Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:32 pm  

Torn between what to watch here! Actual football or the 1972 Dolphins Americas Game?

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:10 am  

Harrigan your o-line looks terrible! Freemans gunna do well to even start the regular season with his current level of protection! In fact your whole teams just not at the races 21-0 in the 1st

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:22 am  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Harrigan your o-line looks terrible! Freemans gunna do well to even start the regular season with his current level of protection! In fact your whole teams just not at the races 21-0 in the 1st

I wasn't expecting a game like this!

Based on last week and the Kansas game last week Tampa looked a good team but tonight they're just awful so far.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:06 am  

Don't know what the hell happened last night! It's like they turned up just expecting to play well. The o-line got murdered and the 2nd string did better against the Pats 1st string than they did. Felt sorry for Freeman, he had no time on the ball whatsoever.


Positives from the 1st string.... Keonen's leg! That thing is massive. He landed a punt on the 30 at 1 point when he kicked from his own goal line.

Um, a couple of throws from Freeman looked on the money under pressure... The WR/TE just had concrete for hands.

Other positives... Josh Johnson looked good when he came in and again, should have had better stats but for some questionable catching.

Dekoda Watson made some big plays. I like this guy. He impressed me last year when he got his chances. He's not the biggest LB but he has speed and hits hard!

TBF though the Pats starters looked like caged animals waiting to get out there. Brady was on the money every time and took us to pieces. I'm not sure that the front 4 will be the 1st string on starting day either. 2 rookies and a 2nd year player with a rookie at MLB is asking for trouble, no matter how good they were in college.

Anyway, we still have players to come back in like Winslow, Benn, Talib, White and Tanard Jackson for starters so that will add a load of strength there. It was good to see our depth is there though and we did end up winning the 2nd half 14-3. I'm looking forward to seeing how we rebound against the 'phins next week. I'm sure the O-Line will be put through thier paces in training

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:44 am  

Harrigan wrote:

Don't know what the hell happened last night! It's like they turned up just expecting to play well. The o-line got murdered and the 2nd string did better against the Pats 1st string than they did. Felt sorry for Freeman, he had no time on the ball whatsoever.


Positives from the 1st string.... Keonen's leg! That thing is massive. He landed a punt on the 30 at 1 point when he kicked from his own goal line.

Um, a couple of throws from Freeman looked on the money under pressure... The WR/TE just had concrete for hands.

Other positives... Josh Johnson looked good when he came in and again, should have had better stats but for some questionable catching.

Dekoda Watson made some big plays. I like this guy. He impressed me last year when he got his chances. He's not the biggest LB but he has speed and hits hard!

TBF though the Pats starters looked like caged animals waiting to get out there. Brady was on the money every time and took us to pieces. I'm not sure that the front 4 will be the 1st string on starting day either. 2 rookies and a 2nd year player with a rookie at MLB is asking for trouble, no matter how good they were in college.

Anyway, we still have players to come back in like Winslow, Benn, Talib, White and Tanard Jackson for starters so that will add a load of strength there. It was good to see our depth is there though and we did end up winning the 2nd half 14-3. I'm looking forward to seeing how we rebound against the 'phins next week. I'm sure the O-Line will be put through thier paces in training

Depressingly, you could play worse and still beat Miami

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:35 am  

Harrigan wrote:

Don't know what the hell happened last night! It's like they turned up just expecting to play well. The o-line got murdered and the 2nd string did better against the Pats 1st string than they did. Felt sorry for Freeman, he had no time on the ball whatsoever.


Positives from the 1st string.... Keonen's leg! That thing is massive. He landed a punt on the 30 at 1 point when he kicked from his own goal line.

Um, a couple of throws from Freeman looked on the money under pressure... The WR/TE just had concrete for hands.

Other positives... Josh Johnson looked good when he came in and again, should have had better stats but for some questionable catching.

Dekoda Watson made some big plays. I like this guy. He impressed me last year when he got his chances. He's not the biggest LB but he has speed and hits hard!

TBF though the Pats starters looked like caged animals waiting to get out there. Brady was on the money every time and took us to pieces. I'm not sure that the front 4 will be the 1st string on starting day either. 2 rookies and a 2nd year player with a rookie at MLB is asking for trouble, no matter how good they were in college.

Anyway, we still have players to come back in like Winslow, Benn, Talib, White and Tanard Jackson for starters so that will add a load of strength there. It was good to see our depth is there though and we did end up winning the 2nd half 14-3. I'm looking forward to seeing how we rebound against the 'phins next week. I'm sure the O-Line will be put through thier paces in training

Isn't Talib on his way to the big house?

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:43 am  

Harrigan wrote:

Just had the Draft in a random Fantasy League I joined on NFL.com and had 1st pick again. This is the team I ended with...

QB: Philip Rivers
RB: AP
RB: Michael Turner
WR: DeSean Jackson
WR: Calvin Johnson
TE: Kellen Winslow
W/R: DeAngelo Williams
K: Phil Dawson
Def: Saints

Bn: Joe Flacco
Bn: Felix Jones
Bn: Brandon Lloyd
Bn: Brandon Pettigrew
Bn: Ryan Succop
Bn: Pats

I'm fairly happy with that

Is that a sixteen team league?

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:51 am  

Dawg wrote:

Isn't Talib on his way to the big house?

Not any time soon. The trial has been set for sometime next year. There's also a lot of questions over the "victims" reliability with what he has said. Apparently he has lied to the police before or something like that. If I was Talib I would slip him a couple hundred K under his door and let the whole thing blow over

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:55 am  

Dawg wrote:

Is that a sixteen team league?

Pfft... I wish with that team.

It's just a random 10 team NFL managed league that I joined because i'm not overly confident with my RLFans team looking at my division

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:00 am  

Andy R wrote:

Depressingly, you could play worse and still beat Miami

It will all come down to the pass rush as last night showed

If Freeman only gets about a second and a half in the pocket again we wont beat anyone this year Luckily there arent many teams better than the Pats and we wont have to face a D-Line like that again all year.

By the way, im calling it now. I think we will have a chance against most teams (not saying we will win then all before a few jump on me) on our schedule but the game im writing off is at Lambeau in December... I think we have only won a hand full of games in our history when its been below 40 and unless something strange happens, it will be well below 40 in Wisconsin in December