2013 NFL regular season thread

[Senator Clay Davis]

The NFL explanation will certainly be interesting

[Cuz]

Steelers were seriously screwed by that one, and why is possession not reviewable?

[Cuz]

And the Steelers answer back with a TD, nice response!

[Cuz]

And now a pick six for the Steelers! Wooo!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Ravens closing in on 7 straight quarters without a TD. Offense is horrific to say the least

[trackercowe]

Wow, crazy catch and throw by the Cardinals.

[trackercowe]

Assuming Arizona can hold this lead 49ers at Cardinals next week should be a good one

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

if i were the eagles i wouldn't even play McCoy

I'd rather go to Carolina than Seattle in the second round and have an outside shot at a home NFC title game.

[trackercowe]

Yah that hit the ground (and Baldwin's arm as well), but tough call to make when it was called a pick on the play.

[Flabbibulin]

A bunch of clowns are officiating the Pats-Ravens game. These guys are awful.

[Red John]

Seahawks lose. Will be nice to not have to hear about "Legion of Boom" and other dumb stuff like that for a week.

Still they are favourites to come out of the NFC.

[Senator Clay Davis]

So the Cardinals are still longshots. Needed Carolina to lose today as they have the tiebreaker over them. Need the 49ers to lose tomorrow or Saints lose next Sunday to the Bucs for their game against the 49ers to mean playoffs.

[browna]

Blown call or not, Wilson better get his act together or he's going to be responsible for this team not getting to where they should be after all world defensive performances.

He's walked the tightrope too many times and had his defense, receivers or Lynch bail him out too many times this year after barely adequate performances.

Why didn't he run today? Why take sacks hanging onto the ball too long? Too many balls high and outside or coming out too hot. Looked like he had no idea what he was doing, and without a reciever like Kearese making two great catches on poorly thrown balls, the already poor stats would look worse.

This defense is as good as as it's ever been in Seattle, and the Cards made one play to win the game, good on them. The fact that it was down to one play, after 4 INT's earlier in the game, is simply unacceptable. And that is all on Wilson today.

In one sense, am glad that they got punked at home, against a good ARI team. Better than choking like this in the playoffs....but given Wilson's so/so performances this year, this isn't an outlier that can't happen again. Toss in a turnover or two or the defense not coming up with all those turnovers, and all the hard work that Seattle's done this season, and last, could go up in smoke if they don't smarten up quickly on offense...and that begin and ends with Wilson.

[Senator Clay Davis]

And for fun the Packers stay alive with a tie as well. Would be hilarious to see them get in at 8-6-2

[browna]

Originally Posted by Red John

Seahawks lose. Will be nice to not have to hear about "Legion of Boom" and other dumb stuff like that for a week.

Still they are favourites to come out of the NFC.

Legion of Boom, being the defense, is alive and well. 4 INT's 3 sacks, holding ARI to 3 FG's in the redzone. Singlehandledly keeping the Seahawks in the game. Palmer made one throw with a great catch to win the game.


It's Wilson's smarts and ability that can, and should be examined. He's look decidedly average the last month, and inexplicably today, the lack of him taking off with the ball meant that the Seahakws didn't have that thread, didn't get those yards/firstdowns/momentum that those provide. Just over 100 yards passing...2 runs for 30 yards. Not nearly enough. 71 hard yards for Lynch.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Wow disaster for the Packers. Lions in trouble. Bears could have a clear path tonight.

[Red John]

Originally Posted by browna

Legion of Boom, being the defense, is alive and well. 4 INT's 3 sacks, holding ARI to 3 FG's in the redzone. Singlehandledly keeping the Seahawks in the game. Palmer made one throw with a great catch to win the game.


It's Wilson's smarts and ability that can, and should be examined. He's look decidedly average the last month, and inexplicably today, the lack of him taking off with the ball meant that the Seahakws didn't have that thread, didn't get those yards/firstdowns/momentum that those provide. Just over 100 yards passing...2 runs for 30 yards. Not nearly enough. 71 hard yards for Lynch.

Thing is the defense allows Wilson the luxury of being good not great, as long as he makes 3 or 4 plays when he needs to, either with his legs or arm. He did neither today, but bad games happen. Even Peyton Manning has looked ordinary a couple times this year. Wilson's not a stats machine though, he just usually goes out and makes enough plays to win.

About the D. Carson Palmer made some awful throws today so that's on him more than the D. His mistakes made Arians stay super conservative keeping the ball on the ground making it easy for the Seahawks to load up the box. Frankly Palmer only made two plays all game - the throw on the run on 3rd and 8 and the late TD.

Wouldn't be too worried about Russell and the offense - they had a bad game to the point that they couldn't even make the 2-3 big plays they usually do. That's more of an outlier.

Anyways not sure what the point of this post was, just ramblings. Wouldn't be worried as a Seahawks fan though.

[OILFAN #81]

Baltimore is about to lose to NE. Baltimore plays in Cincinnati next week. If they win, they are in the playoffs. If they lose, they need Miami to lose to the Jets, and San Diego to lose to the Chiefs. Going to be interesting.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Lions mercifully put to rest, and Schwartz now has to be finished. A lose-win situation. Packers blow it as well, going offside on 4th down, Pittsburgh will bleed the clock and kick the FG. Bears playing for the division tonight.

[Red John]

Green Bay self-destructing despite the league's best efforts.