Are You Ready for Some FOOTBALL! - Week 3

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Ming


They are too tied together

So with the Packers going down, two weeks in a row, only one team in the division has gotten a win.

So the Bears and Lions are 1 - 1, and the Vikes and Pack are 0 - 2...



da BEARS!

Sorry my bad just tought this was about the real games on the days they were played, and nothing to do with guess and picks from the fantasy leagues that had their own threads. Once again my bad gentlmen carry on

[Ming]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski

Sorry my bad just tought this was about the real games on the days they were played, and nothing to do with guess and picks from the fantasy leagues that had their own threads. Once again my bad gentlmen carry on

This is about the real games... because any fantasy talk only comes from what happens on the field. Plus, some of us are in fantasy leagues that are not associated with this site, and since we don't have a sports forum here, the fantasy gets discussed with real football...

[Donegeal]

I know that this week isn't over yet, but I'm already looking forward to next weekend when that high powered Cincy Offense (Did I really just sat that?!?!?!) come to play the new Monsters at Soldiers Field. Should be a good game.

Hey Imran... One down, six to go!!!!

[Tuberski]

Hold the monsters title, they've beaten Detroit, whose only win was over the 0-2 Packers.

Sorry ixnay.

ACK!

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Donegeal
I know that this week isn't over yet, but I'm already looking forward to next weekend when that high powered Cincy Offense (Did I really just sat that?!?!?!) come to play the new Monsters at Soldiers Field. Should be a good game.

Hey Imran... One down, six to go!!!!

Mmm... that's going to be interesting. Cincy's mediocre defense against Chicago's bad offense; Chicago's great defense against Cincy's decent offense.

I think that game will be a bears win, but ALL of the points will be scored by Mike Brown and Nathan Vashar. 14-6, bears.

Edit: And I mean *all*. Nathan Vashar kicks two extra points after Doug Brien pulls a hamstring on the opening kickoff.

[Jaguar]

Cincy O is WELL beyond "decent" at this point. Housh got me 22 fantasy points today.

[reismark]

The ending of that Rams/Cardinals game left me disgusted with a bad taste in my mouth, and not just because I despise and loathe St. Louis with a passion.

How cheap is it having your last gasp taken from you by a stupid clock runoff rule? The purpose of adding the runoff is to prevent the offense from intentionally stopping the clock - which the Cardinals clearly weren't doing. Why make the runoff mandatory? Why not make it a judgment call by the referee gaging the intent of the offense? If they just penalize the yardage, Arizona gets the fair crack at winning the game that it had earned - and the game gets decided where it belongs (on the field) rather than by the stripes and the arbitrary nature of the rules.

My apologies for the rant, but seriously... that was just not cool.

[Guynemer]

What exactly happened?

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by reismark
The ending of that Rams/Cardinals game left me disgusted with a bad taste in my mouth, and not just because I despise and loathe St. Louis with a passion.

How cheap is it having your last gasp taken from you by a stupid clock runoff rule? The purpose of adding the runoff is to prevent the offense from intentionally stopping the clock - which the Cardinals clearly weren't doing. Why make the runoff mandatory? Why not make it a judgment call by the referee gaging the intent of the offense? If they just penalize the yardage, Arizona gets the fair crack at winning the game that it had earned - and the game gets decided where it belongs (on the field) rather than by the stripes and the arbitrary nature of the rules.

My apologies for the rant, but seriously... that was just not cool.

The cardinals have no one to blame but warner on that. Its inconceivable that he would not spike the ball there thus allowing his line to set correctly.

[reismark]

Originally posted by Guynemer
What exactly happened?

Warner got sacked at the Rams' 11 with about 25 seconds left, and instead of quickly lining up and spiking the ball, he called a play at the line, and then just before the ball was snapped (with about 7 seconds left), the left end flinched and the refs flagged Arizona for a false start. The runoff brought the clock to zero, ending the game.

Asleep: As I said, the line *did* set correctly - the lineman just flinched by mistake. Same thing would have happened if they were just lining up for a spike.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Jaguar
Cincy O is WELL beyond "decent" at this point. Housh got me 22 fantasy points today.

I'll believe that when I see them beat a GOOD defense.

Reis, that runoff was necessary, and it's why the rule was there. Otherwise they'd have done ...

... exactly what they did. A play called on audible is far, far worse than a play called from the bench in a huddle - with fresh players and strategy etc. - unless you're Peyton Manning anywho ... the 10 seconds is necessary to prevent teams from 'accidentally' false starting to stop the clock. Putting it in the ref's hands would be a mistake, as it would mean more ref-related whining, and there's no realistic way of telling if someone intentionally false started or not - and even if they didn't, they'd still get a significant benefit out of it.

They lost it on the field. They lost it when their O-lineman was too fidgety. That's like saying a team lost to a pass interference call on a long pass ... true, but it shouldn't demean the victory for the other side nor excuse the team who committed the penalty. They did, and they paid a quite reasonable price for it.

[Frozzy]

When the hell are my Colts going to get an offense... sigh

I'll say one thing. Someone in the league needs to be able to block the Colts D-Line. Jonathan Ogden constantly needed a back to hold Freeney, and Freeney still got pressure. Today, the Jags triple teamed Freeney all game, Freeney got a sack, but...

...the entire D-Line got 6 sacks and 3 forced fumbles.

They murdered Leftwich today.

EDIT: Colts are favoured by 16 versus the Browns. Doesn't Vegas realise the Colts need to be able to score 16 in order to cover that spread

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by reismark

Warner got sacked at the Rams' 11 with about 25 seconds left, and instead of quickly lining up and spiking the ball, he called a play at the line, and then just before the ball was snapped (with about 7 seconds left), the left end flinched and the refs flagged Arizona for a false start. The runoff brought the clock to zero, ending the game.

Asleep: As I said, the line *did* set correctly - the lineman just flinched by mistake. Same thing would have happened if they were just lining up for a spike.

Warner did a great (amazing) job getting the ball down there, and playing as well as he did. The ARI O-line is pitiful. They had so many holding penalties because they couldn't block the Rams D-line for ****. They lost because they suck.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Kalius
EDIT: Colts are favoured by 16 versus the Browns. Doesn't Vegas realise the Colts need to be able to score 16 in order to cover that spread

Good Point!

[-Jrabbit]

There's no way that MORE "ref's judgment" should be added to the NFL rules. The fact that the Cards got screwed by the runoff rule does suck, but the simple fact is that they screwed up.

You pay the price for screwing up. It's tough, but this is the big leagues, baby.