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The Everything NFL Thread - 2009
- Thread starter WaterBomb
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Hey, so do the Bills!
But really, I seriously believe there will be at least one 9-7 wild card team in the AFC this year. The field of teams is just that mediocre and uninspiring.
The Steeler won't make the playoffs. They will lose thier next game and be out of the playoffs. Everyone will hate them. Next year they will go 12-4 and everyone will love them again.
The Steeler do have a future. It is just looking like a raiders future.
1. bengals lost due to a fumble on a kickoff return. the steelers lost on a last minute drive.
2. good teams dont lose to the raiders, chiefs, AND the browns either.
3. lol you beat the vikings thanks to the refs and sd almost came back. i thought the broncos werent as good as their record implies?
1. They still fumbled, and the Raiders still won. You can't bash the steelers for losing to the raiders and make excuses why yours did too.
2. Sure they do, according to the "any given sunday" rule
3. Oh, so the refs made Favre throw an interception and fumble the ball? Why do you tell others not to make excuses, then turn around and make your own? SD almost came back because of two fluke kickoff plays near the end, but they were completely crushed in every phase. See I can make excuses too!
The point is going around saying every team you don't like sucks is plain ignorant. If you want to be taken seriously, develop real arguments for why your team is good and other teams are bad. I haven't seen a single coherent argument come from you. All I've seen is "WHO DAT? STEELERS SUXS AND BENGALS PWNZ J00"
Well said.
As a Jets fan, I'm really praying for at least 2 more wins this year, because that would (undersome extremely unlikely situations) put us in the playoffs. While I realize this is unlikely (We had to lose Leon Washington so early, of course), it would at least make us look competitive. We have games against the Bucs and Falcons left, but we also have games against the Colts and the Bengals ... *sigh.
Woot Cardiac Cats!... suck even more than the Steelers
We don't even have the best Steve Smith anymore ;_;
And unlike the Steelers, our future is much more bleak.
Coach likely to get fired, no franchise QB, locked with a 36 year old Jake Delhomme for another 4 years, no cap space, no first round pick, no depth...
I'm getting depressed..
the colts will have clenched at that point and will be resting so consider that a free win i believe. the bengals is probably a loss but if they somehow end up in a position where a win/loss won't matter at all, they could also end up resting and you will get 2 conference wins. now you should beat the bucs and falcons, but you have to attack the weak secondaries of both teams. if matt ryan comes back for the atlanta game, i could actually see the jets losing this one.
the problem is that the jets basically have to win out now, not just get 2 wins. denver just needs 2 more wins to get their wildcard slot, and jacksonville needs 3. Miami and Baltimore both need 4 more. to add on to that, the jets are 2-4 in their division, with a tiebreaker loss to jaguars and miami. denver already has 3 wins in their division, and baltimore does as well.
you have a chance but a lot needs to happen in the next couple weeks. obviously just focus on winning your games because that is most important, but don't be shocked at all to see you go 9-7 and still miss the playoffs.
The key to the Jets winning their games is going to be the maturation of Mark Sanchez. He needs to really be focusing on taking care of the football and not turning it over. The offense has a brilliant weapon in Thomas Jones (why are they not utilizing him more?), which should be taking ALOT of pressure off Sanchez. With someone like Jones in and defenses gearing to stop him, this should set up the play action pass PERFECTLY for Sanchez. I think that will become Sanchez's strength if he can learn to execute it well. The Jets receivers need to step up though and learn how to beat their man when the defense goes to single coverage. If they can develop these two things the Jets will become a much more formidable offensive team.
That's agreeable. Mark Sanchez's mistakes make this team vey one-dimensional.
Clearly you didn't read a word of what I said. I said the key is going to be Sanchez's maturation and taking care of the football, meaning these skills have YET TO HAPPEN. He sucks at taking care of the football and he needs to mature as a game manager as well. In addition, what I said about the play action pass setting up Sanchez perfectly means that the Jets should be setting their offense up with that strategy because it would be the easiest situation for Sanchez to gain experience in. My entire post was in the future tense, meaning all these things will give the Jets success IF THEY MAKE THEM HAPPEN.
Please actually read my posts before you accuse me of "clearly not watching football". I don't think I even have to mount an argument for why that's a stupid thing to say.
They could've... Snelling... you're a big running back... run downhill v_v
Well my other two teams are doing well. Falcons did a good job, Redman threw for over 300 yards today so I can't complain that much. Especially with a few bad calls from the refs that gave the saints a touchdown. And the field goal kicker didn't miss so its cool ~_~.
indianapolis has clinched homefield, so the jags (7-6) get a huge boost when they play next week. then the jags clean up with new england and cleveland. even with all this apocalyptic talk surrounding the pats these days, i'm pretty sure they'll beat jacksonville. in which case...
the door opens up for the other 7-6 teams to win out and get in.
baltimore might have the easiest slate left, with chicago, pittsburgh, and oakland.
miami plays all three afc teams (6-7) on the outside looking in. tennessee, houston, pittsburgh. miami has looked impressive lately but i'm skeptical that they can can beat all three.
nyj plays atlanta, indy, and cincy. indy already has nothing left to play for but 16-0. i believe cincy will still be playing hard because if they lose next week at san diego they'll need to continue winning to hold on to the 3 seed (if new england doesn't slip on their weak remaining schedule). and if cincy wins, then they'll be in the running for a bye week. atlanta is nothing to scoff at, even with ryan and burner out.
the 6-7 teams
pittsburgh plays green bay, baltimore, and miami. lol. if they can't beat the trio of kc, oakland, and cleveland then i doubt they'll win out against that trifecta, which is probably the toughest schedule of any remaining AFC team "in the hunt"
houston plays st. louis, miami, and new england. i think they lose one or both of the last two games.
tennessee has a 3-7 conference record. with miami and san diego their remaining AFC opponents. they'd need a massive fucking miracle to make it, aside from winning those two tough games.
tl;dr if jacksonville wins out, they are in. if not, then i think only miami and baltimore are likely to make it, and baltimore has the easier schedule. i don't consider new york as being in the same league as those two.
the door opens up for the other 7-6 teams to win out and get in.
baltimore might have the easiest slate left, with chicago, pittsburgh, and oakland.
miami plays all three afc teams (6-7) on the outside looking in. tennessee, houston, pittsburgh. miami has looked impressive lately but i'm skeptical that they can can beat all three.
nyj plays atlanta, indy, and cincy. indy already has nothing left to play for but 16-0. i believe cincy will still be playing hard because if they lose next week at san diego they'll need to continue winning to hold on to the 3 seed (if new england doesn't slip on their weak remaining schedule). and if cincy wins, then they'll be in the running for a bye week. atlanta is nothing to scoff at, even with ryan and burner out.
the 6-7 teams
pittsburgh plays green bay, baltimore, and miami. lol. if they can't beat the trio of kc, oakland, and cleveland then i doubt they'll win out against that trifecta, which is probably the toughest schedule of any remaining AFC team "in the hunt"
houston plays st. louis, miami, and new england. i think they lose one or both of the last two games.
tennessee has a 3-7 conference record. with miami and san diego their remaining AFC opponents. they'd need a massive fucking miracle to make it, aside from winning those two tough games.
tl;dr if jacksonville wins out, they are in. if not, then i think only miami and baltimore are likely to make it, and baltimore has the easier schedule. i don't consider new york as being in the same league as those two.
What do you guys think about Gambles comment about Randy Moss?
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/12/14/fade_pattern_from_moss/
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/12/14/fade_pattern_from_moss/