DeaconKnowledge
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ESPN is looking for controversy as usual. Point is nobody cares.
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NFL 2013 Week 1 |OT| - A new season dawns with champs vs chokes
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ESPN is looking for controversy as usual. Point is nobody cares.
I suppose? Our team looked pretty bad last year in the opener and in the playoffs against the 9ers. We seemed much more consistent on offense than we did for almost all of last season.
Our secondary is horrible as is, but hopefully they'll patch up.
We could still end up 4-12 for all I know, but there is positive to take from that game.
And those plays were just really good plays / spectacular catches! That can't be denied.
Dutch Gronk
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I'm not denying that.
Point is that is the national conversation. We agree that it is the incorrect conversation.
Yea Carolina had huge momentum going against Seattle, and they didn't go on 4th and inches or 4th and 2 in the 3rd and 4th quarters. I mean, Cam is the size of a linebacker and you don't think you can get 6 inches on a QB sneak? If Seattle loses that game I guarantee they lose to the Niners this week and fail to make the playoffs. Instead, they're probably going to win the division now.
Imagine the talk if Suh made that same hit on Aaron then swung at a packer....
All this from a week 1 game?
I think there's a very good chance we could see the first mid-season firing in a couple years if the Panthers are 0-3 at the bye, and that certainly looks possible. Buffalo is an absolute must-win.
I was pretty pleased with the Miami defense and passing game, but holy crap, that running game can't be that bad going forward, right? I would never have expected it to be so toothless.
If we can get a running game going, Tannehill is going to be so much better off. I'm surprised that Cleveland didn't put more pressure on him given the total lack of a ground attack. Better teams will exploit that, I'm sure.
If we can get a running game going, Tannehill is going to be so much better off. I'm surprised that Cleveland didn't put more pressure on him given the total lack of a ground attack. Better teams will exploit that, I'm sure.
yankeehater
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Yep Seahawks season would have been totally over. HNo team can recover from a 0-1 deficit in the standings.
Roddslayer
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annnnnd Lacy's jumping TD.
I think I'm done for now.
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If you have a particular play from a game and know about what quarter it happened in, send me a PM and I try to hook it up
It's good to see some production from the offense and some of those plays were so fun to watch. As a request could you gif the Russell 12 yard hail mary to Doug Baldwin on the 50 yd line. I think it was late 3rd quarter. That was work of art for Baldwin to stay inbounds.
Can't help it. Rodgers was the QB at my alma mater.
Yes. For the past 20+ years (with the exception of 1 year--2010 I believe?), only 2 teams in each conference who lose week 1 go on to make the playoffs. Many times it was just 1 team that lost in week 1 that ended up making the playoffs.
Then there's the stats that show if a team goes 2-0 they're something like 52% likelihood of making the playoffs, and 3-0 is around 75% likely to make the playoffs.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=4494228
(Only 13% of 0-2 teams make playoffs since 1990)
http://www.oddsshark.com/nfl/stats-2-0-teams-and-0-2-teams
DUFFMCWALIN
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Not at all. We just have your number (for now). I expect the Packers to be a 10 win team at least.
I'm not sure there's much to say.
The offense was an abortion. O-line was horrid all around. DeCastro took out Pouncey trying to make a block they didn't attempt the entire preseason (cutting the backside on a zone run.) Redman lost the ball twice. Sanders dropped some key passes. I wasn't expecting the Steelers to look good on offense, but they were completely impotent.
The defense was fine for the most part. The Titans scored 13 of their 16 points on drives that began on the Steelers side of the field. After Gay came in, he left some guys open, but Locker sucks and couldn't hit them. The Titans offense was what I was expecting from the Steelers. Slam the running back into the line for 3 yards at a time then pap, basically control the clock. Polumalu and Keisel looked great. It'd be a shame to waste those guys' final years.
Going forward, I think the Steelers and Haley may need to abandon the run first mentality and go with the uptempo passing attack. I'm not sure they will, but it probably will move the ball, at least.
nah man season's over, pack it up.
As a fellow lifelong 9ers/Pack fan, I extend a welcome from all our 9pack bros. FMT will hook you up with a Young Favre avatar if you ask nicely.
Anyway, glad my seahawks won. Game looked rough. Only sad part is that my Panthers had to go down, but at least it was close.
The return of the king.
Yup, as a Panthers fan, I'm sort of rooting for this. If we lose to the Bills, I'm definitely going to hope for a home loss to the Giants to seal Rivera's fate. The dude is just not a good NFL head coach. He has the wrong mindset for today's game and constantly mangles late game clock management. It's a shame because we could have been contenders this years. Even the offensive lined looked better than I hoped, especially run blocking. The main weakness now is at WR, but with Shula's play calling, we hardly even attempted any down field throws.
TangoAlphaLima
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So I'm a Time Warner Cable customer, which obviously meant no NFL Network until last year. My second child was born last August, so I didn't really have the time to devote to watching sports, and I declined to add on the Sports Package to get NFL Redzone last season. Decided to add it this year, though, and got it up and running for the first Sunday of the season. The following image describes my review of NFL Redzone:
Starphoenix
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How many teams do you have?
yankeehater
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32, that way he is covered no matter who wins the SB.
I love Brett Favre so obviously I'm a pack fan. I'm from cali so I'm a 9ers fan. I love grunge so I gotta be a hawk fan. And my dog was born in one of the Carolinas. RIP Champ.
I sure hope so.
lol'ing so hard. side cramp
I come bearing a gift.
They replay crew muffed the slo-mo and spent like 3seconds on one frame, so I had to try to cut it which ended up in a weird chop on the close up part of it.
Tragicomedy
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Thanks! I saw that live during the game and was looking forward to the .gif.
That special teams dude has ONE job, and he screwed it up. Damn, the Jags are hot garbage.
Starphoenix
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I dislike the Raiders, but I won't lie: Pryor does have a lot of potential. Hopefully the Raiders front office isn't dumb enough to not try and move on without trying to work on developing him. If Pryor manages to play smarter but be as electric as he was during the Colts game, Oakland may manage to trap a lot of teams.
:jnc
So next week is huge for the AFC North. All teams are 0-1 right now.
Baltimore takes on Cleveland and Pittsburgh takes on Cincinnati
B For Bendetta
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Yeah there was a lot of old Rams screw ups, but it was nice to see the talent level has risen to the point where we can actually overcome that now. The Austin playcalling was frustrating, but overall I thought the playcalling was improved, and if we put up 27 points we should win. The D needs to lock it up, if bend don't break gives up 25 against a middling offense it needs to be overhauled. Run D looked great. O line looked serviceable. More shots were taken downfield which was awesome. If there was going to be an TAINT I'm glad it was on a tip, and I'm glad the fumble was kind of a freak thing from behind rather than one of our RBs ball security.
Dutch Gronk
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Raiders need to be smart and keep losing. If Pryor plays really well, they should bench him.
Sure you can win 5/6 games, but you would miss out on HOF'er Clowney.
Sure you can win 5/6 games, but you would miss out on HOF'er Clowney.
Starphoenix
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Hopefully Cleveland and Pittsburgh win for the shenanigans of it all. I demand shenanigans.
Barack Lesnar
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Good for the Raiders, can't help but root for them a bit.
Yea it literally is. The two winners are very likely to be the AFC North division champ and AFC #6 wildcard.
Roddslayer
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Thanks a bunch, I thought for sure that was going to be a pick.
and I thought I was bad being a Redsox Yankees fan and Lakers Celtics fan.
No. You have to be pessimistic and down on your team and have no hope. Then list 10 reasons why they will lose while listing to Lincoln Park
Elfforkusu
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:jnc
I really thought the squicken category for the chart was just a joke, but I might have to really make one for the allegiance chart now.
Dutch Gronk
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yankeehater
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That is the best spelling of linkin park ever. They should totally change their name to that. Anyways nothing wrong with being excited before the first game when reality will come crashing down.
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That was a backbreaker. Kudos to Russ to stand in there and get leveled and still fit that ball into the tightest of windows.
WanderingWind
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You stupid Canucks can have baseball. It's as boring and lifeless as your entire country
http://espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=330908030
Good thing they picked him over Russel WIlson. I don't see Wilson breaking any records.
It wasn't just that int but that entire final series. Inexperience cost him.
yankeehater
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Congrats. Hanging out and playing baseball was probably a much better way to spend the day then watching Weeden play like shit. How long until Jcamp gets a shot in Believeland?
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