"NFL Football is Back!" 2011 Season Thread

[-Jrabbit]

They wear their names on the back of their jerseys, you know

So noting and posting their names is what defines the non-casual fan??? Please.

Face it -- you're just b1tchy for no damned good reason sometimes.

[Al B. Sure!]

nm

[SlowwHand]

It's called diarrhea of the mouth, Al, and you have a rampaging case.

[Al B. Sure!]

**** this ****. Giants wanted to start their December collapse early.

[Donegeal]

Is there a game tonight?

I guess I'm just a casual fan.

[Sparrowhawk]

I'm just casually watching...too cold here to golf

/me

[Boris Godunov]

Is there a game tonight?

Not as of yet.

[SlowwHand]

Brees isn't worth a crap. He's only run once for 8 yards. He won't set any QB rushing records that way.

[Imran Siddiqui]

And yet Orton was 4-18 in last 22 starts with this same freaking team!

The defense didn't get better. The difference, as far as I can tell, is that the offense is not turning the ball over. Orton threw 7 picks in 5 games. Tebow has only thrown 1 in 6 games.

You always ask your QB to just not turn the ball over and that's exactly what Tebow is doing. That's why they're winning.

That's basically it. Less turnovers means better field position, which is much easier on your defense.

[Berzerker]

Jeez, he saw a video, maybe muted. Which means he wasn't watching the game. The fact that he didn't get names means nothing.

You're such a relentless b1tch, Al B.

yup, had the headphones on and looked up just in time to see the play...and the ref throw the flag. The image of that guy flying backwards for no apparent reason is still making me

[Al B. Sure!]

So it occurred to me... who's going to be the 3rd QB from the AFC in the Pro Bowl? Usually it's been Brady and Manning with Rivers/Schaub/Roethlisberger/Palmer. This year, it'll be Brady, Roethlisberger, and who else?



Tebow


Wow. Mark Sanchez has actually thrown more TD passes than Roethlisberger, Rivers, etc. He's 3rd in the AFC in TD passes. Maybe Sanchez will make the Pro Bowl.

[Al B. Sure!]

Also, why is Victor Cruz not on the Pro Bowl ballot and he's the league's #4 WR with 957 yards? I even sorted to only Giants and he's not listed.

Something else interesting. Players with most TD catches:
Calvin Johnson 12
Rob Gronkowski 11
Jordy Nelson 9
Eric Decker 8
Wes Welker 8
Greg Jennings 8
Jimmy Graham 8

Who said white guys can't play receiver? Where's drake at?

[Tuberski]

Jimmy Graham is half white. So add 4 more to the white guy total.

ACK!

[Al B. Sure!]

Jimmy Graham is half white. So add 4 more to the white guy total.

ACK!

True that.


In other news, Jags fire Jack Del Rio.

[-Jrabbit]

At least a couple years too late... Who had Del Rio in the "first fired" pool?

[Supr49er]

The Los Angeles Jaguars just want their own coach.

[Al B. Sure!]

The team was sold

[-Jrabbit]

...to a man who says he will keep the team in Jacksonville. :crazy:

[OzzyKP]

Canadians.

[Donegeal]

LOL!

Great!

[rah]

God, you think at their age they'd know better. Some real hatred there.

[Al B. Sure!]

Buck up, Bears fans! Donny might come home.

The Minnesota Vikings, who have had quarterback Donovan McNabb firmly on their bench since Week 6, plan to release the veteran later Thursday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

He's better than Josh McCown, at least.


Really, as much criticism as he got those few games for the Vikings, he wasn't exactly costing them the game; he just wasn't winning it for them. Averaged 171 yards per game, with 4 TDs and 2 INTs in 6 starts; QB rating of 82.9 and a 60.3% completion percentage. Wouldn't be a bad game manager for a team with a strong defense and run game.

[Mojotronica]

Headed to the Philadelphia@Seattle game tonight, who'd have thought these teams would have the same 4-7 record after week 12? Go Seahawks.

[Donegeal]

Al, I think pretty much all the Bear fans here arn't that worried about the QB position. Hainie will do fine and I wouldn't be surprised to see him starting somewhere next year.

[-Jrabbit]

Starter next year? No. Very doubtful.
Prepared to live with him this year? Yes.

[demonbinder]

I can live with Hanie for rest of season, but for playoffs? McNabb might be a better option, but not sure about that.

[Donegeal]

I know it's not much to go on so far, but i really do think Hanie will exceed expectations. It's just a gut feeling I have. He was excited and nervous for his first NFL start last week. He started out out of sync with his receivers and made some early bad throws. Then he really settled down in the second half and did quite well. He'll be a game manager this week against KC, so his numbers won't look great, but he'll win and have a max of 1 int (might have 0 TDs but that'll be because Barber and Forte combine for three.. ish).

[OzzyKP]

Buck up, Bears fans! Donny might come home.



He's better than Josh McCown, at least.


Really, as much criticism as he got those few games for the Vikings, he wasn't exactly costing them the game; he just wasn't winning it for them. Averaged 171 yards per game, with 4 TDs and 2 INTs in 6 starts; QB rating of 82.9 and a 60.3% completion percentage. Wouldn't be a bad game manager for a team with a strong defense and run game.

McNabb just can't catch a break no matter where he goes. I don't understand why he is so hated wherever he goes.

[Ming]

McNabb might have been a great pick up by the Bears before they got Josh McCown... but the Bears are stubborn... and by picking up McNabb now, they would be admitting that Josh wasn't the right guy. it's too bad. I would much rather have McNabb on the bench than McCown.

[Al B. Sure!]

Yeah Andy Reid might get fired at the end of the year. That was ugly. 8-8 seemed like a possibility but not the way they're regressing.