Ongoing NFL Discussion Thread V

by **Pr4wn** Thu 03 Sep 2015, 3:24 pm

First topic message reminder :

Tom Brady's ban has been nullified.

Red faces at NFL HQ.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 12:49 am

NOBODY CARES THAT JJ WATT IS A Frak CHELSEA FAN

by CFCNick Fri 11 Sep 2015, 1:27 am

Oh boy. If you have Gamepass or NFL Network you should watch that. NFL Network is simulcasting the NBC pregame show.

by kwinigolfer Fri 11 Sep 2015, 1:41 am

Nice to see our Grace doing the National Anthem.
#Grace Potter Grand Point North this weekend Bubbly

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 2:07 am

Isn't exactly a classic so far

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 2:19 am

GRONK GRONK GRONK GRONK GRONK GRONK GRONK GRONK

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 2:24 am

Pittsburgh seem to be employing the "don't cover anybody" strategy. It's ballsy stuff

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 2:38 am

Gronk on pace for 64 TD's this season

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 3:20 am

Gronk and Chandler as red zone targets. RIP the league

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 4:07 am

Olly wrote:Gronk on pace for 64 TD's this season

This kids got a chance to be good

by CFCNick Fri 11 Sep 2015, 9:29 am

Olly wrote:Pittsburgh seem to be employing the "don't cover anybody" strategy. It's ballsy stuff

I also found their "throw away points" strategy, mainly employed by Heyward-Bey and Scobee.

by **Pr4wn** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 10:36 am

Gronk looked fantastic.

Brady played well, though he didn't air it out. Only one long pass in the whole game.

He was very efficient, though I still have reservations about his arm strength these days.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 10:42 am

Reservations about his arm strength??? Guy is still flinging these short passes! He has lost his accuracy on the deep ball because he tries to touch it in too often rather than just chucking it imo.

Slightly worried about the injury to Easley - looked nasty

by **Pr4wn** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 11:16 am

Sorry for saying something negative about the Messiah?

Look, he's an amazing QB still but his deep ball has disappeared. Plus, I think that the Steelers will have one of the worst defences in the league this season. It was a cracking display but maybe Pats fans shouldn't get too excited just yet.

by GSC Fri 11 Sep 2015, 12:51 pm

Arm strength is more a measure of how you can drive the ball, especially in rain etc. Brady looked fine in that measure. See Sanchez last year for a lack of arm strength.

Deep balls aren't really a part of the Patriots offense because the personnel suits short passes with yac and intermediate routes.

by Skyforger Fri 11 Sep 2015, 1:03 pm

Defence against the run is what worried me most from last night. Happy with the rest, given the emotions that must have been running last night and the changes in personnel.

Steelers threw away a lot of points, mismanaged the clock and were missing key players but you can only play who is in front of you.

by GSC Fri 11 Sep 2015, 2:03 pm

To be honest, the defending champ usually wins this game handily.

Only exceptions lately have been the Ravens on the road, and the Giants who weren't a good team anyway.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 11 Sep 2015, 5:19 pm

Pr4wn wrote:Sorry for saying something negative about the Messiah?

Look, he's an amazing QB still but his deep ball has disappeared. Plus, I think that the Steelers will have one of the worst defences in the league this season. It was a cracking display but maybe Pats fans shouldn't get too excited just yet.

He can't throw the deep ball, but that's not a measure of arm strength. Guy still razzes it in on the short and intermediate throws, lacks accuracy deep.

We depend solely on Gronk's health. If he's fit into the playoffs we have a shot, if not it's probably divisional round and out

We

by NYJ Sat 12 Sep 2015, 9:55 am

Steelers defense is absolutely shocking, as expected. No idea why everyone is picking them for the Super Bowl. They may make the playoffs but when you face better teams, you can't rely on one side of the ball to carry you through.

by mikeygnfl Sun 13 Sep 2015, 5:56 pm

The Packers vs Bears game is live on Pick TV, Sky channel 152, Freeview channel 11.

by crazy_dave23 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 6:22 pm

The Browns Uni's are horrible... its official

by crazy_dave23 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 6:23 pm

mikeygnfl wrote:The Packers vs Bears game is live on Pick TV, Sky channel 152, Freeview channel 11.

Nice spot... can now have that on the TV and my laptop with Redzone Smile

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 6:46 pm

JOHNNY FOOTBALL!!!

by Bull Sun 13 Sep 2015, 6:51 pm

I'm surprised, the Bears aren't sucking!

by crazy_dave23 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:10 pm

I'm not surprised that James Jones comes back to Green Bay and is suddenly a good receiver again Smile

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:13 pm

Jets-Browns is as hilarious as everyone hoped

by BamBam Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:15 pm

So so good to have the NFL back on

by crazy_dave23 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:29 pm

My fantasy DST strategy this week of "Tyrod Taylor will suck" is not turning out to be so true...

by Lowlandbrit Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:30 pm

Wonder what odds you could have got on the Colts being the only team getting shut out at the half...

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:31 pm

You'll see by my post on NFL Forum - Bills always gonna lay the smackdown on Indy, they suck on the road outside the AFC South

Wonder who Grigson/Irsay will blame this on

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:37 pm

4 years into his tenure as GM, Grigson still hasn't built an OL or DL.

Sure he'll fix it by drafting another WR tho

by Lowlandbrit Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:40 pm

Grigson might genuinely be the worst GM in the league. Luck was a no-brainer, and he's built nothing around him.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:47 pm

Dololphins

by mikeygnfl Sun 13 Sep 2015, 7:52 pm

I see the Jaguars' kicker has missed a PAT.

by crazy_dave23 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:33 pm

All those picking the Dolphins on the Survival Prediction League (myself included) have just got a break from a nice Punt Return

by Number-25 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:38 pm

So anyway, the Redskins are the same as last year... lots of possession but the offense doesn't have a clue what to with it.... defence starts out ok but once the other team starts to make adjustments they can't get off the field.... and then the special teams give up the obligatory TD.

RG3 isn't around to blame it all now so now the clown coach has no hiding place and can be called out for the loser he is.

I'd be more worried if I was a Dolphins fan though.... they look bad! They had expectations. The Redskins had none.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:42 pm

Phillip Dorsett can't get on the field over Griff Whalen, then when he does he fumbles the punt return.

Find yourself a slot on the bench young man...maybe taking a #WR4 in the 1st round wasn't such a good idea after all

by crazy_dave23 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:44 pm

Happy at how the Packers offence is going, but the Defense really not cutting it. Forte is carving it up, there are penalties left right and center and Cutler is completing key 3rd downs too easily.
Loosing Burnett last minute hopefully explains some of it, but its concerning. That said we just got a nice 4th down stop in the red zone when it counted and we should win the game.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:50 pm

Number-25 wrote:So anyway, the Redskins are the same as last year... lots of possession but the offense doesn't have a clue what to with it.... defence starts out ok but once the other team starts to make adjustments they can't get off the field.... and then the special teams give up the obligatory TD.

RG3 isn't around to blame it all now so now the clown coach has no hiding place and can be called out for the loser he is.

I'd be more worried if I was a Dolphins fan though.... they look bad! They had expectations. The Redskins had none.

From What I've seen it's looked like terribly poor coaching

by Number-25 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:53 pm

Redskins offense has actually looked ok between the 20s - it's moved the ball fairly well until reaches the Miami 25 and then either everything stalls or there's a killer turnover. Was like that last season though too and Gruden clearly hasn't been able to fix it.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:55 pm

Was gonna say cousins looks like he's moving it, then when you need schemed plays in the red zone (ie. Major coaching part) it breaks down

by Bull Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:56 pm

Same old Jay..

by Number-25 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8:57 pm

Spot on Olly... it's been dreadful coaching.

He's just made another terrible decision - 4th and 7 at the Miami 25 with 2.22 left.... just kick the field goal and ask your defense to get a stop with 3 timeouts left - the rest of the game tells you that you aren't going to convert that or get a TD once inside the 20 anyway. Take the 3 points and give yourself a chance at one more possession and hope you can a TD on a big play.

by Number-25 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:02 pm

I think the Redskins might finish 0-16.... maybe get to 3-13 if they fire Gruden midseason.

by BamBam Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:12 pm

Abdullah takes his first carry for a nice TD

by Number-25 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:16 pm

So, the interception machine that is Kirk Cousins gave us another 2 INTs today.

Some other news for you... the sky is blue and snow is cold.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:26 pm

Stedman Bailey just beat Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas to a deep ball.

With

by GSC Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:34 pm

Earl Thomas hurt, Chancellor out, Maxwell gone.

This is a secondary riddled with holes right now. Chancellors price tag just went up another million

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:39 pm

So who do Tampa take #1 in April

by Number-25 Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:44 pm

Olly wrote:So who do Tampa take #1 in April

#1?? Have they agreed a trade with Redskins already??

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun 13 Sep 2015, 9:52 pm

Number-25 wrote:
Olly wrote:So who do Tampa take #1 in April

#1?? Have they agreed a trade with Redskins already??

They're 21-0 down against Tennessee inside 8 minutes.

It's a non contest

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