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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I remember but the Cowboys rivaled that last night. Quite some time should be replaced with since our last Superbowl.Go back and look at how the Pats played at the end of the first half in the last Super Bowl. That was the worst less-than two minutes of football I've seen in quite some time.
It is always difficult to forecast based on week 1 results. NFL football does not start to resemble NFL football until about week 5. However, Peyton's arm looks done and the Colts look soft. That is what I take from the two games I watched yesterday.
I felt bad for Steph Stradley. The Texans were in a tight, one-score game in their season opener and there were a ton of empty seats in their stadium. They really should get rid of two teams and bring the total back down to 30.
I absolutely get that things are fluid. But does that mean we can't talk about things as they appear today? None of the statements I made cannot change even by next week. What would we talk about if not what we've seen to this point? I don't know. I guess it's way more serious than that to some, just not me. No offense to you intended, man.It is always difficult to forecast based on week 1 results. NFL football does not start to resemble NFL football until about week 5. However, Peyton's arm looks done and the Colts look soft. That is what I take from the two games I watched yesterday.
I felt bad for Steph Stradley. The Texans were in a tight, one-score game in their season opener and there were a ton of empty seats in their stadium. They really should get rid of two teams and bring the total back down to 30.
Let's hope so.I knew this.
-Miami is going to be terrible, and the pundits will be wrong again. 6-10 terrible potential.
Remember Byron Leftwich? Winston reminds me of him.For all of you who picked Winston over mariota, I told you so. Haha.
Unfortunately Winston has one of the worst head coaches on his side. At best, Winston will be Donovan
Campbell soup mcNabb. He's not coachable.
With less character!Remember Byron Leftwich? Winston reminds me of him.
This is understood. I get why people are posting things like this, but I also don't get it. What else are we supposed to talk about? I know that how a team looks today has little to do with how they look a month from now and a month after that and so on. But we need to talk about something, no? And besides, this thread is more on the lighthearted side of things. I am well aware that things can change. Will they is the question. LOL Some of the things on the list about certain people or teams have been the same for seasons. LOLHistory has shown that week one is not an indicator what so ever of how the season plays out and that people jump to conclusions that usually don't pan out. So now we have a new 16 best teams ever and 16 worst teams ever to play that the media gets to spew over.
Returning to the Pats Steelers game for some more reflections:
Yes the Pats played three rookies on the interior Offensive linemen. They did surprisingly well.
But the Pats also played two rookies on the interior Defensive line as well! They did rotate in Alan Branch and Sealver Selinga some though. It would not have been unexpected if the veterans played after Dom Easley went down, but BB elected to go with the rookies Malcolm Brown and Geneo Grissom instead. They occasionally gave up some plays but not much scoring.
They also played a Pass Defense oriented 4-2-6, almost inviting the run, knowing that they couldn't be beat with second string RBs. They yielded occasional plays but not enough to sustain an opponent's drive. BB reaffirms his Bend but Don't Break philosophy though.
I made the observation, that the coverage was tight and even on completions, YAC was held to a minimum. So that was encouraging, too. Both Butler and Brown did more than OK, and Fletcher was not far behind. I also note there were no smurfs playing in the secondary like there used to be. There are none even on the roster or PS. BB has changed his philosophy,even in the slot where 6'0" Tarell Brown has replaced "almost 5'10" Kyle Arrington used to play.
That could be partially because it wasn't a "tight, one score game", it was 27-6 late in the third quarter and Houston just made a garbage time effort to cover the spread.
The Ravens picked up Arrington right? He made some heads up plays for them against the Broncos.
It only illustrated that the new second talent is better than analyst-predictors thought, when somewhat able Arrington can be dismissed.
Yeah. they should do something like they do in British Soccer. Every year the 2 worst teams in the league would have to go down to the developmental league, and the 2 best teams in the D-league would be brought up.Frankly, I'd prefer they create a more formal "developmental league" system. They can't make a perfect schedule, but the one they have right now is about as fair as you can make a league system, given the constraints of the NFL.