GoSox05
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Hard to tell much after week 1 of an NFL season, except that the Packers punting is great right now.
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Always a good sign when your WR is trying to beat up your GM and Burfict is one with trying to calm things down.
I wonder if the Raiders just release AB, what a mess.
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4 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:
He did? I thought he missed a few games. That's even more impressive.
Just the quarter or so in that first game, that was it.
Not bad for a guy with a sprained MCL and fractured tibial plateau fracture.
The lack of INT was good, but it was also because he was throwing so many balls away because he couldn't move that much.
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42 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:
Brady had 11 picks last year. Rodgers played 12 games and had 2. Rodgers also has the best TD:INT ratio in NFL history. He has 336 TD to 80 INT for his career.
Rodgers played all 16 last year.
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I really have no idea what the Packers are going to do this year. They could win 10-11 or lose 10-11.
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5 minutes ago, Jerksticks said:
Lol I dunno but I like where you’re going! Those are all reasonable ideas that belong on the table of discussion. 😂
Im just saying there is probably a way to make the kickoff the most exciting part of the game.
8 vs 2? You get one blocker and maybe the defenders are each limited to a 10 yard vertical zone?
This would actually be interesting.
If they are going to do preseason, they might as well do some cool stuff like this. See what sticks.
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1 hour ago, Jerksticks said:
I would like kickoffs to be the most dangerous 20 seconds in sports. Whatever it takes. That shit could be electric.
You mean like they can still wear pads, but no helmets dangerous or like they get to keep the helmets, but everyone now has medieval weapons dangerous?
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16 minutes ago, ptatc said:
That's what makes it interesting. Teams can spend all the money in the world on stars and big names but the little unknown kicker can make or break it.
It comes down to the team not just the stars. Just like what happened to the Bears last year. It sucks as a Bears fan but people will never forget the "double doink."
I'm fine with 3 point field goals. They break up periods of time without TD's and make sure there isn't a ton of games going into overtime.
I just find XP kinda pointless. You did the work by scoring a TD, that should be it.
Kick offs are the thing that I really wish they would get rid of. Waste of time and dangerous to players.
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1 hour ago, ptatc said:
Why? The way kicking is now, you're taking away some of the drama and entertainment of the game. XP's are no longer automatic.
I agree with kickoffs. Minimal entertainment there.
I was just half joking on the XP thing, It's fine, I just prefer to have games decided by good offense and defense than if a kicker makes an extra point. I've always found it weird that the offense does the work needed to score a TD and then you have to do one more thing to get the total amount of points. You just threw a 80 yard bomb that a WR jumped over a CB to catch and run into the end zone, now do one more thing.
I want Tom Brady or JJ Watt making the play that wins the game, not a 39 kicker missing an XP.
There is enough drama with field goals.
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1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said:
And change the name to throwball
100%
Less kicking, except for punting, would like to see punting become a bigger part of the game.
If your punter hits one with a hang time of over 5.3 seconds and goes 55 yards. You get 1 point.
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Get rid of kick offs. No more XP kicks, a TD is now just 7 points or 8 if you go for a two point conversion.
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14 hours ago, ptatc said:
All players get playoff money from the NFL for each round of the playoffs.
I would think some late round draft pick or undrafted player is less concerned about playoff money and probably just happy they are on a roster.
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16 hours ago, soxfan49 said:
Even if Brissett stinks, their roster is too good for Tua, Herbert, etc. They could trade up, but that's a 5-6 win team even if Brissett's a bottom 5 QB. That's where they'll be in a bind unless they make a move and get up in the draft.
I don't know, if he really stinks, like bottom 5 QB in the league. I'm not sure they are a 5-6 win team.
I think their division is going to be a little better this year. I think Houston and Jax will be better than last year.
If they do win 5-6 games, they will have to trade up, but a lot of teams do that now anyways.
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17 minutes ago, Tony said:
Owners/employee's should be upset leadership didn't have a capable replacement in place, especially in this case, seeing as Luck has exactly been the picture of health in his career, to go along with a TERRIBLE O-line.
I mean they traded for Jacoby Brissett and now hand the team to a 26 year old with some talent. I don't know how good he can be, but it's worth giving a shot. It's not like there is a ton of really good qb's laying around.
If he's good then problem solved, if he is god awful this is the year to pick a QB. Should be a good year for QB in this years draft.
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I'm not really sure how many players making the league minimum have playoff bonuses in their contracts. Even if they do, I'm sure most of them are just focused on making the team.
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2 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:
Comparing Cutler to Sanchez is nonsense.
Who would you rather have?
Player A:
3.1 INT %
7.1 Y/A
56.9 COM%
1.32:1 TD:INTPlayer B:
3.3 INT %
7.1 Y/A
62.0 COM%
1.42:1 TD:INTI think anyone would take player B. Player B is Jay Cutler. Player A is John Elway.
The issue was Cutler was really bad when he was bad. But in 2010, he was really good, and when he broke his thumb in 2011, the Bears offense was rolling and he was playing great. Even Steve Young, who notoriously HATED Cutler, ranked the Bears #1 in his power rankings because of Jay.
One of my biggest hot takes ever is that if he's healthy in 2010 and/or 2011, they win at least one Super Bowl.
You cannot compare playing in the 80's and 90's to someone playing in today's game. Jay Cutler would have thrown 30 int a year if he played in the 80's.
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1 minute ago, mqr said:
I'm guessing the colts doctors botched something, and he didn't want to double back on it, because the colts aren't pursuing like 25 million dollars that they could recoup.
I think letting him keep that bonus money is more about keeping a good relationship with him in case two years from now he is healthy and gets the urge to return.
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I wonder if Luck was planning on playing and then got some bad news about his ankle/calf, like he was going to need surgery and a long rehab and was like I'm not doing that again.
Great player and fun to watch, it's a shame injuries derailed what was probably going to be a HOF career. Colts should be embarrassed at how much they neglected that OL for years.
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59 minutes ago, LittleHurt05 said:
Is there a reason they chose to play in Winnipeg, like did one of the teams have a connection to the city? Or just another money grab attempt by the NFL?
It was the Raiders home game, so they set all this up. I think it might have been because the A's have a long home stand and they needed somewhere to play.
It would have been a cool idea, but they messed it up. High ticket prices, bad field, probably should of had it on a Saturday, so people could have traveled to it.
They should have just worked out a deal with the Packers and played at Lambeau.
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9 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:
It was so weird. Plus there was about 10,000 people there.
Nathan Peterman kept throwing passes into the normal end zone, I think he forgot that is was now out of bounds or he was just overthrowing by ten yards. It's hard to tell what that guy is doing.
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Packers and Raiders had to play on a 80 yard field yesterday because the end zones were so crappy they were afraid the players would get hurt. Seems like the NFL should be able to do better considering they are worth 900 billion dollars or whatever.
The good outcome was that there was no kick offs and it was great.
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Last pitch by Giolito. So good.
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As long as both are healthy all year, you probably can't go wrong with either one.
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The Patriots don't seem to have a problem with it and they seem to know what they are doing.
NFL Thread 2019-2020
in A and J's Olde Tyme Sports Pub
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NFC North is going to see some tough battles this year. I think all the teams will have some tough defenses.