Week 4 NFL thread

Former Chargers DB Paul Oliver apparently has committed suicide:

http://fansided.com/2013/09/25/former-nfl-player-paul-oliver-found-dead/

Great high school player in the Atlanta area, pretty good college player at Georgia and OK NFL safety.

 

No, not hurt. Just sucking. Romo took over at halftime of a loss to the Giants, won the next week as a starter and became a rock star when the Cowboys beat undefeated Indianapolis in November -- with a fourth-quarter comeback, no less.

 

Was Rapethisberger that much of an upgrade over Tommy Maddox? Elliot Maddox? Lester Maddox?

 

I remember, I think it was Faneca, who practically attacked a reporter when he asked him how he felt about a rookie as a starting QB.

 

During Roethlisberger's rookie training camp, Beno Cook said Roethlisberger would have the Steelers in the Super Bowl inside of three seasons. The guy was not always wrong, but always entertaining.

And add Kurt Warner to this discussion.

 

Lord, without looking, does anyone know who is Ed Rubbert?

 

Yeah, I mentioned Warner earlier in the thread. That was, and will probably always be, the craziest "player coming out of nowhere" story in NFL history.

 

But that was an injury.

 

Just get the feeling Tampa bay is going to go into full train wreck mode week by week, where Bucs fans will be looking back longingly at the Raheem Morris regime as the salad days.

 

Didn't Bledsoe step in for a hurt Brady to beat Pittsburgh during that first Super Bowl run?

 

I don't think there's any way Schiano makes it through the season. He may not even reach the halfway point the way that franchise is circling the drain. He seems determined to have an adversarial relationship with everyone around him, especially players brought in by the current GM before Schiano arrived.

And I have no sympathy for Tampa Bay, either. From all the reports that Schiano was a raging prick at Rutgers, it can't be a surprise that he'd go to the pros and become easy to work with during the tough times.