NFL Week 2 Thoughts

[TLK]

Since nobody has started one.....

[sabotai]

Giants are off to a good start....

[TLK]

Harrington back to his old ways..... Third and long and tries a little dump pass....

[VPI97]

Damn...helluva run by Vick down to the 5

[Masked]

Saints are in big trouble. Deuce just went into the locker room with an ankle injury.

[VPI97]

Falcons scored and then recovered an onside kick.

Woot!

[Joe]

my thoughts... why do I have to watch such shitty games all the time? Houston/Detroit and Chicago/Green Bay.. come on.

[TLK]

It's a strange feeling.... I don't have to cover my eyes when the Lions are on defense this year.... I can live with this.... :)

[duckman]

Quentin Griffin runs a lot like Barry Sanders. ;)

[sabotai]

What a crazy play by Delhomme. Hey, if it works... :)

[henry296]

Poor grounding call in the Steeler game. Maddox was outside the tackle box and tried to throw it away, when his arm was hit while throwing and therefore it didn't cross the line of scrimmage. Those 10 yards made the FG attempt much longer.

Todd

[TLK]

Ahman Green goes over 100 yards in the first half.... Packers losing at the moment though.

[TLK]

and then he fumbles and it's returned.... 14-3 Chicago

[mckerney]

Ahman Green goes over 100 yards in the first half.... Packers losing at the moment though.

And losing by even more because of Green now. He fumbles inside the 10, Mike Brown runs it back for a TD. 14-3 Bears, w00t.

[VPI97]

Vick's got 91 yards rushing so far...Atl 17 - StL 7 at the half

[Ben E Lou]

Falcons lead Rams 17-7 at the Half. Vick is looking great. He has 91 yards rushing, and 103 yards on 7 for 9 passing. Nice!

[Joe]

wow marshall faulk sucks.. 6 carries for 4 yards in the first half?

[FBPro]

wow marshall faulk sucks.. 6 carries for 4 yards in the first half?

hehehe.......let's hope he keeps it up.

[GrantDawg]

Quentin Griffin runs a lot like Barry Sanders. ;)
I think Vick runs a lot like Barry Sanders. :)

[GrantDawg]

hehehe.......let's hope he keeps it up.
No doubt. That defense looks impressive so far. I'm afraid that it so aggresive that it will end up being burned.

[GrantDawg]

Dola: Bulger is 14-15 but only has 140 yards. That just looks odd.

[Ben E Lou]

Dola: Bulger is 14-15 but only has 140 yards. That just looks odd.Well, he's hitting so many little 2-yard pitch-and-catch-and-run passes...

[sabotai]

Giants leading 20-7 at the half. Surpired at that. The Giants first drive of the game was 3 and out with a Warner fumble. Washington's was a dominating drive that ended with a TD. After that it's been complete domination by the Giants. A complete 180 from the start of the game.

[Suicane75]

Does anyone at CBS listen to the people they hire for the studio show? None of them can complete a frickin sentence for gods sakes.

[mckerney]

Way to go Thomas Jones, Bears go up 21-3 on his efforts.

[sabotai]

Chicago is going to really hurt half the people in my pick em game (including me :mad: )

[Cringer]

Packers are going to make me cry.......frickin suck it up and play!

[henry296]

Teams who play on Monday Nigh are very risky the next Sunday.

[TLK]

GO LIONS!!!

[Cringer]

Teams who play on Monday Nigh are very risky the next Sunday.

ya, thats what i have been saying, its a Monday Night hangover........it's not making me feel any better though. :(

[sabotai]

Clinton Portis just fumbled for the 2nd time today.

[Terps]

Portis puts one on the ground again.. heh. Go G-Men!

[Rich1033]

Im not happy watching Lions/Texans instead of the Titans game, but Roy Williams is going to be a star. He made a beautiful TD catch earlier in the game. On the other side, Andre Johnson is also looking good.

And Detroit just returned a kick 99 yards for a TD. Looks like they will start the season 2-0.

[TLK]

Im not happy watching Lions/Texans instead of the Titans game, but Roy Williams is going to be a star. He made a beautiful TD catch earlier in the game. On the other side, Andre Johnson is also looking good.

And Detroit just returned a kick 99 yards for a TD. Looks like they will start the season 2-0.
Never noticed you were from PC, Rich...... I'm over in Fremont :)

[Terps]

Brent Alexander picks off Ramsey in the end zone..

[Ben E Lou]

Brady Smith rushes Bulger, backed up into his own end zone, and just strips the ball and grabs it in the air, a David Pollock type play. Touchdown Falcons!

[mckerney]

Chicago is going to really hurt half the people in my pick em game (including me :mad: )

Yeah, but isn't it worth it?

[Rich1033]

Never noticed you were from PC, Rich...... I'm over in Fremont :)
I actually have moved back to Toledo, but its nice to see someone from my area on here. Port Clinton is a nice town, I still try to get out there whenever I can.

[GrantDawg]

Brady Smith rushes Bulger, backed up into his own end zone, and just strips the ball and grabs it in the air, a David Pollock type play. Touchdown Falcons!
Not quite as spectacular, but pretty close. :)

[TLK]

Damn... Williams looks good.... Lions up by 12 with under 5 left...

[VPI97]

Another pick for the Falcons.

After the insults Bulger made after last year's game, the defense has to be enjoying this.

[sabotai]

And the self-destruction of the Giants has begun.

[Neuqua]

I'm really liking Thomas Jones....

[Neuqua]

and really hating Terrell...

[sabotai]

Another Redskins turnover. Can't beleive the Giants have gotten all these turnovers and still only lead by 6.

[Cringer]

Congrats to the Vikings, you just have been named the NFC North champions........

[mckerney]

Congrats to the Vikings, you just have been named the NFC North champions........

Here in Minnesota we don't admire work until it's finish. Mike Tice said so.

[GrantDawg]

The Falcons have doubled up on the Rams, 34-17. I have to say, the Birds are looking pretty sharp this year. I know it is only two games in, but the defense looks much improved over last year.

[TLK]

Congrats to the Vikings, you just have been named the NFC North champions........
:cough: Lions :cough:

[kingfc22]

Ken Dorsey needs to start the rest of the year. He came in last week and provided a spark for the offense and he has the Niners up this week in NO.

[Ben E Lou]

but the defense looks much improved over last year.MUCH

[GrantDawg]

MUCH
It still worries me how agressive they have to play to be effective. I like agressive defenses, but there are so many all out blitzes that I can see teams with good/great o-lines hitting homer after homer on it.

[Terps]

Ugh.. Wish the Giants could move the ball and put this one away. +6 turnover ratio and they only lead by 6.

[DeToxRox]

LIONS!

Roy Williams is looking like a STUD

[TLK]

Barry would never have done that....

[Cringer]

:cough: Lions :cough:

you are in 1st place i guess..... :rolleyes:

[mckerney]

What were the Packers thinking going for it there?

[Swaggs]

Like nearly all backup QBs before him, Ben Roethlisberger is going to be the most popular man in Pittsburgh after today.

[sabotai]

Giants snap their 9 game losing streak!

[Vince]

I hate watching the 49ers. So friggin close, for nothing.

[Cringer]

What were the Packers thinking going for it there?

I missed the end there because my DirecTV is crapping out, but I am guessing they were thinking something like "We have played like complete shit, how can we make ourselves look even worse?"

[Sun Tzu]

The 49ers just got robbed of a victory on a phantom offensive pass interference call. When will the pain end?

[korme]

Roethlisberger looked good. Down with Maddox!

[korme]

Actually, I hate the Steelers, what am I thinking? Down with Maddox and Roethlisberger! In Charlie Batch!

[mckerney]

I missed the end there because my DirecTV is crapping out, but I am guessing they were thinking something like "We have played like complete shit, how can we make ourselves look even worse?"

Well, there was about 1:30 left and it was 4th and 8 or so from around the 15 and down 21-10, and even though they needed two scores they went for the TD. You may as well make it a 1 posession game and go for the onside there.

[SirFozzie]

wow. Pats still have the lucky horseshoe up their ass with that play. Great screen, knocked out, fumbled 20 yards forwards, right under two Cardinals to Deion Branch.

And 7-0 Pats :D

[JAG]

Nathan Jones with a nice tackle, for the Rutgers followers...

[Radii]

PANTHERS

[Cringer]

Well, there was about 1:30 left and it was 4th and 8 or so from around the 15 and down 21-10, and even though they needed two scores they went for the TD. You may as well make it a 1 posession game and go for the onside there.

ah, well, scoring would have gone against the team strategy for the day :rolleyes:

[cthomer5000]

Curtis Martin is looking like Curtis of 5 years ago, and the Jets are handling the Chargers, who only scored on a kickoff return by Tim Dwight.

My 5 team parlay is looking great right now...

Seattle Seahawks -3
Cleveland Browns +6½
New England Patriots -8
Oakland Raiders -3½
New York Jets -3½


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[korme]

Yep, Martin is looking great.

[Neuqua]

Do I put the moneyline on the Bengals game tonight?

[cthomer5000]

20-7 Jets, I can't see the Chargers getting back into this. The Chargers had 1 yard of passing at the half.

[cthomer5000]

Do I put the moneyline on the Bengals game tonight?
I like the Bengals outright, but I definitely don't like the spread.

[korme]

I hope you all watch the Bengals game tonight. Chad Johnson is a better receiever than Hines Ward, I get so mad they always show the top 5 wr's in the league or poll who's the best (out of 5) and Hines is on there and not Chad. Chad Johnson is spectacular as you would have seen watching the Jets last week. He's Dr. Fantastic.

[cthomer5000]

The Chargers have cut it to 27-14, and now have the ball again. It's the start of the 4th quarter, and this is a huge drive for them.

[TLK]

Rich Gannon is leading the Raiders in rushing with 20 yards.... and they're up by 7... oh my

[cthomer5000]

Jets are in full-blown self-destruct mode. They call a reverse up 13 points in the 4th quarter (fumbling the ball, and recovering but losing a ton of yards). then a false start, then a holding penalty.

Nice work boys. samd old bullshit playcalling from Hackett.

[cthomer5000]

touchdown Chargers! You would think a defensive line made up of 4 1st round draft picks could generate some pass rush against the worst offensive line in the league.

[JAG]

Wow, if the Browns had better receivers, they would've crushed Dallas today.

[cthomer5000]

Pennington is a fucking god.

[Solecismic]

Is Jerry Rice playing today? Don't seem him with any catches.

[TargetPractice6]

Is Jerry Rice playing today? Don't seem him with any catches.Why is Jerry Rice still playing at all?

[cthomer5000]

And after leading them to within 6, the Charges bench Brees for Flutie.

WTF?

[JAG]

Rice is playing, I saw on the play-by-play that a pass to him was incomplete. If he ends without a catch, would that be his first time in 220+ games?

BTW, what an interception-fest Dallas-Cleveland is.

[QuikSand]

Never noticed you were from PC, Rich...... I'm over in Fremont

My most coherent recollection of Fremont was taking a class trip in about fourth grade (Huron) over there to tour the Ekrich plant. I came home with a sample of honey glazed ham (or whatever their weird honey cold cut thing is). Great times.

Now, of course, they'd get sued for contributing to childhood obesity.

[Senator]

Go Bucs! Oh, nevermind. That interception ruined all hope.

[Logan]

The 49ers just got robbed of a victory on a phantom offensive pass interference call. When will the pain end?

Details please...didn't see the game or any highlights.

[Raiders Army]

Why is Jerry Rice still playing at all?
Streak is over at 274 consecutive games with a catch. Moss might beat this one, though.

[Logan]

Any early word on whether Ben R. is going to start next week?

I need a QB and a matchup against Miami could work out well.

[Vince]

Details please...didn't see the game or any highlights.
With about 30 seconds left, Dorsey got a 40 (about) yard screen pass to Robertson to the 2-yard line. Brandon Lloyd, on the left side, apparently started blocking too early, so it was called offensive pass interference, and the play was called back. Next play, Dorsey throws his first pick of the game...game over.

The Offensive PI call was rather weak...the play didn't take that long to develop, and Lloyd waited a while before blocking. They didn't have a camera angle that showed the block and the catch in the same screen, though, so it could be legit.

[Logan]

Looks like he is starting.

"Ben's our guy right now," he [Cowher] said. "He's got an opportunity to play next week. He's going to make more throws and we're going to make more plays."

[Swaggs]

I hope you all watch the Bengals game tonight. Chad Johnson is a better receiever than Hines Ward, I get so mad they always show the top 5 wr's in the league or poll who's the best (out of 5) and Hines is on there and not Chad. Chad Johnson is spectacular as you would have seen watching the Jets last week. He's Dr. Fantastic.

Shorty, I know you are in college and all now, but please cut down on the whippits. I'm beginning to worry that your thought process is being damaged by them.

[cthomer5000]

Streak is over at 274 consecutive games with a catch. Moss might beat this one, though.
I really, really doubt this.

[cthomer5000]

Was Brad Johnson injured or did Gruden just decide to make a switch?

Will Simms be starting next week?

[Senator]

/laughing

[Cringer]

Was Brad Johnson injured or did Gruden just decide to make a switch?

Will Simms be starting next week?

Gruden just made the switch, said in the halftime interview he was trying to create a spark.

[duckman]

BTW, what an interception-fest Dallas-Cleveland is.
I'm happy about the win, but it was the ugliest of games. Penalties and turnovers really piss me off. :mad:

[Troll]

my fantasy team is sittin in bad shape going into these last 2 games. I'm down 10. I got Palmer to play, the person i'm playing has Moss to play. Everyone cheer Palmer on, he needs 300+ yards and 5 tds.

[TLK]

lots of offense in the Sunday night game.....

[korme]

yea..heh i know

[Sun Tzu]

With about 30 seconds left, Dorsey got a 40 (about) yard screen pass to Robertson to the 2-yard line. Brandon Lloyd, on the left side, apparently started blocking too early, so it was called offensive pass interference, and the play was called back. Next play, Dorsey throws his first pick of the game...game over.

The Offensive PI call was rather weak...the play didn't take that long to develop, and Lloyd waited a while before blocking. They didn't have a camera angle that showed the block and the catch in the same screen, though, so it could be legit.

If you watch the replay close enough (I dunno if you taped the game) you'll notice that Lloyd didn't block at all, he just stood there while the DB ran up to him and hit him. How they are going to call Offensive pass interference for getting in the way of a DB on a screen pass is beyond me. And yes, it was that simple. Lloyd ran up about 3-4 yards and stood in front of the CB, who then proceeded to run into Lloyd. It was a very VERY lousy call, which cost the 49ers a win. The judge that called the penalty was also BEHIND the DB when he threw the flag.

[kingfc22]

Let the total begin. So far 2 losses - 5 points. Last year we lost something like 5 games by 11 points. Too lazy to figure out the exact number.

[HornedFrog Purple]

Roy Williams ran more patterns in one half than he did his entire stay at Texas. Anyone who doubted him vs any other receiver in that draft will be eating crow by the end of the season.

[Cuckoo]

Unrelated to discussion, and I'm sure this has been said before, but...


CAN CBS POSSIBLY FIND A WAY TO CUT TO ANOTHER COMMERCIAL?

It's driving me crazy. Fox isn't near this bad. PAT, commercial, kick-off, commercial, huddle, commercial, injury, commercial...

I'm no fan of Phil Simms, but does he really have so little to say or do they just want so badly to not give him the opportunity?

[albionmoonlight]

If you watch the replay close enough (I dunno if you taped the game) you'll notice that Lloyd didn't block at all, he just stood there while the DB ran up to him and hit him. How they are going to call Offensive pass interference for getting in the way of a DB on a screen pass is beyond me. And yes, it was that simple. Lloyd ran up about 3-4 yards and stood in front of the CB, who then proceeded to run into Lloyd. It was a very VERY lousy call, which cost the 49ers a win. The judge that called the penalty was also BEHIND the DB when he threw the flag.
So call it offensive holding since he grabbed and held the CB's jersey and prevented him from making a play on the ball/ballcarrier. I agree that offensive pass interference was a strange way to make the call (and leads to the confusion expressed in this thread), but the result would be the same had they called the proper penalty.

[JeeberD]

I'm happy about the win, but it was the ugliest of games. Penalties and turnovers really piss me off. :mad:


No doubt, it was an ugly, ugly, ugly game. But I'll certainly take the W...

[mckerney]

Chicago is going to really hurt half the people in my pick em game (including me :mad: )

I think the Packers are a team I'm going to stay away from in survivor pick 'em. They'll win more often than not this year, but when they lose is going to be hard to tell. Farve is still a great QB, but it seems like he can't do all the things he used to be able to do. It wouldn't be a problem, but it seems he doesn't believe it and still tried to do what he did when he was younger. This leads to 2 INT games like he had yesterday, and I think with the Packers defense they'll be in games where they can afford to turn the ball over.

They're just too risky a bet on any given week, either for or against them.

[IMetTrentGreen]

lions fans don't even know what they have yet. everyone is making a huge deal out of all these catches that, frankly, were routine here. the tip drill one was unreal, but the teo yesterday were ho-hum

i said roy was the best player in college football for the last two years. he's going to show why this year

[IMetTrentGreen]

chris simms is going to be a superstar

[duckman]

chris simms is going to be a superstar
Now that Mack Brown isn't coaching him anymore. :D

[mckerney]

Roy Williams ran more patterns in one half than he did his entire stay at Texas. Anyone who doubted him vs any other receiver in that draft will be eating crow by the end of the season.

At this point I agree with that about everyone but Fitzgerald.

[IMetTrentGreen]

duckman: exactly

[HornedFrog Purple]

chris simms is going to be a superstar

Let's not go overboard now...

[SunDevil]

I think Chris Simms is the same person. A guy who has potential and is a good player, but will/can not handle nor succeed in big game situations. Maybe in Texas it was coaching or play calling, but I whenever I say him play in college I never felt that he would pull something out in a desperate situation.

[RendeR]

chris simms is going to be a superstar


Call me when he wins a game ;)

[IMetTrentGreen]

21 of 32 in his first ever nfl game, with a lousy ol and no run game to speak of. thats pretty good. he looked totally in control. i can't wait to see what he does when given a chance to play with a good offense, something he has yet to do

[IMetTrentGreen]

I think Chris Simms is the same person.

well said

A guy who has potential and is a good player, but will/can not handle nor succeed in big game situations. Maybe in Texas it was coaching or play calling, but I whenever I say yedsituation.

then you never saw the game he played in lincoln, or his first start in college station. he grew up a lot after his junior year and has nothing to show for it other than a bunch of fans who would run him over with certain vehicles if given the chance. people like that are morons. good think we don't have any of those here

[Honolulu_Blue]

lions fans don't even know what they have yet.

Oh, we know. We've got R.o.y. "Rookie Of the Year" Williams!

[Senator]

good think we don't have any of those here


Is this even a sentence?



INTERCEPTION!!!!!!

[The_herd]

We should have an 'IMTG Predictions' thread so that we can consolidate all these Nostradamus-like predictions into one thread and he doesn't have to recycle them every few months.

[ISiddiqui]

CAN CBS POSSIBLY FIND A WAY TO CUT TO ANOTHER COMMERCIAL?

It's driving me crazy. Fox isn't near this bad.

:eek: Are you NUTS?! Fox is waaaaay more horrible than CBS, ESPN, or any other network that carries football. I can hardly watch a game on FOX anymore. CBS is ok. ESPN is best.

[Cuckoo]

:eek: Are you NUTS?! Fox is waaaaay more horrible than CBS, ESPN, or any other network that carries football. I can hardly watch a game on FOX anymore. CBS is ok. ESPN is best.

Wow. It's amazing to me that you think that. Maybe my local Fox isn't as bad or something because CBS is just ridiculous. The Fox I watch goes to commercial once after a score. CBS goes twice, once after the PAT, then again after the kick-off. Drives me crazy.

[ISiddiqui]

Fox is a few plays, commerical, a fumble, commerical, etc, etc. It's horrid.