2016 NFL Regular Season Thread the First

[degenerasian]

Just doing my NFL pickems for Week 2. How can Washington be 3.5 point favorites over the Cowboys. I get the 3 points for being the home team, but there will be lots of cowboy fans in the stands. Is the thought that Dallas can't throw deep?

Cause Steelers are the best team ever.

[brian]

Just doing my NFL pickems for Week 2. How can Washington be 3.5 point favorites over the Cowboys. I get the 3 points for being the home team, but there will be lots of cowboy fans in the stands. Is the thought that Dallas can't throw deep?

Dallas has a rookie QB? I dunno. 3.5pt fave at home sounds about right to me.

[brian]

Starting to believe CMU might have its first Pro Football Hall of Famer here in about 10-12 years.

[DaveInSeattle]

Kevin Harlan's play by play of the drink dude running on the field. Absofuckinglutely outstanding.

Brilliant!

[sancarlos]

[A_B]

Hey At least hey went for it and don't give up.

[brian]

Also no lost fumbles.

[A_B]

Also no lost fumbles.

Exactly! We can build on this!

[Rush2112]

[Pruitt]

Obligatory...



(And the second McCown is missing)

[L-Jam3]

I excoriated John Fox last year when they had that 10-punt shutout in Seattle, so I'm doing the same with Fisher. And too many people in the media still think they're good coaches even though they coach like it's still 1975.

At what point when a team is down multiple scores and being shut out in the 2nd half should they start making it 4th down territory the rest of the game? Midway through the 3rd? The 4th? At least do it for your fans to tell them you're going down fighting. If anything, it opens up the playbook if you quit punting, because you can treat 2nd down as if it's 1st, and 3rd as if it's 2nd. I just don't fucking get this. At least tell everyone that even if the game is practically lost, you're at least showing some degree of pride trying for a TD

Either go for it on 4th the rest of the way, or pull your starters. Keeping them in during a terrible performance and still punting is a half-measure.

Fuck Fisher. Fuck Fox. And fuck Easterbrook, because he's probably saying the same thing acting like he was the first person to think of it. Overly verbose, pseudo-intellectual shitbag. Real genius is fucking brevity.

[A_B]

I excoriated John Fox last year when they had that 10-punt shutout in Seattle, so I'm doing the same with Fisher. And too many people in the media still think they're good coaches even though they coach like it's still 1975.

At what point when a team is down multiple scores and being shut out in the 2nd half should they start making it 4th down territory the rest of the game? Midway through the 3rd? The 4th? At least do it for your fans to tell them you're going down fighting. If anything, it opens up the playbook if you quit punting, because you can treat 2nd down as if it's 1st, and 3rd as if it's 2nd. I just don't fucking get this. At least tell everyone that even if the game is practically lost, you're at least showing some degree of pride trying for a TD

Either go for it on 4th the rest of the way, or pull your starters. Keeping them in during a terrible performance and still punting is a half-measure.

Fuck Fisher. Fuck Fox. And fuck Easterbrook, because he's probably saying the same thing acting like he was the first person to think of it. Overly verbose, pseudo-intellectual shitbag. Real genius is fucking brevity.

Tell my wife that.

[Gunpowder]

Just doing my NFL pickems for Week 2. How can Washington be 3.5 point favorites over the Cowboys. I get the 3 points for being the home team, but there will be lots of cowboy fans in the stands. Is the thought that Dallas can't throw deep?

Dallas blows ass is the main reason. Good teams don't lose their QB and go 2-14.