NFL 2019 Season: It's Tricky!
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Merrith
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Still think Cowboys played it right running the ball at least once to get the clock under a minute. Both teams had all 3 timeouts getting down to the end of that drive so you should run it down some. Zeke losing the 3 yards on 3rd and 2 for 4th and 5 was killer. Still you'd expect they could have drawn up something better.
Still a good game from both teams, overall.
Still a good game from both teams, overall.
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Something HAS to be done with officiating. They got two player calls wrong. Helmet to helmet on 41 missed. Shit call on illegal hands to the face on Hughes. He touched his shoulder. Fucking kidding me? Gave it up anyway but still a shit call. Holding on Harrison when that was NOT a hold and then blatant pass interference by Harrison in the end zone not called because the refs knew they fucked up and payback. What the hell happened to officiating across the league? Love the 26% less injury stat on kickoffs when you draw up the line so you have 59% less kick off returns. Lol give me a break. Math.
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Oh and since I don’t work tomorrow and am half in the bag and my BS packer neighbor didn’t bring over beer after I ran out because he was going to bed, forcing me to drink black box wine, love the bullshit call out to the idiot that designed the new helmets that everyone fucking hates.
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Define contender. In this year's terrible AFC, two teams out of the Bills Colts Steelers Raiders Chargers have to get wildcards, and I can see the Bills beating the Texans or maaaaybe the Chiefs on wildcard weekend in the early Saturday game.
Beating the Patriots or Ravens doesn't seem realistic.
Beating the Patriots or Ravens doesn't seem realistic.
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Saint's always have one or two games a year where the offense as a whole just shits the bed, hurts more when it's against Atlanta.
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What is insane is these outliers like Saints loss to Falcons.
You have to attribute that to simply a poor game by the Saints. I dont think anyone truly thinks the Saints are worse than Atlanta in any way, or they are now on a downward trajectory. It was just a bad game.
So not only do you have the overall parity, but you have circumstance, such as injury, weather, home or away and performance. Your teams entire season can come to a screeching halt because of a bad game, no matter how well the roster or coach is or how many games they won.
If the Saints gave up 6 sacks to the worse pass rush in football....they are going to get CRUSHED by San Francisco.
You have to attribute that to simply a poor game by the Saints. I dont think anyone truly thinks the Saints are worse than Atlanta in any way, or they are now on a downward trajectory. It was just a bad game.
So not only do you have the overall parity, but you have circumstance, such as injury, weather, home or away and performance. Your teams entire season can come to a screeching halt because of a bad game, no matter how well the roster or coach is or how many games they won.
If the Saints gave up 6 sacks to the worse pass rush in football....they are going to get CRUSHED by San Francisco.
Merrith
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Saints just need to get back to their bread and butter of feeding Thomas and Kamara. Payton gets a little too cute for his own good when they're wasting too many plays throwing 3 yard outs to Taysom Hill and running double reverses where Ginn runs out of bounds for a 2 yard gain. Using Murray in some spots is good, but he reminds me of a back who really benefits from 20+ carries to wear down a D, something that he just won't get with Kamara healthy. Be smarter to sneak him out for some screens since D won't be looking at him to be used on those as much.
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I think Brees is in decline and Peyton knows this and has for a long time. I think that's why Bridgewater is there in the first place, to audition for the replacement role. Bridgewater more or less proved that Brees is not essential to their success. But yeah the brainfart is real for the Aints, though it normally only happens on the road. Were I a New Orleans fan I would be more concerned about the fact that that dumpster fire happened at home, especially against a team they are normally massively motivated to beat.
The Cowpokes are another story. Jason Garret is spinning his wheels, but no one in their right mind will willingly take his place while Jerry is still drawing breath. At least they won't overpay Dak come next year. Vikings should have been an easy win for them, with the matchups, but they could not get out of their own way last night.
Packers looked ok, but I know deep down we will win one playoff game and then get blown out by a real team while on the road. That Chargers loss and our defensive woes pretty much highlight that fact pretty well.
I guess this means the Niners are the real deal this year. But I don't think I buy Jimmy G winning against Darth Bill when he has time to prepare and inside knowledge of the man. We are in for another 10 to 7 barn burner superbowl I think.
The Cowpokes are another story. Jason Garret is spinning his wheels, but no one in their right mind will willingly take his place while Jerry is still drawing breath. At least they won't overpay Dak come next year. Vikings should have been an easy win for them, with the matchups, but they could not get out of their own way last night.
Packers looked ok, but I know deep down we will win one playoff game and then get blown out by a real team while on the road. That Chargers loss and our defensive woes pretty much highlight that fact pretty well.
I guess this means the Niners are the real deal this year. But I don't think I buy Jimmy G winning against Darth Bill when he has time to prepare and inside knowledge of the man. We are in for another 10 to 7 barn burner superbowl I think.
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I attribute it to the rivalry. There are some matchups where the stats and predictions are meaningless. Saints / falcons is one of those.
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If he meshes well they will have one of the best receiving cores in the league. I hope it pushes the Seahawks into a more pass focused team and stop wasting Wilson trying to run behind that shit Oline.