NFL Season 2009

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:16 pm

XXXIV wrote:
MizzouRah wrote: I can't believe the idiots that call into radio talk shows and say trade Jackson for more picks.. yeah... ok...
...See that. Rams management could be worse afterall.

Even the management is smarter than most of the fans here in St. Louis.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:19 pm

icvu42 wrote:Not to make excuses for the Dolphins, because they had plenty of chances this year and failed to capitalize. But man their schedule was brutal. They played only 3 teams that finished the season below .500, Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville.

I'll be more than happy to see that 3rd place schedule next season.

Rick

As Bill Parcells like to say: "You are what you're record says you are". I believe the Dolphins this year were a 7-9 to 8-8 team and without going back and doing a search in this thread that's what I think I said they would be.

Look at all the Dolphins losses this year. They were either in the lead or played the other side close and that's with a brutal schedule. Last year I felt the Dolphins were a 5-11/6-10 team. They surprised everyone because of Parcells, the players he brought in which some of them were not on the team this year in lieu of getting younger and they had an easy schedule.

Looking at next year you have Henne, Vonte Davis, Sean Smith, Brian Hartline getting better. Devon Bess, man I hope he gets a call to the Pro Bowl. Greg Camarillo was solid as well. The future looks bright for the Phins. Acording to the Sun Sentinel, Dan Henning isn't sure if he'll be back next year. Could that be Charlie Weis' spot? Who knows.

Overall I think the Dolphins did a decent job on offense and gave up waaaaaaaaaay tooooooooooo many big plays on defense. That's what hurt them in most of their losses. Remember Payton Manning who rarely saw the ball in their matches and almost scored at will and still beat the Dolphins.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:04 pm

J_E_T_S JETS JETS JETS!!!!

What an impressive 1st half. Playcalling has been superb and the D has been excellent. Keep it up and its playoffs for Gang Green!

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:18 pm

With no Bears in the playoffs I could care less about football now, but after starting the day with a 3 point lead in my pickem pool, I am now a few hundred bucks richer...... if the Jets hold on, i'll even win another bill for winning the week.

Post by **Jared** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:22 pm

I'm surprised the Dolphins had a chance going into the last week of the season. With their insane schedule, combined with losing their two most important players from last season (Pennington and Brown), making the playoffs would have been tough. At least the loss today was a net good; I think the Dolphins went from picking 17th next year to picking 12th by losing. Considering Houston's win, it was better to lose that game.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:12 am

Loved Dan LeBatard's tweet today. He said that Jim Caldwell is having his two middle fingers amputated and replaced with miniature Wes Welkers.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:21 am

RobVarak wrote:Loved Dan LeBatard's tweet today. He said that Jim Caldwell is having his two middle fingers amputated and replaced with miniature Wes Welkers.

Welker got hurt on his first reception. Dallas Clark had 7, Wayne 5, and Peyton threw 18 times in the snow and artificial surface in Buffalo. So Caldwell unncessarily exposed his players to injury IMO and if anything should replace his middle fingers with miniature Jesus' as his prayers were answered. I guess getting Clark to 100 catches was more important than the Super Bowl.

If there is a football God the Jets knock off Cincy (I don't have a problem with the Bengals laying down as it was the last game but the Jets would have to beat them to move on) and Indy.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:44 am

I think the Welker injury is not a result of a poor decision on Belichick's part. It helps keep a team in synch to let the starters play for a little bit in an otherwise meaningless game, and I can see why Welker would have been in the game. But it also shows why the Colts should not be criticized for pulling players against the Jets. Every snap increases the chances of a player getting hurt, and after your starters get some snaps to keep them in rhythm, why keep them in longer?

As for the playoffs, it's one of the most unpredictable fields I can remember. The Saints and Vikings have looked beatable and the Eagles blew any momentum they had in their loss yesterday. The Packers are playing the best football of anyone in the conference, but three road playoff games is a tough hurdle for any team. So who knows?

In the AFC, the two best teams are the 31st and 32nd rushing teams in the league. It's hard to fathom the Colts or Chargers making the Super Bowl when they can't run the football. The Pats looked like a strong contender, but what happens without Welker? So again, who knows?

The only thing I know is that this is far more interesting than anything the NCAA is going to do this week.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:45 am

RobVarak wrote:Loved Dan LeBatard's tweet today. He said that Jim Caldwell is having his two middle fingers amputated and replaced with miniature Wes Welkers.

...The Jets will gladly pay for the procedure.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:59 am

Browns finish the year the hottest team in the league, crazy. Holmgren's due in town today, it'll be interesting to see if Mangini stays or goes. I'm kinda hoping he gets another year. I never would have thought that a month ago.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:02 pm

XXXIV wrote:
RobVarak wrote:Loved Dan LeBatard's tweet today. He said that Jim Caldwell is having his two middle fingers amputated and replaced with miniature Wes Welkers.
...The Jets will gladly pay for the procedure.

The JETS deserve to be there. They won out the last 2 games and totally dominated CINCY who claimed they were out to win that game. They have the #1 Defense statistically in the league and a great running game.
They might surprise a few teams.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:19 pm

JackB1 wrote:
XXXIV wrote:
RobVarak wrote:Loved Dan LeBatard's tweet today. He said that Jim Caldwell is having his two middle fingers amputated and replaced with miniature Wes Welkers.
...The Jets will gladly pay for the procedure.
The JETS deserve to be there. .

They are there and they did look damn good last night and could be a surprise in the playoffs...but.. I dont think they deserve anything.

EDIT: To be clear. I dont feel sympathy for the Texans or Steelers. They both did some pretty dumb things during the season. Texans had great shots at the Colts twice and couldnt close the deals....the Steelers lost to the Raiders, Browns etc...

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:37 pm

The real-life Texans rivaled the DSP Texans in terms of blowing games they could have won.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:08 pm

Great episode of lousy NFL team kabuki today at Halas Hall. Watching the team President, GM and head coach explain why the OC had to be the fall guy even though it's clear to anyone with eyes that a top-to-bottom restructuring is needed was quite entertaining.

Nobody could actually come out and say that there would be no additional firings because the McCaskeys decided that they didn't want to eat any additional money going into the 2010 labor mess. So instead we got this bizarre demonstration of a business organization in total chaos.

The President says that the players, coaching and roster construction were all to blame and were unacceptable. GM "agrees" except for the part about the roster being a problem...it was just peachy. And the Coach "agrees" that there was no problem at all with the coaching...somehow ignoring the fact that they've just fired the OC.

Seldom have so many agreed about so little while claiming to agree so much.

Idiots every last one of them.

vinny-b · Post by **vinny-b** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:32 pm

Pete Carroll to replace Mora in Seattle ???

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:43 pm

RobVarak wrote:Great episode of lousy NFL team kabuki today at Halas Hall. Watching the team President, GM and head coach explain why the OC had to be the fall guy even though it's clear to anyone with eyes that a top-to-bottom restructuring is needed was quite entertaining.

Nobody could actually come out and say that there would be no additional firings because the McCaskeys decided that they didn't want to eat any additional money going into the 2010 labor mess. So instead we got this bizarre demonstration of a business organization in total chaos.

The President says that the players, coaching and roster construction were all to blame and were unacceptable. GM "agrees" except for the part about the roster being a problem...it was just peachy. And the Coach "agrees" that there was no problem at all with the coaching...somehow ignoring the fact that they've just fired the OC.

Seldom have so many agreed about so little while claiming to agree so much.

Idiots every last one of them.

I really think their problems are personnel more than anything. Not that Lovie is great shakes as a coach, but I don't think he's the main problem. Teams just can't consistent whiff on draft pics and free agent acquisitions the way the Bears have and expect to succeed. But for whatever reason Angelo seems to have free reign to continue doing things like trading away Thomas Jones and acquiring malnourished DEs.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:40 pm

Wild Card Weekend predictions:

Jets over Bengals - Bengals haven't looked good for weeks, pre-Henry accident.

Cowboys over Eagles - Cowboys are hot and at home right now. I don't think it will be the beatdown that occured last weekend but they should still get the win.

Patriots over Ravens - Pats at home is basically the only reason I'm picking them.

Packers over Cardinals - Packers are too hot right now and the Cardinals have some key injuries. Packers have the better running game too.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:43 pm

Going with the Jets, Cowboys, Patriots and Cardinals for this weekends games.

vinny-b · Post by **vinny-b** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:28 pm

I love Cincinnati. For the city/state, the chili, for cincy kid and others etc

however, have to say: J - E - T - S. JETS, JETS, JETS

hoping for a win from Baltimore as well (2nd fave team)

_

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:33 pm

My picks for the five-pick pool that I'm in every week with my brothers and friends:

Jets +2.5
Eagles +4
Patriots -3
Packers +1
Bengals-Jets OVER

vinny-b · Post by **vinny-b** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:20 pm

thank you, Braylon Edwards.

you are all hype. And no substance. Chump.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:50 pm

The Jets look to be getting back into last sundays groove. Palmer needs to get his head out of his claven or the Bengals will wind up getting rolled the same way.

I know how bad it was but its still kinda sad that there wont be any more Ram games for 9 months...

vinny-b · Post by **vinny-b** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:04 pm

XXXIV wrote:I know how bad it was but its still kinda sad that there wont be any more Ram games for 9 months...

you say that like it's a bad thing.

nice picture. The best player in college football last year. (and my heisman vote). He will help the Rams

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:58 pm

Bengals trying to turn it on on offense after being conservative most of the season, relying on their defense to keep games close.

IOW, the old Baltimore Ravens/NYG smashmouth approach.

Defense has been good most of the season but they're no longer able to carry the team.

Why do teams keep going with this philosophy? It's good enough to get you to the playoffs but then the offensive unit has to make plays, which is hard to do if you've been keeping it on a tight leash all season.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:40 pm

Jets D gives the Bengals a Deacon Jones smack upside the head.

Sanchez with a nice controlled Bob Griesesque game especially for a Rookie.

Leebo33 wrote: If there is a football God the Jets knock off Cincy (I don't have a problem with the Bengals laying down as it was the last game but the Jets would have to beat them to move on) and Indy.

That would be pretty cool unless you are a Colts fan.

Go Jets!?