The NFL Thread - Root for your favorite team (or laugh at the Browns, whichever's easier)

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Who are you rooting for in Super Bowl 60?

  • New England Patriots

    Votes: 11 22.0%

  • Seattle Seahawks

    Votes: 25 50.0%

  • Team State Farm

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • The Meteor

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
Date Mike said:
It seems that some franchises are trying to get away with below average o-lines by putting a mobile qb under center. It’s frustrating from a fan’s perspective to see upper management neglect arguably the most important piece of a football team and expecting an athletic QB to bail them out. Once Russ lost his explosive mobility he was reduced to relying on his moon ball and we all know how that worked out.

On another note who are you guys taking in tonight’s NFCW matchup? I’m thinking the Rams win by 10. 49ers are too banged up imo.
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There's also just some retards who refuse to value good o-line play, particularly the interior. John Schneider, even when Russ was starting to lose his wheels and it became more apparent the high sack count was on more than just his style of play (seriously though, any team with Russell Wilson as starting QB, assume the O-line is maybe 8 spots higher in ranking for that season if he wasn't their QB), refused to invest in the offensive line. No day 1 or 2 picks, never extend the day 3 talent that did work out, he would assemble scraps and neglect the position group all the time because he thought linemen in general, and interior linemen in particular, were the most overpaid position in the league. He finally seized on the opportunity the Russell Wilson trade presented to get us proper tackles (the Seahawks LT is an above-average, "Pro Bowl if his team makes the playoffs" caliber guy, their RT is in the same tier when he's healthy, that's his biggest flaw), so he's either been bullied enough or wizened up enough to change his ways, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's a common old-school mentality in the league. I'm still astonished we managed to get him to draft a guard on day 1 this past year.

RE: tonight's game, with how much of a hospital ward SF is right now, the Rams winning by only 10 points would be a huge accomplishment for the Niners. I legit think they're down to practice squad guys having to fill in at WR 3+
 
Lian Xing said:
Twenty years ago, Madden NFL perfectly modeled this. Remember how little Vick could see compared to Peyton Manning?
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Oh yeah, I remember the vision cone. Why did the darker QBs have a tiny one where most of the hwite ones had a huge one? It really made ya think.

The hwite man's awareness:
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Vs.
The negro's awareness
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Then EA removed the feature the very next year. I don't recall if it was due to implicit racism (around 2007 or so, well before GooberGobber) or people were assmad that there was a drawback for using Vick. What's worse it was a good feature too. You could easily look the other direction to fake people out, and simply select the receiver you wanted to throw to without sliding the cone left and right.
 
9ers coming out swinging with a big drive to start. Mac Jones spread the ball around well multiple receivers with big splash plays on YAC. 9ers force a punt on the rams first possession. This game might be more interesting than we thought.
 
Drama Fan said:
Stroud talking like he's 35 already
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With the way his career is going, I feel like Stroud is quickly spiraling into having a Cam Newton-esque existential breakdown. He had a decent rookie season where everyone kissed his ass over how great of a talent he was, and now suddenly it has all been taken away as the Texans have stalled as a team.

Granted he doesn't come across as having anywhere near the gigantic ego Newton has, but it obvious from some of the things he has been saying that his sophomore slump last year definitely delivered a blow to his personality.
 
As much as I feel I somehow jinxed this game saying the Niners would be lucky to only lose by 10, I consider this more evidence that NFC West divisional games continue to refuse to be normal

EDIT: we got a doubly swatted ball, sick
 
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