Official running NFL Week 2 thread

[3_Octave_Fart]

Drew Brees needs 62 yards Sunday in Cleveland to eclipse Elway for fifth on the all-time passing list. That was quick.

 

[Songbird]

Maybe he can get those 62 on a 98-yard drive.

 

[Morris816]

Drew Brees needs 62 yards Sunday in Cleveland to eclipse Elway for fifth on the all-time passing list. That was quick.

Next on the list for him to pass would be Dan Marino -- 9,947 yards to go. At the rate Brees is going, it wouldn't surprise me if he gets there by the end of 2015.

And third for passing TDs for that matter. Brees is currently fourth, 56 TDs needed to pass Marino.

 

[Steak Snabler]

CBS scraps Rihanna performance and narrated opening to Ravens-Steelers to focus on Ray Rice:

http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/09/11/cbs-thursday-night-football-ray-rice-rihanna

 

[LongTimeListener]

She must not have paid them on time.

 

[poindexter]

She must not have paid them on time.

sweet

 

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

Over under on Big Ben sacks... four is a safe number.
Marcus Gilbert is gonna have a long night.

 

[heyabbott]

Anyone wearing a Ray Rice jersey should be barred from Ravens' stadium

 

[Batman]

That might be the first time I've ever seen a defensive player get a roughing the passer penalty for hitting a quarterback too hard.
I guess maybe Upshaw led with the helmet, but it wasn't helmet to helmet. He hit him in the chest, right where you're supposed to. Looked like a clean hit to me, especially since Roethlisberger still had the ball. Seems a bit ridiculous.

 

[heyabbott]

That might be the first time I've ever seen a defensive player get a roughing the passer penalty for hitting a quarterback too hard.
I guess maybe Upshaw led with the helmet, but it wasn't helmet to helmet. He hit him in the chest, right where you're supposed to. Looked like a clean hit to me, especially since Roethlisberger still had the ball. Seems a bit ridiculous.

it was a great hit. It was solid football, too bad the NFL is a weak product now

 

[heyabbott]

Extra point. 4 minute commercial time out. Kickoff touchback. 3 minute time out. 2yard pass play. End of quarter. 4 minute time out.

1 play for 4 seconds. 11. minutes of commercials.

 

[heyabbott]

3 and punt. Fair catch. Commercials.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

The Steelers defense is quite bad.

 

[Batman]

Extra point. 4 minute commercial time out. Kickoff touchback. 3 minute time out. 2yard pass play. End of quarter. 4 minute time out.

1 play for 4 seconds. 11. minutes of commercials.

Haven't been paying close attention, but were there a couple of long drives without timeouts in there? Could be they had to make up some ad time.

 

[Boom_70]

Le'Veon Bell looks like a different player with his 25 lb weight loss

 

[outofplace]

The Steelers defense is quite bad.

That is an understatement. They suck.The tackling has been atrocious and they are getting no pressure on Flacco.

The offense is stopping itself with stupid mistakes. Justin Brown showed he is ready to fill Emmanuel Sanders' shoes with a killer fumble on the first drive. The Steelers can't afford to wast scoring opportunities with that defense.

 

[BTExpress]

Extra point. 4 minute commercial time out. Kickoff touchback. 3 minute time out. 2yard pass play. End of quarter. 4 minute time out.

1 play for 4 seconds. 11. minutes of commercials.

Last Thursday for ****s and giggles I switched back-and-forth from watching U.S. Open tennis to the Seahawks-Packers opener.

On the eighth switch I actually saw players on a field. Other seven times were in the middle of commercials.

 

[outofplace]

Now we have two ridiculous personal foul calls against the Steelers to balance out the one against the Ravens.

We also have more evidence that Troy Polamalu is killing that defense. He can't cover and he misses far too many tackles. There is no excuse for him not picking up Owen Daniels on that last touchdown.

The Steelers wasted far too many opportunities in the first half and the defense isn't good enough for them to get away with it.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

You're not going to get much sympathy here, despite your weekly lamentations.

 

[outofplace]

You're not going to get much sympathy here, despite your weekly lamentations.

Quoted to preserve more proof when fart boy claims that he doesn't troll the NFL threads.