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Posted: September 29 2013 at 19:17

Giants...1-14 on 3rd down conversions.

Oh lord.

At least they are only two games out of the division lead.

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 17:47

Well my Giants looked better, which is sad because they looked pretty crap but it WAS an improvement.
Just f**kin beautiful

I'm sorry but how can anyone in the NFL stop Denver? This is like watching a video game, I know the Eagles D is not very good but still, looks like they aren't even trying out there. Of course we have seen this before, 07 pats for example so we'll see, but for now this offense is just a machine.

Still a long season to go, but a quarter in I think teams are more less aligned and showing what they got. There is 0 doubt Seattle and Denver are the best in their conferences. The titles are theirs to lose.

Edited by JJLehto - September 29 2013 at 17:58

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 17:16

rushfan4 wrote:

The Lions have gone into their prevent offense and then their prevent defense. The only thing these prevent are the Lions from winning. Unhappy

I never thought of it that way, but it's true. They get a lead and then they just shut down. That's what lost them the game in Arizona a couple of weeks ago, too. At least they came away with a huge divisional win today to move to the top of the North (with the tie breaker, of course).

And then with Seattle's come from behind win in Houston today, this has been a pretty good day so far!

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 15:07

The Lions have gone into their prevent offense and then their prevent defense. The only thing these prevent are the Lions from winning. Unhappy

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 14:48

The Lions are beating the Bears 40 to 16. Who'd of thunk that would be possible?

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Posted: September 26 2013 at 19:18

I'm mostly excited to watch 5 quarters of football tonight. So maybe the more football that happens, the better for your fantasy team?

Yeah, that's a bit of a stretch. But I would still take an over/under on 5 quarters happening.

And I'm stealing this from Reddit, but this was an entertaining read:

The Rams are the most painfully average team in the NFL. They're like a guy that holds a 9 to 5 cubicle position, where the highlight of the day is how someone in the office accidentally e-mailed everyone a picture of the skin tag on their back. Maybe on his next trip to the ice machine, The Rams will try to strike up a conversation with one of the new female interns, but flashbacks to how he had to ask what a condom was in sex ed will ultimately prevent him from doing so.

After work, he'll punch out, climb into his PT cruiser, take the back roads on his 30 min commute home (he has a fear of the freeway but claims he only drives this way to 'comfortably cruise'), slink into his apartment, and pop open a room temperature Coors Light. If he's feeling frisky he might go out for a meal at the Applebee's later (he always buys a 2 for $20 for himself), but most likely he'll just indulge in some light reading of the People's magazine he stole after his haircut at Great Clips. Afterwards, he'll hop on Facebook and check to see if anyone liked his 'artsy' photo of the clouds this morning, only to find that only he and his mom will have done so (she commented, "I miss you, please call <3"). The night is capped off watching a re-run of Blade III and a half hearted attempt at following the six minute abs program he found in the dollar bin at Ross.

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Posted: September 26 2013 at 17:08

I've been skeptical of the rams because of the guy at QB. It's a tough one, they are the rams...their offense has been shockingly lacking in talent for years, but still Bradford has failed to do much and seems a "manager" at best. I'd be willing to give him another year or two now that upgrades have been made...but I would've drafted a QB to start prepping.

I'm excited for tonight's game. Niners have been a let down on D and maybe Kaep is coming down to reality, this may be competitive! That said, for the sake of my fantasy team I need them to shut the Rams out, sack Sam 5 times, pick him thrice, force a couple of fumbles and a safety would be nice Clown

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Posted: September 26 2013 at 16:13

Thank you for the reminder. I forgot to make my picks for the week. Thumbs Up

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Posted: September 26 2013 at 16:11

I do too. I'm just hoping it doesn't end in another tie. I think the 49ers get a chance to recover with a win here, but I still expect it to be a very competitive game.

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Posted: September 26 2013 at 15:55

I've been so bullish on the Rams this season, and they've sort of just sh*t the bed. Still though, I'm going to continue on that track. I think it'll be a good game tonight.

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Posted: September 25 2013 at 02:46

The.Crimson.King wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

Yeah I still don't get this obsession with running QBs especially when you have one like Pryor who can apparently throw it well after all. I mean if it's an open lane, go for it but the planned QB run?? They seem to rarely work and in his case, left him walking into a blitz. Stupid. I was surprised how he stood in the pocket and always looked for the pass. Cool to see a running QB work on his passing game and not be in a tailored system. That big ten mentality

I agree with you about the crazy obsession with running QB's, they're all just a hit away from serious injury. Turns out Pryor did suffer a concussion and is questionable for the next game. When Tebow had that success with the Broncos a couple years ago, I remember thinking this was exciting to watch, but there's no way one of these run-first QB's will have more than a 3 year NFL career...they're just not built to take repeated hits from LB's and the more physical Safeties.

If you're built like Ben Roethlisberger, you can take plenty of hits LOL

. But there aren't many like him in that respect. I'm always hesitent to draft them in fantasy leagues because of the inherently greater risk for injury. Michael Vick is a great example, as is Griffin. I'm curious if we'll ever see a 300lb QB that can throw and plow over LB's as well.

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Posted: September 25 2013 at 00:47

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 15:40

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The Lions lost their leading pass receiver, Nate Burleson, to an auto accident this morning. Apparently, he was driving home from a friend's house after watching MNF last night and lost control of his car and broke his arm in two places. It does not appear that alcohol was a factor, but I am thinking that he probably dozed off or something.

Damn!

Just picked him up on one of my fantast teams last week. Also a bad blow to the lions. I've always liked him and he seems a good compliment in that offense.

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 09:22

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The Giants had some big question marks on their roster coming into the season. This shouldn't be a surprise. We usually ignore it every year because the Giants seem to be able to overcome their glaring weaknesses for stretches of games. They still might end up winning the division. I've counted them out too many times to see them turn it around instantly in the past.

If there's ever a team for whom the regular season is meaningless, it's the Giants.

You're right Pat and Pat, poor play shouldn't be a surprise but guess I was taken aback by how shockingly poor it's been. I wanna say this year feels different, though. This line is a different level of bad, and offense really has to get on the same page. The D is looking worse than usual even, to boot.

That said, just 2 years ago the defense went from 32nd to '85 bears over night so who knows, really I'm putting this season on the shoulders of the trenches and if they can at least keep Eli from getting killed, and if the pass rush can get turned on.

I'm skeptical of a division win, pains me but Dallas looks to be the best of us, though obviously they can never be expected to win when it matters.

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 09:03

The Lions lost their leading pass receiver, Nate Burleson, to an auto accident this morning. Apparently, he was driving home from a friend's house after watching MNF last night and lost control of his car and broke his arm in two places. It does not appear that alcohol was a factor, but I am thinking that he probably dozed off or something.

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 08:27

If there's ever a team for whom the regular season is meaningless, it's the Giants.

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 08:18

The Giants had some big question marks on their roster coming into the season. This shouldn't be a surprise. We usually ignore it every year because the Giants seem to be able to overcome their glaring weaknesses for stretches of games. They still might end up winning the division. I've counted them out too many times to see them turn it around instantly in the past.

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 07:17

The after effects are settling in now, Giants getting slammed by everyone for their lack of heart and a few players even agree. Not the first time they've been accused of this but the first time some are owning up to it. If you try and fail or just suck well....ok, but if you are going out there and just not caring, awfully hard to stay and support.

I almost wanna pray they just are terrible and the Giants "not caring" is wrong because if you ever need extra incentive to play...Tom Coughlin lost his brother a few days ago in a freak accident, who's funeral he attends today.

On a lighter note, Jacoby Jones has been hit over the head with a bottle by a stripper. We can joke since he's apparently OK and more proof that the most epic, or terrible, things happen after 2 am.

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 00:19

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Wow, didn't think Pryor would amount to diddly in the NFL (hell I never thought a team would take him even) and being on the Raiders is even worse...but he actually looks like a competent passer.
In fact, he's still super inexperienced but in terms of raw talent he seems to have good awareness, vision and accuracy ...including a solid deep ball. Color me impressed.

In terms of game itself yeah this has been a sh*t fest. Could've been a blowout early in the first if Denver didn't call some, erm very questionable plays LOL

The game was about what I expected from my Broncos...though I did think Clady's replacement would play much worse...then again he blew one pass coverage pretty badly and Manning got smacked from the blind side. I bet the Denver press jumps all over that. The Raiders played with a lot more heart than I expected and Pryor looks much better than I thought he would. If he doesn't have a concussion from that nasty hit late in Q4, the Raiders might actually be able to beat the Redskins next week in Oakland.

Had to laugh as they kept showing Charles Woodson...he worked out with the Broncos last offseason and signed with the Raiders instead...wonder if he was thinking "I could have been 3-0 now" LOL

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Posted: September 23 2013 at 22:02

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Bridgewater, but Jax has that pick locked up.

Yup

I hear it's a strong QB class though. Then again I thought Matt Barkley and Landry Jones were supposed to be studs and went in 4th round so IDK LOL

I'm not sure his year but that Manziel is supposedly good, also heard Derek Carr thrown around and McCarron from Alabama.

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If the Panthers shut out the Giants and sack Eli 6 times in a half, then that Chiefs game should be lol.

Well, I was assuming the Giants O line sucked....little did I know they apparently had a pact to get Eli murdered.
No doubt this year is shot, the only chance we have of getting wins is, well against the NFC East honestly.
Besides that we need some teams with no pass rush, like the Packers...and we play em all.

I am praying Suh is suspended by the time we get to the Lions LOL

if not...maybe just sit Eli (for his physical well being) and give our draftee a trial by fire!

Edited by JJLehto - September 23 2013 at 22:07