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NFL '13 Season Thread
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Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
I think Sherman is either suffering from roid rage or rehearsing for his post-NFL WWE career....
I can see the Broncos winning this 27-14. There offense just has too many options and will keep them on the pitch for a long time, which will tire the Seahawks defense then Manning will take advantage. I just don't think the Seahawks offense is playing good enough at the moment to cause the Broncos problems, But if they can get Lynch going to may be able to make a game of it.
Due to the wisdom of the NFL, weather will most likely play a factor (not so much snow, but frigid temps and high wind). That would tend to favor the defense and the running game. Advantage: Hawks.
I wasn't aware of the weather situation TBH. I thought the Broncos D where quite good against the running game (I could be mistaken on that though, as I know there defense isn't great) but I thought it holds up well against the running. I also just can't see the Seahawks scoring that many points with the way there offense is playing at the moment, But if the weather is that much of a impact then I guess the Hawks could win a low scoring game. But I still think the Broncos have to much firepower.
Substitute Manning for Jerome Bettis and it wouldn't be the first time.
I'm not just saying this because I'm local, Seattle got robbed in 2006. For the first time in the history of the superbowl, the team who gained more yards, led in time of posssession and had fewer turnovers lost the superbowl.
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That's my point. The table's tilted folks, the game is rigged. Whoever the media's loves the most usually wins, it changes year to year, it depends on what great story comes along.
Roger Goodell loves to cash in on his "stories" doesn't he.
One giant egomanic, twisted, evil son of a bitch!!
I say bring the fix just ring Peyton's bell and lets take that trophy home!!!!
Go Seahawks!!!
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I'd love to see it unfortunately Denver will be able to hit you with illegal picks all game long with zero flags thrown. I find it laughable that New England was hit with the flag when they tried it but Welker was allowed to take out Talib with no consequences, the league is a fucking joke now.
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The Pittsburg debacle opened my eyes that was the sham of shams and all to get the Bettis love in. Pathetic!!!
Go Seahawks!!!!
I've just watched the highlights of that game. Those 2 touchdown decisions where shocking, completely changed the game IMO but the Hawks did make a lot of mistakes as well. Whether or not they played well enough to win is debatable but those decisions certainly didn't help there cause. This year there has been a lot of debatable calls made by the refs, when I watch the Superbowl this year I'm certainly going to be keeping my eyes on the refs.
The trouble is that things like this pretty much happens in every sport, so you can't really know if something is going on behind the scenes or not. The refs have got to start improving and being more consistent in their calls, they also have to know the laws by heart. Take the Seahawks vs 49ers last weekend and that call with the kicker that was called a foul everybody knew that when you take out a kickers standing leg it's roughing the kicker and when you take out his kicking leg it's a foul (well everyone apart from the refs apparently). How they didn't call it was just plain baffling. That call could have changed the game as the Seahawks went on to score when the 49ers should have had possession.
Also that hit on Talib I didn't think there was anything wrong with that, just 2 people running close and coming together. But as you say if the refs have been flagging it previously then it should have been the same again.
I think the NFL could improve by using the same group of refs for each of the games. Mixing them up all the time is why you get inconsistency because everyone has there own idea of the rules, whereas if there the same ones for each game teams will be able after a while to figure out the refs and the calls they make and the calls they don't make leading to more consistency.
The trouble is that things like this pretty much happens in every sport, so you can't really know if something is going on behind the scenes or not. The refs have got to start improving and being more consistent in their calls, they also have to know the laws by heart. Take the Seahawks vs 49ers last weekend and that call with the kicker that was called a foul everybody knew that when you take out a kickers standing leg it's roughing the kicker and when you take out his kicking leg it's a foul (well everyone apart from the refs apparently). How they didn't call it was just plain baffling. That call could have changed the game as the Seahawks went on to score when the 49ers should have had possession.
Also that hit on Talib I didn't think there was anything wrong with that, just 2 people running close and coming together. But as you say if the refs have been flagging it previously then it should have been the same again.
I think the NFL could improve by using the same group of refs for each of the games. Mixing them up all the time is why you get inconsistency because everyone has there own idea of the rules, whereas if there the same ones for each game teams will be able after a while to figure out the refs and the calls they make and the calls they don't make leading to more consistency.
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You can thank Roger Goodell. He's turned the game into nothing more than entertainment, I'm losing my love for professional sports by the day. I have a theory that's what the whole referee strike was about, Goodell told them they better play ball or else........ It's awful funny those refs came back making controversial call after controversial call, people need to start opening their eyes.
How so? Welker didn't hit him high in the head area, he didn't spear him with his helmet, and he hit him almost the instant the ball made contact with the receiver. How was that against the rules? The league even confirmed afterwards it was a legal play. Do you have any reason within the rules to think otherwise? Unless you think a wrong call should be made again because a wrong call happened some time in the past it doesn't make sense.
There is an old saying that's similar to this. Don't chalk up to malice or conspiracy what can be more easily explained by incompetence.
I also find it amusing that somebody would think before Manning was an epic choker incapable of winning big playoff games, but now he has some NFL conspiracy on his side to make him win. Yeah, like that happened so much before for him, like this is the first excellent year he has ever had and he's going to be the NFL poster boy for the next 15 years.
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Then don't call a penalty on New England for a OPI that wasn't half as bad as that. If you think everything you see on tv is legit then I don't know what else to tell ya. Just look back at the last several SB's, brothers facing eachother for the big game? That shit is too good to be true, come on.
I hope the "Big Game" will be entertaining, since I don't have a stake in it except for the pool at my job. Being a 49er fan, last year's loss killed me, except for the final safety which won me $250 in the pool.
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