CRASHER Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Two weeks to go in the Regular Season…..Good God this always goes so fast doesn’t it? (And I always say it about a hundred times in the last month of the year too….I know….when you get older you’ll understand, though I do enjoy the shock of seeing the “HOLY sh!t you’re 42?!?!?!?” reaction….never gets old!! What will get old though is this stream of crappy Prime Time Football we’re getting (damn, lookit that segue….yes I actually stopped and patted myself on the back…it was epic!)….we’re getting some MAJOR games on Sunday…and more Johnny Backup….so I guess it’s good that Thursday and Saturday are gonna play crap filter for the weekend, might as well get to it!!! Thursday Dec 18: Tennessee at Jacksonville: Holy sweet hopping crap….2-10….meets….2-10….this game is so horrible on paper that the NFL Network is interviewing the guy who’s gonna sing the National Anthem…..and making it into Kariokee….yeah this is gonna be pretty awful….not to mention the Titans are running out of Quarterbacks…..wait…you mean I gotta do a football breakdown here??? *sigh*….the Jaguars do have their QB in place, some good Receivers, and they do play hard at least…..and the Titans are First Pick overall kinda dreadful…..and how do you spell victory? Let the other team roll out Charlie Whitehurst as the damn starter…. (**edit** I posted this at half time....I look pretty foolish here ) Winner: Jaguars Game Quality: DUD (you know it’s bad when I’m letting Jamie take me out for B-Day Dinner during this) Saturday Dec 20: Philadelphia at REDSKINS: Mark Sanchez vs RG III….I don’t know what will be higher, the TV Rating …..or the total turnovers….oh boy…..It would be nice if Griffin was ACTUALLY the biggest problem with the Redskins…but a garbage offensive line and a swiss cheese at best defense on the other side of the ball….good Christ I’m a bitter person picking the REDSKINS to win the NFC East just because they ended the season with Dallas….. though watch the REDSKINS troll us all and beat Phily AND Dallas and screw everything up….ha! Am I picking that to happen??? HELLS NO….but damn it would be funny right??? Winner: Eagles Game Quality: ** ½ (Rivalry, and angry REDSKIN fans….I’m sold!) San Diego at San Francisco: The Chargers are falling apart on the field…..injured players all over (Allen, Matthews, any center they can grab off the street and now Phillip Rivers is hurting too)….the 49ers are hurting on AND off the field….Gore and Hyde got beat up last week…..and let’s not forget the 49er MOMENT OF MORALITY….amazing how it took being eliminated from the playoffs and the season over for the Niners to have had enough of Ray McDonald and NOW they cut him….I’m sure that was a moment of convenience with that investigation too….righhttt….The University of Michgan is already backing up the money truck at Harbaugh (and it probably is time for him to go….coaches like him have a shelf life after all)….sadly for the 49ers, Kapernick is still healthy….and he’s gonna have to throw the ball….and the Chargers DO have something to play for still…this could be one of those games where the Niners just quit….especially if they get behind early….this has train wreck of gloriousness written all over it….it may be horrible….but it’s gonna be a FUN kinda awful! Winner: Chargers Game Quality: ** (this has massive anti-footballs potentials!) Sunday Dec 21: 1pm: Cleveland at Carolina: DEREK ANDERSON’S REVENGE!!!!! (Hell might as well play him, or does he have some weird contract thing where he only gets to beat up on Tampa Bay?)…..I don’t think the Panthers should rush back Cam….especially not against this defense, and Anderson’s done fine….and not to mention Johnny Backup is gonna make life easy on the Carolina Defense….it’s amazing with how horrid Manzell was last week…maybe it justified Brian Hoyer more….yeah he was awful the last month….but that offensive line has fallen to crap since Alex Mack’s injury put him on the IR for the season….The Browns defense is still solid, but there’s only so many AW sh!t the QB screwed up AGAIN moments they can suffer before they just fold over and die too….and sadly….the Panthers are still thinking playoffs (cue that epic speech please!)….and Cleveland has punched out putting Johnny Clueless in there…… Winner: Panthers Game Quality: ** Detroit at Chicago: JIMMY CLAUSEN?!?!?!? Really??? Seriously??? I thought Manzell was the bottom of the barrel….heh, look at the level of crap QB’s I’ve had to talk about so far this week…. Whitehurst….Manzell…. Kapernick….now they pulled Clausen out of the moth balls…..oiii…..Clausen hasn’t won a game since the Cold War ended….seriously….and he’s gonna go against the Lions D??? Yeah….that’s all I need to know here….there’s more train wrecks to watch this week then getting a gift of the all the WWE Films Direct to DVD movie collection….. Winner: Lions Game Quality: * Baltimore at Houston: ….I had to stop and take a second, because this is actually some relevant football and I get to talk about a game that matters as opposed to mocking the garbage presented in front of me!!!....and damn me to hell I almost don’t know what to do with it….*sigh*….anti-football overload…..so ummm…lemme thumb through some stats….the Ravens are LAST in pass defense and 3rd in sacks….how the hell is that possible?? (Maybe Manta can come out of his coma and spin this one)…and 3rd in run defense….sounds like boom or bust there and we know how erratic the Ravens are on the road…here lemme talk about the Texican defense too…. JJ Watt….k, I’m done! I was gonna say something nice about Ryan Fitzpatrick but I had totally forgotten he’s on IR now (D’oh)….so it’s either Case Keenum this week or Thad Lewis (you know the guy who couldn’t beat out EJ Manuel or Jeff Tuel on the Bills….yeaahhh)……based on that QB situation alone, I’ll take the purple haze and realize this game is gonna suck a LOT more then I first expected it too….ha! Winner: Ravens Game Quality: ** (This is GAME OF THE YEAR based on the crap before this!) Minnesota at Miami: The Dolphins have been easy to figure out this year….they look good and solid in the first half….then they watch whatever crappy half time show is on in the stadium….they get lulled into a coma and get curb stomped in the second half…..six weeks ago this looked like a no brainer for the Dolphins….that was then….now the Vikings are playing decent football and have a legit chance at 8-8 this year (Miami and Chicago)….with having to go to Bridgewater earlier than planned and not having a certain Running Back who shalt not be mentioned most of the year either and being in a total rebuild mode….8-8 is pretty damned awesome…..and possible….Miami follows the formula….the Vikings stay on the path to 8-8…. Winner: Vikings Game Quality: * ¾ Atlanta at New Orleans: ‘tis the EPIC BATTLE FOR WORST PLACE SUPREMACY!!!!!!!!!! Holy crap. How the hell so I take the Saints at home….or trust Atlanta and that crappy defense to stop ANY team twice?? (they did whip the Saints at home in week 1, which should be a bigger red flag then a girl asking you after a few drinks to rate her on a scale of One to Ten with how she looks….oi Kelly….) ….and the only thing that made the Saints offense look competent this year was the Bears defense…that’s not very reassuring…..at least these teams hate each other to high holy hell…should make for a good game….and SOMEONE has to be awarded this playoff spot (I REFUSE to call this ‘winning a division’….its more losing more lesser than the other idiots)….I guess I’ll go for my chaos theory and root and expect the team with the crappier record to win just to stick the nail in the 10-6 team that will miss the playoffs in the NFC a lil bit more! Winner: Falcons Game Quality: ** ¾ New England at NY Jets: …blah blah….Jets play them tough….blah blah….big rivalry….but then you look at the teams….it’s Geno Smith vs the Pats D that has been kinda epic of late….and the Jet secondary against Tom Brady….yeah….this could get ugly people….. Winner: Patriots Game Quality: DUD (time to go have a fraking snack and move on to the next one) Kansas City at Pittsburgh: Ohhhh, another “elimination game” ….whoever loses this one is pretty much done….oh my God it’s scary that the leading receiver for the Steelers (Brown 115/1498) has DOUBLE the stats of the Chiefs’ top receiver (Kelce 56/747) …and the more I look at the Chiefs and especially comparing it to a good offense like the Steelers, the more you realize…hot damn they have a massive pop-gun offense!!!! Add in some home cooking, the much better QB and coaching staff….and even with the crap-tastic defense the Steelers put out there….if you have a bad secondary and the other team’s QB doesn’t throw past ten yards….does it really matter how bad your corners are?? I just get the feeling the Steeler offense will overwhelm the Chiefs D by leaving them out on the field forever….and Ben’s gonna troll me for that ZERO TD effort last week…. *grumble* and light up the Chiefs……which means KC got no chance…. Winner: Steelers Game Quality: *** ¾ Green Bay at Tampa Bay: WHY THE HELL COULDN’T THIS GAME BE LAST WEEK GOD DAMMIT!?!??!?!?! ARGH….yes I’m Jordy Nelson raging….goddammit be glad it took THIS long to get to it ….that one stupid drop pretty much cost me a trip to the finals and a thousand bucks…..I have a right to be sour….least I didn’t throw my Blackberry across the room this time…..anyway…. *sigh*….this game is a scheduled weekly ass kicking and not much more need be said about it….well except for fantasy football rage… *le sigh* Winner: Packers Game Quality: DUD 4pm: NY Giants at St Louis: Thank God, Dallas and Indy is on CBS….ain’t nobody gonna be watching THIS one…..oh wait, we’re supposed to oogle and ooohhh and ahhhhh at mister Sticky Gloves and his overrated one handed catches that are gonna hype him into an Offensive Rookie of the Year he has NO business in winning (yes this is going to annoy more than that fraking Salsa that Victor Cruz does….deal with it!)…however the Giants DO have O-line issues and if St Louis can do anything it’s pressure the QB and win the trenches battle….and not much else….the Rams should be a bit pissed after crapping that bed 11 days before in the game with Arizona …..Tre Mason should be better this week since he too ruined a LOT of Fantasy Football weeks before they even started last week and I’d really expect a bounce back team from the team that always plays well when nothing’s on the line…..don’t worry, St Louis, you always have MB30 stat padding to look forward to also! Winner: Rams Game Quality: ** (Seeing how the Rams rebound might be interesting) Buffalo at Oakland: So the Raiders got wrecked last week and the Bills pulled the OMG UPSETS OF THE YEAR SPECIAL *sigh* in beating the Packers at home….it’s funny how Sanborn is coming East and the Bills go West….maybe that’s best for Buffalo….avoid the hometown hex! I don’t see the Raider offensive line doing ANYTHING to protect Carr or get that running game going and this is a rare game we expect Buffalo to win that they actually SHOULD win….a few rKo’s and even a lil CJ Spiller and the Bills should be able to coast in this one….not like it’s a Super Bowl or anything…… Winner: Bills Game Quality: ** (Cue your inner Bee Gees and sing some Stayin Alive….) Indianapolis at Dallas: So OF COURSE after Demarco Murray rapes me in fantasy and I can focus on my team’s playoff run (that I’m still not sure I want….I just KNOW Garrett is gonna screw this up somewhere….)….HE BREAKS HIS GODDAMNED HAND….and they want to rush him back….he’s NOT Emmitt Smith people and this is NOT a must-win game….in fact, the REDSKIN game matters like a million times more for tiebreakers and all that nonsense…..and I don’t think Dallas is going to be able to keep up with the Colts offense here (even as mistake prone as they are in the first half of games….Andy Luck has that comeback magic….you can’t teach that)….funny how in a week of big games and teams playing MUST games, the “big game of the week” really had zero relevant playoff implications (the Colts are all but sealed in the 3 spot, and Dallas’ big game is NEXT week unless Phily loses on Saturday)….there should be a LOT of offense and a high score in this one though, that’s all that matters in the NFL’s eyes! Winner: Colts Game Quality: **** 8pm: Seattle At Arizona: I’m amazed this game wasn’t flexed OUT of….everyone has seen the air coming out of the Arizona balloon (maybe they had no game to switch to…)…a 3rd string QB against that Seattle Defense?? Oh boy….I know Arians is already Coach of the Millenium getting this patchwork team to believe in itself and to the playoffs this year….but man if they win this one, they should rename the Lombardi Trophy to this guy, cause ain’t NO ONE gonna coach like this guy does ever again……in other words I don’t give the Cardinals much chance here Winner: Seahawks Game Quality: DUD Monday Dec 16: Denver at Cincinnati: You know what’s uglier then Andy Dalton?? Andy Dalton in Prime Time…. Injured, sick, or even playoff form Peyton Manning is gonna be better than this evil Ginger…..and we all know I don’t trust much in the Bengals in the big spot …they NEVER win in prime time, and don’t beat the Broncos even with Tebow as the QB and have NEVER beaten Peyton Manning….add in the MAN SIZED RUNNING GAME the Broncos have this week…..and as much as I crap on Peyton in the big spot, he’s Joe Fraking Montana compared to Andy Dalton in the big lights….the over/under on Dalton turnovers should be 3 ½ in this one….it might get ugly and this will probably be the OMG THE BRONCOSSSZZZ IS BACKKKSSS game for all the sheep in the media…… Winner: Denver Game Quality: *** (what a glorious train wreck!) NFL Week 13 Power Rankings: AFC: New England….this is becoming habit now isn’t it? Denver….Papa John’s Pizza will make you sick and your leg hurt….. Indianapolis…life is good in the AFC South….. Pittsburgh….watch Ben throw 5 TDs to spite me again here….. Baltimore….does anyone not named Manta take them seriously? NFC: Seattle….runs past the Packers who tripped on a bump in the road….. Green Bay…..burn in hell Jordy Nelson Detroit….very much under the radar in the NFC Dallas….only cause I gotta….. Phily….only cause I don’t trust Arizona or the entire NFC South…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Jets vs. Pats will surprise you Crash. Four out of the last five games between these two teams have been decided by three points or less, with two of those games coming down to OT. Pats have won four of the five, but with the exception of the Buttfumble classic, better execution by the Jets could have resulted in another victory or two for them. Pats are 8-4 against the Jets in the Rex Ryan Era, and a few of the losses were ugly for the Jets, but the games have tended to be pretty hard-fought since Ryan took over. I expect more of the same (though part of that is due to where the game is being played...I think if this game is in NE, Pats win by 10+). And I still think the Pats are vulnerable come playoff time, even with the improved D...the playoff track record has just been too iffy over the last several years. And I take the Ravens very seriously on that front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Yeah I kind of think the Jets will show up to play too, last home game for Rex (unfortunately) and all that - he'll have them ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 CR....for lack of a better term, the Pats are less vulnerable than anyone else in the AFC....don't really have a weakness (especially when compared to the rest of the AFC) ...the Ravens are weird....so up and down....Jeckel and Hyde with home vs road games and such an inconsistent passing game....they should be dangerous but they have to have their "on games" all playoffs, I don't think they have the weapons to do that I don't doubt fired up, motivated and all that....but the first long 12-14 play TD drive the Pats have Sunday is gonna delfate all the bravado and then things might get ugly I was disappointed in last night's game....nothing is worse than two 2-win teams in December playing mistake-free football....that game needed some epic mistakes....you know like Brodeur letting in a red line goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDPucks Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Watching them every week down here I can vouch for the fact that the Ravens are a total fraud team and product of their schedule. 6 of their 9 wins have come against the godawful NFC South and AFC South and their best win was Week 2 against Pittsburgh at home. Their defensive backfield is a MASH unit and good QB's with good passing attacks (Big Ben, Rivers) have lit them up recently. The Ravens use to be dominant at home but have lost 3 games in Baltimore in the last 12 months. This is not the Ravens of 2-3 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Watching them every week down here I can vouch for the fact that the Ravens are a total fraud team and product of their schedule. 6 of their 9 wins have come against the godawful NFC South and AFC South and their best win was Week 2 against Pittsburgh at home. Their defensive backfield is a MASH unit and good QB's with good passing attacks (Big Ben, Rivers) have lit them up recently. The Ravens use to be dominant at home but have lost 3 games in Baltimore in the last 12 months. This is not the Ravens of 2-3 years ago. They're still good enough to beat Johnny Backup next week and Macho Man Savage this week (talk about AWFUL QB play...oi)....and they have enough weapons and pass rush to scare someone....they probably win their week 1 playoff game basing on likely opponents (Winner of AFC North or Indy who's just starting to run out of bodies)....I'd call a competitive second round loss a successful season for them the Ravens are good at most things, but dominant at nothing and have a few holes (Secondary mostly)....that's good enough to be a top 6 AFC Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 ....Nacho already dropped the chalupa!!! This game is going to be epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muevelos Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Philly can't convert!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 The start of this second half belongs in the anti-football Hall of Fame....epic hilarity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Two more turnovers for Sanchez. Always seems to be good for at least two per game, either by fumble or INT. Edited December 21, 2014 by Colorado Rockies 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Two more turnovers for Sanchez. Always seems to be good for at least two per game, either by fumble or INT. I'd be more mad at the Phily kicker if I wasn't so damned entertained by that cluster of failure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muevelos Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Frank Gore!! Dam and i really don't wanna win:/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Rivers...yikes. 7 TD and 10 INT since 11/2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 8 TDs now It's been a rough second half of the season for San Diego for sure..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Me thinks the demise of Phillip Rivers was GREATLY exaggerated....... That aside did that game sum up the 49ers or what?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muevelos Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Not rlly. That's the first game all season they've been over 28 points:/ Me thinks the demise of Phillip Rivers was GREATLY exaggerated....... That aside did that game sum up the 49ers or what?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Not rlly. That's the first game all season they've been over 28 points:/ I meant more in :"great start....horrible finish" kinda way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muevelos Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Yeah. They haven't been a second half team this year,need to play 60 minutes! I meant more in :"great start....horrible finish" kinda way Edited December 21, 2014 by CarterforPresident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Me thinks the demise of Phillip Rivers was GREATLY exaggerated....... That aside did that game sum up the 49ers or what?? Look, partly due to the era he's playing in, as long as he stays healthy (and he NEVER misses games), he's going to finish his career with somewhere in the neighborhood of at least 375 TD passes. Not that that's a be-all end-all stat on its own, but it will speak to his relative consistency and durability. He's not elite, but he's just below that. You've pointed out some reasons why he's fallen off this season, but it's been pretty dramatic...he's thrown 14 picks in his last 9 GP, which for him is a lot...that's in the neighborhood of about how many he'll usually throw over the course of 16 games. He was able to overcome three more picks last night, so he deserves credit for that, but man that's a lot of interceptions. It has to be frustrating being a Chargers fan, and Rivers is a microcosm of why...so many times they're right there, and they just have a way of delivering a little less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I admit....I'm a HUGE Rivers mark....it goes back to that AFC Title game against the Patriots when he played on a torn ACL (that only grew last year when I played six weeks of hockey on a similar injury)...he's a classic old school QB who's only about slinging it....awkward delivery.....pretty much everything you DON'T look for in a QB anymore but should be.....his stats are much like Andrew Luck's this year....no reliable running game means you're chucking it wayyy more than you should and it affects the stats ...the Chargaers are alot like those Danny White Cowboy teams....good enough to always be there but never good enough to put it all together....probably another reason I'm such a Rivers fan boy since Danny White is why I became a Cowboy fan....heh..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 a LOT of conservative play calling and efforts so far in the early games....but there's also not many teams actually playing for anything out there (aside of Pit/KC and the Panthers....the Saints and Falcons are just mess teams anyway ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Guess the Genius didn't realize that the Jets would come into this game pumped up and ready to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Guess the Genius didn't realize that the Jets would come into this game pumped up and ready to play. Every time you start bitching about the Pats....I turn around and watch them.....and they score a TD And Johnny Backup injured and out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muevelos Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Flacco!! Hahaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 How was that a first down for New England there at the end when the actual measurement and replay showed it short? Also, Geno is an idiot. Played an ok game but his stupid INT and stupid sack to make Folk try the 52 yarder is why he's just a lame brain moron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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