NFL '13 Season Thread
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That comeback by Indy - unf'nbelievable.
When Luck recovered that fumble at the goal line I went from "Cool, he recovered the fumble" to "Wait, what?" in the span of 2 seconds.
When Luck recovered that fumble at the goal line I went from "Cool, he recovered the fumble" to "Wait, what?" in the span of 2 seconds.
Not even close. That collapse will never even be approximated for all eternity. By far the worst game I have ever watched....ever.:suicide:
The game that marked the end of "Luv ya Blue!" in Houston. The city has never recovered. :crying:
I'm with you there. The Houston Oilers were my team growing up and that playoff collapse was devasting in our household from a fandom standpoint. I try not to even think about it.
And the Music City Miracle was in no way redemption for obvious reasons.
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There are certain organizations who just can't win. It's sad but teams like the Bills, Browns, Lions, and the Chiefs will never win anything, they're small market and therefore put on the back burner. The NFL wants the match ups that will bring in the dollars, its unfortunate but it's reality. There's a reason that these organizations don't try, a big time QB wants to be in a bigger market, which is why you see those organizations spinning their wheels. They're fighting with one arm tied behind their backs.
This isn't MLB. As long as there is extensive revenue sharing and a salary cap and floor it doesn't really matter if a team is small market or not. In the NFL that has very little if anything at all to do with success. There also isn't some conspiracy to have big market teams be successful. Most teams that continually can't win are that way by a combination of bad luck and having front offices, coaches, scouting departments, and owners that aren't good at their jobs. In the end players want to get paid, and usually if they are good the team that drafts them will be the ones that give them their big contracts, especially their first big one.
You are also cherry picking your examples. Green Bay and Indianapolis are two of the smallest markets in the NFL. Green Bay might be the smallest. Not only have they both been successful for some time now they both have had two of some of the best QBs of our generation. Green Bay will probably have back to back hall of fame QBs and depending on how Andrew Luck turns out Indy might as well. Of course those teams are good because of that fact more than any other factor, but then that shows how silly the thinking is some small market team can't get a good QB. If I wanted to go to the opposite direction I could point out that the Jets are in the biggest market in the country and had Mark Sanchez leading them for years.
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The NFL used to be different than the MLB but they have followed suit since Goodell took over. Believe what you wish. Just think of how many controversial calls therewere there this year ? I'm not saying the entire league is fixed but the refs change the momentum to help the big market teams and star QB's. BTW its not a conspiracy if it been proven. Did you realize that every owner from the Original NFL and AFL had gambling ties? That was the very reason professional sports were started. Do some research. Sports is entertainment whether you choose to believe it or not.
bobjustbob
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The refs are using the rules set by the league. The owners set the rules. It's a fucking business. If more scoring is their in their business plan to make more money then they will try it...like it or not. I remember when in the college basketball games there was no shot clock. High scoring NC would go into Princeton and have to deal with the slowdown offense. Slow the game down. 2 completely different games being played. Those slow down colleges would take a Notre Dame down to 40 points and win. I liked it. Watch the fast team come down try to beat the slow game. The NFL wants to restrict defense. Protect the quarter backs and kickers and blow whistles to move the ball forward. Play the games indoors. Shit, just create arenas designed for the sport and hope the fans watch those games.
While I'm not a big fan of sports continually selling out to make more offense, I still have to admit that adding a shot clock was probably the single best rule change basketball has ever had and one of the best ever in any sports. There is a difference between selling out a sport to create more offense and creating new rules to eliminate cheapness and cheesiness. Adding a shot clock definitely is in the latter. It's was just way too cheap for a team to be able to keep the ball away from the other team in basketball by doing nothing but playing keep away.
lol. I gotta start using that one.
The only thing better than the NFL season is the NFL playoffs!
MLB, NBA etc. needs to figure out that one&done is way more exciting than a 7 game series...
Championship week: Brady vs. Manning and 2 hardnosed old school teams in SF & Seattle! I'll be grazing in front of the Sunday!
MLB, NBA etc. needs to figure out that one&done is way more exciting than a 7 game series...
Championship week: Brady vs. Manning and 2 hardnosed old school teams in SF & Seattle! I'll be grazing in front of the Sunday!
Jagger69
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I would disagree to a point. The NFL only plays a 16-game schedule so "one and done" makes sense. MLB currently has a "one and done" wildcard format that sucks dog balls in my book. Why be judged after playing 162 games in the regular season only to be eliminated in a single playoff game? It doesn't match the essence of the sport (depth of starting pitching for instance).
Besides, I really despise all of the teams that remain in the hunt for the Super Bowl so I guess I'm a bit jaded right now. I don't give a fuck who wins it....I wish they all could lose!
A best of series has the major advantage of mitigating lucky outcomes. It's a lot harder for a much inferior team to get fortunate and win a 4 out of 7 series of games than it is to get fortunate and win once. I think that's a good thing as the better team should have a better chance of going on, and I'm all for eliminating as much randomness as reasonably possible.
The NFL can't do that because the players wouldn't survive the season. There is a reason they only play 16 games in the regular season and only play once a week. Look at all the injuries that happen just with that. Going to many more games isn't very feasible. With other sports it is and that's why it's that way. They realize that a one game elimination leads to more flukey outcomes.
The NFL can't do that because the players wouldn't survive the season. There is a reason they only play 16 games in the regular season and only play once a week. Look at all the injuries that happen just with that. Going to many more games isn't very feasible. With other sports it is and that's why it's that way. They realize that a one game elimination leads to more flukey outcomes.
That's true but in terms of drama, even a one game blow out will always be more exciting than a four game sweep. I think that's why the NCAA Basketball tournament is so popular. Even though they play like 30 games in the regular season, they still rely on a single elimination playoff to determine the champion.
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It's a terrible idea but its going to happen. $$$$$$$$$$$$
bobjustbob
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They're looking at adding another wildcard team to each conference. Only 1 team gets a bye and thus another game added to each conference playoff. Ring the register.
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