The NFL Thread

[Browning]

There's always a fad of some description.

Really? I'm relatively new to following the game (probably about 5 years or so) so this is the only one I'm aware of. It's just funny to see how far they've fallen, especially RGIII.

[Giggles]

The thing with Griffin is that he could actually have been a very good pocket passer in that kind of offense or have been a very good run first QB if he wasn't such a completely lazy tosser.

[Dan]

Jeffery & Forte are sitting for the Bears tonight. The offence is going to be very Langford heavy, I would think.

Oh, and Kwon Alexander is facing a 4 game suspension for PEDs.

[Ian]

A story I read on... CBS I think was saying that Manning has basically not been seen around the team this week. Which is a bit shit, if true. You'd want him there helping Osweiler.

Thomas. :cool: Thought he'd gone out of bounds there.


The thing with Griffin is that he could actually have been a very good pocket passer in that kind of offense or have been a very good run first QB if he wasn't such a completely lazy tosser.

Griffin wasn't helped that when they eventually realised that letting him run head-first into linebackers was a bad idea they tried to make a pocket passer of him but with only about 1/3 of the o-line required to allow that to happen.

[Giggles]

Sounds a bit cuntish if true indeed. Though I suppose he knows he's done so he doesn't give a fuck.
What was he like during that injured Indy year?

[Ian]

Elth may remember but I can't be bothered digging through a million google results to try and find out. I don't remember anything like this but then I suppose I wouldn't have been paying attention as closely.

Don't get me wrong, it might be that Osweiler was happy enough without him there so he could just get on with it but it's hard to imagine Manning wouldn't have had anything to contribute.

Hope the D fucks up Jay Cutler.

[Gray Fox]

I read the same thing Ian. Peytons not even talked to him since the last game apparently.

[Giggles]

There's currently a hurling match on TV, that's not really hurling, being played on a baseball pitch with American football markings on it, with soccer goalposts.

Fuck knows.

[Ian]

Sounds.... interesting....


I read the same thing Ian. Peytons not even talked to him since the last game apparently.

If it's true and it's just because he's sulking then I'd be asking him politely to fuck off and just start Osweiler for the rest of the year.

[Gray Fox]

It's what I'd be doing too. Keep Manning as back-up. I'd even pay Osweiler over him in the play-offs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Romo already picked off :drool:

Welcome back dickhead.

[The Bruce]

Peyton acting like a cunt in his last disastrous season will cement Eli as the superior Manning :cool:

The Buccs beating the Eagles would be great stuff.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Justin Forsett has broken his arm :cab:

Hard for a Raven to stay healthy this year ffs.

[Ian]

The Baltimore Arsenals.

[Gray Fox]

At least he's only on my bench.

[Ian]

Good work, Bolden, just get Osweiler pinned back on his own one yard line.

[Pleb]

He knew the ball was there surely? :baz:

A punt block now would be hilarious...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Baltimore Arsenals.

16 players on IR :drool:

[Ian]

A MAN (who isn't Goose) as the sideline reporter of an NFL game? Madness. Madness.

EDIT: A few times today Osweiler seems to have dropped back further than necessary which just makes it harder for the line to look after him.

[Dan]

Bucs & Pathers are both running wild by the looks of things. 4TD passes each for Cam & Jameis :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Romo throwing a second pick :drool:

[Dan]

Brandon Marshall attempting the swish one handed catch & failing miserably :D Made sure to use both hands on the next play though.

Romo INT time again too.

[Dan]

Kirk Cousins with his second lost fumble of the game, with a pick on top.

He does not like that.

EDIT: Make that 5TD passes from Cam. Nice trick play TD from the Texans as well.

[Ian]

Why run when you can get a clear touchdown lead? I mean it should have worked in that case but that's still annoying.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Osweiler tripping up Hillman :D

[Dan]

Osweiler's too big for his own good :D

EDIT: Lynch is inactive today. Gabbert will stroll to victory now.

[Gray Fox]

Osweiler's too big for his own good :D

EDIT: Lynch is inactive today. Gabbert will stroll to victory now.

Please tell me this is Marshawns brother somewhere that I've not heard of.

[Ian]

The commentator was onto something when he pointed out that Osweiler keeps throwing the ball downwards. A lot of these mid-range incompletions are a bit off-target anyway but also heading down making it harder for the receiver to pull something out of the bag.

[Dan]

Sadly not. It popped up on the screen during one of the games on RedZone.

Winston's back level with Cam on TD passes today.

[Dan]

Matt Ryan throwing a pick inside his own ten yard line :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Eugene Monroe out of the game for the Ravens now.

ffs.

[The Bruce]

Doug Martin :cool:

All of the NFC East teams losing when the Giants are on their bye :drool:

[Gray Fox]

We're all doing our best to make sure the Giants make the play-offs. Stop the Patriots after they go 16-0 again :D

Turned our game off. Tired off seeing Martin(on my fantasy bench :happycry:) and Winston bending us over.

[Ian]

For fuck's sake, Osweiler, stop dropping back 40 yards on every snap.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Upshaw actually managing to rush the passer :drool:

Nice of the tackle to just let him through.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Flacco out for the year now too with a torn ACL :cab:

We really are going for the number 1 pick.

[Browning]

Flacco and Forsett in one game? Wow.

[Dan]

I hear Brandon Weeden is available now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Flacco and Forsett in one game? Wow.

Starting left tackle also left the game in the third quarter too...

We're soon going to be starting fans in the stadium.

As it is, we might as well go full retard and bring in Tim Tebow.

[Browning]

Something funny is going on with the Rams. They seem to injure a ridiculous amount of players. I'm sure there's plenty I'm forgetting but they put out Palmer and Stanton last year and Teddy this year.

[Gray Fox]

I have a Tebow shirt you can have Mahow.

[Giggles]

Only one team winning this now. Packers offense is stinking.

[Ian]

As it is, we might as well go full retard and bring in Tim Tebow.

:drool:

I'll never enjoy an 8-8 season like that again.

[Gray Fox]

You can still get Jets Tebow shirts on the NFL site for $15 (http://www.nflshop.com/Tim_Tebow_New_York_Jets/Mens_New_York_Jets_Tim_Tebow_Nike_Green_Game_Jerse y).

[Ian]

Why would you want to do that? :sick:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Indeed.

If I'm buying a Tebow jersey it will be in Baltimore purple.

[Gray Fox]

I only have a limited idea of who people support here. We should all have Tebow jerseys though.

[Ian]

Good point, we had a list on ye olde TTHe.

LIST:
AFC East
Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins - Demerit
New England Patriots - Zimidy
New York Jets

AFC North
Baltimore Ravens - Lofty, Mahow
Cincinnati Bengals - Shindig
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers - chaodck

AFC South
Houston Texans Pleb
Indianapolis Colts - Elth, Foe
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans

AFC West
Denver Broncos - Anderson37, Ian, rich12
Kansas City Chiefs - Miroc
Oakland Raiders - Nkosi, Sincere, Pepe
San Diego Chargers - Bluenose

NFC East
Dallas Cowboys - The Merse
New York Giants - The Bruce, SD
Philadelphia Eagles - Gray Fox
Washington Redskins - Ben

NFC North
Chicago Bears - Fandan, Waffelz
Detroit Lions - Gil
Green Bay Packers - Giggles, renaldo10, Apples
Minnesota Vikings

NFC South
Atlanta Falcons - Ragerod
Carolina Panthers - MAdenekan
New Orleans Saints - Dantastic, Spoonsky
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Palace 15

NFC West
Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams - EA
San Francisco 49ers - m1j1browning
Seattle Seahawks - Wullie

Probably need to edit out some plebs who haven't made their way over. :moop:

[Gray Fox]

Ah okay scrap that then if we have no Jets fans. Pretty good spread there to be fair.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rawls is absolutely running all over the Niners.

[Gray Fox]

BeastMode 2.0.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Flacco, Forsett, Pitta, Suggs, Smith, Zuttah, Perriman, Will Davis.

Those are the starters we've lost this season with quite a few more backups.

Fun times.

[Browning]

I'm not a Niners fan anymore that was just to annoy a friend who supports the cards but it got boring. That and I didn't like watching them once Smith left. I don't really have a team anymore and tend to root for whoever has my fantasy players. I really need to find one though. Maybe the Chiefs as I liked them most of the 4 teams I saw at Wembley (and not because they ran riot, but because their fans were awesome) but I'm still undecided.

[Gray Fox]

Pick one out of a hat. There's a site that asks you questions and gives you a team based on that. Mine came back at the Eagles :cool:

[wullie]

https://www.facebook.com/NFL/videos/10153476652211263/

Rawls had a bit of a game, not sure how many times Lynch has even put up the same numbers. To think, all that time waiting on Christine Michael to do something too.

[Gray Fox]

Lynch could be done for the season anyway. He is visiting a hernia specialist in the week and with Rawls looking so hot they may choose surgery.

But no. That performance was better than any numbers Lynch has ever put up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Dontari Poe, the heaviest man to score an offensive TD :cool:

Just look at the air he gets on his dive.

[niko_cee]

He really doesn't look as heavy as The Fridge did.

[Ian]

Mike Alstott is still my favourite big goal-line bastard.

[Dan]

Manziel gets names the Browns starter, plays reasonably well, then hits the clubs & gets himself demoted back down to third string QB :D
(http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000587260/article/browns-name-josh-mccown-starting-quarterback)
Top work from Mr Football.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gahahahahahahahaha :D

So fucking amazing.

Although it's a shame he wont be playing against the Ravens.

Brandon Williams would have eaten the fucker.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh god.

It's even worse than I imagined, we've signed Jimmy Clausen as our backup QB.

I'm actually going to be rooting for Matt Schaub not to get injured.

[Gray Fox]

Handed a starting QB job on a plate and then fucks it up like that? What a twat.

They should hunt down Kaepernick.

[Giggles]

Might get downgraded to doubtful.

http://www.sportsjoe.ie/us-sports/player-listed-as-fantasy-football-probable-after-being-shot-twice-in-the-head/51527

[Gray Fox]

I'd say questionable. Should suit up really.

[wullie]

International Series for next year:

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS vs. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

NFC EAST OPPONENT vs. ST. LOUIS RAMS

WASHINGTON REDSKINS vs. CINCINNATI BENGALS


Rams vs Mystery Men is at Twickenham

[The Bruce]

Mystery Men better be the Mystery G-Men.

I'll be there to see HoF'er Eli Manning before he retires.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Still no Ravens :(

Rams vs an NFC East team is the pick of that bunch.

[Browning]

Is that the lot? I figured there would be 3 games at Wembley at least.

Seems it is, which is odd. Figured Wembley would get 3 games and then anything else would be additional. I wonder if Season Tickets will still cover all 3 games. The mystery opponent will determine how much interest I have in renewing mine. Fuck watching the Rams Vs The Redskins...

[Pleb]

That set of games looks shit.

I'd rather go to a game in the states than back home.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It will be determined on who finishes in the same spot as the Rams do.

I'd imagine that they will finish third (they're not overtaking the Seahawks or Cardinals and the Niners are too shit), as such you could probably exclude the Giants.

My money would be on Jerry's shit heads.

[The Bruce]

But Romo is back! The Cowboys charge began last week.

[Giggles]

I'd love the Cowboys to come back from here and win the East.

[Browning]

Yea, I'd like the Cowboys to win it, but if they don't, I hope they come 3rd and come to the UK.

[Pleb]

It's basically a shootout between the Eagles and the Cowboys right?

Eagles v Rams it is then.

[Browning]

The people who own the Rams stadium have come out and said the lease agreement prohibits them from playing a home game elsewhere. So either they'll relocate to LA or this game might get cancelled unless a deal is reached.

[Dan]

I was quite keen on going to see at least one of the games next season, but those aren't exactly the most appealing games of all time :D

Still could be convinced to go to any of them though, provided we don't actually end up with Eagles/Rams, as that sounds godawful. Redskins/Bengals could be awesome if Washington make some good moves in the offseason. Will have to look into ticket prices etc, or just ask for tickets as an early birthday present next year.

[Gray Fox]

As of right now, those set of games looks awful. I think the Bengals are the only ones there with a positive record?

It can't be the Redskins for the NFC East team, so that leaves 3, of which the Giants are taking the division and the Cowboys will finish 2nd. I'd love to see the Eagles come over(minus Chip Kelly), but we'll see how that ends up. Quite disappointing though. There was talk of the fantasy football bunch buying a season ticket, but I don't think they will go for that after seeing the teams.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The last time Sanchez played on Thanksgiving?

https://media.giphy.com/media/Ch3B2ty7gY7HW/giphy.gif

Mon something equally lol please Mark.

[The Bruce]

Having that clown Cecil back on reminds me how decent Shaun Gayle has become over the years. He's such a useless cunt.

'mon the Lions.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's not Thanksgiving without Big Cecil carving up the bird.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaL39atCMAAInR2.jpg

What a hero.

[The Bruce]

The only one coming out of that picture with any credit (as usual) is Big Kev. Couldn't give a fuck.

[Giggles]

Last time I seen him he looked like he couldn't hold a knife.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Last time I seen him he looked like he couldn't hold a knife.

I guess that's one of the 'perks' of being a full back.

[DC]

He really doesn't look as heavy as The Fridge did.

Perry was heavier in numerous seasons, just didn't score a TD while heavier, although I suspect a few offensive linemen must have scored TD's since the Fridge, just from fumbles, but they tend to max out in the 330 weight range too.

[Giggles]

I guess that's one of the 'perks' of being a full back.

I remember looking it up at the time as I thought he'd had a stroke. He has bells palsy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I remember looking it up at the time as I thought he'd had a stroke. He has bells palsy.

Oh, my guess was stroke or just one too many hits to the head.

[The Bruce]

This Eagles secondary could really do with turning up sometime soon.

When does Chip Kelly's shambolic roster moves start making his seat warmer? He's been getting a free ride with the 'when it works it's fantastic' line for ages now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was a great throw there.

Megatron is roasting that rookie cornerback.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This guy hasn't got shit on Katy Perry and the lion.

[The Bruce]

I'm almost uncomfortable watching the Eagles get this badly gutted...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Romo :harold:

What a fucking brilliant way to start the game.

[The Bruce]

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Fucking brilliant.

[Gray Fox]

Just got in and have seen the Eagles score. Well played Chip.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Romo :drool:

Just a shame Troy Aikman isn't commentating, his tears would have made that all the sweeter.

[wullie]

Ohno Romo. I don't like these colour rush kits, it looks like everyone's in pyjamas.

[Gray Fox]

The Jags gold kit looks pretty decent. Apart from that I'd rather buy a standard one.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gahahahahahahaha.

This is fucking brilliant.

[niko_cee]

Vintage stuff from Romo.

:D

[The Bruce]

What a day to be a fan of the Redskins or Giants :drool:

The Cowboys were doing so well with that one game win streak they had too :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://i2.wp.com/doorfliesopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jerry-jones-facepalm.jpg?resize=450%2C450

[Gray Fox]

Don't worry guys, Romo still has this.

[niko_cee]

The commentary was brilliant in the run up to that third interception.

He's usually so careful with the ball (erm, what?), if they can just get down field and maybe sneak some points before half-time . . .

[Pleb]

Dallas :D

What the fuck happened?

[Pleb]

Sacked at the 1 yard line :roflol:

[Gray Fox]

Looks like Romo has rebroken his collarbone.

[The Bruce]

Out for the season :roflol:

Fucking idiots.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000589123/article/josh-norman-cowboys-need-to-get-dezs-70-mil-back

Led by Norman, the Panthers clamped down on Bryant, relegating the receiver to just two receptions and 26 yards on eight targets.

"Hey, they need to get Dez's 70 mil back," Norman quipped to reporters as he walked into the locker room, via the Dallas Morning News.

Josh Norman :cool:

5 of his 6 games has seen him pick up fewer than 50 yards this season :drool:

[The Bruce]

He's a classic case of being pretty damn good but believing the hype and thus not being as keen as he should be. See also: Brandon Maxwell.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Byron Maxwell and Brandon Marshall merged into one player?

[DC]

Bit harsh considering he was injured in game 1 and missed a bucket-load of time only to return to a team with half a quarterback.

[The Bruce]

Byron Maxwell and Brandon Marshall merged into one player?

:D

Byron Maxwell obvs. Brandon Marshall is a don.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's so amazing to see the Eagles spend so much and for him to turn out so average.

[The Bruce]

Huge game tonight for the Giants, win and we should squeak the division...

[Foe]

Huge game tonight for the Giants, win and we should squeak the division...

Good start.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Brother Eli :cool:

Tremendous start.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tevin Coleman :D

Jesus, what a fumble that is.

[The Bruce]

Get these tipped interceptions to fuck, I preferred it when Eli hoofed it into coverage in the secondary. Must have seen about 10 of those so far this year.

Fucking lol Dan's Saints though, Payton has to be out on his arse surely?

[The Bruce]

Had to be that cunt :face:

[Foe]

Get these tipped interceptions to fuck, I preferred it when Eli hoofed it into coverage in the secondary. Must have seen about 10 of those so far this year.

Fucking lol Dan's Saints though, Payton has to be out on his arse surely?

Hoyer :D

All the time in the world and still hits a defender. He is not the answer.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sammy Watkins is torching the Chiefs.

[Foe]

That Odell catch :drool:

[Browning]

That was insane. Up there was last year's.

[The Bruce]

Be great if it made one of those in a game we won, the showboating twat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Steelers :D

What a shit 4th down try that was.

[The Bruce]

That's by far and away the shittest attempt at a 4th down play I've ever seen. They should have just awarded Seattle the win after that disgrace.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/4lVIsH0EjIx-ONYW0iK-SSqRkAg=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4306835/odelllll.0.gif

He really is ridiculous.

[Ian]

Didn't expect to wake up and see that result. :drool:

[Giggles]

Winning without Manning :drool:

[Ian]

If the running game keeps ticking over, the defense keeps at it and Osweiler manages to just not throw a hundred interceptions (the only thing really required of Manning this year) then the team could do something. Probably not go all the way as you'd expect Osweiler to get felt up at some point even if everything else works out.

[wullie]

I really get the feeling Lynch has played his last game now, which makes Thomas Rawls' emergence from nowhere that much more of a relief. Tyler Lockett being the Harvin that Percy wasn't is another bright spot, as well as Russell Wilson finally remembering what he's getting paid for. Jimmy Graham out is a huge ballache though, he wasn't amazing but he was starting to get warmed up.

[Dan]

The Patriots aren't going to have anyone left for Brady to throw to at this rate. The running game was pretty terrible, and you could see it was moving more & more towards the Broncos as the game went on, not least because they were actually able to move the ball on the ground. Osweiler has looked decent, although his habit of holding on to the ball when he's clearly about to take a sack needs correcting if he's going to last.

As for the Saints, we didn't get raped by Hopkins, so I guess that's something :)

Oh, and massive lols at Dallas & Philly.

[Gray Fox]

You've got to love that ending.

I've never seen a Kick 6 before so it provided lols at the Browns expense. About time the Ravens won one after being up in the 4th too.

[Spoonsky]

https://twitter.com/jonahfreedman/status/671564997600784385

:D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The guy who blocked the punt, Brent Urban, was actually making his debut.

He picked up a torn ACL in his rookie year and to start this year he torn his biceps.

[Browning]

I get 20% off the UK games due to having a season ticket last year? Oh... Go on then.

[niko_cee]

Are the tickets 20% more expensive?

[Browning]

Who knows. :D They haven't released the prices yet, so that will obviously decide whether I bother or not. I'm hoping they stay the same before the discount, but that's probably wishful thinking.

[Browning]

Looks like the tickets are roughly the same price as they were last year, so should be a decent discount. If that's the case I'll probably go to all 3.

[Dan]

Well MNF was better than expected...

Not only do we get the most Browns-esque finish of all time, but we get the joy of Manziel seeing McCown go off hurt & have to watch Austin Davis go in ahead of him :drool:

When do tickets for next year's games go on sale? Definitely need to look into going again.

[Browning]

15th of December for new season tickets or sometime in January for one game tickets.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://mypullzone.orangepopmediall.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hail.gif

What an end to the game, although every single Lions defender at the back was in the wrong position.

[Giggles]

If that doesn't light a fire under them I don't know what will.

[Dan]

Fuck sake Detroit you fucking idiots :moop: That was a play from the 1-7 Lions playbook. Lions look so much better now though, and I doubt there are many teams that will be too scared of Green Bay if they make the playoffs, which no doubt means they're on their way to the SuperBowl.

Two consecutive games have ended with a knee on an extra point :cool:

[The Bruce]

Matt Schaub filling in for Flacco tonight :lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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He's truly brilliant.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Javorius 'Buck' Allen :drool:

He looks like a serious player, one of the few bright spots this season.

[The Bruce]

Brandon Marshall punches our safety McBride in the helmet and the officials throw a flag against the Giants....

The officiating this year has been amateur at best, they've made more mistakes this year than all of the years I've been watching combined.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mariota :cool:

87 yard rushing TD on a 3rd and 7, woof.

What a fucking game that is.

[Foe]

Mariota :cool:

87 yard rushing TD on a 3rd and 7, woof.

What a fucking game that is.

The jags are far better than I anticipated. They're also
Really entertaining with bottles and Robinson/hurns. Far better than someone shit like St. Louis who are just grinders.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Christ alive, it's all happening in Nashville.

What a shocker of a snap.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Schaub injured now :cab:

Jimmy fucking Clausen to the rescue :moop:

[The Bruce]

The Raiders/Jags/Buccs winning games is mental, they've been shite the whole time I've watched the NFL :D

[Dan]

I'm sorry, Mahow :console:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm sorry, Mahow :console:

We're clearly trying to make a push for the number 1 pick.

[Dan]

The amount of players you've lost this season you could use a whole round of picks.

[Dan]

Holy fuck I've just seen the scores in the Seahawks & Jags games :cab:

[The Bruce]

Yeah I'm done now, time for Coughlin to get tae fuck. Not taking that chip shot FG on the 3yd line has cost us this game, the senile cunt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I wish Schaub really was injured :moop:

What a twat.

[Dan]

Good to see the Jags are still the Jags.

[Giggles]

Thank you Seattle.

[Dan]

OBJ :face: Made up for it with the clutch catch though. Pretty sure that wasn't even meant for him, and he just broke off his route to go get it.

Gabbert :drool:

[The Bruce]

:wave: Coughlin

I'd love for Beckham to make a 'clutch catch' that actually means something. All of this circus shite in defeat can fuck off.

[Dan]

It's all going to go horribly wrong after a start like this...

EDIT: Patriots might be in for a struggle here. That O-Line is decimated. Then again, the Eagles offence is utter wank, so maybe they'll still win 14-10.

Oh boy, that could be a seriously big play from Stephone Anthony right there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mike Tolbert doing a 'Carlton'

:cool:

[wullie]

Apart from the Vikings return, that was the best performance I've seen in some time.

[Dan]

Cameron Jordan might just have done Cam's knee in on a sack, and we then get another turnover on the very next play.

Football has broken.

[The Bruce]

Such a great rule change that, brilliant to finally see it too :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Such a great rule change that, brilliant to finally see it too :cool:

Had it in the Ravens game too but we drew a flag :(

[Dan]

Stephone Anthony is getting himself in all the right places today.

[Dan]

Brady's just thrown a 100yd pick six, and the Eagles are leading.

Like i said, football has broken.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Brady's just thrown a 100yd pick six, and the Eagles are leading.

Like i said, football has broken.

2 TD lead now, it really is.

[Dan]

So three of the Eagles' TDs have come from a blocked punt, an interception at their own goal line & a punt return.

At least the Saints have reverted to form & Brandon Browner has thrown away their lead now.

[Dan]

Amendola throwing to Brady :D Pity Brandon LaFell immediately ruined it by cutting his route short & gifting Maxwell a pick.

Jeremy Maclin must have a billion fantasy points today. Feels like every time they cut to the Chiefs game he's catching a pass, and he has two TDs in this quarter alone. The kickers in the game, however, have probably got none at all. Three missed extra points in a row between both sides, I believe.

EDIT: Brandon Browner is lucky he's up against a guy who can't catch a ball properly to save his life, as he's not even trying to cover Ted Ginn at the minute.

Also, make that four missed kicks in the Chiefs/Raiders game now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nice of Tedward Ginn to finally catch a pass.

[Dan]

I'm pretty certain the second half of the KC/Oakland game has been exclusively made up of three things:

1. Jeremy Maclin catching a pass
2. The Kansas defence sacking/intercepting Derek Carr
3. A missed kick

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As it stands the Patriots have dropped all the way down to the third seed in the AFC, but they've just got one TD back & recovered an onside kick...

EDIT: And scored another TD. One score game with 3mins left :uhoh:

[Dan]

Okay, this is just getting fucking stupid :D

I mean that in reference to both Ted Ginn's inability to catch a ball/the Saints inability to cover, and also the situation in the Pats/Eagles game.

[Gray Fox]

As if our shower of shite has just won in New England. I still don't believe it.

[Dan]

So, how about this Antonio Brown lad? He seems to have a bit about him :)

Steelers dominated that game on both sides of the ball, but their offence is something silly when it clicks like that. Huge games all over the place. Clipboard Jesus aka Charlie Whitehurst got some actual playing time, that's how bad it was for the Colts.

[Browning]

Johnny Football. :cool:

[Giggles]

Cowboys :cool:

[Gray Fox]

https://gyazo.com/d8e49f40de46b2cf5982936a2cac895a.png

What a glorious division we find ourselves in. Still, it's anyones at this point. As long as it's one of those bottom 3 teams filling the NFC East member of the Rams game it's fine by me.

[The Bruce]

Hopefully we finish third and I get to see our new head coach at Twickenham next year :drool:

[Browning]

At this rate it'll be 4th.... The Rams look dire.

[Dan]

What a terrible game that was, and what a pair of rubbish offences those two teams have :D The turnovers & those last few minutes where actual touchdowns happened were all that saved it from being a truly abysmal game.

The Redskins can't run the ball without a 50% chance of it getting blown up in the backfield, and their skill position players are either young guys or very average experienced players like Pierre Garcon. DeSean Jackson is the only good player they have on that side of the ball, although i do fancy Kirk Cousins to have a Ryan Fitzpatrick type career as a solid, but not amazing QB.

The Cowboys look lost without Romo (again), and for some reason decided the way to fix that was to not throw the ball to Dez for the first three quarters. Cassell missed loads of throws & even Darren McFadden decided to start chucking the ball to the other team. Sean Lee continues to be immense though, so at least they have that going for them.

That whole division is garbage though - you could probably take all four teams rosters & make one good team out of it. That might be a good game, actually. NFC East Allstars, anyone?

[Gray Fox]

Romo/Eli, Murray, Bryant, Beckham JR, Witten etc. Looks good on offence, but good luck cobbling together a good defence out of that lot.

[The Bruce]

We could always borrow the Saints defence for your all-star team, Dan? :henn0rz:

[Dan]

Take them, I beg you.

And yeah, that's what I thought about the NFC East side. It's such a bad division that a team made up of the best players from the whole division would probably still lose to the Steelers.

AFC South v NFC East match instead of the ProBowl this year please :drool: Pretty sure the AFC South would win as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Word is that Demarco Murray will either be inactive for the game this week or 4th choice RB :eyemouth:

Got to love the Eagles and their big money signings.

[Gray Fox]

Fuck you, Chip.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jimmy Clausen chucking it 31 yards to Daniel 'Who?' Brown.

What a time to be a Ravens fan :drool:

[Ian]

Who's this standing in for Kev? :drool:

[Foe]

She's bloody annoying.

Her and Jim White made a mockery of the draft coverage.

[Ian]

I only turned over in time for her to do the signoff bit before the coverage started. The white dude they used to get doing it was also fucking annoying so I'm calling this an upgrade.

The best combo sans-Kev is actually Reynolds presenting with Reinebold and some other non-Cecil pundit doing the analysis. Reynolds has improved a lot since he first came on, mind.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dara something, she's fucking appalling.

Redzone on Sky Sports 5 HD this weekend :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tedward 'Teddy' Ginn :cool:

I fucking love him.

[The Bruce]

No Cadle = Redzone or Aladdin on Channel 4 for me.

She's annoying as fuck and since noone gave a fuck about their touchline shite earlier this year, they've had to shoehorn her in somehow.

[The Bruce]

Dalton is out and now so am I. The injuries this year have been fucking mental, I can't think it's ever claimed so many high profile and good players.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The most mental thing about this season is Tim Hightower not only getting back into the league but actually starting for the Saints today.

Apparently he has only played 1 game (for the Fall Experimental Football League last year) since he was cut by the Redskins.

[Giggles]

Dunno if it was mentioned here already but for the non Sky Sports subscribers among us, the Steelers Bengals game is on Sky 2. Just noticed it flicking about the channels.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Falcons are absolute garbage.

[The Bruce]

I had to laugh at the hype train that was building when they squeaked by the Giants early in the season, the had the new coach bounce about him then. Matty 'Ice' reverting to time was always going to happen too.

[Gray Fox]

I know they got stuffed, but a shut out? Lost 6 straight now too.

[Ian]

It's not leading to touchdowns but Osweiler is basically doing all that Manning needed to do if things weren't going his way. Keeping things trundling alone if you can't set the world alight, don't give the ball away.

[Ian]

...though a touchdown would go down a treat now. :D

[Ian]

Yeah, this has been a shambles.

I say bring back Jake the Snake and be done with it. :nodd:

[Dan]

Couple of wild AFC divisional games this week :D

Never mind the potentially huge injuries the Bengals suffered in their game, the true reasons to watch that game were Heath Miller catching a thousand passes & Vontaze Burfict tackling him on every one of them, then having a fight with the nearest person in a Steelers top. McCarron actually looked pretty tidy, I thought, so the Bengals should still be able to get past the 49ers next week & the Ravens in the last regular season game, although Denver's defence might be a bit much in the other game. Also shoutouts to Cincy for their apparent plan of collecting guys named AJ, Tyler or Marvin.

As for the Colts/Jags :cab: Jacksonville had 3pts with 1:15 left in the first half, and ended up topping 50. After the first half two minute warning everyone forgot how to hold a football, and it felt like every play was either a dropped pass or a fumble. The second half was just the Colts forgetting how to cover anybody, and having to throw Charlie Whitehurst in again is hardly going to inspire any extra confidence in their ability to win the division.

I'd love to think the jags would sneak in, but they're the Jags, so even if they beat Atlanta (which I'm not sure they will) and New Orleans (likely, since we're even worse at defending passes than Indy) in the next two weeks they'll choke in week 17 when they face Houston in what would probably be the decider. Texans it is then, if only by default, since Hoyer spent most of the evening game giving the ball to Bang Bang Chicken & Shrimp or getting sacked, and it'll probably be TJ Yates again next week.

Next week could be TJ Yates v Charlie Whitehurst in a battle of playoff contenders :D Bring on that AFC South/NFC East end of season all-star game.

[The Bruce]

The Giants would be 2008 Detroit Lions levels of shite if it wasn't for Manning and Beckham. What a two man team it is. JPP being the best defensive lineman with one hand is probably the most embarrassing aspect of it all.

[Dan]

Beckham & Miller were the only ones that made that game interesting really, and Miller was only really around for the first half.

The offensive lines on both sides looked terrible at times - half the Miami line literally didn't move on a snap at one point, while the both lines had a few snaps where they looked like they were doing preseason run-throughs they were so passive. Neither defence really did themselves any favours either, what with the Giants having no pass rush & falling off tackles & Miami taking a leaf out of the New Orleans Saints defensive playbook & deciding not to cover Beckham at all downfield. Chuck in the Dolphins basically only throwing to Landry & the Giants being unable to run the ball & you can see why neither of the two teams is any good.

[The Bruce]

I think the secondary of the Giants is in fairly decent shape (relative to previous years) but the lack of any pass rush at all means that even the worst NFL quarterbacks can stand back and pick their passes. A good secondary has never been high on the list but absolutely no pass rush for a Giants team is a bloody disgrace. Coupled with the fucked offensive line we can't get any production out of any number of running backs, Eric Dickerson would struggle if he had the misfortune to play for this team.

Suh looked absolutely gassed by the third quarter for what it's worth, he might aswell have just had a cardboard cut out of himself out there in the second half.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't tell if I absolutely love or hate the Rams colour rush uniforms.

[Dan]

I liked the 'mustard v ketchup' comment at the start of the game.

Tavon Austin is pretty terrifying in space, although maybe it's just that the Bucs defence can't tackle. Jameis didn't have his finest game either.

[Foe]

That cam run was brilliant.

The read option quarterback can work but you need to be able to throw it (unfortunately for kaep).

[simon]

Some proper scrapping going on. Nice little sideshow to the actual game.

[The Bruce]

What the fuck was that shit from the Ravens on 4th and 9?!

Beckham should have been ejected for this carrying on tonight.

[Gray Fox]

Looks like someone actually wants to win the NFC East now. You have to think if all results go as expected(everyone but Redskins lose) then it will all be on next week, Redskins @ Eagles.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Odell Beckham :harold:

[Browning]

Yep, he'll surely be thrown out soon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He really should have been ejected for that alone.

Running back and pretty much tackling Norman? What the fuck mate.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A 90 yard pick 6.

Props Jimmy.

You're doing a great job of helping us get a better draft pick.

[Gray Fox]

Ravens helping kill my fantasy dreams. Thanks Ravens!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Obviously Beckham gets them back into it after he should have been ejected.

[Gray Fox]

Fantasy dreams already dead, buried and funeral held. So go Browns!

[The Bruce]

Eugh, I'd rather lose badly every other week than have these shitty close games we never win.

[Gray Fox]

Didn't the Giants score 50 points in a game and still lose earlier this season?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Osweiler sacked 5 or more times in 2 of his 4 starts.

Peyton sacked 5 or more times in 2 of his 265 starts.

There's something in Ian and his ramblings that Osweiler drops back far too much.

[Giggles]

Playoff bound :cool:

Hopefully can win the North too, it's about the pinnacle of what could be achieved this year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh and for anyone still taking count.

The Ravens lost Jimmy Smith in the first quarter and he never returned.

Chris Canty was ruled out for the season last week too.

18 on IR and it sounds like Jimmy might make that 19 tomorrow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Every fucking semi-decent play and the commentators cum all over Manziel.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Denver players running onto the field too early :D

[wullie]

What the fuck is this NBC opening?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Damn, what a start that would have been had Brown not dropped that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nice of Daniel Fells to give Brandon Maxwell a piggy back.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000606390/article/new-england-patriots-sign-steven-jackson

SJax is back in the league :drool:

Oh and Justin Blackmon has been arrested for DUI. He looked so fucking good when he was actually on the field but he's going to end up in a jail cell permanently.

[simon]

SJax?

Is that even a nickname?

[Dan]

David Johnson is a fucking beast (and/or the Eagles D is shit).

He utterly destroyed them on the ground and in the passing game, and that second touchdown was just disgusting. If John Brown hadn't been doing his best Ted Ginn impression in the first half Arizona would've been gone before half-time. Nice to see Bucannon get a pick six too, as he's been pretty impressive all year from what I've seen. The Cardinals could definitely use an upgrade at kicker though - Catanzaro not only missed that extra point but he seems to have no leg for kickoffs. Pretty sure none of them even reached the end zone. Tony Jefferson was responsible for both touchdowns as well, so not his finest game either, but then he is meant to be a backup, so maybe that's why.

As for Philly, Jordan Matthews was very impressive - I'd not seen anything from him before to explain why he was always being talked up, but he was pretty nifty the entire game, and the long TD on the coverage bust was the least he deserved. Ertz & Matthews (fumble aside) also looked like reliable options, and Michael Huff had a couple of good returns & a nice catch, so that's probably encouraging as well.

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Really want to watch Steelers/Broncos or Giants/Panthers but they're both still on blackout :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000606634/article/giants-wideout-odell-beckham-suspended-one-game

Odell Beckham suspended for a game.

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/odell-beckham-cheap-shot-on-josh-norman.gif?w=1000

Fuck knows how he wasn't ejected for that though. He ran about 10-15 yards to get the hit on Norman too.

[Foe]

If only they were mic'd up :(

That was going on the whole game though so there must be some kind of deep seethe between the pair.

[Dan]

Well that TNF game was pretty patchy.

It's very clear that both teams are very young - LOADS of penalties from both sides, which only seemed to get worse as the game went on, and a few poor decisions meant that neither team really did anything offensively, despite neither defence really looking dominant.

Pretty clear that both teams have a way to go to be legit playoff contenders, especially as they're up against Denver & KC in their division, who are both far superior - Oakland are a lot closer to having a shot than San Diego, but they could probably use some work on both sides of the ball still, while the Chargers need to get players healthy again to even be on par with Oakland. Melvin Gordon not being shit would be handy too.

Hopefully Redskins/Eagles will be better. It should be pretty high scoring, I'd have thought. Hoping for a Washington win, personally.

[Ian]

Can't fathom how in these times of concussion obsessiveness Beckham is only getting a one game ban.

[Giggles]

Can't fathom how in these times of concussion obsessiveness Beckham is only getting a one game ban.

After hearing what the Panthers were at in riling him up I can sort of see his point. Yeah he should control it better but he's still human. Been better cleaving one of those staff members though.

[Ian]

Does that sort of provocation not go on all the time? Not that some of it isn't stuff the NFL should also be having a look at but that doesn't absolve him.

Dry your eyes, Odell.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Odell Beckham Jr. acted like a maniac against the Panthers and deserved to be suspended as a consequence. However, I think it was a mistake to suspend him for Week 16; I would have made it Week 17 instead. Many fantasy players - not me, so I'm not being biased here - have Beckham and will now have to play in a championship without him. I know it may seem silly to alter a player's suspension for fantasy purposes, but fantasy players are big-time paying customers; without them, the NFL wouldn't be raking in as much money. What if a fantasy player with a suspended Beckham has a bad taste in his/her mouth after losing because of that and stops playing fantasy entirely? The NFL would then lose a paying customer, which is just horrible business. Roger Goodell, once again, just doesn't get it.

What?

[Giggles]

What?

Jesus Christ what imbecile wrote that?

[Browning]

By contrast I think it was an amazing decision that may win me a championship and I think he should also ban Russell Wilson just because.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jesus Christ what imbecile wrote that?

http://walterfootball.com/index.php

He's usually not that bad but that's ludicrous.

[Giggles]

I can see this snowballing.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25427303/report-clinic-mailed-hgh-to-peyton-manning-in-2011

[Browning]

They should retrospectively remove all his fantasy scores so I can get back all the points he lost this season. His decline might be the best advert those drugs could have hopes for because he's genuinely worse than I would be now.

[Ian]

If Manning was doing that how would they even prove it at this stage?


By contrast I think it was an amazing decision that may win me a championship and I think he should also ban Russell Wilson just because.

Steady on, I'm pinning my hopes on him.

[Giggles]

If Manning was doing that how would they even prove it at this stage?


They won't, but America loves a good PED story. Every journalist in the country has got a massive erection this morning.