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NFL Week 17 |OT| The Gift That Keeps on Giving
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DeaconKnowledge
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Season over next week, so i'm just gonna post a few notes.
Steelers are finally trying to get smaller and more athletic on the O-line instead of always drafting those massive dumb oxen. Needs to happen faster though.
We need a new, competent O-line coach. Steelers O-line always suffers from the most ridiculous injuries. They need a guy who can improve their footwork.
3 of the 4 linebackers need replacing/to get in shape. They are the reason the Steelers can't buy turnovers. It really sucks because the rest of the team is sound defensively.
Harrison - lost a step. 34 years old. Love him, but linebacker is a young man's game and he peaked way too late.
Foote - Not athletic enough for Buck. I think he had a great season this year, but he's just not fast enough to run the kind of things he's being asked. Guy could have had a 15 sack/3 int season if he was just one step faster.
Woodley. Fat slob. He needs to start taking this shit serious.
We need 1 Wide receiver in the top 3 who's over 6 feet tall. Just one. Cotchery is the 4th man if he's lucky and Plaxico was finished before he resigned.
I want to see Ben show some humility and run the offense the way it's supposed to be run against the Clowns. Enough backyard football.
Steelers are finally trying to get smaller and more athletic on the O-line instead of always drafting those massive dumb oxen. Needs to happen faster though.
We need a new, competent O-line coach. Steelers O-line always suffers from the most ridiculous injuries. They need a guy who can improve their footwork.
3 of the 4 linebackers need replacing/to get in shape. They are the reason the Steelers can't buy turnovers. It really sucks because the rest of the team is sound defensively.
Harrison - lost a step. 34 years old. Love him, but linebacker is a young man's game and he peaked way too late.
Foote - Not athletic enough for Buck. I think he had a great season this year, but he's just not fast enough to run the kind of things he's being asked. Guy could have had a 15 sack/3 int season if he was just one step faster.
Woodley. Fat slob. He needs to start taking this shit serious.
We need 1 Wide receiver in the top 3 who's over 6 feet tall. Just one. Cotchery is the 4th man if he's lucky and Plaxico was finished before he resigned.
I want to see Ben show some humility and run the offense the way it's supposed to be run against the Clowns. Enough backyard football.
The_Darkest_Red
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I'm still wary after Fez, I honestly did not enjoy that game at all.
Indeed, but 3D Land is even better!
It's nice having them in the AFC East, it reminds me that things could always be worse.
BlackGhost
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It really might not be his decision to make. Trents been dinged up all season, and he has a ankle injury I doubt the new regime will want to risk him. And lets be honest we all know Shurmers gone, and if he doesn't know by now he's probably a idiot.
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Futurevoid
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Juan Castillo is available.DeaconKnowledge said:
3D Land is indeed excellent but I like the bite sized nature of Galaxies levels a bit more I think. 3D Land has the distinction of being one of the few 3D titles that actually integrates the use of 3D into its level design to a really impressive effect though. Its get props for that alone.The_Darkest_Red said:
storybook77
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DeaconKnowledge
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Hell no. I want Dave DeGuglielmo.
Pretty sure Ben is hurt. He was great before the injury and shit since it. I don't think it has to do with him buying in or not. He did that before getting hurt.
Would u like ur avatar for the playoffs or the offseason?
Plasticine
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The 49ers will be the first stop on the Lovie Smith revenge tour!
DeaconKnowledge
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Only Ben's decision making is injured.
Ben made a comment before the season that he was worried for the WR's because they may not get the offense that quickly. I think he was really talking about himself.
Ben's not reading the field in the manner he was with Arians. He knew that offense inside out. With Haley's, he's not scanning the field the way he used to. Before the injury he was throwing to his primary, or failing that, checkdown.
Defenses then starting playing the shallow game tight and he struggled, which is why I think he went back to the scrambling. This also explains his frustration with Haley's offense after Dallas and the insistence on using more no huddle.
The last three games he was going to his 3rd, 4th, and 5th reads, but he was taking double the time in the pocket or more to get the ball out. I know he wants to make something happen, but this offense isn't designed for that style of football and the 3 game losing streak is proof positive of that.
Ben needs more time with this offense, clearly.
Harry Potter
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Have the Niners lost their identity since switching to Kaep?
Squall ASF
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Fuck no! Still pissed we beat Detroit. I can already hear Bidwill excusing Whiz due to injuries. It doesn't excuse his ineptitude at developing a QB or building up the OL over the past multiple seasons! Praying for a complete cleansing sans Horton. Fire Whiz, Graves, Miller, and Grimm. I have to admit I'm a little curious about Grimm, Potter and Massie have been developing nicely this season and there is a possibility it was Whiz holding the OL back. I doubt it was Grimm saying we don't need to go OL early the past several drafts. Sounds like we have no shot at Norv for OC as he made a remark about going to a team with an already proven QB...
On another tangent, also screwed us out of a top 5 pick and that trickles down to every round with this draft's second round looking pretty valuable due to the depth at OL. We should move up a spot or two after this week at least as I expect Buffalo to beat the Jets and there's always the hope CLE beats Pitts. I'm not even going to entertain the thought of Detroit beating the Bears but all three winning would actually put us back in the top 5.
History says this is the case for the nfc playoffs in recent years. But it is just no way in hell can a cutler/Marshall combo work for 3 straight opponents on the road in the playoffs.
Plasticine
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It's all part of Lovie Smith's masterplan to sabotage the 49ers. Great strategist he is, he lured the 9ers into believing Kaepernick was a good quarterback by having his mighty defense fall on their sword. Harbaugh fell for it and benched his true franchise quarterback, Alex Smith. Now the 9ers are a wreck. The Bears are on the rise. All according to Lovie Smith's plan!
I think I had too much eggnog.
I think their issues have more to do with losing Justin Smith.
DeaconKnowledge
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I think an interesting thing to find out would be the Niners running attempts over the last few games. Just from memory it seems to have noticeably diminished.
Certainly made his brother irrelevant.
Beat a justin smithless niners.
Beat the cklolcans in the playoffs
And beat the greenbay fuckers at gb for the ultimate revenge fuck.
SB: Bears superbowl champs over denver. Cutlers revenge will propelled him to the most hated brah in the world for denying peppey his due. Yum.
Im drunk.
Beat the cklolcans in the playoffs
And beat the greenbay fuckers at gb for the ultimate revenge fuck.
SB: Bears superbowl champs over denver. Cutlers revenge will propelled him to the most hated brah in the world for denying peppey his due. Yum.
Im drunk.
Plasticine
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Lovie Smith stole the Giants' playoff switch. He's flipped it, and now it's time to make the run.
It's before 2:00 here. Not nearly that bad.
I don't think he is ever healthy anymore. Whenever I watch him play, I just assume he has something broken in him.
BaltimoreLarry
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Ravens still need one more win.
Elite Flacco has it locked up.
Futurevoid
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Doesn't look like it to me.Harry Potter said:
Run Attempts/ Pass Attempts (per game since week 10)
13 / 36
22 / 25
18/ 23
32 /32
23 / 25
22 / 23
29 / 17
Seems pretty balanced to me. Outside of the Seahawks game which was a blowout and forced the passing game...DeaconKnowledge said:
At the same time he was doing a great job in the offense before he got injured.Only Ben's decision making is injured.
Ben made a comment before the season that he was worried for the WR's because they may not get the offense that quickly. I think he was really talking about himself.
Ben's not reading the field in the manner he was with Arians. He knew that offense inside out. With Haley's, he's not scanning the field the way he used to. Before the injury he was throwing to his primary, or failing that, checkdown.
Defenses then starting playing the shallow game tight and he struggled, which is why I think he went back to the scrambling. This also explains his frustration with Haley's offense after Dallas and the insistence on using more no huddle.
The last three games he was going to his 3rd, 4th, and 5th reads, but he was taking double the time in the pocket or more to get the ball out. I know he wants to make something happen, but this offense isn't designed for that style of football and the 3 game losing streak is proof positive of that.
Ben needs more time with this offense, clearly.
It was not that long ago he was getting the ball out really quick and we were actually clamoring for longer passes.
I think it is overly simplistic and probably a little bit of fiction to just say this was Ben taking a shit on Haley. Why do that right after the injury when he was doing so well within the offense for the entire year? Our problem before the injury was retarded fumbles by the receivers and a crap defense. Then when our defense started to play well the offense went to shit (which happened at the same time Ben got hurt).
Lets not overreact too much. I am ok with trading for Tebow and firing Tomlin, but beyond that this team still needs to rebuild a lot of pieces and needs some more time.
BaltimoreLarry
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Is why I am not worried.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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Maybe it isn't? Who knows. Miami needs to be nuked from orbit due to the last three years of existence or so.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/12/is_this_the_new_dolphins_logo.php
I hate the current Patriots logo, but it's far from one of the worst.
Yeah the old Patriots logo was so classic. It was horrible they changed it!
Some of you fear change.
DeaconKnowledge
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That's what i'm saying though. Ben was putting up an MVP season before injury. Defenses then starting cheating on the short game which frustrated Ben. The Kansas City game is the perfect example of this. The Chiefs ate the Steelers short game for lunch, then Ben got injured. When he came back, sandlot.
I don't even think he was having his own best season, let alone MVP season prior to injury, but yea, he definitely do very good on his return.
The_Darkest_Red
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I hadn't seen a clean version of it until I just now looked it up:
I guess it's alright but I'm still not sold on it. I need to see how it'll look on the helmets.
It's more likely Flacco will shame the franchise in the playoffs to the point that the fans cover the cost of the Mayflower vans this time.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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Yeah I just read http://www.thephinsider.com/2012/12/26/3804672/miami-dolphins-new-logo-leaked-2013-uniforms
Looks like it's it or very close to it.
I like it overall. It's definitely an improvement, original was the best. I wish they would bring back the old shade of teal and coral.
I was still hoping for a revival, but the success of the franchise since kind of sealed the deal on Pat the Patriot's fate. Flying Elvis will live for a long time now unfortunately. However, I still hope they can possibly revive the old color scheme and go back to a red uniform/logo revision.
That's actually pretty a pretty good theory on it. Most good QBs stay in the same system forever. It's very rare for a QB or Ben's caliber to switch offenses at his age. Peyton goes to Denver and they run the Peyton offense. NE changes coordinators and they stay with the Brady offense
It's hard to learn a new system, even for vets I'm sure
TheDrizzlerJ11
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I think it'd be really cool if they put the orange M on the helmet from the old logo instead.
Or...you know ...the lolions can just end it for us.
Oh and marshall had almost 200 yards on the seachicks and cowblows.
DeaconKnowledge
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Dolphin should be coming through the sun like a hoop, not jumping across it. Logo is far too horizontal.
Yeah I just read http://www.thephinsider.com/2012/12/26/3804672/miami-dolphins-new-logo-leaked-2013-uniforms
Looks like it's it or very close to it.
I like it overall. It's definitely an improvement, original was the best. I wish they would bring back the old shade of teal and coral.
I hate it. It's clearly promoting that children should go play football without helmets. I hope concussions rise and then mid-season angry parents put a stop to this life-altering logo.
Maybe the fins touch, like the Seahawks. Ass-to-Ass.
Only Ben's decision making is injured.
Lol.
What kind of shit breakdown is this? "Miller is open now, but Ben decides not to throw it." No shit, unless he has eyes on the side of his helmet, there's no way he can see Miller in that position. And Wallace is in a better position, a better position to have the ball swatted.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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That makes no sense. It's the sun not a hoop, he's in front of it.
Yeah I just read http://www.thephinsider.com/2012/12/26/3804672/miami-dolphins-new-logo-leaked-2013-uniforms
Looks like it's it or very close to it.
I like it overall. It's definitely an improvement, original was the best. I wish they would bring back the old shade of teal and coral.
I stared at it for a minute then realized it looks like something Nike would come up with. Are the Dolphins getting a Nike makeover like the Seahawks?
Why would a dolphin be jumping in front of a hoop?
Future PhaZe
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Yea, because pausing the action and pointing out everything a QB could have done in a split second is something that could never happen on ever play in the NFL.
Guys are ALWAYS open for a MOMENT, but QB's aren't robots.
DeaconKnowledge
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Eh, forget BTSC lame breakdowns. All you really need to know is the pass was intended for Wallace with Miller as the hot. Ben never looked Miller's way.
Same with the other gif. Miller was the only receiver Ben had on that play. He didn't take his eyes off him from the snap, despite Paulson beating his man inside. Easiest TAINT of Hall's career.
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