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Matthew Stafford and the Lions look like they're already in mid-season form.  Jumping out to a lead early and then shutting down COMPLETELY. Angry
Inexplicable fail. Up 21-3 and then a complete and utter collapse. I blame the coaches above all. San Diego's coaches made the correct adjustments, totally neutralizing the Lion's O and D -- and Lombardi should be fired, obviously coaching success is not genetic.
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I like Jim Caldwell, but his morals of never wanting to run up a score hurts us SO bad.  It reminded me of the wild card game last year against the Cowboys.  Unstoppable until we scored some points, and we shut down.  And that's seemingly when the turnovers start to happen, too.


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I'd like to make a quick observation: 
The Giants offense looked downright anemic. 
They cut James Jones, who has a good history and scored 2 TDs today...they kept Preston Parker, who drops 90% of his targets (and doesn't seem to be any good, he certainly never gets very open or shows a spectacular something). 

I can't help but wonder if things would be a little better with Jones. With the focus on ODB, if Randle can't get it done (and he's had an underwhelming career) we're forced to rely on Parker Dead  Daniel Fells and Larry Donnell. Not exactly a threatening corps. 

But yeah, typical Giants...manage to come from behind and take over the game, just to blow it. 
Everyone, including myself, is livid at the decision to pass, leaving Dallas with extra time, or as one pointed out Eli could've taken a sack as well. Stupid play call, but also so many things wrong:

- The offense. All those FGs and not TDs. The Parker drops. Randle's non existence. I'll give the O line time...there are some young people who need to develop, including the rookie starting at left tackle, but while I'm patient....I fear that if they didn't hold up well against a pretty meh Cowboys pass rush, does not bold well at all. 
- The defense. Did a great job against the run, and managed to contain the Dallas WRs pretty well and made some red zone stands, but it fell apart when it mattered most. Kudos to Romo and the Cowboys of course, especially without Dez, but wow. 
- The play calling. That final pass, but also Spags dropping the blitz and going generic back off Cover 2 and 3 defense at the end. 
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Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

I like Jim Caldwell, but his morals of never wanting to run up a score hurts us SO bad.  It reminded me of the wild card game last year against the Cowboys.  Unstoppable until we scored some points, and we shut down.  And that's seemingly when the turnovers start to happen, too.

I know that feeling! 
Giants are infamous for getting a 14 point lead (hell sometimes even 10) and will go run run run, punt, run run run punt, oh it's tied now. f**k we lostLOL I'm not saying go old school Pats up by 40 and still have Brady throwing for the end zone on 4th down...but I wish Coughlin would soften the not running the score up thing. WHEN they can.....games like today make me wonder if they could move the ball against RutgersCry
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

Matthew Stafford and the Lions look like they're already in mid-season form.  Jumping out to a lead early and then shutting down COMPLETELY. Angry
Inexplicable fail. Up 21-3 and then a complete and utter collapse. I blame the coaches above all. San Diego's coaches made the correct adjustments, totally neutralizing the Lion's O and D -- and Lombardi should be fired, obviously coaching success is not genetic.

Yeah...I can't say Lombardi has installed much confidence. Even though Stafford was erratic with the ball, he seemed to have more of that ever undefinable 'it' with whoever was the coordinator before Lombardi.

Also...from a personal perspective...how the f**k did Megatron get more or less neutralized!? His paltry fantasy total are doing me no favors...
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Also, I'll ignore the giant Giant collapse and pretend everything is ok.
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Where did Atlanta get a defense from!?
Fun game to watch. 


Good win for SF. Very old school: Pound the run and Kaep running. Their defense wasn't too shabby either. Huge letdown for AP. Glad Navorro Bowman is back to being a beast straight after missing last year. 
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I'm curious if SF might actually be okay this year or if the Vikes were severly overrated during the offseason.  They, along with the Eagles, were a lot of peoples' dark horses for this year.  I know it's only week 1, but still.


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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Where did Atlanta get a defense from!?
Fun game to watch. 


Good win for SF. Very old school: Pound the run and Kaep running. Their defense wasn't too shabby either. Huge letdown for AP. Glad Navorro Bowman is back to being a beast straight after missing last year. 


I think it was really just the Eagles being really bad in the first half. There wasn't much of a defense in the second when Bradford actually started making throws and the Gs stopped falling backwards.

Where did they get an OL though? I didn't see that coming.
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Where did Atlanta get a defense from!?
Fun game to watch. 


Good win for SF. Very old school: Pound the run and Kaep running. Their defense wasn't too shabby either. Huge letdown for AP. Glad Navorro Bowman is back to being a beast straight after missing last year. 


I think it was really just the Eagles being really bad in the first half. There wasn't much of a defense in the second when Bradford actually started making throws and the Gs stopped falling backwards.

Where did they get an OL though? I didn't see that coming.
True, that was certainly more shocking. I expected Matt Ryan to be dead before the game's end. 


Tonight's game should be interesting between, given Peyton's possible scale back and Alex Smith is Alex Smith, might be a defensive battle. 



Speaking of defensive battles, all the politician like statements and wondering can at least be put to an end. 
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2015 at 00:43
Fun game. That ending was ridiculous. 
I think talks of Peyton's demise were a bit pre mature. Looked fine to me, when he was kept upright, and that 
is the real issue here. Chuck it up to some good defenses but Peyton was getting pressured and thrown around, and I don't think he does very well with pressure, but physically not sure he could handle a full season of this. Quite concerning. 

Seems Denver has an even more improved defense, so this year may be interesting! A gritty, fight it out, close game winning Peyton would be a lot more fun to see than record setting one. 
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Given the choice between a good O-Line and a stellar defense, I bet I know which would Peyton would pick.
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2015 at 00:42
Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Given the choice between a good O-Line and a stellar defense, I bet I know which would Peyton would pick.

To be fair, I think (with rare exception) the good o line should always take precedent. 
Though 39 years of age, 4 neck surgeries and the mobility of a statue would make me extra worried if I was Peyton! 
I do hope they can get things righted, a defense as good as their's seems could be the ticket to a SB with an offense that has their potential. Assuming he makes it through the season. 
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I couldn't attend, or even watch, the Giants game and at first I was bummed, but seems maybe I was sparedLOL
Sounds like another "Great first half, crappy second half" classic Giants. 
At least ODB had a good game, 120 yds I believe in the first half alone, though he did nothing in the second, wish I saw the game, I wanna know if it was the O line, or different coverage, what happened!? But 0 and 2 4th quarter losses, sad state of affairs. 


Speaking of typical...after a week of Rex Ryan standard sh*t talking, especially about how his defense will stop the Pats, seems they got smoked. I know there were talks of the comeback, but I'll assume NE just took it easy. 

Green Bay looked good, Rodgers is a beast. 

Big news about Romo, any word on how long he's expected to be out? With Romo and Dez both out, may be some tough sledding for Dallas, long run. 

Finally, all the talks about Fitz being old, and Palmer is done, BS. Palmer is still a beast, if healthy, and Fitz is a stud. He managed to do well despite Arizona's offensive nightmare recently, imagine if he didn't have to deal with their crap QB play for years!


EDIT: OH, what the f**k is going on with Philly? Got a great O line, added D Murray...currently has 11 yards on 21 carries over two games. Small sample size I know but, what?? How did he manage 2 yards on 12 carries? You know things are bad when Sam Bradford has more rush yards than all the backs combined LOL


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Question for all the NFL experts......what the hell is the problem with Cutler and the Bears...? They have a decent quarterback and some good players....why do they always seem to screw it up?
 
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^ Not much of an expert, but I don't think much was expected this year from them.  Coach Fox usually can get a team back to fundamental basics and get them going in the right direction fairly quick.  I think Cutler's problems are between his ears more than his arm.


After the first game, I was not sure what to expect from the 49ers against the Steelers, but we handled them with ease it seems!  The defense appeared to play better also which was encouraging.

Man, that Philly game was hideous to watch....they don't seem to be on the same page.  Somehow the Cowboys are 2 - 0 with all the injuries, will be interesting to see what they do without Romo.

My previous playoff prediction of the Giants getting in does not look good...maybe it was the kiss of death LOL.

Wow...Rodgers is amazing how he has pocket awareness to slip out and buy more time, then the accuracy to boot.  Seattle may be in for a dog fight in West this year.
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2015 at 21:33
Yeah Chicago has been weird...we all said "Cutler has a crap O line and no weapons" and then "(insert name) isnt a good OC" but they since built him a good o line, got him some great weapons, and went through how many OCs? and still nothing changed. Just one of those weird sports things no one can fully explain, I think it has to just be put on Cutler...chemistry maybe? They did have Cutler, Marshall and Bennett which is not exactly a great team/personality group of people LOL


Wow, glad to see Indy is repeating their past mistakes of leaving the QB out to dry. I mean, Gore and Andre Johnson are great players but if the line sucks, kinda puts a damper on everything...and Luck will have to carry the team with arm and leg, as he often does. 

On the flip side, the Jets have built a pretty solid all around team with some weapons, curious how the Harvard Gunslinger will do over a year. I know he's the ultimate "dashed hope" QB but I sooo badly want him to be more than a boom/bust, average overall bit over .500 QB   I like him, but I fear disappointment shall resultLOL


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Ya gotta feel for Luck. I'd say this is the type of situation that can kill a career from the get go, but he seems to be physically and mentally tough enough to handle it, still gunna set him back if this keeps up. One thing I absolutely have to give credit to NE for is they do it right, always make sure that O line is well stocked, and very good. Kudos to the coaching I guess for making sure they always work into the system, the scouting but yeah whatever they do, they always keep Brady and the backs well blocked and the results show. 
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