The 2008 NFL Thread

[DaveC]

Opening kickoff at 7 PM Eastern tonight. Skins at Jersey/A.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Go Giants!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Can't wait to watch it, should be a good game.

NFL

 

[MrPryck2U]

Starting tonight, the NFL "offseason" is over. In recognition of that, maybe the other NFL thread should be closed.

 

[phanan]

I'm glad you're here to tell us these things.

 

[LemonMelon]

OK, actually, I'm not that excited. Pretty nervous, as a matter of fact.

 

[MrPryck2U]

I'm glad you're here to tell us these things.

It was just a "suggestion", but hey, that's what I'm here for.

 

[phanan]

Predictions

AFC East

1. New England
2. Buffalo
3. NY Jets
4. Miami

AFC North

1. Pittsburgh
2. Cleveland (WC)
3. Cincinnati
4. Baltimore

AFC South

1. Indianapolis
2. Jacksonville (WC)
3. Houston
4. Tennessee

AFC West

1. San Diego
2. Denver
3. Oakland
4. Kansas City

NFC East

1. Dallas
2. NY Giants (WC)
3. Philadelphia
4. Washington

NFC North

1. Green Bay
2. Minnesota (WC)
3. Chicago
4. Detroit

NFC South

1. New Orleans
2. Carolina
3. Tampa Bay
4. Atlanta

NFC West

1. Seattle
2. Arizona
3. San Francisco
4. St. Louis

Super Bowl

New England over Dallas

 

[No spoken words]

I'll come out and say it: I'm fucking psyched to get the fuck on out of here and watch some NFL action.

 

[phillyfan26]

The state of the Eagles makes it hard for me to get too excited for this season. I'll be moderately interested.

 

[LemonMelon]

Well, we look like shit. No surprises there.

 

[Sicy]

Go Giants!

 

[No spoken words]

Brandon Jacobs cracks me up. Jesus, he's a load, and it aint like he's slow.

 

[Screwtape2]

I knew the Redskins would be bad but not this bad.

 

[snowbunny00774]

The grey pants are just really flattering

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Solid first half for the Giants. It seems Eli is carrying a lot of confidence with him. He might have a damn good season.

 

[phillyfan26]

Good overall half, but bad ending, though the facemask call was a big part of that. Still, poor special teams and blown coverage did most of the damage on that drive.

 

[phanan]

No surprises here so far.

 

[Screwtape2]

How long before Redskins fans start calling for a quarterback change?

 

[No spoken words]

When you're down 9 points late in the 4th Quarter, maybe you forget about establishing the run.

 

[No spoken words]

3rd and 17, 2:20 to go? Throw it in the flat! WTF?????

 

[phanan]

That was a boring second half.

 

[LemonMelon]

Fuck. Horrid first half, and the playcalling went to hell in the second half for both teams. Stupid penalties, no offense.

At least we have the Saints at home in 10 days. Maybe by then we'll have learned how to throw in front of the marker instead of three yards behind it.

 

[Screwtape2]

Maybe by then we'll have learned how to throw in front of the marker instead of three yards behind it.

I don't know who is more to blame for those stupid plays. Jim Zorn for having plays with short routes in the hurry-up offense part of the playbook or Jason Campbell for choosing the short routes over the deep routes.

 

[No spoken words]

I don't know who is more to blame for those stupid plays. Jim Zorn for having plays with short routes in the hurry-up offense part of the playbook or Jason Campbell for choosing the short routes over the deep routes.

I'm thinking it's mostly the former, and a little of the latter. Also, they were calling for running plays with 4:00 to go, that's Zorn.

 

[LemonMelon]

I don't know who is more to blame for those stupid plays. Jim Zorn for having plays with short routes in the hurry-up offense part of the playbook or Jason Campbell for choosing the short routes over the deep routes.

The playcalling was horrid, but I'm pegging this one on Campbell. I'm glad he threw no picks, but he also refused to take any chances, which you need to do in the NFL. Sometimes, you've just got to trust that your deep man can get to the ball even if he's - GASP - in single coverage.

 

[No spoken words]

And sometimes you need to stop running the ball, that too. Zorn it up!

 

[LemonMelon]

Yeah, that was pretty brilliant of us to only seldom test the Giants' secondary, which is by far the weakest part of the team. When a WCO is running that much more than it's passing, something is wrong. We played scared.

 

[Hewson]

It was just a "suggestion", but hey, that's what I'm here for.

A suggestion that phanan made 3 days ago.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Yeah, that was pretty brilliant of us to only seldom test the Giants' secondary, which is by far the weakest part of the team. When a WCO is running that much more than it's passing, something is wrong. We played scared.

the giants secondary is significantly better than anyone gives them credit for. they were bad like more than a year ago. they've actually been fairly solid since the middle of last season, and they have a ton of young talent that are starting to really come into their own, and that doesn't even count kenny phillips, who's gonna be a stud.