Week 11 Thread

Hazys · 17-11-2014 04:28AM

eagle eye wrote: »

15 more yards for Jonas Gray to hit 200.

Damn only 199!!

38 carries for 199 yards, averaging 5.2 yards a carry with 4 TDs!! INSANE.

eagle eye · 17-11-2014 04:29AM

Ah for feck sake, 199 yards, they could have given him one more carry. Great performance from Jonas, great team performance. Gronk was brilliant tonight as a blocker and of course a receiver when required.

Overall its a performance that will scare the hell out of every head coach that has to face us yet. HFA in ours to lose now.

Billy86 · 17-11-2014 04:33AM

I was going to post that Belichick wasn't going to go for it too... miserable bast*rd.

Arguably still the best coach in the league and one of the best of all time... but what a miserable b*stard. Must've been what other teams fans felt about Alex Ferguson.

Billy86 · 17-11-2014 04:34AM

eagle eye wrote: »

Ah for feck sake, 199 yards, they could have given him one more carry. Great performance from Jonas, great team performance. Gronk was brilliant tonight as a blocker and of course a receiver when required.

Overall its a performance that will scare the hell out of every head coach that has to face us yet. HFA in ours to lose now.

Do us a favour and smack the Lions next week please! Cannot wait for the Packers/Patriots match in Lambeau now.

JaMarcusHustle · 17-11-2014 04:35AM

Just looking at SNF this season. The last 9 weeks the winning margins have been 18, 21, 26, 27, 25, 21, 20, 41, 22. Crazy.

Billy86 · 17-11-2014 04:53AM

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Just looking at SNF this season. The last 9 weeks the winning margins have been 18, 21, 26, 27, 25, 21, 20, 41, 22. Crazy.

Good thing Michaels and Collinsworth are the commentators so. Incredibly easy to listen to, finny at times, very relaxed demeanours and always able to keep interesting conversation even if the game is dead (like talking about Reggie Wayne tonight) - they'd make a great duo for an NFL podcast actually.

Lionbacker · 17-11-2014 01:09PM

Billy86 wrote: »

Do us a favour and smack the Lions next week please!

All I hope for next week is a properly officiated game
The Lions Cardinals game yesterday was a joke. Totally incompetent refs making utterly bizarre decisions & unable to properly spot a ball, unless it was to help out Cardinals; for example at the end for them to run out the clock.

phatkev · 17-11-2014 01:42PM

Lionbacker wrote: »

All I hope for next week is a properly officiated game. Totally incompetent refs

yeah Jerome Bogar has been awful in the games Ive watched this season. Some very strange decisions happening in games he's been officiating.

padraig_f · 17-11-2014 01:59PM

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Just looking at SNF this season. The last 9 weeks the winning margins have been 18, 21, 26, 27, 25, 21, 20, 41, 22. Crazy.

And the majority of Thursday night games have been blowouts too. One thing Goodell & co. probably don't realise as they change the rules to promote more and more offense is that: more points = more blowouts.

padraig_f · 17-11-2014 02:03PM

Billy86 wrote: »

Good thing Michaels and Collinsworth are the commentators so. Incredibly easy to listen to, finny at times, very relaxed demeanours and always able to keep interesting conversation even if the game is dead (like talking about Reggie Wayne tonight) - they'd make a great duo for an NFL podcast actually.

Also sneaky gambling references from Al Michaels...

@RJBell: Al Michaels: "Not officially over, but OVER in another manner." #loveit

Deco99 · 17-11-2014 02:05PM

Are the Colts genuine contenders anymore?

raze_them_all_ · 17-11-2014 02:24PM

Deco99 wrote: »

Are the Colts genuine contenders anymore?

they never were this season

padraig_f · 17-11-2014 02:27PM

Deco99 wrote: »

Are the Colts genuine contenders anymore?

With Luck they will always have a chance in the playoffs. First time properly watching them this season and was just admiring his play last night. In particular his ability to stay looking downfield in the face of pressure, and his pocket movement to buy extra time.

What killed them last night was the running game and run-defense. 19 rushing yards (15 from Luck), 244 rushing yards allowed. I see Bradshaw got injured too.

That may be too big a hole to fill. Looking at season stats 12th in rushing efficiency, 26th in defensive rushing efficiency.

Deco99 · 17-11-2014 02:38PM

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

they never were this season

Not too sure about that, pretty much assured of making the playoffs and whilst they would be long shots, their offence, (for me) gives them a chance in any one off game situation. Just feel that Bradshaw being out is a huge blow to slim chances anyway. Teams with a history can always have an expectation to be in with a chance once it gets to knockout, then momentum can kick in.

Itssoeasy · 17-11-2014 02:45PM

Just watched the first half of the Eagles packers game. That wasn't good.

Adamcp898 · 17-11-2014 02:50PM

Only after picking up on RG3's comments after yesterday's game. Sheesh the gamble to get him in the draft just keeps managing to look worse and worse.

UnitedIrishman · 17-11-2014 02:57PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Just watched the first half of the Eagles packers game. That wasn't good.

I know, it wasn't good. It was great.

JaMarcusHustle · 17-11-2014 04:46PM

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Only after picking up on RG3's comments after yesterday's game. Sheesh the gamble to get him in the draft just keeps managing to look worse and worse.

To be honest, the way it's being reported is pretty terrible.

Yahoo's headline is "RG3 throws Redskins teammates under bus after his own bad game" and there's plenty of other media taking the same angle and putting this spin on it. And the only quote they are using is:

“It takes 11 men," Griffin said. "It doesn’t take one guy, and that’s proven. If you want to look at the good teams in this league and the great quarterbacks, the Peytons and the Aaron Rodgers, those guys don’t play well if their guys don’t play well. They don’t.

"We need everybody. I need every one of those guys in that locker room, and I know they’re looking at me saying the same thing.”

Yet the majority of these are leaving out what he said directly before the above quote.

“All of the sacks are on me. Period. We’re 3-7, and everybody in this room knows that, and everybody in that locker room knows that. We can’t do what 3-7 football teams do. We can’t throw knives and stab each other in the back. I think we have good people in our locker room, men of God that are going to stick together and stay strong. So when you ask me that question, and I say all of the sacks are on me, it’s because I’m looking myself in the mirror and saying, I can do better. I have to do better. I need every man in that locker room, players and coaches, to look themselves in the mirror and say, ‘What can I do better?’”

“It was a travesty. It was a travesty out there today. We didn’t play well. I didn’t see the field as well as I would’ve liked to. We had turnovers. I can’t throw interceptions. We had false start penalties and holding penalties. It was just bad ball out there today. It’s not that we looked past Tampa Bay because we can’t afford to look past anybody. The fact of the matter is we’re not a very good football team right now.”

I'm no RG3 fanboy and I do have my doubts about his personality and character - there's an awful lot of smoke and you know what they say about smoke and fire - but there's nothing wrong with what he said after the game imo.

Realt Dearg Sec · 17-11-2014 04:56PM

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

To be honest, the way it's being reported is pretty terrible.

Yahoo's headline is "RG3 throws Redskins teammates under bus after his own bad game" and there's plenty of other media taking the same angle and putting this spin on it. And the only quote they are using is:

Yet the majority of these are leaving out what he said directly before the above quote.

I'm no RG3 fanboy and I do have my doubts about his personality and character - there's an awful lot of smoke and you know what they say about smoke and fire - but there's nothing wrong with what he said after the game imo.

Yeah like anyone else I went straight to nfl.com when I heard about this throwing people under the bus and was very disappointed to find that he was relentlessly berating his own performance and quite reasonably pointing out that, as a team, they weren't doing nearly enough. A non-story that they really want to grow legs so that they can have someone to beat up on. I think the journalists would love to tear him asunder, for no other reason than that's entertainment.

Adamcp898 · 17-11-2014 04:56PM

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

To be honest, the way it's being reported is pretty terrible.

Yahoo's headline is "RG3 throws Redskins teammates under bus after his own bad game" and there's plenty of other media taking the same angle and putting this spin on it. And the only quote they are using is:

Yet the majority of these are leaving out what he said directly before the above quote.

I'm no RG3 fanboy and I do have my doubts about his personality and character - there's an awful lot of smoke and you know what they say about smoke and fire - but there's nothing wrong with what he said after the game imo.

Yep they have been skewed for sure but, tbh, the silliest thing is him not remembering any media training and deciding to go the extra bit and say what he said about his team mates.

I'd say the moment he came out with it he knew he had fudged things up and it was going to be jumped all over. If he wanted to speak about accountability for results and performances he should've known to only reference himself directly and if we wanted to speak about the team as a whole then phrased it a hell of a lot better.

It's the type of thing where I'm sure it's a non issue in the dressing room given they will have heard the full transcript but it has nevertheless now generated the type of attention that doesn't help matters. Especially when there isn't a week that goes by without debate or comment on the Redskins QB situation and who should be declared starter if anyone.

I've just realised I've wasted more than enough lines on debating how professional athletes should address the media :pac:

Moist Bread · 17-11-2014 05:26PM

That's why sports media is so utterly pointless. If you have to be trained to give the 'right' answer, to spout to banal platitudes just to appease the media/fans, then I just don't see the point in having player interviews in the first place.

It's pretty obvious why the media create provocative narratives out of thin air so it shouldn't generate any pressure for the team at all.

glued · 17-11-2014 06:22PM

New England have to be favourites from here barring any ridiculous injuries to Brady or Gronk. It's amazing how some people had the knives out for Belichick just a number of weeks ago.

Alfred Borden · 17-11-2014 06:26PM

Cant see past the Pats out of the AFC now. Probably Cardinals or Packers to meet them in Arizona.

Deco99 · 17-11-2014 06:32PM

Raf32 wrote: »

Cant see past the Pats out of the AFC now. Probably Cardinals or Packers to meet them in Arizona.

lions win in foxboro next week so...

Alfred Borden · 17-11-2014 06:35PM

Deco99 wrote: »

lions win in foxboro next week so...

Blows both divisions wide open. AFC is looking its best in a long time it has to be said.

raze_them_all_ · 17-11-2014 06:37PM

Lions will fall short like usual

Hazys · 17-11-2014 06:48PM

Raf32 wrote: »

Cant see past the Pats out of the AFC now. Probably Cardinals or Packers to meet them in Arizona.

The Chiefs are sneaky good, hold a tie breaker over the Pats and have an easier schedule...so keep an eye out for them.

Pats are 2 games ahead of the Broncos but only one ahead of the Chiefs.

Billy86 · 17-11-2014 07:06PM

The Lions are good, and their defence is top class obviously, but it does have to be pointed out that they have been just barely getting those wins for a bit now - lost to the Cardinals away and Bills at home, only beat the Falcons by a single point (in Wembley, and would have lost if not for their own penalty), squeaked by the Dolphins at the end, needed the Saints to collapse in the last 3:30 - both at home, and also had just the one comfortable win against the Vikings (17-3) in Minnesota.

That said, they did all that with Bush and Megatron out or playing injured, so they can get better - but they really do need to get better to keep up the pace. Also Stafford tends to struggle against good defences, especially opportunistic ones, and that's where I reckon Belichick is going to be the MVP of the game next week.

raze_them_all_ · 17-11-2014 07:11PM

Just a daily reminder to remember unless you are a texans fan you don't have JJ watt on your team

17-11-2014 07:27PM

pats and packers where both "done" a few weeks ago now the eagles are "done" after one bad game i love watching nfl but good god do people overreact to everything in this league

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