NFL Thread - 2018

[MSOrange]

Patriots-Chiefs: Ref tabbed for AFC Championship has Deflategate ties and Patriots fans are irate

 

[orange79]

Patriots-Chiefs: Ref tabbed for AFC Championship has Deflategate ties and Patriots fans are irate

Boo hoo

 

[Stevenson]

Nobody in New England gives a $%# who refs the games.

 

[Alsacs]

Patriots-Chiefs: Ref tabbed for AFC Championship has Deflategate ties and Patriots fans are irate

Patriots fans hate the Patriots media.
They want troll and bring up this chit to fill the radio waves and fill columns.

Clete Blakemen is just the ref the rest of the crew are all stars from the other spots.

 

[supp]

Adam Gase without a hat looks like a textbook serial murderer.

Haha I was just about to post this. Dude has got crazy eyes. The whole presser was great. Johnson next to him gave the least convincing speech I've ever heard at a hiring announcement. Either he wasn't totally on board or Gase just told him that he's going to eat his family.

 

[Tobias Funke]

Nobody in New England gives a $%# who refs the games.

Agree this is just media BS. Some of the lower IQ folks will be bothered by it, but not many of us fans give a chit who the refs are

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Seems accurate.

But there is a lot of Giants blue in Vermont...

This is true. They'll all be skiing this weekend though. That's what Giants fans do during the playoffs.

 

[KaiserUEO]

This is true. They'll all be skiing this weekend though. That's what Giants fans do during the playoffs.

In the last 20 years only 1 team has played in more Super Bowls than the Giants.

That same team is also the only one to win more.

I’ll let this slide because you are the only fan base who can talk shlit, of course we beat you 2x.

So there...

 

[Alsacs]

In the last 20 years only 1 team has played in more Super Bowls than the Giants.

That same team is also the only one to win more.

I’ll let this slide because you are the only fan base who can talk shlit, of course we beat you 2x.

So there...

You insult VT by calling him a Patriots fan.
He hates the Patriots.

 

[NateW]

You insult VT by calling him a Patriots fan.
He hates the Patriots.

Should we buy him a Brady jersey or a Chukwu jersey?

 

[CuseFaninVT]

In the last 20 years only 1 team has played in more Super Bowls than the Giants.

That same team is also the only one to win more.

I’ll let this slide because you are the only fan base who can talk shlit, of course we beat you 2x.

So there...

Not a pats fan just to be clear. Just wanted to poke the bear.

 

[KaiserUEO]

Not a pats fan just to be clear. Just wanted to poke the bear.

So if you’re not a pats fan, then forever hold your peace.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

So if you’re not a pats fan, then forever hold your peace.

Na goah da ii

 

[Melancer46]

I don't really remember this being the case in past seasons, but it seems like we're hearing a lot more about the tiny things that teams found in their opponent's scouting reports in the playoffs this year. Examples:

• Chargers discovered that Baltimore's O-Line was basically telling them if they were running, if they were running a counter, etc.
• Rams discovered that Cowboys D-Line was basically telling them if they were running a stunt
• And now, the Saints discovered that Fletcher Cox would basically stand up and not do anything whenever he was on the field for punts, so on the 4th and 1 when they sent out their punt team, they saw Cox on the field and knew they could run their fake right at him.

 

[bpo57]

I don't really remember this being the case in past seasons, but it seems like we're hearing a lot more about the tiny things that teams found in their opponent's scouting reports in the playoffs this year. Examples:

• Chargers discovered that Baltimore's O-Line was basically telling them if they were running, if they were running a counter, etc.
• Rams discovered that Cowboys D-Line was basically telling them if they were running a stunt
• And now, the Saints discovered that Fletcher Cox would basically stand up and not do anything whenever he was on the field for punts, so on the 4th and 1 when they sent out their punt team, they saw Cox on the field and knew they could run their fake right at him.

Eagles players were calling out to each other on the line to watch for the fake. That's why they left their regular defense on the field. They just didn't execute. The irony is that Cox got hurt on the play and missed a lot of snaps thereafter which was bad news for the Birds because he was terrorizing the Saints prior.

 

[Alsacs]

Nancy Pelosi’s advisor is suggesting we should cancel the Super Bowl if the shutdown continues. Because the government covers the cost of the security and Julia Kiem’s Pelosi’s economic advisor is saying the Super Bowl should be canceled or the NFL would have to hire its own security for the Super Bowl.

LOL and Trump hates the NFL.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Patriots vs Chiefs: Fitzy Style

KaiserUEO - you definitely want to watch this one to the end. I promise.

 

[NateW]

Nancy Pelosi’s advisor is suggesting we should cancel the Super Bowl if the shutdown continues. Because the government covers the cost of the security and Julia Kiem’s Pelosi’s economic advisor is saying the Super Bowl should be canceled or the NFL would have to hire its own security for the Super Bowl.

LOL and Trump hates the NFL.

Yeah - let the terrorists have at it! Genius!

 

[KaiserUEO]

Patriots vs Chiefs: Fitzy Style

KaiserUEO - you definitely want to watch this one to the end. I promise.

I figured the journey was going to end up there somehow, but I was enjoying the ride so much I forgot why I was watching.

Classic!!

 

[Cusefan0307]

My biggest question for this weekend is will Andy Reid run the ball if the Patriots play a base dime defense? Knowing his past it’s hard to believe or trust he will. I think we’re headed for a Patriots/Saints Super Bowl.

 

[MSOrange]

 

[bpo57]

My biggest question for this weekend is will Andy Reid run the ball if the Patriots play a base dime defense? Knowing his past it’s hard to believe or trust he will. I think we’re headed for a Patriots/Saints Super Bowl.

I'm thinking the opposite. Should be very competitive in any event.

 

[Alsacs]

I hope I am wrong but I got
Saints 35 Rams 28
Chiefs 31 Patriots 20

 

[Forza Azzurri]

I figured the journey was going to end up there somehow, but I was enjoying the ride so much I forgot why I was watching.

Classic!!

Mahomes, Brady, Mahomes, Brady, Mahomes, Brady...

Nice job to wait until the very end to talk about the best QB of them all...

That should get this place going...

 

[Alsacs]

Actually, I didn't say Belichick would eat Garrett up twice a year, you did.

Dallas frequently uses misdirection on short pass plays (Gruden's fav spider 2 Y banana) and fake jet sweeps. They're not consistently successful because they tip their hand with personnel (Tavon Austin = jet sweep) or formation.

Linehan is the worst of George Deleone (multiple formations) without the play calling savvy.

I like OCs who frequently repeat effective play calls - make the opposing defense prove they can stop a play that's been executed with consistent success. Deleone sometimes took this too far but he successfully pounded defenses with this philosophy (Norv Turner did too).

Linehan is the opposite. He will have great success running into a specific gap or picking on a DB and he'll stop calling those successful plays to run an idiotic jet sweep with Tavon Austin for a 5 yard loss.

It's compounded by his inability/unwillingness to change strategies in game. If a defense shuts down his strategy (e.g. run to open up the pass) he just starts calling goofy plays like Coach Klein (Waterboy reference for the youngins') without the success.

Edit - Jerry Jones has boxed himself into a Catch 22 with Garrett. He's unlikely to find a great coach who will tolerate his level of involvement so he's forced to keep the Ginger Clapper.

Edit 2 - For all of Jerry's and Ginger's faults they've still won the NFC East multiple times so it's not like Dallas just re-treaded Rich Kotite or Bob McAdoo (i.e. How to Pick an AFC East HC)

Your right Jay Gruden and Pat Shurmur are just superior to the Sean McDermitt and Adam Gase.
Dallas has won the NFC East because Jerry for all his ego has done a really good job at the draft. Dallas has had talent it’s just not winning in the playoffs against the elite teams.