2012 NFL In-Season Thread

Discussion in 'Football' started by cleansheetbsc, Sep 5, 2012.

  1. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
    Club:
    --other--
    Are you ready for some football?

    The Patriots have already clinched the AFC East
     
  2. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I want me some glory hole!

     
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  3. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Anyone else hoping their team can win its seventh Lombardi this season?

    No?

    Didn't think so.
     
  4. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Tim Tebow's gonna personally wipe the lamb's blood off all the doors in New England. Literally- it'll be easier than him becoming a mid-tier NFL QB.
     
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  5. judodono

    judodono Member

    Jun 14, 2005
    Bay Area, Ca.
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    --other--
    This is why no one takes the NY Giants seriously.
     
  6. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Bah. They've won more Super Bowls over the past five seasons than anyone else, and more than anyone else over the past ten except Pittsburgh and New England. What it is, is Dallas has underwhelmed in recent years. They can take anybody in one game. It's their performance over 16 that keeps them down.
     
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  7. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Interesting stat: the Giants became the first reigning SB Champ to lose their opener in the past 8 seasons.
     
  8. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Another interesting stat: Over the last 5 years when the Giants have lost their first game they have ended the season with a ring.
     
  9. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
  10. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Tracy Porter strikes again.
     
  11. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Ben tried to squeeze that ball into a space that wasn't there. Not how we wanted to start the season. Still glad for some reason to see Peyton Manning playing like he was before he got hurt.
     
  12. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    I seem to like Peyton a lot more in a Broncos jersey. I don't want him to go all the way because I'm a Pats fan (;)) , but I want him to have a good season nonetheless
     
  13. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Why? He's still in the AFC, and with a better team than the Colts team he'd have gone back to.
     
  14. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Him not being a Colt (Pats' eternal rival during the Brady/Manning era) anymore and the whole comeback sentiment.
     
  15. welchmen22

    welchmen22 New Member

    Sep 7, 2012
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    I like what I saw from the Pats yesterday. Good all around showing from everyone. O-line and D-line were both on point, Wilfork was a beast as usual. The secondary was better than last year but still suspect hopefully a few more games will help them get it together.
     
  16. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    hope springs eternal - until you lose your first game...
     
  17. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    that isn't why the Jets got him.
    the Jets have a Giants mole (not a giant mole) in their front office who made the decision to get Tebow to keep the attention off the Giants in the offseason, thus giving them a better chance to repeat.
    it is a bit puzzling though from the Jets perspective why Tebow and not McElroy is the 2nd string QB.
     
  18. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Favre thinks Big Ben was reaching on that pass.
     
  19. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I expected the Jets to win yesterday, but I certainly didn't expect them to hang 48 on the Bills.
    it was great to see Sanchez look so comfortable back there (no happy feet), and I'm really glad for him personally, given the kind of offseason circus he's had to deal with, between Tebow and Holmes - not of his own making. the safety play was very encouraging as well.
    as a Jets fan, I know not to overreact to the first game of the season, but I am encouraged.
    as for Tebow and the wildcat - just a distraction, and a disruption to the offensive rhythm of the team. I say they will completely abandon it by mid-season.
     
  20. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    Good, I found the correct thread...

    By the way, the Eagles suck. Bad. Whoever said that they were Super Bowl Contender is seriously smoking crack. You've gotta be high to pick them to go to a Super Bowl. They're the EXACT same team as last year, and Vick is one year older and shittier. 56 passes?? Way to be multi-dimensional, Andy. I can't wait until they can you and your sorry mustache, and send you to San Diego, so you can screw up the Chargers.
     
  21. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Lol... it's a math question. :ROFLMAO:

    To simplify things, it will be an eternity before some franchises are able to have that hope, and more than one season for every team save one.
     
  22. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I meant hope springs eternal for the Steelers - to go for 7. and then you lose your opener... not an auspicious start. some 69% of teams that make the playoffs win their opener. odds are against your boys.
     
  23. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    ACTUALLY... the last three Super Bowl Champions have all lost their opening game.
     
  24. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    And I meant that no one else in the league can even have that hope. It's a post that didn't need a response, because there won't be an effective one until another team has six like we do.

    It won't be an eternity (didn't take us that long to get to six), but we'll hope every season until it happens. I like the Steelers' chances against your team of getting there first, regardless of who you support.

    Our odds of winning a seventh Lombardi are greater this season than any other team's. That'd be the case if every current Steeler decided to retire tomorrow and we hired a whole new team.

    You're deliberately ignoring the point of my post for lack of anything to dispute it directly, and that's beneath you. Or it ought to be. Besides...

    This.

    There's a way to go about looking for facts and stats --because so many exist-- and then assigning a level of importance to them. In this case, you'd look for the results of x number of previous champions to see if they've lost their first game. But you'd likely start with 2012 and go back. Now, I don't know if three seasons is enough of a streak to merit outweighing 69% of the champs winning their first game, but it doesn't matter unless you look up and compare the numbers for teams that lost their second, third, fourth, etc. games. He hasn't proven that we ought to consider a first-game loss in 197whatever more relevant than, say, the 2010 Packers first game loss. He hasn't shown that the same numbers don't apply to teams that lose their nth game, so we don't know if

    IMO, we'll show who we are over 16, not any given one. But more importantly, trolling other people's posts ought to come with facts. If you can't give an effecient rebuttal, shake the guy's hand and concede his truth.
     
  25. Alberto

    Alberto Member+

    Feb 28, 2000
    Northern, New Jersey
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    First game tonight was a rout. I swear does Marvin Lewis have pictures of the ownership in compromising positions? How is he still the head coach is amazing. Marvin Lewis a lifetime of mediocrity.

    Raiders and Bolts should be fun.
     

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