nfl week 7 2016-7: jay is still missing and chip makes a difficult decision

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have to admit i am both relieved and excited to be using this thread again

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i think this is 1 part substance 3 parts hilarious but worthwhile all the same all the same:
http://thebiglead.com/2016/10/18/declining-nfl-quality-of-play-has-been-a-talking-point-for-25-years/

Problem is a lot of the star "future of the league" QB prospects have sorta fizzled out lately. Russell Wilson turned out fine, but his counterpart in Colin Kaepernick is a backup on an awful team. Luck hasn't been good in a couple years, RG3 is on his last legs (and out for the year), Cam is mired in an awful season, Bridgewater is out for the year, and older stars are either retiring, perpetually injured, suspended, or not playing at the same level (Rodgers). Like it's coming to the point where the big contracts are going to dudes like Brock Osweiler and Kirk Cousins; not where the NFL wants to be.

in terms of quality of play, pretty much everything boils down to bad coaching and front office management. if you can't turn young talent into good nfl players you have bad coaching. if you have to play a lot of young players before they are ready you have bad cap management/talent retention. the same problems apply at every position but of course magnified at qb. imo there are two particularly damaging trends with qbs. first, there was a shift towards the end of the old cba where the model went from drafting a guy and sitting him a few years to having to get someone who can start immediately. when teams were playing pro bowl money to first round draft picks that was sort of defensible, but the paradigm hasn't switched back now. and second, and what makes the first worse, is that the fanbase over-emphasis on qbs is infecting actual football execs.

one thing that coaches often mention is the impact of recent limitations to off season training e.g. seen in poor o-line play early in the season. i'm sure that's true but it's also one of the few material things the nfl has done to address player health. if they want to mitigate the affect of that they need to look elsewhere, maybe cutting preseason games. definitely only goes to highlight how stupid the ideas of adding more regular season games or expanding the playoffs are. i hope this downturn in ratings and subsequent spotlight has come at the right time to put paid to that bullshit once and for all. and outside of quality of play, overexposure has got to be one of the main factors in falling ratings. meanwhile thursday night games are harming both of those.

saw a great tweet earlier on bears packers. all time regular season (190 games) bears lead by 3 points, 3,247-3,244.

I think when they met in the NFCCG they were 81-81 all time or something, that was pretty cool

anyway I agree on Thursday night games, either put them after byes or get rid of them.

It would make more sense to have a NFL game on a Friday night after high school football season ends.

yeah Friday/Saturday night games would be cool. I like Sunday as Football Day but it's kinda awkward if you like to throw parties and drink, cuz you're either getting hammered by 1 PM or worse, at night on a Sunday.

exciting game

wait i'm not watching brian hoyer broke his fucking arm?

matt barkley is playing? good lord.

yeah this has been pretty desperate. bears defense looks decent, took green bay a lot of tries to get that td

rodgers with a crisp 4.7 YPA

I got to think this is probably the worse Green Bay/Bears rating game ever with the Cubs playing. I forgot it was tonight.

Betting on Brian Hoyer is a fools bet either way. Cutler is a goofball, but Hoyer has the touch of a a cinder block.

2nd half has looked m/l like a scrimmage

where only gb plays off chi "plays" dfense

i am gonna be doing my first pizza and beers with the guys this sunday. nfl feels very dire this year.
this story was a real heartbreaker.
http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/12/will-smith-death-new-orleans

if the Bears weren't so inept that would've been a real frustrating game - got stopped at the 1/4th yard line on 4th down, Rodgers fumbled (again) and had it returned for a TD, Crosby missed an easy FG and an XP, but man oh man are the Bears awful right now

McAdoo is a piece of garbage, as is Josh Brown:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000724946/article/mcadoo-giants-not-turning-their-back-on-josh-brown

like, the moment anybody is accused of rape or domestic abuse, suddenly everybody becomes a private Columbo. Well, the facts have come out, and there's a 165 page case file on the guy who terrorized his wife and violated restraining orders, but by all means, stay by Josh Brown "in his trying time", lord knows he must be going through a lot right now.

i guess aj green is good

eagles and vikings came into the game with 3 turnovers combined for the season. they each have 3 now. and keeping with the number theme, 3 points total on offense so far.

they each have three in this game, i mean

Browns on their 5th or 6th (I'll have to think about it) QB of the year. Somehow still in this game.

everyone who started kevin hogan in their fantasy team gonna be pretty pleased about that td run

Jay Ajayi having another great game

195 rushing yards. 399 in the last two games

go washington football team!!

aaaahh this game

cmon defense

DOLPHINS

i don't know that he's actually *good*, but man tyrod taylor can throw a football

Edelman trying a little too hard there to be a hero

thank goodness Pittsburgh can't hit field goals

Landry Jones constantly had a look of a guy at a midterm exam that hadn't read anything for the class.

lol. his couple of throws on the td drive were v good but he could've had another pick or two outside of that. i know they got behind but having him throw 47 times when bell is there can't be correct.

never change gronk

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lmao nice

john kerry watched the game with robert kraft apparently

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omfg this game

lol

dying at the protesting of nfl writers on twitter "no guys this game is really good!"

What a gross game

Why didn't they review the possible TD run by DJ?

Seattle
So
Damn
Lucky

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Ahhahahhhahahahahaaa

primetime nfl!!

THIS GAME IS RIGGED

For who haha

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lmao wish i had watched this game, 6-6 incredible

beautiful

perfect

i lold

jeez truly this is currently the worst sport

i had three guys and two wives over to watch football and five hours later after we had been talking and eating we realized we have never actually gotten around to turning the game on.

Gronk smh X 1,000,000

gronk >>>>>

15 yard penalty
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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bears-blasted-in-viewership-by-cubs-on-thursday-night/

It's been a while since a baseball laid a ratings beat down on the NFL like last Thursday.

Even the good clubs look pretty f-ing sloppy these days.

That Arian's Gif and the Seahawks fan with a Heine are some classic ILNFL finds.

the NFL goes through a 1-2 year period where the juggernauts get redefined and teams struggle to assert themselves, kinda like the eyewall reforming on a hurricane. I wager we're on year 2 of that.

that said my team just gave me the most exciting win in a hot minute so I have happiness in myopia. Cards-Seahawks game put all of us to sleep last night

arian foster retiring

Lmao Brock