NFL 2015-16 season

[Danimal]

I think Miami fans should be more concerned what the interim HC had to say about the players work ethic and entitled attitudes. While the Bears may be lacking in talent, working hard is not a problem here.

[dbdynsty25]

I think Miami fans should be more concerned what the interim HC had to say about the players work ethic and entitled attitudes. While the Bears may be lacking in talent, working hard is not a problem here.

Well at least it's recognized. Yes, it's concerning for sure. Hopefully he can whip their asses into shape and change the culture. Every game this year has felt like a sleep walk. No one is amped up, no one is getting penalties for excessive celebration (the few times there have been chances) and no one is really fighting for their teammates. Its a very selfish team...so yeah. I'm concerned for sure. That said I always thought Philbin was a giant floppy vagina and he never holds anyone responsible for anything (see the bullying scandal). Maybe now the "kids" will listen. We'll see.

[MizzouRah]

Where is XXXIV? Gurley baby!!!!

Looking good right to sliding down with the game won...



LETS GO RAMS!!!!

Going to be a tough one this week.

[10spro]

SEA's OL continues to give me the creeps, Wilson has been under pressure for awhile now, he just can't keep running forever.

[dbdynsty25]

Guess they need to renegotiate Cams contract since he saved their season. Whoa.

[10spro]

Guess they need to renegotiate Cams contract since he saved their season. Whoa.

I don't know if this would have been a lost season after only four weeks, should they have lost the game. As good as he is I was on management's side. Kam is under contract and he was risking losing all the money that he was asking for by staying on the sidelines and possibly being fined. Does he deserved to have his contract renegotiated? Absolutely, at the end of the season.

He's a game changer, to pop Megatron cold earlier before he robbed him of the TD was amazing to watch.

[Danimal]

I didn't realize it was legal to knock the ball out of the end zone, I thought that was a penalty?

[10spro]

I didn't realize it was legal to knock the ball out of the end zone, I thought that was a penalty?

Despite being a stupid rule, I think the fact that Wright did indeed swap the ball out of bounds, DET should have had another go at it. Looks like the refs didn't know about it either.

[Danimal]

I didn't realize it was legal to knock the ball out of the end zone, I thought that was a penalty?

Despite being a stupid rule, I think the fact that Wright did indeed swap the ball out of bounds, DET should have had another go at it. Looks like the refs didn't know about it either.

After I posted that I saw all the coverage. First the ref said it was inadvertent which anyone can see it wasn't and he had a great view of the play. Then I heard this morning he said it was going out of bounds and he didn't feel it warranted a call.

Well first the ball bounced up right before being batted out. Second it's a penalty so call it, this bring ups exactly what the NFL claims doesn't exist interpretation of a call by an official. I hate Detroit but I would bet everything I own if the situation was reversed and it was Detroit batting it out of bounds that a flag would of been thrown.

A great play was followed by a boneheaded play which was not called. The Seattle player could of just grabbed the ball end of story but the ref decided he didn't think a penalty should be called in that situation by his own admission. If the NFL had any integrity that ref wouldn't be working for a few weeks but their is no accountability for the officials.

[dbdynsty25]

All this about batting balls is irrelevant to me. It didn't change anything. Dude could have caught the ball and ran out of bounds himself and the result would have been the same. There wasn't a Lion within 10 yards of him. It shouldn't have been called IMO.

[Danimal]

The player said he purposely knocked the ball out of bounds and didn't try to recover it because he might of fumbled so puts any conversation to rest as to whether it was intentional. Ref's blew the call happens all the time.

The more important part here IMO is the ref saying changing his story and then saying he didn't feel calling it was necessary thereby insinuating he knew it was a penalty but decided not to call it. That's the story again IMO.

[Brando70]

All this about batting balls is irrelevant to me. It didn't change anything. Dude could have caught the ball and ran out of bounds himself and the result would have been the same. There wasn't a Lion within 10 yards of him. It shouldn't have been called IMO.

It was clearly a violation but in this case I'm glad it wasn't whistled. It's not a well-known rule, the ball was heading out of bounds on it's own, and there wasn't a Lion anywhere near it. I feel like that's putting the letter of the law above the spirit since Detroit shouldn't get rewarded with another possession in that case. But ridiculous how the NFL is trying to explain it.

[XXXIV]

There is NO excuse for this garbage.

The quality and the integrity of nfl officiating has been steadily sliding towards straight up NBA cheating since goodell got in.

He loves the fake out come model.

I think if we pick and choose which disgraceful calls we like we give cover to the this f*** pig.

[TCrouch]

As if this was a surprise. Dolphins canning Coyle.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... vin-coyle/

[dbdynsty25]

As if this was a surprise. Dolphins canning Coyle.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... vin-coyle/

Not at all. They just wanted to give IHC Dan Johnson a chance to see if he actually wanted to keep him. Guess not.

[Rodster]

Lou Anarumo former DB coach gets the job to replace Coyle.

[XXXIV]

I hate Rodgers.

[XXXIV]

OMFG! Catch the f***in ball!!!!!!!!!!

[Diablo25]

And NFL officiating continues to suck. Clear PI by Saints...flag thrown and then picked up. What an F'n joke.

[10spro]

I'll be honest. With Lynch still not in action and after just beating the Lions last week at home, I had Cinci taking this game by 10 or more. But we have little 'beast mode' AKA T. Rawls the rookie that has made me a believer since preseason. With a quarter to go, SEA has played their best game yet so far as the D is standing strong agaisnt a very good Bengals team. Expecting a tight one.

[10spro]

Heartbreaking loss. When the FG hit the left pole, I thought for a second that SEA had another crack at it in OT. But when you can't hold a 17 points lead with 15 minutes to go, you can say that they did not deserve to win. I am still blaming the entire OL which continues to fail at protecting R. Wilson.

[wco81]

Heartbreaking loss. When the FG hit the left pole, I thought for a second that SEA had another crack at it in OT. But when you can't hold a 17 points lead with 15 minutes to go, you can say that they did not deserve to win. I am still blaming the entire OL which continues to fail at protecting R. Wilson.

One of the sacks in OT, he had like 3-4 seconds. Maybe his first read wasn't open, though Cincy did a good job of keeping him within the pocket, not letting him get outside contain and then the pocket would eventually collapse.

Since he's short, that is the theory about defending Wilson, contain him within the pocket, don't let him get outside to buy a lot of time and take advantage of coverage breaking down.


One thing about the use of Graham. Brees used to throw some quick seam passes to him after quick drops. He threw it up high and let Graham use his height and jumping ability and ball skills take over. Most safeties and LBs couldn't defend those, even if they were right by Graham.

I'm surprised Seattle doesn't do more of those. They've had success with those 50-50 balls, even with smaller WRs like Tate and Baldwin. And certainly with Kearse, who's bigger. They obviously drill their DBs and WRs well for high-pointing the ball so rather than have good play combination route concepts, they isolated their WRs and went for 50-50 balls.

You would think Graham would feast on those kinds of plays, kind of like what Brady does with Gronkowski sometimes. Doesn't really care if Gronkowski is getting any separation -- often he's just running straight down the seam, not even trying to come off a cut -- Brady just throws it high and let 6-7 work for him.

[ScoopBrady]

Continued improvement from the Bears and that is exactly what you want to see in a season like this. Very happy with the win today.

[XXXIV]

Continued improvement from the Bears and that is exactly what you want to see in a season like this. Very happy with the win today.

Im glad u are happy...

I am not!

Totally winnable game at GB thrown away by that c*** fisher.

Id love to see someone punch that arrogant c*** in the face.

Talk about text book piece of s*** coach...that is fisher!

[MizzouRah]

Did Fisher throw 4 f***in int's and miss 3 FG's???

A definite winnable game today vs Green Bay but it's not Fisher's fault.