2005 NFL Season

[clayj]

I really, really HATE the Vicks... er, the Falcons. So it's kinda ticking me off that the Jets are doing everything they can to help the Falcons win... they're leading 17-0, and ALL of those points have come after Jets turnovers.

Any of you who are Jets fans can explain what the heck is wrong with your team tonight?

 

[LethalWolfe]

The Bengals are good...but not great. The can't beat teams with a good defense and good running game (see Jacksonville and Pittsburgh).

or winning records.


Lethal

 

[Dave00]

And the Bangles have only played two winning teams so far (and lost both games).

Bangles. That's good, a new one. We've always called 'em the Bungles. I don't think they have enough to win the division - I think that goes to Pittsburgh - but I bet they are one of the top two wild cards.

Seattle may have some inconsistent play at times, but they've beat some good teams to be 5-2. Denver is a very strong team IMO, and I don't think any NFC East team can be discounted.

Seattle just has that track record as an organization. They definitely have the talent. And Denver has been similar, the last couple of years. They look like a million bucks out of the gate, and then they stumble in the second half of the season. For some reason, every year there seems to be a few teams that start strong, then fall off at the end, and never go far in the playoffs, if they even make the postseason. And there's also a team or two that started slow, then won like crazy, and they typically go far in the playoffs.

Denver and Seattle are the usual suspects as far as strong starts and weak finishes. (Minnesota seems like they are finally putting together a consistent season, unfortunately it's a consistently bad team instead of a team that finishes a strong start.) About the only team I can see right now with a losing record that has a good chance of making the playoffs is San Diego... they may be the strongest 3-4 team of all time. Every team they've played, with the exception of Oakland, has a winning record. They destroyed New England and the Giants. Three games have been against division leaders, and that's not counting Pittsburgh, or the two remaining games against division leaders (Washington & Indy). They play the NFC East, the AFC East, their division, and their two at-large teams? Pittsburgh & Indy. Talk about a bad draw. It's just a question of whether they can overcome the bad schedule to get a playoff spot (probably between them & Jax for the last wild card). If they do, watch out.

Dave

 

[Dave00]

looking at four winable games now...Ravens, GB, Browns, Ravens, finally the schedule mellows out a litte...we should go 4-0 through those games..then we get Indi in the dome on MNF

The Ravens games aren't going to be easy - they never are, despite the poor play offensively, they're still capable of scoring a touchdown or two on defense. Those games'll probably have baseball scores - 6-5, 9-7, that kind of thing. You can never count out Favre, either, despite their woeful injury situation. But, yes, the schedulers have been kind to the Steelers for the remaining schedule, the only difficult ones left are Cinci and Indy (although Chicago could be another defensive slugfest, easily could have most of the points scored on defense.)

Dave

 

[clayj]

FINALLY, the Panthers put up a victory they can be proud of... 38-13 over the struggling Vikings. Daunte Culpepper went out with a sprain, and Steve Smith caught over 200 yards (franchise record).

Sorry for Mike Tice, but I think this blowout will be the final nail in his coffin.

Oh, and the Texans beat the Browns today... no winless teams left.

 

[LethalWolfe]

FINALLY, the Panthers put up a victory they can be proud of... 38-13 over the struggling Vikings. Daunte Culpepper went out with a sprain, and Steve Smith caught over 200 yards (franchise record).

Sorry for Mike Tice, but I think this blowout will be the final nail in his coffin.

Oh, and the Texans beat the Browns today... no winless teams left.

So they finally got a solid win against a sucky team as opposed to barely beating or losing to sucky teams. Congrats.

And I *finally* get a 'Skins game on TV out here and it has to be one where they get their @sses handed to them. That game was just painful to watch.


Lethal

 

[stubeeef]

FINALLY, the Panthers put up a victory they can be proud of... 38-13 over the struggling Vikings. Daunte Culpepper went out with a sprain, and Steve Smith caught over 200 yards (franchise record).

Sorry for Mike Tice, but I think this blowout will be the final nail in his coffin.

Oh, and the Texans beat the Browns today... no winless teams left.

AND tampa bay lost! A very good week! If we can just get a road kill in TB next week, we can break out of the pack!

I went to Carowinds with the kids today and was dying to get the score, almost called ya to find out, knew you would be at the game.

 

[clayj]

AND tampa bay lost! A very good week! If we can just get a road kill in TB next week, we can break out of the pack!

I went to Carowinds with the kids today and was dying to get the score, almost called ya to find out, knew you would be at the game.

Tampa looked like CRAP today... if they play the way they did today next Sunday, and if the Panthers stick to today's game plan, the Panthers should be able to beat them. The injuries that plagued us LAST season seem to be going after everyone else (Vikes, TB, GB, etc.) this season.

Loved this line I just heard during the gamecast: "7:30 left before the misery is over for Minnesota." Methinks the misery is just getting good for the Vikes.

 

[Applespider]

AND tampa bay lost! A very good week! If we can just get a road kill in TB next week, we can break out of the pack!

Yeah... I was dreading my annual Niners game this year (particularly since I was making it to two of them) since I figured it might be less painful just to stick needles in my eyes... but I was pleasantly surprised with a win - and my friend won the 'bus' pool for the combined score and came home $50 up

But yeah, Tampa looked dreadful. Chris Simms was appalling - he underthrew some passes badly out to the sideline.

 

[Cfg5]

When the Broncos play good, they're almost unbeatable. They need to keep a strong hold of these leads though, they're lettin' some teams come back.

Tatum Bell and Mike Anderson are on pace for 1,000 yards each!

 

[Dandaman]

When the Broncos play good, they're almost unbeatable. They need to keep a strong hold of these leads though, they're lettin' some teams come back.

Tatum Bell and Mike Anderson are on pace for 1,000 yards each!

I was so scared in the third quarter. "Not again!" was running through my head. It was great seeing the team turning it around in the fourth quarter. Champ's gotta fully heal his hammy and man what a play by Foxworth. 6-2 going into the bye is very good. Maybe they can work out their third quarter woes during their week off.

daniel

 

[crdean1]

Go Cowboys!!!

What a great Cowboy game yesterday!!! Anyone watch?

(kind of a stupid question in the NFL Thread...)

 

[jelloshotsrule]

And I *finally* get a 'Skins game on TV out here and it has to be one where they get their @sses handed to them. That game was just painful to watch.

good. god.

i'm going back into mourning now. soooooo pathetic.

 

[emw]

Oh, and the Bears are quietly on top of the anemic NFC North after slipping by Detroit yesterday in OT.

As has become typical, about 4 exciting plays and 50 minutes of boredom. But Orton threw for 230 yards, which was a nice effort. Perhaps things are starting to gel a little bit on offense.

 

[stubeeef]

Oh, and the Bears are quietly on top of the anemic NFC North after slipping by Detroit yesterday in OT.

As has become typical, about 4 exciting plays and 50 minutes of boredom. But Orton threw for 230 yards, which was a nice effort. Perhaps things are starting to gel a little bit on offense.

DAAAaaa BEEAAaaarzzzzzz!

 

[clayj]

Oh, and the Bears are quietly on top of the anemic NFC North after slipping by Detroit yesterday in OT.

As has become typical, about 4 exciting plays and 50 minutes of boredom. But Orton threw for 230 yards, which was a nice effort. Perhaps things are starting to gel a little bit on offense.

It's really disturbing to think that a team from the NFC North could get into the playoffs with a 7-9 record or something idiotic like that.

 

[iRachel]

Oh, and the Bears are quietly on top of the anemic NFC North after slipping by Detroit yesterday in OT.

As has become typical, about 4 exciting plays and 50 minutes of boredom. But Orton threw for 230 yards, which was a nice effort. Perhaps things are starting to gel a little bit on offense.

Go Bears! It's nice to be able to get excited about them again!

 

[emw]

It's really disturbing to think that a team from the NFC North could get into the playoffs with a 7-9 record or something idiotic like that.

Little early to be worried about that.

 

[clayj]

Little early to be worried about that.

Well, it's unlikely we'll have to worry about a wildcard slot going to the NFC North. Looks pretty much like it's going to be the NFC East and NFC South fighting for those two slots. (So far.)

 

[Cfg5]

The Bears are playing very good. They're playin' good D, and running the ball. They'll be in every game.

 

[Dave00]

6-2 going into the bye is very good. Maybe they can work out their third quarter woes during their week off.

Denver looked very, very good. They're now officially "for real". We'll see what happens down the stretch...

Dave

 

[emw]

Well, it's unlikely we'll have to worry about a wildcard slot going to the NFC North. Looks pretty much like it's going to be the NFC East and NFC South fighting for those two slots. (So far.)

That I'll agree with. I think that there will be one team (the Bears) that will be just good enough to come out on top with something like a 9-7 record.

 

[Dandaman]

That I'll agree with. I think that there will be one team (the Bears) that will be just good enough to come out on top with something like a 9-7 record.

This team will get into the playoffs this season, but watch out next season. They got most of their players on defense on contracts through the next two years, they have a rookie quarterback who looks like he can manage a game, a potentially great 1-2 punch running game with benson and jones, and some good receivers in Muhammad and potentially Bradley. Give this team this year to grow and develop this year and next year, they could be very good.

daniel

 

[Dave00]

Steelers... ugh, what happened to the "D"? I think they were just a little overconfident going into the game. At least they got the W.

I'm really tormented over who to root for in the next Monday night game (NE vs. Indy). If Indy loses and Pittsburgh manages to beat them in a few weeks, Pittsburgh has a chance for home-field advantage. If Indy wins, it's hard to imagine a scenario where they don't get home-field. But, I can't bring myself to root for NE, especially since they've been the Achille's heel for the Steelers. (And the only team to beat Ben Roethlisberger - and they've done it twice.)

Dave

 

[quigleybc]

Steelers... ugh, what happened to the "D"? I think they were just a little overconfident going into the game. At least they got the W.

I'm really tormented over who to root for in the next Monday night game (NE vs. Indy). If Indy loses and Pittsburgh manages to beat them in a few weeks, Pittsburgh has a chance for home-field advantage. If Indy wins, it's hard to imagine a scenario where they don't get home-field. But, I can't bring myself to root for NE, especially since they've been the Achille's heel for the Steelers. (And the only team to beat Ben Roethlisberger - and they've done it twice.)

Dave

A good post,

What happened to the D? Well that Wright guy played well, Balitmore played well..They were extremely fired up for that game...But it didn't matter..

Game ball has to go to Heath or Ben...I think Heath can be something special.

Good point on not knowing who to route for...I just will never be able to root for the Patriots...ever...Let Indi have home field advantage...God knows it hasn't helped the Burgh ever...

GO BURGH

!!!