2008 NFL Season Thread- The Road to Super Bowl XLIII

[Havok]

Would anybody be surprised if Terrell Owens ended his career with the Raiders?

I would. Owens is many things, and love him or hate him, he is not dumb. If he goes anywhere after Dallas it would probably be to Washington or New England.

[Havok]

Heh. Tom Cable is in the dealership right now. I'm debating whether or not to tell him to keep his chin up or smack him in the back of the head and ask; "Whadda ya? Fukin stoopid?"

[Elfdart]

He probably decided to splurge in a fit of joy when he heard that Al hadn't put a stop payment on his paycheck like he did with Kiffin.

[Havok]

Nah. He's been in before, just not as the head coach. Our sales manager played for him at Cal. He is a really cool guy actually. He may or may not have been my source for the info that I had on Dante Cullpeper. I asked him today... "D'Angelo Hall. You or the old guy?" I got a chuckle and a look that certainly answered my question. I patted him on the back and wished him good luck. He got that I wasn't talking about tomorrow's game.

[Darth Fanboy]

Let's play a little SDN NFL "Buy or Sell":


The Arizona Cardinals as Legitimate NFC Championship Contenders:

Sell, I don't believe that the Cardinals have a chance from emerging out of the East, and the only reason they are even a contender in the first place is because of how obscenely rotten the NFC West is. The Cardinals will make the playoffs, but aren't good bets to go further than the first round in my opinion.

The Dallas Cowboys missing the playoffs:

Buy, some people might think they are still going to sneak in and at the end of this week they will be no worse than a game out of the last spot. But they have more games in their division left that right now do not look positive for them, as well as games with Pittsburgh and Baltimore to finish their games with the AFC North. They'll beat the Niners and Seahawks, but I would not be surprised to see the Cowboys finish the year 0-4 in their last four games (@PIT, vs. NYG, vs. BAL, @PHI).

The Titans will lose fewer games than the Lions will win.

Buy, the Lions are just fucking awful.

[Elfdart]

Put me down for "buy" on all three. Winners for the week:

Falcons, Bears, Jaguars, Ravens, Dolphins, Packers, Patriots, Jets, Panthers, Steelers, Chargers, Eagles, Cardinals

[Qwerty 42]

So 40-0 Jets at the half. The Rams are just so bad right now.

[Havok]

Sell, Buy, Buy.

I just don't believe in the Cardinals. They would actually have to get to the NFCCG for me to buy this.

The Cowboys are done. The Giants are going to win the division and I think the Redskins or Eagles and some one from the NFC South will get the two wild card spots.

The Lions are fucking awful. They will go defeated this year. I really think it is time to rebuild that franchise from the ground up. Trade as many players as you can for draft picks, fire the entire coaching staff and front office. Bring in the best coach that is out there... Marty Schottenhiemer, and throw as much money as you can at some of the top executives in the league.

[Elfdart]

I think you're right about Detroit. Look at their schedule (home games in boldface):

Carolina Panthers
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
TENNESSEE TITANS
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
Indianapolis Colts
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
Green Bay Packers

All of those teams are in the hunt for the playoffs and can't afford to take the Lions for granted. So we can forget about Detroit catching a bad team napping. 0-16 is the most likely outcome for that sorry bunch.

I also agree about bringing in Schottenheimer. He chokes in playoff games worse than any coach since George Allen Sr, but he never coached a team that was an embarrassment to the game of football. The fans in Detroit have been deprived of decent football for so long that an 8-8 season would be the rapture for them.

Unfortunately, they're more likely to bring back Matt Millen.

[FSTargetDrone]

The Eagles lose to the New York Football Giants, 36-31.

[The Spartan]

Yesterday was a fucking joke. I actually got up and walked out of the stadium before the game was over and I never do that.

41 to 13. I would be embarrassed if I was on that team.

[RedImperator]

The Eagles lose to the New York Football Giants, 36-31.

Fucking Eagles.

That's probably going to go on my tombstone.

[FSTargetDrone]

Yesterday was a fucking joke. I actually got up and walked out of the stadium before the game was over and I never do that.

41 to 13. I would be embarrassed if I was on that team.

How about that 47-3 thrashing of the Rams by the Jets?

Fucking Eagles.

That's probably going to go on my tombstone.

How about:

"I've gotta do a better job"

Or:

"I'm not gonna get into that"

Or:

"Time's yours"

Thank the maker for the Phillies. All hail Charlie!

[The Spartan]

Yesterday was a fucking joke. I actually got up and walked out of the stadium before the game was over and I never do that.

41 to 13. I would be embarrassed if I was on that team.

How about that 47-3 thrashing of the Rams by the Jets?

Yeah but I don't care about the Ram.

More seriously, 41 to 13 is still call for embarrassment even if 47 to 3 is call for more.

[That NOS Guy]

Thank the maker for the Phillies. All hail Charlie!

There's a firm reason I said the Phillies were the best hope for the city before the year began. That said, I'm tired of Reid. I just can't continue to defend the man anymore. He can't fucking finish a game, and I've had it. Fuckin' Eagles.

[Dark Flame]

Apparently players on the Browns are calling out others for quitting in the 4th quarter. That's just what we need, douchebag players with no heart that give up. Fantastic.

[Havok]

I like what I am seeing from my guys tonight.

[Havok]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

What the fuck was that!!! Two and a half yards away and you run your backup up the fucking middle on the last play of the game?!?!?!?

[Darth Fanboy]

The 49ers had the lead and then let the game devolve into an offensive slugfest, and that is the kind of game they were never going to win against Arizona.

Tony Kornheiser's worst game as a MNF commentator by the way.

@ RedImp:

I thought the World Series was supposed to make the bitterness with the other teams magically fade away?

[Elfdart]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

What the fuck was that!!! Two and a half yards away and you run your backup up the fucking middle on the last play of the game?!?!?!?

It didn't matter what play they called, the Cards owned the line of scrimmage on that play. The only difference is that a starting RB would have been stuffed, or the QB sacked. Your team needs a line.

[Dark Flame]

The 49ers looked really good for about 3 quarters. They definitely played their hearts out, but that call at the end really let them down. I think the plan was that Gore was split out and they wanted the Cards to focus on him and not on the backup in the backfield, but I think all Singletary managed to do their was outsmart himself. Gotta find ways to win the close games.

However, it wouldn't have mattered if Gore had scored on the play before, which I think he should have been given based on sheer effort alone. That was real tough luck.

Anyways, 8-4 this week, just missing a couple of close games. Oh yeah, and the Browns suck.

[Tsyroc]

I'm just happy the Cardinals got out of it with a win. I figured it would be tough since the first game of the season was pretty close as well.

At this point I'm hoping the Cards will continue on into the playoffs and hopefully knock someone off that everyone is sure they shouldn't beat. They'd have to get seriously lucky for a long run to make it to the Super Bowl.

Besides some of their crappy games they have had close games with some of the actually good teams in the NFL. They just haven't beaten them.

[Qwerty 42]

On to 11!

New York Jets at New England
Denver at Atlanta
Detroit at Carolina
Philadelphia at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Kansas City
Baltimore at New York Giants- I actually think this one could happen, too
Minnesota at Tampa Bay
Oakland at Miami
Chicago at Green Bay
Houston at Indianapolis
St. Louis at San Francisco
Arizona at Seattle
Tennessee at Jacksonville
San Diego at Pittsburgh
Dallas at Washington
Cleveland at Buffalo

[starslayer]

The thing is on that last play, Robinson would have scored if they'd been on the 1. Martz and Singletary were confused about the spot of the ball; they thought they were on the 1, when in reality they were closer to the three yard line. That's why they called a fullback dive, and because of the chaos leading up to that point, didn't have time to correct the play or call a spike, although Hill still could've spiked it and had them ready for an actual fourth down last chance play. So fucking close...

[The Spartan]

Houston at Indianapolis

While I appreciate the vote of confidence, I'm not going to hold my breath.

In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Manning and the Colts are going to come out fired up and ready to kick ass because of the near embarrassment they experienced last time saved only by our last minute fuckups.