QuoteNFL Lines For Week 15 - NFL Football Line Week Fifteen
NFL Line 12/13 - 12/17, 2012
Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog Total
12/13 8:25 ET Cincinnati -5 At Philadelphia 45
12/16 1:00 ET Green Bay -3 At Chicago 43
12/16 1:00 ET At Atlanta -1.5 NY Giants 51
12/16 1:00 ET At New Orleans -3.5 Tampa Bay 54
12/16 1:00 ET At St. Louis -3 Minnesota 38.5
12/16 1:00 ET Washington -1.5 At Cleveland 37
12/16 1:00 ET At Miami -7 Jacksonville 37.5
12/16 1:00 ET Denver -2.5 At Baltimore 48
12/16 1:00 ET At Houston -9 Indianapolis 48
12/16 4:05 ET At San Diego -3 Carolina 45
12/16 4:05 ET Seattle -5.5 At Buffalo 43
12/16 4:05 ET Detroit -6.5 At Arizona 44
12/16 4:25 ET Pittsburgh -1.5 At Dallas 44
12/16 4:25 ET At Oakland -3 Kansas City 44
12/16 8:30 ET At New England -5 San Francisco 46.5
Monday Night Football Line
12/17 8:40 ET At Tennessee -2 NY Jets 41.5
No thread from Seedy this week.
I've got the Bengals Defense going tonight for me in my money league playoffs. Good start so far, don't let me down spiess.
It's a pretty interesting week this week. There are some really crappy games (2 of them in prime time) but some very important games as well. I count 7 games with serious playoff implications and a couple more than have probably-not-playoff-teams-but-maybe-if things-break-right-they-could-be. Should be fun.
Football sucks. Life sucks. WEEK 15: WHO CARES ANYMORE? WHATS IT MATTER?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 13, 2012, 09:29:42 PM
Football sucks. Life sucks. WEEK 15: WHO CARES ANYMORE? WHATS IT MATTER?
Cam Cameron is gone!! :w00t:
Typical Bengals-- get off to a roaring start and then concede all momentum in the 2nd quarter. I guess usually they do that in the 3rd quarter. Oh shit, there's still a 3rd quarter to be played :bleeding:
I'm not watching the game just following it online, but WHY DOES DALTON KEEP FUMBLING?!?
Quote from: sbr on December 13, 2012, 10:34:25 PM
I'm not watching the game just following it online, but WHY DOES DALTON KEEP FUMBLING?!?
Who cares. The Eagles are apparently determined to out-fumble him. This game has gotten fun to watch in the last few minutes :)
Quote from: derspiess on December 13, 2012, 11:16:36 PM
Quote from: sbr on December 13, 2012, 10:34:25 PM
I'm not watching the game just following it online, but WHY DOES DALTON KEEP FUMBLING?!?
Who cares. The Eagles are apparently determined to out-fumble him. This game has gotten fun to watch in the last few minutes :)
It looks like it. The defensive TD makes up for the points Dalton gave them with the fumbles.
I'm looking at 28 points from my D, great start for my playoff run. :showoff:
Bengals now hold the second playoff spot and the Steelers are on the outside looking in. For the next couple of days, anyway :P
It would be so freaking typical for the Redskins to miraculously beat the Giants and Ravens only to lose to Cleveland. Not looking forward to Sunday at all, especially if they are going to use a 50% RGIII.
Quote from: Valmy on December 14, 2012, 01:01:48 AM
It would be so freaking typical for the Redskins to miraculously beat the Giants and Ravens only to lose to Cleveland. Not looking forward to Sunday at all, especially if they are going to use a 50% RGIII.
They really are being foolish if they do so. Can no one think of the future there?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 14, 2012, 01:13:54 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 14, 2012, 01:01:48 AM
It would be so freaking typical for the Redskins to miraculously beat the Giants and Ravens only to lose to Cleveland. Not looking forward to Sunday at all, especially if they are going to use a 50% RGIII.
They really are being foolish if they do so. Can no one think of the future there?
Shanahan already is :D
Man, the Jets really do have a chance at the playoffs with that cream puff schedule. They would for sure be one of the worst playoff teams of all time if that happened.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 14, 2012, 01:53:50 AM
Man, the Jets really do have a chance at the playoffs with that cream puff schedule. They would for sure be one of the worst playoff teams of all time if that happened.
Wait a minute. A Cheatriots fan is complaining about another team's easy schedule?
You sicken me.
Man, Vontaze Burfict may be one of the best up & coming LBs in the AFC. If he keeps his head on straight (which is a pretty big "if"), he could be big.
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Bungles trivia: last night was their first primetime road win since 1995 :pinch:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 16, 2012, 12:32:57 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 14, 2012, 12:43:08 PM
Muffasa & Simba
:XD: That's fucking harsh!
On that note :
What do you call 53 rich guys sitting around watching the Super Bowl? The Chicago Bears.
How do you stop a Bears fan from beating his wife? Dress her in green and gold.
Ugh. Gumbel and Dierdorff.
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2012, 12:54:09 PM
Ugh. Gumbel and Dierdorff.
:nelson: Oh wait-- I'm watching, too :bleeding:
I don't think he approves of the name.
Thank you, Peyton Manning. Your speedy snap kept John Harbaugh from yet another bonehead challenge.
I benched Ray Rice in my money league playoffs for Jamaal Charles. I've been waiting 3 years for Cam Cameron to be fired and I bench my keeper in the first game he is gone. Hopefully I didn't screw this up.
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 01:07:49 PM
I don't think he approves of the name.
Okay, but in a league filled with stupid names why fixate on that one?
Ugh, you can only give Peyton Manning half a field for so long; not everybody's going to drop it or run the wrong route all day.
Denver's D showed up today, though. Can't run, can't protect Flacco. And no first downs.
Bring back Cam!!!!!1
Quote from: derspiess on December 16, 2012, 01:27:22 PM
Okay, but in a league filled with stupid names why fixate on that one?
I was looking at the weirdness more than the stupidity. Vontaze could be made up negro name, but Burfict? Burfict??
Once again, CBS camera work sucks ass.
Hell of a TD pass by Cousins.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2012, 01:39:30 PM
Once again, CBS camera work sucks ass.
peyton is just that good.
Dammit broncos d. Where was that last weekend?
Holy shit! Did not see that coming.
Nail, meet coffin.
Red zone pick 6s are the worst. It's like a 14 point swing.
There's Harbaugh's bonehead challenge. He won't be denied.
Well that was a rough half. Clearly Alfred Morris is nothing special without RGIII. I hope Cousins can save the season.
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2012, 02:44:15 PM
There's Harbaugh's bonehead challenge. He won't be denied.
I thought it was a catch. His ass landed in before it landed out.
Watch, he'll be out of the game. Failed concussion tests.
Game over.
Actually, I figured the game was over when Flacco fumbled that sneak.
Bring back Cam?
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 02:54:58 PM
Bring back Cam?
That would be idiotic. Cam Cameron was the worst.
The solution is to try and get a line.
Well that ain't happening this year.
And what about a D?
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2012, 02:53:52 PM
Game over.
Actually, I figured the game was over when Flacco fumbled that sneak.
Yup, me too. Too many injuries on D, too much inconsistency on O to overcome in the 2nd half of the season this year.
Broncos look like an unbeatable team right now.
Quote from: derspiess on December 16, 2012, 02:58:19 PM
Broncos look like an unbeatable team right now.
They have been scary good since they found their footing right around week 3, I'll grant them that.
Someone needs to stop the Pats tardism.
Peyton seems to be the only hope.
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 02:56:44 PM
Well that ain't happening this year.
And what about a D?
Defence wouldn't do much good. This is the modern NFL. You can't win with just a defence anymore, at least not against a quality team.
At this point, there's really nothing you can do for this year.
:lol: Anquan Boldin had something to say, regardless of the flag. :lol:
Do the Ravens still clinch a playoff spot with a Steelers loss today? I'm too lazy to check on my phone.
Quote from: derspiess on December 16, 2012, 03:52:16 PM
Do the Ravens still clinch a playoff spot with a Steelers loss today? I'm too lazy to check on my phone.
Yep.
The Texans get the W to go to 12-2 and clinch the division. Too many defensive penalties that gave the Colts first downs that continued drives.
Watt was a monster with ten tackles and three sacks. Foster picked up 165 yards on the ground, Johnson got 151 receiving. Only one offensive TD though, which is not good. The other TD came on a punt block. 5 FGs. :mellow:
E: That's 19.5 sacks and 15 passes defended for Watt with three games left.
Oh and something that made me laugh in this one: Dan Fouts was making his usual kind of "off but generally inoffensive" statements the whole game, but on a play late where Luck threw the ball into the dirt to avoid a sack and got the grounding penalty called, he said "He would have gotten the ball past the line of scrimmage if he wasn't being tackled! I just don't understand that call sometimes." :lol: Yes, Dan, he probably would have.
Fouts seems to get more and more confused as the years go by, but this one stood out a bit more than the usual stuff.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 16, 2012, 04:15:35 PM
The Texans get the W to go to 12-2 and clinch the division. Too many defensive penalties that gave the Colts first downs that continued drives.
Watt was a monster with ten tackles and three sacks. Foster picked up 165 yards on the ground, Johnson got 151 receiving. Only one offensive TD though, which is not good. The other TD came on a punt block. 5 FGs. :mellow:
E: That's 19.5 sacks and 15 passes defended for Watt with three games left.
Uh no it isn't.
And don't worry they will choke in playoffs when face a good QB :lol:
How about those Giants! :w00t:
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 04:28:44 PM
Uh no it isn't.
Oh right. Two games left. :rolleyes:
QuoteAnd don't worry they will choke in playoffs when face a good QB :lol:
We'll see.
E: I don't like this Cowboys - Steelers game being on my TV right now. I don't know who to hate more.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 16, 2012, 04:30:28 PM
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 04:28:44 PM
Uh no it isn't.
Oh right. Two games left. :rolleyes:
QuoteAnd don't worry they will choke in playoffs when face a good QB :lol:
We'll see.
E: I don't like this Cowboys - Steelers game being on my TV right now. I don't know who to hate more.
As a life long Niner fan i have no doubt it is the Cowgirls.
That said i really can't root for Yinzers either.
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 04:41:21 PM
As a life long Niner fan i have no doubt it is the Cowgirls.
That said i really can't root for Yinzers either.
It's clearly a meteor game, but I think.... :hmm:...if I had to choose, I'd go with the Cowboys to win.
A) It hurts the Steelers playoff chances. B) If the Cowboys backdoor their way into the playoffs with the help of a W here, it gives me the opportunity to watch them take a big shit all over themselves in the first round. C) If they don't end up making it, it at least gets the local fans hopes up more before they are mercilessly crushed by reality.
Ugh, I just saw what game is on tonight. TV OFF.
Normally, I embrace the Tom Brady/Patriots hate here...but I think I have to side with Satan tonight.
Hell of a game in Dallas.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2012, 07:51:26 PM
Hell of a game in Dallas.
Yep. Surprisingly well played on both sides.
Bengals now own that second wild card spot for the time being and can clinch it with a win next week. Dunno if they will butI it at least looks nice on paper.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 16, 2012, 05:48:23 PM
Ugh, I just saw what game is on tonight. TV OFF.
You could root against the Pats you ass.
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 08:09:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 16, 2012, 05:48:23 PM
Ugh, I just saw what game is on tonight. TV OFF.
You could root against the Pats you ass.
No shit. DO THE RIGHT THING
I'll be doing my bit and I have both kids myself tonight. COME ON ED
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 08:09:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 16, 2012, 05:48:23 PM
Ugh, I just saw what game is on tonight. TV OFF.
You could root against the Pats you ass.
I will not pollute my purity of essence.
So, the 49ers are a good team that I like. Jim Harbaugh sometimes comes off as a little bit douchey, but that's no reason to damn the whole team.
Refusing to make a choice here is like seeing France and Germany in 1940, and deciding that you can't decide who to cheer for. Sure, you might have some problems with certain aspects of French leadership and French history, but they're not pure evil.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 16, 2012, 08:26:43 PM
I will not pollute my purity of essence.
You could say he is a real water man.
Moss! :w00t:
That is my best Timmay impersonation.
My fantasy team crapped all over themselves in the first playoff game; #1 seed knocked out in the first round. According to most projections I had 3 of the top 6-7 RBs in the league this week; Rice, Jamaal Charles and Doug Martin were all supposed to have huge weeks. I could only start 2 nd was terrified I was going to bench the wrong one; I didn't need to worry they combined to score 10 points.
Quote from: PDH on December 16, 2012, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 16, 2012, 08:26:43 PM
I will not pollute my purity of essence.
You could say he is a real water man.
But I... I do deny them my essence.
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2012, 08:42:03 PM
Moss! :w00t:
That is my best Timmay impersonation.
You did that a little too well.
Quote from: derspiess on December 16, 2012, 07:56:19 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2012, 07:51:26 PM
Hell of a game in Dallas.
Yep. Surprisingly well played on both sides.
Bengals now own that second wild card spot for the time being and can clinch it with a win next week. Dunno if they will butI it at least looks nice on paper.
And the Ravens clinch a playoff spot, so maybe the Bengals and Ravens can manage to play back-to-back weeks.
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2012, 08:48:28 PM
And the Ravens clinch a playoff spot, so maybe the Bengals and Ravens can manage to play back-to-back weeks.
Well, now wouldn't that be super.
Rogers :w00t:
Better Derspicy?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2012, 08:50:10 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 16, 2012, 08:48:28 PM
And the Ravens clinch a playoff spot, so maybe the Bengals and Ravens can manage to play back-to-back weeks.
Well, now wouldn't that be super.
Better than the fucking Steelers.
Goldson! :w00t:
Ballsy fake.
Question: Does Kapernick have little baby hands or something? He seems to be having a lot of trouble with the ball.
Now that was ballsy, especially on the strong side with one gunner on two defenders. Pure speed.
They need a new placekicker, though.
Neil, it does look a bit moist out.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2012, 09:05:03 PM
Now that was ballsy, especially on the strong side with one gunner on two defenders. Pure speed.
They need a new placekicker, though.
Neil, it does look a bit moist out.
Yeah, but Brady doesn't seem to be having as much trouble.
His team on the other hand... LOL
Worst possible weather to be caught up in. As cold as it can be and still rain.
Beautiful pass by tattoo-boy
They need a new AV guy in the patriots 49ers game.
I like Kaepernick; he's like Tim Tebow, but with real talent.
He's like a Mike Vick who is smart enough to not get blasted, playing behind a real quality line.
Niners! :w00t:
What a bullshit call; how the hell else are you supposed to separate the receiver from the ball, unless you hit him at contact? Fucking pussy NFL. In 4 years, it's going to look like soccer.
Heh, Niners pouring it on now. Watching the Pats melt down is priceless.
I can taste Timmay's tears from here in Washington. And you Steelheads can suck it, too.
Jesus, someone ban Timmy-lite now. Then ban Timmy.
Absolute terrible game in terrible weather. Can't use the weather as an excuse though, NE weather is often terrible, you got to be able to play in it.
Thankfully, this wasn't a playoff games, and we'll have time to recover, especially with Gronk coming back next week.
We we we we we we we we
Oui oui oui. :frog:
I just took the browns to the Super Bowl.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 16, 2012, 11:06:21 PM
Absolute terrible game in terrible weather. Can't use the weather as an excuse though, NE weather is often terrible, you got to be able to play in it.
Thankfully, this wasn't a playoff games, and we'll have time to recover, especially with Gronk coming back next week.
Defeatist. :mad:
Brady needs to score a huge comeback so that the Niners are demoralized for next week. :yeah:
Hail to the Redskins baby! I guess so long as they can keep getting Pro Bowl performances out of rookie QBs they will be fine.
Got to beat the Eagles now to set up the matchup. The matchup that must be...or maybe New Orleans will win and spare them the trouble.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 16, 2012, 10:45:51 PM
What a bullshit call; how the hell else are you supposed to separate the receiver from the ball, unless you hit him at contact? Fucking pussy NFL. In 4 years, it's going to look like soccer.
Heh, Niners pouring it on now. Watching the Pats melt down is priceless.
No joke, I read a few days ago Goodall is looking at options to get rid of the kickoff because it's too dangerous. :mellow:
Great game. Unfortunately really hurts our chances of getting a bye.
I can't believe we managed to tie that game!
Just can't give up 40 plus points and expect to win though.
Cheaters never prosper.
As much as I enjoy seeing the Raiders beat the Chiefs, I couldn't help but think that it is simply costing them draft positioning at this point. Hopefully it helps get Coach Allen and company another year, as I think they have potential. I do hope they play Pryor more in the next games to see if he has potential to be "The Man", or if he's simply another Al Davis pipedream. I think it is safe to say Palmer is not the answer at this point and going forward. Side note for a close friend of mine and my LFFL bench: Russell Wilson is really shaping up nicely. He has shown a nice level of development and control as the season has progressed and they've opened up the playbook for him as well as increased the level of trust they have in him. I'd be quite satisfied if Seattle not only made the playoffs this year, but managed to go deep into them and show what they've developed of late.
So with Chris Pressley out for the year the Bengals brought in a few guys to try out for the empty FB spot. I had my hopes set on Owen Schmitt but we ended up with: John Connor :ph34r:
Is it just me, or is Jake Locker even worse than Sanchez?
Quote from: Neil on December 17, 2012, 10:41:00 PM
Is it just me, or is Jake Locker even worse than Sanchez?
Just you
Quote from: katmai on December 17, 2012, 10:58:31 PM
Quote from: Neil on December 17, 2012, 10:41:00 PM
Is it just me, or is Jake Locker even worse than Sanchez?
Just you
See, that's no fair. I was just talking about how Jake Locker is totally fucking worthless and how he sucks balls, and then he does something good, pushing his performance for this game to barely adequate. But then he gets back to underthrowing people.
This game sucks donkey nuts.
Man, those last couple of plays by the Jets were hilarious.
There's bad, and then there's cursed bad. Voodoo bad. Somebody, somewhere, has a Rex Ryan voodoo doll with a Phillips screwdriver up it's ass.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 17, 2012, 11:39:03 PM
This game sucks donkey nuts.
Yet I watched it because there were faint playoff implications. Now it's pretty much just 2 teams vying for one spot in the AFC.
Trent Dilfer and Steve Young ripping the Jets a new one was one of the best things I have seen. :lol:
Oh man, Trent Dilfer and Steve Young are holding high court on the post-game show on the Jets, and Sanchez in particular. He's broken. He accelerates the down slide.
Steve Young gets torqued over quarterback play, but I haven't seen him this emotive about it before.
Jets are going to have to jettison Ryan, and bring in an offensive-minded coaching staff. Defensive-centric coaching doesn't work in today's NFL anymore.
edit: LOL, sbr, I thought I was the only one watching. :lol:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 12:06:23 AM
Oh man, Trent Dilfer and Steve Young are holding high court on the post-game show on the Jets, and Sanchez in particular. He's broken. He accelerates the down slide.
Steve Young gets torqued over quarterback play, but I haven't seen him this emotive about it before.
Jets are going to have to jettison Ryan, and bring in an offensive-minded coaching staff. Defensive-centric coaching doesn't work in today's NFL anymore.
edit: LOL, sbr, I thought I was the only one watching. :lol:
I really like Young and Dilfer in this role. They have no problems telling like it is (or at least how they think it is) and skewering anyone and anything, from the league to a team to an individual. Most analysts (especially former players) aren't willing to take shots. I give Young an Dilfer a lot of credit for ending the official lockout after that Seattle/Green Bay game; they were brutal that game too.
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What a cockbag
Eh, he did make an important tackle earlier in the game.
What do you expect from him, he's the quarterback. He shouldn't be putting himself at risk.
Jesus Christ, Tim. There isn't a player or coach on the Patriot's that doesn't have your lip prints all over their dicks.
He's right tho. Does Peyton Manning even knows how to tackle?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 12:06:23 AM
Oh man, Trent Dilfer and Steve Young are holding high court on the post-game show on the Jets, and Sanchez in particular. He's broken. He accelerates the down slide.
Steve Young gets torqued over quarterback play, but I haven't seen him this emotive about it before.
How a QB handles pressure is probably the most important element of their game, because you're going to get pressure. Manning is probably the best QB, because all he does it throw completions more quickly when the pressure is on. Roethlisberger is good because he stands in there, moves around and makes plays downfield, except when he gets jacked up and injured. Flacco is average because he stands in there, will somestimes make the play but more often will throw high or get jacked up. Sanchez just panics, and his overwhelming priority becomes to get rid of the ball as quickly as possible, without regard to where the receivers are or how accurately the ball must be thrown. Either that, or he just fumbles it. Remember that Ravens game a year or two back when he got absolutely planted by Ngata, and couldn't throw for shit for the rest of the game? He's psychologically weak.
And then there's Brady, who's reaction to pressure is to call for a flag, and get it. Fucking NFL.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 18, 2012, 08:55:11 AM
He's right tho. Does Peyton Manning even knows how to tackle?
Peyton Manning is a valuable player. Tom Brady is just a cog in Belicheat's system.
Don't be daft. Brady could a be cog in anybody's Cheat system.
Peyton can be run over by one of those amish bulldozers for all I care. Tim is a Patsucker.
He's from New England. That's the path you guys would advocate!
You are just mad that Bellicheat is outsmarting your cheaters.
I don't mind fans of a team, I don't mind support. The "we," the apologizing, the Tom Brady spooge all over Tim is too much. He is a moron.
The we shit is annoying, I'll give you that one. Everything else is BS especially when compared to the fandom of your alma matters.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 18, 2012, 10:38:11 AM
The we shit is annoying, I'll give you that one. Everything else is BS especially when compared to the fandom of your alma matters.
I don't have a problem with the Brady worship, per se. Beyond the "we" thing, my beef with him is over his stupid little cheerleading posts. If you can't add something to the conversation, do us all a big favor & shut the hell up.
We all have our schticks.
but it doesn't really matter. If he was doing this for, say the Jaguars, you guys wouldn't be on his case. You only hate because Bellicheat is better then your cheaters.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 18, 2012, 10:59:10 AM
but it doesn't really matter. If he was doing this for, say the Jaguars, you guys wouldn't be on his case. You only hate because Bellicheat is better then your cheaters.
I'd be about as annoyed.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 18, 2012, 10:59:10 AM
but it doesn't really matter. If he was doing this for, say the Jaguars, you guys wouldn't be on his case. You only hate because Bellicheat is better then your cheaters.
They aren't better than the teams from Arizona, Baltimore, San Francisco or Seattle.
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The league has instructed the Bengals to begin sending invoices to season ticketholders for two home playoff games. I know it's standard procedure, but :lol:
That's the sort of thing that can cause a snakebitten team to lose to Pittsburgh next week.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2012, 12:24:48 PM
That's the sort of thing that can cause a snakebitten team to lose to Pittsburgh next week.
Only if the full weight of history itself doesn't cause it. Bengals haven't won in Pittsburgh since 2003 (I was there and it was glorious) and have not beaten them at all since 2009.
Now what I keep telling myself is that those streaks have to end sometime and that given both teams' trajectory it might as well happen next Sunday. But I'm too pessimistic to think the football gods will smile on the Bengals when a win is so critical. Steelers are favored by 4 and I think that's about right.
Bengals don't know how to handle success.
I could stand to see Geno plant Roethlisberger a couple of times.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2012, 01:11:10 PM
I could stand to see Geno plant Roethlisberger a couple of times.
Here's something to tide you over til then.
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Nice job on that one. Look at that head bounce on the turf. Ouch.
Almost as good as that Bart Scott hit from '06.
Why the hell is everyone still talking about the Jets? They had a bad team this year and nobody with a brain thought they would make the playoffs. Who the hell cares which QB will be starting for them next week? Heaven forbid we talk about the AFC playoff picture or the wide-open possibilities for three of the NFC East teams.
Quote from: derspiess on December 19, 2012, 11:55:18 AM
Why the hell is everyone still talking about the Jets? They had a bad team this year and nobody with a brain thought they would make the playoffs. Who the hell cares which QB will be starting for them next week? Heaven forbid we talk about the AFC playoff picture or the wide-open possibilities for three of the NFC East teams.
The Jets have been a media darling for years now....seemingly the second Ryan became their head coach.
Quote from: Valmy on December 19, 2012, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 19, 2012, 11:55:18 AM
Why the hell is everyone still talking about the Jets? They had a bad team this year and nobody with a brain thought they would make the playoffs. Who the hell cares which QB will be starting for them next week? Heaven forbid we talk about the AFC playoff picture or the wide-open possibilities for three of the NFC East teams.
The Jets have been a media darling for years now....seemingly the second Ryan became their head coach.
Yet they're the biggest non-story of the year. I get that they're a New York team and are gonna get a lot of coverage, but there's another NY team that actually has a shot at the playoffs.
Just venting...
Quote from: derspiess on December 19, 2012, 12:21:49 PM
Yet they're the biggest non-story of the year. I get that they're a New York team and are gonna get a lot of coverage, but there's another NY team that actually has a shot at the playoffs.
Just venting...
The Giants, being a traditional powerhouse in New York, constantly being under the radar is just bizarre. The Jets are losers and always have been.
Quote from: Valmy on December 19, 2012, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 19, 2012, 11:55:18 AM
Why the hell is everyone still talking about the Jets? They had a bad team this year and nobody with a brain thought they would make the playoffs. Who the hell cares which QB will be starting for them next week? Heaven forbid we talk about the AFC playoff picture or the wide-open possibilities for three of the NFC East teams.
The Jets have been a media darling for years now....seemingly the second Ryan became their head coach.
Add in Sanchez the Hollywood starlet dater and on-field fiasco to ESPN's Man of the Decade Tim Tebow, and I'm surprised they don't have entire shows fully devoted to them each day instead of just mostly.
Quote from: Valmy on December 19, 2012, 12:25:42 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 19, 2012, 12:21:49 PM
Yet they're the biggest non-story of the year. I get that they're a New York team and are gonna get a lot of coverage, but there's another NY team that actually has a shot at the playoffs.
Just venting...
The Giants, being a traditional powerhouse in New York, constantly being under the radar is just bizarre. The Jets are losers and always have been.
I saw a Tweet Monday night, I think from Rachel Nicols of ESPN (very underrated hottie by the way) that said:
Dear Jets
Thank You
Love, The NY Giants
I haven't heard one peep about the Giants getting their faces kicked in by the Falcons all week, every thing is Jets, Jets, Jets.
Agreed, the Jets are a non-story, except as failure this year. The Giants should be the team to discuss, IMO.
How can they avoid them? Their coach is so brash and media-friendly, their starting QB is a pretty-boy GQ Brady-wannabe, their defence is full of guys who are better at talking than playing and their backup QB is the most overhyped guy in the history of the league. It's shocking how much less attention is showered on top rookies from this year like Luck or RG3 (although RG3 is close just as Cam Newton was last year. Advertisers love those exciting black QBs who get crushed after a few years in the league.) compared to Tebow.
We need more Russell Wilson discussion. Little Wonder is amazing.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 20, 2012, 03:29:34 AM
We need more Russell Wilson discussion. Little Wonder is amazing.
The kid was good at Wisky, but did I think he was NFL good? Nah.
Boy was I wrong. :blush:
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 20, 2012, 03:29:34 AM
We need more Russell Wilson discussion. Little Wonder is amazing.
We'll see if he Cam Newtons next year.
Little Wonder? Bowie?
Ha. Shit. I was actually thinking of Small Wonder, the terrible 80's tv show. :blush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLDM_gyFuIg
Wow. That opening seems so 70s to me, but that was actually the mid 80s. Weird science.