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2016-2017 NFL Season Thread
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Maybe not by 21 but I don't see them keeping it that close. All of their wins this year came against mediocre teams, the only good team they beat was PIT but they were without Ben. Forget the Tannehill injury because honestly I think Matt Moore is a pretty good backup and not much of a drop off, but they're just not a good team and their success this year is all smoke and mirrors. Here are the teams they beat:
Browns (took them to OT, and browns should have won that game if not for a chip shot field goal they missed)
Steelers (Ben was out)
Bills twice
Jets twice
Chargers
Rams
Cardinals
Not all playoff teams are playoff caliber, Dolphins are a perfect example
The whole AFC SOUTH IS NOT PLAYOFF CALIBER, if we really want to get technical....Lets get this straight, and you need facts before you say Big Ben was out, Ben threw a touchdown in the 1st and 4th quarter mind you. He missed 2 offensive drives first of all, and last I checked Big Ben doesn't play defense. Jay AJAYI didn't run all over Big Ben for 205 yards. Thanks. Any divisional game is tough, mind you we beat the Jets and Bills with our backup in New Jersey and Buffalo. Chargers we beat in San Diego, and they played a lot of teams tough this year. If Philbin was the Coach we may have won 3-4 of these games, whats the pats excuse? Easiest Schedule in the league.... Any Given Sunday. And lastly, for you saying there is no big drop off from Tannehill to Moore then you really don't understand the game. That is all. Have a great Day.
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Sorry to hear.
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Now I am not saying we are going to win this game, Respect just needs to be given. Playoff team we are. Winning 9 0f 10 games is no easy feat doesn't matter who you play in this league. Pats lost to the Bills in the regular season.
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Lastly, we were on the west coast for 3 straight weeks to play San Diego, St Louis and San fran, winning on the road is tough especially being away from home for almost a month.
Here are my WAG predictions:
PIT 34 MIA 30
HOU 17 OAK 7
GB 28 NYG 21
SEA 28 DET 27 (almost guarantee this is the game where something completely goofy happens)
PIT 34 MIA 30
HOU 17 OAK 7
GB 28 NYG 21
SEA 28 DET 27 (almost guarantee this is the game where something completely goofy happens)
I dig it!
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I heard the weather in Pitt tomorrow is gonna be bad, might be low scoring game.
I get it man nobody wants to hear that their team is going to lose. Let's just agree to disagree on this one. I guess a lot of experts and analysts don't know the sport then, it's been regurgitated over and over again that Moore is a serviceable backup and not much of a drop off from tannehill. Dolphins fans and the dolphins organization keep thinking that tannehill is the franchise QB but he stinks and is a high end backup at best.... trust me as a Jets fan I know about bad QB's... any Jets fan is an expert on that subject lol
The media hates the dolphins, why I don't know. Moore is definitely a top 5 backup in the league. Tannehill is more efficient, has better pocket presence and is also mobile. I am a dolphin fan yes, but he is better than probably 13 other starters in this league which puts him in the average rating. He doesn't stink. Who else are we going to start over him Moore? Fitzpatrick? Tyrod Taylor? Brock OsWEILER? Alex Smith? Blake Bortles? Simien? Jamies Winston? Bradford? Cutler? Kapernick? Wentz? Goff? I think he is just fine if hes protected, Ill take him over any of these guys.
20-7 Houston at the half.
Oakland needs to do something in the 2nd half. Otherwise it's Houston.
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Beastmode 2.0 finally gets rolling.
Rawls 15 CAR, 107 YDS 1st. half.
Keep it up and Seattle visits its old offensive coordinator in Hotlanta.
Rawls 15 CAR, 107 YDS 1st. half.
Keep it up and Seattle visits its old offensive coordinator in Hotlanta.
The refs didn't "hose the lions repeatedly". Ya they got a couple bad calls but Detroit lost because Seattle beat them not because the refs did.
Rawls 27 CAR, 161 YDS, 1 TD
Baldwin 11 REC, 104 YDS, 1 TD
Detroit total yards : 231
Speaking of which..That one lions player should have been kicked out.
As far as the facemask in the endzone :
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Allen's crew already had called defensive pass interference on Wilson, which was declined. But it should have also called offensive pass interference. The penalties would have offset, and the fourth down would have been replayed.
In an off-camera halftime interview with NBC, Lions coach Jim Caldwell said he was told by an official that "they got it wrong."
Pass interference is not reviewable.
Without that TD the score would be 20-6 Seattle.
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I never claimed the refs were why Detroit lost. Doesn't change the fact that this was an embarrassing performance by the refs.
No. Unnecessary Roughness =/= Unsportsmanlike.
I understand the "technical" difference. But imho and the opinions of the announcers Unnecessary Roughness is the same thing as Unsportsmanlike.
Good luck to the Patriots.
Cook's dad twitter account is going to be interesting ....
FYI: His dad is a nutter.
I'm not surprised by the outcome, but yeah, what I saw on the field was awful.
p.s. if you didn't know SEA was gonna win that one you haven't been paying attention this season. NFC North is full of paper lions, no pun intended. GB is still the best in that div. and they ain't gonna last long this post season.
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jack del rio should show highlights of SEA receiving corps plays to his guys. emphasis "CATCH THE BALL!".
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Agreed. The Raiders receivers were dropping passes I could have caught.
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