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Even if you don't appreciate soccer, it was just really fun to watch.
(sorry)
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I've never understood why they've never sprung for a dual-threat RB that doesn't loudly telegraph either run or pass on every down by their very presence. Someone that can both run between the tackles and catch the ball out of the backfield.
We might have the best zone blocking interior line we have ever had given the very athletic (albeit lighter) interior OL they can now deploy if they want. Need to take advantage of that somehow.
Nailed it. For that very reason, I thought Forte would be a slam dunk here.
IMO, in our 2 SB losses and 3 out of the 4 AFC Title game losses, have more so been about that little problem tied never getting to playaction, due to shotgun spread/finesse abuse.
I cannot stand the site of it anymore against the better Ds. The key is, do not sub the backs based on what kind of a play you want to run.
A 2 back set would eliminate this problem. It would take away the X or the two TE set, sure, but if you use Brown and Lewis on the field, all the way down the field on a drive (generally speaking), the defense can never guess so easily, what the play is.
Brady can beat up on mediocre or bad Ds, which is half the league at least with all these teams in cap hells and rebuilding, but it's the good Ds where we need these kinds of formations.
Donald Brown can run inside and out. Lewis, not as much, but it doesn't matter if you have the 2 back set.
I gotta tell ya, I am a casual English Premier League fan, and I have had a blast following the mythical Jamie Vardy's season.
Even if you don't appreciate soccer, it was just really fun to watch.
(sorry)
Same here man, it was a great ride start to finish. ****, pretty sure you could get better odds on aliens making contact with the human race than Leicester City winning the EPL. There's too much parity in the NFL to make anything close to an accurate comparison, but it would be like if the entire Browns' starting lineup went on strike, and their backups went undefeated.
haha
Again, disagree, but to each his own.
People don't appreciate how difficult it is not only generate a quality scoring opportunity, but some of those goals scored in that league are insane.
From Mike Reiss:
Despite Tom Brady's pending four-game suspension, the New England Patriotsare once again the favorites to win Super Bowl LI, according to updated odds released by the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.
With the 2016 NFL draft officially in the books, the Westgate SuperBook has released updated Super Bowl odds, as well as lines on games of the year, divisional odds and season win totals.
The Patriots are favored at 6-1, while the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelersand Green Bay Packers are tied at 8-1. The Carolina Panthers, at 9-1, are the only other team with odds of better than 14-1.
The earlier odds (before the draft) were a bit longer, so apparently the draft improved the bookies' view:
Odds posted for 2017 Super Bowl — Steelers, Pats, Seahawks co-favorites
Some other odds here:
Sports Betting News and Vegas Odds
To be clear, what you are saying is that it doesn't matter whether you have the best team, or close with a great schedule. All that matter is whether you WILL win. if that's true, we should all copy some poster and simply predict a 19-0 season and stop the speculation.
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The reality is that it does INDEED matter that we have the best team. Since fans tend to overvalue their team's chances, it does INDEED give us more hope if folks actually put their own money down on the patriots.
in any case looks like AFC title goes through Pittsburgh
just looked at their schedule and we most probably need to win there at least once
(to get home field or win title game @P)
in any case looks like AFC title goes through Pittsburgh
just looked at their schedule and we most probably need to win there at least once
(to get home field or win title game @P)
Nice to see, but we go through this every single year and it generally hasn't produced the results we'd like.
How many times since say, 2005, have the NEP been favored to win the SB? I'm guessing about 75 percent of the time.
Still--it's much better than the opposite. At least they aren't 250 to 1 odds, like some teams. At the end of the day though, it doesn't mean a damn thing.
Sure, but if the Pats are always around 6-1, they should win once every six years...