NFL 2013: Week 6

The special teams in this Titans-Seahawks game are well......special.

Jags down only 14-12 at half, and if not for some unforced errors, they could easily be the team in the lead.

Jags' pass rush has beaten Manning, who briefly left the sidelines. Then right before half, Posluszny gets a pick six off Manning.

Henne has more passing yards than Manning so far, but Jaguar incompetence in the red zone has denied them the lead they should have.

Titans/Seahawks about to start 4th quarter, and the 49ers/Cardinals just went to halftime.

Yeah that's a weird one.

Did one start at 4:05 and the other 4:25? That doesn't explain all of it, but gives them a little lead time.

Other questions right now:
Why is Denver only up 2?
Why isn't Seattle blowing out a team at home like always?

Oh Gumbie.

Seattle fumbles inside the 10, Tenn recover/fumbles it right back to them.

I can't watch Ryan Fitzpatrick anymore. I don't even know how this guy is still in the NFL much less starting games.

Um. Denver is faking punts on 4th and 2 against the Jags.

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Brandon Weeden, NFL Quarterback

garion333 wrote:

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Brandon Weeden, "NFL Quarterback"

FTFY.

Oh damn. Amendola crushed. Bit of helmet-to-helmet there but not dirty. Ow.

Huh. Hit Blackmon in the hands, he drops it in the end zone. There's the Jaguars we know and love.

Offsetting penalties? Nothing sticks to Mathieu.

How did the Saints lose that game?

From week 3:

Top_Shelf wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

(KC) already ha(s) plans to decimate Seattle's decibel record this season. Season ticket sales skyrocketed with the hiring of Reid and acquisition of Alex Smith. And it is still the best pre-party tailgate experience in the NFL, which leads to a raucous environment when everything comes together.

Good luck on the record. One of the things Seattle has is the stadium was built to funnel sound down to the field. An open-air stadium will have a really hard time replicating that (domes can't beat Seattle).

I am biased, though, so... :)

Well, it wasn't decimated, figuratively or literally, but...

Arrowhead Stadium is again the loudest stadium in the NFL.

This time, it's official.

The Kansas City Chiefs broke the world record for an outdoor sports stadium in their 24-7 win over Oakland on Sunday when they reached 137.5 decibels in the closing minutes.

An official from Guinness World Records confirmed to The Associated Press that Chiefs fans broke the record of 136.6 set by Seahawks fans during a game against San Francisco earlier this year.

Wow

psu_13 wrote:

How did the Saints lose that game?

Tom Freakin' Brady.

Someone make a Rob Ryanface GIF, stat!

Enix wrote:
psu_13 wrote:

How did the Saints lose that game?

Tom Freakin' Brady.

Someone make a Rob Ryanface GIF, stat!

I don't know how a second string skeleton crew beat the Saints. They are now missing just about all their skill players on both sides of the field with top receptions coming from Hoomanawanui and Dobson.

From a silly A-Z column in the Star on the Chiefs/Raiders game:

Z is for zero, the number of times Oakland crossed the 50 between its touchdown with 8:40 left in the second quarter and the second-to-last play of the game.

Because their offense has been so anemic, it hides how consistently stifling their defense has been. In fact, between returns for TDs and short fields, you can attribute of of the chiefs points directly to their defense. The Chiefs were out gained for the game, and both teams punted 8 times. But it the defense turned the Raider mistakes into points and finished up a nice 17 point win.

Usually, defensive teams want to bleed the clock with a run game and limit possessions. But I'm getting the feeling the chiefs feel confident enough that they will stall out opponent drives, that more possessions just mean more opportunities to force mistakes and turnovers.

It's been a fun ride to 6-0, but it has still been against a weak schedule, and the offense has not been required yet. It's a pretty weak 6-0, in my opinion. Luckily, they get the Texans next week, as their schedule continues to get easier as the season rolls along.

Denver-KC on Nov 17 and Dec 1. Somebody has to lose.

I'd just like to point out that the Jaguars were more competitive with the Broncos, on the road, than the Texans were at home with the Rams.

That makes me

Based on evidence from Jacksonville and Cleveland it's pretty clear the way to become competitive is to trade away former 1st round draft picks.

Either that or have your star receiver come back from suspension, but I'd be okay if Joe Flacco were traded.*

*The offensive troubles of the Ravens are not to be laid solely at his feet, but imagine all those picks they could get for him! And the cap hit!

Texans are snakebit this season. I don't know what else to say. If I were a fairweather fan I'd probably be checked out completely.

Did y'all see the tweets about how the Texans out gained the Rams nearly 2-1 and still lost by over 20?crazy, crazy stuff.

garion333 wrote:

The offensive troubles of the Ravens are not to be laid solely at his feet, but imagine all those picks they could get for him! And the cap hit!

You don't even need to trade him; he's got plenty of picks all by himself.

Ain't nobody trading for Joe Flacco with that contract. He played out of his mind for the SB run, but he's never been consistent enough to justify that kind of cap hit. He basically played the Ravens into a corner where they had to lob a truckfull of money at him, but nobody else would do that.

And now, having said that, I'll find out Tampa has traded Doug Martin, Gerald McCoy, LaVonte David, and six first-round picks for the guy, and I'll set myself on fire.

Re: Pats over Saints

Brady's final drive (70 yards in less than 70 sec with no time-outs) was great, but the D deserves a huge amount of credit giving him 3 chances to win the game in the final 3:30.

Stele wrote:

Huh. Hit Blackmon in the hands, he drops it in the end zone. There's the Jaguars we know and love. ;)

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have, Justin Blackmon... Jus-tin Black-mon!

The guy lines up against Champ Bailey, catches 14 passes for 190 yards, is the only real threat the Jags have on the field... and then drops that endzone ball.

*Legion* wrote:
Stele wrote:

Huh. Hit Blackmon in the hands, he drops it in the end zone. There's the Jaguars we know and love. ;)

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have, Justin Blackmon... Jus-tin Black-mon!

The guy lines up against Champ Bailey, catches 14 passes for 190 yards, is the only real threat the Jags have on the field... and then drops that endzone ball.

Blackmon is the one trade-able player on the Jags.

boogle wrote:
*Legion* wrote:
Stele wrote:

Huh. Hit Blackmon in the hands, he drops it in the end zone. There's the Jaguars we know and love. ;)

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have, Justin Blackmon... Jus-tin Black-mon!

The guy lines up against Champ Bailey, catches 14 passes for 190 yards, is the only real threat the Jags have on the field... and then drops that endzone ball.

Blackmon is the one trade-able player on the Jags.

Not true, but not as false as it should be.

Most NFL rosters don't have a WR2 as good as Cecil Shorts. Shorts would explode with a capable QB throwing passes his way.

The other Blackmon, Will Blackmon, has quietly been one of the better corners in the NFL. (PFF rates him the 10th best corner so far this year).

... aaaaaand that's about it, particularly with Eugene Monroe already traded away.

Although I could see a team trading for MJD, hoping he rebounds on a more capable offense. To the surprise of no one, his best games so far have been the ones with Justin Blackmon also on the field.

And may they both stay healthy for the sake of What would Jones Drew.

Excellent!