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

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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