The official 2009 NFL season thread

Whewwwwww........

The Eagles game was ridiculous to watch, but 3 of my 4 most hated teams in the NFL lost today which made it about a winning day for me.

Wow, this Sidney Rice is something to watch.....200 yards today......and the team was really pretty out of sync. 

I am really liking how the Bengals are playing. Palmer has always been a Top 5 QB talent wise, who is finally healthy and apparently really matured from all his off time. They have a HUGE O-line and just force the run down your throat and most importantly their D is really playing good.

Opposed to the Broncos whose defense is starting to slip, (27 points given up to the Redskins??) Orton who is a mediocre QB in a conservative offense, the Bengals are legit.

Also the Eagles just frustrate me. The bain of the Giants existence last season and thus far but they always look so bad otherwise. Thus far ran the ball 6 times for 2 yards, and a few of those cam on the goal line in which they could not make that 1 yard. WTF? I know the run is becoming obsolete, the pass is here yadda yadda but I still maintain you need to be able to run the ball, at least sometimes. The Eagles just annoy me

So the Steelers give up another game to cincy through sheer stupidity.  This time the utter incompetence of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians was in full display.  Four trips to the red zone = four field goals.  No more than 5 plays the entire game were off before the play clock had ticked down inside 5 second.  Everyone who has ever watched a Steelers' game could tell you, the hurry up is when Roethlisberger is most effective as it is when he can call his own plays (takes Arians out of the mix).  As long as Bruce Arians continues to be the Steelers' offensive coordinator the offense will struggle to score with anything other than the hurry up.  It is so damn frustrating to watch the defense play so well and get screwed over by one bald dumbass with a clipboard.

I saw a bit of the 4th quarter, but the game I did watch of Chicago earlier in the season, I felt Cutler threw a few intentionally because they weren't blocking very well up front and he was pissed..  Think I even mentioned it in this thread, saying something like Lovie didn't deserve this... Don't know if this game followed suit, but this prima donna needs to be pushed quietly out of the league in my opinion..

Well I still humbly disagree about Rodgers. EVERYONE acknowledges the O-Line (the worst in the NFL!) and the leaky Defense yet he still "deserves the blame" and keep in mind, the guy is only in his second as a starter... It's taken some QB's 3 or 4 before they hit their prime. I have faith in Rodgers, and when the team comes around....y'all will see.

For the record, Favre has been playing amazingly and with that O-LINE the vikings have, I think he has enough protection to make it through the season


Edited by JJLehto - November 11 2009 at 21:47

Finnforest wrote: JJLehto wrote: The Bucs have just taken the lead against the Packers. Josh Freeman in his first start has played pretty considering that... Oh, and he led a great drive where he threw a TD pass on a 4th down, then threw for the 2 point conversion. What a game!! Q:  Is Green Bay capable of making a big play and not ruining it with a penalty? Is Aaron Rodgers the second coming of Daunte Culpepper?  (panics too soon and becomes a running back?)

            

Exactly, he is just like Chad Pennington. Guy is reliable, consistent, wont lose the game but won't win it....but that can only last so long...he's bound to lose some games. And as you guys mentioned when down he is incapable of making a comeback. *sigh chad pennington*

They can always run the ball and their defense is pretty good but they won't win in the playoffs without that QB

The Denver O-line came out and played horrible in the second half. However, most of the blame really is on Orton's shoulders. Yes he was under pressure but the int he threw were not as a result of it.