0-2? THAT'S WHEN I'M A VIKING ✰✰✰ NFL Week Three ✰✰✰

I dunno, Jackson is pretty good. If they do it now he can start learning the playbook and be in better shape when his suspension ends.

re: Jackson to Minnesota.

This is the route Favre finally took to camp this season. </dad>

ESPN sez Vick starts this weekend. Also, Larry Johnson cut by Skins (ha!).

chris mortensen said that vick is the indefinite starter and the decision is not related to kolb's concussion

also lol at d'brickashaw ferguson & vernon gholston being in the car with braylon

they would've been better off had the car plunged into the east river after they dropped ferguson off

Oh man, you guys. I just saw Josh McDaniels' press conference about Kenny McKinley's suicide and now I want to give every Bronco a hug. ;_;

GB @ CHI : Against all good judgement, I'm picking Bears to go 3-0.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:09 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark

Dude no way. The Bears line can't protect Cutler at all, and Clay Matthews is a steroid monster right now.

Weirdness, thy name is Monday Night Football.

Close games are usually closer, upsets happen more often than usual, great players play poorly, poor players play greatly. So, while Green Bay should absolutely win this, I'm going with Chicago anyway. (I'm not putting a lot of confidence points on it, though.)

one amazing thing about the bears so far is that Cutler has been so resolute and tough in the face of constant pressure. He's a SOB, but a tough SOB.

he's made some incredible passes this year

highest qb rating in the league so far this year

8-8 last week, didn't pick for week 1, so 8-8 overall.

DET @ MIN : Vikings are lol, but Vikings get a win this week.
DAL @ HOU : Texans.
BUF @ NE : Pats.
CIN @ CAR : Bengals.
ATL @ NO : Saintz.
PIT @ TB : Oh man what a trainwreck. Steelers.
CLE @ BAL : Ravens.
TEN @ NYG : Giants, I guess.
WAS @ STL : Skins.
PHI @ JAC : Vick gets the start, so Eagles.
SD @ SEA : Chargers.
OAK @ ARI : Raiders.
IND @ DEN : Colts.
NYJ @ MIA : Fins.
GB @ CHI : Packers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ffSLLUzLBw

the hester TD was an amazing pass & catch all around

For the Browns to have a receiver as fast as say J.Knox, is unfathomable to me.

can i just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F31ELjaFkO4
i mean this was the prettiest td i remember seeing

umm how have we not talked about FLYING POLAMALU yet

wait for the second angle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DyzASDVpwU

so sick

partly i wondered if revis faked his hammy pull so he could explain away getting sonned so badly.

maybe he's just scared to play the dolphins this weekend.

Couple of things I have noticed...

Houston Texans have given up over 800 yards in passing in the first two weeks.

Talking heads are talking like the Bears don't have any 'real' receivers. Now going into last year, I could see this point, as they didn't have much experience. They put up some yards up last year, even if the interceptions killed them. Their wide outs are just flat out fast, even some of the backups like Bennett. I'd like to see them have a hands/possession receiver, but they pretty much have that with Forte and he has the ability to make a move after the catch. Olsen isn't bad either. That offensive line...err, I hope they can keep Cutler from getting killed.

Bears defense put some flat out knocks on the Cowboys last week.

Have you guys noticed that on the team pages for Yahoo (those of you who play in the fantasy leagues, anyway) they list salaries? I was just peeping the Raiders page and saw this: punter Shane Lechler makes $6,401,560 in 2010, while Jason Campbell, Bruce Gradkowski and Michael Bush don't even make that much combined. Punting is lucrative!

To be fair, Lechler may be most reliable player on team. "May"

"We had multiple deals in place," said Neil Schwartz, Vincent Jackson's agent. "It is our understanding from (other general managers) that the Chargers were unreasonable. More than one general manager referred to A.J. as the 'Lord of No Rings.'"

sportscenter's poll tonight was "who is the best quarterback in the nfc east?"

tony romo finished last

Sources say Jackson’s agents will attempt to get back at Smith by making sure their receiver, once he ends up with a new team next spring (or later, depending upon the uncertain labor landscape), has an inordinately low base salary for 2011 – which would likely reduce the compensatory pick the Chargers would receive for losing Jackson from a potential third-rounder to a sixth- or seventh-round selection.

Haha that is genius.

yeah that really is

aj smith is a fucking dumbass

this is like the decision to let drew brees walk, except EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE

DET @ MIN : vikings
DAL @ HOU : texans this is more of a hope
BUF @ NE : patriots
CIN @ CAR : bengals
ATL @ NO : saints
PIT @ TB : steelers
CLE @ BAL : ravens
TEN @ NYG : giants
SF @ KC : niners
WAS @ STL : redskins
PHI @ JAC : eagles
SD @ SEA : seahawks
OAK @ ARI : cards
IND @ DEN : colts
NYJ @ MIA : jets
GB @ CHI : packars

okay, can i just
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l97elnv3T71qzyx8yo1_500.jpg
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l97em65N9T1qzyx8yo1_500.jpg
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l97emn4vY61qzyx8yo1_500.jpg

uh

when did that happen.

kinda dig the saints throwback unis with the halo helmets

IT'S HORRIBLE! THE BENGALS ARE CHANGING! CHANGING INTO...BENGALS!

Awesome imo

lol @ Saints turning Bengals into pillars of salt

my goal should be to get OchoCinco to tweet these.

YES

just twittered him with permalink to the thread. Now all you do it too!

Kind of unfair of the storywriter to not let the Bengals maul the Saints.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OYyHO1HoUk&feature=player_embedded#!

Wow...just....wow

DET @ MIN : Something is not right with the Vikings + Lions have been looking hot. I think Detroit upsets.
DAL @ HOU : Almost the same as above but Dallas looks a little better than Vikings and Texans look a little better than Detroit.
BUF @ NE : Patriots.
CIN @ CAR : Bengals
ATL @ NO : Saints.
PIT @ TB : Steelers D scores enough points to win.
CLE @ BAL : Ravens.
TEN @ NYG : Titans.
WAS @ STL : Redskins.
PHI @ JAC : IGGGGGGGGGLES
SD @ SEA : Bolts
OAK @ ARI : Cardinals.
IND @ DEN : Colts.
NYJ @ MIA : Jets (say I!)
GB @ CHI : Packers.

Sorry guys, I have to rant and the AFL board is tumbleweeds. Whatever issues the NFL has with o/t rules in Superbowls, it's all gravy compared to Australian Rules Football: AFL Grand Final was played today (well tomorrow, whatver, timezones, ow)...both teams tied the score at the end of regulation. Aaaaand that's all.
Official league rules say no extra time in the Grand Final, so...no extra time. Both teams come back next week to play it all over again. Stupid bloody archaic rulebook, probably still has penalties for untrimmed mustaches and not folding your breeches correctly before a game. GAH!!!!!! St Kilda haven't won a premiership since 1966; last year they were beaten in the grand final in a heartbreaker; this year they tie. If they don't win the do-over game, I'm pretty sure they'll chomp down on cyanide pills.

The end.

For posterity:

http://images.theage.com.au/2010/09/25/1948454/gf_defcon4-620x0.jpg

Sorry. Back to Yankeeball!

nothing in that photo makes sense ot me

The score, or just everything?

i understand that they tied

A couple of those dudes have nice ink.

xp true but he'll still drive them crazy with semi-regular no-shows

yeah if anything the peppers signing will blow up in their faces potentially down the line or over the course of a few years if he no-shows a bunch -- right now is v much the honeymoon period

it's always worth keeping an eye on someone who draws "hey look, he's actually playing hard!!" articles in the third game of the season

You guys would know more than I would since I only watched him every once in awhile on the Panthers, but it would not surprise me if one of the reasons he slacked a bit was because he was on a shitty team, a la Randy Moss. Before the Panthers fell apart he seemed like a total badass. Now he's playing on what seems like a good team, playing along with some guys he has to be accountable to and a coach maybe he respects a little more ... also, even his worst seasons in Carolina he was a disruptive force, and the Bears didn't really have that. If he draws double teams it will make it easier for Urlacher and Briggs to roam. I think he makes that defense a lot better.

the panthers have never been worse than 7-9 since he's been there, and had three seasons of 11+ wins. you might be right, but this is not a moss on the raiders thing.

They were pretty dang bad last year, 7-9 notwithstanding.

yeah, and they were pretty damn good the year before--peppers' reputation did not suddenly appear last year.

Peppers was also kind of banged up for a couple of years in Carolina, which was part of the reason his production slid down a bit.