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Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:57 pm
by howard
rass wrote:How many Raiders fans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None, we've gotten used to living in the Chargers' shadow?
What do you call a Raider with a Super Bowl Ring?
A thief.
ETA: I was looking for more online, and I noticed the Raiders don't even have a website. I thought that was odd, but then realized that requires stringing three Ws together.
You know why Sacramento doesn't have a professional football team? Because then the City of Oakland would want one.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:26 am
by Pruitt
Jerloma wrote:Would you guys trade Spiller for Bell straight up in fantasy right now?
As a Bills fan who picked Spiller 4th overall, I would make this trade immediately.
Spiller has sucked all year and the only decent runs his had did not require cuts of any kind. Right now, Choice is a better option than C.J.
How many Raiders fans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. Raiders fans screw in vacant lots.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:22 am
by rass
rass wrote:How many Raiders fans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. He's too busy being screwed by the government.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:13 pm
by Sabo
LOL, Browns.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:19 pm
by Gunpowder
Looks like Cambell indeed was a shit ton better than Weeden. Whoops.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:22 pm
by howard
I knew Stafford was gonna do that. Why didn't the Cowpies?
(Ok, I knew he wasn't gonna spike the ball. But i figured tap the center's butt and sneak. Instead, the d-line went low, he went high. Still, Dallas didn't foresee. And Dez Bryant needs to STFU.)
ETA: Spike is the word. Spike the ball. And right, Scottie, that Marino play popped to mind immediately.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:24 pm
by Scottie
Reminiscent of when Marino sucked in the Jets for a TD. But, oh man, Dallas went to SLEEP for that last minute.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:30 pm
by degenerasian
Actually the cowboys lost this game on they're last drive. 3rd and 14 1 minute left why is someone holding? Who cares how far the RB can go. Take the clock down to 20 seconds and punt.
The holding call gave the lions can extra timeout cause they declined it. 1 minute was enough for Stafford.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:31 pm
by rass
So glad I chose to flip the channel and catch the end of the Lions game, as I missed the blocked punt in Oakland.
Fuck.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:16 pm
by rass
Dumb challenge by Tomlin. No way the officials change that call on the field on that punt unless they were sure they were right.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:42 pm
by rass
I'm going for a walk....
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:45 pm
by sancarlos
I've been starting Brady over Dalton in fantasy. Ouch. #Bad idea
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:47 pm
by Sabo
sancarlos wrote:I've been starting Brady over Dalton in fantasy. Ouch. #Bad idea
I've been starting Stafford over Dalton. So far, it's mostly been a wash.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:59 pm
by brian
Getting to the point where you can start making an argument for Megatron as the best WR of all-time. It's still Jerry Rice but he's in the conversation now.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:09 pm
by Johnnie
I read on Twitter that both of Peyton Manning's ankles are sprained. Did anyone else read that too?
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:15 pm
by degenerasian
rass wrote:I'm going for a walk....
you need another walk
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:29 pm
by brian
Calvin Johnson had 329 receiving yards today... There are 16 TEAMS that haven't thrown for 329 yards in a game yet this season... That includes the Cardinals, who haven't done it since 2009, and the Chiefs and Redskins, who haven't done it since 2010.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:45 pm
by Rush2112
Johnnie wrote:I read on Twitter that both of Peyton Manning's ankles are sprained. Did anyone else read that too?
Saw that as well.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:18 pm
by degenerasian
Steelers are sooooo sloooooow
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:37 pm
by kranepool
The Redskins are valiantly redefining "fuckawful".
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:11 pm
by brian
Megatron has 200+ yards six times in his last 27 games, counting the playoffs. No one else in NFL history has six career 200-yard games.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:46 pm
by DC47
Lions cruising to first Superbowl.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:04 am
by Pruitt
brian wrote:Getting to the point where you can start making an argument for Megatron as the best WR of all-time. It's still Jerry Rice but he's in the conversation now.
You watch a game like yesterday's and you think "how does anyone ever cover him?" absolutely unreal, the kind of player you tell your grandkids about.
One thought - when Stafford dove in, the Cowboys still had two timeouts available. Once the Lions hit the line of scrimmage with 12 seconds left, would it not have made sense for garrett to call a time out in order to regroup a very disorganized defense?
I can see both sides of this discussion, and obviously have the benefit of hindsight, but watching that last series again, the Cowboys line looked gassed after having to sprint downfield to get in position.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:44 am
by Jerloma
rass wrote:rass wrote:How many Raiders fans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. He's too busy being screwed by the government.
That's awesome.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:17 pm
by degenerasian
Pruitt wrote:brian wrote:Getting to the point where you can start making an argument for Megatron as the best WR of all-time. It's still Jerry Rice but he's in the conversation now.
You watch a game like yesterday's and you think "how does anyone ever cover him?" absolutely unreal, the kind of player you tell your grandkids about.
One thought - when Stafford dove in, the Cowboys still had two timeouts available. Once the Lions hit the line of scrimmage with 12 seconds left, would it not have made sense for garrett to call a time out in order to regroup a very disorganized defense?
I can see both sides of this discussion, and obviously have the benefit of hindsight, but watching that last series again, the Cowboys line looked gassed after having to sprint downfield to get in position.
They should have taken a timeout on the previous play, the long pass to (can't remember) who got pushed out of bounds at the 23. With the clock stopped the Cowboys could have taken a timeout to reset the defense. That entire drive happened too fast.
They could have taken a timeout at 12 seconds but they really thought Stafford would spike the ball and then they would reset the defense. They never ever thought Stafford would dive in.. you can call that bad coaching if you want....
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:30 pm
by Rush2112
degenerasian wrote: you can call that bad coaching if you want....
First thought that comes to my mind when I think of them 'Boys.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:33 pm
by brian
Yeah, I get Priutt's point and I wouldn't say he's wrong, but in that situation the team almost always spikes the ball and you can take a TO after that if the defense is gassed. If they had taken a TO they might have given Detroit a few extra seconds which would have been a big deal since the TD was scored with 12 seconds left. Call the TO at say 17 seconds and you're basically guaranteeing 4 shots at the end zone.
As much as I'm obviously happy with the result, Stafford would have been excoriated if it hadn't worked. He could have fumbled. If he was stuffed, the game is probably over. Calling the timeout removes the possibility of that result.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:42 pm
by Pruitt
My thought was completely based on hindsight. Just something I noticed when watching the replay of that drive. In real time, it didn't occur to me at all - but then again, I'm not in charge of anything but the remote on Sunday.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:43 pm
by brian
Pruitt wrote:My thought was completely based on hindsight. Just something I noticed when watching the replay of that drive. In real time, it didn't occur to me at all - but then again, I'm not in charge of anything but the remote on Sunday.
When in doubt the best decision is usually to let the Lions shoot themselves in the foot. For some reason that didn't happen on that play.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:45 pm
by degenerasian
Pruitt wrote:My thought was completely based on hindsight. Just something I noticed when watching the replay of that drive. In real time, it didn't occur to me at all - but then again, I'm not in charge of anything but the remote on Sunday.
Me too, although I did yell at the tv for the cowboys to take at time out at 23 yd line.. again since the clock was already stopped.
But anything after that was really a blur.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:12 pm
by DaveInSeattle
For anyone watching the gawd-awful MNF game, I apologize for the entire Pacific Northwest....
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:52 pm
by degenerasian
DaveInSeattle wrote:For anyone watching the gawd-awful MNF game, I apologize for the entire Pacific Northwest....
There hasn't been a good MNF game all season.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:44 am
by rass
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:50 am
by brian
sancarlos wrote:Keg wrote:brian wrote:If any of yinz want to enter that football contest above the code word is "Miami" (no quotes)
Thanks. I am in.
In. Thanks.
Sorry, bud.. You actually finished in third place this week. We only had something like 35 users this week, so I'll post the link and the codeword in the NFL week 9 thread again (after it's up). Hopefully we can get a Swamper winning some of this dough since I'm not eligible.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:59 am
by sancarlos
brian wrote:I don't know if any of yinz get the Thursday edition of USA TODAY, but there's a codeword in the fantasy football section today that will allow you to enter this contest that has a weekly prize of $300.
http://usatoday.upickem.net/upickem/reg ... tid=106846" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(It's managed by my company.)
Last week a grand old total of 15 people entered. So you basically have a really good shot at winning some dough. So if you know what the code word is or can find someone who does, might want to take a crack at it.
Damn. I got 11 out of 12. So, close.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:52 am
by Gunpowder
Very few teams, if any, seem to truly double cover Megatron (safety over the top is not a true double team in my book). I would do that and then try to contain Reggie Kardashian as much as I could.
Or maybe I'd go into a zone with a guy on Johnson. I don't like, break down the tape but only one or two of his catches each week are the go-over-two-or-three-guys unstoppable type. The rest he just streaks down or across the field with some dude trying to keep up and the safety late getting there, as if he should be looking at anybody else.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:09 am
by brian
Yeah, it's kind of scary to think of what the Lions offense could do with a true #2 receiver. Wouldn't surprise me to see the Lions spend another high draft pick on WR again this year.
Re: 2013 NFL Week 8
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:13 am
by Gunpowder
brian wrote:Yeah, it's kind of scary to think of what the Lions offense could do with a true #2 receiver. Wouldn't surprise me to see the Lions spend another high draft pick on WR again this year.
Yeah, some teams have struggled with that #2 WR far too long. How Detroit and Houston went so long (and still kind of are in Detroit's case) is kind of baffling. Though I guess with Broyles and Titus Young they've been more unlucky than anything.
Steelers need to turn Antonio Brown back into a good #2. Right now they have one of the least intimidating passing offenses in the NFL.