NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

Genjiro said:

Joey Bosa's mom: 'I wish we pulled an Eli Manning'

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Really stupid impasse. It makes the Chargers look worse than Bosa. You are part of the richest league in America and you are pinching pennies with the guy you thought was worth the #3 pick. Sure, let's not give in to the players too much..except there is already a rookie scale that has helped tremendously. There's a reason that Rivers is always unhappy looking...and it's not having 500 kids either.

Daezuel said:

Man no one picking the Rams, what the hell guys? Guys?

Just kidding, 6-10 here we come!

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Pretty sure the Rama will do better than the Chargers this year.

Also the Chargers treat their talent like shit. The way they treated Weddle had me considering turning away from them.

Merrith said:

I'll take the over on Cousins...although again are we talking record at the time the game is played, or at the end of the season?

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I'll make the call on that. Records at the time the game is played. I realize that cuts out the first game as a possibility and it makes it harder to figure out the results at the end of the season. But I think losing to the skins is liable to send a team on a downward spiral that would skew the facts of whether or not the skins beat a decent team.

I actually think the NFC Least is the biggest question mark of the season, even more than the AFC West.

Ordinarily when the entire division is shit and they have just had a bad year, the Giants are set to do their Wild Card into the Superbowl comedy routine. But that was under Coughlin, who for all his faults was the only source of stability and continuity to that team. The first year without him is going to be uncharted waters and I don't think some no-name replacement is going to be able to slap the troops in line at key moments the way he could.

Eagles are going to spend at least two years fixing all of the damage Chip did to them and their roster. Redskins look promising, but I refuse to put any real faith in them this year. If Snyder keeps his nose out of things for a couple years, they are in a good place to take over that division in a season or two, however.

That leaves Dallas with Glass Jaw Romo under center and no real improvements around him. They are pretty much in the same boat as my team in that they have not really improved, but the rest of the division (except maybe Redskins) got worse. I don't think they will ever go deep into the playoffs until they replace Romo and the coaching staff, but they are likely to take the division with a 9-7 record and back into the playoffs when Romo gets hurt again around week 8. Long term, they are basically stuck in both of the traps the Bears and Packers are in. Like the Bears, they are trapped with a disaster prone QB because they have already sunk so much money into him that getting an equitable replacement is basically impossible. And like GB, they are stuck with a coach who had a couple luckly years and won't ever be fired (though at least McFatty managed to find one ring in one of his Happy Meals). Dallas has a new stadium and the market to draw better talent, but it won't happen until they cut loose from the two major anchors that are holding them back. Jerry pretty much has to die for that to occur at this point.