NFL thread 2014 v. Frankford Yellow Jackets Lay the Pipe on the Dayton Triangles

[Destiny Of Chaos]

Going to the game today. It's been a long time since I've been to a Ravens/Titans game. In fact, the first regular season game I ever went to was a Ravens/Titans game in December of 1999. I was 16, and so pumped to be there. That was the year the Titans went to the SB, and for whatever reason, the Ravens (who wound up 8-8, and were getting things in line for their own SB run the following year) dismantled the Titans 41-14. It would be the last loss the Titans would suffer before coming a yard short of scoring a TD at the end of SB XXXIV.

The Ravens/Titans rivalry was very briefly one of the biggest rivalries in football. These two teams that take the field today don't share that rivalry.  But I'm still just as pumped to be going and to take it all in. When the ball is kicked, and the game is on. Ain't nothing like it.

[TAC]

Mike Vrabel's Super Bowl rings stolen.
https://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/11841146/mike-vrabel-tweets-super-bowl-rings-won-new-england-patriots-stolen


Rumor has it that Marshall Faulk is being sought as a "person of interest".

[King Postwhore]

 

I think I heard him snicker on the NFL Network.

[TAC]

WTF is up with Chris Berman's face? He's killing me in HD.

[El Barto]

I think Dallas beats JAX even without Romo under center. I'd spell the guy and take the bye coming up.

Buffalo/KC is a fucking nightmare to pick. My gut tells me Buffalo wins it, but I can't find a single thing to hang my hat on.

[black_biff_stadler]

I would gladly deal with the Saints going 5-11 if that 5th win was against the 9ers today. Christ I fucking hate watching these meetings.

[Dublagent66]

Time to change the thread title.  Doesn't look like Big Ben is laying any more pipe against the Jets.  At least not in the 1st half.

[El Barto]

Yeah, might be time to go back to ridiculing the woeful Saints. Christ, they're actually making Kaepernick look like a quarterback.

[Dark Castle]

In before Bosk uses this to explain a #1 Ranking in his Power Rankings.

[Jaq]

In before Bosk uses this to explain a #1 Ranking in his Power Rankings.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

So Big Ben is the best QB in the league right guys?


EDIT: and of course then he throws a 70yd TD.

[Dublagent66]

Wow, 9ers out scored 24-7.  All of a sudden Saints not looking so woeful.  Looks like it's up to their defense now.

Hey B_F, a little premature on that thread title don't you think?  Oh wait, maybe not.

[El Barto]

Wow, 9ers out scored 24-7.  All of a sudden Saints not looking so woeful.  Looks like it's up to their defense now.

Hey B_F, a little premature on that thread title don't you think?

Nah, they still suck. It never should have been close.

[King Postwhore]

What a dive job by the 49ers DB.  Saved them the game.

[El Barto]

Wow, has offensive PI ever been called on a hail Mary?

In any event that was dreadful clock management by Payton and Brees.

[KevShmev]

Graham didn't need to push off.  He was in good position already.

He pushed off.

The defender embellished it.

I think it was the right call.

Also, I am pretty sure the football gods hate the Buffalo Bills.  Seriously.

[TAC]

What a dive job by the 49ers DB.  Saved them the game.

I didn't know PK Subban also played defensive back for the Niners!

[King Postwhore]

Well that 51 yard catch was the Saints fault as well.  How can you let that happen?

PK trains others on his off season.

[black_biff_stadler]

Saints fuckin blow. They're reaching pre-this season Cowboys caliber suckage with even better talent and I'm enough of a f***** to buy Sunday ticket just so I can see their games so no matter how much they suck, I suck 100 times worse.

[lonestar]

Gotta be honest, I'm glad I was in the kitchen and could only get score updates. Looked like a stellar tank job by the niners before somehow managing to pull a W.


No need to watch highlights tonight.

[Destiny Of Chaos]

So Big Ben is the best QB in the league right guys?


EDIT: and of course then he throws a 70yd TD.

That what happens when kneejerk reactions are the norm.

[jammindude]

Gotta be honest, I'm glad I was in the kitchen and could only get score updates. Looked like a stellar tank job by the niners before somehow managing to pull a W.


No need to watch highlights tonight.

I saw the replay of the supposed PI call....the Saints were robbed.  It looked to me like the SF DB got an incidental knee in the back and fell down.  I did NOT see a push off by Graham.   

I was in the middle of posting that I was giving up on the Seahawks when the comeback started...so I deleted it.   I still say we looked *very* sub-par for the first half and even the beginning of the 3rd Quarter....we *have* to do better.   But we finally started playing Seahawk football midway through the 3rd, so maybe we can carry that momentum going forward.   We'll need it when we get the Cards twice in the near future.

[Dublagent66]

It was clearly a push off by Graham.  At least from the camera angle I saw.  Kev was right.  He didn't need to push off.  He's definitely tall enough to jump up and make that play.  The refs have made a lot of shitty calls this year but that wasn't one of em.

[dparrott]

Bittersweet day for me. 
Beast Mode!!!!   
Raiders.   

[El Barto]

It was clearly a push off by Graham.  At least from the camera angle I saw.  Kev was right.  He didn't need to push off.  He's definitely tall enough to jump up and make that play.  The refs have made a lot of shitty calls this year but that wasn't one of em.

Seems to me that a whole lot of the PI penalties this year have been based on how things looked rather than how things happened. It looked like he pushed off, but in reality I don't think he applied any force at all to the DB. Similar thing happened to the Cowboys today. You have to interfere with the other player's ability to make a play. Having a hand on him when he falls down doesn't qualify. Honestly, the game is being called so tight right now that it's really kind of crappy to watch.

[KevShmev]

Good to see the Bears showed up to play tonight.

[jingle.boy]

Good to see the Bears showed up to play tonight.

They look like a Lovie Smith coached team. 

[Destiny Of Chaos]

[Accelerando]

6 TD Passes in the first half!!! GO PACK GO!!

[Tom Bombadil]

He's gonna break the record in this game.

[KevShmev]

He probably could throw 10 touchdowns if he wanted to, but I don't see him playing that much in the 2nd half at this rate.  No point in risking his health in a game they have locked up already.

[Dublagent66]

Bad News Bears.  Oh wait, wrong sport. 

[yorost]

He probably could throw 10 touchdowns if he wanted to, but I don't see him playing that much in the 2nd half at this rate.  No point in risking his health in a game they have locked up already.

Yeah, I'm guessing one drive, but it wouldn't bother me if they just came out with Flynn.

[Dublagent66]

Then there was the Raaaaiiiiders! 

[Xanthul]

6 TD Passes in the first half!!! GO PACK GO!!

Honestly the best news today for me was Clay at ILB. Glad to see the coaches trying to fix that glaring hole, we need to improve our run defense for the second half of the season (including playoffs, hopefully).