NFL 2013 WEEK XV: It's sad. He was a Gronk.

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

realy sad

the top five teams hit hardest from a cap perspective by injured reserve players:

Rams -- $28.8 million
Patriots -- $27.4 million
Texans -- $26.1 million
Bengals -- $21.4 million
Giants - $19.7 million

Rodgers probably still out this week :(

xp am i a jerk if that list just makes me lol @ sam bradford's contract for the millionth time?

Last week another 11-5 (about my avg.), for the season 166-71

San Diego at Denver - Denver, but I would not be surprised if SD sticks with them in a shootout.
Washington at Atlanta - Grease fire bowl! I guess ATL?
San Francisco at Tampa Bay - Niners
Seattle at N.Y. Giants - I'm taking Seahawks, but this game got trap written all over it.
Philadelphia at Minnesota - Eagles
New England at Miami - I'm going Pats, but this could go either way I think.
Buffalo at Jacksonville - Jville seems to be stabilizing and the Bills seem to be wilting.
Houston at Indianapolis - Indy should win this one, but their D is pretty damn shaky these days.
Chicago at Cleveland - Bears probably should win, but the Browns seem to hang around quite a bit and if they get a turnover TD or a return, it could go Browns. The Bear's D line is a f-ing mess. I bet Urlacher is laughing his ass off watching them get run over this past 6 weeks "Yeah sure you don't need me". I'm going Bears.
Kansas City at Oakland - KC but games between these two clubs could always go either way.
N.Y. Jets at Carolina - Panthers should win, but I don't trust them. Jets would be a pretty good club if they had a good QB, as their defense is pretty sound.
Green Bay at Dallas - Cowboys unless Rodgers starts. After last week, I'd give Eddie Lacy 30+ carries in this game.
Arizona at Tennessee - Cards need the win, but the Titans while not good are not totally lame.
New Orleans at St. Louis - Saints should win, but I bet the Rams defense gives them some fits.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh - Bengals need win and are better club, but they have a long history of not winning of Pittsburgh.
Baltimore at Detroit - Good matchup. I think on paper Lions are better, but that has been an often told tale. Give me Ravens on the road.

The NY trap being that it is a 1pm start on the east coast for a Seattle club. It probably depends on if the Giants come to tackle and if Eli doesn't throw any Pick sixes.

new england at miami prediction: aided by tom brady's career-high five interceptions, a result of brady repeatedly mistaking various defensive linemen for the ghost of rob gronkowski, miami is leading 42-3 with 90 seconds left in the game. the patriots' three points come on a 97-yard field goal by stephen gostkowski on the first play from scrimmage of the second half. bill belichick will later explain he made the decision to kick on first down because "that was the play i called in that situation. we ran a play that we thought would work. miami is a good football team. some really good players. well coached. they work hard." the patriots make it 42-9 when stevan ridley somehow fumbles during a brady quarterback sneak from the one yard line, but brady recovers. they repeat the exact same play, and ridley fumbles to brady again, for the two-point conversion to make it 42-11. gostkowski then recovers four straight onside kicks, scooping up the ball and running it for a touchdown each time. gostkowski reports as eligible on all four ensuing two-point conversions, and brady hits him in the corner of the end zone four straight times, even though by the last one gostkowski is triple covered and danny amendola is standing alone in the opposite corner without a defender in sight. patriots now leading 43-42. there is some concern that the final touchdown, with two seconds left on the clock, has left miami too much time to march upfield and try a game-winning field goal. but gostkowski sacks ryan tannehill on the final play to seal the victory.

PICK: dolphins. (we're talking point spreads, right?)

apologies to daria, but fuck washington dc football. burn it to the ground.

impressive flameout by shanahan

this new thing makes no sense....so he says he's shutting down RG III because he's worried about his health....and says he's starting Cousins....but now I guess he says that after today's practice RG III can "make his case to start"?

like what? you're either shutting someone down for medical reasons or you're not! the players opinion shouldn't matter at that point, it's based on you trainer and medical staff's opinions....

or you're just lying and just want to make your franchise QB come grovel for a chance to start a game over kirk cousins?

i don't have the first clue what shan is doing but it is important to remember he is not really the bad guy here. the bad guy is the same guy as always.

Belichick has a lot of influence but I feel like it's a stretch to blame this one on him

lol

"[Megatron's] pretty old, so I don't know how physical he'll be," Matt Elam said. "He's a big guy, but he's older."

How many years deep is he now? Five or something? He's probably 27 or 28. Those are prime WR years.

Ah, so it's his seventh season. Still, I'd argue that he's played better in his last three years than he did when he was younger.

"the bad guy is the same guy as always."

Marty, Joe G. & Shanahan's record w/ The Dan

65-76 .461

the rest...

459-279-1 .622

hey everyone in this city is angry about washington dc football

shutting down rgiii is garbage imo, he should be playing

genuine lol @ djp

I figure the whole shutdown thing is just Shanahan poisoning the milk a bit. He knows he is on the way out and doesn't want to hear any B.S. like last year if he gets hurt. Also if RGIII isn't playing, Shanahan really doesn't have to deal with him anymore and I think that is where he is at.

I'm for it if nothing else it's a cool chance for some pro wrestling style politics in the NFL. It would be absolutely hilarious if Washington plays Cousins and goes 3-0 to close the season.

If that were to happen, Shanahan should go into that final press conference and say "I told you so." then pull the mic off the podium and let it drop off the floor and walk out with his 'ipad and couple of notebooks' out of his office under his arm.

i think if the http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG win three more games this season streams of fire will rain upon this earth and shanahan will ascend into the clouds in a shaft of pure healing light while we all writhe and burn

the way to make that happen, obviously, would be to name tim tebow his starting quarterback.

What is tebow up to these days

angling to be a college football tv analyst iirc

he is probably at least as good a qb as kirk cousins, they should move for him and finally the media might pay attention to this franchise.

"[Megatron's] pretty old, so I don't know how physical he'll be," Matt Elam said. "He's a big guy, but he's older."

― polyphonic, Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I guess Elam doesnt have Red Zone. Then again, i guess he's too busy on Sundays to watch the NFL

he is probably at least as good a qb as kirk cousins, they should move for him and finally the media might pay attention to this franchise.

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:20 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Youre kidding, right? About the media exposure?

you got me

All ive heard about the past two days, even on friggin Atlanta stations (somewhat forgivable cuz they are playing each other this week) is this tedious "saga". Even more than the Saban-Brown soap opera. Espn was wall to wall Redskin controversy last nite. Goddamn, who cares.

Not sure how "Redskin" snuck through there.

or there

It's only the plural that triggers our beloved hatcat.

Im hoping tonight is a good game. i havent seen much of the Chargers this year, i know Rivers has bounced back from a lousy '12

i was just given 50 yd line tix 17th row, screening an iln hoodie for tv

denver secondary is weak, backers in disarray, line missing two starters. i think rivers could really prosper.

I'm still favoring Denver, but I selected lower points in pick'em than I would under normal circumstances.

First down here plz

nice, i was really feeling a chargers win and for once they didn't fuck me over

hard to believe they lost to the texans and the http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG

that was really first rate stuff by the bolts. delighted for keenan allen who just announced himself to the world, and i'm pretty sure they have the order in to the engravers for OROY already. feels like it was a coming out of sorts for ryan mathews too. obv offense did an amazing executing a time-hogging gameplan but i had no idea that san diego had any kind of defense this year, especially not one that kind of killed the game against the best offense on football in that 2nd quarter in particular.

that was the best i've ever seen mathews play by far

Chargers D supremely impressive. Good game, im also happy with the result. This Keenan Allen dude came to play.

it's also nice that phil rivers is a good qb again, i kinda hate him but the nfl is better when he's playing well

yeah otm. his apparent abrupt decline was sad.

He's utterly hilarious. I get a huge kick out of watching that guy. Not sure I actually like him, but I like watching him, if that makes any sense.

i think that's a good description of my feelings too

how you feeling about the broncos dude? creaking a bit or maybe just foot off the gas as the reg season winds down? i guarantee that NE loses to either miami or bmore - denver can't lose in houston or oakland right? so anyone in the pretty mediocre afc playoff field worry you at home?

cincy afc champs

j/k i dunno. broncos are def v.v. creaky imo. i know the story with the d, but i was surprised by what i saw on offense last night. looked tired.

Very bad defensive backfield play.

Weather is pretty cruddy in Cleveland, but I am still surprised by how many open seats there are in the stadium.

oh my god just got home and 1) only game on tv is washington vs atlanta 2) subsequent series of plays were: lost fumble by washington to atlanta, lost fumble by atlanta to washington, lost fumble by washington to atlanta

gronk hoo?

oh my god Brady's gonna do it again

oof

pats invented a new 2 minute offense for that last drive - 1 tackle (3rd string), 3 guards, 3 slot receivers. can't believe it didn't work. can't believe how close it got tho.

yess

that was cool. alshon jeffery catch also O.O

WTH Eagles?

So is it Minnesota's love for the dome that brought this outbreak of offense?

dang amendola shdve had that td to win but he caught it w his fingertips for no reason

also previous dolphins drive on their fourth down play there was an egregious hold that allowed them to convert

jamaal Charles has 1 rushing td on 20 yds rushing but 4(!) receiving tds on 195 yds

Alex Smith is pretty good

i was in a bar this afternoon and a downbeat packers fan was convinced her team was going to get killed. i said, hey, dallas is perfectly capable of fucking this up.

Really surprised that Dolphins field goal fumble never made it into this thread

What happened to ILNFL

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amazing

i hope that lady remembers that i was otm

Romo! Romo!

"hey, dallas is perfectly capable of fucking this up."

AND THIS PROVES TO BE TRUE!

Dallas is so full of fun and humor, easily the best NFL club for schadenfreude.

so eli threw 5 interceptions at home, huh

god bless the nfc east

I just want to remind everyone, this same Matt Flynn that the Raiders let go for whoever they got playing QB this week.

I guess the system must be part of it and definitely Green Bay always has just a great receiver corps, but c'mon this guy Flynn has been pretty good the past couple weeks.

al michaels just mistook the bengals punter for a penalty flag

I know everyone's going to talk nonstop about the Cowboys collapse (and rightfully so), but Packers offense was amazing that 2nd half. They seemed to have so much trouble scoring even one touchdown without Rodgers much less five in a half!!

The story is going to be how Romo folded up, but that Cowboy defense is just laughingly bad.

RUN THE FREAKIN' BALL, BURN SOME CLOCK. Who do you think you are Andy Reid or Mike Martz?

Monte Kiffin (born February 29, 1940) is the defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys. He used to be widely considered to be one of the preeminent defensive coordinators in modern football prior to his recent stint with the Dallas Cowboys

otm

from the 'fantasy' section of matt flynn's espn page:

Flynn was reasonably productive against Atlanta on Sunday, throwing for 258 yards, one touchdown and one interception on 32 attempts, so he might have QB2 utility against a Dallas defense that has no talent, coaching or heart.

Adam Beasley ‏@AdamHBeasley -- Only if BAL loses RT @Gbear_46: @AdamHBeasley Follow with me here: Pats lose out. Fins win out. Bengals lose two. Colts lose 1. Fins 2 seed?

http://anthonystephens.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/we-are-the-champions.jpg

Really surprised that Dolphins field goal fumble never made it into this thread

What happened to ILNFL

― 乒乓, Sunday, December 15, 2013 7:36 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that was v funny

omg they have peter king here at halftime announcing that peyton manning is sportsman of the year.

brb i'm going to go outside and die of exposure

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/827772278.gif

i love how he tries to catch it after come on buddy ever heard of how time works

It was pretty sly, but I think Gruden got kind of a dig in on Kiffin a couple weeks ago with the Cowboys. He said, unless you are getting a good pass rush, running that Tampa 2 just doesn't work anymore as so many of the passing routes always have someone going underneath to go where there is a hole. Pretty much every team is running some plays that are spread inspired.

Dallas has a lot of injuries and I think DeMarcus Ware's injuries or age really hurt them, as that guy was a one man pass rush for the past 8 seasons or so.

i love how he tries to catch it after come on buddy ever heard of how time works

best-coached team in the nfl. maybe ever.

Same ole' story for the Bengals, you are not going anywhere until you can beat the Steelers.

wow long kick

the lions are just the worst thing in the world

ban field goals

Trent Dilfer pretty otm: "the Lions threw up on themselves tonight"

lol

http://miketanier.sportsonearthblog.com/the-all-snyder-team/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTGTYBHSIBI

rip

peace big man

lmaoooo

https://sports.theonion.com/rob-gronkowski-informs-patriots-he-s-considering-retire-1833977479

Should we REALLY make our schedule release video with stock footage?

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