California Dreamin'

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by LopaKa

Solid debut for LA bro, seems like Keenun did his job by not turning it over. Nice win!

Case was the epitome of a game manager- his completion rate was pretty high, but he didn't make many challenging throws. Hopefully Goff will progress well enough to come out and start uncorking.

[rsump112]

Those uniforms look sweet and great win. Seems the CPU had a little more trouble passing which is nice to see (% not yards).

This is like McDonalds, I'm loving it!

[Manning2Harrison]

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

SKINS LOSE DOCTSON FOR SEASON, 2017 OTA’s AND CAMP



Last year it was Chicago’s Kevin White. This year it’s Washington’s Josh Doctson who will have to wait until his sophomore campaign for the opportunity to prove he’s a receiver worthy of a first round pick. Doctson made 3 catches for 54 yards before succumbing to a torn Achilles. The early best-case progonosis is that Doctson could be ready for opening day 2017, but that is only a preliminary assessment. With Doctson out of action, Jamison Crowder stepped up to grab 9 balls for 145 yards and 2 TD’s in the Skins’ 41-38 Monday night loss to Pittsburgh. Five other receivers had 9 catches this weekend, but none of them reached even 100 yards. To address the loss of Doctson, the Redskins have poached Keyarris Garrett off of Carolina’s practice squad. Garrett, a rookie out of Tulsa, is a big-bodied 6‘-4“, 210 lbs. and was widely considered one of the top UDFA receivers in the class of 2016, but his camp performance was below expectations.

Long-Term Carr Parking

At first blush the Saints’ 35-7 rout of the Raiders looked like a shocker, but a lot of that outcome has to do with Oakland signal-caller Derek Carr dislocating his throwing elbow before making his third completion. Although regarded as a capable backup, Matt McGloin struggled mightily, completing only 10 of 23 attempts for 93 yards with a pick and no TD’s. Carr is expected to be sidelined for over a month, during which time rookie Connor Cook may get a look if McGloin’s difficulties persist. Either way, what many thought could be a breakout season for the Silver & Black may already be circling the bowl.

Injury Ends Michael’s Comeback Player Bid

One of the feel-good stories of training camp was Seattle’s Christine Michael. A series of outstanding performances led to speculation for a greater role for Michael in Seattle’s running attack, particularly while Thomas Rawls was something less than 100%. There were even mentions of Michael being a Comeback Player of the Year candidate depending on his load-sharing with Rawls. But mustn’t one have once been good to be a comeback player? Moot point now- Michael fractured a kneecap on his second carry and is done for 2016.

Now Serving Number 3

Jeremy Langford’s rookie season went well enough for the Bears to consider Matt Forte expendable. Well, Langford lasted only 11 carries (on which he gained only 23 yards) into Chicago’s 27-7 drubbing at the hands of the Texans, breaking his hand on the 11th. The good news is the doc thinks the cast can come off after only a month. Ka’Deem Carey’s got next, and it “only” took him 8 carries to reach that same 23 yard mark. TBQH, it didn’t help Chicago’s running game that Jay Cutler was completing only 54% of his passes with zero tubs and 2 picks.

Is Marcus Mariota Durable Enough For The NFL?

Maybe he’s just snake-bit, but it will be at least 2017 before the second overall pick of 2015 makes 16 starts for the Tennessee Titans. A knee injury cut short Marcus Mariota’s rookie season, and this year he didn’t even survive opening day. After going 8-for-12, Mariota exited Tennessee’s game against the Minnesota Vikings with a broken arm, leaving the contest a battle of backups in which Matt Cassel bested Shaun Hill. Whether Mariota is going to have a glass-bodied career is a legitimate concern for the Titans, who already had too much familiarity with an injury-riddled first-rounder under center.

It Wasn’t “Only Preseason”

The Cowboys might have lost to the G-Men, but an injured Tony Romo can’t be pointed to as the reason why. Dak Prescott’s preseason sizzle carried over into a game that mattered as the rookie went 27-of-39 for 291 yards and TD for a rating of 99.4. Just retire already, Romo.

Dose Jags Doe

Some peeps’ dark horse pick to win the AFC South could be fo real. Blake Bortles posted a higher completion percentage (75%-56%) and QB rating (110.1-103.0) than the daable-check guy and Chris Ivory outran Eddie Lacy (94 yards to 62) as the Jaguars spanked the Pack at Lambeau. An auspicious start for a season in which many expect Gus’ gang to turn the corner.

Century-Markers

Three running backs eclipsed the 100-yard mark in opening action- Ameer Abdullah (115), Frank Gore (114) and Doug Martin (102). With longs of 9 yards each, Gore and Martin took the workmanlike approach, while Abdullah generated his output on only ten totes thanks to a 75 yard TD.

A TD For Every Quarter

Russell Wilson and Alex Smith led touchdown-throwers with 4 apiece. A more dubious nod goes to the most-picked QB’s of Week 1, Philip Rivers and Tom Brady stand-in Jimmy Garoppolo (3). Eli Manning had the longest TD of the weekend, 89 yards to rookie Roger Lewis.

Multi-Sackers

Four players recorded 2 or more sacks in opening action, led by the 3.5 of Dallas’ Jack Crawford. Ziggy Ansah had 2 and a half, while JPP and that Watt guy each had a pair.

Other Misc. Stat Notes

Houston safety Andre Hal was the only player with more than one INT (2), while there were no special teams TD’s or blocked kicks.



Week 1 Injury Report

Bears RB Jeremy Langford - hand, 4 w
Chargers WR Travis Benjamin - knee, 3 w
Eagles MLB Jordan Hicks - shoulder, 2 w
49ers WR Jeremy Kerley - wrist, 5 w
Patriots OT Marcus Cannon - foot, 12 w
Raiders QB Derek Carr - elbow, 5 w
Redskins WR Josh Doctson - Achilles, 51 w (IR)
Seahawks RB Christine Michael - knee, 25 w (IR)
Titans QB Marcus Mariota - arm, 5 w

Transactions

Panthers sign WR Jared Dangerfiled to practice squad
Redskins sign WR Keyarris Garrett from Panthers practice squad
Seahawks sign RB Zac Brooks

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by rsump112

Those uniforms look sweet and great win. Seems the CPU had a little more trouble passing which is nice to see (% not yards). This is like McDonalds, I'm loving it!

That was on 30 QBA for the CPU. Between Wilson and Big Ben being the CPU QB's for Week 2, we should be able to get a good comparison.

Keenum got that % with QBA at 15 and with CPU reaction and pass d maxed, so I'm dropping to 10 for the Seahawks game.

[Manning2Harrison]

Another Bungling

In a highly-anticipated first meeting since last season’s playoff debacle, the Cincinnati Bengals bungled away another one against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but this time overtime was necessary to determine the final outcome. The Bengals took a 17-10 halftime lead and were ahead 20-13 when things began to turn. Ben Roethlisberger’s 23 yard touchdown strike to Antonio Brown knotted things up, then the Steelers were the next team to score when Chris Boswell began a four-kick exchange of field goals that concluded with Mike Nugent’s last-second 22 yard chip shot forcing OT. The Bengals never saw the ball in extra time, allowing the Steelers do drive to DeAngelo Williams’ game-winning score from a yard out. Cincinnati moved the sticks best when it did it in one or two plays, accomplishing 23 first downs but only converting 3 of 13 third down situations. That third down efficiency issue was never more costly than in their final push, when the Bengals failed to score on three tries inside the 10, and they ended the game having not found the end zone since the first minute of the second quarter, which was their 1 TD in 5 trips to the red zone.

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep 18, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Cincinnati Bengals (1-1)	7	10	3	6	-	26
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0)	10	0	10	6	6	32

Team Stats Comparison
	CIN	PIT
Total Offense	446	531
Rushing Yards	161	61
Passing Yards	285	470
First Downs	23	26
Punt Return Yards	19	0
Kick Return Yards	79	117
Total Yards	544	648
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	3-13	5-14
4th Down Conversion	1-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5/1/3	4/2/2
Penalties	6-45	6-40
Posession Time	30:21	33:31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CIN	PIT
10:18	(PIT) Chris Boswell 46 FG	0	3
9:25	(CIN) Jeremy Hill 63 run (M. Nugent kick)	7	3
6:19	(PIT) DeAngelo Williams 1 run (C. Boswell kick)	7	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CIN	PIT
14:17	(CIN) Gio Bernard 2 run (M. Nugent kick)	14	10
9:31	(CIN) Mike Nugent 35 FG	17	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CIN	PIT
8:19	(PIT) Chris Boswell 35 FG	17	13
4:02	(CIN) Mike Nugent 30 FG	20	13
0:24	(PIT) Antonio Brown 23 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (C. Boswell kick)	20	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CIN	PIT
7:02	(PIT) Chris Boswell 47 FG	20	23
4:44	(CIN) Mike Nugent 51 FG	23	23
3:00	(PIT) Chris Boswell 38 FG	23	26
0:02	(CIN) Mike Nugent 22 FG	26	26
OVERTIME SCORING		CIN	PIT
11:07	(PIT) DeAngelo Williams 1 run	26	32

Cincinnati Bengals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Andy Dalton (86.3) 33/48 311 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jeremy Hill 15 143 9.5 1 Gio Bernard 8 16 2.0 1 Andy Dalton 1 2 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Eifert 9 117 13.0 0 A.J. Green 8 74 9.3 0 Tyler Boyd (R) 3 28 9.3 0 James Wright 2 28 14.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Shawn Williams 12 0 0 0 George Iloka 11 0 0 0 Dre Kirkpatrick 11 0 0 0 Deshawn Williams 1 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Steelers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Ben Roethlisberger (82.6) 36/66 476 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD DeAngelo Williams 15 61 4.1 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Antonio Brown 12 154 12.8 1 Darrius Heyward-Bey 8 125 15.6 0 Jesse James 5 66 13.2 0 DeAngelo Williams 5 42 8.4 0 +Sammie Coates 3 42 14.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Ryan Shazier 13 0 0 0 William Gay 9 0 0 0 Mike Mitchell 9 0 0 0 Cameron Heyward 4 1 0 0 Stephon Tuitt 4 1 0 0 Javon Hargrave (R) 1 1 0 0

Highlight Reel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1cDfKoAsnM

[Manning2Harrison]

slider note: my observation is that the low CPU completion % isn't so much a lack of accuracy but receivers dropping too many on contact. I like that a good hit can cause a breakup, but I've seen too many balls hitting the ground in situations where you would expect the receiver to hold on for the catch, so I'm giving the CPU a WRC boost.

[LopaKa]

How do you decide which team to control in the games of the week? As always love the video highlights. You inspired me to bring back those in my franchise as well.

[rsump112]

Well....damn.