Week 4 NFL Game Thread

[E5 Yaz]

I'm a Pats fan with an insatiable appetite for SB wins and I often get what I want.  Who am I rooting for in this game?  (I'm thinking Pitt.)

 
I agree ... Pitt. You need to bury the Ravens as deep as possible

 

[mauf]

I hate Vick. Fuck this dog abusing asshole.

Compared to our rapist starting QB, I can't get worked up about it.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Man if smith goes down......

 

[Ferm Sheller]

 
I agree ... Pitt. You need to bury the Ravens as deep as possible

 
 
Yes, like the antagonist killer in a cheap B grade movie, I'm worried that they'll rise from the dead.  Drive the stake in now.

 

[jsinger121]

Man if smith goes down......

......The Ravens talent at WR will be worse than what the Pats had in 2006.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Shut up Harbaugh, you shitscum.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Both these defenses suck hamster dong. How times, they have changed.

 

[mauf]

Didn't like taking the penalty there.

 

[ipol]

Fuck, I just agreed with Phil Simms.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Nice tackle!

 

[mauf]

Ugh, two missed tackles.

 

[Freddy Linn]

So soft.

 

[tims4wins]

So soft.

We physical..

 

[luckiestman]

Fuck, I just agreed with Phil Simms.

Why does everyone hate Simms? I like him cause he sort of fades into the background.

 

[rodderick]

A fully healthy Steelers team scares me in a potential playoff matchup, but Brady might drop 50 on them.

 

[ipol]

Simms is often wrong and too much of an apologist. My estimation certainly isn't the all.

 

[ipol]

But, on consideration. Simms is actually one of the better color guys.

 

[BaseballJones]

I'm a Pats fan with an insatiable appetite for SB wins and I often get what I want.  Who am I rooting for in this game?  (I'm thinking Pitt.)

 
I think Baltimore tends to be a much tougher matchup for the Patriots than the Steelers are, so we should want the Steelers to win and knock Baltimore pretty much out of this.  Pittsburgh, without Roethlisberger and with a pretty tough schedule, will probably lose some more, and the Pats own the H2H tiebreaker.  Even if NE has to travel to Pittsburgh in the playoffs I don't see that as a particularly daunting task.  So yes, root for Pittsburgh.

 

[mauf]

Why does everyone hate Simms? I like him cause he sort of fades into the background.

The PBP guy is supposed to fade into the background. The color analyst is supposed to provide insight.

That's why people hate the Namtz/Simms pairing -- Namtz is grating, and Simms is a potted plant.

 

[luckiestman]

Big Ben looks so dumb. He looks like he keeps thinking "why does it feel like a Thursday, we play football on Sunday... It really feels like a Thursday, coach Mike...what day is it, how come I'm not playing"

 

[mauf]

 
I think Baltimore tends to be a much tougher matchup for the Patriots than the Steelers are, so we should want the Steelers to win and knock Baltimore pretty much out of this.  Pittsburgh, without Roethlisberger and with a pretty tough schedule, will probably lose some more, and the Pats own the H2H tiebreaker.  Even if NE has to travel to Pittsburgh in the playoffs I don't see that as a particularly daunting task.  So yes, root for Pittsburgh.

There is zero chance NE will play a playoff game @PIT.

 

[rodderick]

Antonio Brown is trusting his athleticism a little too much.

 

[axx]

Alex Smith approves of this offense.

 

[luckiestman]

The PBP guy is supposed to fade into the background. The color analyst is supposed to provide insight.

That's why people hate the Namtz/Simms pairing -- Namtz is grating, and Simms is a potted plant.

I like them the best but it's a low bar. Al and Simms would be perfect for me.

 

[mauf]

I like them the best but it's a low bar. Al and Simms would be perfect for me.

I'd take Al and Aikman.

Nantz and Collinsworth should be left on a desert island to devour each other.

 

[Marciano490]

Sack lunch mothers.

 

[luckiestman]

Nice tackle 71. Not quite Larry Allen level but still nice

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Lol at that throw. Rookie misread.

 

[axx]

That is a really bad throw by Flacco

 

[MB's Hidden Ball]

Ha ha pick

 

[Ed Hillel]

LOL what an AWFUL throw. Did he have his eyes open?

 

[ifmanis5]

Nice throw Joe.
 
Flacco is mismatched for these receivers. If he can't throw deep he's very average.

 

[thehitcat]

IS JOE FLACCO ELITE??

 

[BaseballJones]

There is zero chance NE will play a playoff game @PIT.

 
I would say it's a very small likelihood, yes.  But my point was that even in that unlikely scenario, I wouldn't be afraid of the Pats going there.

 

[mauf]

Wow, game-changing play.

Flacco got away with a couple questionable throws earlier, so we were due for that.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

LOL what an AWFUL throw. Did he have his eyes open?

Open enough for the db to see them staring down his receiver.

 

[hunter05]

That was an elite interception

 

[luckiestman]

I can't believe Deb went to witness protection. When does Dexter show up on limitless?

 

[Freddy Linn]

I love watching Vick throw, regardless of where it goes.

 

[mauf]

Glad to see Tomlin showing his nuts, even if the result was an ill considered throw into double coverage.

 

[quint]

Baltimore always has to fight and claw to make the playoffs.  If Harbaugh was such a great coach, wouldn't they win the division more times and put them into position to get a first round bye?  

Because seeding isn't as fluid as you are making it seem?

I mean, you've got to be fucking kidding me. The dude is whiny shithead, but he has coached Baltimore to a Super Bowl victory and the Ravens' playoff record under his guidance sort of speaks for itself.

Just stop.

 

[luckiestman]

Vick will put that guy down if he keeps dropping passes like that

 

[rodderick]

That's an insane throw by Vick. Tightest of windows.

 

[mauf]

Ugh, can't take a sack there.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Wow, destroyed by four man rush.

 

[mauf]

Wow, destroyed by four man rush.

The line looked fine with BR under center.

Sacks are on the QB more than the conventional wisdom recognizes. That play was a good example -- not great blocking, but Vick has to get rid of it.

 

[luckiestman]

The line looked fine with BR under center.

Sacks are on the QB more than the conventional wisdom recognizes. That play was a good example -- not great blocking, but Vick has to get rid of it.

Maybe, but Ben almost never goes down on first contact

 

[rodderick]

The line looked fine with BR under center.

Sacks are on the QB more than the conventional wisdom recognizes. That play was a good example -- not great blocking, but Vick has to get rid of it.

He had space to step up to his right, but turned his body left into the rush. Bad instincts.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Vick just looks like a guy who's unprepared.

 

[Marciano490]

Haha announcers saying Ben's asking for it. Classy.