The 2012 NFL thread

Nice win by the Ravens,on a Monday night game,for once.Flacco looks like a more confident QB since Harbaugh and Cameron took the training wheels off(finally!!).Some good catches by Boldin,Smith and Jones and Rice didn't have stellar numbers as far as yards but 2 td's.The D needs a bit of work though,I was getting worried in the 2nd quarter or so when Dalton was hot and connecting with everyone he threw to.

Just for the craziness of it, and epic defenses, I'd really like a 49ers/Broncos SB.

As for Flacco I was figuring this year would be the year. He really has been solid, with flashes of great play, and we get caught up with the Matt Ryan's, Cam Newtons and now maybe RG3s that we forget young QBs struggle often

Assuming the D line picks up...I really do expect the G men to make the playoffs, but they will certainly lose (99.9% sure of course)
Eli pulled out the miracle with no o line, run game or secondary but that can't be repeated.

I don't consider any of these predictions real without records.  Anybody can just grab 6 teams from each conference.

^ Clearly that's not true.  Many have not the balls to do so.

It's not even a balls thing, how many stupid/crazy things have I said (not just football but in general) without care?
Team records are just a crap shoot these days. Most "sh*t" teams aren't that far off and a few plays often swing these games ya know?


The NFC East really is utter madness for the time being. The Cowboys have some talent but always Cowboys out...The Eagles are beast but never know what Vick will do/get hurt and they seemed to struggle keeping their star power from exploding. The Giants all depend on how their D Line does, and as we know they can squander a 15 win season or win the SB with 6...

The Redskins, sh*t, I cant even think about it. Their year could go any way.

I do expect 7-9 wins for the Giants


Edited by JJLehto - September 12 2012 at 19:39

Just out of curiosity...what makes you say that about the Giants fans?
There are only 2 here, myself and Man With Hat and I'm the more vocal one.

Besides that we have an Eagles fan, a Steelers fan (who hates every team and player not on Pittsburgh, and also hates Pittsburgh) a Ravens fan and a Pats fan though he's vanished, and a few casual fans.
I was gunna say, weird you think there's some Giants overload here but given your tone...you seem to hate them so I'll just assume thats why lol  You're just wrong though, outside us 2 they are hated in this thread and viewed as a joke and flukes (because ya know, a fluke happens 8 times)

No one here really seems to disagree, myself included, this year is not their year. But you must admit, last years sched was brutal and they made the playoffs, and the NFC east is a mess.
Even if they do, they will lose (coming from a Giants fan)

If the Niners dont go to the SB it'll be a travesty. No one else is as balanced or good overall.


Edited by JJLehto - September 12 2012 at 22:57

Well I think the Giants are a very good team this year so he may be referring to me as well. The Skins beat, actually dominated really, the Giants in two games last year. However, that does not mean that things will be static in that respect this year. It's not as if the Skins did anything particularly well that happened to give them an advantage. They just played better those 2 games. Occasionally, a better team loses to a worse team because that worse team played better, cleaner, more fundamental football. I don't see why that would happen again though. Even with the upgrade at qb, I think the Skins are inferior.

RGIII looked great against a great team, but don't expect that to be the case every week.

I don't think he's in the top 5 of the absolute elite in the NFL that have to go down as some of the best to ever play. (Peyton, Brady, Rodgers, Brees, Eli [Who doesn't necessarily fit that description but I would put as #5]). But he's a very good qb, who aside from making Favre type mistakes, handles the pocket exceptionally well, has good accuracy, etc etc. He gets too much flack. Romo's good stuff even though I despise him and his stupid face.                           

JJLehto wrote: Just out of curiosity...what makes you say that about the Giants fans? There are only 2 here, myself and Man With Hat and I'm the more vocal one. ..... but given your tone...you seem to hate them so I'll just assume thats why lol  You're just wrong though, outside us 2 they are hated in this thread and viewed as a joke and flukes (because ya know, a fluke happens 8 times) If the Niners dont go to the SB it'll be a travesty. No one else is as balanced or good overall.

I am just having fun with you.

And yes, I read two back to back posts that were PRO Giants, so I thought....well enough of this rubbish, time for a little post to annoy some New Yorkers!   Seriously you guys have won two Lombardi trophies in a few years so your Giant team would be the logical  target for razzin!  The Eagles have never won sh*&t, oh, cept for that Chuck Bednarik led team from I think in 1960.... so I wouldn't even waste breath talkin smack bout the eagles....

I said I have been a fan since Vince Lombardi came to Washington.  Don't you know who Vince Lombardi was?
They named the Super Bowl trophy after him...   So yes, I am a long time Redskins fan, for over 40 years, though the last 20 have been brutal!

Seriously the Giants do have a CRAZY-HARD schedule, since the NFC east will beat each other up this year, it will be so hard for the Giants to survive that and still be in playoff position.  Just the cold hard odds, actually I respect the Giants and I don't dislike them at all.  I hate only one team, since I am a Redskin fan that should be obvious which team I  think are a bunch of crack smokin (Michael Irvin), mommy beating (Dez Bryant) clowns....yep those idiots who claim they are "America's Team....

I just watched tonight's game.  So much for my pick that the Bears will win the division.

But I do think RGIII is the real deal.  The Redskins problem is their secondary, from what I see.  I think RGIII will do fine as the offense around him is sound.  Can the Redskin's defensive backs stop anybody in this pass happy NFL???

Bad o line or not...that was a pretty wretched game for Cutler. 40% complete, 4 picks? Tebow-esque!

I'll be at the Giants/Buccs game. I actually don't feel like it, so it better be a good game.
Only other games that look appealing are Baltimore/Philly, Detroit/San Fran and Denver/Atlanta.

Maybe the Jets/Pitt just because they are sheisty lil devils in Gang Green land...and I wanna see if Dirty Sanchez can have 2 straight good games.