NFL Week 1: The Official 1st Thread of NFL Week MegaThreads

[Neil]

The Ravens should win.   I expect a hard-fought win for the Ravens.

:bwahahahaha

Stick to CFL buddy.

The comeback is on!

[katmai]

The Ravens should win.   I expect a hard-fought win for the Ravens.

:bwahahahaha

Stick to CFL buddy.

The comeback is on!

But seriously I missed most of game, what the hell happened from tie before half to when I got home and they were down 35-17 or whatever.

[Neil]

A touchdown drive that should never have happened (an incompletion that was ruled a completion, but Baltimore didn't challenge), followed by a blocked punt that turned into another touchdown drive, followed by another touchdown drive on a gassed D.  Also, Baltimore stopped being able to move the ball on offence, in large part due to tons of drops by receivers and some ineffective runs on first down.  Michael Oher got hurt, which really hurt the run game, and an injury to Jacoby Jones has them with only three receivers.

Just one disasterous quarter.

[derspiess]

Collinsworth fails at math.

[Neil]

Peyton Manning by himself is worth 60 fantasy points to my team.

[Alcibiades]

He has 80.10 in my other league.  Im facing the guy using him and have Baltimore's defense.   

[Syt]

He has 80.10 in my other league.  Im facing the guy using him and have Baltimore's defense.   

[Syt]

I only tuned in during 4th Quarter. What was the story with the Ravens collision on the fair catch?

[FunkMonk]

Peyton Manning by himself is worth 60 fantasy points to my team.

[Grey Fox]

I wanted P Maning has my first draft choice but no, I missed the first round.

[KRonn]

From the highlights I saw Manning and former Patriot receiver Wes Welker matched up well. The Pats are going to really miss Welker who left for the Broncos this year. Welker was a top receiver, defenses practically couldn't stop the guy. He had huge success and many clutch plays playing for New England.  It's going to be interesting watching a Pats-Broncos match-up with Welker on the opposing side with a QB like Manning, surely kicking some butt is what I expect.

[sbr]

Ina  stunning development Jim Harbaugh is whining like a bitch again:

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh didn't get his way. But Friday, he got the final word on the interpretation of what is a legal hit on a quarterback in the read-option offense, saying a league ruling was "flawed and a bit biased."

The subject has become a hot issue for Sunday's much-anticipated playoff rematch between the Green Bay Packers and host San Francisco.


In the NFL's weekly rules video that was sent to reporters on Thursday, NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino showed several read-option plays and spelled out when a quarterback who is in the act of running the read-option can be hit.

"The quarterback can be hit like a runner until he's clearly out of the play," Blandino said in the video.

On Friday, the oft-emotionally charged Harbaugh didn't hold back when he spoke to the media, noting that the league's competition committee said it didn't have the "the appetite to look at it any further. So that's where we're at."

"I believe that when a quarterback is handing a ball off or faking a ball -- in the read-option case, he's reading on an option play and he's as defenseless as a quarterback who's in the act of throwing," Harbaugh said.

49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick had a record 181 yards rushing in the team's playoff win against Green Bay in January. This week, Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews said the Packers will try to hit Kaepernick to slow him down.

"One of the things that the referees have told us is that when these quarterbacks carry out the fakes, they lose their right as a quarterback, a pocket-passing quarterback, the protection of a quarterback," Matthews said Wednesday on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike." "So with that, you do have to take your shots on the quarterback, and obviously they're too important to their offense. If that means they pull them out of that type of offense and make them run a traditional, drop-back, pocket-style offense, I think that's exactly what we're going for. So you want to put hits as early and often on the quarterback and make them uncomfortable."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9642601/jim-harbaugh-san-francisco-49ers-calls-nfl-ruling-read-option-plays-flawed-bit-biased

[dps]

Ina  stunning development Jim Harbaugh is whining like a bitch again:

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh didn't get his way. But Friday, he got the final word on the quote]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9642601/jim-harbaugh-san-francisco-49ers-calls-nfl-ruling-read-option-plays-flawed-bit-biased

Screw that.  As far as I'm concerned, it you're on the field, you should be fair game.

[jimmy olsen]

From the highlights I saw Manning and former Patriot receiver Wes Welker matched up well. The Pats are going to really miss Welker who left for the Broncos this year. Welker was a top receiver, defenses practically couldn't stop the guy. He had huge success and many clutch plays playing for New England.  It's going to be interesting watching a Pats-Broncos match-up with Welker on the opposing side with a QB like Manning, surely kicking some butt is what I expect.

Yeah, watched the 1st quarter today and he looked pretty sharp.

[Neil]

Fuck Jim Harbaugh.  If a guy has the ball or is representing having the ball, he's a legit target.  Tackle the whole fucking backfield.