2008 NFL Season Thread- The Road to Super Bowl XLIII

[Darth Fanboy]

"Would" and "Should" when it comes to victory margins are pretty meaningless concepts unless you're more interested in the point spread than the outcome itself.

Good teams win and win often, This year the Titans have won 4 (Chicago, Green Bay in OT, Baltimore, Jacksonville) games by 7 points or less, and another 2 games by just 10 points (Jacksonville, Indy). All of those teams they have played close games with haven't played even close to the Titans' level of play this year (Baltimore and Indy @ 6-4 are the best of that bunch). Victory margin is just padding on the cake.

[Qwerty 42]

And here we go:

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

[Dark Flame]

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


This might be a week with some big upsets happening. I'd kinda like to see that.

[Havok]

I mean, I love you guys and all, but SF wining at Dallas?

[Dark Flame]

The 49ers are a team on the way up, the Cowboys are on the way down. Plus I don't want to see Dallas in the playoffs so I'm hoping this will happen.

[starslayer]

As much as I loved seeing the 9ers kick the ever-loving shit out of the Rams, that was the Rams. The Cowboys are still the better team. Did you see how St. Louis got a bunch of big gains in the beginning before SF adjusted? Dallas, even if they're on the way down, is most likely going to pick us apart.

[Chardok]

I mean, I love you guys and all, but SF wining at Dallas?

Have you been asleep for four weeks? Dallas is a hopeless trainwreck. San Fran has a real chance of ACCIDENTALLY winning in dallas. On a touchdown that Dallas scores....for the 49ers.

[Dark Flame]

Tied 7-7, but the Steelers are in the red zone at the 2 minute warning in the 2nd quarter.

[Dark Flame]

And the Bungles lose. No big surprise, I guess.

It was almost entirely worth it just to see Holmes get destroyed by Chris Crocker. That hit was amazing!

[The Spartan]

Houston at Cleveland

You're picking Houston to win? We're a lost, floundering team and Cleveland is starting to find its rythym, there's no way we're going to beat them.

[Qwerty 42]

Houston at Cleveland

You're picking Houston to win? We're a lost, floundering team and Cleveland is starting to find its rythym, there's no way we're going to beat them.

No, probably not. But your uniforms are cooler.

[Elfdart]

My picks:

Ravens
Browns
Buccaneers
Bills
Bears Titans
Patriots
Cowboys
Jaguars
Cardinals
Donkeys
Panthers
Seahawks
Chargers
Packers

[FSTargetDrone]

After 2 interceptions, McNabb was pulled from the Eagles/Ravens game in the 3rd quarter and Kolb is in there now. And he threw an interception of own a few minutes ago.

15-7 Ravens as the 4th quarter begins.

Since it seems unlikely McNabb will be put back in the game, the best thing you can say for him is that he won't get to tie his 3 interceptions of last week.

Update:

HA! Someone on the Eagles' bench just drew an Unsportsmanlike Conduct. It would be funny if it wasn't such a bad game.

Update:

Ravens score on a 53 yard touchdown. Clayton ran in with impunity.

22-7 Ravens with the kick. 11:30 remaining in the 4th.

[FSTargetDrone]

The Eagles were inches, inches, barely a football's length from the goal to get back in the game and inconceivably Kolb throws it into the end zone instead of sneaking it in, resulting in a neat interception. Reed runs the length of the field for a touchdown.

29-7 Ravens with just over 7 minutes to go.

[That NOS Guy]

I knew the Eagles season was done after tying the Bengals, but this is just embarrassing. Fire Andy Reid, I've had enough of his insanely bad play calling.

[FSTargetDrone]

I knew the Eagles season was done after tying the Bengals, but this is just embarrassing. Fire Andy Reid, I've had enough of his insanely bad play calling.

If you can't beat the Bengals, who can you beat? Why in the hell did they throw the ball back there, 2 scores ago? Madness.

Update:

35-7 as the Ravens score again. At 3:10 remaining, the game is stopped for an injury.

Update:

With the FG, 36-7 Ravens after a short injury timeout.

[FSTargetDrone]

With just over 1 minute remaining, Baltimore takes a knee and the game will end.

36-7 Ravens over the Eagles.

[Kuja]

Buffalo clears out KC and Houston does indeed top the Browns. Jets smack down the Titans HARD and New England pushes it right to the end with Miami.

Quite a week.

[Falkenhayn]

It's not very often that the Bills send the home fans packing half way through the third quarter. Today really appealed to the Bill Belechick in me, I was hoping we'd put up 60. Trent Edwards supplied 4 Touchdowns, playing like a man who knew he had to earn back some respect. Runningback by committee produced 140 yards rushing and another fifty recieving. Lee Evans had a 100+ yard day at about 20 YPC.

Hopefully kicking the snot out of a bad team will get us out of this funk.

Also, Leodis McKelvin, welcome to the NFL!

[The Spartan]

Houston at Cleveland

You're picking Houston to win? We're a lost, floundering team and Cleveland is starting to find its rythym, there's no way we're going to beat them.

No, probably not. But your uniforms are cooler.

I'm very happy to have to eat those words.

[Medic]

4-7, boo-yeah!

[Havok]

Hey, at least the Raiders won.

[Medic]

Hey, at least the Raiders won.

That consolation gets tinnier and hollower... with each mounting loss.

[Falkenhayn]

Look on the bright side. Andy Reid's going to be on the market in no time.

[Dark Flame]

Houston at Cleveland

You're picking Houston to win? We're a lost, floundering team and Cleveland is starting to find its rythym, there's no way we're going to beat them.

Fuck.

Sorry, Spartan, but it's a credit to how shitty the Texans are that they only won by 10. If we had played a halfway competent team, it could easily have been 40+ to nothing.

What's the trend this week with benching QB's to make a spark? Has that ever worked? The Browns are getting worse as the season goes on, so they decide to go backwards another step and put DA in. Fantastic. I realize Brady played badly, but he's practically a rookie! If they're looking to bench somebody, it needs to be Braylon.