Someone's O has go to GO: The NE@DAL 5-0 week 6 thred

MN @ CHI -- bears, minnesota seems almost as hapless on offense as the bears.
MIA @ CLE -- clev-o gives the heave-ho to miam-o.
WASH @ GB -- green baby.
CIN @ KC -- cincinnatus.
PHIL @ JETS -- i'm ignoring my own rule of when two lame-assed teams face each other pick the home team and i'm going with philly.
TN @ TB -- tampa
HOU @ JAC -- houston.
STL @ BLT -- baltinevermore ravens.
CAR @ AZ -- arizona.
NE @ DAL -- i'm no football judas, NE PATS.
OK @ SD -- san diego
NO @ SEA -- seattle
NYG @ ATL -- glad i don't have cable this week, giants.

Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Cincinatti
Eagles
Titans
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Arizona
Patriots, damn it all to hell
San Diego
New Orleans-they have to win a game eventually, right?
Giants

RE: yeah they do but against seattle AT seattle?

New Orleans-they have to win a game eventually, right?

yeah but not on the road in seattle at night. that stadium gets LOUD and there's nothing like a night game to get the crowd amped. though i don't know if that necessarily holds true on the west coast.

either way, they'll win sometime but it won't be this week.

I hear you guys, but I just have a feeling.

What kind of feeling?

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/thumb/1/14/Got_A_Bad_feeling.jpg/200px-Got_A_Bad_feeling.jpg

or

http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/2007/07/06/rogers.jpg

you left out jesus jones

MN @ CHI -- CHI
MIA @ CLE -- CLE
WASH @ GB -- GB
CIN @ KC -- CIN
PHIL @ JETS -- PHI
TN @ TB -- TB
HOU @ JAC -- HOU
STL @ BLT -- BAL
CAR @ AZ -- ARI
NE @ DAL -- NE in a close one
OK @ SD -- SD
NO @ SEA -- SEA
NYG @ ATL -- NYG

CIN @ KC - CIN
HOU @ JAC - JAC
MIA @ CLE - CLE
WAS @ GB - WAS, MB
STL @ BAL - BAWLS
MIN @ CHI - CHI
PHI @ NYJ - PHI
TEN @ TB - TB
CAR @ ARI - ARI
NE @ DAL - NE
OAK @ SD - SD
NO @ SEA - SEA
NYG @ ATL - ATL WHOOO

WAS/GB and TEN/TB are the tough ones for me, and CAR/ARI a little. car and ari both have horrid QB situations (starters gone for season) but i guess arizona's the better overall team at this point and they're at home. Washington beating GB at home seems like a stretch, and they're missing more starters to boot, but I just got A FEELIN.

OMGWTFLOL CAR just signed Testaverde. Was Jeff George unavail?

no fucking way! who's older, testy or carney?

Testeverde is older than Elvis when he died.

I know Baltimore's favored by like 8.5 points against St. Louis, but I dunno. The Rams suck, but so does Baltimore?

I'm tempted to pick the Ravens in my survival league, but I have a weird feeling about it.

Patriots are going to wax Dallas. Cowboys had a short week after a late game.

don't think so, cowboys will be focused and prepared, unlike at buffalo. probably were looking past buffalo to begin with. they'll still lose, but i don't think it will be a blowout.

I don't know; I think NE is a LOT better than Dallas. that's what's so annoying about this season; both NE and Indy seem like they're playing in a different league than everyone else. boring.

^^ i agree, and the season will be less fun after NE beat Dallas and show that

i suspect the Patriots will win comfortably even if it's not technically a blowout - i.e. the result will never really be in doubt past the 1st quarter. after the Bills game, the 'Boys will be concerned that wily Bill B will have seen too much of how to beat Romo and they'll probably look to change their offensive game to a more careful one that won't suit them.

Bobby's big prediction of the week: 'Boys to start cautiously and ineffectively, get majority of their scores in the 2nd half after the game is basically already put away.

Imagine if Dallas turns the ball over like they did against Buf. 120-0 easy.

NE doesn't make mistakes and they sicken me.

brownie otm!

it's fascist, like Kevin Costner says in Bull Durham

There are a bunch of games this week that I think are really close to call.

Tampa - This game could end up kind of fugly and I would not be surprised if the Titans win.

Bears - Chicago is at home and as long as they don't turnover the ball I figure they will be OK. It still should be close.

J-ville - Texans are kind of broken and knowing my luck the bad Jaguars will show up this week.

Cinci - If the Bengals D cannot stop KC, they won't stop anyone.

Washington - It is an upset, but I think the Skins are pretty good.

Ravens - Baltimore seems to be less this year, but the Rams are a mess.

Philly - The Jets seem more screwed up than the Eagles.

Cards - This is a pickem game. If the sack machine can stay upright, Carolina might win.

SD - The Chargers seem to be getting it back together.

NE - Can I just hope for a black hole to open and take both teams into the phantom zone?

Seahawks - Seattle stunk last week, but no one is stinking more than the Saints.

Giants - Falcons are going to win again at some point, but maybe the NYG's are decent.

can LJ break 100 yds vs Cincy? probably not :(

MN @ CHI -- CHI: Griese will spend more time throwing to Viking DBs than to his own receivers, but CHI will probably win with a couple Gould FGs unless Peterson finds a seam two or three times.

MIA @ CLE -- CLE: Miami has been beaten by some terrible teams already, so this is really Cleveland's to lose.

WASH @ GB -- WASH: Redskins DEF is actually even stronger than Chicago's, so if Green Bay wins it'll have to be through the air.

CIN @ KC -- KC: This is more wishful thinking than anything, but if the KC DEF can keep Cincy under control, Croyle to Bowe should pick the Cincy DEF apart.

PHIL @ JETS -- PHI: Simple. Iggles don't stink as badly as Jets stink.

TN @ TB -- TB: This will be a low scorer, though.

HOU @ JAC -- HOU: Because Jags are at home playing and opponent they should defeat, ergo they lose.

STL @ BLT -- BAL: This is just a coin flip, really.

CAR @ AZ -- AZ: This is Arizona's year, dudes! ;)

NE @ DAL -- DAL: Upset pick? Sure.

OK @ SD -- SD: Hey ma! I fixed the offense!

NO @ SEA -- SEA: Like was mentioned above, games in Seattle are hard to win at night. Especially if you don't have wins anywhere else this year.

NYG @ ATL -- NYG: Didn't see any of the Giants game last week, but I'm just assuming the DEF still works like it did against Philly. And Atlanta is no Philly.

I don't know; I think NE is a LOT better than Dallas. that's what's so annoying about this season; both NE and Indy seem like they're playing in a different league than everyone else. boring.

-- horseshoe, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:06 PM (Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:06 PM) Bookmark Link

i can see that because i remember those years when the 49ers were head and shoulders above everyone else and it seemed it was a race for second place but the first year the pats won the superbowl they were playing a rams team that everyone said was destined to be remembered as one of the best ever.

i think the dallas game will be a close one but i think the pats will win. better qb and a better line. i can't wait for the indy game. is it at the razor or is it in indiana?

here are some things to know about the Clev/NE game last weekend:

NE punted 6 times! and the Browns did not pressure Brady at all. Yeah, let the Pats do a 6 minute drive but do not blow coverage like the Browns did. Make them get to the five yard line- do not give up the big play or turnover. The Pats are a machine and will destroy if you do.

The Pats can be beaten deep and with screens and delays if they blitz.

i'm basically repeating every cliche ever but damn

NE's o-line has been RIDICULOUS this year. I haven't seen a game yet where Brady didn't have enough time to map the human genome back there.

it's such a waste, cause he clearly can't do that shit. Peyton, on the other hand...

GETCHA POPCORN READY

Brady is back in the pocket thinking up names for his bastard children.

I would have all this bastard making with bridget moynahan.

i'll personally give $1000 to any ilxor who will make bastard with bridget moynahan. i'm serious.

I dunno if $1000 is gonna be enough to get brady to stop lurking

man up, brady!

he goes by "tuomas", right?

ahahaha ilu omar little!

bridget moynahan is v pretty

dudes colts/pats reminds me of suns/spurs last year. the rest of the league was just a formality.

WASH @ GB -- WASH: Redskins DEF is actually even stronger than Chicago's, so if Green Bay wins it'll have to be through the air.

-washington's secondary looked pretty tough last week against detroit. it was amazing how much pressure the line got by keeping the linebackers and secondary in a pretty tight zone. having a healthy pierson prioleau makes such a huge difference.

Bobby's big prediction of the week: 'Boys to start cautiously and ineffectively, get majority of their scores in the 2nd half after the game is basically already put away.

Not a big prediction. The Cowboys score, like, ALL their points in the second half.

http://socialitelife.com/images/2007/10/tom_brady_101207_03.jpg

Oh, so he's going to kick for extra points too now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/jack4640/skank2.jpg

Oh, so he's going to kick for extra points too now.

-- Pleasant Plains, Friday, October 12, 2007 12:21 PM (Friday, October 12, 2007 12:21 PM) Bookmark Link

yes and to make things more interesting for his offensive line, he won't be wearing pads or a helmet either.

haha brady - his off-field persona has transitioned into a way amusing new phase

http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/10/timberlakeandfirend.jpg
http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/10/shotgun.jpg

timberlake, bro; vanderbeek, no.

lol @ timberlake shotgunning in the background

Guy in white #4 shirt taking a picture of Justin Timberlake's back - No.

Guys shotgunning cans of Miller Lite behind Van Der Creek - Bros.

http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~evh1984/VALVEBOY_2.jpg

OTM

wtf? that was supposed to be...

lol @ timberlake shotgunning in the background

OTM

Ha, didn't notice the same green shirt.

and they did that using their 3rd down receiving back and a dude scooped off the practice squad.

has Belichick seemed really toned-down to y'all in press conferences this season? it's kind of disappointing.

Yeah, they're even more frightening the more I think about it.

They play the Colts in 2 weeks, right? If they win that, I'll go ahead and crown their asses. xp

I noticed that he wasn't wearing his ragtop for the game last night xp

they actually won by 3 tds kev

it should be mentioned that 10 of dallas' points cant really be hung on the d

i'd just like to point out that the pats are basically doing right now what the warner/faulk/holt/bruce rams did in their prime. just completely bludgeoning people. if they run over indy/pitt, 'best team ever' might be warranted.

Also, T.O. saying they're not that great = total roffles.

has Belichick seemed really toned-down to y'all in press conferences this season?

i don't see how he could be any more toned-down than he has been in the past without vast quantities of seconal, quaaludes, and bourbon. i mean the guy was borderline comatose before.

yeah but w/those rams teams their d was never considered to be that good

Johnson barking on the sideline about not getting the ball when his QB is getting killed and Ocho Cinco cannot get free from Patrick Surtain is not helping. I'd deal that big ego goof ball off for a good DT any day of the week.

-- earlnash, Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

yeah, no. one of the few things you have to give brian billick credit for over the years is that in spite of his (considerable) ego he always made sure to build to the strength of the Ravens, ie. defense. obviously ozzie newsome wouldn't let him throw everything out the window like that even if he wanted to, but he knows where his bread is buttered and takes care of that side of the ball. the bengals need all the help in the world on defense but if you start siphoning off the best players on your *best unit* you will probably just end up with an all-around mediocre team.

chad j is one of the top 15 players in the league. MAYBE one dt is in the top 20.

-- Jordan Sargent, Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

RONG

It is almost like NE is using their 3 wide outs kind of like the Colts did a couple of years ago. What is interesting is that the Colts offense the past year or so is more like NE's old model with power running and ball control passing.

yeah, the thing is the Colts HAVE to play like that now because everyone (correctly) plays them two deep. they had to have a great short passing game, which is what won them the SB. they'll still make the big plays if they're made available, but basically they are just a super efficient defense-murdering machine rn. in the Dallas game last night I was actually thinking about this re: NE, because they kept going deep at inappropriate times and reminded me of when Peyton would get stuck in that rut where he would try to be a superhero too much. hopefully NE learns that lesson sooner rather than later~~~

the 99 Rams D was pretty fuckin good!

http://footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef1999.php

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6531/im003737qa0.jpg

^so otm btw

i think there was one year where the rams d was considered to be really good. maybe the season of their second super bowl?

or what cankles said!~ ^^^^

has Belichick seemed really toned-down to y'all in press conferences this season?

Since the CHEAT CHEAT CHEATERZZZZZ!!!!! thing blew up, yeah. I think he's trying to stay way under the radar, and nuking opponents every week isn't helping him do that.

sry i just cant abide the comparison - there was something so cheap abt those rams teams

i mean mike martz, kurt warner's wife, kurt warner

wait wait wait.... when did belicick seem anything BUT bloodless in press conferences?

the thing about those rams teams is that once the pats exposed how to beat them (jamming the receivers at the line and then HITTING them when they tried to catch it as opposed to playing cover two and trying to keep the recievers in front of the safties) they weren't the same team. there has to be a way to beat this current pats offense but i don't know if/when anyone will find it. randy moss is doing the same things he's been doing for years, donte stallworth has been playing similarly for the past three years while welker and watson haven't changed how they play.

the one thing that really impresses me about this team is the o-line, brady has all day to find a receiver and they're making sammy morris look like an all-pro. hell, even kevin faulk averaged 4 yards per carry after taking over when morris got injured.

In all, Hester touched the ball 10 times for 353 all-purpose yards.

change the name to the chicago hesters.

yeah it was kinda shocking to see dallas get any sort of rush yesterday

sry i just cant abide the comparison - there was something so cheap abt those rams teams

i mean mike martz, kurt warner's wife, kurt warner

http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/webster.jpg

1-5-5 defense will beat the Pats. The browns played a 1-4-4 against them and held them to 34, just think what 11 defensive players could do in that scheme.

1-5-5 defense will beat the Pats.

that's what the jets ran against them. did not work.

2-10-10 will do it

yeah i wouldnt take too many lessons from the browns game concidering that the pats werent really like trying

that's what the jets ran against them. did not work.

But they're the Jets.

lessons from Pats/Browns game = Browns win if Belichick doesn't cheat

*cheat = start Brady and Moss and Welker and Watson

what did tennessee and houston do to indy to make the games so close? other than make them travel out of indiana that is? colts next two games could be tough for them.

Tennessee even blocked an extra point attempted by Indy. The Titans were just hot that day, though not hot enough to beat the Colts.

And maybe this belongs on the Annoying Commercial thread, but while Peyton Manning is tall, he's not the freaking giant he's portrayed as in that Sony commercial where he walks into some people's living room and asks where the chips at.

I think all football players look like that next to normal people, though. even, like, Doug Flutie, probably.

Except when they are singing with our nation's heroes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Joe_Theismann_Joe_Namath.jpg/742px-Joe_Theismann_Joe_Namath.jpg

well, they are old and shrunken, maybe?

Speaking of Jets throwbacks (hello Broadway Joe!), those old Titans unis they wore yesterday were fucking sweet.

someone plz photoshop "i wanna kiss you" thought bubble above joe willie namath?

"Old" Titans jerseys? Were they wearing oil rigs on their helmets?

old ny titans of the afl.

that later became the jets.

I completely misread all of that.

Looking forward to those throwback Panthers jerseys.

I didn't flip over to Sunday night football until the last couple of minutes and was really surprised to see the Saints were winning. The Seahawks must thank their lucky stars for being in the NFC West, as that is the only way that ratty team will make the playoffs, especially considering that the Cards are down to Tim Rattay at QB and the 49ers have no offense at all.

"what did tennessee and houston do to indy to make the games so close?"

I think they able to make the Colts take field goals instead of TDs enough in the red zone to make it interesting. Other than the year when Manning was throwing crazy amounts of TDs, the Titans seem to play Indy pretty tough. A long time ago before NE became the Colts arch nemesis, it used to be that Jeff Fisher and the Titans had Manning's number.

The Bears need to figure out how to get Hester on the field more often on offense. Chicago need to try and get Hester the ball a time or two each half, just to see if he can make something happen. Even as a threat, he might help their running game a bit, as they will have to have someone zoning on him. Though if the Bears D has weeks like this one, nothing will help.

The Bears need to figure out how to get Hester on the field more often on offense.

he's in on a fair amount of snaps but it seems like EVERYONE on the defense is acutely aware when he steps on the field. that's why i think the te's will have good #'s while he's out there. i wonder what olson/clark did yesterday...

olson had 5 grabs (tied for team lead) for 63 yards, clark had 3 grabs for 48 yards. clark is second on the team for the year in receptions.

even, like, Doug Flutie, probably

I tower over Flutie. He didn't eat enough of these as a child...

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/8/89/250px-FlutieFlakes1.jpg

when flutie was at bc allegedly he was the second best basketball player on campus. the intramurals between his team and the team captained by micheal adams were chronicled in the globe.

ban the boston globe.

i still have a hollowed out box of that shit tho. cereal was B-.

I tower over Flutie. He didn't eat enough of these as a child...

Yeah, but can you execute a successful drop-kick?

Yeah, but can you execute a successful drop-kick?

LOL. Flutie always threatened to bust one of those out for 3 when he played with the Bills, but never did find an occasion.

did you guys have this conversation before? deja vu...!