How bout them Cowboys! *OFFICIAL Week 9 NFL Thread*

[Capt Caveman]

Going to be cold and windy in Foxborough for the NE/Denver game.

 

[Capt Caveman]

As an absolute diehard Pats fan, this Denver game makes me very nervous for several reasons.

1) Peyton - There is a reason why most New Englanders hate Peyton so much. He scares the sh*t out of us. No lead is safe.

2) That Broncos pass rush! Brady has been getting rid of the ball faster, and his O-line has improved, but that Denver rush is scary.

3) Those offensive weapons. Denver is just loaded. Pats improved secondary may be able to hang with them for awhile, but for 60 minutes?

4) Level of competition: Denver has played a much higher level of competition and has dominated. Pats destroying a very overrated Bengals team and a bad Bears team doesn't mean as much as what Denver did to San Fran and San Diego.

5) Peyton again, just because.

It brings a tear to my eye to pick against my Pats, but Denver takes this one 34-27.

Both SF and SD had depleted secondaries and SF had a completely depleted/injured defense. NE will have their full secondary intact. Plus with the forecasted weather, Manning may have a tough night throwing and NE will dare Manning to just run like they have in the past few games by just having 4-5 in the box with a dime package but this time, the secondary is much better with Revis and Browner.

 

[BUTCH1]

I'm scared too, the other way. It's a much improved Denver defense compared to last year, but Brady's comeback from last year's reg season game still stings a bit Luckily being the Thursday night game last week gives Denver a little extra rest before Sunday, but also playing outside of Denver affects Manning more than a lot of QBs with how much communication he has.

It'll be a good one, but I'm giving NE the edge since they're at home.

I agree it should be a great game, IMO although much is made of the PM/TB match-up IMPO the "war" will be won in the trenches, if NE can't establish a running game of sorts Denver has the pass-rushers to make Brady a miserable dude not to mention PM has been all but unstoppable this entire year, not only does he have the weapons who can get open he gets the ball out quickly and trying to blitz him only makes his job easier.

 

[Imported]

FMeffingL. Stuck with the Raiders@Seahawks instead of Denver@NE on CBS this week.

Though to be honest, I'd mostly be watching the Rams@49ers anyways but it would have been nice to have a decent game to flip to on breaks.

 

[gorcorps]

FMeffingL. Stuck with the Raiders@Seahawks instead of Denver@NE on CBS this week.

Though to be honest, I'd mostly be watching the Rams@49ers anyways but it would have been nice to have a decent game to flip to on breaks.

You can watch it at my place... of course if you were close enough to watch it at my place you wouldn't have this problem at all :biggrin:

 

[e-ricesucks]

NFL hurts

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[Atomic Playboy]

Thanks to the NFL's delightful policy regarding broadcast areas, rather than see the only game that anyone could possibly care about this weekend (Brady v. Manning), the entire West Coast gets to watch the worst team in the league go on the road to play the defending champions in the most difficult stadium to play in. Are you fucking kidding me? What fuckwit jackass dipshit scheduled that? Goddamn morons.

 

[Centauri]

I feel for you. I was waiting to see how things went because I figured AZ was gonna get screwed too but nope, we get the big 'un.

 

[BUTCH1]

You can watch it at my place... of course if you were close enough to watch it at my place you wouldn't have this problem at all :biggrin:

I'm hoping that NE has an answer for that damm "pot-roast", he continually collapsed the pocket during the AFC championship game last year forcing many of Brady's throws. Thing is if you double-team the "pot-roast" your gonna get a one-on-one with Miller or Demare and they are probably the best edge-rusher tandem in the league right now. It will be interesting to see if NE tries something to get that Denver D flowing in the wrong direction and then maybe a screen pass or something. One thing's for sure, no way they're gonna shove "pot-roast" off his spot and run up the gut, just ain't happening..

 

[BUTCH1]

Conditions are deteriorating at Gillette stadium as snow now covers the un-tarpped field, it's cold, snowing, and wind gusts up to 40MPH, crappy day to throw a long pass or kick a FG, maybe NE will get lucky and "pot-roast" will lose his footing LOL..http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/11808829/wintry-mix-hits-gillette-stadium-ahead-game-denver-broncos-new-england-patriots

 

[KMFJD]

I'm hoping that NE has an answer for that damm "pot-roast", he continually collapsed the pocket during the AFC championship game last year forcing many of Brady's throws. Thing is if you double-team the "pot-roast" your gonna get a one-on-one with Miller or Demare and they are probably the best edge-rusher tandem in the league right now. It will be interesting to see if NE tries something to get that Denver D flowing in the wrong direction and then maybe a screen pass or something. One thing's for sure, no way they're gonna shove "pot-roast" off his spot and run up the gut, just ain't happening..

what/who is pot roast

 

[Perknose]

Dirty Sanchez. Comes in for Foles and throws a 52 yard bomb on his first play. :biggrin:

 

[smackababy]

Butt fumble getting his second coming?

 

[Perknose]

Butt fumble getting his second coming?

Perfectly thrown TD. In your face, cowgirl apologist.

I consider Foles injury a blessing in disguise. He's been the weak link in Chip's O scheme almost all year. Fly, Eagles, Fly!

 

[BUTCH1]

what/who is pot roast

Terrance Knighton, a monster D-lineman for Denver, he's difficult to block to run on and will collapse the pocket so the QB is forced to scramble backwards, often into one of Denver's excellent edge-rushers.

 

[BUTCH1]

Damm, SD getting a beat-down at Miami, 30-0 and it's not even halftime yet, is SD that overrated or is Miami that under-rated??

 

[Capt Caveman]

Conditions are deteriorating at Gillette stadium as snow now covers the un-tarpped field, it's cold, snowing, and wind gusts up to 40MPH, crappy day to throw a long pass or kick a FG, maybe NE will get lucky and "pot-roast" will lose his footing LOL..http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/11808829/wintry-mix-hits-gillette-stadium-ahead-game-denver-broncos-new-england-patriots

Back from running a road race, horrible conditions. Windchill in the 20s, snow/rain falling and big time gusty winds. I don't see many long passes being thrown in the game.

 

[gorcorps]

Hah, miami/SD game bad enough that they switched the local channel to the KC/NYJ game instead

 

[saratoga172]

I know of a site that can be used for the Broncos/Pats game if you guys that don't get it are interested. I'll send you a PM.

Chargers are playing terrible. And the Dolphins are playing great. Also I'm surprised the Eagles didn't give the ball to McCoy for that 4th down try.

 

[Perknose]

Also I'm surprised the Eagles didn't give the ball to McCoy for that 4th down try.

I'm not. Shady has been tentative (to my eyes) all season. Plus, he's not your prototypical "sure short yardage" guy.

Whereas, Polk is a bruiser who's just not well known yet. The guy's a tackle-breaking beast, which is why the Birds cut a lot of other backs who did well in preseason and kept him on the roster, even though he was hurt most of the preseason and, basically, until now.

 

[BUTCH1]

Hah, miami/SD game bad enough that they switched the local channel to the KC/NYJ game instead

Miami's defense shut down the Pat's earlier in the season and they've got 2 good pass-rushers, also Tannerhill seems to have leveled off and has not had a bad game for awhile now, SD had just 10 1st downs and 178 total yds of offense, these look like two teams heading on opposite directions.

 

[Anubis]

that's a 100% BS PI call

 

[gorcorps]

that's a 100% BS PI call

I kind of felt the same way. My buddy says his arm around his waist prevented him from turning. Didn't really look that way, and he played he ball well

 

[Thebobo]

Well I was going to jump on the bandwagon but the deadskins lost.

 

[BUTCH1]

that's a 100% BS PI call

Yup, Brouner did absolutely zero to interfere with the receiver, the ball was just thrown a tad too high, if the ref's are gonna start to call that crap just give Denver the win and call it a day.