NFL 2013: Week 10

I cannot believe the 49ers are losing. All those FGs not enough.

Still, just one more drive can do it.

This is agonizing.

Edit: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Two great defenses doing what they do best. Over the last month the Panthers and 9ers both were scoring tons of points a game.

Enix wrote:

Through nearly 3 quarters:

Newton, CAR: 11/24, 136, 0 TDs, 1 INT

Kaepernick, SF: 9/13, 71, 0, 0

Two good defenses, or two QBs who aren't putting up the numbers like they did a year ago? Or some of both?

Two good defenses, and two QBs who have little to throw to besides an old guy and a TE. And Kap lost his TE.

Both teams need more weapons at pass catching positions.

Andre Johnson is the greatest ever. Wow.

Arizona is now a game behind the 49ers.

Looks like Jake Locker is probably done for the year with his latest injury. I like him and think he's a great guy, but at this point he's not progressing like he should and he gets injured a lot. I think it's time to cut ties in the off season and try and grab a good QB in the draft.

I preemptively played a Madden revenge game last night anticipating the Steelers falling apart against the Bears. I lost the first 55-14 or something. Lots of INTs and fumbles and defensive scoring by the Bears. In played a revenge revenge game and won 28-22 or something.

Then the Steelers won!

Against the Bills.

I...

So with the win the Panthers stay a game back of the Saints in the division. But the Saints are playing right now and if they lose ...

/sees that the Saints are playing the Cowboys

/sees that Romo is starting for the Cowboys

OK, so the Panthers remain a game back of the Saints ...

Enix wrote:

So with the win the Panthers stay a game back of the Saints in the division. But the Saints are playing right now and if they lose ...

/sees that the Saints are playing the Cowboys

/sees that Romo is starting for the Cowboys

OK, so the Panthers remain a game back of the Saints ...

December is going to be interesting.

A couple of notes on the Panthers after Sunday:

* Cam Newton made some clutch throws late in the game that he wouldn't have made a year ago. OC Mike Shula has chained him to the pocket and forced him to go through his reads. The result has been a few more sacks than before, but he has gotten a lot more accurate (though you wouldn't believe that if you based that solely on Sunday's game) and he's forcing fewer throws into bad spots.

* The Panthers D is good but not that good. Maybe it was the D-line pressure. Maybe it was the lack of Vernon Davis and any semblance of a downfield passing game. Whatever it was, Kaepernick looked lost in a way he didn't last season. Also, too: SF had the league's worst pass offense coming into yesterday, and the Niners sure played like it.

The Patriots come to Charlotte next Monday, and that will tell me a lot more about the Panthers. I don't know how well they'll deal with Brady and all those quick slants he likes to throw.

Every Cowboy loss is like a party over here in NY.

TempestBlayze wrote:

Every Cowboy loss is like a party over here in NY.

Geez, man. What got into the Giants? The Panthers left them for dead in alley a month or so ago, and now the Giants are just a game out of first in the loss column.

GO BUCS

Lavonte David is so damn good.

Well. Miami has the ball, down 3, with 3 min. How will the Bucs blow it this time?

GO BUCS!

MMD does this make you feel better? Or worse?

tboon wrote:

GO BUCS!

MMD does this make you feel better? Or worse?

:)

Pretty sure he covered it already:

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

It has literally been about two months since I've been that excited about a football game. It's going to suck Monday night when Tampa beats Miami and screws up the Bridgewater sweepstakes.

Screw that. OH MY GOD THE BUCS ACTUALLY WON TEDDY BRIDGEWATER CAN KISS MY SHINY METAL ASS

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Screw that. OH MY GOD THE BUCS ACTUALLY WON TEDDY BRIDGEWATER CAN KISS MY SHINY METAL ASS

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sh*tf*ck.

Chiefs' Dwayne Bowe arrested

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was arrested early Sunday by police in Riverside, Mo., for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and speeding.

Only one 5-0 this week... Jayhawker. :p

TheGameguru wrote:

Ed Reed out

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...

That signing never really made sense, especially for $5 mil guaranteed.

Well, it was the signing of a team that thought they were peaking into a Super Bowl contender and wanted a Right Now player.

I'd say their assessment was a tad off the mark.

*Legion* wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

Ed Reed out

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...

That signing never really made sense, especially for $5 mil guaranteed.

Well, it was the signing of a team that thought they were peaking into a Super Bowl contender and wanted a Right Now player.

I'd say their assessment was a tad off the mark.

They should have kept Glover Quin. I've been feeling ambivalent about Rick Smith's personnel decisions the last few years. I guess he's running around 50% success (a number I came up with by scientifically examining shut up already). Letting Mario go was a good decision, Watt and Cush were good draft picks (although Cushing doesn't seem very durable now). Picking up Schaub was a huge improvement on Carr (Fed, look there for Tannehill's future), but wasn't the home run everyone had hoped for. I have to wonder how much is Smith just getting the best available folks who are willing to come to Houston. It's a problem with all of our sports teams, except possibly the Dynamo. It's not a glamorous city, and you're not going to have the kind of lifestyle you might in Miami, New York, Chicago, LA, etc. "Oh, Houston? What kind of amenities do you have?" "Er...lots of oil refineries in nearby Pasedena, so you can smell sulfur when you're driving around. Our beaches have plenty of tar where they haven't been eroded to nothing by repeated hurricanes. Um...I dunno. Maybe I should move, too!"

And off they go into the sunset together.

bighoppa wrote:

Er...lots of oil refineries in nearby Pasadena ....

Technically, only two: Lyondell and Crown (those were the old names; I suspect they've changed names since I lived there). If you continue down 225, there's Shell Deer Park and Exxon in Mobil.

The worst offenders aren't the refineries but really the chemical plants. (I'm looking at you, old Goodyear plant.) Throw in the Simpson Paper Mill (there's the bulk of your rotten egg smell, plus it was right next door to the Crown refinery) ... deep breath ... smells like money.

Don't be so harsh on H-town. There's a lot of money and plenty to do there. Plus Texas has no state income tax. That's huge for some of these guys. That said, the most successful pro franchise in Texas in the past decade is the Spurs in (relatively speaking) small-market San Antonio.

Enix wrote:

Don't be so harsh on H-town. There's a lot of money and plenty to do there. Plus Texas has no state income tax. That's huge for some of these guys. That said, the most successful pro franchise in Texas in the past decade is the Spurs in (relatively speaking) small-market San Antonio.

Ding ding ding.... If guys aren't coming its not Houston or the states fault. Honestly I don't buy much the "can't draw free agents etc" argument in this day and age.... Unless it's like Edmonton.

Also, too, and I was thinking about this later last night:

I don't think city amenities really matter all that much. Warm weather (for golf) probably helps more. So does a good airport. Frankly, a lot of those guys can't really go out a whole lot. A practice squad cornerback is pretty anonymous, but most pro athletes draw a crowd. Plus they're busy. And the smart ones know about all the stupid stuff (DWI, assaults, shootings) that happen when you stay out late and drink.

As far as football goes, NFL players are employed only 16 weeks a year. I suspect a lot of them (at least the young single guys) don't really call their NFL city home. Factor in the fact that most of these guys are out of the league in 2-3 years, and most of them most likely split a house or condo with some other guys during the season and go home (wherever that is) the other 8 months of the year.

The MLB, NBA and NHL might be different because their seasons are so long (and careers are longer, I think), but those teams are on the road so much that it barely matters where players live during the season.

Green Bay has had a successful NFL franchise. Yes, they're currently full of home-grown players, but lots of free agents have gone to Green Bay. Players go to teams because of the size of the contract, not how nice the bars are. I mean, face it, Florida's a fun place to live, right? It's not like Miami, Tampa, or Jacksonville (OK, Jacksonville's not exactly the fun part of Florida) have been overly successful.

Enix wrote:

Also, too, and I was thinking about this later last night:

I don't think city amenities really matter all that much. Warm weather (for golf) probably helps more. So does a good airport. Frankly, a lot of those guys can't really go out a whole lot. A practice squad cornerback is pretty anonymous, but most pro athletes draw a crowd. Plus they're busy. And the smart ones know about all the stupid stuff (DWI, assaults, shootings) that happen when you stay out late and drink.

As far as football goes, NFL players are employed only 16 weeks a year. I suspect a lot of them (at least the young single guys) don't really call their NFL city home. Factor in the fact that most of these guys are out of the league in 2-3 years, and most of them most likely split a house or condo with some other guys during the season and go home (wherever that is) the other 8 months of the year.

The MLB, NBA and NHL might be different because their seasons are so long (and careers are longer, I think), but those teams are on the road so much that it barely matters where players live during the season.

I think the big one were missing is spouses.

I brought up Edmonton as an example because in hockey the famous example was Chris Pronger forcing his way out of town with rumors swirling his wife either hated it or was fooling around with a teammate (this is the auto assumption in all hockey trades for some reason). Oh yea some guy named Wayne Gretzky also left ;P

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Green Bay has had a successful NFL franchise. Yes, they're currently full of home-grown players, but lots of free agents have gone to Green Bay. Players go to teams because of the size of the contract, not how nice the bars are. I mean, face it, Florida's a fun place to live, right? It's not like Miami, Tampa, or Jacksonville (OK, Jacksonville's not exactly the fun part of Florida) have been overly successful.

Fun place to live and have also super low taxes. Lebron and Bosch met up with Wade in Miami not because of the city or the storied basketball franchise (that was sarcasm and they had no fans before). $$$. The rest is all peripheral BS IMO.