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NFL 2012 Week 6 |OT| The C-Word Is For Lovers
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You left off "to squicken".
Futurevoid
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He is still learning the protection schemes which is why he can't get on the field. They have select plays/packages to try and take advantage of his speed/talent but he's like any other Giants rookie running back - you can't pass protect, then you're not getting an expanded role.squicken said:
Look for the Giants to get another work horse day out of Ahmad with a sprinkling of Wilson if Andre Brown can't go. Not that I expect us to be able to run the ball anywhere near the level we ran it against the Browns. I'd be happy with simple efficiency. Enough to keep the Niners defense honest. This game will be won or lost on Eli's arm.
Coughlin met with the media today:
Similar to the Pats game last season. I expect a very fired up Giants team to take the field.
Also, injury report:
DT Rocky Bernard - Will not practice - Same injury as last week. Hope he can go later in the week. We need him against the run this week!
RB Andre Brown - Will not practice - As mentioned, still has not been cleared from his concussion.
LB Michael Boley - Will practice today - Still has a hip injury he's working through. Good sign that's practicing
LB Keith Rivers - Will practice today - Finally. He's been pretty good when he's played. He just needs to play.
LT David Diehl - Will practice today (limited) - Why god? Why? This is really a key situation moving forward. If Coughlin reinserts him into the starting lineup after the work the offensive line has been doing recently, I won't be happy to say the least. The Giants have given up four sacks all season - anyone want to guess who was playing when a good number of those were given up in the opener? Anyone want to guess when they stopped coming?
LB Chase Blackburn - Will not practice - No word on his injury but Coughlin expects him to go tomorrow.
WR Ramses Barden - Will practice today - Coming off of the concussion, he should be active this weekend.
TE Matrellus Bennett - Will not practice - Hyper extended knee during the Browns game. No word if they expect to have him practice later in the week. I hope so. We need him.
CB Jayron Hosely - Will practice today (limited) - Need him as well. He should play.
WR Hakeem Nicks - Will not practice - The hope is he practices tomorrow and Thursday. If he does, he's likely playing.
I remember reading (skimming) that article. What a bunch of crap.
There's some observations in there that hit the nail on the head, but nearly everything he puts in there about shit is sheer sensationalism that would completely evaporate if he took a look at the English language.
"Leck mich am Arsch" is almost literally translateable to "kiss my ass". Which is, from my experience, a very common expression in English speaking countries and hardly an indicator of an obsession with excretions.
For all the other ancdotes in there (I'm not anal enough to take it all apart), similar things apply. Just look at all the common expressions thrown around in English that contain the words shit or crap.
As for the ubiquity of the word "Scheiße", it's the closest thing we have to the word "fuck" in English when it comes to flexibility in usage. An example: "Der scheiß Scheißer scheißt auf alles" ~ "That fucking fucker doesn't give a fuck".
I'll stop rambling now, but I simply hate that stereotype. There may be a higher number of German scat movies (I wouldn't know, thankfully), but in daily life, shit is no more or less relevant to Germans than any other Western culture. Trying to conclude that a country has an obsession with something just from their crude words doesn't make any sense, you fucking cunts. Or should I start reading something into the US's affinity for gay slurs?
Edit: Just saw Wrayfield's post. I do agree that "excremental" stuff is prevalent in German language. I do not, from my experience, agree that shit has any more cultural significance or influence in Germany than anywhere else.
Really? I don't think so. Not his best but certainly wouldn't say like trash. Only the Vikings game was his performance weak, as he gave up far too much underneath to protect over the top.
I've only been disappointed (slightly) with Ray MacDonald so far on D this year, as he's been rather quiet and not as effective in pass rush pressure as we need.
Everyone else has been very impressive, in particular Whitner, Bowman, Culliver and Brown. So far though IMO Willis has been the standout, starting off stronger than he did last year whilst still getting the harder assignments in the middle than Bowman. A pick, a FF, 3 PD's and still in on 42 tackles even when Bowman has 49? He is just insane.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Oh boo hoo no one gives us a chance to win. Shut the fuck up Tom coughlin you geriatric fuck
Buckethead
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RIP Alex Karras aka before the Lions were degenerative scum.
That German interview I linked is a bit more, ahem, researched, it seems to be more of a linguistic fixation or tendency shared by Swiss and Austrians. I see that disappear more and more due to increased use of anglicisms especially when swearing. So, no worries, we will soon all be obsessed with cocks and cunts like the rest of the world.
Dutch Gronk
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Why are you doin Math again? You just finished your theses on socialogy or something (Or am I way off?)
5 year must suck even more. It just sucks that they make assumptions of stuff that you're supposed to know and then I'm just sitting there like a baboon.
storybook77
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I'm either busy watching the games or if it's a home game, I'm at the game. Tmdorsey attends the games as well.
I like reading through the aftermath of the games after they are played.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
All I know is Tommy will destroy Worst Harbaugh's hand after the game on Sunday.
ESPN West blog has something on this today, and the PFF subscriber stuff also has it. Alex Smith is pretty bad when under pressure. He also takes an obscene number of sacks for how good his line is. He is near the bottom of the league in "hit as he throws", meaning when the pressure is there he secures the ball and just takes the sack, instead throwing it away or trying to make a play.
Of course all QBs struggle with pressure, but Alex does especially. As usual, Eli and your front 4 have to win it
Actually, I am gonna add a computer science degree (starting next year) so it will be way more than 5 years for me. Might get in touch with you boys for pointers...
Gully State
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I expect both teams to be fired up for this game. "Unfinished business" is something that has been said all week by various different Niners so you know that this game was circled since the beginning of the season. It's going to be a good one no matter the outcome
TheLegendary
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That there are a lot of homophobic and racist Americans?
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Time to watch Blazzing Saddles in his honor, again
RIP
I think this will be like my 200th+ viewing of this GODDAMN Movie!
"Telegram for Mongo!"
"Never mind that Shit!, Here comes Mongo!"
RIP
I think this will be like my 200th+ viewing of this GODDAMN Movie!
"Telegram for Mongo!"
"Never mind that Shit!, Here comes Mongo!"
That German interview I linked is a bit more, ahem, researched, it seems to be more of a linguistic fixation or tendency shared by Swiss and Austrians. I see that disappear more and more due to increased use of anglicisms especially when swearing. So, no worries, we will soon all be obsessed with cocks and cunts like the rest of the world.
Haha, yeah, it's interesting. Especially this part:
(For all the others: German language uses way less gendered/misogynist swearing than most other languages, apparently)
Dutch Patriot said:
Yeah, finished my thesis (advertising), started engineering :jnc. Idiotic. At least I got my grade on that thesis yesterday, I'm the king of the world or something.
"Mongo just pawn in game of life."
Packers ranked 6th in DVOA. Woo!!!
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2012/week-5-dvoa-ratings
FMT posted this garbagio in the madden thread to blow his own rusty trombone
Agreed. Games tend to be super close when he gets rushed or hurried. I do think their rushing game is much better this year. Hopefully they get that going with some of their crazy big packages enough so that Alex can get a few big ones. He doesn't need to even hit 200 yards for us to to have a chance to win.
I don't know how much math you're doing right now, but I assume that most careers don't exactly include the stuff that you learn late in school. I really should've worked through my Abitur preparation stuff once before starting.
While that may be true, just look how that conclusion contrasts logically with what people say about Germans:
(Some) Americans use "That's gay" => (Some) Americans hate gays
Germans use "Das ist scheiße" => Germans love shit.
Gully State
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I get the feeling that the Niners defense has another gear to go to that they're saving for the postseason. Everyone's been solid but the intensity isn't quite there. My only concern is that the D line is generating enough push overall. Last year, they'd dominate the line scrimmage consistently. Not so much this year... Although, I'm happy that Ahmad Brooks has stepped up his game this year.
RIP Alex Karras.
Show me what you got, what you got, DBro!
How was this missed? Mocked by Donald Brown?
Show me what you got, what you got, DBro!
FrenchMovieTheme
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Alex is one of the best qbs in the league against the blitz (ratings wise). His problem is getting pressured with 3 or 4, which happened against vikebike.
Gully State
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It's a byproduct of the team's emphasis on not turning the ball over. No doubt Smith is bad under pressure but he's been told to take sacks when in doubt by coaching staff...
The Niners are going to win dude.
It is their revenge game and they will be fired up. Giants have been sloppy as fuck and are being carried by their offense.
You might be right about that handshake though!
Buckethead
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Yes yes, leave the master race out of this thread.
We don't mix in any capacity with these, these... inferiors.
We don't mix in any capacity with these, these... inferiors.
As much as watching a girl/guy take a dump?
FrenchMovieTheme
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More of a jab at cb who jocked these dumb ass ratings earlier in the year
Packers are shit.
Kevin Faulk officially retired today. Good man.
No coincidence, Wisconsin is probably the most German state.
No coincidence, Wisconsin is probably the most German state.
6th best team in the league!
I think it's more accurate to say that Alex is very good against the blitz . . . when it is picked up. In general, he is not good when he is pressured. He's doing a good job of making plays when the offense creates opportunities for him, but I think he'll need to do more than that come playoff time.
He reminds me so much of Schaub. The Texans system creates wide open throws, and Schaub is good at recognizing them and at least completing the pass. He relies a lot on a very good line keeping him clean. But when he is pressured, or players don't get wide open, he's not very good
Miami 12th, I'll take that.
I would say anyone that pumps up preseason ratings is a dumb football fan.
Futurevoid
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Eh, it's a motivation tactic and little else. Though I'd be surprised if any analyst does end up picking the Giants to win the game....
..and there you go.bionic77 said:
Agreed. I expect the Niners to put the best possible product on the field and there's no question they circled this one on the calendar the minute they got the schedule. I'm looking forward to it. Niners/Giants are usually tough, hard nosed and enjoyable games to watch.Gully State said:
FrenchMovieTheme
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There aren't many qbs who are good when pressured. Literally maybe 2 or 3. Roofles, Eli..... Can't really think of any others. Tom Brady sucks dick when pressured so I'm not going to completely hate on alex
Hell yeah! Here is an honorary pocket protector.
FrenchMovieTheme
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No, he did it after week 2 or 3 and said omgomgomg eagles with the best defense! Look at football outsiders!
I don't hear people use "that's gay" as much as I used too.
also
Today you laugh.
Tomorrow he signs.
Jets would never sign him unless the owner took control.
True. But where Alex fails compared to most QBs is that he takes sacks when he shouldn't. He won't throw it away or even attempt a difficult throw. He's at the bottom of that ranking b/c he doesn't even give himself or his team the chance to make a positive play
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