2008 NFL Regular Season Thread -- Week 3

[LorenzoL]

<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="10"><b>WEEK 3</b></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="7"><b>Sunday, September 21, 2008</b></td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td>TEAMS</td><td>TIME (ET)</td><td>TV</td><td>LOCATION</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kansas City at Atlanta</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>Georgia Dome</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Oakland at Buffalo</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>Ralph Wilson Stadium</td></tr></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tampa Bay at Chicago</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>FOX</td><td>Soldier Field</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston at Tennessee</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>LP Field</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Carolina at Minnesota</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>FOX</td><td>Metrodome</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Miami at New England</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>Gillette Stadium</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cincinnati at NY Giants</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>Giants Stadium</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Arizona at Washington</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>FOX</td><td>FedEx Field</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Detroit at San Francisco</td><td>4:05 PM</td><td>FOX</td><td>Candlestick Park</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>St. Louis at Seattle</td><td>4:05 PM</td><td>FOX</td><td>Qwest Field</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>New Orleans at Denver</td><td>4:05 PM</td><td>FOX</td><td>Invesco Field</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pittsburgh at Philadelphia</td><td>4:15 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>Lincoln Financial</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jacksonville at Indianapolis</td><td>4:15 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>Lucas Oil Stadium</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cleveland at Baltimore</td><td>4:15 PM</td><td>CBS</td><td>M&T Bank Stadium</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dallas at Green Bay</td><td>8:15 PM</td><td>NBC</td><td>Lambeau Field</td></tr></table>

<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="7"><b>Monday, September 22, 2008</b></td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td>TEAMS</td><td>TIME (ET)</td><td>TV</td><td>LOCATION</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NY Jets at San Diego</td><td>8:30 PM</td><td>ESPN</td><td>Qualcomm Stadium</td></tr></table>

[starman9000]

Has Frerotte in MN changed the line for that game? I'm guessing they are at least 3 TD faves now :)

[LorenzoL]

Early Games CBS Map
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2008-03-CBS1.html

Late Games CBS Map
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2008-03-CBS2.html

Fox Single Game Coverage
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2008-03-FOX.html

[Canadian Bacon]

I'll be getting the Denver game this week :banana:

[Iron Chef]

How in the world does the middle of Arkansas get Oakland at Buffalo?

[Red Dog]

How in the world does the middle of Arkansas get Oakland at Buffalo?

Darren McFadden.

[starman9000]

That makes sense. Does New England get the Indy game because that is the Pats big rivalry or are there lots of Colt's fans up there?

[Quack]

For some reason I could see the NYG/CIN game being a trap game for the G-men.....not sure why....probably just worried that their offense will wake up one of these weeks and finally win a game.

[Red Dog]

That makes sense. Does New England get the Indy game because that is the Pats big rivalry

Probably.

[chrisih8u]

Is there a bigger loudmouth scumbag in the NFL than Joey Porter? You would think being on a team that has lost 17 of their last 18 would make you think twice about guaranteeing victory.

[kenbuzz]

Early Games CBS Map...Thanks for the maps, too bad we can no longer post those as inline images... Here's the DirectTV Sunday Ticket map:

http://www.guiltfreetreats.com/images/map.gif
Areas in purple are where all of the Sunday games will be availble.

[kenbuzz]

Darren McFadden.You'll frequently see this "hometown boy done good" effect. Brett Favre's Packers were a staple on Mississippi television for years, so expect to see a lot of unexpected Jets games there this year.

That might also explain the interest in the Cleveland-Baltimore game in Banff.... lots of slow lumbering animals up there.

[Deftones]

Thanks for the maps, too bad we can no longer post those as inline images... Here's the DirectTV Sunday Ticket map:

http://www.guiltfreetreats.com/images/map.gif
Areas in purple are where all of the Sunday games will be availble.

:lol:

Going to be an interesting game for the Cardinals. On the road, where they don't typically fare well. I think this game may be the predictor of how the rest of the season goes. Hopefully it's positive.

[Red Dog]

The Cards are sure to win. Why? Because I'll be attending the game, and the Skins have lost 6 of the last 7 games I've attended (the only win being vs. Dallas last year when Dallas had everything clinched and sat their starters for most of the game).

[dvd-4-life]

Thanks for the maps, too bad we can no longer post those as inline images... Here's the DirectTV Sunday Ticket map:

http://www.guiltfreetreats.com/images/map.gif
Areas in purple are where all of the Sunday games will be availble.

Yep-I just got Directv and do I ever miss being force fed the Detroit Lions for the past 40 years.

[Canadian Bacon]

Darren McFadden.

yep same reason Oklahoma gets the Vikings
Adrean Peterson

[fujishig]

yep same reason Oklahoma gets the Vikings
Adrean Peterson

Hmm... SoCal doesn't get the Patriots for Matt Cassel (currently the number one fantasy football QB from USC this year...)

[Preacher]

As a Cowboys fan this is all gravy. We get to go to Lambeau on a Sunday night. :lol: Doesn't get much better than this does it? Except for the Eagle game classic last Monday. The obvious top rated NFC teams are:

Dallas
Philly
Da Giants.

And now we go see what Aaron Rodgers can bring. If GB wants to be one of the top teams lets go see what they got. Honestly McNabb looked as good as he has ever looked. Making Philly a serious threat. But as players get older the injuries get easier. Hopefully he can stay healthy and this can easily be the best Division in football.

As a football fan of course you want your team to run away with the Division. But realistically the stronger your Division the stronger your team will be in the long run. Alot of the Giants success last year came from all those Cowboy, Eagles and Redskin games. They were weighed and measured all season long. Damn we do not get the Giants until week #9.

Look forward to the D representing themselves better. Hope we do not have that 6 day backlash after facing Johnson and the Eagles D. Hope we can pressure Rodgers and get some errors. And make this game ours early and just wind the clock on 'em. Still 3 damn days away.

[Red Dog]

I'm an NFC East guy too, but I wouldn't be so fast to say those are obviously the 3 best NFC teams, particuarly only 2 games in. There's a little team down in Carolina that is 2-0 and traveled 3,000 miles to beat a good SD team. And now that team gets their biggest offensive weapon back.

[Iron Chef]

fuck the Cowboys

[JOE29]

Yep-I just got Directv and do I ever miss being force fed the Detroit Lions for the past 40 years.

If I had to watch the Lions every game every year I don't think i'd be watching football at all. That would turn me off of the game completely.
As for Thanksgiving, i'm glad there are two others to choose from. I've been skipping that first game the past few years now.

[LorenzoL]

Thanks for the maps, too bad we can no longer post those as inline images... Here's the DirectTV Sunday Ticket map:


Areas in purple are where all of the Sunday games will be availble.
Here in Canada, we get NFL Sunday Ticket from our cable providers as part of a SuperSports Pak along with Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, College Football and Basketball, OHL and Nascar for $30 @ month. Let's just say that I have no issue which game I can watch on Sunday.

[Spicollidriver1]

Here is the story about the Houston Texans stadium. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3599237

Why the hell do they have a retractable roof there anyways.

[Red Dog]

Here is the story about the Houston Texans stadium. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3599237

Why the hell do they have a retractable roof there anyways.


Because they want Super Bowls and Final Fours.

[Spicollidriver1]

Super bowls is a crap excuses suck it up you big babies, but as far as final fours I'll except that, but leave the damn roof open for football there should be no doubt about that.

[cdollaz]

Super bowls is a crap excuses suck it up you big babies, but as far as final fours I'll except that, but leave the damn roof open for football there should be no doubt about that.

If you had to sit in 90+ degree weather with the sun beating down on you and high humidity, you would be crying like a little girl. That is why there is a roof, because nobody wants to sit in that for 4 hours.

[Red Dog]

I'm no meterologist, but I have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express, and I don't think Houston sees many 90 degree days once October rolls around.

[cdollaz]

Yeah, but they play games in August and September also. 80's are pretty brutal as well.

[Spicollidriver1]

Dude if I can sit outside and watch minor league baseball in 90+ degree heat plus humidity(anyone from MN understands) I can watch football 8 times a year. When I went to vegas last year it was 90's and dry and we were all loving it. While locals thought it was hot.

[Red Dog]

Yeah, but they play games in August and September also. 80's are pretty brutal as well.

Yeah, but it's hot everywhere in August. It was 90+ in Washington last Sunday.

They didn't build Reliant with a dome because it's hot at the beginning of the season. They built it so it could serve as a multipurpose facility for big events.

[Spicollidriver1]

That part I understand I just meant there was more then one article that I read that hinted towards it was a big deal the roof couldn't be closed and in the case of football I don't think it's that important that is more what I meant the other reasons make a ton of sense.

[cdollaz]

Yeah, but it's hot everywhere in August. It was 90+ in Washington last Sunday.

They didn't build Reliant with a dome because it's hot at the beginning of the season. They built it so it could serve as a multipurpose facility for big events.

Considering the first time it was really hot, half the fans ended up watching the game from the concourses and club areas on TVs instead of the seats, they learned that keeping it closed during hot weather is the only way to go. People try to get away from the heat around here during the summer, not pay big bucks to sit in it.

[cdollaz]

Dude if I can sit outside and watch minor league baseball in 90+ degree heat plus humidity(anyone from MN understands) I can watch football 8 times a year. When I went to vegas last year it was 90's and dry and we were all loving it. While locals thought it was hot.

Vegas in the 90's is a pleasant day compared to what it is here. And you are comparing MN heat to TX?

[Spicollidriver1]

We get 105 and 100% humidity here it's not a cliche there is a significant difference between dry heat and humid heat. Texas is hot for longer. I know many families from texas that moved up here, and they have told me many times that during the summer they would rather be in Texas. But ours only lasts a few months so that is the real difference. I'm just repeating people from there have said to me. I'll take your winter any day over ours. Some people say they would miss the snow I wouldn't miss it that much :)

[Quake1028]

If you had to sit in 90+ degree weather with the sun beating down on you and high humidity, you would be crying like a little girl. That is why there is a roof, because nobody wants to sit in that for 4 hours.

You just described Tampa to a T, but the Bucs don't have a closed stadium. I think Red Dog is spot on.

[starman9000]

But does the temperature in Tampa rise to the brutal 80's? ;)

[Spicollidriver1]

100 and humid, or -10 and -35 wind chill not really sure which sux more

[starman9000]

100 and humid, or -10 and -35 wind chill not really sure which sux more

For watching a game, hands down -35 wind chill is worse. But for everyday activities, I would take the cold over heat.

[Spicollidriver1]

I've always thought colder is better because you can always put on more clothes whereas you can only get so naked. But speaking as a fan with a team in a dome I long for an outdoor game. I might actually enjoy myself at the game as opposed to thinking the whole time how shitty the metrodome is. Heck I would take your holy roof anyday.

[LorenzoL]

100 and humid, or -10 and -35 wind chill not really sure which sux more
Having experienced an NFL game in those winter condition in Buffalo, I'll go with the cold being harsher experience.

[Red Dog]

The worst is cold + rain. I have to admit that I wished that FedExField was domed in week 17 last year when it was about 34 with heavy rain and I was sitting in the upper deck.

[Canadian Bacon]

The worst is cold + rain. I have to admit that I wished that FedExField was domed in week 17 last year when it was about 34 with heavy rain and I was sitting in the upper deck.

PUSSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



























:p


sorry but football is meant to be played in a mess
go watch the NBA you sissy ;)

[wmansir]

It's meant to be played in a mess and watched from the comfort of my house. :D

[Canadian Bacon]

It's meant to be played in a mess and watched from the comfort of my house. :D

we have a winnah

[dvd-4-life]

There's nothing more boring than watching a pro football game is an enclosed or domed stadium. I would love to see the stats for FG Pct. and Punting averages for games in domed stadiums compared to the rest of the league. They never have to deal with the weather or wind conditions and thats why its such a big advantage for the home team.

[Quake1028]

I have made it my mission in life to have DirecTV next year so I can get Sunday Ticket. Bucs and Dolphins every week = no thank you sir.

[starman9000]

The Gus Frerrote era starts just like every other game for the Vikings. Penalties, dropped ball by Siancoe, dump down in 3rd and long for no where near enough yards for the 1st down.

[Quake1028]

Lots of bad blood in this Bucs v. Bears game already, and we aren't even 3 minutes in.

[Quake1028]

In the grasp call against NE......that one seemed a bit quick.

[The Cow]

Bengals starting out like the typical Bengals.

3 plays -8 yards and almost a turnover on their own 15

:lol:

[Quake1028]

TD Portis :up:.

[Quake1028]

Cassel picked off. So, first and goal, he's sacked by Porter, in the grasp, and then an INT.

[lordwow]

I'm gonna start bringing a whistle to games and blow it as soon as the ball gets snapped. These refs are ridiculous.

[chrisih8u]

That in the grasp call was bullshit.

[Daryl]

I have made it my mission in life to have DirecTV next year so I can get Sunday Ticket. Bucs and Dolphins every week = no thank you sir.

Having to watch the Lions every week (and actually getting blacked out half the time because they couldn't sell out the Silverdome) was what originally drove me to Sunday Ticket 7-8 years ago

[Daryl]

Fatass Lendale for the TD!

[starman9000]

2nd series for Frerrote and he just missed two open guys in a row, the second being picked off. :(

Second pass wasn't terrible, but still wasn't good.

[Quake1028]

Dolphins score 7 off of that Cassel pick.

[Quake1028]

So, this is hard to say in week 3, but Jacksonville is in a must win today against the Colts, IMO. They lose this game, they aren't making the playoffs.

[Quake1028]

TD Bucs, Griese to Hilliard.

[Quake1028]

-eek- what an interception by Barret Ruud!!

[fumanstan]

Gah, freakin Jamarcus :(

[BravesMG]

Ronnie Brown looks like a beast today.

[Quake1028]

14-3 Dolphins :eek:.

[Quake1028]

Wow, that's some stat, since the Dolphins beat the Pats in 2006, the Pats are 21-0 in the regular season and the Dolphins are 1-20.

[starman9000]

Carolina up 10-0. Peterson started, but has hardly seen the ball, so either his injury is bad, or Chilly is just determined to start up the passing game.

[Quake1028]

Ref got his ass kicked on that Bucs play :lol:.

[Daryl]

Herm must have decided to supplement his income with betting against his own team, that is really the only plausible explanation for what's going on with the Chiefs

[chrisih8u]

The Patriots defense looks pathetic.

[Quake1028]

21-6 Miami -eek-. Ronnie Brown with his 3rd TD run.

[U6C84]

It makes me sad that I have Ronnie Brown on my bench.

I guess it's obvious that Ronnie Brown has taken over as RB1 in Miami.

[TruGator]

Brown is on my bench as well, but I wasn't going to play him over Portis or Gore so I don't feel stupid.

[Spicollidriver1]

What a play by Antoine Winfield

[starman9000]

Winfield smashes Delhomme, gets the ball and runs it in. Tie game in MN!

[Deftones]

Brown is on my bench as well, but I wasn't going to play him over Portis or Gore so I don't feel stupid.


yeah, i've got gore and steven jackson. brown against NE was a no-brainer not to play him. guess not.

[B5Erik]

What the hell is going on with the Patriots? This is MIAMI they're playing!

Ronnie Brown's playing like a Hall of Famer today - and I think that says more about the Patriot defense than Ronnie Brown. Do the Pats have some defensive players hurt?

I know losing Brady hurt the team, but he didn't play defense. I'm just really surprised that they're falling apart the way they are today.

[Daryl]

Brown's not exactly lighting it up all over - he's just getting redzone carries. The real story is Pennington only missing 2 passes so far.

[chrisih8u]

What the hell is going on with the Patriots? This is MIAMI they're playing!

Ronnie Brown's playing like a Hall of Famer today - and I think that says more about the Patriot defense than Ronnie Brown. Do the Pats have some defensive players hurt?

I know losing Brady hurt the team, but he didn't play defense. I'm just really surprised that they're falling apart the way they are today.

No, nobody is injured. They are getting outcoached so far, though.

[Sticky Bomb]

Carson Palmer should try throwing to a wide reciever.

[Daryl]

I can't believe I'm typing this, but the Vikings should put Tavaris back in

[Daryl]

.... or not :lol:

[Spicollidriver1]

Holy cow Visante knows where to go after he catches it

[starman9000]

I can't believe I'm typing this, but the Vikings should put Tavaris back in

Still? :)

[Spicollidriver1]

I feel bad for whoever that was for the vikes trying to tackle stewart that was a lot of work not to make the play.

[Brent L]

:lol:

Go Miami!

[chrisih8u]

And now Ronnie Brown throws a TD. Outcoached.

[Daryl]

ok, NOW Brown is lighting it up! WTF? :lol:

[Quake1028]

28-6 Dolphins. Ronnie Brown with a TD pass :lol:.

[TruGator]

The Dolphins are killing the notion of a pro offense today. These are plays you would expect from a college team and they are working against the Pats. I'm impressed.

[Deftones]

:lol: @ Ronnie Brown. How many fantasy people have him on the bench.

[chrisih8u]

QBs better than Cassel:

Pennington
Ronnie Brown

[lordwow]

First time in a long time I've stopped watching mid-game.

[Daryl]

Still? :)

let me see if I can get Peterson going:

the Vikings should bench Peterson for Taylor the rest of this game

[Spicollidriver1]

Deftones everyone except the guy I'm playing in my ESpn league has brown on the bench.

[starman9000]

let me see if I can get Peterson going:

the Vikings should bench Peterson for Taylor the rest of this game

rotfl

[davidh777]

Forte! :banana:

And Fasano has given me my first TE points of the year!

[Spicollidriver1]

To cancel out brown a little I have vikings defense.

[chrisih8u]

Holy shit, Ronnie Brown again. Same formation, too.

[DGibFen]

Bears had a nice 3rd quarter - TD +2 and Orton escaped a couple of sacks.

[Daryl]

Ronnie Brown might set the record for most fantasy points set by a player no one fucking started

[TruGator]

Wow.

Has Miami been using Brown at QB before this game or is this a new wrinkle?

[Daryl]

Of course, i go check and in one league my opponent does have Brown. ruh-roh

[davidh777]

Guy in our league started Brown. Brown is currently trailing the other team's seven players 56-49 :lol:

[Brent L]

It's opposite day in Foxborough, cool.

[Daryl]

my guess is, given this chance, Miami will willingly run it up on the Pats

[davidh777]

Ronnie Brown might set the record for most fantasy points set by a player no one fucking started

Anyone remember Don Beebe?

[DGibFen]

Guy in our league started Brown. Brown is currently trailing the other team's seven players 56-49 :lol:

Reminds me of last year when Cleveland and Cincy had that offensive shootout against each other. My opponent had more points with Palmer and Houshmanzada than I had with all my players combined.

[chrisih8u]

Tell me who's injured before going to commercial. pricks.

[Deftones]

i think i want to cry now after that 4th TD by Brown. :(

[davidh777]

Nice bouncebacks by LJ and Berrian today

[TruGator]

i think i want to cry now after that 4th TD by Brown. :(

Remember he threw one so he has 5.

[Deftones]

Remember he threw one so he has 5.

yeah, i know. i meant 4th rushing td, though. bench points will kill ya. :(

[Daryl]

3rd and 1 from the 3 for the Vikings. 2 holding calls later and it's 3rd and 20

[Daryl]

followed by illegal contact by the Panthers - automatic first down :lol:

[starman9000]

Nice thing about those holding penalties, the drive is now over 11 minutes :)

[Quack]

Direct snaps all over the place for Ronnie, and the Pats don't stop it all day long.

How bout if Dan Dierdorf actually calls Eli his own name and not Peyton.

[Daryl]

Carolina coaches call timeout just as the Panthers blocked the FG - no play

[davidh777]

I'm trading leads, but fortunately my opponent has only one player left after the morning games while I have five. He had Brady, though, so I'm not crowing.

[chrisih8u]

Pats get a call there, too. Refs basically just told the Dolphins to stop being so mean to Cassel.

[DGibFen]

Brandon Lloyd just punked Ronde Barber - TD Bears! Second time Barber has been outstepped this game.

[Jam Master Jay]

damn it's soo awesome that I have Roddy White and Brandon Lloyd sitting on my bench right now!

[B5Erik]

Kevin O'Connell got in at QB for the Patriots. Cassel can't be happy about this game. Especially if O'Connell gets anything going at all...

[Spicollidriver1]

This is the type of vikings team I like when there defense is good it's entartaining.

[starman9000]

I could really use a garbage time TD by Peterson right here, but as Vikes fan, he should be sitting on the bench, no use risking it.

[The Cow]

Giants take the lead back from Cincy.

23-20, just under 2 minutes to go.

[Quack]

Man, Gumbel and Dierdorf are horrible with these names...now Gumbel calling Carson, Chad Palmer.

[starman9000]

Game ended just in time for TB/CHI. TD TB!

[Deftones]

Fucking Cards. Would've had a tie had that TD wasn't called back for delay of game earlier. Fuck. Now they've gotta get the win against the NYJ. Grrrrr.

[BravesMG]

These are some great finishes here. BUF/OAK, CHI/TB, NYG/CIN all coming down to the wire.

[The Cow]

Man, Gumbel and Dierdorf are horrible with these names...now Gumbel calling Carson, Chad Palmer.

:lol: I don't think they know their own names anymore.

Good ending going in this one.

4 seconds left. Cincy down by 3 with the ball on about the 4 yard line of the Giants. :up:

Edit: Doh! and Cincinnati goes with the FG to get to OT.

[Quake1028]

Buffalo driving on Oakland. Watching on Yahoo's game channel.

[Quack]

Wouldn't be the NY Giants without a game like this!

I kept telling people who were taking them in a suicide pool, that it could easily be a trap game...

[BravesMG]

The Raiders are freaking melting down here, I can't believe the Bills are going to have a very reasonable GW FG here in a few seconds.

[Quake1028]

Bills win!

[BravesMG]

...and the Bills win, and are your AFC East Division leaders. The Bills look really sneaky dangerous, I don't think they'll be going anywhere.

[Quake1028]

Bucs driving here. Griese will probably earn himself the starter job for good if he can pull this one out.

[Quake1028]

And just as I say that he gets intentional grounding :lol:.

[B5Erik]

What's the over/under on Kiffin getting fired? Tonight? Tomorrow morning? ;)

(Davis is such a addle-brained idiot...)

[Quack]

And the Bucs pushed back to the 50...with a 4th and 20.

[Quake1028]

Cutler takes Denver right down the field :up:.

[Quake1028]

Giants about to wrap this one up after that long pass to Toomer.

[Spicollidriver1]

DAmn toomer couldn't stay in bounds and score since I have Eli starting this week

[Quake1028]

Bears and Bucs look like they could be heading for an ultra rare tie. When was the last one?

[DGibFen]

Bears forced TB to a 4th down on their 10 and a fight breaks out. Tillman gets the flag for running in there - 1st down TB.

[DGibFen]

Bears and Bucs look like they could be heading for an ultra rare tie. When was the last one?

Steelers vs. Falcons, November of 2002.

There was a preseason tie between the Cowboys and Vikings in 2006.

[Quack]

Giants win!!! 3-0! My buddy at work is excited too for his Bills. Rematch of Superbowl XXV??

[Quake1028]

Bucs will win this one. Griese to Bryant for a huge play!

[Quake1028]

67 passes and 400+ yards for Griese :lol:.

[DGibFen]

Steelers vs. Falcons, November of 2002.

There was a preseason tie between the Cowboys and Vikings in 2006.

Forget it. TB just pulled within 6 yards of the TD.

[Quake1028]

Bucs win. Bears snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!

[DGibFen]

Stupid Bears. Had the game won and their defense fell asleep.

[BravesMG]

Bucs win... that Bears win over the Colts in week 1 is pretty much the only thing keeping their hopes up at this point.

[MrX]

TB should send Charles Tillman a nice thank you gift

[DGibFen]

TB should send Charles Tillman a nice thank you gift

The money to pay off his fine? That would work.

Guess the Indy game is in SD this week.

[Daryl]

Every time I ready to settle on the Chiefs being the worse team in the league, I check out the Rams and change my mind. Then I switch the channel to watch the Lions. Decisions, decisions.

[Canadian Bacon]

:banana: 21-3
Cutler is on today

The 'Aints with a fumble, picked up and returned for a TD

[Quake1028]

Rams and Lions fighting for the worst team in the NFL title.

[Quake1028]

The money to pay off his fine? That would work.

Guess the Indy game is in SD this week.

I have it in HD.

[Quake1028]

....

[Spicollidriver1]

You want to know how bad of a week Ocho Plinko had. I ebnched him for Issac Bruce and Bruce outscored him on one reception. This pitt/philly game is pretty good.

[Canadian Bacon]

stupid stupid stupid!!!!!!
just QB sneak it and go to the half

[Dr_Evil]

Pittsburgh has looked pretty bad but are only down 4 at the half. O line needs to step up.

[Daryl]

This is completely out of hand - do we really fucking need a full set of commercials while the refs discuss a penalty?? Are you serious?

Oh, and now that we're back:

F*** Y** Jon Kitna - that's your former back-up treating you to a face-full of his ass.

[Deftones]

about time gore and steven jackson started living up to some of their potential. too bad STL sucks donkey balls.

[Dr_Evil]

Amazing pick by Polamalu

[Jam Master Jay]

So why is it saying that Kolb is in a QB for the Eagles? What happened to McNabb?

edit: nevermind and now he's back, this yahoo game channel sucks it sometimes

[Dr_Evil]

So why is it saying that Kolb is in a QB for the Eagles? What happened to McNabb?

edit: nevermind and now he's back, this yahoo game channel sucks it sometimes

McNabb was out for a bit with a chest problem they said. Kolb was the one who through the Polamalu pick.

[invisiblegt]

So why is it saying that Kolb is in a QB for the Eagles? What happened to McNabb?

edit: nevermind and now he's back, this yahoo game channel sucks it sometimes

The ESPN Gamecast isn't much better. The Niners game was delayed for a few minutes, and then rapidly updated almost an entire series.

[Jam Master Jay]

The Lions are terrible this year....more then they usually are anyway. I bet Martz really wanted to stick it to them today

[Deftones]

The Lions are terrible this year....more then they usually are anyway. I bet Martz really wanted to stick it to them today

i heard that Martz was going to try to run Gore like 30 times, just to push it in the Lions face when they said he didn't run the ball enough in DET.

[invisiblegt]

i heard that Martz was going to try to run Gore like 30 times, just to push it in the Lions face when they said he didn't run the ball enough in DET.

Twenty-five attempts thus far...

[Deftones]

what the hell has happened to Indy this year?

[Quake1028]

Manning is just phenomenal.

[Quake1028]

what the hell has happened to Indy this year?

Forgetting that they are heading for 2-1 now, they are banged up (Manning especially, and now Bob Sanders). They will be just fine.

[Quake1028]

You should be asking, in a minute barring a TD or FG, what the hell has happened to JVille this year.

[Deftones]

Forgetting that they are heading for 2-1 now, they are banged up (Manning especially, and now Bob Sanders). They will be just fine.

of course that was posted just before they scored. :D

[Daryl]

Kitna got hurt. That's ummm, too bad.

looks like the Brady Quinn era will be upon us soon in Cleveland

[Quake1028]

Brandon Marshall is a stud. 6 catches for 155 yards and a TD.

[Quake1028]

Wow, horrific 2 minute offense by Jacksonville so far. 5 yard passes aren't going to do it with a minute left.

[dom56]

Niners win two in a row. :)

It's been five years since they scored over thirty points in two straight game.

[Quake1028]

First and goal, Denver! Trying to put this one to a 2 possession game and out of reach for NO.

[Daryl]

way ta jinx it

[Quake1028]

Anderson 14 of 36 with 2 picks. Overrated last year and showing it this year.

[Quake1028]

Incomplete, but there's a flag!! Wow!

[Quake1028]

Fucking Scheffler!

[Quake1028]

Wow, 50 yarder coming up for the win for the Jags.

[Daryl]

jags win!

[Quake1028]

Good! JVille wins! Pending kickoff of course.

[Quake1028]

Well I jinxed the Colts and the Broncos in the last 10 minutes. Das would be proud. My work here is done :(.

[Deftones]

so, as i was saying, about Indy. :lol:

[Quake1028]

Big Ben fumbles and the Iggles about to win the game.

[Quake1028]

That was awful :lol:.

[sergtv]

jacksonville wins!!! hopefully the saints can get the win.. great game.. wheres the d though?

[Quake1028]

Brees with 419 yards passing so far.

[Quake1028]

Damn Leftwich has a CANNON.

[Deftones]

can't say NO didn't have a chance to win this.

[Canadian Bacon]

wide right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Daryl]

isn't like the 3rd rule of football: "never leave the game up to a Gramattica"? Some people never learn.

[Quake1028]

:banana:

[sergtv]

noooooooo denver is going to be 3 and 0.. its a must win for the chargers monday night.

[Quake1028]

Tomlin another idiot head coach who doesn't understand strategy.

[Quake1028]

Michael Pittman is fucking awful. 3rd and 2 to seal the game and he rushes for -4 yards. Thanks a lot.

[Daryl]

Michael Pittman is fucking awful. 3rd and 2 to seal the game and he rushes for -4 yards. Thanks a lot.
I'm surprised Shanahan didn't call for that bootleg that he loves so much. Used to run it with Plummer all the time

[Canadian Bacon]

:banana:

never easy it seems

[Quake1028]

3-0 Broncos :banana:!

[onebyone]

As a Colts and Saints fan, I got to say I have had better days. I cannnot lie, that hurt. *Spits up blood*

[Quake1028]

Hi Archie. At least your Giants won.

[Mad Dawg]

Oh, Saints...*sigh* At least my hatred for Grammatica is well-placed. :(

[shizawn]

I think Denver is on pace to score 7,000 points this year. Chargers better win tomorrow night.

[Canadian Bacon]

I think Denver is on pace to score 7,000 points this year. Chargers better win tomorrow night.

and give up 6,975 points
the lack of D will jump up and bite the Broncos if they don't shape up :(

[Red Dog]

Big win by the Skins to go to 2-1 and basically hold serve in a tough start to the schedule - they've got their 2nd and 3rd road division (toughest division in the NFL) games the next 2 weeks, so it was critical to win these first 2 home games.

Campbell had a steady game and except for the one bomb (thank you, Fitz, on my fantasy team), their defense played pretty well against a good Zona offense.

It would have been really nice if the G-Men lost.

[Red Dog]

I had Big Ben, Westbrook, and Fast Willie and they net 7 pts for me in one league. Where was the shootout? :hscratch:

What's the word on Westbrook? Could be horrible for me for fantasy. Great for real world.

[printerati]

What's the word on Westbrook? Could be horrible for me for fantasy. Great for real world.

Haven't seen anything yet. If LenDale White (sitting on my bench) keeps it up, I won't be too worried if Westbrook is out for a short while.

[BigDaddy]

Nice run from Jones.

[lordwow]

I've sold my fantasy soul to Felix Jones. I have him in on almost every team. I love him.

[Deftones]

Big win by the Skins to go to 2-1 and basically hold serve in a tough start to the schedule - they've got their 2nd and 3rd road division (toughest division in the NFL) games the next 2 weeks, so it was critical to win these first 2 home games.

Campbell had a steady game and except for the one bomb (thank you, Fitz, on my fantasy team), their defense played pretty well against a good Zona offense.

It would have been really nice if the G-Men lost.


btw, a big f-u to you for breaking that streak you had. ;)

[Red Dog]

Must be a deep league if you're starting Felix Jones.

If it ain't Witten scoring, he can have 6 TDs tonight for all I care.

[Red Dog]

btw, a big f-u to you for breaking that streak you had. ;)

My friend, who is the biggest mush when it comes to betting, was in Vegas and called me while I was tailgating and said he took Skins -3. Must have offset everything. ;)

[lordwow]

Most of my leagues have 2 RB, 2 WR and a Flex (RB/WR). Felix Jones is generally my 3rd RB in.

For example, in this one league, I have C. Portis, F. Gore and F. Jones in who have a combined 47 points.

[Tarantino]

What's the word on Westbrook? Could be horrible for me for fantasy. Great for real world.

Same goes for me.

= J

[VinVega]

It would have been really nice if the G-Men lost.
:lol:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080921/capt.84a14e14f740459aa07004e25cbc5955.aptopix_bengals_giants_football_eru112.jpg

[davidh777]

Why did I draft a DET RB? :hairpull:

[LorenzoL]

Why did I draft a DET RB? :hairpull:
Why did I draft a KC WR? :hairpull:

It was encouraging to see Addai's performance today.

[Red Dog]

Why did I draft a KC WR? :hairpull:



I drafted Bowe - doing fine for me. :shrug:

[Quake1028]

Packers :lol:.

[BigDaddy]

That was pretty.

[davidh777]

Jennings piling up yards in garbage time :thumbsup:

Barber's still a beast :thumbsup:

Guy in our league just released Antonio Bryant this week. Can't blame him, but still unfortunate.

[Quake1028]

Barber's facemask is so close to his nose, I don't know how it doesn't get smashed every time he gets hit in the face.

[DJariya]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8593236/Sources:-Raiders'-Davis-to-fire-Kiffin-Monday-

Kiffin will be fiired on Monday according to Jay Glazer of FOX. Probably by the time you all log onto this site on Monday morning, it will be a done deal.

Question now, who the fuck is going to take this shitty job now?

[B5Erik]

Yesterday afternoon...
What's the over/under on Kiffin getting fired? Tonight? Tomorrow morning? ;)

(Davis is such a addle-brained idiot...)

Last night...
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8593236/Sources:-Raiders'-Davis-to-fire-Kiffin-Monday-

Kiffin will be fiired on Monday according to Jay Glazer of FOX. Probably by the time you all log onto this site on Monday morning, it will be a done deal.

Question now, who the fuck is going to take this shitty job now?

But then, didn't we all see it coming? And who would be a big enough idiot to take that job? He'll probably have to promote someone already on the staff.

[starman9000]

But then, didn't we all see it coming? And who would be a big enough idiot to take that job? He'll probably have to promote someone already on the staff.

I can't imagine it would be hard to find someone to take a head coaching job in the NFL no matter how bad the owner is.

[B5Erik]

I can't imagine it would be hard to find someone to take a head coaching job in the NFL no matter how bad the owner is.
You're forgetting how many guys wouldn't even interview for the job last time. Davis got a ton of rejections. Coaches aren't stupid. Who wants to take a head coaching job if you know the odds are 50/50 that you'll be fired after your first season?

Davis wants to see his team in the Super Bowl one more time before he dies, so he's not giving any coach the time it takes to turn that team around. He only gave Kiffin the job because almost everyone elese he tried to get turned him down. This time it would be even worse because Kiffin's done a good job and the team is better and he's STILL getting fired!

[Daryl]

Bill Ford Jr, the man who convinced his father to hire Matt Millen in the first place, now apparently can't talk pops into firing him:

Detroit Lions vice chairman Bill Ford Jr., at a Detroit Economic Club event Monday, had this to say in response to a reporter’s question about the Lions game on Sunday:

“It was an embarrassment, the fans deserve better, and if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager,” Matt Millen, Ford said.

When asked again a few minutes later if he would fire Millen, he said, “Yes, but I don’t have that authority.”

[fumanstan]

You're forgetting how many guys wouldn't even interview for the job last time. Davis got a ton of rejections. Coaches aren't stupid. Who wants to take a head coaching job if you know the odds are 50/50 that you'll be fired after your first season?

Davis wants to see his team in the Super Bowl one more time before he dies, so he's not giving any coach the time it takes to turn that team around. He only gave Kiffin the job because almost everyone elese he tried to get turned him down. This time it would be even worse because Kiffin's done a good job and the team is better and he's STILL getting fired!

I thought the rumor from last week about Kiffin getting fired was that defensive coordinator Rob Ryan would be the new head coach. Although i'm not sure why Al has such a hard on for the guy, since supposedly Kiffin wanted Ryan gone which started all this to begin with.

Meh.

[Chew]

Al Harris' collision with AJ Hawk last night may of resulted in a ruptured spleen and he could be done for the season:
http://blogs.jsonline.com/packers/archive/2008/09/22/harris-may-miss-rest-of-season.aspx

Wow :(

[starman9000]

Ouch. That's a pretty big blow.

[Daryl]

So he was able to later shed a Witten block and make an open field tackle on Marion Barber with a ruptured spleen?! Daaaammmn!

[El Scorcho]

Ocho CInco's email hacked:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2872073079_fb30346fdf_o.jpg

[Quake1028]

:lol:

Best ones:

Nexxxt VP
Carson
C. Henry
Housh

[LorenzoL]

:lol: great image.

[LorenzoL]

Bad news for the Saints, now that they have lost Shockey for 3-6 weeks with a sports hernia.

[starman9000]

I thought losing Shockey to injury led to Super Bowls?

[aintnosin]

Lane Kiffin is still employed as of today (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_raiders_kiffin_2).

Davis probably can't find anyone who wants to replace him...

[Deftones]

I'd love to coach the Raiders. Sign a fat contract, get fired, then get a three year vacation. Sign me up!

[Tarantino]

Hoping for a big fantasy showing from Favre and Thomas Jones tonight.

BRING IT HOME, and keep me undefeated!

= J

[twikoff]

rivers with the td pass :up:

[twikoff]

favre with the td pass too :up:

:lol:

[Quake1028]

Then NY takes the kickoff back almost for a score. Awesome.

[devilshalo]

What an exciting game! And of course, I do not start Coles. :mad:

[Daryl]

Damn, just lost in one league. Granted, I needed a miracle for Coles not to get 6 points, but man, he was Brett's 4th option on that pass :lol: