2012 NFL Season Thread

[rubecube]

Kindle will get picked up by someone. Dude has too much talent.

[Drake]

I don't know about that. Him doing serious damage/accident to himself really messed up his career something really bad. Baltimore gave him multiple chances to prove himself and he well to put it bluntly he failed every time. I wish him nothing but luck with whatever happens next in his life.

Ain't that something Terrell Suggs is expected to play on Sunday. In what kinda of role he will have remains to be seen. I'm shocked by that.

[Sylvanfan]

Just yesterday, a beat reporter from Baltimore strongly said Suggs would not play, and said he's at 80%. Said he still had a ways to go to get in football shape. I guess we'll see how much he plays. Most who follow the Ravens daily suggest that Ladarius Webb will be missed a lot more than Ray Lewis. Essentially teams are able to run right at Ray Lewis, and be successful doing it. He's still a great leader, but on the field he's no longer playing near the level people think.

This is an interesting week. Ngata is banged up, and Suggs won't be 100%, and the best tackler in their secondary isn't there. Can the next man up still do the job? The really good NFL teams always seem to have depth where when a key player goes down, the next guy in can do the job. But often, it affects special teams, as a guy who used to focus solely on those duties, is now preparing to play 60 snaps on defence, and pushing the special teams duty to the back burner, or being replaced by a lesser player onthat unit.

[Drake]

Awesome. Ma'ake Kemoeatu is inactive for Baltimore today with a sprained knee. The guy has been awful as a pass rusher, even worse against the run. Hopefully Terrence Cody takes his starting job back today and he never sees the field again. IMO Ma'ake Kemoeatu is way past his prime. Glad to see Bryan Hall finally active today too. He looked good in the preseason.

I have no idea why but I woke up feeling really good about the game today unlike earlier in the week when I thought it would be a sure beat "L" in the column.

[Sainters7]

Why does it seem like every time there's a controversial call to keep a drive alive, said drive usually results in a TD? In TB/NO game, atrocious call by the ref on a clear interception by Roman Harper (Saints challenge, clear evidence ball never hit the ground, announcers agreed, & unbelievably held up by official) results in a Doug Martin TD run 3 plays later.

I hate this year so much. So so much...

[rubecube]

Chris Johnson sighting!

[Drake]

What a shocker Cary Willams burned for another major....

[Machiavelli]

Jeebus....do these fools not know that Cam Newton can run?

[ResAlien]

14 points in under 60 seconds for the Texans. Not bad at all.

[Machiavelli]

Ooh, they redeemed themselves.

[GirlySports]

hahahahaha interception safety!!!!!

[The Big Chill]

Another interception as a result of a JJ Watt tipped pass. What a year he is having.

[Hockey]

AP and CJ both playing like its 2009.

[Sainters7]

Tampa with 3 TD's already, haha only the Saints could make the Bucs O look like the Packers.

Their D has basically been in shambles since 2001, seriously how long does it take?? I don't mean to make it good, hell I'd even take mediocre.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Tampa with 3 TD's already, haha only the Saints could make the Bucs O look like the Packers.

Their D has basically been in shambles since 2001, seriously how long does it take?? I don't mean to make it good, hell I'd even take mediocre.

Yeah, they are a complete train wreck.....realllly bad.

[Drake]

Pretty sure that wasn't a major but whatever might as well give it to them......

[GirlySports]

Wasn't Buffalo's defense supposed to be good?

[rubecube]

Can anyone in the NFC South play defence?

[GirlySports]

Panthers can? Cowboys doing nothing today after shredding the Ravens D last week.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

That was a bogus penalty on Pollard for hit on a defenseless receiver. The receiver was falling, Pollard can't bail on that.

The real refs have only been marginally better than the replacement refs IMO. Just their mistakes haven't been as big.