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NFL Week 7

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by J.R., Oct 20, 2015.

  1. J.R.

    J.R. Member

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    Thursday, October 22nd
    Seattle(2-4) at San Francisco(2-4) 7:25pm NFL Network/CBS

    Sunday, October 25th
    Buffalo(3-3) at Jacksonville(1-5) 8:30am Yahoo! Sports London
    Tampa Bay(2-3) at Washington(2-4) Noon FOX
    Atlanta(5-1) at Tennessee(1-4) Noon FOX
    New Orleans(2-4) at Indianapolis(3-3) Noon FOX
    Minnesota(3-2) at Detroit(1-5) Noon FOX
    Pittsburgh(4-2) at Kansas City(1-5) Noon CBS
    Cleveland(2-4) at St. Louis(2-3) Noon CBS
    Houston(2-4) at Miami(2-3) Noon CBS
    NY Jets(4-1) at New England(5-0) Noon CBS
    Oakland(2-3) at San Diego(2-4) 3:05pm CBS
    Dallas(2-3) at NY Giants(3-3) 3:25pm FOX
    Philadelphia(3-3) at Carolina(5-0) 7:30pm NBC

    Monday, October 26th
    Baltimore(1-5) at Arizona(4-2) 7:30pm ESPN


    Bye: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay
     
  2. Fyreball

    Fyreball Contributing Member

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    Did anybody think 6 weeks into the season, we'd be talking about a Jets-Pats match-up where both teams are a combined 9-1? Outside of that, a lot of good/decent teams playing against a lot of mediocre/bad teams.
     
  3. MadMax

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    Anyone else find the NFL product to be lacking, generally, this season? I'm not really entertained by it right now.
     
  4. moestavern19

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    So far College has much better in terms of craziness factor.
     
  5. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    For me it started 2 years ago and spiked in a big way last year. The penalties, non-stop commercials, media coverage in general, stupid "takes", manufactured headlines, fighting, pissing and BS in the stands across the nation, scandals and worst of all to me - the low IQ of the general NFL fanbase. NFL T-shirt fan is ****ing annoying.

    I can live with losing the players we follow and love on a regular basis, because that's the nature of the game, but the rest of it... the product just sucks right now IMO.

    I used to like CFB more, up until about 2009ish when the spread was emerging in full force, but I've been back on the CFB #1 bandwagon since about 2013. The playoffs really make it special now.
     
  6. MadMax

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    I tend to agree. I can't put my finger on all of it....but without a rooting interest, it's real difficult for me to keep watching a game. They seem ridiculously sloppy compared to years past...but that might just be my perception. I just don't care that much about it outside of the Texans...and that's only because they rep my hometown.
     
  7. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    I wonder if the constant rule changes, Thursday games, high rate of player turnover and coaching staff turnover are translating into a crap product on the field. I feel like it takes at least 8 weeks for teams to get into a groove now.
     
  8. J.R.

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    Oof.

    Remember when the Broncos *reportedly**supposedly* tried to trade him to Houston? RyMall & PeyMan. :eek:
     
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  9. shastarocket

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    Not sure where the manziel incident is being discussed but I just realized that his gf is the sister of Parsons' ex Robyn Crowley.
     
  10. Nick

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    No, you're spot on.

    Its been discussed nationally quite a bit this year... there is a lot of BAD football being played.

    Some of it is that defenses have adapted to the pass-happy nature of teams, and teams literally forgot (or ignored) how to run the football. (and nowadays, people universally/unfairly equate teams shut down by good defenses to "bad football").

    Other teams with talent and supposed good QB's are either ill-prepared from a coaching standpoint (Detroit, San Diego, Indy), or their QB's have finally hit a wall and will no longer be able to do what they used to do (Denver, New Orleans).

    I just see several teams (Houston included) that look so out of sync from week to week that you have no idea who they really are... Chicago, KC, Cleveland, St. Louis, Buffalo, TB, Minnesota, etc.
     
  11. bigballerj

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    Kaepernick is turrible.
     
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    This. How did this happen? He was never Joe Montana out there but now he has no business starting for an NFL team.
     
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    Incident doesn't look good for him.
     
  14. J.R.

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks for ****ing us this season <a href="https://twitter.com/JedYork">@JedYork</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/49ers">@49ers</a> <a href="https://t.co/GqlIuP0ED0">pic.twitter.com/GqlIuP0ED0</a></p>&mdash; Ashley ☾ (@trashleyyxo) <a href="https://twitter.com/trashleyyxo/status/657391907589353472">October 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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    These Thursday games have been....bad.
     
  16. bigtexxx

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    might be time to see what Gabbert can do for SF. Kaepernick is done.
     
  17. Mr. Clutch

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    Yeah the NFL has been really weird this year

    AFC South champ could be a six game winner
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;If you listen closely you can hear an ocean of failure&quot;

    <a href="https://t.co/4TGuQaagzZ">pic.twitter.com/4TGuQaagzZ</a></p>&mdash; Carmichael Dave (@CarmichaelDave) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarmichaelDave/status/657384081680764928">October 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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  20. Major

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    People routinely seem to underestimate Indy. They have 6 likely wins remaining on their schedule (Jags, Titans, Texans, Saints, Bucs, Dolphins). I assume they probably lose to Denver, Atlanta, Steelers, and Carolina. That leaves them at 9-7, though the version of the Colts we saw last weekend could probably win some of those other games.
     

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