NFL Week 8 Game Thread
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lars10 said:
we already knew Denver's D was excellent. i think the big question is how much of manning's improvement tonight is 1) improving comfort with scheme vs 2) health due to extra rest. the more attributable this is to the former, the more worried everyone else ought to be.
Collinsworth has a serious tendency to engage in narrative landslides, as I'll call them. When a team is up a couple of scores and playing well, it's all rainbows in the stats and anecdotes.
We hit the nadir with the '22nd ranked passing offense!!11' quip.
We hit the nadir with the '22nd ranked passing offense!!11' quip.
Yeah, it'll take a few years for that one to stop playing in your head. "Way down yonder where the dolphins play..."Devizier said:
I think folks haven't really been paying attention to Green Bay this year. They got a lot of national attention early on, particularly during the Seattle game, but as we've seen, that Seattle team isn't the same as in the last couple of years. The Packers have only played two games on the road to this point, at San Fran and at Chicago, who are both awful. Their win against St. Louis was a good one, but aside from that, they haven't really looked like the best team in the NFC lately.
It's not all their doing though. The loss of Jordy Nelson stings, a lot, and Lacy, Cobb, James Jones have all been playing/not playing through injuries for most of the season. I think this is a case of them finally being exposed a bit by a good defense.
On the other side, things just seem to be falling really well, schedule wise, for Denver. They've had opponents hand them games all season long. They haven't really played anyone who was good on both sides of the ball until tonight, and of course, they catch Green Bay at home, while GB is playing some of it's worst ball of the year. It's no surprise they also get New England at home. Denver is going to win 14, minimum.
It's not all their doing though. The loss of Jordy Nelson stings, a lot, and Lacy, Cobb, James Jones have all been playing/not playing through injuries for most of the season. I think this is a case of them finally being exposed a bit by a good defense.
On the other side, things just seem to be falling really well, schedule wise, for Denver. They've had opponents hand them games all season long. They haven't really played anyone who was good on both sides of the ball until tonight, and of course, they catch Green Bay at home, while GB is playing some of it's worst ball of the year. It's no surprise they also get New England at home. Denver is going to win 14, minimum.
If Packers D gets off the couch and they can get the ball back to Rodgers to cut it down to one possession for the 2nd half it would constitute a decent response to the turd they laid for the 1rst quarter and half.
Lot of if's and common sense. We'll see.
Lot of if's and common sense. We'll see.
Stitch01 said:
i don't think it's their floor, but i'm also not hammering the under there. i think 14 wins is a pretty likely outcome for them.
that out had very little on it.
Of course the defender was nowhere near in position to pick it so...
Of course the defender was nowhere near in position to pick it so...
