NFL Week 3 Thread

Paully D

Yesterday was exactly five years to the day since Tate caught the "Fail Mary" pass. Crazy coincidence given what happened in the Lions/Falcons game!

JaMarcusHustle

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I didn't see his knee down or any significant part of his body. I'm baffled still after watching it again as broadcast.

I didn't see it at first either, but if you go back and look at the replay, you can see his knee is down short of the goal line and then comes back up again, almost as if he pushes himself off of it.

thomond2006

Darren Sproles tore his ACL and broke his arm on the same play. :eek:

Itssoeasy

thomond2006 wrote: »

Darren Sproles tore his ACL and broke his arm on the same play. :eek:

What ? Ah **** that's a horrible luck.

Knex*

Itssoeasy wrote: »

What ? Ah **** that's a horrible luck.

Pretty much the only tackle Thompson was able to make all game as well, to make matters worse.

Sproles will be 35 before the next season starts. Think that's retirement for him now?

helimachoptor

You'd have to assume so. He's had a good career and hopefully he's looked after himself financially. Do the rehab and enjoy your money

Itssoeasy

helimachoptor wrote: »

You'd have to assume so. He's had a good career and hopefully he's looked after himself financially. Do the rehab and enjoy your money

Yeah, there are a lot of miles on the clock and an ACL is a big thing and at north of 30 it's a big ask.

Hococop

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Yeah, there are a lot of miles on the clock and an ACL is a big thing and at north of 30 it's a big ask.

From what I remember he said he was done after this season with us, horrible way to finish his career, any word on Fletcher cox?

eagle eye

Sproles had already announced that this was his last season. Horrible way for it to end.

Billy86

Really horrible, and only a few hundred all purpose yards shy of 20,000 for his career. Some career he had, all the same - one of the most exciting players of the last 10-12 years to watch.

Itssoeasy

Hococop wrote: »

From what I remember he said he was done after this season with us, horrible way to finish his career, any word on Fletcher cox?

Day to day according to Doug Pederson.

Real shame I think he has a bad speavh impediment also which would likely prevent him going into media. Hopefully he can get into coaching he's a very high iq player and probably one of the only players that is still underrated after getting the underrated label

MileHighGuy

Missed out on all the flag talk yesterday, so looking forward to some MNF National Anthem talk for the next couple of hours.

MileHighGuy

Great start for Arizona, and lovely touch on the throw from Palmer. Looked very calm in the pocket there.

MileHighGuy

Big break there for Dallas, could've been 14-0 down but for the penalty, then should have been 10-0 down but for a missed chip shot field goal. Only 7-0 down and get the ball back.

Realt Dearg Sec

Arizona D have looked really tough so far, my first time watching them this season. They'll need the offense to step it up, this kind of thing isn't sustainable if they are on the field all night.

MileHighGuy

Cardinals D giving Dallas a huge helping hand with two dumb penalties. Offside followed by the personal foul on back to back plays. Crazy.

dfx-

great catch by Fitzgerald

TheDoctor

TheDoctor wrote: »

Rams v 49ers
Texans v Patriots
Ravens v Jags
Falcons v Lions
Steelers v Bears
Buccaneers v Vikings
Saints v Panthers
Browns v Colts
Dolphins v Jets
Giants v Eagles
Broncos v Bills
Seahawks v Titans
Bengals v Packers
Chiefs v Chargers
Raiders v Redskins
Cowboys v Cardinals

It's a shocker this week 7-9

29-18 for the season

paulie21

paulie21 wrote: »

18-13 on year

Rams v 49ers
Texans v Patriots
Ravens v Jags
Falcons v Lions
Steelers v Bears
Buccaneers v Vikings
Saints v Panthers
Browns v Colts
Dolphins v Jets
Giants v Eagles
Broncos v Bills
Seahawks v Titans
Bengals v Packers
Chiefs v Chargers
Raiders v Redskins
Cowboys v Cardinals

8-8 making me 26-21 on season

Lionbacker

Lionbacker wrote: »

Rams v 49ers
Texans v Patriots
Ravens v Jags
Falcons v Lions
Steelers v Bears
Buccaneers v Vikings
Saints v Panthers
Browns v Colts
Dolphins v Jets
Giants v Eagles
Broncos v Bills
Seahawks v Titans
Bengals v Packers
Chiefs v Chargers
Raiders v Redskins
Cowboys v Cardinals

Lots of upsets this week, so only got 8-8.
31-16 for the season.

Sullysark

Jerry Jones taking a kneel. FairPlay sir.

Son Of A Vidic

Sullysark wrote: »

Jerry Jones taking a kneel. FairPlay sir.

My dislike of Jones has been put on the record in this forum long ago. But something strange happened last night, he went and earned my admiration and respect. Post match, he kept emphasising unity and equality. So I had to raise a glass...

brinty

Son Of A Vidic wrote: »

My dislike of Jones has been put on the record in this forum long ago. But something strange happened last night, he went and earned my admiration and respect. Post match, he kept emphasising unity and equality. So I had to raise a glass...

I'll admit as a cowboys fan i didn't expect that from Jeremiah, but fair bloody play to him

Anyways, important win for the cowboys last night, four touchdowns three receiving against one of the top ten defenses is very good. Would be nice for us to have a crap defence coming up soon....

Hazys

Same here, never been a fan of Jerry but that was a great and well thought out gesture. They provided what I thought was a good alternative to kneeling during the anthem but they got booed anyway. Shows that the don't disrespect the troops narrative is just a bunch of BS to hide their true narrative.

conor222

conor222 wrote: »

Rams v 49ers
Texans v Patriots
Ravens v Jags
Falcons v Lions
Steelers v Bears
Buccaneers v Vikings
Saints v Panthers
Browns v Colts
Dolphins v Jets
Giants v Eagles
Broncos v Bills
Seahawks v Titans
Bengals v Packers
Chiefs v Chargers
Raiders v Redskins
Cowboys v Cardinals

Ooof, 7-9 this week, brings it to 29 - 18 on the season :pac:

MileHighGuy

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Rams v 49ers
Texans v Patriots
Ravens v Jags
Falcons v Lions
Steelers v Bears
Buccaneers v Vikings
Saints v Panthers
Browns v Colts
Dolphins v Jets
Giants v Eagles
Broncos v Bills
Seahawks v Titans
Bengals v Packers
Chiefs v Chargers
Raiders v Redskins
Cowboys v Cardinals

8-8 seems about par for the course this week, 31-16 overall.

A reminder, if we needed one, about the importance of home field advantage in the NFL. 7 of my 8 incorrect predictions were home winners (and likely underdogs). I had read previously, that one of the best value bets against the spread, historically speaking, is the home underdog, that it is still the one thing that is undervalued by bookies and bettors alike.

Son Of A Vidic

Son Of A Vidic wrote: »

My dislike of Jones has been put on the record in this forum long ago. But something strange happened last night, he went and earned my admiration and respect. Post match, he kept emphasising unity and equality. So I had to raise a glass...

But that's not the message that the protest is about at all. It's just people now joining it for some fuzzy feel good stuff.

Similarly the Packers released a statement referring to unity and even incorporating references to the police. That's a complete fudge.

Unity? Kaep did not take a knee for "unity". It was to protest police brutality.

I think ultimately what the Packers, Jones and others are doing is diluting the issue so much that pretty soon even Trump will ra ra for love and unity, it'll be knees taken for this cause or that before the anthem but all stand for the anthem and the message will be forgotten.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Rams v 49ers
Texans v Patriots
Ravens v Jags
Falcons v Lions
Steelers v Bears
Buccaneers v Vikings
Saints v Panthers
Browns v Colts
Dolphins v Jets
Giants v Eagles
Broncos v Bills
Seahawks v Titans
Bengals v Packers
Chiefs v Chargers
Raiders v Redskins
Cowboys v Cardinals

9-7 this week not bad considering there were a couple of upsets out there.

Son Of A Vidic

Deleted User wrote: »

Similarly the Packers released a statement referring to unity and even incorporating references to the police. That's a complete fudge.

Nothing similar to what Jones kept saying post game then. His repeated use of the word and emphasis on 'equality' doesn't need any translation, it's pretty clear what he meant, nothing was fudged.

Realt Dearg Sec

Son Of A Vidic wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

Similarly the Packers released a statement referring to unity and even incorporating references to the police. That's a complete fudge.

Nothing similar to what Jones kept saying post game then. His repeated use of the word and emphasis on 'equality' doesn't need any translation, it's pretty clear what he meant, nothing was fudged.

Did he talk about police brutality, that it is a systemic problem that disproportionately affects black people and that the protest was specifically addressing that problem? Because if not then it's a fudge, and effectively renders the whole protest toothless, effacing what it originally meant and making it more palatable.

Christy42

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Did he talk about police brutality, that it is a systemic problem that disproportionately affects black people and that the protest was specifically addressing that problem? Because if not then it's a fudge, and effectively renders the whole protest toothless, effacing what it originally meant and making it more palatable.

I don't know. I took it is as a I don't agree with the issues (or does not actually think it is an issue) they are protesting for but I support their right to protest.

Of course maybe he sees the importance of keeping the players on side and did it to stop any sort of split instead.

Realt Dearg Sec

Christy42 wrote: »

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Did he talk about police brutality, that it is a systemic problem that disproportionately affects black people and that the protest was specifically addressing that problem? Because if not then it's a fudge, and effectively renders the whole protest toothless, effacing what it originally meant and making it more palatable.

I don't know. I took it is as a I don't agree with the issues (or does not actually think it is an issue) they are protesting for but I support their right to protest.

Of course maybe he sees the importance of keeping the players on side and did it to stop any sort of split instead.

Yeah I don't actually really doubt that Jones means well, as such, and that he and other owners genuinely want to stand with their players when they are having their character called into question and so on. It's just that to do that almost requires of them that they try and de-fang the whole protest, because they don't want to actually support the original aims of the protest, just to protest the comments of trump (or if we're more cynical, to be seen not to be on Trump's side in that kind of view of the players as easily fired meat)