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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 2, 2011 23:41:57 GMT -5
*points to avatar* I quit. This actually hurt worse than Super Bowl 36, three seasons of 6-42 football, and the 2006 NBA Finals combined. And those three things are the worst things I've suffered as a sports fan. Aren't you being a tad overdramatic? You almost made the playoffs despite having absolutely no one of worth at the wide receiver position for roughly half the season. If anything that should give you hope! Bradford with the receivers he had early on in the season at full health should, in theory, rip apart the NFC West.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 2, 2011 23:43:58 GMT -5
The sad irony is that we lost 4 games by less than 5 points. For 7-9 we should be 11-5. Idc what you guys say I'd like to see Peyton Manning throw in this offense with Shurmar's playcalling and receiving core and I'd really like to see how any other coach would do with what's available. Seattle is a more seasoned team used to big games. I'm probably the only person in the world not surprised we lost. We've struggled on the road all year and lost a lot of games down the stretch that's playcalling, youth, and personnel. This team is nothing to joke about but sadly going from 1-15 to 7-9 isn't that great according to the world of talking heads and message boarders. I'm sure Carolina or Denver would've loved to be in this spot today. We aren't the Greatest Show on Turf anymore and I'm sure any coach or QB would have the same issue given our situation.
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Post by Beast Army Ass on Jan 2, 2011 23:44:37 GMT -5
*points to avatar* I quit. This actually hurt worse than Super Bowl 36, three seasons of 6-42 football, and the 2006 NBA Finals combined. And those three things are the worst things I've suffered as a sports fan. I think you're exaggerating this just a tad. Were I a Rams fan I'd have been pleasantly surprised with a playoff spot, but completely not expecting it. Given how they were the past few years, this season was a vast improvement for them. And as it's been repeated several times on here...if their receiving core doesn't have their own ICU at the St. Louis hospital next season, they definitely could be a good team.
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Post by Jay Carroll on Jan 2, 2011 23:45:04 GMT -5
How can that division be that bad 49ers: Alex Smith sucks, WRs have no discipline, Singletary should have never been more than a defensive coordinator. Cardinals: Trading away your #2 WR for nothing and not developing Matt Leinart, no running game, defense isn't that great. Rams: Fail to get a running back worthy of spelling Steven Jackson, your top 3 WRs all end up on IR with injured legs, defense is a year away from being really good. Seahawks: Holmgren leaves the roster pretty devoid of talent, Pete Carroll attempts to restock it with Pac 10 castoffs.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 2, 2011 23:46:11 GMT -5
You would hope next year it would be better
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Post by Jay Carroll on Jan 2, 2011 23:48:36 GMT -5
*points to avatar* I quit. This actually hurt worse than Super Bowl 36, three seasons of 6-42 football, and the 2006 NBA Finals combined. And those three things are the worst things I've suffered as a sports fan. Aren't you being a tad overdramatic? You almost made the playoffs despite having absolutely no one of worth at the wide receiver position for roughly half the season. If anything that should give you hope! Bradford with the receivers he had early on in the season at full health should, in theory, rip apart the NFC West. I think you're exaggerating this just a tad. Were I a Rams fan I'd have been pleasantly surprised with a playoff spot, but completely not expecting it. Given how they were the past few years, this season was a vast improvement for them. And as it's been repeated several times on here...if their receiving core doesn't have their own ICU at the St. Louis hospital next season, they definitely could be a good team. Both of you guys are (probably) right. This just hurts, a lot. Like, I had forgotten how much I care about the Rams up until recently. And being on the cusp of the playoffs had me giddy. Now I'm just crashed.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 2, 2011 23:48:53 GMT -5
How can that division be that bad 49ers: Alex Smith sucks, WRs have no discipline, Singletary should have never been more than a defensive coordinator. Cardinals: Trading away your #2 WR for nothing and not developing Matt Leinart, no running game, defense isn't that great. Rams: Fail to get a running back worthy of spelling Steven Jackson, your top 3 WRs all end up on IR with injured legs, defense is a year away from being really good. Seahawks: Holmgren leaves the roster pretty devoid of talent, Pete Carroll attempts to restock it with Pac 10 castoffs. Pretty much correct on every point except for Leinart. Leinart himself refused to develop. The guy has had several seasons to develop before this year, but he didn't even try to improve his game or adapt to NFL play. He just wanted to party.
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Post by BRV on Jan 2, 2011 23:49:04 GMT -5
You would hope next year it would be better You really have to wonder if the new collective bargaining agreement will include a new league bylaw that teams must be .500 or better to advance to the playoffs, regardless of division standings.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 2, 2011 23:49:12 GMT -5
*points to avatar* I quit. This actually hurt worse than Super Bowl 36, three seasons of 6-42 football, and the 2006 NBA Finals combined. And those three things are the worst things I've suffered as a sports fan. Good, we don't need you. I got tired of fake fans when we were fab anyways.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 2, 2011 23:50:51 GMT -5
You would hope next year it would be better You really have to wonder if the new collective bargaining agreement will include a new league bylaw that teams must be .500 or better to advance to the playoffs, regardless of division standings. I think the NFL should expand to 8 teams anyways. As for the Bucs apologers, the Giants would've made it anyways had Green Bay loss not Tampa. Tampa is another team we should've beaten
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 2, 2011 23:51:52 GMT -5
End of season scoring differential numbers:
Top 5: 1. New England +205 2. Green Bay +148 3. Pittsburgh +143 4. Atlanta +126 5. San Diego +119
6th place was pretty far off at +87 (Baltimore).
Bottom 5: 32. Carolina -212 31. Buffalo -145 30. Arizona -142 29. Denver -127 28. Seattle -97
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 2, 2011 23:53:20 GMT -5
Aren't you being a tad overdramatic? You almost made the playoffs despite having absolutely no one of worth at the wide receiver position for roughly half the season. If anything that should give you hope! Bradford with the receivers he had early on in the season at full health should, in theory, rip apart the NFC West. I think you're exaggerating this just a tad. Were I a Rams fan I'd have been pleasantly surprised with a playoff spot, but completely not expecting it. Given how they were the past few years, this season was a vast improvement for them. And as it's been repeated several times on here...if their receiving core doesn't have their own ICU at the St. Louis hospital next season, they definitely could be a good team. Both of you guys are (probably) right. This just hurts, a lot. Like, I had forgotten how much I care about the Rams up until recently. And being on the cusp of the playoffs had me giddy. Now I'm just crashed. Yeah, I hate that feeling. That feeling of, "We have our playoff destiny in our hands, but we fall short". Hell at the very least you got to experience the thrill of even being in the playoff hunt this year. I didn't even get that luxury(Cowboys and Broncos fan here. ). Not much you really can do besides looking back at this year as a whole pick out the good things that happened in the season and look forward to next year....if there is a next year. Plus, in all likelihood, Bradford will get the Offensive Rookie of the Year award, if not the overall Rookie of the Year award, so there is that.
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Post by sryans on Jan 2, 2011 23:53:30 GMT -5
Those point differential numbers make me kind of wish that Carolina played the Patriots at some point this year.
And Seattle has been outscored by 97 points yet are in the playoffs. They are not even a good 7-9 team.
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Post by Demented on Jan 2, 2011 23:54:55 GMT -5
The Kansas City Chiefs played statistically the easiest regular season schedule this year. Opponents' winning percentage was .414.
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Post by BRV on Jan 2, 2011 23:55:16 GMT -5
You really have to wonder if the new collective bargaining agreement will include a new league bylaw that teams must be .500 or better to advance to the playoffs, regardless of division standings. I think the NFL should expand to 8 teams anyways. As for the Bucs apologers, the Giants would've made it anyways had Green Bay loss not Tampa. Tampa is another team we should've beaten Eh, I think we're fine at six teams per conference. If the NFL expanded to eight playoff teams, it would water down the significance of the regular season, especially if they expand to 18 games. If eight teams qualified for the postseason, that would mean that half the teams in the league would be playoff teams. While that may be true some years (1986 Broncos, 2008 Patriots), this year is an exception. If the NFL expanded to eight teams, the 9-7 Chargers and 8-8 Jaguars would have qualified for the playoffs in the AFC. Also, expanding to eight teams would presumably eliminate the first-round bye for the top two seeds in each conference, which is a worthy reward for the teams that have played hard enough to earn that week off each season.
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Post by BearDogg-X on Jan 2, 2011 23:57:13 GMT -5
They also announced the divisional playoff round schedule:
Jan. 15th 4:30pm, CBS Indy/Kansas City/Baltimore at Pittsburgh 8pm, Fox Seattle/New Orleans/Green Bay at Atlanta
Jan. 16th 1pm, Fox Philadelphia/Seattle/New Orleans at Chicago 4:30pm, CBS Kansas City/Baltimore/NY Jets at New England
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 2, 2011 23:58:56 GMT -5
*points to avatar* I quit. This actually hurt worse than Super Bowl 36, three seasons of 6-42 football, and the 2006 NBA Finals combined. And those three things are the worst things I've suffered as a sports fan. Good, we don't need you. I got tired of fake fans when we were fab anyways. I wouldn't call someone who has been a fan of a team for 12-13 years a fake fan. Especially when said fan was like 9 when he became a fan. I mean I became a Broncos fan when they won their first Super Bowl, but I've been a fan ever since and still stick around even through our s***ty years and recent streak of seasons where we would just self destruct. Would you call me a fake fan?
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 3, 2011 0:02:37 GMT -5
Draft order according to Rich Eisen: 1. Panthers 2-14 .574 2. Broncos 4-12 .516 3. Bills 4-12 .578 4. Bengals 4-12 .582 5. Cardinals 5-11 .465 6. Browns 5-11 .570 7. 49ers 6-10 .488 8. Titans 6-10 .508 9. Cowboys 6-10 .512 10. Redskins 6-10 .516 11. Texans 6-10 .523 12. Vikings 6-10 .539 13. Lions 6-10 .543 14. Rams 7-9 .449 15. Dolphins 7-9 .539 16. Jaguars 8-8 .453 17. Patriots from Raiders 8-8 .469 (The Richard Seymour trade doesn't look so bad right now after all, does it?) 18. Chargers 9-7 .457 19. Giants 10-6 .453 20. Buccaneers 10-6 .477
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 3, 2011 0:02:38 GMT -5
I think the NFL should expand to 8 teams anyways. As for the Bucs apologers, the Giants would've made it anyways had Green Bay loss not Tampa. Tampa is another team we should've beaten Eh, I think we're fine at six teams per conference. If the NFL expanded to eight playoff teams, it would water down the significance of the regular season, especially if they expand to 18 games. If eight teams qualified for the postseason, that would mean that half the teams in the league would be playoff teams. While that may be true some years (1986 Broncos, 2008 Patriots), this year is an exception. If the NFL expanded to eight teams, the 9-7 Chargers and 8-8 Jaguars would have qualified for the playoffs in the AFC. Also, expanding to eight teams would presumably eliminate the first-round bye for the top two seeds in each conference, which is a worthy reward for the teams that have played hard enough to earn that week off each season. How about we call it even with 7? That way the Number 1 seed has the bye.
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Post by default on Jan 3, 2011 0:05:14 GMT -5
You would hope next year it would be better You really have to wonder if the new collective bargaining agreement will include a new league bylaw that teams must be .500 or better to advance to the playoffs, regardless of division standings. You know what... at the end of the day I don't think it matters much. If a team manages to go 7-9 and win the Superbowl... they're 10-9 with all things said and thus a winning team. Sure, you could end up 9-9-1 with a SB win, I guess or maybe even 8-9-2 or something. And beyond that, all it says is that a team like the Rams should've played harder. Relying on other teams to win or lose isn't what the NFL is about and players know it even if is an issue and always willl be. Plus, there's far more major stuff they need to address (salary caps) and it's still looking far too iffy that it will go through to be throwing more fuel on the fire. If it doesn't and there's no season next year then sure, they can address it. Plus, I don't think it's something majority of owners are going to vote for changing. Even all the 10-6 teams. The only thing I'd think deserves to be addressed on the issue is home field advantage and even then, I don't see that passing a majority vote.
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