NFL Week 8 Thread

[dixiehack]

Are those supposed to be poppies on the lapels of the Fox broadcasters? If so, they not only look terrible but are 10 days early.

 

[Starman]

The Lions need to nuke the franchise: trade everyone to any possible takers, suck up the salary cap hits and start over from ground zero.

And needless to say, fire everybody in the entire ******* organization. Down to the ****ing towel boys.

 

[Big Circus]

Could we have another head coach whose last game coached was in London?

I require a trigger warning on all posts containing "London" and "last game coached" until UVA finally comes to its senses. Thanks much.

 

[outofplace]

Many of us will still support the team. We'll just revel in the old days and brag about how "Da Patriots are the best team ever" even when they're 2-14.
Trust me. I was the guy junior year of high school who got **** on EVERY WEEK when they were 2-8 and getting beat by the Browns the year before they won the SB. I was one of about six actual Patriots fans in my class and would argue incessantly about how great Michael Bishop was as a quarterback.
We're a loyal bunch. We're dumb but we're loyal.
Just look at Red Sox/Bruins fans right now.

One or two down years is not a test of loyalty, so I'm not really interested in how Red Sox fans are acting now. They did show loyalty in the past.

Patriots fans are loyal as long as they are winning. We know that much from how much they are still crying about their team getting caught cheating (again) even though they got off without much of a punishment.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

How the hell are the Lions 1-7. Yeah, I don't think they are good. But 1-7 bad? Stafford is better than servicable and he's throwing to Megatron.
Caldwell is bad and he'll get canned. And then retreaded by another team next year, no question.


Not feeling it for the Steelers today. I think the Bengals are going to roll. Only way Cincy loses if is Dalton regresses and throws a couple of INTs,

 

[JC]

Are those supposed to be poppies on the lapels of the Fox broadcasters? If so, they not only look terrible but are 10 days early.

They are worn from November 1st and sometimes earlier.

 

[heyabbott]

Brees v Eli. Battle of HOF QBs.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

How the hell are the Lions 1-7. Yeah, I don't think they are good. But 1-7 bad? Stafford is better than servicable and he's throwing to Megatron.
Caldwell is bad and he'll get canned. And then retreaded by another team next year, no question.


Not feeling it for the Steelers today. I think the Bengals are going to roll. Only way Cincy loses if is Dalton regresses and throws a couple of INTs,

Have you watched Stafford play lately? He's been less than good for a while now. And he keeps getting worse.

 

[dixiehack]

Julio Jones with 99 receiving yards ... in the first quarter. If they still had newspapers, he might get his name in one.

 

[da man]

I know I've said this a million times in a million ways, but Brandon Browner is absolute crap.

 

[outofplace]

Roethlisberger looked sharp throwing the ball on the opening possession, but he clearly isn't 100 percent.

Also, for some reason, Martavis Bryant isn't getting much time since that first drive, but the broadcast crew still hasn't noticed.

 

[outofplace]

So much for the Steelers finally getting to see what their offense can do when it is intact. Le'Veon Bell just hurt his knee and it does not look good.

 

[bigpern23]

I'm curious how long it's going to take defensive coordinators to figure out how to stop the Giants' go-to pass play at the 1-yard line. They spread things out, with Beckham and Dwayne Harris to the right. Harris runs a 1-yard out that is essentially a pick play (and it's legal because it's within a yard of the LOS), Beckham drags along the line of scrimmage and is wide open. Both their scores today have come on that play, and they've used it in previous weeks, so it's not like the Saints had no film on it.

Unfortunately for the G-Men, their defense is about as solid as warm butter right now.

 

[outofplace]

Huge unsportsmanlike conduct call on the Steelers. Bengals stopped on third down, but Mike Mitchell got in A.J. Green's face away from the play. Then gain, Green was doing every bit as much yapping as Mitchell. Weak call looks like it will allow the Bengals to take the lead.

 

[da man]

Giants need to be throwing every pass at whoever Browner is covering. They'd never have to complete a pass 'cause there would be a flag on every play.

 

[da man]

Why did the Giants not take their timeout after that completion inside the 10?

 

[da man]

I'm curious how long it's going to take defensive coordinators to figure out how to stop the Giants' go-to pass play at the 1-yard line. They spread things out, with Beckham and Dwayne Harris to the right. Harris runs a 1-yard out that is essentially a pick play (and it's legal because it's within a yard of the LOS), Beckham drags along the line of scrimmage and is wide open. Both their scores today have come on that play, and they've used it in previous weeks, so it's not like the Saints had no film on it.

Unfortunately for the G-Men, their defense is about as solid as warm butter right now.

Same play here?

 

[bigpern23]

Same play here?

I thought they were going to run that play up to the left side. Nice job switching it up, with Vereen wide open. Guess they need to be a yard closer to bust out that play to Beckham. :D

 

[heyabbott]

Rex Ryan is a ****ty coach. White privilege

 

[outofplace]

Thank you, Andy Dalton. Huge mistake, throwing an interception into the Pittsburgh end zone.