HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
In all honesty that was the best game I've seen in a while. The Eagles are a team to be reckoned with
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HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
In all honesty that was the best game I've seen in a while. The Eagles are a team to be reckoned with
That was the best Monday Night Football game I've seen in a long while. Many times they turn into blowouts, not worth watching after the first half. But that game was spectacular. :2thumbsup:
That said, the Cowboys have serious discipline problems. Way too many facemask penalties and personal fouls. After the first two touchdowns (quick strikes), I was wondering about the Cowboys D, they were on the field for a very long time. They pulled it out in the end, but I'm not sure they can be depended on in the long run. Props to the Eagles, even with scrub receivers they have a potent offense and Westbrook continues to scare the crap out of me when he gets the ball. Both offenses looked unstoppable, and should run rampant over their schedules this season.
The NFC East is strong, and should put 3 teams in the playoffs (and the 'Skins aren't one of them). Division wins are going to be tough to come by this year, but the rest of the NFC should be worried.
How about those Cowboys! :2thumbsup:
Agreed. And I've been watching for a lo-o-o-o-ng time.Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
Typical eh? Couldn't be bothered to tape MNF last night and it turns out to be The Best MNF Game In Years (TM)
Looks like Frerotte might get to start even sooner than I'd guessed.
The big question, however, is: Would he actually be much of an improvement over Tarvaris? :sweatdrop:
I'm not sure I agree. Allot of those face-masks were not intentional more a crime of passion than anything else. However this does not excuse our piss poor defensive play esp our pass rush we had McCnab dead to rights at least 3 times and he squirmed his way out. We are way to talented to allow 2nd and 3rd chances. That being said I was extremely impressed with Felix Jones on the return game and Zach Thomas proved he still has gas left in the tank.Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
Neither team generated any pass rush (until the Cowboys in the end). And I don't think it's a defensive problem, both O-lines played very well. Without the pass rush, the QBs picked apart the secondaries.
Roy Williams broke his arm and will be out for 3 weeks.
Martok, you might want to call the Metrodome staff and tell them to install extra padding on the walls and supports. Just to be safe. ~D
:laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
Either way, I just hope Childress makes a decision soon. Aside from when we had Warren Moon here, I can't remember a Vikings season where we *didn't* have a quarterback controversy. ~:rolleyes:
Ask, and you shall receive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3593304
Yeah, I just read that about 20 minutes ago. Well, I gotta give credit to Childress for not waiting until the last moment before game-day to make a decision.
....Wait, no I don't. I don't have to give him any credit at all. So I won't. ~;p
Fingers crossed that Ocho Cinco appears today...we won't win a game until the nfl quits jinxing us, that's for sure.
Now, now, don't blame bad team chemistry and a weak defense on the NFL hating stunt name changes. :laugh4:
I just hope the Raiders aren't humiliated today.
You know what else? I'm kinda starting to want Kurt Warner to take the Cardinals to the playoffs. It would be a neat close to the circle of his career.
:egypt:
One more week 'til the 'curse' on the Detroit Lions expires. Maybe we'll get lucky anyway vs SF. Here's to a 13-3 season and a playoff berth. :)
Bengals: 13Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramses II CP
Giants: 10
NOW WHO HAS BAD TEAM CHEMISTRY :smash:
Beware halftime bragging! :sweatdrop: The Raiders are up 9-7, but you won't hear me crowing about it until it's all the way in the W column.
:egypt:
Holy crap, the Dolphins are destroying the Patriots!
That owner needs to give Parcells a raise. I don't think Brady would have made a difference in this one.
Sorry man not today. The Bills pulled it off in the last 3 secs to go 3-0.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramses II CP
Eh, I'm just happy we're playing like a decent team. Now, if the nfl would give us back our reciever and if we could get a couple of players back who were missing in our secondary we'd have a winning team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramses II CP
I mean, today we were missing the guy who was our leading point scorer with over half of the teams points...
The reason the Raiders lost is because I bet (loser buys lunch tomorrow) with a good friend at work, a big Raider fan, that the Bills would win. He kept calling me during the game to brag & talk smack. For some reason I haven't heard from him after the game ended.Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
The Raiders played well enough to win, but were too conservative & predictable on offense when trying to kill the clock at the end.
The Bills are 3-0...oh my
I can't believe that Miami (with a 20 game regular season losing streak?) has defeated the perennial Patriot team (who last lost to Miami in 2006).
I am flabbergasted.
Then the Bucs' get an OT win over Chicago?
A good day for Florida. So far.
Well... uhhh.... *looks around* HOW 'BOUT DEM DOLPHINS!!! :sweatdrop::sweatdrop:
So as some of you have seen... how NOT to win a football game. First off, we can't seem to do much on offense. Russel can't seem to quarterback when needed, let alone calling the right plays at the right time (Kiffin) instead of running on 2&12 with under 4 minutes left in the game and leading by 2 :wall:. As for Ryan, our defensive coach, what the heck kinda 4th quarter game plan was that ~:confused:!!? Prevent defense never works unless it's hail mary time. Almost no blitzing in that entire second half completely blew the game. And as for Hall. Since when was man-to-man marking meant standing almost 10 full yards away from your man?! ~:confused: On both touchdown scoring drives, the Bills threw against him for the easy gain and first down on 3 and 10+ yards to go... way to go. Last I checked this was professional football and not high school football. As for the ending with Kiffin not calling a T.O. I'd agree with him, though... he made me feel uneasy when he basically put no trust in a defense that kept the Raiders in the game and him in a possible job :whip:
We'll see what happens monday in the paper...
Dear Mr Rogers,
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=OhILOm4BdCQ
It's a classic sign of immaturity (And here I'm talking about the Raiders as a whole) for a team to let up once they have the lead. Edwards had nothing going in the first half because he was scared. Even when he managed a completition somebody was putting a hat or a hand on him, but in the second half all that push went out of the defense. And a big part of the problem was that Ryan didn't have the confidence to stick with his game plan from the first half, and that trickled all the way down onto the field. So credit the Bills, they kept their heads and played right to the end to earn their win, but if the Raiders were a confident team, a mature team, they would've put that game away and never looked back.
I think the Bills were playing our game all the way through the first half, the game was right where we wanted it at halftime, and we came out and gave it away. There was no confidence in the blitz, no confidence in the outside running game, and obviously no confidence in Russel in the second half. Can't blame them for that last one, but that 80 yarder was maybe a sign of what could be someday.
Anyway, it wasn't pretty, but it was a close game. Maybe it was a learning experience for the players. Well, the ones that belong on the field (Hint: Hall isn't one of them. Release him and put in a rook who at least has a chance to get better.).
:egypt:
Detroit Lions down 28-13 near the end of the game. Going to head into a bye week 0-3.
In the Lions television viewing area, you don't watch and root for the Lions. These days you hope for the worst. You begin to appreciate the entertainment value of watching everything fall apart and self-destruct. Fans everywhere are holding out for the most catastrophic season ever, with the promise that if the Lions are destroyed badly enough they might be rebuilt with a shred of ability. So far it hasn't happened yet with 2-and 3-win seasons. Many have wondered what it's going to take for real change to occur.
After this week, I think the NFC East has a legitimate claim to having the three best teams in the league.
DAD GUMMIT! :furious:
Our defense didn't play for :daisy: today. We didn't deserve to win.
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Originally Posted by makaikhaan
Ironic ain't it :2thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by makaikhaan
After three weeks, I'm ready to say it:
I will not believe in the Lions until Matt Millen is fired (Or consumed by actual Lions avenging the offense to their namesake).
GO DALLAS
Bah. I knew coming into the season there would be frustrating moments. We just gotta take some time to get sharper and go over our fundamentals during our bye week. I still firmly believe we will make the playoffs, and we still have a good shot at the division. Only week 3! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Decker
What did I tell you guys about what would happen to the Patriots without Tom Brady?
I'm a Pats fan, I called it. Cassel isn't the worst in the world, but he's no Tom Brady. Our defense is known to be pretty tough, but running plays seem to work well. And when we get scored on, we need Tom to pull us out of the dumps.
No Tom, no Patriots.
There are times when it is painful to be right... this isn't one of them. I remember fondly watching the Lions the year Charlie Batch took them to the playoffs with a solid, scrappy defense. Then a year or two later Matt Millen and Joey Harrington came to town, Batch got cut, and, well, the Lions are today still where they were that year. Nothing will %^$& up a team faster than a bad GM and dodgy ownership (I say that as a Raider's fan, so it's with sympathy rather than schadenfreude).Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Detroit needs to clean house in the worst way. It's kinda sad too, 'cause Kitna is a halfway decent QB really and there are some guys on that team who would have a chance to shine somewhere else.
Don't you worry about the Patriots, they're going to be just fine. They got pasted today by a team playing for pride who had the first reliable film on Cassel's weaknesses. Cassel will improve his deep game and this team will wind up in the playoffs again.
The start of the season has been an underdog festival, but I like that. It usually makes the playoff races more interesting later on, as the good teams start to try to make up the ground they lost early. The NFC east is strong, but the Eagles are piling up injuries again. Have to wonder if they're going to hold out long enough to make that second wildcard spot.
:egypt:
Cassel was flat, but unless Tom Brady played defense as well, it's not the entire reason for losing to the Teal Avengers.
Bad way to go into a bye week.
TheTorontoBuffalo Bills are in first place, interesting.
Edit: I wish I had Millen's job security, does he have incriminating photos of the owners or something?
Well the Vikes finally won one yesterday. Hooray, I guess.
[Stares daggers at Brad Childress.]
Rumors are aswirl that Kiffin goes later today (again). What a disaster. :shame:
:egypt:
16-0Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
He's still around :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramses II CP
You KNOW, that everyone is licking their chops, waiting for Davis to fire him so that they can pounce on Davis like they like to do. Though I believe they should also question Kiffin and Ryan haha... At least we're in the news, and it's not about how much we suck... persay. Oh wells.
Looks like ESPN agrees with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Peter King does, too, but I can't be bothered to find his Fine Fifteen for Week 3. Don't re-align the divisions!
Millen's gone.
Kukri, when did you say the curse was scheduled to be broken?
Well what do you know? Maybe now, the Lions will actually get to the playoffs before the end of the decade. ~:rolleyes:
I am officially removing the Lions from my 'teams likely to go at least 0-10' list now; they should get a boost in the next few weeks just from knowing they'll have a better GM next year. Poison accumulates in a franchise, and having it cut out can do amazing things for a team. Good luck Lions fans. :2thumbsup:
Good luck to Millen post-football too. Maybe the Broncos could hire him to take over personnel decisions for them? (Well, a Raider's fan can always hope)
:egypt:
LOL. And only 24 hours remain to the Bobby Lane Curse, on a Lion's bye-week. Cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
What is anybody's read on the Tampa Bay- Green Bay matchup? All my sources give the nod to Tampa, but only by a point.
I'm going to say Green Bay. I think the move away from Garcia is still rippling in that locker room and the Bucs are going to have a rough day.
:egypt:
The Packers are going to course-correct after that embarassing loss to Dallas. McCarthy is a good coach and GB is more talented than Tampa. Packers win handily.
Thanks, fellas, for the "voice of reason." :)
Ryan Fitzpatrick:
Completions: 21/35
Yards: 156
Interceptions: 3
Fumbles: 1
:wall:
Tampa tromps 30 - 21 Green Bay
ugh
gg tho'
:waves his $20 goodbye:
Ugh, sorry mate. Really though, the Pack had that game almost under control when Rodgers got hurt and then it all flew apart. Kind of an ugly one, but the defenses played well.
The Raiders are playing a solid one sp far. They've just got to keep the game moving and keep their heads and they'll be back in the mix.
:egypt:
Sorry about that, Kukri. I feel somewhat responsible for that. :hide:
Crazy week so far. Raiders and Chiefs win, Dallas down, etc. etc. etc.
-edit- And the Jets! Wow! :shocked:
No worries, guys. It was a coin-toss by the numbers, so I asked here & the missus, got consensus, made my pick.
I agree GB had it wrapped 'til the injury, then they lost steam.
This whole weekend's bet-card looks to be in the toilet for me. Oh well: 14 weeks to go in regular; all I gotta do is win 1 week to get my cash back (pool has 25 players).
Buffalo Bills are now 4-0 with a 31-14 win over St. Louis.
:shame:
Yeah, you counted the Raiders a W a little too early. :shame: :no:
I'm really starting to wonder if conditioning isn't a significant part of the problem in Oakland. Young teams can have discipline issues, but those guys looked flat out tired in the 4th quarter. Especially the O-line. Maybe they didn't like all the pass blocking (Hey, we all want to see a better run game), but at some point you've gotta suck in that gut and put out if you want to win.
I didn't see any of the Denver-KC game, what the &%$^ happened? I had KC pegged as one of my teams to make a run at 0-10 minimum and then the Broncos rolled over for them. If only the Raiders had held up they'd be in good position! Argh! :furious3:
Ye gods let's not see Kiffin fired after that. Yeah, the offensive play calling was nothing impressive, but I have to pin that loss mostly on the players. They just didn't have the oomph to finish the game.
:egypt:
What a letdown. 4th and Goal on the 1 and we couldn't bang it through. I miss Westbrook already. :shame:
Can't wait to see Cowboy fans at work tomorrow. :D
Thanks for leaving the Skins off the poll for the second year in a row as even a consideration, GH. Looking forward to next week.
:medievalcheers:
I believe... if the Raiders win the 4th quarter for the first time... we'll lose the previous three... oh wait! That already happened against Denver :wall:
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15-1
Apparently, the Cowboys cannot stop the run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Which to me is downright baffling. Every single man on our front 7 has performed admirably. Im just chalking it up to a bad game. I don't really see any need to run to the hills yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
Only 12 morelossesgames til Childress is run out of Minnesota! Woot!!
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
And in that vein, I'd like an overhaul of our entire offensive coaching staff, particularly in regards to playcalling. Reid and Mornhinweig (spelling?) have proven time and time again that they just cannot get it done in pressure situations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
Maybe we can pick up Kiffin as soon as he gets fired. That would be nice.
The rumors are getting pretty serious now. According to 'sources' Kiffin was fired last night and there's going to be a press conference in a few hours for Davis to explain and make the official announcement.
Now I'm not saying this has been a good team, but they really aren't that far out of it. I didn't like the play calling in the second half, but you can't pin that just on Kiffin, and the players themselves looked and played like they were worn out. This just feels like absolutely giving up on yet another season, and I don't think we should be at that point! What's the gain here with getting Kiffin out now as opposed to giving him four more games, to mid-season, to right the ship?
Argh! One of the stats I heard that did impress me, in a negative way, was that of the 15 losses under Kiffin the Raiders held a lead going into the 4th quarter in 11 of those games. That's a pretty epic bit of fail and it does seem to say that the problems are with the system, I'm just not sure how much of that system Kiffin was responsible for as opposed to Davis' own responsibility.
Whatever happens I can hear a giant flushing sound all the way out here on the east coast, and I hate it. :thumbsdown:
:egypt:
KIFFIN IS FIRED
Tis OFFICIAL
Sounds like it was done with true class as well. ~:rolleyes: When Kiffin is coaching the Chiefs in 2 years and is constantly beating the Raiders twice a year, maybe Al will learn...
M'gaw, heads rolling in week 5. This sounds like an upper-management problem, moreso than a play-calling or play-execution problem. He'll find work, no doubt.
Eagles assistant head coach!
Eagles assistant head coach!
Eagles assistant head coach!
Eagles assistant head coach!
A guy can dream, can't he?
-edit- Actually, I've reconsidered. Shanahan should hire Kiffin so they can swap Al Davis horror stories.
Well it is upper management. Not only with Shanahan, but also with Gruden. Gruden was doing WOOOONDERS with the Raiders, yet, he was still fired? Why would anyone hire a coach who made playoffs nearly every season and then the AFC Championship game the previous season. And next season showed that indeed Gruden would have carried the Raiders to the final and win... but that is all dreaming as apparently Davis doesn't like a coach hired to "fix" his team, talk back. It's simple as to why, but with Kiffin... well that's a WHOLE 'nother story. He made it public, but then he got stupid with his remarks and began alienating people within the organization.Quote:
Originally Posted by KukriKhan
I do think, however(from actually watching the game at home and also on TV), that Kiffin's play calling on offense was bad and that he was hindering and not putting confidence in his quarterback or his receivers. He never appeared to have control over his entire team. He appeared to make the wrong changes at halftime, continually call uncommon-sense-like play calls on the offense. 3-14 and he runs the ball up the middle. So for me, I feel that although he did put to light some the "hassels" that a coach at Oakland faces, he made some errors and then his work on the field showed also. All-in-all he could have done a better job going about his comments and play calling. But in the end, I believe that we'll be better off without him and Davis HOPEFULLY will make the right decision with the next coach.
Wow, the Giants are destroying a decent Seattle team. I think they're going to get the respect they deserve after this week.
Eagles need to get their stuff together. Every time I look at the TV, the Redskins offense is on the field. :furious:
Man, I had the Eagles winning that game. What was up with Westbrook on the ground? Looked like maybe they wasted him up the middle a few too many times, but I didn't see it all.
Houston really gave their game away and you have to pin that loss on the coach. What was with constantly throwing the ball with a two score lead and under 5 minutes to go?
What I really want to know is why, exactly, Fox is trying to make me watch the Cowboys paste the Bengals when the Bucs-Broncos contest is much more interesting and 'local.'
:inquisitive:
Hey, finally a week where I can safely guarantee the Raiders will not lose! :laugh4:
:egypt:
I'll admit I was switching back and forth between the Eagles and Phillies games (leaning more and more heavily towards the Phillies as time went on), so I can't really say for sure. But really, after that first drive (and the DeSean punt return), they were totally flat, Westbrook or no. I'll pull my old standby and chalk it up to bad playcalling by the offensive staff.
And it's a simple answer, Ramses: Because the national TV networks, Fox particularly, have a love affair with Dallas.
Rodgers threw for 300 yards on a bum shoulder. :dizzy2:
The penalties and injuries on defense killed us. Harris, Bigby, and Jenkins were all out. :P
Overall, it was a horrible weekend for sports up here in the great north.
Colts game = :fainting:
Dude, you got so freaking lucky with that. Not being condescending or anything, but still. ...just once I'd like one of those games to go my way.Quote:
Originally Posted by makaikhaan
Oh, I know. If Sage Rosenfels doesn't try to pull an Elway while up 10 late in the 4th quarter, we lose it easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
They played on CBS down here if what the Dallas schedule says is true. Which is unusual but I didn't watch the game, so I'm not entirely sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
Considering they eked by the Bengals (the Bengals, fer crissakes!), I'd say they are in trouble. Philly is looking like the worst team in the division, but the Skins and Giants are playing really well. There is just something not right about the way Dallas is playing, with that talent they should be killing teams. I still don't trust their discipline. A win is a win, but that was not pretty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Eh, the giants eked by the bengals too.Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
Not that I'd brag about the cowboys...if it weren't for chris "I fumble every game" perry we'd have won...
Just an idea here.
My work buddies and I (about 25 of us) use PoolHost.com to test our ability to pick game winners each week. We play for a few bucks, but the fellas here might be interested in matching their "pick-ability" against their .org pals - just for fun. (No money involved).
So, I set up a private pool at PoolHost.com.;
If you wanna play, go to PoolHost.com, select "Join Private Pool", enter "totalwar" as the pool name, then "totalwar" as the password; pick a username, then make your picks for next week's games.
The player with the highest number of picks per week, wins. In case of a tie, we use Monday Night Football total points prediction as the tie-breaker. In case of a double tie (same number of winning picks + same MNF point predictions), we use time-of-submission as a final tie-breaker. In the unlikely event that both winners submitted their picks at exactly the same time, Admin tosses a coin.
I'll play Admin. Username "Conspiracy Bruthah".
The site has a message board and chat facility. I think it'd be fun. So c'mon: join. Even if you're not an NFL fan, I bet it'd be fun, and the commitment is low.