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  1. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I read an interesting stat, with the Ravens out of the playoffs, the two teams with the current consecutive playoff runs are now the Patriots and... the Packers (at 5 each). In regards to the Packers, the Bears changed their head coach last year, and the other two teams in the division are...
  2. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Whoa, Romo can possess other QBs now!
  3. Wombat

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    It's $17.6 Mil cap hit if they keep him, only $7.2 Mil if they get rid of him. $10.4 Million savings is nothing to sneeze at, when the cap is essentially flat again.
  4. Wombat

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    Given how incestuous the Patriots/Chiefs/Browns management has been, and how likely no one else would hire him, McDaniels is an entirely plausible candidate there. Edit: With the Jaguars at 3, Browns at 4, Raiders at 5 (though I would bet it gets traded away), and Vikings at 8 before the Rams...
  5. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Where's the Playoffs thread, so we have something to talk about. Of course as I type that, the Cowboys get virtually guaranteed points.
  6. Wombat

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    The Browns brought in Mike Lombardi as effective, then actual, GMafterChudzinski was hired. This is less egregious than, say, Lovie Smith.
  7. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Suck it Bears, the Packers win!... the chance to get killed next week. (Though honestly, if we get the Saints, so Brees, on the road in ugly, cold weather? I think the Packers have a fair chance to win that game.)
  8. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    The Steelers are actually going to make it into the playoffs. What in the fuck.
  9. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Also, the Green Bay Packers went 15-1 in 2011 after winning the Super Bowl. (They then got stomped by the Giants.)
  10. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    When I picked the Dolphins, I thought "The entire season is on the line. Of course the Dolphins will fuck this up!" I shoulda listened to myself.
  11. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I gotta admit, I was so wrong on him. I thought Rivers was flat out done, but instead McCoy and Whisenhunt have turned his career around. I'm not even salty about the lack of Packers players on the Pro Bowl. All the good names spent significant time on the injury report, except Lacy, who is...
  12. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Okay,nowthat's the game of the weekend. Sorry Orton! Wow, jimmies rustled. You know, 21 other teams could have drafted him before the Packers got to...
  13. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    This is the closest thing to a bye week the Chiefs have. This is the only game with a possible playoff team where the outcome does not matter (at least until we see some of the early results). Plus Reid hasn't been around long enough to hate the rest of the division. Forget second stringers...
  14. Wombat

    X-Men: Days of Future Past.

    She ain't my damsel. Both my questions were legitimate - I was actually wondering if there was some incident that explained why she was still on that terrible show, and really wondering if Kreug knew Paquin didn't have anything that would sway Singer.
  15. Wombat

    X-Men: Days of Future Past.

    1) Is this some reference I don't get? 2) You do know Singer is gay, right?
  16. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Don't count on it, now we hear that Rodgers wasn't remotely close to being cleared (which makes this weekend doubtful), Lacy looks to have aggravated his ankle injury, Matthews reinjured his thumb, and one of the linebackers left early on. It is entirely possible, even likely, the Bears win next...
  17. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Congrats Shea McClellin on single-handedly winning the NFC North*. And it feels like I've been saying this for six months now, but how do we still not have any idea who the 6th seed in the AFC is? It could still be 4 out of 11 teams! *P.S. Chicago, please overpay to keep all your veterans...
  18. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Pretty sure if Lions lose either of their next two games everyone is fired. Also pretty sure I will have nightmares tonight of Lovie Smith taking over and getting to work with those defensive players.
  19. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    God dammit, Clay Matthews really is turning into the White Polamalu - great half the time, injured the other half.
  20. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Newton hurt? Not that it will slow Seattle's march to NY down, but 49ers beating them in divisional is suddenly possible.
  21. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Pretty sure the GM needs to go first in Dallas...
  22. Wombat

    Lord of the Rings Online

    Arguing with some people over The Hobbit changes made me realize I never gave this game a try. Where (if anywhere) do people go for forums for "rotations" and such? Or is the combat so trivial at low levels it does not matter? Also, are there any significant differences in the storylines...
  23. Wombat

    The Hobbit

    It's unclear (to me, anyway) if War of 5 and Dol Guldur are separate events or not in the movie version, but add in Smaug and you have up to three long set pieces. It certainly seems like they will do something with Mirkwood, given the Legolas and Tauriel stuff 'invented' for this movie...
  24. Wombat

    The Hobbit

    My review isn't anything you haven't already heard: it's better than the first chunk; I'm still looking forward to the fan edits that chop this movie down to about 1 hour once all three parts are out (just subtract the elf-on-orc killing and you're halfway there); some of the special effects are...
  25. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yeah, if Bears lose to Eagles, and Packers lose to Steelers (especially without Aaron Rodgers, neither outcome is all that unlikely), then if Lions win out they take the division. If they don't all the coaches are fired. That division is going down to the wire.
  26. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I think we all expected the FG for the win, if not the interception.
  27. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Wow, I can't believe the Cowboys could suck enough to give the Packers the win. Also, do I still have time to make the front of the line for "I can't believe the Cardinals are sitting home in January while the Ravens/Dolphins aren't! Ban the conferences!"
  28. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Or unlike their fans, the administration has some level of intelligence and decided that actually knowing if Cutler is the future or not is worth more than a Wildcard weekend appearance they're 80+% likely to lose. /Realizing the irony in saying "administration with some level of...
  29. Wombat

    Community

    I must be a simpleton, because after just the meta- in Glover's "Son of a bitch, after all that show did for him!", I am totally back in.
  30. Wombat

    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    Trailer finally prompted me to read the English adaptation. I have to say I hate Emily Blunt for the role - the book version of her is a joined at 16, manner-less farmer's daughter that's turned into the world's foremost killing machine from being stuck in a loop for hundreds of battles. I still...
  31. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yeah, with how variable everyone else is in the AFC right now, I think the Bengals are the best team no one is talking about. I'd think they would be a massive underdog vs. the Seahawks though.
  32. Wombat

    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    I'm definitely in; the conceit that this is attempt #14,836 (or whatever) explains away the usual absurdities the action hero gets away with. As to why is Cruise constantly doing sci-fi, it's a two-step question. Step 1 is why is Cruise in so many big action movies - the answer is because...
  33. Wombat

    Out of the Furnace

    Were Fight and I the only ones to see this? Because if so, good. This was not a good movie, despite the cast.
  34. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Eh, that was still quite a few shades from Coughlin Cold.
  35. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yep, if the Shanaclan get fired, they still get the money remaining on their contracts and can apply for open positions elsewhere immediately. Why wouldn't they try every passive* tactic possible? *Passive as in not being put in breach of contract. No shots at ownership. It may take years to...
  36. Wombat

    Upcoming Games of 2014

    As disc-based retail games become a smaller and smaller chunk of the market, that seems like a bad idea.
  37. Wombat

    Almost Human

    My verdict on Fringe is that the first 13 episodes are very monster-or-the-weeky, although it turns out that the producers were playing a very subtle game, and hidden in those first 13 episodes are dialogue bits, acting choices, and even wardrobe choices that are all hint at the underlying...
  38. Wombat

    Fallout 4

    Ugh, way to ruin Christmas. And Christmas 2014. And Christmas 2015.
  39. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    If you're going by today, the Panthers sure look like they will win against the NFC East or North entry wildcard weekend, but don't have much of a shot against Seattle or New Orleans in the divisional round.
  40. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I dunno, the Packers (without Rodgers) may very well be the worst team in the league. Edit: Wait, there's the Eddie Lacy injury we needed to cap it.