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The Everything NFL Thread - 2016-17 Season
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They were almost on the route to lose in OT. Can't believe that shit was happening.
Denver's offense was the only reason they lost. The penalties and bad drives early. Easy to say since it literally came to that last play after a 19 point deficit. Congrats on the win, hahahahahaha.
Now Raiders sitting up top the division alone on lose count.
Denver's offense was the only reason they lost. The penalties and bad drives early. Easy to say since it literally came to that last play after a 19 point deficit. Congrats on the win, hahahahahaha.
Now Raiders sitting up top the division alone on lose count.
Brees for every year until maybe this year and Brady for every year since Moss left basically.
Rodgers is in the top class of quarterbacks, there isn't really any reason to compare him to Rivers or Roethlisberger or Ryan. Rodgers is still closer to PFM in the amount of WR talent that surrounded him, but as that talent has dropped to "average" Rodgers has dropped from "nearly impossibly good" to "great but not GOAT." Brees performed for years with his #1 being a 7th rounder with average physical ability (Colston) and a bunch of guys that have washed up on any other team they've been on (Moore, Meachem, Stills). I shouldn't have to mention the Patriots' woes at WR outside of Edelman, but Devante Adams would almost certainly have started on the outside for them for the last couple years. Last year was a wash because Cobb is no WR1, but the Packers options are indeed above average regardless of whether or not they are as good as they were in Rodgers' glory days, and thus not really a valid excuse at pinning just about any of Rodgers' woes on.
The playcalling has been weird, I've thought as much watching the games myself. I was under the impression that Rodgers had a lot more control over the playcalls than he might possess, but even little things like run/pass balance and repeating routes have seemed off. I remember one drive during Sunday night's game where they ran it twice for ~25 yards on the first two plays of the drive, then passed 6-8 times in a row and the drive ended in an interception. Maybe it's unfair, but part of me wants to pin at least some of that on Rodgers' desire to do everything himself. It could easily be the coaches' fault!
Literally this. It's one of the greatest rules in the NFL and gives the defense an actual chance when someone's going in for an uncontested score. It's the greatest fucking feeling (also one of the worst) to be on the side of the team who causes that fumble and just makes the game that much more fun. Just last week in CFB, Texas A&M was going for a play that would put them up 2 TDs with 2 minutes left, but the Tennessee defense kept playing and knocked the ball out of the guy's hands in order to save the game and give the offense a chance. Why would anyone want to get rid of something that ~FUN~?
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Holding in the endzone is weird too. Why isn't the ball just placed at the 1? When the defense commits a penalty in their own endzone, the offense isn't given a free touchdown. Why is the defense given a reverse touchdown when the offense commits a penalty in their own endzone?
Holding in the endzone is weird too. Why isn't the ball just placed at the 1? When the defense commits a penalty in their own endzone, the offense isn't given a free touchdown. Why is the defense given a reverse touchdown when the offense commits a penalty in their own endzone?
Holy moly the dolphins beating the steelers LOL
mfw jay ajayi has to have his breakout game sitting on my bench in both fantasy leegs while I have Cro scoring like 4 points for me in Smogon League
mfw literally jay ajayi balls all over the lolstoolers; aside, lol getting trucked by DHB en route to a 60-yard rushing TD
mfw Mike Tomlin is 1-11 on the road against teams with sub-.200 winning percentage (so I hear anyway, if a resident lolstoolers fan wants to do the work to confirm)
mfw coby fleener has as many rushing TDs on the year as mark ingram
Unrelated note, what happened to the Lolions that their D went from elite to getting shredded by Case Keenum in a couple years?
mfw literally jay ajayi balls all over the lolstoolers; aside, lol getting trucked by DHB en route to a 60-yard rushing TD
mfw Mike Tomlin is 1-11 on the road against teams with sub-.200 winning percentage (so I hear anyway, if a resident lolstoolers fan wants to do the work to confirm)
mfw coby fleener has as many rushing TDs on the year as mark ingram
Unrelated note, what happened to the Lolions that their D went from elite to getting shredded by Case Keenum in a couple years?
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Hey, the Dolphins actually have an offense when the OL can block.
Also, Lamar who?
Also, Lamar who?
I guess Paul Allen paid the refs off? We got away with that one for sure. Not feeling that after Shead did the clean one the play before.
We're unfortunately all used to this by now. When they refer to the 12th man in Seattle, they're not actually talking about the fans...
Next week is looking like a bloodbath for the steelers
Was really looking forward to the Brady/Ben Matchup too
Was really looking forward to the Brady/Ben Matchup too
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There were some ugly losses today but steelers got the short stick up their ass jahaha
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A lot of Ravens fans hate the Bengals more than we hate the Steelers for this exact reason.
Meniscus surgery is usually 2-6 weeks iirc
I don't think we are a Superbowl level roster this year even when fully healthy, but I definitely know how you feel with injuries. They just don't seem to stop for us.
Yeah it depends whether it's a trim or a full repair. They're hoping for just a trim so he can return after the bye. Fortunately we are 4-2 right now so we're not already behind. Time will tell
Patriots twitter points out that in the immediate aftermath of
Aaron Rodgers admitted to significantly over inflating footballs before games, since then, the NFL has cracked down on football inflation levels and Aaron Rodgers play has declined with seemingly no explanation...........
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
DEFLATEGATE
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Please have some respect for those that don't want to talk about "that" anymore.
Anyway,
There's seemingly no plausible explanation for Aaron Rodgers sudden decline, so people are exhausting all possible avenues in order to find out whats wrong with him.
Its just due diligence imo.
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