NFL Week 5

[EagleFan]

Almost like watching a game without announcers with the Eagles game. Fox has the crowd/stadium noise pumped up and the announcers low. I have barely picked up on anything they are talking about.

[Suicane75]

Sam Bradford would be a great punter. He always pins the opposition inside the 20.

[JPhillips]

I hate how Fox keeps going to field level cameras. I can't tell much of anything that's going on from those angles.

[Arles]

Can someone explain to me that 2nd Rodgers INT didn't get overturned. Not only did the ball hit the ground, but it moved in the DB's hands. I give up on figuring out what a catch is in this league.

[JPhillips]

The Bengals have killed themselves. First a holding call negates a long TD pass and later Dalton throws a poor ball and takes away 3 or 7 points and gives Seattle 3. This game could easily be 17-7 rather than 7-10.

[JPhillips]

Feels like a playoff type second half collapse is coming.

edit: Yep

[Suicane75]

Watching the Bills/Titans is like watching two ugly people vomit at each other for 3 hours.

[JPhillips]

I'm a fucking Nostradamus.

[kingfc22]

And Charles looks done. Non-contact knee injury.

[Galaril]

So Bengals as predicted were overrated

[Grover]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Feels like a playoff type second half collapse is coming.

edit: Yep

I guess I should be glad Time Warner and Fox decided to go belly-up on me. Only happens with FOX and FS1.

[Grover]

Hopefully the entire broadcast nation can get off Andy Dalton's dick now.

[JPhillips]

This loss isn't on Dalton. He made one bad throw, but otherwise he's been solid. Penalties, turnovers, poor o-line play and a porous defense killed them today.

[cuervo72]

Did the Eagles miss another friggin xp?

[kingfc22]

Sooooo many bad QB's out there

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

Sooooo many bad QB's out there

+1

[BillJasper]

If you have the ball for three yards, it should be considered a catch.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, that one seems right by the letter of the rule, but wrong by common sense.

[kingfc22]

How is that Freeman play not a TD?

The NFL is such a farce these days. Thank goodness there is so much soccer readily available to watch these days.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by Galaril

So Bengals as predicted were overrated

And I stand corrected. Nice job coming back Bengals.

[JPhillips]

Even if the Bengals lose, they've at least shown some spine.

[Grover]

I know it's not on Dalton and this comeback IS on him, I just think he's being overrated. We need him to win a playoff game first. Otherwise this outstanding early play will be meaningless

[BillJasper]

Sounds like a lot of Bears fans in Kansas City...

[Grover]

I'm not doubting this team's ability to come back again this year. This team has a spine I haven't seen a Bengals team have in the 25 years I've been a fan.

WHO DEY!

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Grover

I know it's not on Dalton and this comeback IS on him, I just think he's being overrated. We need him to win a playoff game first. Otherwise this outstanding early play will be meaningless

No wonder Palmer wanted to leave. Give the man his moment -- he was outstanding.

[Butter]

I wouldn't have minded seeing a Pete Carroll reax shot after that last FG, considering the amount he was whooping it up in the third quarter.

[Jas_lov]

Originally Posted by Arles

Can someone explain to me that 2nd Rodgers INT didn't get overturned. Not only did the ball hit the ground, but it moved in the DB's hands. I give up on figuring out what a catch is in this league.

It should have been overturned. There was no explanation. Ball hits the ground and the DB used the ground to catch the ball. And the ball moved. I'm sure the league will say afterwards that they screwed up like they usually do in Packer games.

[Julio Riddols]

This is the best day I have ever had as a Bengals fan because that comeback against that defense and Andy playing balls out against the LOB.. That shit was fucking magnificent.

[Jas_lov]

And I like how Mike Pettine is sitting on 3 TO's and just lets 40 seconds run off the clock, giving his team about 25 seconds to get in FG range at the end of regulation after Baltimore tied it. If they had a few more seconds they would have had a chance at the FG. Terrible clock management.

[Thomkal]

Lots of exciting finishes today. Hopefully Arizona will not need one in Detroit today. I think this loss is the end of Bradley in Jacksonville, barring a strong finish. Should not be losing to a team that is probably even younger than yours.

[Thomkal]

Beginning of the end of Harbaugh in Balt? Was like 12-1 against Cleveland till today.

[Thomkal]

Likely torn acl for Charles pending MRI tomorrow.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Beginning of the end of Harbaugh in Balt? Was like 12-1 against Cleveland till today.

He's got no weapons on offense and too many injuries on defense. I'm not sure what any coach could do with that team.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by rowech

No wonder Palmer wanted to leave. Give the man his moment -- he was outstanding.

Haha, come on. I'm one guy in Maine who's never even been to Cincinnati. Little over the top with that first sentence there.

[Grover]

That Barnidge catch was something else. Incredible.

[MizzouRah]

4 INT's by Foles today.. definitely a game we could have won today.

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

4 INT's by Foles today.. definitely a game we could have won today.

There were a lot of plays where Foles never had a chance.

[Thomkal]

Cardinal fans are so fickle on the message board I hang out on. All Doom and Gloom after they went down 7-0. now couldn't be happier.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

The NFL is such a farce these days. Thank goodness there is so much soccer readily available to watch these days.

Yes, because the flopping is SO much better than the NFL catch rules

(I say that as someone who watches and enjoys both, but let's not pretend that many of these sports don't have their key issues. Baseball has the pace of the game and the occasional legal tackling and a major reluctance to embrace technology, basketball is just refs blowing whistles when they feel like it, hockey ... well, I can't say much about hockey, just not enough people like to watch it...)

[BillJasper]

Lions come full circle to their 0-16 season, put Dan Orlovsky in.

[Solecismic]

The Lions obviously have problems, but their schedule is as front-loaded as humanly possible. I doubt they're a playoff team - especially since Green Bay is a legit Super Bowl contender - but they'll win a few.

Brandon Weeden is not an NFL quarterback. It's hard to find one, but you should know when you don't have one. The Romo injury was their season. I think Dallas could beat New England with Romo.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Brandon Weeden is not an NFL quarterback.

How does he overthrow a wide open Williams in the endzone on that last pass?

[tucker rocky]

[TroyF]

Denver keeps doing it one way and one way only. The defense is beyond good. The offense is beyond bad. This will not hold up.

Cincy really impressed me today, but the Seahawks are not. If the right call is made last week, Seattle is very likely now 1-4. Losses at the Rams, Packers and Cincy isn't horrible by any stretch, but they haven't even looked that great at home against mediocre teams.

The Cleveland TE catch was amazing today.

Some important games next week:

Eagles @ Giants
Cardinals @ Steelers
Panthers @ Seahawks
Pats @ Colts (Blowout waiting to happen)

[MizzouRah]

Come on Beckham and Giants kicker.. close to a W in my main FF league!

[mckerney]

Savvy move by Kapernick to use a timeout to make sure they get 1 more play in the 3rd quarter.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Sigh. That was not a great moment for Kaepernick.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by tucker rocky

That is freaking hysterical. The receiver had a serious WTF moment when the player he wanted to block turned around and blocked him.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

QB controversy in Indy?

And neither QB in HOU is the answer they are looking for- I suspect that will cause the coach to lose his job-pick one and stay with him.

I was a big Mallett fan in college. He and Petrino gave me a couple of the most entertaining Razorback seasons that I can remember.

With that said, I do think Mallett has gotten his chance and has not done well. I look forward to him being a backup somewhere but that's probably as good as it'll get for him.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Anyone else watching notice the game clock stop at 3:05 after that first run by Hyde? Time ran off the clock for the first 10 seconds or so of the playclock, then the game clock stopped at 3:05.