Week 11 NFL thread

I think the AFC is a three team race between the Broncos, Chiefs and Colts. Maybe the Patriots could get into that mix, but I doubt it.

In the NFC, I don't think any team in the East is a serious contender. I don't think any team in the North is a serious contender unless Rodgers gets back soon and immediately starts playing like his old self. That leaves the 49ers, Panthers, Seahawks and Saints.

 

This makes no sense. You never know what can happen year to year with other teams and what personnel a certain team might sign or let go. You say that, I assume, to mean that you think the Colts will add pieces and get better over the next year or two. So will other teams.

 

Denvers defense is why they are not an overwhelming favorite to win it all.

There are no truly great teams, it is as wideopen as it has ever been.

 

“@SportsCenter: THIS JUST IN: Peyton Manning is not at practice today with the Broncos (ankle).”

I imagine this is just for precaution?!

 

I would think on a 1-to-10 scale of the importance players put on being at practice, Peyton Manning scores a 478.

Sounds like something's up. Maybe not something that will keep him out, but something anyway.

 

It is not uncommon at all for a quarterback, especially one who is dinged up, to skip Wednesday's practice. It means nothing.

 

I'm curious what people think about the Roethlisberger trade rumors.

I can't imagine the Steelers getting too much for him at this point, but if the Niners can get two No. 2s for Alex Smith, what can the Steelers get for Roethlisberger? What would be the most likely landing spots?

 

A jail cell in Georgia, otherwise I don't care.

 

Both Rooneys told Roethlisberger they never tried to trade him and have no plans to do so.

"I'd retire before I'd accept a trade," Roethlisberger said.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2013/11/11/Steelers-Ben-will-stick-together/stories/201311110049#ixzz2kO4y9WAX

 

I wouldn't want him, but maybe a team like Houston or Chicago would see him as an upgrade. He's said he would retire unless it's an unbelievable deal, so I doubt they'd be shipping him off to the Raiders or Jaguars. I don't see any obvious landing spot.

 

I could actually see him retiring.

It could be posturing, but I'm inclined to believe the Rooneys.

 

Well, you get plenty of upsets in baseball, basketball and hockey, too. Even the invincible Miami Heat have lost a couple of times already. But because there are soooo many more games, they don't seem as significant.