So, who do the Colts play this week d00ds? - ILNFL Week 9 Thread

Tampa Bay
Carolina
BUFFALOLZ
Detroit
Green Bay
New Orleans
San Diego
Atlanta
Redskins
Houston
Colts (I know, but I don't care; ilu Peyton!)
Browns (omg brownie, I forgot to mention, they're over .500!!! amazing!!!)
Cowboys
Steelers

Oh jesus, the calendars not up at the506 yet, but CBS is going to give LA HOU@OAK, I just know it. Fuxx0rs.

proper title is: GOOD VS. EVIL
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7164/belistophelesjf1.png

Tampa Bay (i believe now)
Titans (playoff bound in spite of themselves)
Bengals (and they better fuckin' win or the season is OVAH)
Lions (ten wins ahoy!)
Packers (I think, i mean who the hell knows what's going on with the chiefs anyway)
Jaguars (wish it weren't so, but the saints are just not gonna be in postseason)
Chargers (San Diego will, though)
The loser in the niners/falcons is the viewing audience.
Redskins (U ain't seen bouncin' back)
Raiders (still believe)
Colts (that halo ain't fer show)
Browns (statement game?)
Cowboys (as good as teh stillers)
Steelers (as good as teh cowboys)

1:00PM ET:
Arizona Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans
Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills
Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints
San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings
San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons
Washington Redskins at New York Jets

4:00PM ET:
Houston Texans at Oakland Raiders
New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts
Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns

8:15PM ET:
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

Monday, November 5, 8:30PM ET
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

wk 9 is actually a good slate of games.
wk 8 was so so bad guys.

the real story of week 8
http://usmagazine.com/brit_goes_clubbing_with_tony_romo

if the league doesn't make him pee in a cup stat then something's wrong.

good v evil
fundie nutjob homophobia v video sign stealing
compulsive hucksterism v epic man whoring
disrespecting the game through excessive touchdowns v disrespecting the game through excessive touchdowns

SO SO AMPED !!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

compulsive hucksterism v epic man whoring

ahahahaha awesome so true! man, I'm a sucker for a compulsive huckster.

I dig your enthusiasm, bloobhloj.

im really scared tho - i know its a crazy dream but i really have my heart set on pats perfect season

far far right vs. "wrong" (as defined by greg easterbrook)

yeah greg easterbrook is kind of a crazy, huh?

i seriously can not wait to for tmqb this week. i can picture easterbrook furiously pounding away at his keyboard worked up in such a lather that spittle is flying from his mouth.

xpost- he's got a hard on to see belichick lose.

im really scared tho - i know its a crazy dream but i really have my heart set on pats perfect season

If there's one team that I can't stand more, it's that smug 1972 Miami team. Bring it on, Brady.

Arizona Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - CARDS
Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans - TITANS
Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills - BENGALS
Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions - LIONS
Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs - PACKAS
Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints - SAINTS
San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings - CHARGERS
San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons - FALCONS
Washington Redskins at New York Jets - REDSKINS

Houston Texans at Oakland Raiders - TEXANS
New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts - PATS
Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns - BROWNS

Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles - IGGLES

Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers - STEELERS

everyone picking the Browns this week but I'm worried. Their defense is scary bad, especially against the run. Ugh. Thankfully clevo can pass block again for the first time in 20 years. Last weeks amazing Browns stat= 14 penalties for like 120 yards and they constantly dug themselves out of it. I haven't seen them do that since Kosar.

there's another 4pm game up against them but I can't seem to remember who it is. oh yeah, Texans/Raiders

Their defense is scary bad, especially against the run. Ugh.

That's okay. Alexander's been phoning it in this year.

Buccaneers over Cards
Titans over Panthers
Bills over Bengals
Lions over Broncos
Packers over Chiefs
Jags over Saints
Chargers over Vikings
Falcons over 49ers
Redskins over Jets
Texans over Raiders
Patriots over Colts
Browns over Seahawks (I'll be there!!!)
Cowboys over Eagles
Steelers over Ravens

i've seen seattle twice this year and the browns twice, browns look at least as good to me. plus they're at home. seattle is really very mediocre.

browns are probably my second favorite team this year because i love romeo and willie mcginnest is one of my all time favorite players. he's up there with ben coates and lawyer milloy.

easterbrook heaps praise on indy for pulling manning in the fourth, waggles his finger at the pats for not doing the same. conveniently not mentioning that the patriots not only went to their second string qb but after the redskins couldn't stop him from scoring, went to their 3rd string quarterback.

also, "Another scouts' point: Belichick game plans, going back to the Giants' Super Bowl wins when he was defensive coordinator, often involve jamming receivers at the line and hitting them on crossing routes, designed to disrupt the timing of passing offenses. Will he try this against the Colts'? And why does no one throw this tactic back at Belichick by jamming his receivers?"

uhm, just a guess here but maybe it has something to do with moss and stallworth being bigger/stronger/faster than most dbs? jamming at the line doesn't work if the defensive back is the one who winds up on his ass. and if you try to jam a smaller receiver like welker he's agile and explosive enough to get around it. this is something that any high school player would know, this guy should be ashamed at cashing his paycheck as espn should be at cutting him one.

hmmm I've had some wine and now I'm thinking. if DA continues to have a good year at QB and with BQ in the wings and with the Browns not having a first round pick maybe the time's right for a trade ala Brees/Rivers in SD.

Anderson to the Jets for Pennington and their high 2nd round pick? Browns need a D-line.

Do nothing and get a free agent with the money not spent on a 1st rounder?

Anderson is a restricted free agent at the end of the year.

Suddenly football is fun again y because brwns look interestng

SF @ ATL - SF
CIN @ BUF - BUF
DEN @ DET - DET
GB @ KC - KC
SD @ MIN - SD
JAC @ NO - JAC
CAR @ TEN - TEN
ARI @ TB - TB
WAS @ NYJ - WAS
SEA @ CLE - CLE
NE @ IND - NE
HOU @ OAK - OAK
DAL @ PHI - PHI (not likely, but fingers crossed)
BAL @ PIT - PIT

Suddenly football is fun again y because brwns look interestng

I agree. Especially since I picked up Braylon Edwards in like the 10th round and traded Brandon Marshall for Kellan Winslow.

braylon edwards was a free agent savior for me. 9 tds now?

derek anderson was a week 3 pick up saving me from a season of jason campbell as my qb. i wouldn't be in 2nd place without him. and if campbell could have given me 2 points instead of one on anderson's bye week a couple weeks back i'd be tied for first instead of in second.

Tampa - Other than when the Colts beat em down, the Bucs are playing every game tight and Arizona is still using a QB off the street.
Denver - I keep picking against the Lions and maybe next week I will learn.
Tennesee - These teams are about the same, so it could go either way.
Green Bay - KC is at home, but I think the Packers will win another fugly game.
SD - Minnesota is an example of a good club going nowhere because their QBs are terrible.
J-ville - I want to pick NO, but even though they are playing better, I just cannot pick the Saints.
Redskins - I have to think they will bounce back.
Bills - I'm still pissed at Cincy. I think they should score a bunch against Buffalo, but I am going to have to see it to believe it.
Browns - I'll give Cleveland the benefit of the doubt as I just don't like the Seahawks.
Indy - I hope they destroy NE.
Oakland - The Texans have about half their team hurt and their defense has been giving up a bunch of points.
Philly - Dallas has been talking the talk, but even in the good ole' days going into Philly was never fun.
Steelers - There is something a bit funky about Pittsburgh, maybe it is just making untimely turnovers but they seem to keep teams in games. I could see the Ravens winning this one, but I have to think the Steelers are straight up better, so I give them the nod.

Indy - I hope they destroy NE.

i think indy can win this game but only one team can destroy the other and the colts aren't it.

no indy/colts game on local TV this weekend. and OSU is on the BIGTEN network so no one will see that either. ;_:

bears are on a bye so i'll get the pats i'm sure and i think bc/fsu maybe be on abc? i know it got moved to 8 pm so if it's on espn i'll hit it up at a bar.

what the fuck, i get cleveland and pittsburgh??!?!???

seriously, what the fuck, one game on cbs and one game (gb/kc) on fox at the same time????? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK???? it would almost make sense if each network got one game, one early one late, in the chicago market but both games on at the same time? no afternoon football????

i gotta go to a fucking bar for the pats game? FUCK ME.

dude you have to get an afternoon game, it's in the constitution and shit

maybe they're showing Heidi instead

1:00PM ET:
Arizona Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - cardinals romp
Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans - titans stomp
Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills - bills chomp
Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions - lions go bomp
Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs - packers ftomp
Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints - saints badonkadonkdomp
San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings - chargers... rzzoarnaaromp (monster of norse myths)
San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons - 49ers do something that rhymes with bomp
Washington Redskins at New York Jets - who cares. oh i guess the skins will win

4:00PM ET:
Houston Texans at Oakland Raiders - texans maybe come back for this one? and stop the bleeding? maybe, just maybe. i dunno or care rilly.
New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts - cbs wins.
Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns - browns.

8:15PM ET:
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles - cowfags win.

Monday, November 5, 8:30PM ET
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers - stillers by a point.

dude you have to get an afternoon game, it's in the constitution and shit

that's what i was thinking. but not according to cbs2chicago.com or myfoxchicago.com, unless they're fucking liars. which would not surprise me.

oh wait, i must have chosen the wrong date, cleveland doesn't play pittsburgh this week!!! lemme check again....

whooooo!!!! denver/detroit followed by GOOD VS EVIL!!!!

sunday the 11th the chicago market get's the cleveland/pittsburgh game.

If you remember from earlier this year, I also hoped that Brian Urlacher would plant T.O.'s decapitated head on Lake Shore drive. I hope that this hope turns out better. I'll definitely take a Colts win, just about any win over the Pats.

It is kind of funny with all of the hype that surrounded Brady Quinn in training camp that the only way he is going to see real time on the field this year is if Derek Anderson gets hurt.

Dr. Z also had a good quote this week on Derek Anderson:

"I think the great success of the Derek Anderson to Braylon Edwards passing combination might be a height-related thing. I haven't worked out all the details yet, but when you've got a 6-6 guy throwing to a 6-3, you're raising the game to new heights, and some poor little 5-10 cornerback might only be conscious of a whooshing kind of noise in the air above him. As you can tell, the details of this theory still have to be refined."

Where's that website that has the big map of the U.S. and you can see which markets are getting which games?

http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2007-09-CBS2.PNG

wtf, does humboldt county have a team now?

If you remember from earlier this year, I also hoped that Brian Urlacher would plant T.O.'s decapitated head on Lake Shore drive.

i don't remember.

urlacher is getting cranky with the local press to the point where he's not answering questions from reporters. the press is fucking FURIOUS that he's only answering questions from fans via his blog and that he self-reported his arthritic back condition. the papers had nothing about it but tv and web were all over the story. it seemed to me that the beat reporters were actually taking this very personally.

wtf, does humboldt county have a team now?

And you should see their logo!

Also, why is lolhio being punished?

they relinquished rights to the colts/pats game for access to the big 10 network.

each team scored 4 times

from boston.com...

November 5, 2007
Pats-Bills to 8:15
By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff

The Patriots' road game against the Bills on Nov. 18 is being moved to an 8:15 p.m. kickoff, the NFL announced today.

This is the first game that is eligible to be moved as part of the league's flexible scheduling. The game will be broadcast on NBC.

"The Patriots quest for a perfect season is clearly the biggest story in the NFL," said Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal, Sports & Olympics. "It's also been 13 years since the NFL's premier primetime game visited Buffalo and it will be quite a scene there."

so now i don't have to go to delilah's to watch the game then get pummeled by bills fans after the pats put the hurt on them.

nice!

"well, gee, that's so fucking great," a resigned Dick Jauron told the press...

haha!

WTF? A search for "NFL Week 9" on that demonoid site only brings up the Pats/Colts game. WHY the FUCK don't they have the rest of the games?

I would pay like $3,000 to have all this years' Browns games as avi files on my computer.

"well, gee, that's so fucking great," a resigned Dick Jauron told the press...

LOL, but don't forget the sneaky Bills are 6-2 through 478 minutes of play...

At times Pittsburgh has looked shaky, especially in the offensive line. They're able to get away with it because Roffles has such great pocket awareness. We'll see tonight how the line holds up against the Ravens. I don't think they can beat NE though. They give up to many third down plays on defense.

idk, i still think the colts can beat NE even if it has to be in foxboro. and not just cuz they were banged up a bit but indy's D played v. well i thought -- Brady made some fuckin pinpoint throws and receivers made some really really great plays but the horses were right there for the most part...i mean, you can say what's to keep brady/moss/welker/stallworth from repeating such high level play if there was a rematch but id be encouraged if i were an indy fan.

also, this is definitely the first time ive really looked forward to being able to rewatch & carefully pay attention to a game a few days later on the nfl network

Steelers wearing throwback unis for the 2nd time this year?

Yeah, I love the throwback unis. It's to bad the Ravens can't wear their throwback jerseys, then they would be the Browns. Blasphemy.

wau nice play robble

i think the colts could definitely win a rematch and maybe if reggie wayne didn't have butterfingers they would have won last night. but i think the pats would still be favored and rightly so!

How exactly have the Ravens won ANY games this year?

21 to 0. I don't think the Raven have enough offense to come back.

28 to 0 probably seals this deal. What else is on?

ok wow so this game might be single-handedly voiding my whole argument upthread huh?

Mike Tomlin: running up the score!

Never thought I'd say this, but "PUT IN BOLLER!"

Okay, this is just ridiculous. Is Billick afriad to call a play over 10 yards in length?

where was the national guard?

McNair is done as an NFL starter.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/1105/nfl_ap_roethlisberger_412.jpg

i really like both the helmet and the jersey here but not really the combination. the yellow/black gets all unbalanced. im thinking the throwback jerseys w/the current helmets might be sweet.

eh super sloppy

http://i22.tinypic.com/2llyur7.jpg

yes quite sinister i like it

and i bet the original jerseys didnt have stupid fucking corporate patches all over them

http://i22.tinypic.com/2rmv050.jpg

Is Billick afriad to call a play over 10 yards in length

marble mouth sharpe said on sunday that mcnair can't throw deep anymore so he checks down every play.

d be encouraged if i were an indy fan

yes, i'd be encouraged too if my team just lost at home. playing on the road in new england at the end of january would obviously be a lot more palatable.

i'd be a lot more encouraged as a pats fan knowing that they played their worst game of the season and still beat the 2nd best team in the league on their home turf. or carpet.

i'd be a lot more encouraged as a pats fan knowing that they played their worst game of the season and still beat the 2nd best team in the league + the zebras on their home turf.

11 v 18 srsly dudes

i actually think the cowboys game was probably worse for the pats, but that's just me.

what's kind of fucked up, though, is that 7-1 is the colts WORST start in the past three seasons.

yeah theyve won lots games

i finded out here http://www.geocommons.com/data_set/show/4478 that buffalo is the only team still using the old astro turf. wtf buff man up. yr asking for it. shit.

i didn't see half of the colts game but the numbers addai put up and the turnovers brady had made me think it was their worst game.

I watched the Bills Sunday and their turf looked different from the old school astro turf. It's color was actually close to natural grass. For a team named the Buffalo Bills I think their field should resemble the Great Plains.

that sounds like the new turf - maybe that sites out of data

haha i wrote data instead of date and it sorta made sense

could still be astro-turf. Maybe updated for the 21st century.

tomboto-turf

from wiki

2002

Buffalo Bills install AstroTurf system in Ralph Wilson Stadium.

i shudder to think what they were using in the 1970's. Berber?

i think AstroTurf refers specifically to the proprietary old-style turf. the new kinds are FieldTurf and RealGrass. most nyc park sports fields have this stuff now - its nice n bouncy!

astroturf on the other hand was unbelievably hard. i remember once when i was a kid i went on the boston college field after a game and was kinda disturbed that they actually played football on the stuff.

yeah, i remember playing at georgetown and thinking the same thing. on one hand, i'm sure alumni field is a more sophisticated facility, but w/ actual atro turf fields, it's like comparing shit sandwiches.

remember once when i was a kid i went on the boston college field after a game and was kinda disturbed that they actually played football on the stuff.

same, i remember watching a field hockey game there once and it was even more crazy and more horrifying having that hard-assed ball bouncing around off the concrete. yet 13 year old me could not turn away from skirted co-eds.

same, i remember watching a field hockey game there once and it was even more crazy and more horrifying having that hard-assed ball bouncing around off the concrete. yet 13 year old me could not turn away from skirted co-eds.

-even skirted co-eds at bc?

dag!

it wasn't a scrimage higgy baby.

This thread needs more Shaun Rogers diving into the endzone.

it was the stiff arm that really did it for me