The NFL Thread- Super Bowl XLVII: The Harbowl

**BrianBAM19** · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:30 am Post subject:

What in the heck has come over the 49'ers? They whupped the Buccaneers, 48-3. I knew the 49'ers had played better than I(and probably most people) anticipated, but that sort of beatdown shocked me. Alex Smith has played anything but flashy, but he's been very efficient.

Falcons have to take on Green Bay tonight...oh boy. John Abraham is a surprising late scratch, and with the way Rodgers has been playing, I don't have a good feeling at all about tonight. Ick.

Lastly...hearing that Al Davis is dead still shocks me. I know he was 82 years old, I know he was in poor health, but it still just seems hard to believe he's dead. I don't know why. I want the Texans to do well this season, but I'm glad for the Raiders. They look very promising this season.
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**HellAshes** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY

Jets didn't really implode again. The offense was inconsistent, the defense couldn't stop Brady the whole game. However, there was one REALLY bad call that probably messed up momentum in the game. The fumble that was reversed at the one yard line which resulted in a NE touchdown. I didn't see any clear evidence on how that play was reversed. To me, it looked like one of those calls that could either way. (Whether it was called a fumble or not, the ruling should have standed.) Still, the Jets need to figure out their offense big time. This was the WORST defense in football here, and all they could muster was a very low amount of yards and only 21 points, which one TD coming off a very long KR? Fix your shit Jets.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

1) I nearly had a heart attack at the end of that Raiders game, but it was nice to be able to come home to three (very) winnable home games sitting on a 3-2 record. RIP, Al. It was awesome that the game ultimately relied on DHB and Janikowski, two of Al's questionable draft picks, to win it for him in his absence. I'm hoping the Raiders play well enough to win one in memory of Al.

2) Tebow should've been the starter in Denver from week 1. I'm now much more nervous for the Raiders matchup than before, because it's clear that Orton cannot play QB for the Broncos for much longer.

3) Only whiffed on the Saints (barely, ugh), Steelers (as soon as I start believing in the Titans...), and the Seahawks so far on the week.
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**SDoner8790** · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:07 am Post subject:

Quite pleased with the Steelers performance today, that's the way they should play more often. It's amazing what can happen when the offensive line plays well.
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**ghp0wn3r** · Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 211 Location: Concord, NH

So what the heck was up with the hit on Smith in the early part of the saints-panthers game???? I was flipping the channel, and just turned to it as the 3rd+11 started, and once newton connected to smith (which, i must say, was an amazing catch), harper took him OUT in the end zone. I didn't see the game before that, so was there taunting/trash talk going on previously in the game? Or did harper just not notice where the end zone started?
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**Davers** · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:33 am Post subject:

The Lions are impressing me this season. This is crazy. A team who has only won 18 games in the last 5 years and already almost 1/3 of that much this year alone. I was really rooting for them against the Bears to keep their streak alive. This is something this franchise has needed for a while. Hopefully it doesn't die and they end the season with only 5 wins (which I doubt will happen at the way they've been playing so far).

It's just exciting to see them actually do this well. lol

**OpenYourEyes** · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:23 am Post subject:

WELL THEN.
That game was just terrible. Jesus Christ.
I mean, how can you justify 8 false starts? That's unreal.
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**ready2rock** · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:24 am Post subject:

Well, the Bears had a good offense for 1 quarter.
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**EmoArbiter** · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:50 am Post subject:

<EmoArbiter> I'm just sick of people portraying the Bears as horrible
<EmoArbiter> Two of our losses are to UNDEFEATED TEAMS
<EmoArbiter> And the third is to the Saints
<EmoArbiter> Our 3 losses are to the top 3 teams in the NFL.com Power Rankings :/
<EmoArbiter> I think

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**CloudFuel** · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 1030 Location: Houston, TX

The Bears are too damn inconsistent for my liking... they seem to constantly be on the verge of going balls out like the Packers but then shoot themselves in the foot over and over again.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

I felt kinda sorry for Cutler yesterday. He played his damn heart out and just got smashed all night long. Unfortunately, that's seemed to be an issue all season.

They need to fix that godawful offensive line, and I don't see them being able to do that this season. The Bears needed virtually flawless football last season to get them to where they are, and that luck just isn't sustainable. The Bears were 6-10 in 09 before jumping out to 11-5 last year. I see them being anywhere from 6-10 to 8-8 this season, and it's virtually all because of that offensive line. They'll eventually find SOME combination that can keep Cutler up long enough to plant his feet, but when you're benching players and then throwing them back into the starting lineup because your depth sucks, it's an issue. And unfortunately for them, it's not an easily fixable issue. In a division with 3 pretty fierce pass rushes (as well as having to play the AFC West, who are pretty good in pass rushing as well), it's going to be a tough hole to dig themselves out of.

The schedule likely won't have much to do with the Bears' success this season. They play the following for the entire year: vs Vikings, at Bucs in London, at Eagles, vs Lions, vs Chargers, at Raiders, vs Chiefs, at Broncos, vs Seahawks, at Packers, at Vikings. Even with a sweep of the Vikings and beating the Bucs, Chiefs, Broncos, and Seahawks, the Bears get to 9-7. I don't think it's very unreasonable, especially the way the team's played lately, to drop one of those winnable games.
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