Can't say I'm surprised to be honest. Life in jail having come from having everything.
NFL 2017/18
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On the day the Pats visit the Whitehouse. Coincidence...
Buccaneers for Hard Knocks next season.
I'm still too angry about the Rams being the subject of All or Nothing to consider whether that might be good or bad.
It can't be worse, so for me it's good news.
Calling fate, you have been tempted.
:'(
Schedule Announcement Day!
Pats - Chiefs to start the season. Should be a good one!
Haven't seen the release yet. Need to know ASAP so I can buy Cowboys @ Falcons before they're gone.
I think they're only released at 8pm ET.
Have they sorted which game is which for the Twickenham games as well, as that was uncertain (had the two matches, just not which was which weekend)
fecking NFL. Cheapest available Cowboys/Falcons tix are 310 each for nosebleed.
I'd never pony up that much for an NFL game. College football is much more fun all things considered.
I might make the effort (and expend some disposable income for travel) to see a game at Jerry World, but that's only because I'd be getting the tickets for free...
Need to start the season like a house on fire because our (Steelers) December run is ridiculous.
December: @Bengals, vs. Ravens, vs. Patriots, @texans and then finish off with the Browns
Patriots right after rival games against the Ravens and Bengals. In fact our five before finishing the season against the Browns is Packers, Bengals, Ravens, Patriots and Texans. Need a great run leading into late November.
December: @Bengals, vs. Ravens, vs. Patriots, @texans and then finish off with the Browns
Patriots right after rival games against the Ravens and Bengals. In fact our five before finishing the season against the Browns is Packers, Bengals, Ravens, Patriots and Texans. Need a great run leading into late November.
Broncos schedule is fecking brutal!!
Yeah, #1 toughest schedule with an average oppo win percentage of .578 or something like that.. Not what you like to see but every season is different of course!
Texans only #25 in that regard although I can see almost two guaranteed losses already, @Patriots and @Seahawks. I hope we get our QB situation sorted ASAP.
It's also bunched up, with a load of home games early and then a load of road games together. It's gonna be a very tough season, but I'm excited for it!
Draft next week will be interesting, and there will probably be some more FA moves after that once teams know what they still need. There's a few interesting QB options still out there.
I always felt the discussions about the strength of schedule are pretty pointless. There will be so much change before the season starts and the games are actually played, that the previous season is a pretty useless indicator. Loads of stars are going to be injured, there will be draft picks turning around whole teams and some guys will breakout. The only constant being the Browns sucking. And I believe even this could change soon.
Which non-conference division you draw can be the difference from getting a first-round bye to not making the playoffs at all.
Of course. That's not my point, though. My point is that you can't tell which teams are easy opponents or difficult ones yet. There are also factors in the difficulty of a game that go beyond the simple record of a team. It is significantly more difficult to play in Miami or Jacksonville at the start of the season. Those teams, no matter how bad, pose a real threat at the start of the season.
Also, teams like the Bills, Packers, Giants or Jets become increasingly more difficult to play at at the end of the season. Those things don't factor at all in the strength of schedule.
Also, young teams tend to become stronger by the end of the season, old teams tend to get a little worse. There is form, injuries and so on. It is nearly impossible to predict those things and it is extremely difficult to make a fair assessment of the strength of schedule.
Let's say the Jax draft a decent QB. They would suddenly have one of the better teams in the league. Let's say the Chargers don't have a trillion injuries on the o-line. They might be a contender. Let's say Wilson breaks a leg, the season would be over for Seattle. There's just no way to even make a serious prediction here.
Well, I wouldn't put a large amount of money on an outcome predicated upon the schedule. But you can certainly spot probable outcomes if a team draws, say, the AFC South as opposed to the AFC West for instance. There's no easy outs in the NFC East either.
One would think so. People also thought the NFC West would be the best division for years to come. Then the Niners fired Harbaugh and every player with talent retired or left, the Cards window closed, the LoB became human and the Rams managed to turn the draft capital from the RGIII deal into nothing at all.
I know what you mean. But things change far too fast in the NFL for me to get excited or frightened by the schedule. There simply aren't enough constants to rely on.
AD is headed to the Saints. Great fit. Past his peak player going to a past it's peak team with a past his peak QB. There he will play at a position that is not an immediate need, yet he will earn a big salary.
Lol surprised by that one.
Interesting choice. Don't really see him running much with Brees at QB & unless they significantly improve the D, they won't be in the playoffs. Guess it's a money move?!
Maybe but don't think he's getting paid THAT much that other teams wouldn't have offered him similar money.
I think the real issue is probably that genuinely there wasn't much interest in actually signing him and he didn't have much of a choice.
Also realised that Steelers HC Tomlin looks so much like Evra when he was bit less hench!
Or personal. Closest to home if Dallas or Houston didn't want him, and living in Louisiana is just like living in east Texas culturally.
Who's AD?
A grown man who beats small children with sticks and somehow was forgiven by everyone.
Adrian Peterson. Nicknamed "All Day" because he can run all day, which became AD.
Shit I didn't know about that!
From wiki:
Not knowing about that? That's a paddlin'
Alright Adrian.
Have only heard him called "AP".
38 years old and still elite.
Apparently it's a whole 'thing' over which is the right nickname. He has stated it's AD, which seems good enough reason to call him AP.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...h-agrees-to-raiders-deal-teams-to-trade-terms
Lynch to the Raiders draws ever closer.
Lynch to the Raiders draws ever closer.
Beast Mode!!
Let's see what he's got left in him. I hope Raiders do well next year, so unlucky with Carr getting injured when he did.
Let's see what he's got left in him. I hope Raiders do well next year, so unlucky with Carr getting injured when he did.
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