Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:19 am  

Harrigan wrote:

LFCPatriotRhino wrote:

Harrigan 0-14 in RLFANS league, I somehow managed to win 3 in a row to finish

I scored 154.98 points against WCR and lost by 57 points, WTF

Can't really expect to win when someone gets 211.54 points can I? And he had Aaron Rodgers who didn't play a lot of the game!

Harrigan didn't finish top because of it and now I have him next week

Meh, I gave up in the RLFans one ages ago. Our game was a bit close this weekend though wasnt it

I shout fix in the Yahoo one too. When I went to bed last night I had finished top. When I woke up this morning I had 7 points taken off me and the guy (WCR) who organized the league had finished top... Always thought he was a dodgy one

Less of that you, if you remember I started off 1-4 before going on a 9 win streak! Picking up Victor Cruz etc off the free agency certainly helped!

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:36 pm  

Harrigan wrote:

When was the last time I ever said anything positive about the Bucs?

I was positive last season about them because, lets face it, we had a very good year after being 3-13 the year before. In preseason this year I never said they were going to be great. I watched the games and commented on who had played well and what was done well. This somehow was seen as me saying we were brilliant. I never said we were awesome, in fact IIRC I had us at the 9 win mark. After the Pack game I still thought it was possible but we have just collapsed since then losing to 3 very poor teams. We are 5th worse in the league for good reason. Mainly because our inability to tackle anyone in the open field.


Anyway, as for your question about whether we will beat the Cowboys? Not if we turn the ball over 6 or 7 times again. Also Ray Jay will have about 30k Cowboys fans there too. Should be a strange atmosphere.

And yet, I can still see you coming to the Dome and peeing on our attempts to claim a wildcard. Maybe that's just my natural pessimism lol.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:03 pm  

Harrigan wrote:

When was the last time I ever said anything positive about the Bucs?

I was positive last season about them because, lets face it, we had a very good year after being 3-13 the year before. In preseason this year I never said they were going to be great. I watched the games and commented on who had played well and what was done well. This somehow was seen as me saying we were brilliant. I never said we were awesome, in fact IIRC I had us at the 9 win mark. After the Pack game I still thought it was possible but we have just collapsed since then losing to 3 very poor teams. We are 5th worse in the league for good reason. Mainly because our inability to tackle anyone in the open field.


Anyway, as for your question about whether we will beat the Cowboys? Not if we turn the ball over 6 or 7 times again. Also Ray Jay will have about 30k Cowboys fans there too. Should be a strange atmosphere.

You were positive this season. I seem to remember you telling us with no uncertainty how much better the Bucs were than the Falcons and that were you a shoo in for the playoffs. Think all that bullishness disappeared when the 49ers destroyed you. Could be wrong and that might have been pre-season but I aren't the type to bookmark some of the comedy quotes people make in this thread.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:23 pm  

Ndamukong wrote:

Harrigan wrote:

When was the last time I ever said anything positive about the Bucs?

I was positive last season about them because, lets face it, we had a very good year after being 3-13 the year before. In preseason this year I never said they were going to be great. I watched the games and commented on who had played well and what was done well. This somehow was seen as me saying we were brilliant. I never said we were awesome, in fact IIRC I had us at the 9 win mark. After the Pack game I still thought it was possible but we have just collapsed since then losing to 3 very poor teams. We are 5th worse in the league for good reason. Mainly because our inability to tackle anyone in the open field.


Anyway, as for your question about whether we will beat the Cowboys? Not if we turn the ball over 6 or 7 times again. Also Ray Jay will have about 30k Cowboys fans there too. Should be a strange atmosphere.

You were positive this season. I seem to remember you telling us with no uncertainty how much better the Bucs were than the Falcons and that were you a shoo in for the playoffs. Think all that bullishness disappeared when the 49ers destroyed you. Could be wrong and that might have been pre-season but I aren't the type to bookmark some of the comedy quotes people make in this thread.

The problem is that the Bucs, like the Rams and the Chiefs were lulled into a false sense of security that they were actually good teams after getting ridiculously easy schedules last year. I had higher hopes for this season and hoped that we would challenge for the division but thinking back to last year we really didn't beat anyone of note and other than the odd freak result, like the Saints game, we're not going to compete with the top teams yet (or pretty much anyone at this moment in time!)

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:55 am  

Ndamukong wrote:

You were positive this season. I seem to remember you telling us with no uncertainty how much better the Bucs were than the Falcons and that were you a shoo in for the playoffs. Think all that bullishness disappeared when the 49ers destroyed you. Could be wrong and that might have been pre-season but I aren't the type to bookmark some of the comedy quotes people make in this thread.

I believe I said we were as good as the Falcons and I truly believe we have the talent there. I mean, we did beat them in week 3. We have played some very good games this year and only just lost to some decent teams. Since the loss at Lambeux though we seem to have given in. No one is interested in playing any more and IMO we are currently the "worst" team in the league.

Something was leaked to the press yesterday morning that Raheem would have been sacked on Monday but they dont believe the current coaching staff has the strength to take over the team for the last 3 weeks. This suggests to me that there could be a clear out in January and a "new beginning" for the Bucs. The main issue for the Glazers, on top of the losses, is the fact that we have 20k empty seats every game. The excitement has gone from the game plan and we have been so boring to watch this year.

That said, I will never stop watching them. In fact, im up for work at 8.30 on Sunday morning and im hoping the game isnt drawn out because Id like to be in bed for half 4

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:15 pm  

Anyone else been watching the Dallas Cowboys Netw... I mean NFL Network in the lead up to the game today?

3pm - Bucs '02 America's Game (just to get us out of the way)
4pm - Cowboys '92 America's Game
5pm - Cowboys '93 America's Game
6pm - Cowboys '95 America's Game
7pm - Sound FX: Tony Romo
7.30pm - NFL Replay: Dal vs SF from week 2
9pm - A Football Life: Tom Landry
10pm - Top 10 Dallas Cowboys
10.55pm - A review of what Tony Romo had for breakfast, lunch and dinner today
11pm - Game Build up

Now, I know they are America's team and all, plus they have a good chance of topping their division, but is that not just a bit of overkill? I mean really? 7 hours of programming dedicated to 1 team?

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:28 pm  

Harrigan wrote:

Now, I know they are America's team and all

Nah not for a long time, Americas bitches maybe!

I would say they are the 3rd most hated team after the Raiders and us,at least in my experience they are. I can't think of 1 person that likes the Cowgirls apart from their fans!*

* and NFL network apparently

Even when walking to the shop today I had a Pats hat on and someone said they hate us (a rams fan, was it anyone from here )

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:28 pm  

Rumours of Jags/Patriots game at Wembley next year, might go for once if I can save up in time...

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:27 am  

I've had me sleep. A nice 3 hours and now Im ready for Game time. Marshall Faulk is backing the Bucs too! Think he's been in Irvin's special stash

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:46 am  

Need Witten and Dan Bailey to have big games for my teams, dropped Laurent Robinson from both teams I have him in, queue massive game! (if he's playing)

Got a few other Dallas players but can't remember who, good fantasy player me