King Richard
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I think it's safe to say the Cowboys fucking suck this season. This pleases me, especially when I run my mouth to my girlfriend's dad who is a Cowboys fan.
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS!!1111
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS!!1111
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Even though the Steelers ultimately won by 18 points, I still feel underwhelmed by their performance. On the offense, I honestly don't have much to say about the passing game, as it's about what I expected, perhaps a bit better. Roethlisberger looked a little rusty (namely on the overthrown ball to Moore on 3rd and short in the first quarter that was intercepted and a few passes late in the game that sailed on him, possibly due to being over excited), but what was obvious is that a rusty and overanxious Roethlisberger is still substantially better than a Charlie Batch or Byron Leftwich (or most quarterbacks in general) at their peak. He mad several throws with elite touch and poise only he and few others could make, such as hitting Mike Wallace for a 29 yard touchdown right on the hands with nose tackle Shaun Rogers hanging off of him. In fact, he didn't take one sack the whole game, and even threw the ball away once. The offensive line did well (enough), as they had been doing, but their run blocking in the second half, especially the third quarter, was very subpar and could have really been costly, as the game was still well in reach at the time. Mendenhall ultimately finished with a meagre 3.1 yards per attempt, though on the plus side Isaac Redman looked very stout running the ball for 31 yards on 6 carries, 4 of which went for first downs, and he did an excellent job picking up the blitz (as did Mendenhall). Mendenhall has 5 rushing touchdowns after having 7 all of last year. He's on par for a Pro Bowl season. Emmanuel Sanders, the 3rd round rookie wide receiver, saw his first action on offense and made two big time receptions on 3rd and very long. He's certainly a more polished route runner than his fellow rookie Antonio Brown who was without a hat today.
Defensively, I was not as impressed as most are. I believe the level of competition that they were facing was such that they shouldn't have allowed a touchdown at all. And this was after James Harrison knocked out both Joshua Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi. Peyton Hillis got off to a good start, but ultimately sputtered out as the Steelers rushing defense continues to be the best in the league, but they were undisciplined in the passing defense, especially in 'junk time'. I believe they may have been caught off guard by Colt McCoy's poise, who, admittedly, performed very well for making his first appearance in an NFL game. He threw for 281 yards and a touchdown, despite being sacked 5 times and throwing 2 interceptions that were tipped first (though tipped by other Steelers players). He scrambled very well and broke contain at appropriate times like a veteran, so I do have to give him his due, but I kind of find it hard to believe that he's already a better quarterback than the two ahead of him on the depth chart. It will be interesting to see how he does next week if he gets another start.
Special teams was pretty good. Jeff Reed already has more touchbacks (4) in five games than he had all of last year, and he didn't have any field goals to miss today. Just 4 extra points. The kickoff coverage was very good again, even producing a fumble recovery, and the punter, Daniel Sepulveda, had a very good day (though the Browns punter had an ever better one - he bounced THREE punts on the one yard line and they all bounced backwards, pinning the Steelers within the 6 all three times. Ridiculous). On the downside, Randel El should have his punt return role stripped immediately. He is not a big return threat at all. His only credibility was his sure hands, but he's already bobbled two punts already, including one today that he mercifully recovered. Emmanuel Sanders or Antonio Brown (whoever gets the hat on a given week should supplant him in this role.
The next 4 game stretch will tell what kind of team this really is. They have 3 consecutive away games against the Dolphins, Saints, and Bengals, and then a home game against the Patriots (who thankfully beat the Ravens to give the Steelers sole possession of first place in the AFC North).
That's all. Hopefully you were smart enough to skip over this post if you didn't want to read it.
Defensively, I was not as impressed as most are. I believe the level of competition that they were facing was such that they shouldn't have allowed a touchdown at all. And this was after James Harrison knocked out both Joshua Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi. Peyton Hillis got off to a good start, but ultimately sputtered out as the Steelers rushing defense continues to be the best in the league, but they were undisciplined in the passing defense, especially in 'junk time'. I believe they may have been caught off guard by Colt McCoy's poise, who, admittedly, performed very well for making his first appearance in an NFL game. He threw for 281 yards and a touchdown, despite being sacked 5 times and throwing 2 interceptions that were tipped first (though tipped by other Steelers players). He scrambled very well and broke contain at appropriate times like a veteran, so I do have to give him his due, but I kind of find it hard to believe that he's already a better quarterback than the two ahead of him on the depth chart. It will be interesting to see how he does next week if he gets another start.
Special teams was pretty good. Jeff Reed already has more touchbacks (4) in five games than he had all of last year, and he didn't have any field goals to miss today. Just 4 extra points. The kickoff coverage was very good again, even producing a fumble recovery, and the punter, Daniel Sepulveda, had a very good day (though the Browns punter had an ever better one - he bounced THREE punts on the one yard line and they all bounced backwards, pinning the Steelers within the 6 all three times. Ridiculous). On the downside, Randel El should have his punt return role stripped immediately. He is not a big return threat at all. His only credibility was his sure hands, but he's already bobbled two punts already, including one today that he mercifully recovered. Emmanuel Sanders or Antonio Brown (whoever gets the hat on a given week should supplant him in this role.
The next 4 game stretch will tell what kind of team this really is. They have 3 consecutive away games against the Dolphins, Saints, and Bengals, and then a home game against the Patriots (who thankfully beat the Ravens to give the Steelers sole possession of first place in the AFC North).
That's all. Hopefully you were smart enough to skip over this post if you didn't want to read it.
Mort Divine
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I know it was against the Bucs, but goddamn it was about fucking time that the Saints decisively won a game. We let the Panthers, Vikings, and 49ers stay in the game way too long considering the talent level of this team.
Ivory absolute tore it up, Brees was accurate, hit some nice down field completions (which had seemingly been an issue all year for this team).
Loved that there wasn't a single punt until the 4th quarter, and definitely loved that - outside of the late touchdown rally by Freeman - the defense shut the Bucs down.
If this Saints team can show up every week then there will be some waves to be made in the post-season.
Ivory absolute tore it up, Brees was accurate, hit some nice down field completions (which had seemingly been an issue all year for this team).
Loved that there wasn't a single punt until the 4th quarter, and definitely loved that - outside of the late touchdown rally by Freeman - the defense shut the Bucs down.
If this Saints team can show up every week then there will be some waves to be made in the post-season.
Jimmy... Dead.
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Redskins gave the colts a great game, thumbs up to the Redskins.
Steelers are the best team in the League in my opinion. Maybe until they play the Colts.
Steelers are the best team in the League in my opinion. Maybe until they play the Colts.
King Richard
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I'd agree with the Steelers being the best, especially once Ben gets all his mojo going. The Colts will be in the running at the end of the season like always. Assuming they get a lot of their missing pieces back, they should be good to go.
Badbird
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The Steelers are the best team as of right now. Colts we will have to see since they haven't done well playing their South rivals. Don't forget about the Jets as well.
Krigloch the Furious
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Bears show their true colors.
Worst O line in the NFL
Bad coaching
average secondary
average D line
Worst O line in the NFL
Bad coaching
average secondary
average D line
AchrisK
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I don't know what to think about the Chargers. They have trained us not to worry early in the season, or early in a given game, but I am wondering if they are not taking it seriously enough.
2 wins at home, 4 losses on the road.
2-4
2 wins at home, 4 losses on the road.
2-4
Mort Divine
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brooks55
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Congrat's on the win. I'm suddenly not that excited about the rest of the season. That was a completely pathetic performance by our D yesterday. My hopes of possibly going 10-6 are starting to look more like 7-9 or so. We need to get stuff cleaned up & fast.
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AchrisK
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Krigloch the Furious
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I love how Jerome Harrison said he's out to hurt people. fucking awesome.
I hate the Steelers, but they are easily the best franchise the NFL has.
I hate the Steelers, but they are easily the best franchise the NFL has.
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(It's James Harrison btw)
I 'love' how all of the headlines relating to Harrison's quote were manipulated to make it look like he was saying something he wasn't. This is what he said in full: “I don’t want to injure anybody. There’s a big difference between being hurt and being injured. You get hurt, you shake it off and come back the next series or the next game. I try to hurt people.” What he was saying is that he wants to break the will of his opponents and make them wish they were somewhere else, break them down physically in order to break them down mentally. He doesn't want to dole out concussions and broken legs. I feel that Harrison's quote exemplifies the way football should be played, both on offense and defense.
I 'love' how all of the headlines relating to Harrison's quote were manipulated to make it look like he was saying something he wasn't. This is what he said in full: “I don’t want to injure anybody. There’s a big difference between being hurt and being injured. You get hurt, you shake it off and come back the next series or the next game. I try to hurt people.” What he was saying is that he wants to break the will of his opponents and make them wish they were somewhere else, break them down physically in order to break them down mentally. He doesn't want to dole out concussions and broken legs. I feel that Harrison's quote exemplifies the way football should be played, both on offense and defense.
Jimmy... Dead.
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^ Regardless, spearing ( using the top of your helmet as a weapon) should not be allowed for ANY position.
No more putting your head down as intent to hit another player, really simple. Here is black and here is white, now make the fucking call.
Also, I feel the NFL should implement challenges for penalties so nothing is out of context or a judgment call by the refs. All calls should be handled objectively and by direct interpretation of the rule.
This shit is getting way out of hand, how is it that the fucking NFL is seeing this as a problem NOW!?
Sometimes I really just think it's a deceptive marketing ploy decision.
No more putting your head down as intent to hit another player, really simple. Here is black and here is white, now make the fucking call.
Also, I feel the NFL should implement challenges for penalties so nothing is out of context or a judgment call by the refs. All calls should be handled objectively and by direct interpretation of the rule.
This shit is getting way out of hand, how is it that the fucking NFL is seeing this as a problem NOW!?
Sometimes I really just think it's a deceptive marketing ploy decision.
King Richard
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I like Harrison's intensity, but he's involved in way too many plays that are borderline cheapshots or just straight up asshole moves. Hell this year alone he's already given two people concussions in one game from spearing them like a dick, and then of course he was involved in that VY suplex play.
He and a lot of other players seems to be channeling their inner Rodney Harrison for whatever reason and it's unnecessary. You can still be intense and play "physical" without fucking someone up. Saying you don't want to injure someone doesn't make it right, because some of the shit he does is going to injure people no matter what his true intentions are.
He and a lot of other players seems to be channeling their inner Rodney Harrison for whatever reason and it's unnecessary. You can still be intense and play "physical" without fucking someone up. Saying you don't want to injure someone doesn't make it right, because some of the shit he does is going to injure people no matter what his true intentions are.
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The first play on Cribbs even the league recognizes as acceptable right now. The only reason there was contact like that was because Harrison was hurrying to the ball carrier not expecting Woodley to make the tackle, so he was aiming for where Cribbs should have been. That was an unfortunate hit, but nothing dirty about it. The second hit on Massaquoi they are reviewing, and I think he'll probably get fined for that, but that was another hit that was by no means intentional either, and was exacerbated by Massaquoi's reaction. He took three steps since first touching the ball (while bobbling it) and when he turned his head and saw Harrison, he ducked his head, while in the meantime Harrison got higher than he wanted to (as you can tell by the way he flails his arms) and it ends up that his forearm/shoulder pad make first contact with Massaquoi's head. I don't see how you can legislate either of these hits out of the game without being unfair to the defensive player (and by that I mean ANY defensive player, not just James Harrison or a Steeler). And now they're talking about the possibility of suspensions starting immediately. If anybody gets fined for their actions of this past week without having any reason to suspect such a reactionary response due to the amount of concussions suffered this past week, then that is just bullshit. I have no problem if the league wants to institute a stricter policy involving suspensions going forward, but it shouldn't be retroactive.
Unlike Harrison's hits, however, was deliberate and easily avoidable. You can see clearly that the ball was already defended by another defender and Merriweather changed his direction and leaned his head deliberately toward Heap, and you see the result of that. It was a flying headbutt for which there was no need. The ball was already out of play, and there was nothing to be gained with making contact with the receiver at that point. I definitely expect him to be fined, probably Harrison though I don't believe it warrants it, and possibly Robinson too, but if any of them are suspended for their actions on Sunday, I don't think that's fair.
Keep in mind, obviously, that I don't like to see hits like those Harrison had as much as anybody else, and I would like to see them eliminated from the game, but I don't think anything can be done at the NFL level right now to change that without altering the way the game is played. What needs to be done is to educate youth football players to practice a more sound form of tackling instead of trying to emulate the big hits that they see on ESPN every week. There's only so much you can do to reprogram a 30 year old veteran to change the way he plays, and fines and suspensions merely sugarcoat the underlying issue, and do nothing to promote player safety. In other words, Rodney Harrison is full of shit and a hypocrite, and also, fuck Rodney Harrison.
Edit: And you don't think Bob Sanders plays to 'hurt' people? You don't think most players play the game that way? Just because one person has the balls to say it doesn't mean it's not widespread. You can't be timid and play in the NFL.
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AchrisK
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A later comment in that same article was:
So don't make him out to be too innocent.
He may not be out to injure, but he seems to acknowledge that his intentions don't really translate to a different behavior. In other words, I don't think he cares much if he does injure someone. He may wish they weren't injured, but probably doesn't wish he had done something differently. He's much more interested in his own dominance than in the well being of other players.
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