The 2012 NFL thread

By the way, the way their offenses function, Roethlisberger is more important to his team's success than "great" QB Brady.  *cough* Matt Cassel *cough*

I personally think he was quite solid in 08 and 09. Before that no doubt he was inconsistent.
2010 was admittedly a frustrating year. I put a good bit on the young/new offense being out of sync and Eli's general conversion from game manager to blitzkrieger but yeah that was a painful one.

Enough of this before we get accused of more Giants fap fest...I hope the Rams can top Chicago, I just hate Jay Cutler I make no qualms about it.

Houston/Denver should be good and Ravens/Eagles as well.




Edited by JJLehto - September 19 2012 at 23:36

Equality 7-2521 wrote: I think it's dwindling, but it's still possible. In the past decade the Ravens, the Bucs, the Steelers twice won with good but not great qbs. I would probably argue that I need to see more from Eli before I call him great. So you would have in the past ten years 6 superbowl wins without great quarterbacks. That would be 50%.

No doubt, and it'll never die completely. There will always be a few teams with balance and a just good QB that can win the SB. Just as we said, it is dwindling. Alex Smith isn't great, at least yet that we know of, but he can absolutely win the SB.

I wont even get into the Eli thing but fair enough, I guess technically it's still too soon to make a definitive statement, buuuuuut  IDK how one can't say he's great yet


I'm cautiously optimistic about tomorrow's game. As always who knows what the hell will happen


Edited by JJLehto - September 19 2012 at 18:49

I think it's dwindling, but it's still possible. In the past decade the Ravens, the Bucs, the Steelers twice won with good but not great qbs. I would probably argue that I need to see more from Eli before I call him great. So you would have in the past ten years 6 superbowl wins without great quarterbacks. That would be 50%. 

Local guy, changed the game, and by all accounts a great human being. Shame to see him go.

RIP Steve Sabol

Not that I will ever knock someones pass defense too badly. I sincerely think the Giants secondary couldn't cover Rutgers at the moment....

Edited by JJLehto - September 18 2012 at 14:38

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I like that Falcon D.....see if it lasts thru the season before Os figure it out, a quick snap may catch them not ready and force them more to a settled D rather than walking all over the place.   Give Manning another half Qtr and I think he wins that game. It took half a game for his sync to come back... Give him another 4 minutes, and I think he wins it. The Eric Decker drop at the 15ish yard line really killed them which is a strange thing to say in a game where you turn the ball over 4 times.

Well they were also missing two of their better players against the Broncos. 

JJLehto wrote: His zip certainly improved over the game. That Atlanta cloud defense really did seem to confuse Denver, and they have some quality pass rushers and coverage it seems. Matty Ryan was looking in complete control.   Denver's D did step up and allowed Peyton a chance to win but just couldn't come up with it.

I like that Falcon D.....see if it lasts thru the season before Os figure it out, a quick snap may catch them not ready and force them more to a settled D rather than walking all over the place.