2012 NFL Week 3 - "IF A FLAG IS THROWN AND NO ONE IS AROUND TO SEE IT, DOES THE BALL GET SPOTTED ON THE 32 or 38?"

What refs? All I see out there are rodeo clowns.

New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay Bucs @ Dallas Cowboys
Cincinnati Bengals @ Washington Redskins
Kansas City Chiefs @ New Orleans Saints
St. Louis Rams @ Chicago Bears
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins
San Francisco 49ers @ Minnesota Vikings
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts
Detroit Lions @ Tennessee Titans
Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns
Philadelphia Eagles @ Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons @ San Diego Chargers
Houston Texans @ Denver Broncos
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders
New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens
Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks

Lol at Jets v. Dolphins. That should be a barnburner.

Panthers
Bucs
Bengals
Saints
Rams
Dolphins (I just can't pick jets. I just can't)
Niners
Colts? idk
Lions
Bills
Iggles
Falcons
Texans
RAIDAHS
Raves
Pack

It's Battle of Lake Erie Week. fyi

horseshoe running scared per usual

dolphins seem to do well against the jets in the rex era. feels like a push to me - 8-6 to whoever gets the safety.

best case scenario for new england is that it is one of the many games where baltimore is better but the pats win anyway. just as likely it is the 2010 playoff game.

with the positive press for the arizona D the eagles will prob put up 50 on them

texans @ broncos will be very interesting in terms of figuring where those teams are.

95% chance new orleans gets a gimme to help right the ship; 5% chance hilarity

I'm not going to predict Cardinals/Eagles in any way. Seems like a classic "Eagles are gonna destroy here/why are the Eagles sucking so bad/why did the Cardinals just throw this away" game

I would like to continue seeing New Orleans lose close ones for as long as possible. I used to like that team, and Drew Brees, but now it's more fun to hate them.

the jets are terrible ergo the dolphins could certainly win

^^ exactly my logic

the dolphins are terrible ergo the jets could certainly win

http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2012/09/a-very-jay-cutler-encounter-with-jay-cutler.html

LOL

"DOOOOOOOOOOOON'T CAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREE"

Tebow will get the majority of the snaps in that game.

rip steve sabol

jeff fisher is smart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKZpCT2Fk0

these stories are never not incredibly depressing

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/vince-young-is-broke/

you guys this is killing me http://smokinjaycutler.tumblr.com/

"This site is dedicated to the most apathetic looking athlete in the history of sports."

Steve Mariucci was just on the radio giving an interview. Exact quote "the replacement refs are doing a heckuva job."

I know he works for the NFL Network, but come on.

he's also probably a republican

They're doing a great job of performing better than you might expect from a bunch of unqualified guys, I guess.

i wonder why steve mariucci hasn't had a coaching gig in 7 years despite being considered for lots of different jobs.

does turner play this week?

whoops http://arizonasports.com/40/1576243/Was-Tom-Brady-tipping-New-Englands-plays

so... shotgun it mean throw you say? FASCIMANATING

instead of calling who is gonna win (bc i'm terrible at that) i'm just going to call what games i'd like to catch

New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers > i still haven't seen Cam but i just can't be bothered
Tampa Bay Bucs @ Dallas Cowboys > i hope the boys lose but i have no other interest in this game
Cincinnati Bengals @ Washington Redskins > rg3 rg3! i got to see him throw a long bomb for a td last week and that was enough. i'll see them when they play philly
Kansas City Chiefs @ New Orleans Saints > uninterested
St. Louis Rams @ Chicago Bears > eh, will watch if nothing better on
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins > ok - this is my pick of the week. if jets are losing by halftime and sanchez is lost out there, i say it's TEBOWTIME
San Francisco 49ers @ Minnesota Vikings > nope
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts > nope -well, maybe. i still haven't seen andrew luck play a game.
Detroit Lions @ Tennessee Titans > mmmnope
Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns > nope
Philadelphia Eagles @ Arizona Cardinals > IGGLES! IGGLES! IGGLES! v. Kolb! -- will be watching
Atlanta Falcons @ San Diego Chargers > nope
Houston Texans @ Denver Broncos > no way suddenly good texans translate into post season success, right? maybe it will! arian foster is awesome. would watch.
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders > i'll root for the raiders
New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens > i'd watch this. i hope the ravens bounce back + the pats start freaking the fuck out
Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks > ok, i'd also watch this

in honor of philly vs az/kolb/his ridic contract im glad that this still exists

http://s.azcentral.com/home/File-/picture/50485/1/0/258/1024/

New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers > i still haven't seen Cam but i just can't be bothered

You're missing out. he's the real deal.

That game's really going to be something. Cam is probably the most fun player to watch right now and Giants games are always weird. Guessing Cam is a top 5 QB next year.

Super excited about that game; yet to see cam but absolutely riding him on fantasy

completely misread that sentence

nicks is out for nyg, cruz shd be covered by 6 guys

Week 2 - A Norv Turnerish 8-8, for season 17-15

New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers- It's like ALLMANNING ALL THE TIME on the big national TV games these days. I think with all the injuries to the Giants, I'm leaning Panthers but close.

Tampa Bay Bucs @ Dallas Cowboys- I got to think Dallas, but it's the Cowboys they can play stupid enough at times to lose to anyone and it's obvious the Bucs are at least playing to the end.

Cincinnati Bengals @ Washington Redskins- Who knows really, I guess Washington at home, but at this point I can't tell how good or bad either team might be. I guess beating the Saints is better than the Browns.

Kansas City Chiefs @ New Orleans Saints- I'm going Saints, but they of course seem to be a big mess.

St. Louis Rams @ Chicago Bears- This is kind of an intersting matchup. I'm taking the Bears but I think possibly a suprisingly good matchup.

New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins- Oh hell, again who knows. I have no idea how Vegas picks these things these days, everyone seems to suck. I guess Dolphins as I think the Jets never have much luck in Miami.

San Francisco 49ers @ Minnesota Vikings- 49ers seem to be the elite exception to the malaise.

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts- I'll take the Colts in a close one.

Detroit Lions @ Tennessee Titans- Neither of these clubs seem to be anywhere near as good as you thought they might be. I figure Lions as they don't have the question at Qb. It's week 3, at some point Hasselbeck has to be looked at as the option, if nothing else as a spell. Locker has played like junk first two weeks. Kinda depends on where Munchak feels on his job and how quick they got to win. I kind of figured them to have some decent talent all around. Lions never did play as well after Best went down and Suh flamed out on TV. They got to the playoffs, but they don't seem to have a whole lot of momentum. THey need a running game.

Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns- Somebody's got to win. I'll go Bills.

Philadelphia Eagles @ Arizona Cardinals- I figure Eagles. Cardz go 3-0 beating Philly and NE, that's kinda impressive.

Atlanta Falcons @ San Diego Chargers- Falcons D looks good, but their offense for the talk of all the speed on the outside seems kind of dull without a whole lot of big play in them. I'm going nuts and taking the Chargers.

Houston Texans @ Denver Broncos- Kinda weird that there are all these articles on how Manning is washed up after last game, did they watch the second half? They went from a Moses on the mount Tebow six play running attack to trying to run the Starship Enterprise, there are going to be 'some' mistakes. Texans should win, they got more talent, but I figure this is a close game.

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders- Steelers

New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens- I'm taking Pats and the Ravens will whine about the refs.

Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks- Packers but an interesting matchup.

Peyton on his arm strength: "it is what it is"

New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers- Panthers
Tampa Bay Bucs @ Dallas Cowboys- Cowboys
Cincinnati Bengals @ Washington Redskins- Bengals
Kansas City Chiefs @ New Orleans Saints- Chiefs!
St. Louis Rams @ Chicago Bears- Bears
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins- Jets
San Francisco 49ers @ Minnesota Vikings- 9ers
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts- Colts
Detroit Lions @ Tennessee Titans- Lions
Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns- Bills
Philadelphia Eagles @ Arizona Cardinals- Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons @ San Diego Chargers- Falcons
Houston Texans @ Denver Broncos- Texans
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders- Steelers
New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens- Patriots
Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks- Seahawks

this is pretty great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqbpHdQ2atY&feature=youtu.be

hmm. not sure if that worked... let me try this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqbpHdQ2atY

i love when he calls ray rice "ray ray"

Peyton on his arm strength: "it is what it is"

("but I sure was happy to get my 90 billion dollar contract!")

bradshaw's out to no one's surprise.

i don't know if u guys have noticed this, but philly blogs have been running some incredible analyses of iggles games based on the release of the all-22 film. lots of really incisive, insightful observations that have been a joy to read. i hope sometime in the future they actually release the tape to the broader population (or at least make it available at an affordable personal rate) - bc i'd love to watch a game reel with someone actually narrating what is happening on the field.

(i mean, i don't know if you've noticed this for other teams - i assume most ppl here aren't regularly reading a bunch of iggles blogs. but here's a good example of what i'm talking about: http://www.igglesblog.com/iggles_blog/2012/09/in-praise-of-analytical-humility.html)

i was curious when that all22 stuff was gonna start blowing up. Is there a good site for it yet?

There are a few beat writers for the eagles doing it (sheil's new blog, the one i just linked) but nowhere I've seen for the entire league.

yeah that's cool

did you all see this profile of Martellus Bennett <3

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/sports/football/giants-martellus-bennett-is-a-tight-end-who-cuts-loose.html

He once started a gang whose main purpose was to steal dessert.

“Basically, I like cool stuff that becomes cooler when you make it a ninja,” he says.

he briefly wrote a blog when he played on the Cowboys and it was amazing

http://cowboysinsiderblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/yowsers.html

Panthers
Cowboys
Redskins
Saints
Bears
Jets
Niners
Colts
Lions
Browns
Cards
SD
Texans
Steelers
Ravens
Seahawks

this is a great TNF game

oh shit thanks for reminding me

haha same, this is like christmas morning

maybe the replacement refs are being paid off by the real refs

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets50M-50M-http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets50M-$150M-$250M50M in MNF bets shifted50M in MNF bets shifted

awesome

oops i meant

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets

nfl officials cause national crisis, public says scab refs unacceptable, flight controllers, nuclear safety engineers still ok

Students rally in support of scab lingerie league teachers

Mitt Romney says scab referees doing 'God's work'

"God said, 'Throw your hat underneath Kevin Ogletree's foot, my son.'"

Didn't know you already had that new Dylan album, DJP.

You know you wanted it.

IT'S PLASCHKE TIME.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-0925-plaschke-nfl-officials-20120925-28,0,1808277.column

is anything going to age worse than the columns written by guys like goyel & prisco & wetzel that were all "LEAVE THE REPLACEMENT REFS ALONE"

http://www.sportsherniablog.com/.a/6a00d83451b84f69e2014e8ab5bd66970d-640wi

LOL

that's my fav gif of all time

The NFL says things:

http://deadspin.com/5946249/heres-the-nfls-official-statement-on-the-refereeing-clusterfuck

In conclusion: fuck you.

ugh

So the NFL basically admits that their weird and arbitrary system of what's reviewable and what's not is more important than WHO ACTUALLY WON THE GAME

that's my fav gif of all time

― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

x2

yeah the subtext of that whole statement is CHECK OUT THESE SHINY RULES WE'VE WRITTEN THEY'RE REALLY VERY GOOD

is anything going to age worse than the columns written by guys like goyel & prisco & wetzel that were all "LEAVE THE REPLACEMENT REFS ALONE"

― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, September 25, 2012

wetzel sunday night: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl---nfl-needs-to-publicly-come-down-hard-on-coaches--players-for-complaining-about-replacement-refs.html

wetzel monday night: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-needs-to-clean-up-officiating-mess--hellip-and-issue-a-public-apology.html

bwahaha

does he just reprogram himself every morning or

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/542244_10151239111547930_593691246_n.jpg

looool

someone was on the same baserunning page

http://gifninja.com/animated-gifs/308527/decker-slide

http://i.imgur.com/UUDds.png

END THIS MUMMERS FARCE OF HAT SLIPPING, NOW

Dude had some entertaining answers here:

http://deadspin.com/5946289/ask-george-atallah-spokesman-for-the-nfl-players-association-about-last-nights-shitshow-in-seattle

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1807w53r913a2gif/cmt-medium.gif

that whole exchange was fucking ridiculous, Browner is a POS

nice wrestling move by Jennings though

Jennings just got owned, it's nbd to me

yep

I like Jennings, but that's fun to watch.

fine

Browner looks like he's at least a foot taller than Jennings, so bravo to Jennings for rushing him anyway. Chutzpah!

I dont mind the extracirricular stuff like that, i think its entertaining. But other than that the replacement refs gotta go

George Atallah 9 minutes ago Share

Ok, enough with the Jay Cutler Qs

that really is Goodell's number btw! I left a message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dsj3Iahji4

Kidfantastic an hour ago
How long do you think you have to train to be able to throw a hat at a moving person and have them slip on it?

George Atallah @Kidfantastic an hour ago
Depends on how much underwear you've tossed in the Lingerie Football League.

palpable hit

hahaha

halfpointconversio… an hour ago
Do you have any regrets about not conquering Constantinople in 451?

George Atallah @halfpointconversio... an hour ago
Not if I can take back Antioch.

wait so the NFL is saying the call was right?

I mean I'm king challop so I'm game for whatever, but come on guys

if a ref makes a call, it is by definition the correct call. the nfl creates its own reality

*jedi hand wave*

this is all amazing, i just wish it had happened to the cowboys.

lol

it is spectacularly shitty that the ref lockout is primarily on the owners yet the team that directly gets nerfed as a result is the only team that doesn't have one

poor wittle packers