The Official 08\09 NFL Football Thread

[BobombETA]

Wow Dallas fucking sucks this week LMAO.


Congrats on your Eagles. I might just root for the in the playoffs.


My Bills had a disappointing season. Hopefully it means a new HC.

[mrsleeve]

WOW the fucking loins, I am ashamed to admit it but I have been a life long lions fan always will be an this year they disgust me to no end.

[E30nate]

i cant believe the giants lost to minnisota! pretty boring game to watch though.

[jflip2002]

Giants benched eli after the first half....

Sad what happened to the Lions, I usually pull for them. Theyre the only other team I do pull for, since I lived in Detroit for a little while. At least they get top pick at a franchise QB.

[Danny]

I gotta say flipper, the eagles played a hell of a game.

How about them niners too huh?

[Turf1600]

Yeah, the eagles earned it. I didn't realize it was a Dallas/Philly thing or I'd have rooted for philly. My hate for dallas is boundless. Plus, the Texans would have had to lose for philly to be out.

[jflip2002]

As much asI talked shit about the Texans (I still dont like them), that offense looks solid. Johnson is a fucking BEAST.

[MikeK]

Goooooooooooo broncos!

[jflip2002]

Jay Cutler is a scumbag, I dislike him very much.

So like I predicted... Eagles beat the Colts in the SB.

[jflip2002]

Colts beat the chargers
Falcons beat the Cardinals
Ravens beat the Dolphins
Eagles destroy the Vikings

Bet the house on it.

[Turf1600]

The only one that's iffy is the eagles and the vikings - imo. Barring a huge upset the rest are a given.

[jflip2002]

I thought the only real givens were the Colts and the Eagles. But I understand I am biased. This is going to be an ugly game. The Vikings' dline is very scary, but nothing else on their team (besides AD) is intimidating in the least. If AD goes off, we're screwed. Keep him in check, and I dont see there being a way we lose this game.

[Jb325is]

I don't think there is any "givens"... SD always plays the Colts hard and now that Tomlinson is 100% healthy they may be able to actually score some points. If the Colts offense plays like it should they will win.

On paper the Falcons should beat the Cardinals.. Atlanta's secondary is suspect though, if John Abraham isn't 100% and they can't get pressure on Warner then it could be a good game. But I do believe that Atlanta will be able to put up a lot of points in this game.

Ravens/Dolpins may be the closest game. Miami is going to have to do some crazy shit to move the ball much on Baltimore though. I'd say this game hinges on Joe Flacco.

I have no idea about the Eagles. One week they look amazing and the next they look like complete shit. Tavaris Jackson needs to have a big game for Minnesota because AP can't do it by himself against the Philly defense.

[jflip2002]

So you chose all the teams we chose, while appearing to disagree.

Id just say that Joe Flacco wont have much to do with the game. It'll be all defense, and all running. Atlantas secondary can be suspect, but what does that matter if AZ cant block, and cant stop the run? 8 in a row for the colts, and SD hasnt looked impressive in any wins (denver doesnt count, their Defense blows).

As far as philly... one week we look amazing, the next we look like shit.... They looked like shit one game out of the last 4. If Minn is counting on Tavaris to win the game, there's zero chance. For them to beat Philly, AD WILL HAVE TO do it all himself. If I ran 50 plays as a viking, 46 would be runs, 4 would be play actions. Philly can pretty much have 8 in the box, and make sure Berrian doesnt get by you.

[Jb325is]

I didn't disagree, just said its hard to be confident enough to say its a given. My picks this week were:

Falcons
Eagles
Colts
Dolphins

I wanted to pick the Chargers but couldn't do it

To your edit:

Arizona has had some huge offensive games this year and the Falcons have been gapped up in the secondary in a few. I think ATL will win, but I don't expect it to be a defensive struggle.

That's why I said Flacco is the key, he's the quarterback. If he can take care of the ball I think they should win, although I hope they don't

Jackson has been playing well since coming back and if he can throw the ball the Peterson might have some room to run. If Dawkins plays like he did last week there is no chance either way.