The 2012 NFL thread

Yeah, predicting the Giants has been utterly worthless.
Like I said, we have our d line of monsters, Eli, Nicks and Cruz. That alone is good, if we can get that sh*tty o line fixed up and the back 7 a bit better we'll be awwwwright I say!


Well season is on gents.
Needless to say hoping for a sweet victory over those damned Cowboys.

I would be happy with this year's team if I were a Giants fan. You guys still have a few small pieces you could potentially add (assuming you count things like "a third wide receiver" as one), but overall I'd have to think they're favorites in the NFC this year. Now watch them finish third in their division because I said that. 

As for the Bengals, I think the o-line still has a bit to do in terms of timing and teamwork on certain plays, but they've improved steadily every week during the preseason. In the second game when they played who-knows-because-no-one-care-about-the-preseason, they had so many injuries on their d-line that I don't think they rotated anyone out at all during that game. And they all became somewhat sluggish after the 3rd or 4th defensive series. But 2 of the main 3 guys who were injured should be good to go when the first regular season game rolls around.

I'm still waiting for the day when no one can get away with saying that the Pats are the favorites in the AFC this year. Mostly because 1) I think it was laughably untrue last year and 2) I still see similar issues they had with their defense last year. Although I guess if you get to the Super Bowl and you're a favorite, that's not too bad.

I think if Dalton gets enough protection, and the defense is as good as it looks on paper, we might have a shot at the division this year. I definitely think we'll make it past the wild card/first round in the playoffs this year however.

Eli on SNL was pretty good I thought........better than most athletes who try it......Except for Charles Barkley, he owns SNL as an athlete.

I'm content knowing that Bungles fans are fine with Marvin.  Hope they stay that way.  The cheapshot at Ben is off topic and does nothing to advance Dalton's woth, by the way.  I do think Dalton is a good QB.  One that would be better off playing under a coach that fostered growth instead of enabling destruction....  (Here's your return cheap shot): Why, just ask Chris Henry if he'd have been better off without all Marvin's help.

I didn't learn much from it, but I thought Brandon Marshall wrote a nice op-ed piece here for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Edited by horsewithteeth11 - May 06 2012 at 20:53

The Bungles will fall short as long as Marvin Lewis is their coach.  Thankfully, they keep rehiring him.

Yeah, I think the players we let go either had underperformed or were starting to get up there in years. I think they took the best pure cornerback this year in Dre Kirkpatrick, even if he does have some physical issues (like needing to put on a bit more weight), but given he's one of Nick Saban's kids, I think he's pretty much NFL-ready material, as well as Devon Still.

Honestly, I'm really happy with how the Bengals have drafted for the last 2 years. They're setting themselves up for a good decade's-worth of success. And I never thought I'd see this team do that.

Well I guess that report was correct, lacrosse is on the up and up...and Texas is the football mecca of America so maybe all hope is lost When all the current NFL players are retired the sport shall die and lacrosse becomes our new national hobby.

Because NASCAR is #2 and we don't want that taking the crown

I think the Giants will be fine at LB honestly. 

I think the Bengals dropped some players they were glad to see go on the Cowboys and Giants.