celebrate alex barron a/k/a NFL WEEK TWO 2010

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now THAT is how you play tackle for the dallas football cowboys!

Jerry jones is not getting enough blame in barrongate

Was waiting for this thread.

WEEK 2: When you look at the waiver wire in FF and see Yamon Figurs on top of the world, staring back at ya. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TRICK ME AGAIN THIS TIME.

never get sick of saying yamon figurs

It sounds like ilxor-speak.

As usual, the Chargers find a way to lose their opener to an inferior team.

yamon, figurs.

in other news, i posted it in week 1 thread but it's big and needs to be here: rip kristopher rudy-charles jenkins.

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Buffalo at Green Bay: Green Bay. If they lose at home to the worst team currently in the league, somebody somewhere will get fired.

Baltimore at Cincinnati: Cincinnati. Baltimore's offense really didn't live up to expectations, did it?

Tampa Bay at Carolina: Tampa Bay. It's really hard to get the stink of Tampa Bay's last two seasons out of my mind, but Carolina is a far worse team this year.

Kansas City at Cleveland: Kansas City. Good googly moogly, the CHEFS have something this year.

Pittsburgh at Tennessee: Tennessee. All the Steelers could do against the Falcons was kick field goals (until overtime), and the Titans are not the Falcons.

Chicago at Dallas: Chicago. This is a totally senseless pick on my part. Chicago only beat the Lions because the refs took a touchdown away, but I think the hangover from the Redskins loss will have the Cowboys discombobulated for a bit.

Arizona at Atlanta: Atlanta. The Falcons are not the Titans (see above), but they surely must be better than the Cardinals.

Philadelphia at Detroit: Philadelphia. If it had been Stafford vs. Kolb, the choice would've been harder. But now it's Hill vs. Vick. Easy.

Miami at Minnesota: Miami. Dolphins have their shit together, relatively speaking. Favre is probably still catching his breath from opening night. Plus, he still has no one to throw to.

Seattle at Denver: Seattle. This could go either way, really. These teams are unknown quantities.

St. Louis at Oakland: Oakland. (see above.)

Houston at Washington: Houston. The Redskins beat the more famous Texas team in Week 1, but in Week 2 they'll have to try beating the mo' betta Texas team. It won't happen.

New England at New York Jets: New England. Pats defense still looks like shit, but the offense is cooking with gas. Well enough to outscore the Jets offense anyway.

Jacksonville at San Diego: San Diego. The only reason I'm picking the Chargers is because the Jags have to travel to the opposite coast to play this game and statistics are against them.

New York Giants at Indianapolis: Indianapolis. The Colts lost their season opener for the first time in YEARS. They will win their next 9 to make up for it.

New Orleans at San Francisco: New Orleans. Niners defense is stout as always, but until I see their offense come together, the Saints could probably win this with 9 men on the field.

Buffalo at Green Bay: Green Bay
Baltimore at Cincinnati: Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Carolina: Carolina
Kansas City at Cleveland: Cleveland
Pittsburgh at Tennessee: Tennessee
Chicago at Dallas: Dallas
Arizona at Atlanta: Atlanta
Philadelphia at Detroit: Philadelphia
Miami at Minnesota: Minnesota
Seattle at Denver: Denver
St. Louis at Oakland: Saint Louis
Houston at Washington: Houston
New England at New York Jets: New England
Jacksonville at San Diego: San Diego
New York Giants at Indianapolis: Indianapolis
New Orleans at San Francisco: New Orleans

Were it not for Week 5 at Indy, I'd predict that Kansas City could be that magic Cinderella team to go undefeated for ten weeks, like the Titans 08, and then shorting out after slow-dancing into the first round of playoffs.

Hell, they could still be 9-1, but who cares about that.

Laurence Maroney is a Bronco

Great, now he can be a disappointment in a different time zone.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2010/09/13/wealthy-and-famous-football-typist-peter-king-kicks-backup-cowboys-lineman-when-he-s-down.aspx

Peter King otm

Oh damn, Ryan Grant out for the year. That just made it a little harder for Green Bay to go all the way.

aww damn

Also, Bob Sanders tore his bicep. Out indefinitely.

Who didn't see that coming?

ryan grant really wasn't that good

no he's not but i didn't want to admit i was posting from a fantasy perspective.

that slate dude throwing himself on the cross for alex barron is hilarious -- it's not like peter king is savaging some undrafted free agent earning $84,000 who got called up from the practice squad for one week in an emergency situation (in fact i'm pretty sure king would not do that) -- barron is an ex-first round pick with a notoriously poor work ethic who earned $10.8 million dollars while with the rams -- slate dude needs to chill out

yeah king is one of the most k.i.p. writers in sports--i was actually surprised at how harsh his comments on barron were. of course they are completely deserved.

ryan grant really wasn't that good

His stats say otherwise.

he ran for barely 4 yards a carry over the past two years -- he's a slightly above average back

Yeah, but they gave it to him a lot. He ran for 1200+ the last two years, and was definitely being counted on to do it again. Unless they go after a free agent or craft a trade, their run game is shot this year (Brandon Jackson's not a real option).

we'll see -- aside from like 5 RBs, RB is the easiest position in the nfl to replace or work around

I think they could bring in Justin Fargas from free agency and get the same production.

wth maroney! i thought he'd be with new england forever.

ok, i'm not defending barron or slate, but the problem with peter king's comments is that, as pointed out in that article above (and several other things i've read today ridiculing king's comments), WHENEVER BRETT FAVRE HAS COMPLETELY BLOWN A GAME IN THE LAST SECONDS BY HURTLING AN INTERCEPTION, king's response is to point out how quarterbacks get too much blame when games go wrong and it's not a big deal. calling a dude a disgrace over a major fuck up while defending your boyfriend for similar fuck ups is kind of weird! otoh so is peter king's face so maybe that's all the thing these days.

i think ppl are giving him a hard time because everyone hates brett favre, in summary.

not to mention -- people hate romo!

xp not really true in king's recent work imo--more of a cliche abt the guy at this point.

besides, alex barron has never been good, and favre once was.

Miami at Minnesota: Miami. Dolphins have their shit together, relatively speaking. Favre is probably still catching his breath from opening night. Plus, he still has no one to throw to

l,olo, l. lolol.

don't get me wrong i hope you're right.

i didn't actually get to watch most of the bills-dolphins game but wtf is wrong with the dolphins that they didn't beat us 56-10 imo

a few things, unfortunately

isolating the one alex barron hold & comparing it to the favre INT is really missing the point -- i can guarantee you that if joe thomas or jake long had made that same play and cost their team a game, that king wouldn't say that either should be selling beer in the stands -- alex barron isn't joe thomas or jake long and he certainly isn't brett favre

like, does anyone disagree with the idea that alex barron shouldn't be in the nfl? he's been the worst offensive linemen in the game for like 4 years running now... i don't find anything disagreeable w/ what king said, & that's aside from the ludicrous point about how much money either makes

i think ppl/PK shd also proportionately shit on the dallas line coach & wade & the gm for having him out there

yes like i said upthread, jerry jones (or whoever does the personnel moves there) deserves most of the blame -- if you put alex barron on the field, he's gonna hold! he's alex barron! that's what he does. just like we don't leave ex-drug addicts unattended in rooms full of heroin and crack cocaine, we shouldn't be leaving alex barron unattended on the right side of an offensive line. it's not his fault.

King is kind of a joke but that doesn't mean Barron deserves anything other than harsh criticism.

6th rounder into a 4th rounder is prob more than NE could've hoped to expect for maroney. they must have a lot of faith in law firm because fred taylor will end up on IR/dead at some point this season.

10-6 last wk

Buffalo at Green Bay: Green Bay
Baltimore at Cincinnati: Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Carolina: tampa
Kansas City at Cleveland: Chefs
Pittsburgh at Tennessee: Tennessee
Chicago at Dallas: Dallas
Arizona at Atlanta: Atlanta
Philadelphia at Detroit: lions
Miami at Minnesota: Minnesota
Seattle at Denver: squawks
St. Louis at Oakland: Saint Louis
Houston at Washington: skins
New England at New York Jets: jets
Jacksonville at San Diego: San Diego
New York Giants at Indianapolis: Indianapolis
New Orleans at San Francisco: New Orleans

I was 9-7.

Buffalo at Green Bay: Green Bay
Baltimore at Cincinnati: Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Carolina: Carolina
Kansas City at Cleveland: KC (what a bunch of young talent these guys have-legit)
Pittsburgh at Tennessee: Tennessee
Chicago at Dallas: Chicago
Arizona at Atlanta: Atlanta
Philadelphia at Detroit: Eagles (tough call)
Miami at Minnesota: Miami
Seattle at Denver: Sea
St. Louis at Oakland: Rams
Houston at Washington: Houston
New England at New York Jets: Pats
Jacksonville at San Diego: San Diego
New York Giants at Indianapolis: Indianapolis
New Orleans at San Francisco: New Orleans

8-7 last week (late on NO/minn)

Buffalo at Green Bay: pack obv
Baltimore at Cincinnati: ravens
Tampa Bay at Carolina: panthers
Kansas City at Cleveland: chiefs!
Pittsburgh at Tennessee: tennesseee
Chicago at Dallas: BEARS
Arizona at Atlanta: falcons
Philadelphia at Detroit: eagles
Miami at Minnesota: dolphins
Seattle at Denver: i hope seattle but i'm picking denver
St. Louis at Oakland: raiders
Houston at Washington: texans
New England at New York Jets: pats
Jacksonville at San Diego: chargers
New York Giants at Indianapolis: indy
New Orleans at San Francisco: saints

8-8 so I clearly have no idea but

Buffalo at Green Bay: Packers duh
Baltimore at Cincinnati: ravens
Tampa Bay at Carolina: still think tampa bay is likely to be worst team this season, panthers
Kansas City at Cleveland: Chiefs looked damn good on Monday!
Pittsburgh at Tennessee: THUMBTAX
Chicago at Dallas: bears and wouldn't it be nice?
Arizona at Atlanta: Atlanta and likely a big running game
Philadelphia at Detroit: Eagles and we may not enjoy the white tervaris jackson anytime soon
Miami at Minnesota: Miami in something of a shocker, cue the "is he done" cries
Seattle at Denver: Broncs, that had to be an aberrant squawk game, right?
St. Louis at Oakland: woof, i guess raiders?
Houston at Washington: Texans looking to make the playoffs this year methinks
New England at New York Jets: Pats and this could be ugly
Jacksonville at San Diego: bolts
New York Giants at Indianapolis: Colts and i'd bet over 50 total
New Orleans at San Francisco: saints duh

9-7 last week wtf.

Buffalo at Green Bay: GBP


Baltimore at Cincinnati: ravens


Tampa Bay at Carolina: TB <---this is the worst game. Wither Jimmy Clausson


Kansas City at Cleveland: chiefs!


Pittsburgh at Tennessee: tennesseee


Chicago at Dallas: BEARS
, I guess

Arizona at Atlanta: falcons (I still don't know who is QB in AZ)


Philadelphia at Detroit: Detroit
 <-- det = something to prove; Philly goes w/ Kolb bcuz he is the walruss' guy. Seriously, Even w/ all the discussions that people are having abt concussions this year, Kolb strikes me as the guy who tries to play hurt and ends up costing his team the most (or not, if he gets hurt badly enough and they HAVE to go w/ Vick)

Miami at Minnesota: MIN
 in an empty "right the ship" walk

Seattle at Denver: SEA


St. Louis at Oakland: raiders, tentatively


Houston at Washington: texans
. Washington didn't win the game as much as DAL lost it, fr which we thank them.

New England at New York Jets: pats
 <-- this will be a rape that starts 18-0 conversations again

Jacksonville at San Diego: chargers


New York Giants at Indianapolis: indy
, without confidence. I just imagine Peyton WILLING the team to victory.

New Orleans at San Francisco: saints, because the NFL loves a winner.

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My first crack at this.

Buffalo at Green Bay: Green Bay
Baltimore at Cincinnati: Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Carolina: Oh lord, uh, Panthers I GUESS.
Kansas City at Cleveland: Chiefs FOR REAL.
Pittsburgh at Tennessee: Tennessee
Chicago at Dallas: Chicago
Arizona at Atlanta: Atlanta
Philadelphia at Detroit: Detroit
Miami at Minnesota: Miami
Seattle at Denver: Seattle
St. Louis at Oakland: St. Louis??
Houston at Washington: Washington
New England at New York Jets: New England
Jacksonville at San Diego: San Diego
New York Giants at Indianapolis: Indy
New Orleans at San Francisco: New Orleans

guys have you seen this new ad where an evil emperor calls eli manning on his skype or whatever and then eli says, to an oreo cookie wearing athletic gear, "stuffy! make the call!" and then it ends? what is that about and more importantly will people start taunting eli manning by calling him stuffy?

haha it is my immediate goal to see that commercial

lol saints

nice of the saints to ice their own kicker there

wow yes of course why not a false start

WHAT IN THE WORLD

damn

LAAAAAAAME

lol

The saints go bobbling in

this game was a rollercoaster of emotion

hartley might be the least trustworthy kicker in the nfl right now

haha very obvious "FUCK" there

god that is just mad gay, leave it to this game that a kick is deflected yet gets in somehow

Bye Bocephus!

the thing about the 49ers is that they still have to be the OVERWHELMING favorite to win the division right? even tho they lost to the seahawks 41-6 or whatever?

omg i am hatcat face right now.

Jerry Rice as player: awesome
Jerry Rice all other times: hi dere secondhand embarrassment

the thing about this is why is matt millen now talking, why make things worse

i love how sportscenter is all "and now, highlights from the game that you just watched like eight seconds ago!"

i mean jesus christ just not fumble on the goal line and the niners won this game. i can't imagine being a niners fan right now.

if only they hadn't hiked it through the back of their own end zone on the first series for a safety.. if only..

OK, now that the game is over, can someone who's more well versed in football strategy answer my question?

can someone explain why the saints would attempt an onside kick here?? shouldn't they just run out the clock?

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What would have been the advantage if the Saints had attempted an onside kick? Confused...

i seriously have no idea what you're talking about

I think Jaws misspoke and meant to say the 49ers, because that's the only thing that makes sense.

they were talking about the niners having to onside kick before they overturned the 2 point conversion

Oh, OK, that makes a LOT more sense now. Yep, Jaws misjawed. Thanks, fellas.

did matt millen just call steve young a "little guy"

yes

singletary sort of sounds like he's going to cry

while talking thru his hand to pretend steve young wasn't there like an old timey thing but then he said "by this i am talking about steve young" which really ruined all that pantomime

now that this game is over we get to look forward to the RYAN FITZPATRICK ERA

i really don't understand matt millen at all

omg remember when the bills were like, okay trent edwards sucks, let's put in our backup...ryan fitzpatrick. >:[ >:[ >:[

how to understand matt millen by steve mariucci
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loooool

Bills are playing for first pick now.

i guess i mean i think they're equally bad at this point WHATEVER

It could be worse...at least they haven't made Jamarcus an offer yet.

the bills pretty much have to hope that andrew luck is the fucking shit

cmon sean payton you're a grown-ass man take off the visor fer chrissakes

sean payton can do whatever he wants afaic

why he so angry

"when you put all your eggs in the emotional basket"

The Emotional Basket

worst movie ever

flailing with laughter over here

Jack Nicholson wants to have all these emotions before he kicks the basket.

the only thing he has never experienced: human emotion

also the peyton manning story

Late breaking Gruden gold: Drew Brees is like a Journey concert - any way you want it

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