NFL Week 3

[Andy]

Between Notre Dame and the Panthers, I don't think it's possible to have an uglier 2-0 football weekend. Cam looked absolutely awful, though I'm not too surprised by that - I expected a step back. Brutal October ahead (Bears, Saints, Falcons, Skins, Vikes), I'd be thrilled if we managed to win 2 of the 5 games.

[CubColtPacer]

Watching this game, it feels like the Patriots will need to be the ones to do it if the 8 year run of the Patriots, Steelers, or Colts making the Super Bowl is to continue. It's a great trivia question to ask people who has last represented the AFC besides one of those three teams.

 

And considering the Colts need a score, might as well go with Painter. He very well might turn it over, but Collins hasn't moved the ball whatsoever during the last 3 games. It's unacceptable with the Colts receiving talent to throw 29 passes for less than 100 yards (and he was basically the same last week before garbage time).

[Careless]

What's the point of the NFL's instant replay rule? Where the booth is the only ones that can review a scoring play?

The only reason I can think of is to allow coaches to use challenges on other plays. Probably under the guise of getting as many important calls right as possible.

And yet we have a system where they don't overturn completely obvious non-TD plays.

[Cubswin11]

Watching this game, it feels like the Patriots will need to be the ones to do it if the 8 year run of the Patriots, Steelers, or Colts making the Super Bowl is to continue. It's a great trivia question to ask people who has last represented the AFC besides one of those three teams.

 

And considering the Colts need a score, might as well go with Painter. He very well might turn it over, but Collins hasn't moved the ball whatsoever during the last 3 games. It's unacceptable with the Colts receiving talent to throw 29 passes for less than 100 yards (and he was basically the same last week before garbage time).

Ravens??

[CubColtPacer]

Watching this game, it feels like the Patriots will need to be the ones to do it if the 8 year run of the Patriots, Steelers, or Colts making the Super Bowl is to continue. It's a great trivia question to ask people who has last represented the AFC besides one of those three teams.

 

And considering the Colts need a score, might as well go with Painter. He very well might turn it over, but Collins hasn't moved the ball whatsoever during the last 3 games. It's unacceptable with the Colts receiving talent to throw 29 passes for less than 100 yards (and he was basically the same last week before garbage time).

Ravens??

 

Nope.

[Flames24Rulz]

Raiders.

[Cubswin11]

Watching this game, it feels like the Patriots will need to be the ones to do it if the 8 year run of the Patriots, Steelers, or Colts making the Super Bowl is to continue. It's a great trivia question to ask people who has last represented the AFC besides one of those three teams.

 

And considering the Colts need a score, might as well go with Painter. He very well might turn it over, but Collins hasn't moved the ball whatsoever during the last 3 games. It's unacceptable with the Colts receiving talent to throw 29 passes for less than 100 yards (and he was basically the same last week before garbage time).

Ravens??

 

Nope.

Damn, I looked it up and saw it was the Raiders. I had it down to them and the Ravens and went with the Ravens.

[CubColtPacer]

Raiders.

 

Yup. It's especially good because that Super Bowl has to be one of the least remembered, and of course everybody associates the Raiders with futility.

 

The Colts offense longest drive has been 49 yards and they have a chance to win this game somehow.

[CubColtPacer]

Of course Painter does what he does best. I don't know anymore if the rest of the Colts team is just this bad or if they are just getting some of the worst QB play in the league.

[bcl412]

Raiders.

 

Yup. It's especially good because that Super Bowl has to be one of the least remembered, and of course everybody associates the Raiders with futility.

 

The Colts offense longest drive has been 49 yards and they have a chance to win this game somehow.

 

I remember pretty much nothing about that Super Bowl except that Tampa Bay won and Jerry Rice played for the Raiders.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Jerry Rice played for the Raiders.

 

 

I had totally forgot about this. was he on that SB team?

[bcl412]

Jerry Rice played for the Raiders.

 

 

I had totally forgot about this. was he on that SB team?

 

I'm about 99% sure of this.

[Flames24Rulz]

Yep, he was definitely on that Raiders team. That team had all sorts of old guys on it.

[bcl412]

Painter has done a good job getting down here but throwing the ball in the redzone against the Steelers is a tough task.

 

EDIT:But I guess he doesn't have to.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Jerry Rice played for the Raiders.

 

 

I had totally forgot about this. was he on that SB team?

 

I'm about 99% sure of this.

On November 11, 2002 against the Tampa Bay Bucs in a Super Bowl rematch, Rice scored his 200th career touchdown, and surpassed Walter Payton to become the NFL's all-time leader in total yardage. Oakland dropped from an 11–5 record in 2002 to a 4–12 record in 2003, leading to frustration from Rice about his role on the team, and he eventually requested a trade.[9]

[Andy]

Jerry Rice played for the Raiders.

 

 

I had totally forgot about this. was he on that SB team?

 

I'm about 99% sure of this.

On November 11, 2002 against the Tampa Bay Bucs in a Super Bowl rematch, Rice scored his 200th career touchdown, and surpassed Walter Payton to become the NFL's all-time leader in total yardage. Oakland dropped from an 11–5 record in 2002 to a 4–12 record in 2003, leading to frustration from Rice about his role on the team, and he eventually requested a trade.[9]

Wasn't that the same game Tim Brown scored his 100th career TD - for Tampa, oddly enough - or did that come later?

[JimSorgi]

Shouldve gone for two, Colts.

[bcl412]

Jerry Rice played for the Raiders.

 

 

I had totally forgot about this. was he on that SB team?

 

I'm about 99% sure of this.

On November 11, 2002 against the Tampa Bay Bucs in a Super Bowl rematch, Rice scored his 200th career touchdown, and surpassed Walter Payton to become the NFL's all-time leader in total yardage. Oakland dropped from an 11–5 record in 2002 to a 4–12 record in 2003, leading to frustration from Rice about his role on the team, and he eventually requested a trade.[9]

Wasn't that the same game Tim Brown scored his 100th career TD - for Tampa, oddly enough - or did that come later?

 

He was with Oakland then too. He went to Tampa Bay in 04.

[Soul]

Win or lose, there's no way the Steelers claim they are a top team being tied with the Colts with 2:09 left. They just don't look very good to me right now, period.

[CubColtPacer]

Shouldve gone for two, Colts.

 

Nah, giving Roethlisberger four downs to work with only needing a field goal in this situation would have been very bad. And that's if the Colts make the two. I'd much rather play for a last second drive or OT if they somehow stop the Steelers here.

[JimSorgi]

Shouldve gone for two, Colts.

 

Nah, giving Roethlisberger four downs to work with only needing a field goal in this situation would have been very bad. And that's if the Colts make the two. I'd much rather play for a last second drive or OT if they somehow stop the Steelers here.

I wasn't really suggesting it'd be the smart move, just saying it'd be fun to see them go for it all.

[Flames24Rulz]

I think the Colts should have went for two as well, but I'm also an idiot.

[Andy]

I think the Colts should have went for two as well, but I'm also an idiot.

Pomeroy just tweeted something saying you have less than 50 percent chance of winning if you elect to tie a football game with 2 minutes left, so you may not be.

[bcl412]

I think the Colts should have went for two as well, but I'm also an idiot.

Pomeroy just tweeted something saying you have less than 50 percent chance of winning if you elect to tie a football game with 2 minutes left, so you may not be.

 

Your chances are even lower if you are down by 1 and the other team has the ball though.

[Careless]

Yep, he was definitely on that Raiders team. That team had all sorts of old guys on it.

It was also the poster child for "screwing your future teams in the hard salary cap era with deferred payments"