2013 NFL Season

I'm not happy about (possibly) losing McDaniel.

JJLehto wrote: Yup, Gilbride has.....retired.... His hand was forced a little bit. Seems it was one of the retire or be fired situations.  Maybe he chose to do it himself understand the situation, regardless he was more or less forced out. Still the Giants handled it gracefully as they always do, it was a delicate situation (see below) And hey, I appreciate the effort, he was a dedicated Giant. That said, I am glad this happened.  It may be a bit weird, he's been Eli's only OC, as well as Coughlin's. All were pretty tight, but hey...I know they will welcome his replacement. Just hope he injects some creativity into this team. More no huddle would be great.  Except for 2011 can't say his offenses have been much to write home about. And in '11 I really feel they won in <i style="font-weight: bold;">spite of him. Was wondering how the hell Eli held up under the torrents of pressure his line gave up waiting for the deep pass game to work, and how he converted the constant third and longs...as we have since seen, was more of a miracle season than anything else.

Small amount of scuttlebutt says they may possibly target Mike (I think) Sullivan...their former QB coach that went to the Bucs two years ago. I think he was fired in the recent TB exodus. Wouldn't be a terrible choice IMO...but I am interested to see who they choose.

Now that Schwartz is gone and Lovie is already off of the table, I kind of like either Ken Whisenhunt or Jim Caldwell as possible candidates to take over in Detroit.  Jim Schwartz built the team (so I thank him for that), but he couldn't coach them at all and his ego was worse than a lot of the players.  Get some discipline in that locker room (and maybe someone to work with Stafford to get his ass under control), and they'll be playoff contenders.

Ok, a lone Brit will have a go at this, but I'll just predict this weekend for starters......

49ers to beat my beloved Packers (The Packers defense is abysmal but if it's a shootout they have a chance with Rodgers back.)
Eagles to beat Saints (The Eagles look pretty impressive to me.)
Chiefs to beat Colts (I find this really tough to call, I like the Colts but I'll just go with the Chiefs at home.)
Bengals to blow out the Chargers (The Bengals are pretty awesome at home, if they had homefield all the way they'd get to the SB in my opinion.)


Edited by Roj - January 03 2014 at 08:11

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: With Geno Atkins, I'd take the Bengals. Without him, I really just don't trust Andy Dalton enough.  You know the Bengals are 8-0 at home, their last 5 home scores have been 34, 42, 42, 41 & 49 and they've already beaten San Diego in San Diego? While San Diego just squeaked by the Chiefs B team at home in a game they should have lost?

Not only that, but Dalton wasn't even in top form against the Chargers when we played them. He had an average game with a great finish.

One nice stat about the Bengals this season, they are 4-0 against playoff teams (Patriots, Colts, Chargers, and Packers w/ a healthy Rodgers). That's a stat that shouldn't be sneezed at.

Guess I will toss my hat in the ring of predictions...

^Yeah they were two good reads.

With the recent injury news, I think I have to lean Colts this weekend. Some really unfortunate injuries keeping key players off the field for a few teams.

JJLehto wrote: Hali and Houston are key. 2 of the best 3 pass rushers in the NFL! If both are full health that's a beast pass rush and the Colts line has been pretty poor.  Colts are down Wayne but Chiefs just lost Charles, huge blow. Makes the game pretty even.

That first half was anything but even, but hey, there's more football to be played.

The Chiefs on the verge of an epic collapse?

Wow