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The Everything NFL Thread - 2013-2014 Edition
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Manning doesn't have good enough coaching to consistently make the proper adjustments and preparations for the playoffs. He's also more willing to throw balls into tight spots to let the receivers make a play. Those types of balls are the high risk high reward ones that can easily be intercepted in high pressure situations, especially when Manning is trying to make them whilst facing pass rush/pressure to force throws for a win (I'm recalling various last minute interceptions throughout his career off the top of my head).
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Hear me now, believe me later:
Dallas, Philadelphia, and New York Giants all finish the year with winning records, largely because they should go a combined 6-0 against the complete-crap Washington Deadskins. 9-7 for Philly and NYG, 10-6 and the division's only playoff spot for Dallas. No NFC East team makes noise in the playoffs, though.
Chicago finishes a distant 3rd in the NFC North. Cutler's been a mediocre QB ever since he came to Chicago and this season will be no different. They have beaten nobody good (two 0-3 garbage squads), squeaked by the mediocre Bengals, and their defense will regress more than any other team's without Urlacher and everyone else being one year older. They look like a 5-11 team waiting to happen, and if they finished the rest of their division games 0-5 I would not be surprised. The Lions, on their way to a division title, will blow them out Sunday.
Baltimore is going straight down the crapper. Their win against Houston was massively overrated; the only reason why they put up a 30-spot on that team is because Houston's offense sucks and they got a pick-six and a punt return TD. They won't be that lucky in the future. I expected them to go 5-11 before the season started and they have not convinced me otherwise. Flacco is not elite. Ray Rice is Ray Regress. Anquan was always underrated, and whoever the Ravens get with the sixth-round pick they got for Anquan will not be worth him.
The Clowney Sweepstakes will be Jacksonville vs. Washington. The jury is still out on whether this should be called "Clowning for Clowney" or "Drowning for Clowney". Though the Jags obviously won't draft Clowney sincethe draft is deep at QB Tim Tebow needs a job.
SF will be mediocre this year if Kaepernick keeps playing like crap. This is not a bold prediction. Their whole offense is on the training table and Kaepernick has a case of "suck-at-quarterbacking-itis". Not a playoff combination. Still easily the 2nd-best team in that division, but the once-mighty NFC West is no longer the best division in football (the AFC West is). You can replace SF with HOU and Kapernick with Schaub and the first sentence of this paragraph is still true. Schaub has been complete and utter garbage the first three games of this season despite his super-underrated 2012 campaign. San Diego might have a top-three offense and a bottom-three defense this year, and that's not going to be enough to win many games.
The Jets are legit, the Chargers Titans are not legit (but Philip Rivers is!!), and the Saints are really legit. Seattle looks like the clear favorite for the NFC's Super Bowl berth, but New Orleans could give them a fight in the NFC title game, especially if they host it. Same goes for Denver, with Indianapolis as the AFC's New Orleans. I was wrong about Indy being garbage this year, they look like contenders. The Jets are the team nobody is talking about because they are less than one year removed from a play in which their quarterback rushed into the ass of an offensive lineman, then fumbled the ball while face-first in that man's buttocks. These are not the same Jets; these look more like the 2010 Jets (but they're not getting to the AFC title game lol) because Geno can manage a game, Santonio might not be massively overrated like he usually is, and they have a top-10 defense. The Chiefs are legit too.
The Panthers would make the playoffs if Ron Rivera was sitting at home in a Cam Newton jersey or, better yet, coaching a team the Panthers will compete with for a wild card spot.
Here are some playoff predictions because I'm bored:
AFC:
1. Denver
2. Indianapolis
3. Jets
4. Bengals (my God this division is complete and utter shit. None of these teams are in the top half of the NFL)
5. Chiefs
6. Dolphins (Patriots might get in here)
NFC:
1. Seattle
2. New Orleans
3. Detroit
4. Dallas
5. Falcons
6. Panthers (why not it's not like anyone's taking this post seriously)
(fuck at least this post necromanced this boring-ass thread)
Dallas, Philadelphia, and New York Giants all finish the year with winning records, largely because they should go a combined 6-0 against the complete-crap Washington Deadskins. 9-7 for Philly and NYG, 10-6 and the division's only playoff spot for Dallas. No NFC East team makes noise in the playoffs, though.
Chicago finishes a distant 3rd in the NFC North. Cutler's been a mediocre QB ever since he came to Chicago and this season will be no different. They have beaten nobody good (two 0-3 garbage squads), squeaked by the mediocre Bengals, and their defense will regress more than any other team's without Urlacher and everyone else being one year older. They look like a 5-11 team waiting to happen, and if they finished the rest of their division games 0-5 I would not be surprised. The Lions, on their way to a division title, will blow them out Sunday.
Baltimore is going straight down the crapper. Their win against Houston was massively overrated; the only reason why they put up a 30-spot on that team is because Houston's offense sucks and they got a pick-six and a punt return TD. They won't be that lucky in the future. I expected them to go 5-11 before the season started and they have not convinced me otherwise. Flacco is not elite. Ray Rice is Ray Regress. Anquan was always underrated, and whoever the Ravens get with the sixth-round pick they got for Anquan will not be worth him.
The Clowney Sweepstakes will be Jacksonville vs. Washington. The jury is still out on whether this should be called "Clowning for Clowney" or "Drowning for Clowney". Though the Jags obviously won't draft Clowney since
SF will be mediocre this year if Kaepernick keeps playing like crap. This is not a bold prediction. Their whole offense is on the training table and Kaepernick has a case of "suck-at-quarterbacking-itis". Not a playoff combination. Still easily the 2nd-best team in that division, but the once-mighty NFC West is no longer the best division in football (the AFC West is). You can replace SF with HOU and Kapernick with Schaub and the first sentence of this paragraph is still true. Schaub has been complete and utter garbage the first three games of this season despite his super-underrated 2012 campaign. San Diego might have a top-three offense and a bottom-three defense this year, and that's not going to be enough to win many games.
The Jets are legit, the Chargers Titans are not legit (but Philip Rivers is!!), and the Saints are really legit. Seattle looks like the clear favorite for the NFC's Super Bowl berth, but New Orleans could give them a fight in the NFC title game, especially if they host it. Same goes for Denver, with Indianapolis as the AFC's New Orleans. I was wrong about Indy being garbage this year, they look like contenders. The Jets are the team nobody is talking about because they are less than one year removed from a play in which their quarterback rushed into the ass of an offensive lineman, then fumbled the ball while face-first in that man's buttocks. These are not the same Jets; these look more like the 2010 Jets (but they're not getting to the AFC title game lol) because Geno can manage a game, Santonio might not be massively overrated like he usually is, and they have a top-10 defense. The Chiefs are legit too.
The Panthers would make the playoffs if Ron Rivera was sitting at home in a Cam Newton jersey or, better yet, coaching a team the Panthers will compete with for a wild card spot.
Here are some playoff predictions because I'm bored:
AFC:
1. Denver
2. Indianapolis
3. Jets
4. Bengals (my God this division is complete and utter shit. None of these teams are in the top half of the NFL)
5. Chiefs
6. Dolphins (Patriots might get in here)
NFC:
1. Seattle
2. New Orleans
3. Detroit
4. Dallas
5. Falcons
6. Panthers (why not it's not like anyone's taking this post seriously)
(fuck at least this post necromanced this boring-ass thread)
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If the Ravens go 5-11 or worse, I'll change my avatar to anything of your choice that isnt gonna get me banned for a month. If they beat that, you have to do it. Deal?
Edit: I took this post semi seriously because you do have a history of absurd predictions, but even some of the stuff you said this time has me skeptical whether it's a joke or not. Mainly Washington being as bad as the Jags (who btw would go Bridgewater over Clowney imo), the Jets being legit and your Ravens/Bears comments. I actually do think that the Panthers could snag a wild card spot though.
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troll/10 i've seen better from some hero
If you had said Dolphins win the East with their easier schedule (if they're as good as they've looked then the only challenges left are @ the Saints next week, home vs Bengals, and the Patriots twice) and Patriots make the Wild Card at 10-6/11-5 because they split the home and home with Miami, I'd believe it.
Also fun fact: Washington's defense is on pace to give up 7800 yards, the NFL record is ~7000. Even if RG3 bails them out of some close games the defense is just brutal.
If you had said Dolphins win the East with their easier schedule (if they're as good as they've looked then the only challenges left are @ the Saints next week, home vs Bengals, and the Patriots twice) and Patriots make the Wild Card at 10-6/11-5 because they split the home and home with Miami, I'd believe it.
Also fun fact: Washington's defense is on pace to give up 7800 yards, the NFL record is ~7000. Even if RG3 bails them out of some close games the defense is just brutal.
Detroits not going to win the division, GB and Chicago are both much better (the Lions played a close game with the fucking Vikings for christ's sake). I think Miami has a solid chance to win the AFC East, though. Baltimore will be fine because the rest of the teams in their division (with the slight exception of Cincinatti) are trash.
I did give the LOLcat post a like though, because the "Clowning for Clowney" and "Drowning for Clowney" comments gave me a laugh.
I did give the LOLcat post a like though, because the "Clowning for Clowney" and "Drowning for Clowney" comments gave me a laugh.
Actually I just realized: even if Washington does have one of the two worst records in the NFL this year, the pick goes to St. Louis! The Rams could arguably end up 5-11/6-10 since the only really winnable games left on the schedule are Jaguars, Bucs, and then whichever is less real out of Panthers/Titans/Cardinals. They could conceivably end up with two top 10 picks in a loaded draft.
Well, since i'm the NFC East and AFC West expert here, i'll drop some knowledge. The Boys are still frontrunners, but the NFC East always has this storyline. One dominant first half team(usually the Giants) that ends up pissing away the division as the season goes on. While i predict the boys end up winning it, i'd be shocked if the Eggs or Giants dont win it. So its between the giants and eggs really.
As for the afc west, ALL 3 teams not named the broncos suck. The Chiefs CAN make a wildcard berth IF they keep the TO differential at an absurd level. Their defense is definitley not good enough to win 10 games. Captain Checkdown is terrible at anything other than not taking chances. Its a 6-10 team and thats how they will end up, unless they play mistake free football for the next 13 games. Chargers are a damn joke. Rivers is good. Thats where it ends with that team. You take out Rivers and compare them to the raiders and i'd say they are about the same. Both are crap. Rivers though is always a threat. The AFC West is still garbage, but like i've been saying forever the NFC East is overrated as hell and teams get way too much credit when they beat these guys.
As for the afc west, ALL 3 teams not named the broncos suck. The Chiefs CAN make a wildcard berth IF they keep the TO differential at an absurd level. Their defense is definitley not good enough to win 10 games. Captain Checkdown is terrible at anything other than not taking chances. Its a 6-10 team and thats how they will end up, unless they play mistake free football for the next 13 games. Chargers are a damn joke. Rivers is good. Thats where it ends with that team. You take out Rivers and compare them to the raiders and i'd say they are about the same. Both are crap. Rivers though is always a threat. The AFC West is still garbage, but like i've been saying forever the NFC East is overrated as hell and teams get way too much credit when they beat these guys.
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you should work at espn man
i'd argue the bengals are among the top 3 teams in the afc with dalton playing well, they've got a great defense and their offense is decent enough, their biggest issue atm is probably marvin lewis' love for pissing away timeouts. i'm not even going to dignify ur afc analysis with a point really, i'm not someone who eats up ESPNs dislike for the jets but they certainly aren't going to finish with a better record than the Patriots, kind of absurd also u have them missing the playoffs even though they basically need 7/8 more wins for a spot and not only will their receiving corps grow over time as the rest come back from injury, they literally have to beat the browns, steelers, subpar teams like the rest of the afc east has shown to be and beat a few of the better teams [the only ones of which who have really impressed SO FAR being the bengals, broncos and Saints]. i just can't get behind this logic lol
I kind of forgot but the Bengals right now are the second best team in the afc. However, the Patriots by seasons' end will be as scary as the Broncos and the best team in the league. I predicted a 12-4 season for them, but they are not that right now. They kind of suck. However, once they get on their roll and Gronk gets back its the same old patriots with a better wes welker. If anything the Patriots are just taking advantage of injuries so that brady can develop a chemistry with the rookies. Who, once Amendola gets back, will just be extra firepower. Amendola is basically the only part of this offense that is crucial. Imo the second half patriots with gronk, amendola and seasoned rookies have the potential to be the best offense the patriots have had in years. The 4 losses i placed on the patriots were at the start of the season, but if they only lose to the falcons and broncos before getting healthy i cant see them losing another game and 14-2 is a possibility. Once they get on that hot streak they won't lose again.
Amendola is a HUGE improvement over welker. If he wasnt made out of glass the dude would be legendary already.
Amendola is a HUGE improvement over welker. If he wasnt made out of glass the dude would be legendary already.
What constitutes a "drop"? Because there's a difference between a legitimate drop where you're hit right in the numbers mid-stride and an impossible ball that grazes your hands.
Though even if you count them all as incomplete passes they're still great numbers.
Though even if you count them all as incomplete passes they're still great numbers.
drops are not an official stat, so it's basically the discretion of the organization (the source for those graphs was PFF)
for example, this website only lists the Broncos as having 10 drops.
for example, this website only lists the Broncos as having 10 drops.
This is what Jaguars fans must feel like...
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