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2007 NFL Season

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MacNut said:
So why do they need that guy to be taking pictures in the first place then, it must give them some kind of edge to go against warnings from the NFL in the past.

They said that the time it would take to turn around the pictures would not help them in the game but was used for games down the road.

The rule does not say that you can not get an edge against another team just that you can't use a recording device to do it, that is the rule the pats broke.
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No argument from here that they violated the league's policy on recording on the sidelines.Still a big unknown as to why,esp given it was against the Jets. My problem is with all the yahoos and talking heads that are saying it gave them and edge on Sunday.Not one has mentioned the fact that the Jets were outcoached and outplayed.
Hopefully the league passes the rule allowing headphones in helmets of the defense. That'll eliminate hand signals..
There's usually two or three signals coming in from the sidelines for each play. How you can identify the live signal,match it up with the corresponding coverage/alignment/blitz,get it upstairs,call a new offensive play with players in the 30-38 seconds before the radio cuts out,is beyond me...

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In the words of Hank Williams Jr..
"Are you ready for some football?"
 
fotografica said:
Hopefully the league passes the rule allowing headphones in helmets of the defense.
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I remember the good ol' days when the QB would call his own plays, the defense didn't have to substitute half of their players every down, and everyone played blue collar football like Dick Butkis.
 
majordude said:
I remember the good ol' days when the QB would call his own plays, the defense didn't have to substitute half of their players every down, and everyone played blue collar football like Dick Butkis.
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Ah yes..The days when you could clothesline somebody,linemen poked each other's eyes,no "turf toe" injuries..Those were the days...
 
Lost in "Videogate" this week was the miracle that happened up in Buffalo. I've been following it during the week...The more I read about it,the more amazing it is..What a great story.
 
fotografica said:
Lost in "Videogate" this week was the miracle that happened up in Buffalo. I've been following it during the week...The more I read about it,the more amazing it is..What a great story.
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have you heard anything new since Tuesday or Wednesday? Last I heard, he was able to move his arms and legs but he either couldn't feel his hands or move his hands... which really seems weird because I figured it was all or nothing. Never heard of that before.

But then, what do I know, I'm not a doctor.
 
Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs yesterday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills' tight end would walk again - contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before by Bills orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino.

"Based on our experience, the fact that he's moving so well, so early after such a catastrophic injury, means he will walk again," said Barth Green, chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Miami school of medicine. "It's totally spectacular, totally unexpected," Green told The Associated Press by telephone from Miami.

Green said he's been consulting with doctors in Buffalo since Everett suffered a life-threatening spinal cord injury Sunday after ducking his head while tackling the Denver Broncos' Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff of the Bills' season opener.

Asked whether Everett will have a chance to fully recover, Green said: "It's feasible, but it's not 100 percent predictable at this time ... But it's feasible he could lead a normal life."
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Compared to what was being reported on Monday,that's nothing short of miraculous.... :)
 
fotografica said:
Compared to what was being reported on Monday,that's nothing short of miraculous.... :)
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I think doctors need to understand that they are dealing with people, not machines or inanimate object. I don't know how many times I have heard doctors or nurses say something negative within earshot of the patient, family or friends.
 
Hey, my Bills managed a whole 58 yards and one first down in the first half against the Steelers!! :rolleyes:
 
My Niners just look ugly...

Their offensive playcalling is so conservative that it's ridiculous. Run Gore up the middle on first down, quick dump off pass to Gore on second down, run on third down. Yawn! And Darrell Jackson just isn't laying out for the ball...

And the secondary? They're still pants against the Rams receivers...:rolleyes:
 
hahaha peyton manning just got owned by albert haynesworth

i hate the colts.
 
Applespider said:
My Niners just look ugly...
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Yeah, I'm stuck rooting for the Niners and Bills. The two of them combined can't put an offense on the field.

Bills managed a field goal, but only because they got a 63 yard return on the kickoff. After that it was run-run-run-run-run-run-run-incomplete pass-field goal. First and goal at the five and they don't even come close to getting it in.

This, after last week's debacle when they got the ball back with a two-point lead and 3:00 left in the game. Couldn't manage one freaking first down, and had to punt it away and allow the Broncos to win as time expired.
 
Phew! And they luck out on a field goal that bounces off the cross bar...:D Still, they did almost pull defeat from the jaws of victory. They need more explosion on offense - they should have been able to keep the ball rather than giving the Rams another drive. The Rams are explosive enough that they're always dangerous.

Let's just say that neither of these teams are going to play much of a role in the playoffs given their current standard of play...

That Bengals Browns game is a lot of fun though... The poor Browns can't lose can they? There's a big part of me that would like to see them win - and another part that wants the Bengals to pull it out since otherwise I lose one of my survival picks!
 
holy **** @ cleveland.

if this anderson kid keeps it up for the next few weeks, brady quinn will be sitting the bench for the year


damn titans reciever dropped a perfect pass from VY on 3rd and 4 (would have put them in field goal range) and then they couldn't convert the 4th down.. indy won 22-20.
 
Us Bears fans are getting screwed by CBS, who left the Colts game that finished early to the 9000 point Bengals/Browns game, which is still going on, and the first quarter of the Bears game is already halfway over. At least I didn't have to see the second play fumble by the Bears, who promised to take care of turnovers. :rolleyes:
 
Poopface Morty said:
and the first quarter of the Bears game is already halfway over. At least I didn't have to see the second play fumble by the Bears, who promised to take care of turnovers. :rolleyes:
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You're not missing much. That's our TV game in the UK - and for some reason they've lost the commentators so the UK studio team are trying to do the play by play which is cringeworthy. I'm watching the Bengals game on Gamepass...
 
Three years ago, Cincinnati beat Cleveland 58-48 in the second highest scoring game in NFL history. They're almost going to match that feat.
 
zioxide said:
if this anderson kid keeps it up for the next few weeks, brady quinn will be sitting the bench for the year.
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A few years ago Rivers held out and the Chargers started Breese. Breese went on to have two good seasons and they had to trade him away so Rivers could start.

Quinn might sit for a few years if Anderson can do that again!
 
Sigh, my Jets came back to make it a game but we just got more of the same old. THey march down to the 8 with a chance to tie and throw an interception in the end zone.
 
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