NFL Season 2009

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:04 pm

Danimal wrote:Embarrassing to be a Bears fan right now.

Even more embarrassing was the Dolphins play calling to end the half. You've got 12 seconds left, Brees and Co. on the 30 yard line, no timeouts. Stick your entire defensive backfield on the goal line and stop them short...end of the half. Instead, bring the house, let the guy get down to the goal line and potentially score a TD...NICE f***in CALL. Then to top it off, they are lined up to kick a field goal, and instead of just giving them the 3 and going to half with confidence, you call timeout and let them change their minds and then punch it in for 7. f***in IDIOTS...you've go the Saints on the ropes...why do you give them a f***in chance. Goddamn, that's the most embarrassing series of plays I've seen by a professional football franchise.

miget33 · Post by **miget33** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:25 pm

Danimal wrote:Embarrassing to be a Bears fan right now.

Yup.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:38 pm

Right now in the two main games I watched and the two teams I have rooted for Im down 87-9...87-9. Not such a good sunday...I have to keep laughing though

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:22 pm

Bears game was just brutal. You could tell from the opening drive it was going to be a long day for them.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:41 pm

I'd rather get my ass kicked up and down the field that go down like the Dolphins did today. Truly embarrassing from the last min. of the 2nd quarter on. I'm disgusted and f***in pissed. Never been so pissed in my life about a game.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:56 pm

Totally and utterly unprofessional conduct by the Bears. Total failure. Mr. Shanahan, your table is ready.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:58 pm

What was the deal with that call which took away the TD in the Vikings-Steelers game?

Then the next play was the fumble which was returned to the house.

Looks like that penalty gave the game to the Steelers.

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:50 pm

GTHobbes wrote:Here we go, Stillers! Great game, and always fun ending a team's 6-0 start. Beating old man favre/father time makes it even better.

Even better when that win comes wrapped nice and purdy from the men in stripes.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:09 pm

Here we go Rams, here we go!

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:05 am

Badger_Fan wrote:
GTHobbes wrote:Here we go, Stillers! Great game, and always fun ending a team's 6-0 start. Beating old man favre/father time makes it even better.
Even better when that win comes wrapped nice and purdy from the men in stripes.

Ahh...I saw the refs take a TD away from the Steelers in the first half, when they called Heath Miller for a ticky-tack offensive pass interference call on the Santonio Holmes TD. Both sides got screwed by the refs in this one, if you ask me.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:14 am

G-men go down again. Ugh..

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:33 am

I was pulling for the Fins in that game. Pity.

Jets had a stress free day... oh, other than Leon Washington's FIBULA F*CKING POKING OUT FROM HIS SKIN.

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:39 am

GTHobbes wrote:
Badger_Fan wrote:
GTHobbes wrote:Here we go, Stillers! Great game, and always fun ending a team's 6-0 start. Beating old man favre/father time makes it even better.
Even better when that win comes wrapped nice and purdy from the men in stripes.
Ahh...I saw the refs take a TD away from the Steelers in the first half, when they called Heath Miller for a ticky-tack offensive pass interference call on the Santonio Holmes TD. Both sides got screwed by the refs in this one, if you ask me.

That call might have been ticky-tack, but it's a call that gets made now and again. I've never seen a tripping call on a guy simply trying to cut-block a defender. That was a terrible call that nullified the Rice TD.

Even funnier to me was the delay-of-game call against the Vikings while they were on defense. What the f*** was that?

Believe me, the Vikings made enough mistakes that it wasn't all on the refs (only running Peterson once on the goal-line stand, Taylor missing the f***in screen pass, etc.), but they outplayed the Steelers yesterday.

If the Steelers are an elite team then the Vikings will be in it until the end this season.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:57 am

Slumberland wrote:I was pulling for the Fins in that game. Pity.

Jets had a stress free day... oh, other than Leon Washington's FIBULA F*CKING POKING OUT FROM HIS SKIN.

At least it wasn't his tibia. My guess is once they fix it he'll be at "full strength" after only a couple months. Sucks cause of his contract issue.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:09 am

MizzouRah wrote:Here we go Rams, here we go!

Rams baby!!!!!!!!

Seriously. There were positives. Steven Jackson ran well and Donnie Jones punted well....

Keep laughing...Keep laughing.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:11 am

Bills might be the worst 3-4 team in the NFL. But hey, they're still 3-4!

Take care,
PK

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:15 am

Anyone know what the name is of that robot that plays the guitar when NFL games on FOX come back from commericals? Is it some sort of Transformers cross-promotion or just a really lame mascot for their NFL coverage?

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:17 am

And why does this game need to take place this weekend?

St. Louis at Detroit

There goes two locks in my spread pool. Pick whatever team is playing the Rams and Lions to cover, and it's almost a certain two wins out of the gate!

Take care,
PK

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:25 am

XXXIV wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:Here we go Rams, here we go!
Rams baby!!!!!!!!

Seriously. There were positives. Steven Jackson ran well and Donnie Jones punted well....

Keep laughing...Keep laughing.

I was shocked to see that Jackson is third in the league in rushing. I guess the Rams get behind early enough that they just want to get the game over with

They need to hire XXXIV as their coach. He'll turn them into playoff contenders in just one season.

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:44 am

Feanor wrote:Anyone know what the name is of that robot that plays the guitar when NFL games on FOX come back from commericals? Is it some sort of Transformers cross-promotion or just a really lame mascot for their NFL coverage?

I think Fox Sports must have soime guy in the booth with a robot fetish. Witness this compilation of NHL robots to have appeared in varying forms over the past 15 years or so.

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JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:47 am

My JETS came back to life this week and looked great again.

Poor Miami. To lose a 20 point lead the way they did. Brees made them look silly in the 2nd half. The Dolphins played great in the 1st half, but they looked totally unable to stop Brees and co. from coming back. You just could just feel them crumbling.

The Saints sure look like a Super Bowl contendor this year. Who is better?

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:06 pm

It seems like there are a lot of lopsided games this year. Each week still has a couple close ones, but most of the ones that aren't down to the last play are complete blowouts.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:27 pm

Badger_Fan wrote:That call might have been ticky-tack, but it's a call that gets made now and again. I've never seen a tripping call on a guy simply trying to cut-block a defender.

It's probably because 99% of the time the person cut blocking does just that...cut block....using their hemet/shoulders to make the block not their *legs* in something that in real speed looked like a leg whip. When I saw it live in real time I thought it was a penalty. When it is slowed down I can see both sides, but it's not like Harrison isn't held on virtually every play anyway.

You will never see me complain about the refs. It's just wasted energy and lame excuses. Bad/poor calls are as much part of the game as offense, defense, and special teams. I didn't hear one complaint from Vikings fans when their team had the penalty advantage in all of their previous six games and opposing teams registered 35% more penalties. Give me a break.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:32 pm

matthewk wrote:It seems like there are a lot of lopsided games this year. Each week still has a couple close ones, but most of the ones that aren't down to the last play are complete blowouts.

That's why I'm stunned -- and happy -- that most of the other guys in my spread pool still primarily play college games. There seems to be more really bad teams in the NFL this year than in years past, and playing against them is almost a guaranteed win every week. The Browns, Lions, Rams, Bucs, for starters.

Plus I don't care about college football except for Syracuse, so this season's pool is playing nicely for me.

Take care,
PK

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:07 pm

Leebo33 wrote:
Badger_Fan wrote:That call might have been ticky-tack, but it's a call that gets made now and again. I've never seen a tripping call on a guy simply trying to cut-block a defender.
It's probably because 99% of the time the person cut blocking does just that...cut block....using their hemet/shoulders to make the block not their *legs* in something that in real speed looked like a leg whip. When I saw it live in real time I thought it was a penalty. When it is slowed down I can see both sides, but it's not like Harrison isn't held on virtually every play anyway.

You will never see me complain about the refs. It's just wasted energy and lame excuses. Bad/poor calls are as much part of the game as offense, defense, and special teams. I didn't hear one complaint from Vikings fans when their team had the penalty advantage in all of their previous six games and opposing teams registered 35% more penalties. Give me a break.

Your last point only makes the game more absurd. You have a team that hasn't really had a lot of penalties all year suddenly take 11 penalties for 78 yards. That makes sense. Again, the tripping penalty was total bullshit (and everything I've read online today by analysts of the game confirms that), but even more ridiculous was the delay of game call.

The Steelers made two great plays on those returns, but by no means did they outplay Minnesota yesterday. And as I said earlier, this game more than any other that the Vikings have played, confirmed to me that the Vikings are a legit contender for the Super Bowl this year.