NFL 2011 Week 3

A repost? Maybe. But it made me laugh this morning so here you go.

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Paleocon wrote:

I'm not sure the Redskins will be able to win even if Romo doesn't play. Dallas always plays tough at home and as hurt as they are, they still have a lot of talent on that bench. I'm unconvinced that Washington is more than an 8-8 team.

Even if DC wins this week, they can still go 5-8 the rest of the way to hit your predicted .500.

My Panthers are forecast to be a 4-to-6 win team this year, and they're starting to run out of winnable games. After this week, their next best chance is Oct. 23 against a severely overrated team that will win this week but go 5-8 through the end of the season.

Grumpicus wrote:

A repost? Maybe. But it made me laugh this morning so here you go.

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Lol I love it.

I'm so not used to anyone picking the Redskins to win anything other than the offseason spending spree.

Tony Kornheiser's suggestion that an injured player that needs assistance getting off the field and/or stops play should not be allowed to return to play for the duration of the drive is, I think, a really good one. It would certainly put an end to a lot of the cheating.

Paleocon wrote:

Tony Kornheiser's suggestion that an injured player that needs assistance getting off the field and/or stops play should not be allowed to return to play for the duration of the drive is, I think, a really good one. It would certainly put an end to a lot of the cheating.

Not sure its as rampant as its being made out to be. Also in the case of Giants situation they were so flustered the benefit still outweighs that penalty.

Not saying its a bad idea but they were so desperate that two guys went down.

Paleocon wrote:

Tony Kornheiser's suggestion that an injured player that needs assistance getting off the field and/or stops play should not be allowed to return to play for the duration of the drive is, I think, a really good one. It would certainly put an end to a lot of the cheating.

Doesn't this happen within the two minute warning?

garion333 wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Tony Kornheiser's suggestion that an injured player that needs assistance getting off the field and/or stops play should not be allowed to return to play for the duration of the drive is, I think, a really good one. It would certainly put an end to a lot of the cheating.

Doesn't this happen within the two minute warning?

Nope. They just make the offending team burn a team timeout.

Kush15 wrote:

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"Bring me Solo and the Wookie! They will suffer for this outrage!"

There, got it out of my system.

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"What do you mean I still look fat? It's supposed to be a slimming color!"

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"Is that a taco truck?"

Sally Jennings explains why the Redskins are different this year.

I am still concerned about the Dallas game though. Romo, when he's on, can be very dangerous and the Redskins' secondary is pretty soft.

That said, with Dallas' 3rd worst in the NFL run defense, I suspect it would be a really good week to play Tim Hightower if you have him in your fantasy league.

Saints
Packers
Bucs
Redskins

My wild card is
Pats over the Bills

Kush15 wrote:

St Louis Rams file claim that Giants faked injuries to disrupt their no huddle flow.

Couple of comments on this. A big part of me is embarrassed to be a Giants fan, and the other part of me knows that this happens a lot in football, it's just never caught on camera so blatently. I also think that there should be a rule to prevent this from happening, like the player cannot return for the rest of that series, or they have to sit out multiple plays, rather than just one.

Giants fans are currently preaching that this is super common and happens all the time.. and while it certainly seems to be directly related to the prevalence of the hurry-up offense.. I can't remember anything in near memory being so obvious and lame as this incident. This certainly wasn't anything we saw a lot outside of the 2 min drill in the 80's and mid 90's. I seem to remember the Bill's in the 90's during their run complaining that teams would do this against them to slow them down.. Ironically just last week the Dolphins did just this to the Patriots.

Player should be removed until change of possession. Only player that should be allowed to substitute is the player replacing the injured player.

Here's a picture from NFL.com:

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Seriously, NFL? Using that picture to pimp your fantasy leagues? Good to see they're keeping it classy.

I heard Hugh Douglas talking about the injury faking on Mike and Mike this morning. Basically, he said that it happens, but that the giants ruined it for everybody by being total dumbsh*ts about it. He said usually it would be a DL who was gassed anyway, since they usually have a decent rotation set up in advance anyway. In the huddle, the team would agree who was going to go down.

I don't think there needs to be any rule changes, though. I just think that public pressure to help teams conform to an acceptable standard.

It's a player safety issue. Do we really want hurt players not taking a play to get checked out? Because if they are gone for the series, guys will be way more reluctant to come out when they should. If players want their injuries to be taken seriously, they have to not fake.

At some point, football players won't appreciate being compared to soccer players. If I was a player, and a guy faked an injury to stop our drive, I can guarantee you I'd help make sure that guy had a real injury next time.

When a batter for Arizona leaned in and took a pitch off his shoulder in a critical moment of a Cardinals game, I was not surprised when he also got another HBP in his first at-bat the next day. Just like hockey is more blatant about, players can usually take care of this stuff on their own.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Here's a picture from NFL.com:

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Seriously, NFL? Using that picture to pimp your fantasy leagues? Good to see they're keeping it classy.

That is pretty disgusting. It would be funny if it was anyone else but the NFL doing it.

TheGameguru wrote:

Giants fans are currently preaching that this is super common and happens all the time.. and while it certainly seems to be directly related to the prevalence of the hurry-up offense.. I can't remember anything in near memory being so obvious and lame as this incident. This certainly wasn't anything we saw a lot outside of the 2 min drill in the 80's and mid 90's. I seem to remember the Bill's in the 90's during their run complaining that teams would do this against them to slow them down.. Ironically just last week the Dolphins did just this to the Patriots.

It is common. And THIS Giants fan is preaching that it's really embarrassing to be THAT blatant about it. It's funny how you can lump all Giants fans into one catagory, but you get bent out of shape when I lumped all Eagles fans into one catagory last year. Practice what you preach Guru.

And faking injuries or not, I think the Giants are in a world of trouble Sunday, Vick or no Vick.

Giants fans != all giants fans.

Picture is gone. What was it?

Deadspin has it.

Grumpicus wrote:

Picture is gone. What was it?

It was J.Charles on a cart after he tore his ACL, but it was an advertisement to "Start over" and join a NFL.com Fantasy Football League today!

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boogle wrote:

Deadspin has it.

Yes they do:

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Saints
Packers
Falcons
Redskins

Lions over Vikings

Kush15 wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

Giants fans are currently preaching that this is super common and happens all the time.. and while it certainly seems to be directly related to the prevalence of the hurry-up offense.. I can't remember anything in near memory being so obvious and lame as this incident. This certainly wasn't anything we saw a lot outside of the 2 min drill in the 80's and mid 90's. I seem to remember the Bill's in the 90's during their run complaining that teams would do this against them to slow them down.. Ironically just last week the Dolphins did just this to the Patriots.

It is common. And THIS Giants fan is preaching that it's really embarrassing to be THAT blatant about it. It's funny how you can lump all Giants fans into one catagory, but you get bent out of shape when I lumped all Eagles fans into one catagory last year. Practice what you preach Guru.

And faking injuries or not, I think the Giants are in a world of trouble Sunday, Vick or no Vick.

You missed the whole point. I'm not saying your wrong. I'm merely reflecting that this seems more common during this era and directly related to the no huddle. I mean I even pointed out that last week the Pats were complaining about it as well!

I'm not lumping in anyone here. I'm in agreement. The only fault was how blatant the Giants were.

I don't know why, but that new Coors Light commercial with little Jim Mora is hysterical. Something about him shrieking his head off while trapped on a ceiling fan almost made me laugh to the point of crying.

This needs a caption contest:

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"You've seen our respective playoff records, right? Now shut up and let me lead. Two-three-four . . ."

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"I still have nightmares about Cleveland! How do you live with it, Norv?"

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So this is what it feels like to hug an underachiever