NFL Week 7

Paully D

After another crazy week in week 6, here's week 7's schedule (all times in GMT):

Thursday Night/Friday Morning

01:20am:

Seahawks @ 49ers (Sky Sports 1)

Sunday

6pm:

Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans (Sky Sports 3)
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans @ Bills
Redskins @ Giants

9:25pm:

Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots (Sky Sports 3)


Sunday Night/Monday Morning

01:20am:

Steelers @ Bengals (Channel 4)

Monday Night/Tuesday Morning

01:30am:

Lions @ Bears (BBC)

Chucky the tree

Jags @ Raiders clearly the pick of the bunch for all neutrals.

SantryRed

Only two games on at 9:25? :eek:

Guessing everyone will be watching the Patriots-Jets so :pac:

matthew8

That's a joke. Ravens-Texans and Cards-Vikings obvious late game options. Scott Hanson will have his work cut out for him on the late redzone, as if it wasn't already. Gonna need one hell of a fact sheet.

Hazys

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Jags @ Raiders clearly the pick of the bunch for all neutrals.

I have both McFadden and MJD on my fantasy team, so i'll be hoping they run all over each other.

HigginsJ

Seahawks @ 49ers
Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans @ Bills
Redskins @ Giants
Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots
Steelers @ Bengals
Lions @ Bears

ReacherCreature

Seahawks @ 49ers

Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans @ Bills
Redskins @ Giants

Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots

Steelers @ Bengals

Lions @ Bears

Just noticed my list is eerily similar to HigginsJ above.

spiralism

Not mad on Sunday's slate of games to be quite honest. Texans/Ravens should be great and Pats/Jets could be too but im not gone on Sunday or Monday's games.

davyjose

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Jags @ Raiders clearly the pick of the bunch for all neutrals.

Woah there... Browns at Indy is the cream of that lot.

Son Of A Vidic

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Jags @ Raiders clearly the pick of the bunch for all neutrals.

Why clearly?

Because I think the Ravens/Texans game or the Pats/Jets game are more likely to attract the neutral observers interest.

PokeHerKing

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Why clearly?

Because I think the Ravens/Texans game or the Pats/Jets game are more likely to attract the neutral observers interest.

Sarcasm.....?

spiritcrusher

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Why clearly?

Because I think the Ravens/Texans game or the Pats/Jets game are more likely to attract the neutral observers interest.

:P :pac:

Son Of A Vidic

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Sarcasm.....?

PokeHerKing

Seahawks @ 49ers

Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans@ Bills
Redskins @ Giants

Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots

Steelers @ Bengals

Lions @ Bears

boccy23

matthew8 wrote: »

That's a joke. Ravens-Texans and Cards-Vikings obvious late game options. Scott Hanson will have his work cut out for him on the late redzone, as if it wasn't already. Gonna need one hell of a fact sheet.

Strange one alright. Might get to bed at a reasonable time on Sunday!

cruiserweight

Seahawks @ 49ers

Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans@ Bills
Redskins @ Giants

Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots

Steelers @ Bengals

Lions @ Bears

boccy23

Seahawks @ 49ers

Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans@ Bills
Redskins @ Giants

Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots

Steelers @ Bengals

Lions @ Bears

helimachoptor

See a Titans win this week, and hopefully by 10

Pudsy33

Really looking forward to tonights game. Hopefully I can stay awake for it all. I have to say I am fond of both teams, but I think I'll be cheering on the hawks as they're underdogs.

bruschi

Goddamnit. Get gamepass for first time this season and now have a third Patriots game out of 7 that sky have picked. And I used slate them coz they never showed them enough before! it'll prob be the main game on redzone though so wont be too bad.

Son Of A Vidic

bruschi wrote: »

Goddamnit. Get gamepass for first time this season and now have a third Patriots game out of 7 that sky have picked. And I used slate them coz they never showed them enough before! it'll prob be the main game on redzone though so wont be too bad.

Their only showing them because of the build up to the London game I suspect. Otherwise you wouldn't be seeing so much of them.

mayordenis

Seahawks @ 49ers

Cardinals @ Vikings
Ravens @ Texans
Browns @ Colts
Cowboys @ Panthers
Packers @ Rams
Saints @ Buccs
Titans @ Bills
Redskins @ Giants

Jags @ Raiders
Jets @ Patriots

Steelers @ Bengals

Lions @ Bears

Big game for the Packers.

Think a loss could do irreparable damage to the season. A second win in a row could see optimism build of trip to the post season.

UnitedIrishman

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Their only showing them because of the build up to the London game I suspect. Otherwise you wouldn't be seeing so much of them.

That and the alternative is to show the Raiders vs. Jags.

I'd imagine the majority of the Pats game will be shown on Redzone anyways.

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Like I said in the Week 6 thread, Packers need to follow up the Texans game with a win or it'll be pointless. A few weeks ago I'd have said it'd be a very tricky tie but the Rams are missing Bradford's go to man - Amendola - which is a help and if our defence steps up again (could do with Raji back) then we should be ok.

Paully D

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Really looking forward to tonights game. Hopefully I can stay awake for it all. I have to say I am fond of both teams, but I think I'll be cheering on the hawks as they're underdogs.

Wish I could watch it live but with such an early start tomorrow morning it will be Game Pass at lunch for me. The hardest thing about it is trying to avoid hearing or seeing the score. :mad:

Itssoeasy

Thank god the eagles are on a bye. The non eagles fans can post here without seeing posts from us(me) swearing and bitching and moaning about how badly they are playing.

spiralism

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Thank god the eagles are on a bye. The non eagles fans can post here without seeing posts from us(me) swearing and bitching and moaning about how badly they are playing.

Likewise with me and the broncos.

UnitedIrishman

Interesting news before the game - 49er LT Joe Staley starts the game despite suffering a concussion on Sunday. Don't know how smart that is - he suffered a concussion last year too - but I guess the doctors and medical team know the state of the injury better than we do.

eagle eye

Really looking forward to this. I think the 49ers will bounce back in style after their bad defeat last weekend. I just don't think Seattle match up well against them at all.

poldebruin

San Francisco do not look like scoring a TD any time soon. Seattle are very impressive, and deserve to be leading by more really.

poldebruin

spoke (to myself) too soon!

Podge_irl

I think one touchdown in the context of this defence heavy game is huge.

Tristram

Who and what is Delanie Walker? lol

poldebruin

that was a bad bad rookie-type throw, held onto the ball too long and tossed it into double (triple?) coverage.
Big momentum-shift in the last 5 minutes.

poldebruin

ah, game is getting interesting now. Big big interception. Could've put the game to bed there.

Podge_irl

God I hate Alex Smith*





*not really, and he's doing a lot better in general. But with an elite QB the 9ers would be unstoppable.

Tristram

Dunno why they brought Kaepernik(sp.) in on 2nd...

poldebruin

bah, gonna say I don't like the punt here, if they kjnew they were punting on 4th and long they should have ensured a positivve gain on 3rd and 12 and give them a chance on 4th. Hate punting the ball away with just over 2 mins left.

adrian522

Just a first down here will do.. Gore has been excellent tonight, receiving and rushing.

poldebruin

jeez, what a miserable attempt by the 49ers to run the clock. 19 seconds they used on that series. Putting the game in the hands of the D, probably the right thing though.

adrian522

Sack from 99

poldebruin

great conversion after the sack and false start. oh, spoke to soon, chop block and short!

eagle eye

I don't know wtf just happened but Harbaugh just gave the handicap win to the Seahawks by not taking the penalty and the safety. That gave the 49ers a two score lead and almost certainly the ball back to finish the game.

I'm not normally one to shout conspiracy but this is just too fishy right now for me. I'll try and reason it out but I just don't get it.

adrian522

You'd be pretty upset with 49ers if you had them - 7 on the spread after turning down that safety. Anyway good win, could be crucial come December

Syferus

Harbaugh looked half confused on the sideline. I doubt he had a few g's on a Seattle handicap win.

Son Of A Vidic

This is what happens, when a loudmouth shoots his mouth off......

Masked Man

eagle eye wrote: »

I don't know wtf just happened but Harbaugh just gave the handicap win to the Seahawks by not taking the penalty and the safety. That gave the 49ers a two score lead and almost certainly the ball back to finish the game.

I'm not normally one to shout conspiracy but this is just too fishy right now for me. I'll try and reason it out but I just don't get it.

Haven't seen the play but my guess is injuries or he just made a mistake.

adrian522

Well, 49ers were up by 7 and the seahawks had no timeouts and had just failed to convert a 4th down so the 49ers took the ball rather than having the seahawks try to run an on-side free kick.

Seriously why would Harbaugh give a f**K about who gets the handicap win? They lost Josh Morgan for the season last year on a stupid nothing play against tampa at the end of the game so I think the above move was correct.

eagle eye

adrian522 wrote: »

Well, 49ers were up by 7 and the seahawks had no timeouts and had just failed to convert a 4th down so the 49ers took the ball rather than having the seahawks try to run an on-side free kick.

Seriously why would Harbaugh give a f**K about who gets the handicap win? They lost Josh Morgan for the season last year on a stupid nothing play against tampa at the end of the game so I think the above move was correct.

How do you onside kick from a free kick? Its possible but extremely difficult. I'd doubt that kickers even practice this, it would have to be a drop kick.

Harbaugh didn't just decide to decline, he got the end of the play measured to see if they had a first down. The commentators mere miffed by this. There was 44 seconds left or something like that. If you take the ball and you are one score up the game is likely over but a mistake would still mean the other team has a chance to tie and go to overtime. If you take the safety then even if the other team is successful in recovering the kickoff they have 44 seconds to score twice.

It just makes no sense to me that he changed things. As for your suggestion that he wouldn't have a couple of grand on it. This is way bigger than that, there is huge money bet on every game and most of it is laid in Vegas. I'm not saying there is anything to this but it is awfully strange in that circumstance to turn down a two score lead.

Masked Man

punts/kickoffs can easily cause injuries.

taking the penalty probably decreases their chances of winning by like .00000000000001%. It is possible that the other team scores nine points.

adrian522

Well obviously he got it measured to see if it was a first down, if it was a first down he takes the penalty but they have to go through the punt/Free kick where anything can happen (ref Kyle Williams last year).

By declining the penalty all they had to do was kneel it out, it's not like they needed to run any plays.

I'd much rather be in a position where I have the ball with a one score lead and only need to kneel it out than take a chance(however remote) where the opposition gets the ball with time on the clock needing to score twice to win the game.

I've seen enough last minute heroics from Seattle for one season I think.

No conspiracy here I don't think.