NFL Week 8
 

Who do you have for tonight's game?

Phins!

Pats 37-14.

Dolphins have looked pretty damn good, but against Tennessee and Houston. Tom Teriffic brings Campbell back down to Earth.

Mini-Patriots 24
Dolphins 14

I think the Patriots win by a bunch, but I hope the Dolphins win.

Leeds over Blackburn.

Outside of attitude, the one concrete change Campbell has made is actually handing the ball to Lamar Miller. I think the Pats win but the game stays close.

Joseph Randle of Dallas Cowboys facing discipline for violating personal conduct policy

How are we just hearing about this now?

Umm ...

from Feb
Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle arrested again

edit to add: And, as I thought ... I posted the story in the off-season thread here as well
http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...&postcount=610

I would love a Phins win here.

Hmm, I vaguely remember that, just have him on a fantasy team and don't recall anyone mentioning that the NFL was still investigating that. I guess alleged domestic abuse (sans video) just doesn't stand out like stealing cologne does.

Hardy and Randle, perfect together.

I think Miami will play well tonight, but ultimately they will lose a shootout. I think 38-27 or something in that vein is about what I would expect.

Hmmm, Bill Bilicheck vs dude who doesn't know how to call timeouts....

Miami 27, NE 17

Hey, Greg Hardy's been "a model citizen" who they want to sign to a long-term deal. :popcorn:

(and I'm a little surprised you skipped throwing Dez in there as well)

Good start so far

edit: We have GRONKage

Dola: Well, that was.. um.. certainly something by the Dolphins.

How the f' is Tannehill a starting Qb in the NFL for what three years now!?

I think you have to put a good amount of blame for the pick from Tanneehill on the receiver. He's supposed to be running an out route, makes his cut at the 36 yard line but ends up at the 41 when the ball is picked. That's not how you run an out route.

This is riveting. Pats games have as much suspense as seeing if Gilligan gets off the island.

You have to play like the Pats to beat the Pats. Throw accurate 10-15 yard passes. Run only enough to keep the defense honest

Kinda says something when Pats fans are actively grumpy about the first half offense... and they scored 19 points.

Miami got away from what got them here? Where exactly is here?

Heh. Yeah, caught that too.

A Miami touchdown drive here could make this a bit more interesting.

EagleFan, they're not getting off the island.

Hurry Up mode, up 22 with 9:00 to play? I joked about the NFL upping their claims in DeflateGate this week pissing the pats off even more.. but apparently Eff You Mode is fully engaged.

Deep down I knew... if only they weren't tricked by George Barkley.

Sort of like OJ Simpson acting pissed off that he was accused of something...

Rooting for the Pats seems like rooting for the Red Army.

That's an insult to the Red Army... :D

Like rooting for the zombies?

Like rooting for Watson.

Tannehill's not bad. He was hamstrung by bad offensive coordinator's some, but he's still accurate and not too dumb. I don't buy him making that jump to top 10 QB, but he's easily a top 32 guy.

It's not that. I'm stealing this from elsewhere (I think Grantland), but the Patriots simply iterate faster than any other team in the NFL. If one thing doesn't work, they try the next thing, if that doesn't work they try another variation, etc....

Your chances boil down to either a) do something they simply can't counter (like obliterate the O-Line and give Brady literally no time with the ball or b) try to iterate faster than the Patriots while also committing no mistakes.

The way they're playing right now (which can't last, IMO), it's just really, really tough.

The Jags haven't had a receiver with 1000 yards in a season since Jimmy Smith in 2005. As of 7 games, they have two at 500+, and could have two this year! :0

I think this is more accurate. The Pats are definitely the top of the hill especially on the passing side of the offense right now but they are hardly obliterating opponents like back in 2007. They are beatable but only by a handful of teams and only on the road. I think even this early if they get home field in the playoffs they are easily going to run to the SB. I think if they have to play on the road against a very good defense they can be tripped up. That being said and looking at their schedule they may have two losses on the remaining games of their schedule. I think Denver and Cincy wind up with at least 3 losses so......

Man I hope I'm wrong but I can see the Giants getting embarrassed (again) by the Saints this week.

Hopefully the Pats are peaking too early.

Cameron Wake’s Achilles is torn, out for the season | ProFootballTalk

That sucks.

Yeah which Saints are they gonna face-first few weeks or last couple?

I kinda feel like the Saints are closer to the last few weeks than the first few. But it seems the Giants are great at making mediocre QBs look solid, so that worries me if Brees is actually getting his rhythm back.

And that also scares me as the Giants have absolutely no passrush. Like they might as well stop trying and just drop everybody into coverage. Plus Prince is still out I think so they are not much better at covering as they are at passrushing.

Add in the bad offensive showings they've had the past 2 weeks (Dallas score was deceptive...they did nothing offensively vs Dallas or Philly) and things could get awfully messy, awfully quickly for the G-men.

With the way the Giants have been playing, I wouldn't be surprised if New Orleans and Tampa Bay embarrassed them in the next two weeks, but somehow end up beating New England in week 10.

The way they've been playing this year, or basically since Eli entered the league? :)

Lol yeah agree on both. :lol:

I'll be at the Bucs/Giants game. I'm just hoping there is no doubt which team is using a rookie QB when I leave that game.

I will actually be in the stadium that day. If it happens there, I will laugh my ass off.

Sorry Australia/Rugby fans:

49ers Promote RB Kendall Gaskins to Active Roster, Waive RB Jarryd Hayne

Really don't understand that move, to be honest. He's shown flashes of brilliance, and the team honestly doesn't have much to be happy about. I know they may need the roster spot with Hyde unavailable due to the stress fracture, but he's arguably the most visible player on the team in terms of a positive light.

That being said, he sucks at blocking and has trouble holding on to the ball, so hard to argue about getting rid of him outside of that.

Wow, the Lions are terrible. Not sure how Jim Caldwell is still employed after this week, let alone this season.