Week 10 - Finally Patriots free

Oh, Monday

SF @ SEA

this is probably a good thing - i need a break from mozzarella stix and drunkenness

wow that monday game is a stiiiinkah

STL @ NO n'awlins taints
BUF @ MIA buffloed builts
JAC @ TEN toss up, but i'll go ten.
CLE @ PIT heart says cleavo, brain says pittsburgers.
PHI @ WAS was not washington
ATL @ CAR carolina stokely carmichaels.
DEN @ KC kansas city missiouris.
MIN @ GB green babies.
CIN @ BAL there is no winner in this game, we all lose. baltimore.
DET @ ARI detroit, detroit, detroit
CHI @ OAK da bares.
SF @ SEA seattle supersonics.
DAL @ NYG
IND @ SD

whoops, giants and indy there.

CLE @ PIT 1:00 PM

ugh, usually a reason to take Monday off work to recover from the inevitable hangover. Browns offense will score maybe 24 but Pitt scores at least 40. Browns have no advantage, except at tight end. I should start drinking now.

Dude, you gotta believe.

Snrub the dream is over. I'll see ya'll in 2008.

Saints over Niners
Bills over Dolphins
Titans over Jags
Browns over Steelers
Skins over Eagles
Panthers over Falcons
Broncos over Chiefs
Packers over Vikings
Bengals over Ravens
Lions over Cards
Bears over Raiders
Cowboys over Giants
Colts over Chargers
Seahawks over Niners

Last week: 12-2

i would like to indulge in mozzerella stick drunkenness

Snrub the dream is over. I'll see ya'll in 2008.

omg don't say that brownie!

Saints
BILLS FUCK YOU DAN MARINO
Tennessee
Pittsburgh but I would be so happy to be wrong
Redskins I guess
Carolina
Kansas City
Minnesota
Ravens
Detroit
Chicago
Giants
Colts
Seahawks

STL @ NO 1:00 PM - saints, baby!
BUF @ MIA 1:00 PM - bills
JAC @ TEN 1:00 PM - titans
CLE @ PIT 1:00 PM - ooooh i dunno, tuff one. stillers if they're healthy tho i could see the browns pulling an upset!
PHI @ WAS 1:00 PM - everyone loses. okay, the iggles lose to the skins.
ATL @ CAR 1:00 PM - ditto for everyone losing. panthers?
DEN @ KC 1:00 PM - chiefs
MIN @ GB 1:00 PM - packers
CIN @ BAL 4:05 PM - i don't see how the ravens could lose but they still might.
DET @ ARI 4:15 PM - another tuff call. cardinals squeak by.
CHI @ OAK 4:15 PM - bears
DAL @ NYG 4:15 PM - giants take two.
IND @ SD 8:15 PM - coltz
SF @ SEA - seahawks shit all over the niners, nobody watches.

i'm going to state here that the dolphins are going to beat the bills in a very close and competitive game.

J0rdan, you know you and I are mortal enemies, right?

i really like the bills! my dad is from buffalo! it's a fun city! it's in my blood! i actually want the bills to win (since the dolphins season is lost and all), but i think the fins have a chance.

you should know that i don't predict the outcomes of games very well.

the dolphins have no chance, brah.

that is tragic, a Dolphins fan rooting for the Bills. have you no sense of place, man?

the "rivalry" doesn't really resonate for me because it basically died before i was even concious of what football wass. along the lines of what you are implying, in no situation would i ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever root for the jets, who for the past, idk, 8 or so years have been the dolphins true hated rival.

oh lol I'm old fair enough.

Dolphins have a chance! Lemon can throw it up there!

JPL has not come along like I thought he would but Lynch is right there as a rookie. Their line is letting them down somewhat with JPL getting the happy feet in the pocket. He's beginning to look Boller-esque.

I visited West Seneca this year so my Buffalo credentials are secure. I hope.

also that division used to be the white helmet place to be. AND I LOVED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. magic

lynch is gonna score 500,000,000,000,000 points, man.

u drunk?

nope! marshawn lynch rules, dude.

500 trillion? not even cankles, bhlobloj and chi k in their opium fueled Moss fantasies can concoct a scenario where their helmeted god can score that many points.

It sounds, for all the world, like boasting.

Winslow on the other hand...

horseshoe, no southside drinks this week, i've got orientation tomorrow but i totally want to rally the logan square chilxors for ls drinks on friday or saturday!

where are you getting oriented, dude?

okay, Kev. logan square drinks sound good!

h, i got a job at u of c. doing it/pre-press work for one of the journals they publish.

good job dude.

Maroons in the house!

I'm old too. That flag on Reed with two minutes to go was some BULLSHIT, man!

500 trillion? not even cankles, bhlobloj and chi k in their opium fueled Moss fantasies can concoct a scenario where their helmeted god can score that many points.

ya it is pretty improbable that randy's point total would be so low~~~

ps. yiff in hell, furfags

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"I'm the dance instructor around here," said the character known as Choo-Choo. "You know, I taught these boys how to dance. They need a little more fun out here, like they need a couple more touchdowns."

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SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU CLINTON PORTIS

RETURN OF THE MAC

i love you but ive choo-choo chosen portis

the over/under for my beer consumption during tomorrows Stillers/Browns game stands at 9.5

just so you know

So a No Pats weekend has turned the NFL board into a dead zone, inhabited by also-rams (haha) and hungover semi-coherent rust belt chili making Kosar worshippers.

troubled times

The ghost of Leroy Hoard walks haunts these halls.

TOUCHDOWN TOMMY VARDELL ARGHGHGHGHRGHGHRGHGH

Genius Belichick drafts a Stanford fullback with the number one pick.

WHY AM I STILL TALKING ABOUT HIM ON HIS BYE WEEK

what I don't get is how the patriots have been on the cover of SI like six times this season and nothing horrible has happened to them

six six six

reverse curse ;_:

Steelers - Cleveland has improved but I am not yet to the point where I will pick them to upset Pittsburgh.

Packers - Minnesota cannot throw the ball, if Green Bay gets up two scores it will most likely be over as it is not in the dome.

Washington - The Eagles are a mess, but I would not be surprised if they bounced back and won, as the Skins are not all there.

Titans - This one won't be a pretty game to watch.

Carolina - I want to pick the Falcons to upset, but even with the Panthers QB problems, I cannot quite pull the trigger.

KC - Wow the Broncos are terrible! Knowing my luck this season picking games they will bounce back and knock off the Chiefs.

Bills - Logic says that the Dolphins are going to win at some point, but I still like Buffalo.

Saints - NO seems to have righted the ship, so this might be a trap game for them (see above for the Rams).

Ravens - Baltimore's offense is pathetic, but Cincy is a mess.

Bears - I have not seen Oakland play this year, but I get the feeling Chicago is not really that much better.

Giants - This is just emotion, as I really want to see the Cowboys lose.

Lions - OK I get it, I will finally pick Detroit, but knowing my luck Warner will get hot or the Lions will do something stupid and Arizona will win. It still does not feel right picking the Lions on the road.

Indy - I cannot quite figure SD out. Indy is pretty banged up, but I cannot pick the Chargers to upset them although they won the last time they played.

Seattle - The NFC West doesn't really deserve to have a team get into the playoffs.

...when his whole team is better.

lol pats fans think this shit means something

granted I don't ever really remember seeing brady fall apart. going to college with manning I have to say he's got an amazing ability to self-destruct.

That game nearly killed me. Jesus.

-- polyphonic, Monday, November 12, 2007 1:31 AM (Monday, November 12, 2007 1:31 AM) Bookmark Link

i could say the same about the raiders/bears game. by the 3rd quarter i was hoping for an apartment fire or a home invasion or a drive by shooting... something. anything.

lol pats fans think this shit means something

uh not sure if yr just talking abt the one game - but as far as the season no one can really argue that it hasnt tipped the scales toward brady.

I thought Manning played pretty well, all things considered. The Chargers' defense made some spectacular plays to get s few of those picks (especially the last by Cromartie and the one by Phillips). And yeah, maybe Brady played better with bad receivers last year, but his bad receivers were a lot better than Craphonso Thorpe and Aaron Moorehead. Those dudes are terrible.

Meanwhile, Philip Rivers looked like Rex Grossman out there. He has been completely terrible all year.

I thought Manning played pretty well, all things considered.

wtf, on what level is 6 interceptions considered "pretty well"? pop warner if you're under 11 years of age?

Craphonso Thorpe and Aaron Moorehead. Those dudes are terrible.

well, brady's top receiver from last year couldn't even make the squad this year. maybe craphonso and aaron would look like they were better players with a different qb.

well, brady's top receiver from last year couldn't even make the squad this year.

That's partly because the team acquired three star wide receivers and another good one in Kelly Washington. But yeah, Brady had a great season last year with a very mediocre corps, there's no getting around that.

yeah, i'd watch some more of that Championship game before claiming that Reche Caldwell is a better receiver than anyone else.

but OTM about Philip Rivers. why isn't the media coming down on this dude like a million pounds of coal slurry on a small Welsh town?

That's partly because the team acquired three star wide receivers and another good one in Kelly Washington.

i suppose. i guess it would have been more to the point to note that despite being brady's #1 option last year he's barely hung on with washington (zero catches in two games w/8 dnp's).

uh you may have forgotten abt reggie wayne who played last night and is obv better than anyone the pats had last year

and nooooooo one was called dante stallworth or wes welker "star receivers" before they played w/manning. not to mention the consensus on moss was "washed up"

Trust me, I know all about Reche Caldwell. He was pretty mediocre with the Chargers too.

uh before they played w/brady + "calling"

and nooooooo one was called dante stallworth or wes welker "star receivers" before they played w/manning. not to mention the consensus on moss was "washed up"

I guess we're not reading the same articles. Everything I read said that the Patriots had massively upgraded their receivers. Tom Walsh said Moss was washed up (maybe from his B&B) but that's about it.

Stallworth was a first round pick who was never healthy. When he's been on the field, he's always been spectacular. And people were calling the Welker trade a steal from the beginning, especially white east-coast sportswriters.

Yeah, as soon as I heard the Pats got Welker, I thought "oh boy, here we go." I could NEVER figure out why the Dolphins failed to really integrate him into the game in any way other than a returner.

the thing that impresses me most about brady, and I think it comes from practicing with his receivers against belichick's brand of defense, is his timing. this year he's had little trouble in the pocket, probably the best pass rush he's faced was the colts, but he & his targets obviously put in serious reps on the routes and manage to put everything where it needs to be time and time again. you barely see any pats receiver having to juggle on a catch except for moss on deep routes where he's well covered.

manning's got excellent timing with his regular guys as well but not having clark or harrison has obviously hurt him, which speaks to either a lack of proper reps with his 2nd teamers or some other mystery factor about the way they practice or who knows what. for all I know the way the colts first team plays against the cover two is actually some really intense alchemical stuff and gonzales et al. just haven't picked up the routes yet. but as pointed out, welcome to brady's career.

last but not least, I would take the pats' D over the colts' in practically any season from the past decade. it was wholly appropriate that the SI cover after they beat Indy featured all five starting linebackers (all over 30, all producing like mad, again).

Everything I read said that the Patriots had massively upgraded their receivers.

the two aren't mutually exclusive. it gives you some insight into how terrible the pats receivers were last year. bam morris, richochet caldwell, 88 year old troy brown, etc.

wait, bam childress, sorry. i'm flashing back.

was that even his name? fuck, i'm toast today.

bam childress, kelvin kight, chad jackson, and jabar gaffney rounded out the receiving corps(e).

yeah welker and stallworth have zero 1k yard seasons between them and only 1 800+ one. theyre good, but obv not stars.

its funny to hear the descriptions of welker as the season goes on from, fiesty to chrebet-lite to omg best 3rd down hot read dude evar!!!

fiesty to chrebet-lite to omg best 3rd down hot read dude evar!!!

he is having some kind of weird "troy brown crossed with tim dwight" kind of year though.

how much is the brady factor?

it really helps to be constantly hit in stride, and especially when you operate in the middle of the field, to have yr qb never leave you in a fucked up situation

you can't leave out the fact that this year he's playing with all kinds of time. as some other folks pointed out, can't remember if it was on NFLN or FO.com or both or here or what but a BIG difference in the 2nd half against the colts was that they gave the o-line a little more help against the pass rush and boom, production. an extra unhurried 450 milliseconds to reverse momentum from the drop and step into your throw is some important shit. the o-line, receivers and brady are all just functioning like clockwork. run blocking appears to have suffered as a result but hey who gives a fuck?

anyway brady=v.good, but I think I'm more impressedawed by the way the whole team is just a machine this year. it's like watching a bugatti on a test track.

yeah the o line has been nuts in protection (and the whole team is just scary dialed in)

even in the pats-free week the thread becomes alll pats talk!!

are the receivers being scary good this year causing more teams to drop more defenders into coverage vs. sending them on blitzes? last year you could say "fuck it, i'll send the house and let my borderline cornerbacks match up against jabar gaffney and ricochet calldwell. this year you have to keep one safety doubling moss, one playing centerfield, a fith db for welker and one lb for the watson. that leaves you with one corner on stallworth, one lb on the running back and the four rushers.

i think that's why he's had more time, not so much improved play by the o-line, the o-line has more blockers than there are pass rushers this year.

hey good point kevin

i could have made it more clearly but i skipped lunch in favor of cigarettes and more coffee so my brain is popping and snapping and skipping over here.

we are diet bros

we're gonna be ulcer bros by the time we're 40.

one lb for the watson

what does this even mean? "the watson"?

haha all patriots tight ends to now be referred to as the watson

I knew what you meant

i say when ever a pats te outruns a slower linebacker or overpowers a smaller db it should be dubbed "giving him the watson".

IT'S ELEMENTARY!

a big opportunity was missed in not getting Santonio Holmes

LOL SF opens the game with a play the Seattle fans have never seen before: the Darrell Jackson drop

keep losing sf, pats need a top 5 pick next april.

at this pint i think we can reasonably shoot for #2

they. i don't wear a uniform and the kraft family doesn't sign my paycheck.

assuming the pats have a top, say 8 pick, what position do they draft? i'm assuming no one will want to trade with them out of fear of making goliath stronger or for not wanting to look like fools by coming out on the short end of the stick. kind of like how no one would trade with the celtics by the mid 80s after the robert parish & kevin mchale for joe barry carrol heist.

ok well im going to go ahead and shoot for #2 you can do as you like. eh linebackers are old maybe one of those. or maybe some sort of hotshot rb. i dont really follow the college football so i couldnt say whos good.

i was assuming linebacker as everyone is aged back there (the kid from penn state or maybe laurinaitis if he comes out would look good). or maybe a corner given the problems with assante samuel this past offseason.

ha!

WHICH kid from penn state? connor's a senior and lee's a junior. both are pretty beastly.

connor. i get a lot of big ten football here in the midwest, he's impressive.

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