Week 4 NFL thread

[Steak Snabler]

Kinda blah on the early Sunday games, except Seattle at Houston & maybe Chicago at Detroit.

Late afternoon has some intrigue with Philadelphia at Denver.

Sunday nighter (New England at Atlanta) is not bad.

For once, the best game of the week might be Monday night: Miami at New Orleans.

Someone else can add the lines.

By the way, Tampa Bay has benched Josh Freeman. Mike Glennon is your new starter.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000250435/article/josh-freeman-benched-in-favor-of-mike-glennon

 

[93Devil]

Does TB play Seattle this year?

Nice subplot to that story.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Does TB play Seattle this year?

Nice subplot to that story.

Yes, Nov. 3 in Seattle.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Is Freeman seen as the problem in Tampa or is this all falling to Schiano? I mean, it's not like Freeman is Aaron Rodgers, but I think him being benched is pretty stunning.

Thursday night's game should be a good one. It seems the better the Niners are supposed to be, the more trouble they have with the Rams. Maybe after losing their last two, the Niners will go in and destroy them, but I tend to doubt it. As a fanboi, this game scares the hell out of me.

I think the Saints will kill the Dolphins, but I thought the Falcons would kill the Dolphins...

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Maybe Belichick, Schiano's pal, told him he changed quarterbacks early in a season once and it worked great.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Maybe Belichick, Schiano's pal, told him he changed quarterbacks early in a season once and it worked great.

Usually when that happens, it's an injury that causes the switch and then they stick with the player with the hot hand. I'm sure there are others, but I think that was the case with the Patriots, the Rams (with Warner) and the Niners with Kaepernick.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Of course it was. I was just being mildly snarky. One midseason quarterback change that DID work was when Tom Landry finally made Staubach his starter, but not before giving history the amazing alternating-quarterback experiment.

 

[joe king]

Tony Romo replaced Drew Bledsoe for Dallas in October 2006 and that worked out pretty well -- the Cowboys got to the playoffs and Romo made the Pro Bowl.

Of course, that season ended when Romo fumbled a snap on what would have been the winning field goal at Seattle in the first round. So, never mind.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Tony Romo replaced Drew Bledsoe for Dallas in October 2006 and that worked out pretty well -- the Cowboys got to the playoffs and Romo made the Pro Bowl.

Of course, that season ended when Romo fumbled a snap on what would have been the winning field goal at Seattle in the first round. So, never mind.

Was Bledsoe hurt when that happened?

I can't really think of too many times when a QB was benched and then his replacement came in and tore things up.

 

[LongTimeListener]

The Broncos became awesome when they benched Kyle Orton in 2011.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The Broncos became awesome when they benched Kyle Orton in 2011.

Yeah, can't believe I forgot that one...

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Mizzou, I think there are millions of Americans who've worked hard to develop suppressed memory syndrome where Tebow is concerned, and I don't blame any of them a bit!

 

[Steak Snabler]

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.

 

[joe king]

Tony Romo replaced Drew Bledsoe for Dallas in October 2006 and that worked out pretty well -- the Cowboys got to the playoffs and Romo made the Pro Bowl.

Of course, that season ended when Romo fumbled a snap on what would have been the winning field goal at Seattle in the first round. So, never mind.

Was Bledsoe hurt when that happened?

I can't really think of too many times when a QB was benched and then his replacement came in and tore things up.

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.

 

[heyabbott]

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

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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.

 

[93Devil]

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.

 

[93Devil]

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

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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.

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.

 

[LongTimeListener]

But that was an injury.