NFL Week 8 Games

[I am party]

Why on earth didn't the Eagles call time out? What are you saving them for?

 

[JMC00]

3rd OT game today

 

[TBR]

Why would they not take a TO? They hit the QB 2 plays in a row. Hit him again and perhaps force a turnover.

 

[The Gr8est]

Why would they not take a TO? They hit the QB 2 plays in a row. Hit him again and perhaps force a turnover.

Looks like each team is playing not to lose.

 

[Deus Irae]

Why on earth didn't the Eagles call time out? What are you saving them for?

Halloween's tomorrow. If you use them all up today, you won't have any for the kids.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

OK, which stat line is more alarming?

32-43, 202 YDS, 1 TD
15-35, 241 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

 

[The Gr8est]

Prescott's eyes look like he is scared to me.

Anyone else see that?

Is he always like that?

 

[Froob]

Big win for big D

 

[TBR]

Witten has been invisible tonight.

Never mind.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

Eagles got embarrassed tonight. You have to learn to hold onto leads while playing a road game. Dallas now has a 2-game lead in the division.

 

[varjao]

Zeke Elliot and this O-line is just a lethal weapon.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

Zeke Elliot and this O-line is just a lethal weapon.

I want Brady to have the same thing...d%#*!@t I'm jealous LOL

 

[Froob]

So...people really prefer the old rules where Dallas kicks that field goal instead of going for the touchdown?

 

[Gronkowski123]

good bye tony romo

 

[Deus Irae]

So...people really prefer the old rules where Dallas kicks that field goal instead of going for the touchdown?

Yes, just as I prefer the current rules where a team can tie, or win, games with a field goal in the waning moments of games, instead of requiring teams to score only touchdowns.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

Imagine if Denver drafted Romo

 

[pwes]

So...people really prefer the old rules where Dallas kicks that field goal instead of going for the touchdown?

Honestly dont understand those who do. I think the OT change was one of the olny things the NFL has done right in the last few years. Makes OT far more exciting and complex.

 

[1960Pats]

So having the opinion that the broncos are not the best team in 2016 as @FourierSeries said is disrespecting them? Oh give me a f**king break. Tired of the people on here that whine every time they think the broncos "get disrespected" because a Pats fan doesn't think they are the best team in the league this year.

Denver has been a thorn in the side of the Pats for all of the B&B era (including both games last year) and I see fans overlooking them constantly, in this thread and others. If you don't like me pointing that out then the solution is just a click away for you.

 

[1960Pats]

Honestly dont understand those who do. I think the OT change was one of the olny things the NFL has done right in the last few years. Makes OT far more exciting and complex.

The rule change appears to be making OT longer and there have been more ties since the change than there were for many years prior.

As for excitement, knowing a team was one play away from a win was much more exciting to me than now.

 

[luuked]

Denver has been a thorn in the side of the Pats for all of the B&B era (including both games last year) and I see fans overlooking them constantly, in this thread and others. If you don't like me pointing that out then the solution is just a click away for you.

I disagree with what you are claiming here completely. Denver went through the same cyclical crap as the Ravens, Steelers, Colts and all of our other threats go through whereas we are the only constant over the last almost 15 years - except for the lost year of 2008 which was still pretty successful on its own. They were not a constant thorn in our sides as you like to point out.

Also, it is not disrespect to point out that Denver needs now things to go their way in games to be productive and play successful football. Sometimes they can force this by being a pretty good defense and sometimes they can't but continue to get bailed out by the bounce of footballs or other random factors. If both things dont happen they will lose games. Either way, what remains is that this is not a truly dominant team anymore because they don't have a consistently dependable offense in an age where most of the rules in the NFL are biased towards that.

They are on a downward slope to be a pretty good but not elite team like the Ravens of 2012+. Now whether Elway can fix that in FA is a different story but that's future talk.


What bothers me most about all of this is the media's need to label everything with hyperboles. First it was the Seattle defense that was the greatest thing ever, right now its Denver. Everything that happens now or comes next has to be even better and if it's not then we just invent/dig out some stats that will still give us our narrative because that's the idiotic society we live in. Denver's defense is nothing special in the context of history.. all of this has happened before and all of this will happen again.

Finally, let me emphasize again for clarity.. they are still a good team relative to the rest of the AFC but not on the same tier as we are right now.