Hey now the Texans are losing coaches! :bleeding: :bleeding:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7351813/houston-texans-coordinator-wade-phillips-taking-medical-leave
QuoteWade Phillips, the veteran coach who has turned the Houston defense into the NFL's best, will have surgery this week to resolve a kidney condition and will be away from the team for a week to 10 days.
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Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 14, 2011, 05:04:26 PM
Hey now the Texans are losing coaches! :bleeding: :bleeding:
That only seems to make them stronger, apparently.
Yeah if they can just manage to lose all their opening day starters and coaches by the playoffs, a super bowl championship is assured.
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 09:48:41 AM
Yeah if they can just manage to lose all their opening day starters and coaches by the playoffs, a super bowl championship is assured.
Bullshit! Tebow will kick a 89 yard field goal with no time left to win the AFC Championship game.
Quote from: Strix on December 15, 2011, 10:03:38 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 09:48:41 AM
Yeah if they can just manage to lose all their opening day starters and coaches by the playoffs, a super bowl championship is assured.
Bullshit! Tebow will kick a 89 yard field goal with no time left to win the AFC Championship game.
Tebow does not kick. Tebow teleports.
Tebow also Studies.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AsG_TwxdnRgGPRmZc5a.WHc5nYcB?slug=lc-carpenter_tim_tebow_alex_smith_draft_broncos_121411
QuoteENGLEWOOD, Colo. – On a winter day in 2010, Tim Tebow sat alone in a hotel meeting room with Ken Herock, a former NFL general manager who tutors players on how to approach important team meetings at the NFL scouting combine. The topic was a perception among NFL teams that Tebow was successful in college only because of the University of Florida's offensive system, a notion upheld by the failure of Alex Smith to thrive in the NFL after having played for Tebow's coach, Urban Meyer, when Meyer was at Utah.
A lot of people are comparing you to Alex Smith because you run the same offense ... " Herock started when Tebow suddenly cut him off.
"Now hold on there, Mr. Herock," Tebow said. "That's where the comparisons end. I won the Heisman Trophy. I won a national championship two times."
He said it not with arrogance, although the words could have been parsed that way, but rather with an assuredness Tebow rarely reveals in his public interviews. It is the kind of thing the Denver Broncos see all the time, the reason many of the team's assistant coaches have come to love his determination and players faithfully follow him into games they now believe they can win. It's perhaps why the Broncos are 7-1 since Tebow became the starting quarterback.
"He has a passion about himself, he's very confident," Broncos general manager Brian Xanders said.
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The temptation is to look at Tebow's serene smiles in news conferences, watch him shrug shyly at questions about his abilities, listen to him talk about Jesus and think he is a man who plays football simply to spread the word of the Bible. The image is of a marginally skilled player who believes the Lord will slice holes in the defense or find a way to get a receiver open downfield.
And yet inside the Broncos' complex, conversations about Tebow go on for half an hour without a mention of God or religion or their most famous player's spirituality. The talk is instead about a man who is driven, who arrives early in the morning and leaves long after most of his teammates have departed. In college Tebow was famous for declarations of hard work but that seemed more about lifting weights and running sprints. Now that he is in the NFL, his diligence is in improving his throwing and studying opponents. The phrase most often attributed to him is not about God but rather, "Tell me how I can get better."
Want a reason the Broncos are in first place in the AFC West with what amounts to a two-game lead over the Oakland Raiders? It is Tebow's obsessive preparation.
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The hour doesn't matter. It could be 9 p.m., maybe 10, but at some point every night the phone of Broncos quarterbacks coach Adam Gase will ring and Tim Tebow will be on the line.
"I've been watching film," Tebow will say. Then a string of questions: What happens if a defensive player moves a certain way? How should he go? And what about the receivers? Are there other options?
Quietly, Tebow has dazzled the Broncos coaches with his deep understanding of complex offenses. When he showed up to the team's suite for his interview with the staff at last year's combine, he immediately rattled off the principles of his offense at Florida. But then he launched into Norv Turner's digit system as well as the Patriots' offense, which the Broncos were also using. The coaches were stunned. How had he learned all this?
He watched lots of video at Florida, he told them. While other players went out at night, he loaded films of various offenses in his computer and studied and studied and studied until they were locked in his memory.
"That part of it was very unique to me," said Gase, who has been with two other NFL teams as an assistant. "I never heard of a college guy who would know so much about offenses outside of college."
Yes, Herock said, when told about this. He knew.
"I'll tell you what probably happened," Herock said. "His agent, Jimmy Sexton, probably told him which teams would want to talk to him at the combine. And he probably said, 'What kind of questions are they going to ask me?' Then he went and studied all of their offenses so he knew them really well."
For instance, when Tebow first appeared at the Senior Bowl amid much criticism over his throwing motion, he shocked the Miami Dolphins coaching staff that had been assigned to coach his team that week by regurgitating their entire offense for them.
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"I guarantee you that offense they are running there in Denver now, he put a lot of it in," Herock said. "I bet he has a lot of input on what they are running up there."
Because head coach John Fox retained most of the offensive coaches from Josh McDaniels' staff last year, the Broncos kept the same offense. Inserted in that was the "Tebow Package," which mostly consisted of option and Wildcat plays best suited to take advantage of Tebow's running ability. When Fox made Tebow the starting quarterback in October, the offensive coaches took the Tebow Package and made it central to their attack, adding new wrinkles every week. The ease with which they made such an extreme transition from a passing to running team, they said, was because Tebow worked so hard to learn new plays, asking endless questions and suggesting what to add.
"He prepares extremely hard as far as his film study and the time he spends with [offensive coordinator] Mike McCoy," Gase said. "He's working every angle that he can. Asking everything. 'What about my footwork? What about when I am under center? What do I do here?' "
Nothing is more important than footwork. This is where the Broncos coaches believe Tebow will thrive next. Last year they left a six-hour, pre-draft visit with the quarterback in Gainesville, Fla., amazed at how he had blown away all other quarterbacks' scores on a list of qualities they deemed essential. These included: loving the game, competitiveness, leadership, arm strength, understanding offenses, an ability to avoid pass rushes, resilience and composure. They were convinced if they could work on his accuracy and footwork he would come to be seen as a great draft pick.
And so this year it is Gase, who coached receivers last season, spending hours with Tebow on the practice field working on how he steps back from center – something he rarely did at Florida – and throws the ball. For 30 minutes before every practice and 30 minutes afterward, they work on gliding back and stepping forward.
"Everything has to do with his feet," Gase said. "Before, his body was going in one direction and his arm was going in another direction. As we get him more balanced, his throws become smoother and more accurate."
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What they couldn't have understood before they drafted him was how much he would practice this. "He's taken thousands of [extra] reps," Gase said. When practice turns to defensive drills and the other offensive players rest, Tebow grabs a ball and begins working on his backpedaling, repeating each new technique until it starts to feel natural.
"He's improved a lot the last few weeks," Gase said, pointing to throws Tebow made in the Broncos' last two wins he probably couldn't have made only a few weeks earlier when the Broncos were merely running an option attack with few passes.
"He's becoming a much better NFL quarterback," Fox said. "I think that little variance was to get us to this point. You can't be one-dimensional in this league. Everybody catches up with that. People are doing different things to stop our running game but they are opening up things in our passing."
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When you talk to Tebow alone, in a back hallway of the Broncos' practice facility, away from the stampede of cameras that often surround him, you find him to be goofy. It's not an awkward goofiness, but more of a silliness. He laughs a lot, even when discussing serious things. Third-string quarterback Adam Weber, the man who has a locker next to Tebow's both at the practice facility and at the stadium, said Tebow is effusive before games, bouncing around the locker room, calling encouragement to teammates in a buildup of energy that seems almost ready to explode onto the field.
"Then he flips a switch," Gase said.
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And Tebow is suddenly calm. Around the Broncos they find this unique, even in a sport where players are required to channel different intensity on and off the field. This, they say, is how he manages to pull the offense together, making some of his best runs and throws late in games.
On Sunday, when the Broncos emerged from their deepest abyss yet in pulling out an overtime victory over the Chicago Bears, Case walked up to Tebow on the sideline and said with a coach's anxiety, "Why do we have to do it this way every time?"
Tebow smiled tranquilly and said, "We have time."
"That's the beauty of him," Gase said. "There's a calmness and a composure when the game is tight. He's smart with the football."
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"I definitely think you have to have an edge," Tebow said this week as he stood outside the Broncos' locker room. One of his favorite things to read is a book of quotations put together by a strength and conditioning coach he worked with that contains the words "The Edge" in the title. The coach loaned it to Tebow years ago and the quarterback refuses to return it despite pleas that he does.
"Technically, I stole it," Tebow said.
It is in this pilfered manuscript where Tebow finds some of his inspiration.
"I think the way that you train should have an edge," Tebow said. "And the way you work out should have an edge."
He was asked about the perception that because he speaks so much about his faith and seems so serene on the field that he might not have to prepare diligently. He laughed.
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"It's unfortunate, but a lot of people do think Christians have to be soft," he said. "But the man we are following is the toughest of all time in Jesus Christ. You have to go through obstacles and adversity. That's what provides endurance for the future." Then Tebow paused for a moment.
"God has everything in his hands but he also says, 'Do unto the Lord with all your heart,' " he continued. "Just because you are a Christian, God doesn't want you ... not be the hardest worker. It's just the opposite. He wants you to work harder."
And so he does. And so he arrives early in the morning and goes home in the evening with tapes of not just the Broncos' offense and their opponent's defense but of players he would like to emulate ("I've seen thousands of cuts of Tom Brady," he said this week). All of it in a diligent preparation to become the quarterback he believes he is. All of it to justify those words spoken on that winter day when asked what he thought of the player who ran the same college offense but had until then been considered a major risk ...
"Now hold on there ... that's where the comparisons end ... "
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
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Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
I have to say the Tebow-haters are starting to let me down, and the bandwagoners are starting to annoy me more now.
The Green Bay Packers have got to be the first 'under the radar' 13-0 team in league history. I mean nobody cares about them really. Is it because they are soooo last February or is it because the Pats already went 16-0 in 2007 so it is no big deal?
Quote from: Valmy on December 16, 2011, 05:03:23 PM
The Green Bay Packers have got to be the first 'under the radar' 13-0 team in league history. I mean nobody cares about them really. Is it because they are soooo last February or is it because the Pats already went 16-0 in 2007 so it is no big deal?
Too much other shit going on that people want to talk about. And good for them-- the media pressure was insane on the Pats and also the Colts when they had a shot.
As dominating as they have been starting with the 2010 playoffs, it's weird to think that they got into those playoffs as the #6 seed.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
That is easy. Tom Brady.
Quote from: Valmy on December 16, 2011, 05:03:23 PM
The Green Bay Packers have got to be the first 'under the radar' 13-0 team in league history. I mean nobody cares about them really. Is it because they are soooo last February or is it because the Pats already went 16-0 in 2007 so it is no big deal?
There isn't as much of a story there because the Patriots did it a few years back and the Packers are just so much better than every other team in the NFC that it's just 'ho-hum, to the Superbowl with them'. If the Saints are very lucky and on their game, they might manage to beat them in the NFC championship game. I would like to think that the Giants might as well, but that secondary would get carved up, no matter how many guys they rush.
Once the playoffs start, the media'll start banging the 'perfect season' drums. And if they tank the last couple of games with backups in, there will be talk of losing momentum and focus right up until they obliterate some hapless team on divisional weekend.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 16, 2011, 06:04:20 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
That is easy. Tom Brady.
I agree. Tebow's only crime is believing in a god, and especially the fundamentalist Jesus god. He's a guy that's been so overblown because he's been defeating soft teams, but there's nothing personally offensive about him. Compare that to Brady, who really is a douche.
That said, I wonder what CdM would do with his Tebow-love if the guy decided to talk about his views on abortion. lolololol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICSJBePaQSw
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
Easy. Only one of them has played for the Pats.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 16, 2011, 07:57:39 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
Easy. Only one of them has played for the Pats.
Easy. Only one of them has played for the University of Florida.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 16, 2011, 07:57:39 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Tim Tebow vs Tom Brady.
How do you pick which one you hate more? This is difficult.
Easy. Only one of them has played for the Pats.
That's true. I have a hard time thinking of a guy who played for the Patriots who isn't irreversibly tainted.
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2011, 07:50:06 PM
That said, I wonder what CdM would do with his Tebow-love if the guy decided to talk about his views on abortion. lolololol
We would agree to disagree, of course. Because that's the kind of guy he is.
Quote from: derspiess on December 16, 2011, 05:00:42 PMI have to say the Tebow-haters are starting to let me down, and the bandwagoners are starting to annoy me more now.
If Tim Tebow were a black athlete, nobody would give a shit about him.
He has a black twin, who can actually throw, named Cam Newton.
And no, you don't really hear about him.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2011, 07:50:06 PM
That said, I wonder what CdM would do with his Tebow-love if the guy decided to talk about his views on abortion. lolololol
We would agree to disagree, of course. Because that's the kind of guy he is.
But that's not the kind of guy you are.
Is anyone following the Sam Hurd thing? Dude was looking to score 1,000 pounds of smoke and 10 kilos of blow a week from an undercover FBI type. He's totally fucked. There's also a list of NFL players that are/were involved in some fashion. Only way it could get more ridiculous is if it turns out Matt Schaub or Eli Manning or someone similarly dorky was running this ruthless NFL cartel that puts Los Zetas to shame.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 17, 2011, 05:46:33 AM
Is anyone following the Sam Hurd thing? Dude was looking to score 1,000 pounds of smoke and 10 kilos of blow a week from an undercover FBI type. He's totally fucked. There's also a list of NFL players that are/were involved in some fashion. Only way it could get more ridiculous is if it turns out Matt Schaub or Eli Manning or someone similarly dorky was running this ruthless NFL cartel that puts Los Zetas to shame.
:ph34r: Tim Tebow and his army of Filipino
mercenaries missionaries.
Seriously though it's pretty crazy
http://cbschicago.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sam-hurd-complaint.pdf
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 17, 2011, 06:00:54 AM
:ph34r: Tim Tebow and his army of Filipino mercenaries missionaries.
:ph34r: Tim Tebow is secretly the head of the Islamic terrorist organization MILF and Sam Hurd was one of his agents dedicated to raising money for the organization.
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2011, 09:58:53 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2011, 07:50:06 PM
That said, I wonder what CdM would do with his Tebow-love if the guy decided to talk about his views on abortion. lolololol
We would agree to disagree, of course. Because that's the kind of guy he is.
But that's not the kind of guy you are.
Not when football is involved. Seedy is willing to overlook any disagreements (or character flaws or even committed crimes) if you play or played for one of his teams..
See: Ray Lewis, Deion Sanders, Steve McNair, et al
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 17, 2011, 05:46:33 AM
Is anyone following the Sam Hurd thing? Dude was looking to score 1,000 pounds of smoke and 10 kilos of blow a week from an undercover FBI type. He's totally fucked. There's also a list of NFL players that are/were involved in some fashion. Only way it could get more ridiculous is if it turns out Matt Schaub or Eli Manning or someone similarly dorky was running this ruthless NFL cartel that puts Los Zetas to shame.
I have been following it since it broke, it is a crazy story. I was going to post something here but couldn't decide where to post it, then got distracted by something shiny and forgot.
I heard a report that there was no list, but that may have been a statement by the NFL who has a serious interest in there not being a list.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 17, 2011, 06:21:36 AM
:ph34r: Tim Tebow is secretly the head of the Islamic terrorist organization MILF and Sam Hurd was one of his agents dedicated to raising money for the organization.
Is that what all those "Tim Tebow: MILF Hunter" videos are about? :hmm:
I don't understand why there's a game on a Saturday night.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 17, 2011, 10:01:14 PM
I don't understand why there's a game on a Saturday night.
Tampa didn't understand either.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 17, 2011, 10:01:14 PM
I don't understand why there's a game on a Saturday night.
$$$$
Saturday is usually college football day, but they're only playing the Shit Bowls right now.
Quote from: derspiess on December 17, 2011, 01:43:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2011, 09:58:53 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2011, 07:50:06 PM
That said, I wonder what CdM would do with his Tebow-love if the guy decided to talk about his views on abortion. lolololol
We would agree to disagree, of course. Because that's the kind of guy he is.
But that's not the kind of guy you are.
Not when football is involved. Seedy is willing to overlook any disagreements (or character flaws or even committed crimes) if you play or played for one of his teams..
See: Ray Lewis, Deion Sanders, Steve McNair, et al
Don't know what you're talking about.
OK, I get why some people are against Ray Lewis, but what do they have against Neon Deion or McNair?
Apparently some kids got suspended from school for Tebowing.
Well this is starting out great. Another Foster lost fumble, then a Carolina TD, now Rackers missed another FG.
Defence is standing strong though. Barwin and Watt are representing.
Still, even if the Texans win out, aren't they still looking at third seed based on strength of victory (assuming the likely scenario of a Patriots and Ravens winout)? I seem to remember hearing that.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 01:37:28 PM
Defence is standing strong though. Barwin and Watt are representing.
Still, even if the Texans win out, aren't they still looking at third seed based on strength of victory (assuming the likely scenario of a Patriots and Ravens winout)? I seem to remember hearing that.
The Ravens have the head to head tiebreaker, then yeah the Patriots have the SOS tiebreaker.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 18, 2011, 01:46:58 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 01:37:28 PM
Defence is standing strong though. Barwin and Watt are representing.
Still, even if the Texans win out, aren't they still looking at third seed based on strength of victory (assuming the likely scenario of a Patriots and Ravens winout)? I seem to remember hearing that.
The Ravens have the head to head tiebreaker, then yeah the Patriots have the SOS tiebreaker.
Yeah. I guess I haven't been thinking about the head to head, since it doesn't apply if all three teams win out, which I think is going to happen. Although the Texans are starting to worry me. The offence just looks flat. And if Daniels is going to start dropping passes, and Hands of Stone Jones is in the game, this could get ugly.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 01:52:28 PM
Yeah. I guess I haven't been thinking about the head to head, since it doesn't apply if all three teams win out, which I think is going to happen. Although the Texans are starting to worry me. The offence just looks flat. And if Daniels is going to start dropping passes, and Hands of Stone Jones is in the game, this could get ugly.
I can't believe Daniels dropped that first one that hit him right in the hands, but the other incomplete I can't really blame him. That was also a really bad INT by Yates. If that first guy didn't get it, there was at least one other defender who had a really good shot at it before it would have gotten to Walter.
I guess if they're going to take a big dump on the field though, it's better to do it now than earlier when they needed the Ws to get in.
Switching from the Giants game to Packers - Chiefs. If they lose the perfect season it's going to be all Tebow all the time.
It already is. The Packers perfect season is getting no coverage whatsoever.
Rams are getting boned by the refs. They must think the Bungals are the Steelers.
Also Liep... the Fat Mac avatar :thumbsup:
Texans defense isn't....they're playing well sometimes, but they're also giving up TDs instead of FGs, and that last one was just bad. The offense was actually looking like they were coming around and were doin things, got them within 8, etc, then the D turns around and immediately gives up their first points of the half.
Phillips won't be back next week either. :(
Ouch. Yates is finally having his rookie game.
And the Chiefs are lighting the Packers up. Mind you, with Rodgers and his receivers, it isn't over. Kyle Orton is leading the Chiefs back to glory?
Well, Brees is going to shatter Marino's yardage record, unless they pull him. What a day he's having.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 03:46:31 PM
Ouch. Yates is finally having his rookie game.
Yeah he is. Two bad picks. I've also noticed over the last couple games that he doesn't always like to throw it away and for some reason will just run out of bounds.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 18, 2011, 03:50:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 03:46:31 PM
Ouch. Yates is finally having his rookie game.
Yeah he is. Two bad picks. I've also noticed over the last couple games that he doesn't always like to throw it away and for some reason will just run out of bounds.
Yeah, although the loss of 2-3 yards on that last one wasn't so bad. It's annoying, but it's better than throwing cross-body into coverage like a lot of rookies do. Still, both those picks were pretty bad.
Colts are going to win. How odd.
Well, now I don't have to hate the Packers anymore, so that's nice.
Yates is finally having his rookie game?? You guys think he has played well till now?
Hey if the Colts win one more and the Vikings & Rams lose out, who's got the #1 pick?
Edit:
QuoteYates is finally having his rookie game?? You guys think he has played well till now?
You serious?
Big plays up and down the field right now in the Patriots - Broncos game.
Wow that was a terrible trick play by the Broncos. Dude completely noodle armed it into the ground.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 18, 2011, 04:11:25 PM
Yates is finally having his rookie game?? You guys think he has played well till now?
Yes.
Jeremy Maclin is way better than Deshawn Jackson.
I was out Christmas shopping. Could not fucking believe it when I heard on the radio that the Pack lost to KC.
It's not over, but looks like God decided to switch off the game shortly after the 1st quarter. Apparently he was in KC today.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 07:08:10 PM
It's not over, but looks like God decided to switch off the game shortly after the 1st quarter. Apparently he was in KC today.
No, it's just that Tebow can't beat non-scrub teams. Just wait until you see what the Steelers do to him on Wild Card Weekend.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 07:09:06 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 07:08:10 PM
It's not over, but looks like God decided to switch off the game shortly after the 1st quarter. Apparently he was in KC today.
No, it's just that Tebow can't beat non-scrub teams. Just wait until you see what the Steelers do to him on Wild Card Weekend.
Other than the immediate turnovers in bunches--and it was still a manageable deficit--it's been more of Denver's defense just making some real Duh? decisions on coverage.
lol 29 yard sack. Oh the huge manatee.
I liked the pump fake halfway down the field on on the 30 yard run. :lol:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 07:17:47 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2011, 07:09:06 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 07:08:10 PM
It's not over, but looks like God decided to switch off the game shortly after the 1st quarter. Apparently he was in KC today.
No, it's just that Tebow can't beat non-scrub teams. Just wait until you see what the Steelers do to him on Wild Card Weekend.
Other than the immediate turnovers in bunches--and it was still a manageable deficit--it's been more of Denver's defense just making some real Duh? decisions on coverage.
Where is your god now?
So everyone seemed to have the Jets as a lock for the 2nd wild card spot. Not so fast, my friend.
I think technically they own the tiebreaker vs. the Bengals, but neither of their final two games are going to be easy wins. I just hope the Bengals get Arizona somehow and then at least have something to play for vs. the Ravens. Would also be nice if the Ravens had nothng to play for that week :)
The Raiders are like the anti-Tebow. That was just painful.
Typical the one time I actually kind of wanted the Redskins to lose they win in dominating fashion :lol:
Checking a little bit of the Denver-New England game I do not really see what the issue with Tebow is. He looked like a good QB to me.
Granted that was against the Patriot secondary that was only dropped passes away from allowing Vince Young to put up 500 yards on them.
Quote from: Valmy on December 18, 2011, 08:06:54 PM
Checking a little bit of the Denver-New England game I do not really see what the issue with Tebow is. He looked like a good QB to me.
Granted that was against the Patriot secondary that was only dropped passes away from allowing Vince Young to put up 500 yards on them.
There's been definite improvement over the course of the year.
I am perturbed.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 09:03:15 PM
I am perturbed.
I'm pushing for the Bolts up until the point Rivers, Tolbert, and Matthews give me 13 more LFFL points. After that I hope the Ravens hit their groove & go up by 3 scores.
But I'd sacrifice the LFFL points to see the Ravens move towards having less to play for in 2 weeks ;)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 09:03:15 PM
I am perturbed.
We knew that this game was going to be tough as soon as Webb got hurt.
Nah, this game is already over. Ravens D is getting no pressure, the secondary's getting torched and the whole unit's spending too much time on the field.
Quote from: derspiess on December 18, 2011, 09:28:53 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 09:03:15 PM
I am perturbed.
I'm pushing for the Bolts up until the point Rivers, Tolbert, and Matthews give me 13 more LFFL points. After that I hope the Ravens hit their groove & go up by 3 scores.
But I'd sacrifice the LFFL points to see the Ravens move towards having less to play for in 2 weeks ;)
Once I saw how bad Manning played I knew I didn't have much of a chance.
All I've got to say is, the Niners better show the fuck up tomorrow night. I'm holding Katmai personally accountable on this.
Ray Lewis is looking slow.
Quote from: sbr on December 19, 2011, 12:27:16 AM
Ray Lewis is looking slow.
Ray Lewis is slow. That's why he unloaded on Hines Ward the way he did, it's the only person on the field slower than he is.
I was only able to watch the last quarter, seriously how good did the Pats look?
This was after a high school game (or a few high school games), but it happened at Jerryworld so I'm throwing it into the NFL thread:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgifsoup.com%2Fview6%2F3237885%2Fgolf-cart-bowling-o.gif&hash=bea4e4b90c21ca19ce6b609409a7401867212458)
Video with Craig Way commentary and article here:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/12/football-madness-runaway-golf-cart-rams-people-runaway-fox-during-winning-td
I laughed. It looks like it hurt real bad, but damn. In the full video, they show where it started and all that. The thing took a hard right and made a beeline down the hash marks straight for the cluster of people.
Edit: The remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFiRQEyo6vI
:lol:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2011, 04:52:37 AM
I was only able to watch the last quarter, seriously how good did the Pats look?
Not very good. If it wasn't for the early Denver turnovers they would most likely have been Tebowed
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 19, 2011, 05:12:54 AM
I laughed. It looks like it hurt real bad, but damn. In the full video, they show where it started and all that. The thing took a hard right and made a beeline down the hash marks straight for the cluster of people.
:lol:
The tubby dude in the passenger's seat didn't cover himself with glory. Nice footwork by the dude who finally corraled it though.
Goddammit. The best MNF game in a while, at least record-wise, and the power goes out at Candlestick when a transformer takes a dump.
And the ESPN talking heads are being super lame about it, kept wondering about the fans panicking, talking about the 89 earthquake for some reason, and just saying really dumb shit. OMG THE POWER WENT OUT WHERE ARE MY WIFE AND KIDS?!??! Also something about medicine? I don't know what Dilfer was babbling about there. It's like they've never experienced a power outage that wasn't also a big earthquake/other disaster and were thinking the stadium was going to turn into the thunderdome or something.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 19, 2011, 11:43:46 AM
:lol:
The tubby dude in the passenger's seat didn't cover himself with glory. Nice footwork by the dude who finally corraled it though.
:lol: That poor fucker who ended up in the passenger seat is the head coach of one of the high school teams that was playing.
LOLZ second INT by Big Ben in the first quarter. I like how he suddenly starts limping even more after that.
I don't know what I enjoy watching more, the woeful state of San Fran infrastructure showcased on national tv or Rapistberger having a bad night.
Wow, that was a horrible penalty call on the Steelers there.
Well, Candlestick is pretty shit.
Still, thanks for bailing the Ravens out, Niners.
Enjoyable game, in spite of the delays.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 10:21:35 PM
All I've got to say is, the Niners better show the fuck up tomorrow night. I'm holding Katmai personally accountable on this.
:ccr
Quote from: katmai on December 20, 2011, 01:51:41 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2011, 10:21:35 PM
All I've got to say is, the Niners better show the fuck up tomorrow night. I'm holding Katmai personally accountable on this.
:ccr
Yeah, your boys done did good. Quite an embarrassing display by the Steelheads. Not as bad as the Ravens getting Norv-raped, but still satisfying.
http://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2011/12/22/2655456/anquan-boldin-has-surgery-for-torn-meniscus
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Anquan Boldin Has Surgery For Torn Meniscus
Baltimore Ravens WR Anquan Boldin had surgery today to repair a torn meniscus and will miss the final two weeks of the regular season but head coach John Harbaugh has said he expects Boldin back in time for the playoffs
:yuk:
Can't really tell because I'm "watching" on my phone, but it looks like the Texans are just barely holding it together.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 22, 2011, 09:25:25 PM
Can't really tell because I'm "watching" on my phone, but it looks like the Texans are just barely holding it together.
That's about right. They really should be up by 21 at this point.
Quote from: ulmont on December 22, 2011, 09:28:09 PM
That's about right. They really should be up by 21 at this point.
Hows Yates looking? I saw a sack+fumble earlier but no picks, I don't think.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 22, 2011, 09:41:18 PM
Quote from: ulmont on December 22, 2011, 09:28:09 PM
That's about right. They really should be up by 21 at this point.
Hows Yates looking? I saw a sack+fumble earlier but no picks, I don't think.
No picks, but Yates hasn't been very good. "Handoff to Foster" has been the highlight of the Texans' offense.
With 1:14 to go in the half, Yates is 5/7 for 45 yards with 2 sacks for 11.
Guess he's really blasting face first into that rookie wall.
Man, the Texans D really must be kicking themselves.
Quote from: Neil on December 22, 2011, 11:23:45 PM
Man, the Texans D really must be kicking themselves.
Yeah, that was pretty sad. You let the Colts score a TD inside of 2 minutes? Lame.
Quote from: ulmont on December 22, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 22, 2011, 11:23:45 PM
Man, the Texans D really must be kicking themselves.
Yeah, that was pretty sad. You let the Colts score a TD inside of 2 minutes? Lame.
And they did it to themselves with bad, bad penalties.
Quote from: Neil on December 22, 2011, 11:30:48 PM
Quote from: ulmont on December 22, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 22, 2011, 11:23:45 PM
Man, the Texans D really must be kicking themselves.
Yeah, that was pretty sad. You let the Colts score a TD inside of 2 minutes? Lame.
And they did it to themselves with bad, bad penalties.
Is that why they got like 8 plays in the redzone at the end? I thought my phone was glitching out.
Yeah, it was all about the penalties there at the end.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 22, 2011, 11:37:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 22, 2011, 11:30:48 PM
Quote from: ulmont on December 22, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 22, 2011, 11:23:45 PM
Man, the Texans D really must be kicking themselves.
Yeah, that was pretty sad. You let the Colts score a TD inside of 2 minutes? Lame.
And they did it to themselves with bad, bad penalties.
Is that why they got like 8 plays in the redzone at the end? I thought my phone was glitching out.
Yeah. For every great play Watt made, he balanced it with a penalty that extended the drive. I can't really hold the PI against Glover Quinn, because it was either that or pray the receiver drops the ball.
Yeah my buddy called me and told me what went down. Just penalties all over the place. Son of Bum will be ruining these players next week.
I can't believe the Texans tossed up such a furball. That was just depressing.
Quote from: Alcibiades on December 22, 2011, 05:34:43 PM
http://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2011/12/22/2655456/anquan-boldin-has-surgery-for-torn-meniscus
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Anquan Boldin Has Surgery For Torn Meniscus
Baltimore Ravens WR Anquan Boldin had surgery today to repair a torn meniscus and will miss the final two weeks of the regular season but head coach John Harbaugh has said he expects Boldin back in time for the playoffs
:yuk:
Yes, that's a bit disturbing, particularly for the Cincy game, which is going to have all the intensity of a pre-playoffs playoff game. Hopefully, Lee Evans will continue to contribute in the meantime.
Cleveland is such a bad team, on so many levels.
Hey the Vikings won. Oh but they also lost Adrian Peterson to an injury that looked pretty bad.
Rough day for Tebow and the Broncos.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 24, 2011, 06:41:09 PM
Hey the Vikings won. Oh but they also lost Adrian Peterson to an injury that looked pretty bad.
Rough day for Tebow and the Broncos.
I flinched hard when they showed the injury on TV. Leg injuries gross me out now.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 24, 2011, 06:42:20 PM
I flinched hard when they showed the injury on TV. Leg injuries gross me out now.
Yeah, I do that every time I see a knee injury since mine are so crunchy and sensitive, I guess you could say, these days.
I think the Vikes are hoping for "just" a sprain, but man that didn't look like a sprain to me.
Even a normal cut tackle makes me kind of cringe.
Watched the harrowing NY vs NY game with my Giants nuts maternal family. :shutup:
Chris Christie didn't look pleased when they cut to him up in the skybox.
Wow Adrian Peterson tore his ACL in a draft-position bowl.
Quote from: Valmy on December 24, 2011, 11:46:52 PM
Wow Adrian Peterson tore his ACL in a draft-position bowl.
They're saying the MCL might be torn as well.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 24, 2011, 11:50:09 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 24, 2011, 11:46:52 PM
Wow Adrian Peterson tore his ACL in a draft-position bowl.
They're saying the MCL might be torn as well.
My impression is that an MCL tear is relatively a minor deal. That is a pretty bad injury either way. My brother owns Peterson in our keeper league, I will make sure to make his Christmas morning cheerful with this news.
Congrats Gang Green on winning the LFFL2011.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 25, 2011, 09:18:54 AM
Congrats Gang Green on winning the LFFL2011.
Whose team is that?
QuoteBengals hope fans show for home finale
The Cincinnati Bengals have locked up just their third winning record in the last 21 years and are one win away from a playoff bid, but the team's biggest victory this season would be getting fans to show up.
With paltry attendance marking an impressive season in Cincinnati, Bengals players are now asking for fans to turn out for the team's home finale against AFC North rival Baltimore next Sunday.
"I just want to thank the fans who were out there today," defensive tackle Domata Peko said Saturday. "We really felt you guys out there, and that helped us out big time. I really want to encourage all of the Cincinnati fans to come out and cheer us on as we try to make the playoffs."
If the Bengals (9-6) can knock off the Ravens (11-4), Cincinnati would be headed to the playoffs and in search of its first postseason victory since the 1990 season.
Only 41,273 fans showed up on a sunny, 38-degree afternoon to watch the breakthrough 23-16 victory over Arizona on Saturday. Paul Brown Stadium, with a 65,500-seat capacity, was more than one-third empty.
A big part in the Bengals' change in fortune on the field this year has been rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, who also is lobbying for an audience.
"It's going to be a big week, and we're going to need everyone to come out and support us," Dalton said. "Everyone in Cincinnati needs to come out for this big game."
Even coach Marvin Lewis has taken to calling upon the fans.
"The crowd really affected the game with the noise, and I'm sure they'll be anxious to get here next Sunday as we play for something special," Lewis said Saturday.
However, two decades of playing losing football has the Bengals proud of what they've accomplished for the sake of both the city and the franchise, but also looking for support from a tortured fan base.
"I'm just happy for the team and the city of Cincinnati," cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones said. "The fans did a great job getting behind us, and we need all of you this week. We need the fans this week. Who Dey! Please come support us.
"I'm Adam Jones, and I approved this message."
Why bother? They are just gonna disappoint again.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 26, 2011, 08:49:25 AM
Why bother? They are just gonna disappoint again.
That could be said about the Bengals or the Ravens.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 26, 2011, 08:51:42 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 26, 2011, 08:49:25 AM
Why bother? They are just gonna disappoint again.
That could be said about the Bengals or the Ravens.
Maybe, maybe not. The Ravens have played pretty well in the first three quarters of games agaist the division punching bags.
I wonder if the NFL is going to fine Pierre Thomas for putting that bow on the football and giving it to whoever that was.
Brees with the record on a nice TD pass. Marino is currently beating a puppy or something because of this.
Gruden heading back to the NFL
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/27/report-gruden-preparing-to-return-to-coaching-in-2012/#comments