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***OFFICIAL*** - 2008-09 NFL Regular Season / Playoffs / SUPER BOWL Discussion Thread

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Just like you've seen....here is our OFFICIAL all-things NFL discussion thread! It's all going down in here: regular season, playoffs, SUPER BOWL, trades, rumors, officiating, EVERYTHING!

I know we've got some passionate NFL fans on this board, so get to discussing the upcoming NFL season!

Should be very interesting...

HERE WE GO!


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#42 ·
I'm going to cringe everytime Merriman takes the field- I really really do not want to see the replay on ESPN over and over again of the potential damage he could do to his knee if injured worse.


College football just started, gots my fantasy draft tonight and the NFL starts in 3 days, UFC 88 on Saturday- just freaking awesome. :thumb02:​
 
#43 ·
Sorry for the double post but I just got back from my FF draft and here it is(I was drafting 10th out of 10):

1- Marshawn Lynch(RB)(was sooo happy to nab him)
2- Clinton Portis(RB)
3- Thomas Jones(RB)
4- Jamaal Lewis(RB)
5- Roy Williams(WR)
6- Jay Cutler(QB)
7- LenDale White(RB)
8- Tony Gonzales(TE)
9- Santana Moss(WR)
10-Roddy White(WR)
11-Donald Driver(WR)
12-LeDell Betts(RB)(handcuff pick)
13-Jacksonville Defense
14-Andre Hall(RB)(Flyer pick)
15- Jason Hanson(K)


Obviously I go heavy on RB to set up trades later on- will look to trade with a RB-poor team and steal an quality WR. Your thoughts?​
 
#44 ·
I think WR's are very weak this year. I wouldn't have recommended doing what you did because of that. So many guys are out of their prime right now, injured, or suspended...and not enough young guys have come up. For you to trade for a stud WR, it'll cost you too much in RB I think. If all those RB's produce, than it won't be a big deal. Bottomline thought, if picking was easy it wouldn't be fun. Take a look at my team, 3rd pick, 10 team league, point per reception and 2 RB/3 WR

Adrian Peterson
Andre Johnson
Reggie Bush
Calvin Johnson
Thomas Jones
Chad Johnson
Julius Jones
Bernard Berrian
Chester Taylor
Todd Heap
Justin Gage
Jerry Porter
Marc Bulger
Tatum Bell (just dropped and picked up Rudi)
Matt Hasselbeck
Ravens
Matt Bryant

I was pretty excited to get Bulger and Hasslebeck in the 13th and 15th rounds.
 
#45 ·
Hett- that seems like a solid draft. :thumbsup:​

Did ya'll hear about Tatum Bell and him swiping Rudi Johnson's bags? It was hilarious- if you didn't hear about- Rudi comes in and is meeting with the head coach with his bags right outside the office- Tatum who was released because of Rudi walks by and steals his two bags. They check security tapes and see it was Tatum and confront him but don't press charges. Dude gets cut and then tries to steal the guy's, who is replacing him, bags. Nice. :thumb02:​


Woot-WOOT!! First game tonight fellas!! We've got it all now- first college now the NFL. I freaking love this time of year. :thumbsup:

EDIT: Here's the full Tatum story:
Stealing Underwear, Tatum Bell Style
"I got the bags back -- empty. So he's got a bunch of my underclothes. What he's going to do with that, I don't know. He's got some socks and boxers." - Lions RB Rudi Johnson

Way to make a stand, Tatum Bell. Nothing proves a point like stealing another man's used underwear. Wait. What?

- Jeff



Article of the day

Tatum Bell "accidently" steals Rudi Johnson's bags
submitted by buddha_sak on September 03, 2008 (Sports Crackle Pop)
Tatum Bell isn't happy about the thought of losing his job to Rudi Johnson. So what does he do? According to ProFootballTalk, he stole Rudi Johnson's bags.

"Johnson left his bags outside CEO Matt Millen's office while he met with team officials and, ultimately, worked out a deal with the team. So when Johnson came back to get his bags, they were nowhere to be found. Johnson and Millen were stumped. The team checked the videotapes generated by the team's in-house surveillance system, and they quickly identified the culprit. So who might it have been? None other than Tatum Bell."

Bell took the bags to the house of a female friend. The bags have since been returned and no charges will be pressed. Tatum, grow the F up! This was just a juvenile way to handle the situation. If someone comes in and tries to take your job: work harder!
Categories (4): NFL, Tatum Bell, Rudi Johnson, Detroit Lions
 
#46 ·
Hett - nice draft. I am curious to know who the first two people picked instead of Adrian Peterson.

Walker - I like your strategy about the RB's and WR's...I disagree with Hett and think that you will be able to get a good WR, especially if someone wasn't paying attention with bye weeks. I think a good week to move would be about week 4 or 5.

Stoked about the games tonight. SEC play opens up USC vs Vandy and NFC east showdown. I picked up Jason Campbell as a 2nd QB in the league we have on MMA forum (2 starting QB's), so I will be watching to see if I need to go get JT Sullivan instead. I expect him to do alrigt in Zorn's offense, but probably going to be relying on the run in the first few weeks.
 
#47 ·
Yup- ZZ normally I wait a few weeks to see how my team is doing and then I see if I need to upgrade at WR or QB more and then pick on a struggling weak RB team to pluck the one(s) I want.​

I thought ya'll might enjoy this- it is from the "smacktalk" section on my FF site between a buddy and I. Trouble is the site was experiencing some technical issues that results in some wacked posts:​



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ze any of your players. Who are these guys and did you draft from the WNBA or NFL? Pfft...Trust me from last year- Westbrook SUCKS!!​


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Russell Dauer [Sep 4, 2:19p]: yeah this message thing sucks (like your mom)​
 
#49 ·
I have LT and Westbrook both ahead of AP. AP isn't consistent enough for me to take second, even if he gets more points in the end compared to westbrook. Just checkout his game by game scoring from last year.

Here's my money league draft, 7th pick, 12 teams

1. Addai
2. Braylon
3. Ryan Grant
4. Thomas Jones
5. Chris Cooley
6. Brandon Marshall
7. Jerricho Cotcherry
8. Roddy White
9. Garrard
10. Chris Johnson
11. Pats D
12. Kitna
13. Gage (Dropped for Chris Perry)
14. Kicker

Really like Chris Johnson this year and Brandon Marshall to be huge. Top 7 WR for sure (I drafted before he was going to have only 1 game suspension). Cotcherry is going to be big too, Favre is building a better connection with him over Coles.

And I 100% disagree with you Hett, I think WRs are going to be even huger than last year. Braylon, Andre, Calvin, Colston, Reggie Wayne, even Roddy WHite, Santonio Holmes, Marshall, and Cotcherry are all prime to jump into in as number 1 WRs. And those are only some of the young guys.
 
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#51 ·
Interesting to see how everyone's drafts played out. My draft went WR-heavy pretty early on with one guy taking Moss and TO in rounds 1 and 2. I picked 5th in a 10 team league with 2RB/3WR and this is what I got (these arent in round order):

Hasselbeck
Addai
McFadden (had to take him since I am a razorbacks fan)
Wayne
Holt
Boldin
Ben Watson
Colts
Kaeding

Favre
Fred Taylor
Kenny Watson
Santana Moss
James Jones
Toomer
Ahmad Bradshaw
 
#54 ·
In our draft I couldn't believe that AP went 4th and Westbrook went 5th. I'm playing the lucky bastard this week who had Westbrook land in his lap there. :mad:

We don't do the PPR but I would rather have the dual threat(and points) that Westbrook generates- he can get shut down in the run and still blow up in the passing game. Provided his knee holds up he's in for another monster year. What doubly sucks for my match-up this week is that the Eagles are without their top 2 WRs- so what does that mean? F!! A huge workload for Westbrook the week I'm facing him. :thumbsdown:​


Oh and Washington's offense sucks balls. Zorn admitted he hadn't even put in a 2 minute offense?!?! :sign04:

Nice going Zorn I guessed you missed the memo on that whole preseason thingy and what to install. I will be actively seeking to trade Portis and Moss- thanks Zorn and don't let the door hit you in your ass after you're fired this year: :bye02:​
 
#56 ·
Oh and Washington's offense sucks balls. Zorn admitted he hadn't even put in a 2 minute offense?!?! :sign04:
Yeah that was somewhat hard to watch. I was like "what the hell are they doing? They werent even trying speed up their huddles even if they didnt have a hurry-up offense ready. Glad I dont have to start any Redskins.
 
#59 ·
Oh man this is brutal- (in FF)not one of our teams is over 100 pts. except the guy's team that I am playing- and he has 163 pts and counting. Everyone of his backs scored at least 2 TDs(He started Westbrook, M. Turner and W. Parker) and all went off for yardage as the extra kick to the groin.

Suffice to say I will be 0-1, oh well. Lotta blow-outs for opening day. The Rams and the Redskins should match-up for the worst team playoff.​
 
#60 ·
Reports are that Tom Brady tore his ACL and will be out for the season.
 
#62 ·
YEAH BOY, my panthers came through and beat the heavy faviorte Chargers. My boy Delhome is back and threw for 256 yards and our defense was great. Just think we didn't even have Steve Smith on the feild.
 
#63 ·
Chargers Panthers game was CRAZY. And that was without Steve Smith. Jake Delhomme is a little sicko, doing that well after coming back from Tommy John surgery. Props.

And what about those rookie RBs eh? They all looked great today (maybe not so much for Smith, but he still got a TD). Let's hope that DMC can follow up and do just as good as all the others have today. Forte looked sharp but most of his yardage came on that huge run. Felix Jones also looked great, I had a hard time telling the difference between him and Barber, bruisers that are tough to take down and like to bull doze. But I have to admit, Chris Johnson impressed me the most going against the toughest D. Did great running and catching the ball and he will be huge one day, and believe it or not, I have him inked for rookie of the year (had him inked before the season even started).

As for fantasy, Addai let me down. Actually no, the Colts gameplan let me down. They never ran the ball when they should and passed way way too much overall in the first quarter and half. Addai looked solid running the ball, but that Colts O-line did not look good at all. I'm ahead 29 points in my league but the other team has AP and Cutler left to go so I'm nervous. Predicting <225 yards, 1 TD, 1 Int for cutler and 80 rush yards 20 rec yards 1 TD for AP...which would give me a 1 point victory. Oh god...I don't like my chances :(
 
#67 ·
ahhhh took me all of 2 quarters to not give a damn about the Texans. same team different year
Well, if they are the same team as last year, then that gives us a decent chance at the playoffs. Remember, we were relatively close without Andre for soooo many games and also Schaubless for many games as well. If anything, we looked like we regressed, but it's only one game. I mean, chargers lost, colts lost, but I'm sure they can comeback too. Give it time bro.
 
#69 ·
I wasn't shocked Houston lost- starting off on the road against Pittsburg is very tough- but I was surprised that it was non-competitive as it was. I expected Houston to hang with them for awhile but eventually lose. Worse sign from the game- the run defense- they were simply gutted and when a team can run at will it pretty much seals the deal unless turnovers are a factor. They really need to shore that up.​

Royal looked awesome last night- DeAngelo Hall is considered one of the best cover-cornerbacks in the league and Royal made him look like the rookie. Looks good for me fantast-wise when Cutler can have that good of a game w/o Brandon Marshall.​

Even though I'm a fan of Favre- was good to see Rogers do well last night. The kid has so much pressure on him this year. That was a good start.​

VY is not looking good. :(


EDIT: It was just announced that Shawn Merriman is shutting it down for the season and will be placed on IR this week. Sucks for the Chargers but I think this is best for his career.​
 
#72 ·
YEAH!! How bout them Panthers. Delhome did it again and came back in the 4th to win the game against the Bears and they did it without Steve Smith. Now we get him back cause his 2 game supension is up, war Carolina!
 
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