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Post by Sicho100 on Nov 12, 2024 13:36:56 GMT -5
Unsurprisingly, Shane Waldron has been fired as the Bears offensive coordinator Gotta try something before the seasons lost for good... This seems like a step forward, until you realize that the guy replacing him was the offensive coordinator of the 2023 Carolina Panthers. |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Nov 12, 2024 14:41:29 GMT -5
It's always funny when they fire a bunch of guys and replace them with someone already on the staff. Like, if this guy was so good, why wasn't he the coach in the first place?
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Nov 12, 2024 14:44:20 GMT -5
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Post by Sicho100 on Nov 12, 2024 17:30:54 GMT -5
True or not, you are never living this down His name is James Houston IV, but all I’m seeing is James Houston 2. |
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Post by sfvega on Nov 12, 2024 18:39:47 GMT -5
True or not, you are never living this down A different kind of color rush uniform. |
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Post by mo on Nov 13, 2024 14:00:24 GMT -5
Speaking of making your bed, Shane Steichen says Joe Flacco will start Week 11 against the Jets. Colts fans are getting apoplectic about it over the decision. At this point Flacco is not helping. The offense is really stagnant because defenses are loading the box to stymie Jonathan Taylor, daring Flacco to beat them. Instead of doing that, Joe’s been more turnover prone than Richardson and defenses don’t have to take a defender out of coverage to act as a spy since Flacco is a statue. Am I satisfied with Richardson? No, but Steichen was doing him no favors with his change in playcalling. Last season he called the kind of plays he called for Jalen Hurts. This season he’s using the playbook he used for Justin Herbert. It’s inexplicable and has contributed to Richardson’s stalled development. He needs to be calling more RPO’s, draws, and bootlegs. He also seemed to forget about calling runs in order to make play action work better (one of the play types Richardson does well as he tends to properly set his feet on PA). Does Richardson need to pull back the hero ball? Yes. The deep strikes are nice but should be relatively infrequent. He needs to settle for mid-range passes and work on his footwork. He also needs to speed up his reads but that’s a thing most young QBs need to work on. Long story made short, Flacco isn’t helping them win. The team is 1-3 in his starts and 3-3 in Richardson’s starts. Sure, Flacco lost to the Bills and Vikings but he looked putrid against them. He was supposed to be the veteran who knows how to deal with tough defenses. At least if a QB is going to be struggling, I’d rather it be the young one who might learn something from it and also opens up the run game just by being there, let alone by actually using his legs. Looks like your wish has been granted |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Nov 13, 2024 15:03:03 GMT -5
Just merge them in a Fly transporter to create Anthony Flacco at this point.
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Post by The Foreigner™: #NBACup Season on Nov 14, 2024 20:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by jm on Nov 14, 2024 23:02:21 GMT -5
Always remember though: The NFL is super serious when it comes to player safety. Super serious. |
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Post by BRV on Nov 15, 2024 10:05:03 GMT -5
A few takeaways... - The 18-game season: Ever since the league moved to 17 games, we knew this was an inevitability. The goal of the NFL has always been an 18-game regular season that concludes with the Super Bowl falling on Presidents' Day weekend, so they can effectively declare Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday, since a majority of the population would have the following day off from work or school. - Expanding international play: Goodell mentioned that he hopes the NFL will play eight international games in 2025, up from the current high of five, with the ultimate goal of expanding to 16 international games a season so all 32 teams would have at least one overseas game. This is going to water down a product that's already shockingly lackluster. Regardless of whether the class of the NFL or the dregs of the league have been sent to Europe, the games have uniformly been terrible. The 9:30 a.m. Eastern start times were a novelty concept, but it's clear that the objective is to have it every single week so that the NFL can further dominate Sundays from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep. What I didn't see, and I'm both stunned and relieved, was discussion about expanding the playoffs. The six-team-per-conference system was perfect, adding a seventh team has generally been harmless, but that's where the line has to be. Going any further and allowing half of the conference's teams into the postseason would lead to some truly awful, unwatchable football pitting 1-seeds against 8-seeds in the football equivalent of UConn versus Stetson or UNC versus Wagner in March Madness. |
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 15, 2024 10:35:31 GMT -5
A few takeaways... - The 18-game season: Ever since the league moved to 17 games, we knew this was an inevitability. The goal of the NFL has always been an 18-game regular season that concludes with the Super Bowl falling on Presidents' Day weekend, so they can effectively declare Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday, since a majority of the population would have the following day off from work or school. - Expanding international play: Goodell mentioned that he hopes the NFL will play eight international games in 2025, up from the current high of five, with the ultimate goal of expanding to 16 international games a season so all 32 teams would have at least one overseas game. This is going to water down a product that's already shockingly lackluster. Regardless of whether the class of the NFL or the dregs of the league have been sent to Europe, the games have uniformly been terrible. The 9:30 a.m. Eastern start times were a novelty concept, but it's clear that the objective is to have it every single week so that the NFL can further dominate Sundays from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep. What I didn't see, and I'm both stunned and relieved, was discussion about expanding the playoffs. The six-team-per-conference system was perfect, adding a seventh team has generally been harmless, but that's where the line has to be. Going any further and allowing half of the conference's teams into the postseason would lead to some truly awful, unwatchable football pitting 1-seeds against 8-seeds in the football equivalent of UConn versus Stetson or UNC versus Wagner in March Madness. Except with your analogy upsets in March Madness happen often and we usually hear about a Cinderella story every year. Playoff in every sport are fascinating to me because an eight seed could very well upset a 1 seed like the Giants were projected to lose to the Patriots and look what happened. Look at baseball this year the Mets had no right going as far as they did but they almost made it to the world series. Certain teams have that determination when their backs are against the wall kick it into a gear that is almost unbeatable |
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Post by Mecca on Nov 15, 2024 11:34:03 GMT -5
A few takeaways... - The 18-game season: Ever since the league moved to 17 games, we knew this was an inevitability. The goal of the NFL has always been an 18-game regular season that concludes with the Super Bowl falling on Presidents' Day weekend, so they can effectively declare Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday, since a majority of the population would have the following day off from work or school. - Expanding international play: Goodell mentioned that he hopes the NFL will play eight international games in 2025, up from the current high of five, with the ultimate goal of expanding to 16 international games a season so all 32 teams would have at least one overseas game. This is going to water down a product that's already shockingly lackluster. Regardless of whether the class of the NFL or the dregs of the league have been sent to Europe, the games have uniformly been terrible. The 9:30 a.m. Eastern start times were a novelty concept, but it's clear that the objective is to have it every single week so that the NFL can further dominate Sundays from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep. What I didn't see, and I'm both stunned and relieved, was discussion about expanding the playoffs. The six-team-per-conference system was perfect, adding a seventh team has generally been harmless, but that's where the line has to be. Going any further and allowing half of the conference's teams into the postseason would lead to some truly awful, unwatchable football pitting 1-seeds against 8-seeds in the football equivalent of UConn versus Stetson or UNC versus Wagner in March Madness. 18 games is a prelude to expanding the league, the end game here is 40 teams and expanded playoffs. |
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Post by XIII on Nov 15, 2024 11:52:00 GMT -5
18 game season happens. Tua’s brain: “oh come on man!”
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Post by BRV on Nov 15, 2024 12:23:23 GMT -5
Except with your analogy upsets in March Madness happen often and we usually hear about a Cinderella story every year. Playoff in every sport are fascinating to me because an eight seed could very well upset a 1 seed like the Giants were projected to lose to the Patriots and look what happened. Look at baseball this year the Mets had no right going as far as they did but they almost made it to the world series. Certain teams have that determination when their backs are against the wall kick it into a gear that is almost unbeatable Yes, upsets happen, but since the NFL instituted "Super Wild Card" and added a seventh seed to the playoffs, the 7-seeds have lost by 3, 12, 16, 21, 3, 18, and 14, and have collectively gone 1-7 in the eight games since 2020-21. It's largely been a waste of time because nine times out of 10 (or, in this case, seven times out of eight), the 7-seeds aren't plucky underdogs, they're crap teams that don't deserve a playoff berth. These are the likes of the Skylar Thompson-led Dolphins or the Steelers in Ben Roethlisberger's sad final season. I just don't like the idea of the NFL rewarding mediocrity and saying, "Hey, you just barely finished above .500 and are the 14th-best team in a 32-team league. Welcome to the playoffs!" |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Nov 15, 2024 15:25:19 GMT -5
A 1,000 yard season was already diluted when they went from 14-16, imagine caring about a 1k season when they go to 18 games?
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Post by Richard on Nov 15, 2024 22:17:00 GMT -5
Oh lord, Michael Irvin just admitted on the Tyson/Paul fight he is campaigning to get Deion as the next coach of the Cowboys.
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