mgoetze Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Seriously? They totally forgot how to play punt protection/coverage because they devoted all their energy to learning a ****ing dropkick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 NE special teams are just not the same without Gronkowski! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 And that Hail Mary throw by Aaron Rodgers, wow, what a thing of beauty.I don't understand why defenses don't assign someone to be in front of the play. Everyone was behind the receiver, all he had to do was grab it. Saw the same thing in college this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I don't understand why defenses don't assign someone to be in front of the play. Everyone was behind the receiver, all he had to do was grab it. Saw the same thing in college this year.Lions had two guys standing in no-man's land. Caldwell admitted they weren't playing the full hail mary defense (which would have included Calvin Johnson) because they underestimated Rodgers' arm strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 NE special teams are just not the same without Gronkowski! Nah, they lost because they missed 2 tackles. Maybe you're in trouble if those were missed by the QB and punter, but still ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Ed Werder of ESPN reports that Murray, who sat down with Lurie to air grievances on the team flight home from Sunday’s win at New England, believes that Kelly has broken the promises that Kelly made to him during the free agent recruiting process. According to the report, Murray thinks he isn’t a good fit in Kelly’s offense and that changes haven’t been made to accommodate Murray’s running style. Murray thinks it’s “strange” that he didn’t play much on Sunday. So much LOL in there. LOL Chip Kelly as a GM. LOL DeMarco Murray taking a lot of money, sucking, and whining. LOL owners even meeting with players about this kind of stuff. LOL running backs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 So much LOL in there. LOL Chip Kelly as a GM. LOL DeMarco Murray taking a lot of money, sucking, and whining. LOL owners even meeting with players about this kind of stuff. LOL running backs.mgoetze dropping truthbombs here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thursday Night Football is so much nicer when Phil Simms isn't involved. Also, I thought Case Keenum wasn't bad with the Texans, just the rest of the team kind of quit that season, and he's doing OK again tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Sorry JLOL, but Kellen Moore just isn't gonna cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Sorry JLOL, but Kellen Moore just isn't gonna cut it.But now it is good for the Cowboys to lose the remaining games. Get Romo fit again and make a new try next year - add a top quality WR, CB and NT and the team ought to be walking the NFC East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 But now it is good for the Cowboys to lose the remaining games. Get Romo fit again and make a new try next year - add a top quality WR, CB and NT and the team ought to be walking the NFC East. adding 3 top quality players at those positions is hoping for too much. :) If teams could do that they would... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Sorry JLOL, but Kellen Moore just isn't gonna cut it. Haha, I was def rooting for us to lose. My dad said he couldn't do it and was rooting for us to win though. It is more fun to watch losing with Moore than CASSEL. Dude will at least YOLO it to dez and see what happens, Cassel throws picks when hes trying to throw the ball away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Well, uh, good strategy for keeping the Steelers out of the playoffs, I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Well, uh, good strategy for keeping the Steelers out of the playoffs, I guess?Kicking off to start overtime? Seems pretty reasonable - it's a pretty close decision in average circumstances to begin with, defense seemed to rule the game, and if you managed to choose to play with the wind as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Interesting article on the NFL site about next week's Packers-Vikes game. From the Packers PoV. Win and host Seattle Lose and go to Washington Which do you prefer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 no chance fat mike is smart enough to give tolzien the nod with aspirations of going through washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 no chance fat mike is smart enough to give tolzien the nod with aspirations of going through washington That would be too obvious. A superior way to do it would be to let the score end up tied, not try to score on your last possession, win the flip in OT, choose to kick, then instruct your defense to allow the opponents to score. O_o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 That would be too obvious. A superior way to do it would be to let the score end up tied, not try to score on your last possession, win the flip in OT, choose to kick, then instruct your defense to allow the opponents to score. O_oStill, would be easier/less injury risk to just go for two to win in regulation and throw an incomplete pass, followed by botching the onside kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I actually think going for two would have been a great decision. NE seemed to be able to pick up 2 yards at will in the game, the problem was just that picking up 2 yards three times in a row doesn't actually give you a first down. And not risking injuries by going to OT is a legit strategy given their place in the standings. As for kicking, apparently since the rule change 50.7% of receiving teams have won in OT. Sounds close enough but probably a couple of percent go to tie games. Anyway, I think Slater just goofed by saying "we want to kick" rather than "we want to pick sides". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 I hope from the ashes of GM chipshot re-emerge Coach chipshot in tennessee or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Just saw the movie Concussion. It is a bit better than I expected. The big problem the doctor/scientist faced was when he tried to be a politician rather than just a science guy. It is a common problem. He tried to make policy based on the his findings rather than just do the science. He is a very good scientist...a lousy politician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Interesting article on the NFL site about next week's Packers-Vikes game. From the Packers PoV. Win and host Seattle Lose and go to Washington Which do you prefer ?A home game is big $$. Winning is secondary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 A home game is big $$. Winning is secondary. Not quite. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/01/04/nfl-playoffs-are-not-a-road-to-riches-for-teams/ It's not big $ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not quite. http://www.forbes.co...ches-for-teams/ It's not big $I am not able to read that link, but if it says that a home game is not a money maker for an NFL team, I have a hard time believing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 A home game is big $$. Winning is secondary. AFAIK the NFL teams make huge money from the TV deals (and the salary cap goes up as the TV deals go up). They all split this revenue equally. They also split merchandise revenues with the exception of THE COWBOYS (jerry jones elite businessman!) I am not sure how game tickets work but I believe they are split somehow also. Of course hosting a playoff game/superbowl can be very good for a cities economy I'm sure since you get a lot of out of town people coming in and spending money locally, but I don't think teams directly make money from hosting playoff games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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