downhill from here >>> nfl 2017/18 weeks 10 thru 17 thread

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Gore was on 3 good teams in 11. How many TV commercials would have had if he played for the Packers or Steelers in the same time?

earlnash, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link

Running back is weird in that way when discussing the greats, as you got some players that got hurt young Bo Jackson, Gayle Sayers, Billy Sims etc. and then you got people like Herschel Walker and Ricky Williams who by what you know really were a couple of the best of all time but their careers turned out really weird.

earlnash, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link

indy is playing good/hard imo

johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link

Gore kinda has a pretty dud personality too tho. Not much flare there to market

Spottie, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link

Emmitt Smith was great, but the dude had the luck of both being on the best exact place to put up tons and tons of yards and being durable enough to play forever. Smith was a masher and great running back to just pound the rock, but I can probably name on a hand at least a handful of guys I saw play that were more dangerous because of their speed and moves etc.

earlnash, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:19 (six years ago) link

this game is bad.

Spottie, Sunday, 24 December 2017 04:23 (six years ago) link

yeah obv if you switch emitt smith w Barry sanders then Barry prob averages 3k yards a season and emitts name is unknown.

Spottie, Sunday, 24 December 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link

Smith would have been really good, but it would not have been as easy and he probably would have taken a worse pounding. Larry Allen alone, that era Cowboy o-line was the best of it's time.

Sanders kept a bunch of his teams in the game. They never got over that next level, but they won quite a few games. A couple of times they had a good passing games, they just couldn't get it all together to take that next step.

earlnash, Sunday, 24 December 2017 06:46 (six years ago) link

feel like every lions season they had sanders they had to win out their last three games to make the playoffs and save their coaches job and they always did it then lost in the first round

lag∞n, Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link

This is extremely unlikely but damn it would be the most hilarious thing

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21863467/teams-complain-nfl-green-bay-packers-violated-ir-rule-think-aaron-rodgers-released

Multiple teams complained to the NFL last week that the Packers violated the rules regarding players who are eligible to be placed on injured reserve -- and that Green Bay should have to release quarterback Aaron Rodgers as a result, league sources told ESPN.

NFL rules stipulate that a player needs to have suffered a new injury that would sideline him at least six weeks to be placed on injured reserve. If that is not the case, the team is obligated to release the player once he is healthy.

omar little, Sunday, 24 December 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link

Belichick have naked pictures of a replay official or something? Holy hell.

frogbs, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link

fuck the Bills but fuck the dirty ass Pats too imo

horseshoe, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link

I’m on my second bottle of wine btw; gonna send this tab to the refs

horseshoe, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link

thought it probably wasn't a TD but was amazed that they overturned the original call

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link

by rule, the patriots do not allow touchdown catches

mookieproof, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link

it's a heuristic more than a rule

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link

jimbert g was the best qb in NE all along

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 25 December 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link

poor eli

mookieproof, Monday, 25 December 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link

NFC playoff layout as of now is pretty interesting, too bad it is probably just a setup to get beat by NE in the Superbowl.

earlnash, Monday, 25 December 2017 01:16 (six years ago) link

feel like maybe replay officials shd only be allowed to go to a certain level of slowmo

lag∞n, Monday, 25 December 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link

As much as I'd like to see them win again, NE looks fairly beatable in the playoffs.

Moodles, Monday, 25 December 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link

xp

Moodles, Monday, 25 December 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link

Who is going to beat the Pats? Steelers in Gillette? Jags? I would think anything less than getting to the Superbowl would be a let down. They are not anywhere near the best of the Pats teams or anything over the past decade or so, but the league is pretty mushy these days on good teams.

Eagles would probably be the big favorite if old boy hadn't got hurt, as they do look pretty good all the way around.

One of those NFC South could get hot and go to the Superbowl. Vikings are pretty good all the way around, so maybe they make it their year. I'd be good with that scenario myself. I'd like to have bet 20 on the Rams going to the Superbowl way back around the draft, that might turn out to be a pretty good payoff if it happens and it is still a long shot at this point.

earlnash, Monday, 25 December 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link

feel like almost all "great" RBs either feel overrated because of where they played (Bettis, E. Smith) or supremely talented but somehow unsatisfying careers (Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders)

Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 25 December 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link

I have a decent amount of confidence in the Vikings ability to turn the Superbowl into a dreary 21-13 slugfest that everyone outside the home markets stops watching

Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 25 December 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link

8-for-17, 51 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

7 sacks for -42 yards

mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link

make that 2 INTs

frogbs, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link

I had OAK +10, that last play was a whirlwind of emotions

frogbs, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 04:50 (six years ago) link

gdamn good on you for betting that

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 04:53 (six years ago) link

Wasn’t going to but it started at 8.5 and moved to 10 by kickoff. Lol @ anyone who got in early

frogbs, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 04:58 (six years ago) link

There is a certain sweetness to read about a bunch of Cowboys hand wringing. It is good when not is all going well in Jerrahworld. It's funny that their stadium is the ultimate neutral site, even for the Cowboys. I'll be kind of surprised if Garrett gets fired, but man, he might kind of wish he does.

It's also hilarious that the Hatcats have screwed around and probably going to lose their QB. It's been a LONG LONG time since even a decent QB changed teams. I got to think Cousins is going to Denver, that makes way too much sense. They still have some picks and some good players. Got to wonder, would this had finally been the time and place for Wade Phillips to have been a head coach? Dude that defense really tuned up. Don't know.

Kinda curious in where Bruce Arians goes. If he leaves AZ, which he probably should - I got to think the Colts or Broncos might give him a call.

earlnash, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 23:25 (six years ago) link

Remember when wade was a not great head coach in denver? So. Long. Ago.

y'know, LIBS! libertarians, libertines, even liberians and librarians (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link

please someone on social media screencap the sad giants fan kid with "WE BELIEVE IN ELI" sign

¯\_(🏈 )_/¯ (daria-g), Sunday, 31 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link

not a great patriots team this year --> 13-3, first seed in the afc
not a great washington team this year --> 7-9

¯\_(🏈 )_/¯ (daria-g), Sunday, 31 December 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link

has there ever been a playoff bound bye team as dead man walking as the philadephia eagles

Mordy, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link

Wide open first round draft pick Corey Coleman drops easiest pass of his career on 4th down in Steelers territory to seal Browns loss.

brownie, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link

brownie.jpg

mookieproof, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link

see you next year

https://www.browniespain.com/13734-thickbox_default/brownie-2018-sweatshirt.jpg

brownie, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link

Uh Mordy remember the year when people were seriously suggesting trying to talk Brett Favre out of retirement so he could start for the Cardinals in the playoffs in lieu of their truly awful 3rd stringer

frogbs, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link

But yeah Philly is screwed

frogbs, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link

congrats to the Browns on this historic season

Vikings... who knows, I thought they'd be 8-8 this year, defense should really scare ppl though I'm not as sold on Keenum as many

Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link

browns last road win remains Sunday Oct 11, 2015 never forget

johnny crunch, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link

I only regret that the browns have but sixteen games to lose for their country

lag∞n, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link

lol

k3vin k., Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link

if Case Keenum doesn't title his post-season mostly ghostwritten inspirational tome "Case by Case" i'll be disappointed.

omar little, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link

eagles are depressing

k3vin k., Sunday, 31 December 2017 22:01 (six years ago) link

did we get any shots of the 2008 lions popping champagne

mookieproof, Sunday, 31 December 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link

just fuck off ravens

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 31 December 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link

mccoy :(

bills getting to the playoffs for the first time since the polk administration and losing their good player week 17 would be extremely bills

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 31 December 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link

Hit on Goodwin a good reason to be done w ffball watching.

Spottie, Sunday, 31 December 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link


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