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The Everything NFL Thread - 2013-2014 Edition
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I always liked him more than Fitz. Tough as nails and reliable as they come.
lolchargers, although it still makes me :S about the whole "Texans for AFC rep" I have going.
First off, I really hate these new forums, jesus christ.
Second of all,
Second of all,
Way to ignore the 2 TD 260 yard second half (that more or less did not involve the read option whatsoever), but never let the facts get in the way of a good agenda. RGIII will be up and down for a few weeks while he shakes off the rust but he'll be fine. Also the Kelly offense needs to slow down or it's not sustainable. We outscored the Eagles 20-7 in the half (they outscored us 26-7 in the first) and that was with a missed FG. The offense ground to a halt late in the game, and no they didn't go vanilla on either side, rewatch the game.
Perennial Coach of the Year candidate Rex Ryan's protege Mark Sanchez is likely out for the year with a torn labrum.
If they want to keep Sanchez in over Geno, he will still be able to play. Labrum isn't the worst thing ever, and playing until the end of the season, having surgery, then recovering over the offseason would be fine. It all depends what they want to do though, how important they feel Sanchez is.
Right now espn is saying "...Geno Smith is keeping the Jets in it so far." I contest to that because the Patriots are keeping the Jets in this game. I don't know if anyone else is watching it, but the Patriots look awful.
The Patriots' receivers look awful. Brady is giving them every opportunity to make catches, but they keep coming up short.
Right now Brady is a dismal 15/33... at worst he should be something like 20/33 if his receivers (Dobson) weren't making so many drops. Things will get better, though.
Right now Brady is a dismal 15/33... at worst he should be something like 20/33 if his receivers (Dobson) weren't making so many drops. Things will get better, though.
If Gronk and Welker Jr. don't get healthy and stay healthy, I'm not entirely sure things will get better.
I'm curious as to what the people slinging shit at Flacco for the way he played (partly justified admittedly although blown out of proportion due to the contract) have to say about Brady's start to the season. Let's not have double standards. And don't give me that drops bullshit cause Flacco had plenty of them by his inept receivers too, more of then in fact then Brady had.
I didn't sling shit at Flacco but he has more than 1 receiver that caught a pass for him last year. Then again Brady has done more with less talented receivers before so idk.
Sloppy win, sloppier Jets, but a win is a win and I can't say I didn't expect this kind of score.
Sloppy win, sloppier Jets, but a win is a win and I can't say I didn't expect this kind of score.
Players do get better. Dobson and Thompkins will, eventually, catch passes that Brady trusts them to catch. Edelman is fine on his own, but they need downfield receivers too; surely two of Gronkowski/Amendola/Dobson/Thompkins will be able to be consistent down the field.
what? here's a good article about the eagles and the game but ill respond to some weird things in this post: http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/74191/the-power-of-the-chip-kelly-offense
1.) the redskins carved up an eagles defense playing a prevent zone, i think you can just chalk it up to chip kelly feeling the game wasn't even worth trying to play anymore (which was too soon of a desicion for him to make), why would they lie about 60% and it being slow? they have a ton of shit to show and they want to hide it
2.) have no idea what you mean by needs to slow down or it's not sustainable, didn't know you had any kind of expertise in this area or what that phrase even means, it just sounds like jargon id hear a guy on first take say...but i'd say that the eagles offense is easily sustainable, chip kelly is an offensive god, its like people forget belichick turns to kelly for advice and that kelly basically perfected his no huddle offense that put up "unsustainable" and unbelievable stats last year. if they're running it, why wouldn't they be able to sustain it. so confused
3.) the redskins were also gifted a turnover by the refs because vick is left-handed that made it even closer than it should've been, that was a 14 point swing.
rg3 played like ass the entire game until the eagles decided to stop playing defense (which was a mistake but w/e), other than that the eagles thoroughly outplayed the redskins
1: That's completely untrue. The Eagles were still blitzing heavily well into the 4th quarter. Even their defensive coordinator said that they kept blitzing and that they wouldn't sit back and play prevent. As for their offense, Mike Vick and many other players reported being gassed in the first quarter, and even in the first half. And I love how people ignore the fact that the Eagles consistently only had to drive 40-50 yards for a score, while the Redskins defense was constantly on the field due to turnovers/3 and outs/safeties. The problem is that the offense was indeed terrible and kept putting the defense back on the field.
2: Again, when I say the offense is unsustainable, I mean that the offensive players will tire themselves out going no huddle and playing really fast (they play way faster than the Pats no huddle, for example) and their performance will decline - just like what actually happened. Kelly's offense works in college because of the deeper rosters and larger talent differentials.
3: dat bias, how in the hell was that a forward pass?
2: Again, when I say the offense is unsustainable, I mean that the offensive players will tire themselves out going no huddle and playing really fast (they play way faster than the Pats no huddle, for example) and their performance will decline - just like what actually happened. Kelly's offense works in college because of the deeper rosters and larger talent differentials.
3: dat bias, how in the hell was that a forward pass?
okay get back to me when Flacco has multiple seasons with a performance that justifies not racing to judge him - so far his entire career is shit
Patriots opened last season 1-2 with 2 and 1 point losses, that was a great team and Brady had a fine season. This is easily one of the worst looking groups of wide receivers I have ever seen though.
This half of your comment is completely stupid
Wut. Tom Brady gets the benefit of the doubt because he is Tom Fucking Brady. He lost his best receiver and his two pro-bowl TEs. Joe Flacco doesn't get the benefit of the doubt because he isn't Tom Fucking Brady. If Tom Brady were to retire today do you want to know what Joe Flacco would have to do match Tom Brady's career stats?
98 Games
2,305 Completions on 3,498 attempts (65%)
27,279 yards (278/game)
233 TDs (that's 2.27 a game and 36.4 per season for over six seasons lmao.)
He would have to average a passer rating of like 102 for 6+ seasons. The only stat they're close in is INT rate and Brady is still significantly better.
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