
glad i was outta town playing softball and just followed pkay by play on a phone instead of watching it
w/e rams have defense, finnegan/jenkins are solid in the back, quinn/long are solid in the front and JL is solid in the middle
the offense is bad
i expected to lose
still feels bad man
i don't even care about the rest of the league
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Von Miller just tebowed. I cannot express my anger at Denver right now
He's really only good for the exact type of play he made in the Super Bowl. He's not good at running routes and isn't physical so pretty much all he can do is run down the sideline and hope to beat the cornerback, but even then he issues with dropped passes. I'm not familiar with the 49ers offense but I would think that he will rotate with Moss since he runs the same types of routes as him and they are trying to limit Moss's playing time so that he will still have something left in the tank at the end of the game.
I'm not just saying this since he is an ex-Giant, as I was always worried about Manninghams hands and play making ability. Hakeem Nicks doesn't have that great of hands either, but at least he can go up and get the ball, and run a decent route. I think I said it before in this thread that I prefer Domenik Hixon over Mario Manningham as the third receiver for the Giants. So I agree with Axl in that Mannigham isn't that good.
damn... sucks to have my Black and Yellow lose their first game (first time in a long time), but I will say I am very pleased with Pittsburgh's attitude and the amount of swag they possessed, right out of the gates
the score looks mightier than the win for the Broncos, as Big Ben and Peyton were neck-and-neck, then all of a sudden PItt's Pick-6 changed and ended this one, suddenly
well, welcome back to prestige, you Denver Broncos. I'm still shocked/disgusted as to how Indianapolis (mis)managed Manning's exit. any other half-way decent franchise would have handled him with their "respect" gloves on
good game, good win. congrats Lonewolf. I suspect we'll be seeing you in the Playoffs
the score looks mightier than the win for the Broncos, as Big Ben and Peyton were neck-and-neck, then all of a sudden PItt's Pick-6 changed and ended this one, suddenly
well, welcome back to prestige, you Denver Broncos. I'm still shocked/disgusted as to how Indianapolis (mis)managed Manning's exit. any other half-way decent franchise would have handled him with their "respect" gloves on
good game, good win. congrats Lonewolf. I suspect we'll be seeing you in the Playoffs
Im not trying to say Manningham is going to have a monster year, but he is good depth at wide receiver and a vast improvement over what we had last year. The offense looked downright anemic at times last year, not the case at all today.
You definitely can't forget about him so teams will at least have to worry about covering him. You can be a good asset to the team just for being a threat, so even if he isn't targeted that much he could allow for other receivers to get open easier.
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