NFL - NEWS & NOTES

I said I expected the Bills to win. I had several reasons in support of that contention. In the end, I was wrong, because the Eagles beat them. But that does not mean that the Eagles are better than the Bills. Not anymore than it would be logical to assert that the football team from Miami is better than Philly.

A 9-3 record is indicative of a better team, but anything can happen in any given game. The w/l record is similar to paying attention to the crowd; individual voices may be nuts, but collectively there's wisdom in the cumulative.

Think of this message screed the next time you post one of your negative messages about your local teams. Oh, I do not bet money.

 

Are you fucking psycho? You call out the NFC East for bad this year. Great. The SB Champ came from that only division only 2 years ago. Jesus man. So they have a fluke season where the leaders and the dogs are bad. My point is it’s not always bad, hence 2 years ago.

 

Well and it’s a big if, if the Eagles win out they go 9-7 and win the East. Ugly but not as ugly as the 2010 NFC West where Seattle won the division with a 7-9 losing record and obviously all 4 teams had a losing record. The NFC East is trying to avoid the Div Champ winning it with a losing record. Dallas can too. Not over yet.

 

The point is 2017 has nothing to do with 2019. Look no further than the NFC South: there was a pretty long stretch where there was a new division winner ever year, many times the team in last place the year before won the division the next. Believe me, I totally get a talented team losing to bad teams. Steelers have been notorious for it through Tomlin’s tenure...teams change year to year, younger players get more tape for opponents to study tendencies, other teams get better, any number of reasons contribute to a team regressing (as far as the record shows). Haven’t watch the Eagles and I’ve seen all of a quarter and a half of the Cowboys this season but the bit I did see if the Cowboys there literally no reason they shouldn’t have a better record. They do the things normally required of winning teams: run the ball, have receivers good at moving the chains, they get after the passer on defense, look pretty good in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Again, haven’t seen much of them this year so I only can go off what the biased Aikmen and Buck said and what I read here, but it sounds like the Cowboys defense is what the Steelers defense has been the past few seasons before this year: have talent but susceptible to the big play and can’t get turnovers. Oh and a FG kicker that is inconsistent at best.

haven’t seen the Eagles play, except from highlights...Based on what Joe and Cat have posted the last few weeks, they are capable of playing a lot better than they have been. Untimely injuries, some bad luck, and according to Cat and Joe, questionable GM moves, or lack of moves. On paper they look like a good team when healthy. Unfortunately like a lot of teams health has not been the greatest, and lack of depth is showing.

 

The Panthers signed LB Shaq Thompson to a four-year contract extension. The deal is for four years, a $54.2 million extension with a max value of $57 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported per a source.

 

Cowboys @ Eagles won't be flexed to Sunday Night for week 16 because FOX has protected the game. Chiefs @ Bears may stay but Rams @ 49ers would be very intriguing if the Rams beat the Seahawks tonight and San Francisco loses to the Saints.

 

Or in some cases like when there appears to be depth at DB, the depth and the depth's depth get hurt too. lol.

 

Yeah I get that. Same kind of thing hit the Steelers WR corps, luckily they just had to get through that ugly first meeting with the Browns...Now it's just the #1 QB, #1 RB and #1WR out lol

 

They don’t flex losing teams

 

They flex important games. That game is almost guaranteed to be one. Either way FOX already let it be known that its protectiled. They want the game that badly... so why wouldn't NBC/NFL?

 

Because it’s two shit teams

 

Sounds typical of Beckham. Team is in trouble and not playing well, that dude wants out. He's not a team guy, he's just a selfish headcase.

 

Big stakes, big markets, big money. It's a no brainer no matter what you think of three teams.

 

Hahahahahahaha.

Someone tell me this guy isn't a cancer again.

 

Deonte Johnson just lit up the Cards... 10-0, Steelers.