2012 NFL Week 9 - "The reason we abandoned the run game was because we couldn’t do it."

Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers
Arizona Cardinals @ Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Chicago Bears @ Tennessee Titans
Denver Broncos @ Cincinnati Bengals
Carolina Panthers @ Washington Redskins
Baltimore Ravens @ Cleveland Browns
Miami Dolphins @ Indianapolis Colts
Buffalo Bills @ Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings @ Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Bucs @ Oakland Raiders
Pittsburgh Steelers @ New York Giants
Dallas Cowboys @ Atlanta Falcons
Philadelphia Eagles @ New Orleans Saints

Week 9 Byes: Rams, Patriots, Jets, 49ers

chargers
packers
lions
bears
bengals
redskins
ravens
colts
texans
seahawks
bucs
giants
falcons
eagles

I think it's about this time every season where I look at the list of scheduled games and say "ugh, all the mediocrity!", but this year I really mean it.

feel like this will be the game the falcons lose just to annoy everyone

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rescue me papa bear

he's texting stuffy

what's the thread title from? was that romeo?

John Skelton post-game presser.

hahah excellent

San Diego Chargers
Arizona Cardinals
Detroit Lions
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Washington Redskins
Baltimore Ravens
Miami Dolphins
Houston Texans
Seattle Seahawks
Oakland Raiders
Pittsburgh Steelers
Atlanta Falcons
New Orleans Saints

Last week 10-4 (hits Detroit & Tampa – misses Titans, Philly, SD, KC) Not bad. 71-47 for the season.

Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers - Don’t like either team at all and both pretty much suck. I guess SD at home.
Arizona Cardinals @ Green Bay Packers- Green Bay, Cinderella’s moved back home.
Detroit Lions @ Jacksonville Jaguars- I’ll go Lions, as this seems to be a game Detroit ‘should’ win, but this seems like one they could lay an egg on.
Chicago Bears @ Tennessee Titans- I’ll go Chicago, but I could see this one being closer than the record would indicate. Titans are kind of hard to figure.
Denver Broncos @ Cincinnati Bengals- Denver looked pretty good this week and I don’t think I considered how many changes they actually did on defense for how it wasn’t looking right early on this year (which was a strength last year). Cincy is just not clicking together.
Carolina Panthers @ Washington Redskins- This is probably a good matchup and game. Carolina is about as good a 1-6 team as you will ever see. I’ll take Washington, but I figure it is a pickem in the end.
Baltimore Ravens @ Cleveland Browns- I’m going Ravens but I hope the Browns beat ‘em.
Miami Dolphins @ Indianapolis Colts- This is kind of the flip game to the Carolina/Washington young QB matchup. I will take Miami as I think overall they are a bit better club, but I think this is a total pickem game. One of these clubs could end up hanging around the wild card at the end of the year, which is something neither would have been credited before the season starts.
Buffalo Bills @ Houston Texans- Houston should win, but I am curious to see if Buffalo busts out and drops some points on them like they have other clubs.
Minnesota Vikings @ Seattle Seahawks – What have you done for me lately? I figure Seattle at home.
Tampa Bay Bucs @ Oakland Raiders- This could be a decent game to watch and possibly a nasty one too. I’m liking the Bucs as Freeman is playing pretty good the past few games.
Pittsburgh Steelers @ New York Giants- I’m taking the Giants, but this seems like the type of game and situation that could be a loss.
Dallas Cowboys @ Atlanta Falcons- I’ll take the Falcons but I will believe it if the Cowboys somehow win it in a fluky manner giving ESPN reason to talk about Dallas like they are a 3 time super bowl winner for another couple months.
Philadelphia Eagles @ New Orleans Saints- I’m going Saints. I want to take Philly to win this one, as this is the type of game they have won over the past few years, but I think the magic may finally be gone.

game last night was predictably excruciating to watch. altho kcc's defense has been up and down this year, they were probably the individual unit that had the best game last night. i can't fathom how they can't put together just a moderately competent offense, even with cassel. they have so many of the right pieces.

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TALKING POINT: jermichael finley has never actually been any good. he was a great prospect but raw for a while, and then he got injured, and now he is "not the same player since his injury". at no point in his career has he really produced the goods.

bears rugby scrum forte into endzone

wow bears. or maybe wow titans.

ugh this has been a depressing turn of events in washington

moose and goose calling it only makes it worse

titans sooooo bad

announcers on browns/ravens game not being subtle about how unimpressed they are with weeden

He's having a terrible game.

brutal penalty by clevo

FUCK. dawson eases my pain tho

that spinmove just destroyed whoever that db was

luck is very good at making plays under pressure

carolina has a good d-line/lbs

oh, cleveland

cj2little2late

peytyon's head is purple now fyi

do not throw it near ed reed
don't do it!

brandon weeden fucking sucks.

oh no cruz oh no

i hate the steelers

how many times have i seen ryan clark do that

like, didn't i see ryan clark hit a guy in the head just last week

i feel like i post this every other week but fuck ryan clark and fuck the steelers forever

"tough call against ryan clark"

i dunno. given the sheer number of times i have seen guys get hit in the head by ryan clark. i mean it pretty much happens in every steeler game i've watched

so the INT was dropped by the other guy on the steelers and clark hit cruz at full speed. he couldn't slow down or avoid doing that? really?

sure if it were rodney harrison i'd be like TERRIBLE CALL

so doug martin

;_;

geez chuck pagano footage in the locker room

yea that was p intense

that's so doug martin

crazy

it's really weird not hating the colts; keep having to remind myself that they figured out how to have two generational quarterbacks in a row

"figured out"

yes! allow the slow yet complete erosion of your talent to the point that you are totally dependent on one player, then eliminate that player.

ffs giants

how many times have i seen weatherford save a touchdown? more than a few iirc

lol steelers

hahahaha what a dumb play

lol @ steelers

as a washington fan -> NEVER run a trick play with suisham vs giants
never

kicker conspiracy

fakes are so fucking stupid. just put your offense out there and gain a single yard, christ.

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^^^ okay this was gano kicker conspiracy but hey

i think the midfield fake for a first down is one thing, but the fake to score is a bad idea

yeah

xp that was the halcyon days of jim zorn right?

maybe bad eli shows up and throws a pick six right about now

that was the "we just don't care" chapter at the end of the zorn era, yes

Doug Martin was basically my greatest fantasy draft pick ever.

nice pick, i had no idea he would be this good

manningface eli version <3

eli has been awful & dave diehl is not helping

4th td doug martin

@SnoopDogg: That's how u whoop a lil giant!!!! hahahahahahahhaha steelers nigga!!

is every single sunday night game a cowboys game this season? I feel like we just watched them fail in prime time last week?

this nbc blackout show is hewing too close to real lyfe

THIS WEEK they reveal the CAUSE of the blackout

been watching b/c esposito is on the show and uh, not to be a snob, but.. it's weird watching a show on broadcast tv designed for like a mass audience because it feels like you're really not supposed to think at all

that looked like a horrible pass right up until it was caught

how is it that the falcons have roddy white & julio jones but are still oppressively boring

i know that the answer is "michael turner," but humor me

collinsworth so disgusted by cowboys, they have the talent but these turnover ratios.. it's tough to watch

idk i don't find it tough to watch at all? i've enjoyed it. this game needs at least one romo pick six, or at least multiple INTs in the second half

well surely we all enjoy watching the cowboys crumble from within

is it just me or do guys on the punt team scream at the return man right as he's about to fair catch?

prob yeah

collinsworth on what has defined the cowboys this season: "routine, average, no-brainer plays that they have just. messed. up."

NFL Week 10: "Routine, average, no-brainer plays that they have just messed up."

tony romo's first 3 nfl passes, all foreboding in one way or another:

- 33 yd completion to sam hurd
- td pass to terrell owens
- tipped ball INT returned for a TD

julio guy is pretty good

cowboys are so pathetic

orlando scandrick is fucking awful

that was obvious OPI, smh refs

yeah that was terrible... still dallas is totally embarrassing

time for the cowboys to run the benny hill play

i love how irritated collinsworth continues to be with this cowboys team

"what was THAT? that was what, six yards? and more importantly, four seconds"

it is kinda lol

what the fuck, felix?

jason garrett or dave campo

cowboys have lost 9 of their last 13 #teamgarrett

julio jones is country as hell

Local news here is shaming Goodell for being in Atlanta today meeting with the governor and other people and basically dangling the Super Bowl carrot in front of them if they'll build a $1B new arena. fwiw, the Georgiadome is just fine and every person in Georgia knows it. Is this the kind of bullshit Goodell does in other cities that I never hear about?

Jerry Jones just pounded locker room door because no one would let him in. It's the angriest I've seen him all year.

^^^ reporter from nbc station in dallas

lol wth

lol

i want footage goddammit

i love how irritated collinsworth continues to be with this cowboys team

this was amazing btw and I would watch an entire season of it intercut with Sanchez bouncing a pass off of Tebow's head

geez chuck pagano footage in the locker room

― call all destroyer, Sunday, November 4, 2012 6:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea that was p intense

― johnny crunch, Sunday, November 4, 2012 6:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah

how is it that the falcons have roddy white & julio jones but are still oppressively boring

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, November 4, 2012 8:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know that the answer is "michael turner," but humor me

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, November 4, 2012 8:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

humor this *pantomimes cocking shotgun and blowing you away with it*

Local news here is shaming Goodell for being in Atlanta today meeting with the governor and other people and basically dangling the Super Bowl carrot in front of them if they'll build a $1B new arena. fwiw, the Georgiadome is just fine and every person in Georgia knows it. Is this the kind of bullshit Goodell does in other cities that I never hear about?

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, November 4, 2012 11:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

basically, yes

I hate the Steelers but that call against Ryan Clark in the end zone was everything that is wrong with Roger Goodell NFL-lite. That was nowhere near close to a hit to the head. Thank god they won despite that terrible call.

Stanford Routt cut. I predict Raiders sign him, cuz Bill loves Raider castoffs.

ooh I'd like to have him back

Raiders said no

of course. jerks.

i CAN'T WAIT for halftime tonight so i can watch berman interview mitt and barry and finally figure out who to vote for

apparently there's a correlation between hometown teams winning and votes for the incumbent, so with that in mind, and the knowledge that louisiana is definitely not going blue tomorrow, i hope you are all rooting for the iggles tnite.

you presume too much. personally i will not be voting for the incumbent.

LARGELY because they don't let me vote

psych

can we get chucky and jaws to anchor election returns tomorrow night on one of the broadcast networks & have a special campaign 2012 edition of C'MON MAN as the polls close in ohio

zombie keith richards, CMON MAN

99 yard pick 6 for vick

reid benched mcnabb for less

CMON MAN

and penalty to be assessed on the kickoff against vick

where's j0rdan?

u_u

lol @ penalty on the kickoff. is there any possible way to cost your team more yards on a single play? I can't think of any

why can't nnamdi tackle

he doesn't want to (i'm being serious)

this season is over. it was over before this game but my last flame of hope is being extinguished

who is coaching + qbing this team next year? i have no idea.

nnamdi running into the ref on a touchdown pass is a pretty perfect metaphor

nnamdi just ran into the ref and flopped

i'm pretty sure he was knocked down

man, pacers are really missing granger huh? or is something else the matter there

mitt romney is a jets fan

Mitt Romney keeps saying "sport" like he's either English or a rich guy or both.

ikr?! he did say "sport"

everything in that interview was so awkward

okay he said he was a pats fan and took responsibility for their two super bowls (which two??) which came off as .. awkward

I realized after the fact he probably claimed the two from when he was Massachusetts governor.

will vick finish out the season or is reid going to panic? maybe reid is ready to go.

he'll prob have no choice but to bench him

this game just got POTENTIALLY interesting

xpost yeah, from his governor days.. it was just a weird thing to say said weirdly

O_O

desean jackson!

i'm gonna go out on a limb and say mitt romney doesn't really care for sports

i can't surprised that jon gruden was forced to use the phrase "an amazing error" in this game

haha guys this is silly

god the saints are so horrible

well...

lol gruden is incensed

gruden is mad

i actually can't watch this anymore

gruden is rendered nearly speechless by that play

If they hadn't fucked that up, it would've been amazing.

yeah, you'd think you'd throw it back a couple yards just to be sure

gruden calls out a guy on the eagles "struggling at left tackle, struggling at right tackle.. i don't know what you're called if you can't pass protect"

yeah that was a great play smh

how do you have an illegal man downfield on a play from the 5-yard line? eagles forever setting records

an absolute banner drive from demetress bell

well the andy reid era, it happened

vick actually played well tonight i think, all things considered

yeah he did

what the christ is stu scott wearing

that 1 yard goal line pick 6 and penalty assessed on kickoff will be my takeaway from this game

has anybody suggested that andy reid starting the season with a dead son may be a contributing factor? or is that totally off-limits

the cowboys & the eagles feel like essentially the same team to me. talent all over the place but just rotting from the inside. can probably keep some of the principal players but desperately need a change at the top.

nfc least

has anybody suggested that andy reid starting the season with a dead son may be a contributing factor? or is that totally off-limits

― call all destroyer, Monday, November 5, 2012 11:30 PM (54 seconds ago) Bookmark

i was thinking that but honestly it's not like anything has changed from last year to this one.

i don't think anyone has suggested it bc it can't retroactively explain last season xxxp

yeah that's reasonable, it just seems that from a totally unfair outside perspective this guy should not be coaching football right now

i feel like these NFL coaches also are pretty expert at blocking out every and all turmoil in their lives. joe philbin's son died in the offseason as well and you would never have known it watching hard knocks aside from one mention of it in the first episode after reid's son died

aaaaaaaand there's gruden

"if you don't know joe vitt, get to know him"

i feel like these NFL coaches also are pretty expert at blocking out every and all turmoil in their lives. joe philbin's son died in the offseason as well and you would never have known it watching hard knocks aside from one mention of it in the first episode after reid's son died

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, November 5, 2012 11:34 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah agree w/this in general but like everyone has their limits. didn't know that about philbin, what were the circumstances?

eagles/cowboys next week; SOMEONE HAS TO WIN

oh my god that might be my most anticipated NFL game of the decade so far

didn't know that about philbin, what were the circumstances?

― call all destroyer, Monday, November 5, 2012 11:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

his son drowned in a lake in january

yeah that's appointment viewing; sorry mom i can't take you out for your birthday which i'm already two months late for

he was drunk and fell through ice

xp oh ok i remember that now

how come no one gives the reasonable explanation that vick is tormented on the field by the spirits of the dogs he killed?

btw chris ivory is good, they should really play that guy

the cowboys & the eagles feel like essentially the same team to me. talent all over the place but just rotting from the inside. can probably keep some of the principal players but desperately need a change at the top.

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, November 5, 2012 11:31 PM (Yesterday)

i guess i'm biased as an eagles fan but i think talent-wise the cowboys aren't up there w/ the eagles. the cowboys are like the knicks and the eagles are like...the clippers i guess

ugh fucking knicks

romo is totally melo

dallas' defense has waayyyyy more talent

I seriously can't believe that the Saints have won 3 of the past 4 with the defense we've been fielding.

Poor Demetress Bell. First he has a terrible game and gets called out by Gruden, and then I look on his Wikipedia page 'cause I'm bored.... whoa! Who knew Karl Malone was such an unbelievable dick?