Kalbear Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 So. Seattle is going to be playing stl. These games are never as easy as people think they should be - and seattle appears to always play down to stl. This year, IMO, it's going to be a bloodbath. Seattle is going to have the ever loving shit kicked out of them. Seattle in 2012, 2013 and 2014 put on a showcase in the preseason games in their warmup game. In 2012 it was Wilson's coming out party. In each game they played like it was super serious. This year they sucked - against San Diego. In particular their offense really sucked, despite having lynch and graham. This is a bad sign. Their oline has always been a weak link, but this season it's sunk to a new low. They're barely adequate at running but absolutely terrible at pass protection, and graham is an atrocious blocker. Losing unger for 4 games last year dropped their running Dvoa down by like 15 points; it's only going to be worse this year. Their receiving corps is just as bad as before. The real puzzler is Wilson, who has played horrible this year so far. Sacks, fumbles, bad timing and bad touch. And throw all of that against the best defensive line in the game, and you're going to see pain. Plus Carroll is egotistical enough to think that things are going to be fine, when they clearly aren't. On the defensive side I don't think it'll be that different. Losing chancellor is going to hurt, but losing dan Quinn will likely hurt more. While the rams aren't going to scare anyone they didn't last year either - and Kellen Clemens got the win. Think nick foles can't do better? I would pick stl straight up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm biased as a Houston fan, but that was the best season of Hard Knocks since the Jets mostly because of Bill O'Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 So. Seattle is going to be playing stl. These games are never as easy as people think they should be - and seattle appears to always play down to stl. This year, IMO, it's going to be a bloodbath. Seattle is going to have the ever loving shit kicked out of them. Seattle in 2012, 2013 and 2014 put on a showcase in the preseason games in their warmup game. In 2012 it was Wilson's coming out party. In each game they played like it was super serious. This year they sucked - against San Diego. In particular their offense really sucked, despite having lynch and graham. This is a bad sign. Their oline has always been a weak link, but this season it's sunk to a new low. They're barely adequate at running but absolutely terrible at pass protection, and graham is an atrocious blocker. Losing unger for 4 games last year dropped their running Dvoa down by like 15 points; it's only going to be worse this year. Their receiving corps is just as bad as before. The real puzzler is Wilson, who has played horrible this year so far. Sacks, fumbles, bad timing and bad touch. And throw all of that against the best defensive line in the game, and you're going to see pain. Plus Carroll is egotistical enough to think that things are going to be fine, when they clearly aren't. On the defensive side I don't think it'll be that different. Losing chancellor is going to hurt, but losing dan Quinn will likely hurt more. While the rams aren't going to scare anyone they didn't last year either - and Kellen Clemens got the win. Think nick foles can't do better? I would pick stl straight up. Interesting breakdown, but I have to disagree. The Rams do tend to rise up to the Seachickens, but they seem to have the same issue as the Seahawks only squared. Their receiving corp is even worse (if that's even possible) and the Bitchpigeons added Jimmy Graham. Nick Foles is a better QB than Kellen Clemens, but he doesn't add another dimension the way that Wilson does. The Rams still have a subpar run game to complement their non-existent pass game. How are they going to score? And they will be out coached, as per usual. Predatory Aquaticfowl win by 6 in a low scoring contest. Say 16-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Seattle has played down to St. Louis in the past, but St. Louis is so awful. Their, admittedly great, defensive line is their only position group above league average. Their offensive line, receiving corps and secondary are in competition for worst in the league. They have better backs this year, but Gurley and Mason are both going to be far from 100% Week 1, and may not even play. It's possible Nick Foles could be a competent NFL starter, but it's going to be a bloodbath for him in St. Louis . Bad offensive line plus bad receivers = no prayer in hell of success. Even St. Louis's only real advantage is heavily mitigated by the fact that Russell Wilson is the king of making something happen on broken plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockroi Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm biased as a Houston fan, but that was the best season of Hard Knocks since the Jets mostly because of Bill O'Brien Agreed on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Patriots request to reinstate their ball boys. League says it's 'under review'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockroi Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I said from the beginning that I did not want these guys to take the fall for a millionaire and a billionaire; I am glad the Pats are finally getting to this. I hope the NFL does the right thing and lets them go back to work. But knowing Goodell he will insist they admit to the contents of the Wells' Report before they can go back. "That thing cost me $5 million!!! SOMEBODY'S gotta like it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm glad the team is sticking up for those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockroi Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Watching the "Do Your Job" NFL special on the 2014 Pats. They just spent the last 15 minutes calling the Ravens fucking morons. They showed college plays and plays from 2015 (ie: Titans v. Jets) where similar formations were used ... and NOBODY COMPLAINED! Just so we could all listen to John Harbaugh act like Belichick murdered a small child on the 47 yard line. And they finally described the situation as I did after the game- that it was not just Vareen who reported as ineligible (Hoo'man did as well) and that on EVERY PLAY the refs announced to everyone who could hear that the player was INeligible. So OF COURSE the NFL had to change the rule because the other 31 owners are not pre-disposed to make certain plays illegal because its the Pats. NAH!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reny of Storms End Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Good on the Pats for trying to get those guys reinstated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Brace yourself Aussies - the 49ers stories are coming to our media... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Anyone wanna watch Phil Sims trip over his own tongue trying to explain why "everyone won" in deflategate? He tries to go into depth about how Roger Goodell won, the league won, Brady won, and the players won. I'm not joking, those words come out of his dipshit mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime L Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Let's talk about America's game of the week: Miami vs. Washington Tannehill! Cousins! Philbin! Gruden! (no, the fat one) There's so many hooks to this game. Let me name but a few. 1) You have no way of knowing if this will end up being one of the Dolphins 8 wins this year or one of its 8 losses. Or could it be a tie? The Joe Philbin Dolphins feel like they have a 7-7-2 season in them. 2) We finally get to figure out who the best QB from the 2012 draft is. This has been a heated debate for some time and I'm glad this game will finally settle this issue for good. 3) Watch Donkey Kong Suh chase a shrieking Kirk Cousins for 4 quarters 4) This is easily one of the 5-6 best games in the 1:00 time slot...depending on your feelings about Josh McCown vs. Ryan Fitzpatrick. Top 7 hands down. 5) Will David Amerson successfully cover his first ever WR? Find out! 6) Your chance to see Ricky Jean Francois the best 10 fingered Haitian football player in the NFL. 7) The Skins could lose 48-3 and it still won't crack the top 10 list of most embarrassing things that happened in the last month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 REAL FUCKING FOOTBALL TOMORROW! It's like Christmas Eve in September. Not even mad that I'm probably going to be watching another Pats win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Yay we've finally reached the top of suck mountain No, I’m congratulating you because, at long last, you and the NFL conspired to figure out a way for you sorry, miserable, LOATHESOME bags of shit to remain in the sports world spotlight in perpetuity. God forbid the rest of the universe spend ONE FUCKING SECOND not talking about your shitty teams. All those titles* are irrelevant now that you’ve secured the ultimate Boston nocturnal emission: a chance to wallow in your own self-victimization for time eternal. Great fucking job. You are now the worst, forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Let's talk about America's game of the week: Miami vs. Washington Tannehill! Cousins! Philbin! Gruden! (no, the fat one) There's so many hooks to this game. Let me name but a few. 1) You have no way of knowing if this will end up being one of the Dolphins 8 wins this year or one of its 8 losses. Or could it be a tie? The Joe Philbin Dolphins feel like they have a 7-7-2 season in them. 2) We finally get to figure out who the best QB from the 2012 draft is. This has been a heated debate for some time and I'm glad this game will finally settle this issue for good. 3) Watch Donkey Kong Suh chase a shrieking Kirk Cousins for 4 quarters 4) This is easily one of the 5-6 best games in the 1:00 time slot...depending on your feelings about Josh McCown vs. Ryan Fitzpatrick. Top 7 hands down. 5) Will David Amerson successfully cover his first ever WR? Find out! 6) Your chance to see Ricky Jean Francois the best 10 fingered Haitian football player in the NFL. 7) The Skins could lose 48-3 and it still won't crack the top 10 list of most embarrassing things that happened in the last month LOVE IT! I'm tuning into this... wait, the Browns are on at the same time and I'm interested in Johnny Manziel's body language. I'm gonna have to miss this one. :P Been watching the 'Do Your Job' thing with my dad and a few notes: 1) Loved it, great! My dad hates the Patriots more than I can even describe, but even he was having a good time. 2) Did anyone else notice the table rise a few inches while Belichick was talking about that lady from that movie? Seriously, he had a total pervy grin going right there. 3) Billy-B has bigger boobs than I do! :P 4) Really loved that old fossil that no one's ever heard of who basically said 'yeah, I saw those plays coming from a week away and I passed that along'. 5) The reaction shots in general were great. From the unanimous 'we're fucked' after the circus catch to them flipping shit after the INT. Malcolm Butler crying on his way off the field surrounded by his teammates just broke my heart. 6) I totally believe Brady knew about the football stuff, but I believed and liked the staff's comments where they're all like 'What? Is this really a thing?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Yay we've finally reached the top of suck mountain HEY EVERYBODY LOOK HOW TIRED KAL IS OF TALKING ABOUT THE PATRIOTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legarous2 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Thank God the season is upon us, and now we can talk about things that happen ON the field. It' been a long off season. I really enjoyed "Do Your Job" but understand why others wouldn't, as one buddy said "it's patriots porn". I get it. My key takeaways from it are: 1) New England's entire coaching staff is incredible, not the just the Hoodie. very dedicated, intelligent, driven individuals. 2) That being said, Belichick deserves all the heaps of praise sent his way. Truly a football savant. 3) Ernie Adams quite likely has a dead hooker buried somewhere on his property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU-RAY Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Dude, Discount Wahlbergs is a great line. (I love those pieces, the Bills one is a work of art every year.) Plus, that sentiment has to have rung true for anyone who looked at Simmons' twitter feed this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 So for the pick em I'm doing with 3 of my friends, we did a draft of the 32 teams, thus each of us get 8 teams. We need to pick two of our 8 teams each week to win. My draft went well, I got Indy, Denver and Dallas with my first three picks. But this week my matchups aren't great, and I'm torn between Denver vs Baltimore and Cincy @ Oakland. Which of those teams seems like a safer bet? Denver is at least at home, but the Ravens are a lot scarier than the Raiders. Thoughts? Mex, how are you liking your chances this week? At the moment I'm leaning towards Cincy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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