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2008-09 NFL Season Thread

majordude said:
How the hell did Andrea Kramer score the Madden gig? She seems to have to read everything she does during the show and doesn't come off as a fan of football. I sorta like Pam Oliver and most of the chicks that do the college games. But the Madden show has always seemed to have a weak link down on the field.
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At least she isn't on the pre game. Seriously, how many people do they need.:rolleyes:
 
zioxide said:
********. He made one bad call. Humans make mistakes.. blame the NFL for having that dead ball rule to begin with. Hochuli is still one of the best.
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You obviously didn't watch that game if you think he only made one bad call. The one at the end was horrendous enough anyway, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. I stand by what I said, that was maybe the worst officiated NFL game I've ever seen. And for the record, I'm not a Chargers or Broncos fan either.
 
MacNut said:
At least she isn't on the pre game. Seriously, how many people do they need.:rolleyes:
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Yeah, and that goes for all the networks. I remember the days of Brent Musberger doing it all.

FOX is at least watchable but it is very over produced.

I hate to say this but I am really starting to like college over pro. I like the games, the fun, the productions, the "innocence".
 
so the pack/lions game was closer than the score indicates but the pack management looks pretty smart right now. a-rod playing very well and in command of the offense.

meanwhile, the jets kicking woes continue and favre throws 1 td and 1 int.
 
thechidz said:
I think the packers finally said they were sick of having just "fun to watch" and want to take full advantage of this team's talent potential... so far rightfully so
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I really think that his early success was marked by extraordinary luck than skill. Just like last week... he threw a jump ball up into the air and his guy caught it in the end zone. That wasn't skill, it was luck that his guy caught the ball.

He has always been too careless with the ball.
 
thechidz said:
so the pack/lions game was closer than the score indicates but the pack management looks pretty smart right now. a-rod playing very well and in command of the offense.

meanwhile, the jets kicking woes continue and favre throws 1 td and 1 int.
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I have to admit I will be calling that Pack/Lions game the closest blowout I've ever watched.

21-3, 24-25, 48-25... I was very nervous at the beginning of the 4th quarter... Woodson for MVP!

majordude said:
That's the story of his career. He is his team's own worst enemy.
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He's their greatest asset and worst enemy all rolled into one. If he can come out and score early and hold the lead all is well, when he starts to feel the pressure he'll let some very questionable stuff fly. When it works it's awe inspiring, however the works:fails ratio has been getting much lower over the last few years. Some of it was poor coaching for some seasons, and some is just age. He's not 30 anymore, it's starting to show, but he's still one of the best QBs playing today, I'm just not sure how many more seasons I'll be able to say that with a straight face.

I'm really surprised he didn't start lobbying hard for the Jets to go to NE once Brady was injured... with receivers like that and an offensive line built like the Great Wall of China, he could have one of his best years ever. Of course, who's to say he didn't try?
 
majordude said:
That's the story of his career. He is his team's own worst enemy.
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Exactly..His INT was pretty typical of Favre..No chance of it being a completion,very underthrown. And he got picked by Stone Hands Merriweather to boot.. In his post game press conference,he definitely looked like a guy that wishes he was back in Green Bay..The NY media will have a field day with him. And it's only week 2...
 
I can see I'm going to need another paper bag this season after that joke of an effort by the Fins. What a horrible effort.
Who do they have playing defensive back, Richard Simmons?
 
The NFL will look into the inadvertent whistle rule that required officials to give the ball back to Denver in the final seconds of Sunday's game with San Diego.

League spokesman Greg Aiello said the NFL competition committee will look into the rule in the offseason, perhaps changing it as it did the "down by contact" rule.

The play occurred with the Broncos at the Chargers' 1-yard line in the final minute. Denver quarterback Jay Cutler dropped back to pass, and the ball slipped out of his hands, bounced off the grass and into the arms of San Diego linebacker Tim Dobbins.

Referee Ed Hochuli ruled it an incomplete pass. Replay ruled it a fumble, but it was spotted at the 10-yard line, where the ball hit the ground, and given to Denver because the rules did not permit possession to be awarded to San Diego because the whistle had blown.

Denver went on to score, convert a two-point conversion and win 39-38.

Until March 2007, down by contact plays were not reviewable. That rule was changed so that they were reviewable, and if a fumble occurred even after the whistle blew, the team recovering it got possession.

"All we can do to fix it is put the ball at the spot that it hit the ground, which is why we moved it back to the 10-yard line and the down counts and it becomes third down," Hochuli said after the game Sunday.

That explanation wasn't good enough for Chargers coach Norv Turner.

"On the last play, it was clearly a fumble," Turner fumed. "Ed came over, the official, and said he blew it. And that's not acceptable to me. This is a high-level performance game and that's not acceptable to have a game decided on that play."

Even Cutler acknowledged as much. "Fumble, I think," he said after the game, and blamed the slick, new ball for it slipping from his hand.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3589407
 
They need to do something about that rule..If it were a RB or WR,it would be a fumble and a live ball.Because it's the QB it's different??That's BS.
 
yellow said:
By now, I should know better than to pick the Fish to win. :rolleyes:

I should.. I really should.
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Yes,you should.Which reflects in this week's line with the Pats.They sucked last year with Jason Taylor..This year,they are beyond major suckage..Check Down Chad isn't the answer..
 
fotografica said:
They need to do something about that rule..If it were a RB or WR,it would be a fumble and a live ball.Because it's the QB it's different??That's BS.
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Agreed.

Plus, I agree with what Steve Zaben said this morning. On review, ignore the fact that the whistle was blown, the players don't stop immediately anyway. Just get the outcome right. Should you see a player pull up when the whistle blows then call the play dead because of an inadvertent whistle.
 
Even in the pre game,this crew is annoying..Jaws doesn't take a breath and Cornhole is lost..Gimme Theisman and a loaded Paul McGuire anyday...
 
fotografica said:
Even in the pre game,this crew is annoying..Jaws doesn't take a breath and Cornhole is lost..Gimme Theisman and a loaded Paul McGuire anyday...
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Wow. Thought I was the only one. I really grew to like the Theisman, McGuire and Patrick (were those the three?).

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I'm listening to the radio broadcast on Westwood One. I don't know why but I always like the shows Westwood One puts on.
 
majordude said:
Wow. Thought I was the only one. I really grew to like the Theisman, McGuire and Patrick (were those the three?).

I'm listening to the radio broadcast on Westwood One. I don't know why but I always like the shows Westwood One puts on.
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Yep those were the three.I didn't mind them at all..This crew is tedious. Sometimes I mute the TV and grab the audio feed on the radio...
 
KingYaba said:
Jackson is an idiot. :D Celebrating a little early... I'm watching the game.
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If he didn't, that's one of the dumbest plays ever.

Also, why don't they have fixed cameras looking along the length of the goal line.

Edit: On the plus side, I have Westbrook on my fantasy team so I'll quite happily take the points.
 
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