NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[zebthecat]

Travis Kelce's numbers from the match last night are pretty out there. 25 receiving yards for 4 touchdowns.

[Grumpster]

"Protection of QB's is getting ridiculous, absolutely disgraceful decision against the chiefs in this one after a perfectly good sack and fumble. Fuck knows where they expect players to land after losing their balance tackling."

[El Scorchio]

"I dunno. They aren't going to have to score a lot of points to win games. They haven't conceded over 20 in a single game yet this season. Set up to be able to run, block and protect well, and for the QB to manage the game at take a few shots downfield at the right time, with a couple of very talented receivers who will get open in those few spots. They've got it in them to grind out low scoring games, like a lot of those Ravens, 49ers and Steelers sides from the last decade or so and they are playing to their strengths and not trying to do anything that's beyond them. Of course 1-2 injuries changes all that in a heartbeat and as usual their biggest problem could be keeping player egos in check. Next week's game will be an interesting watch although given they are both utter cսnt franchises, there's no real winner."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Yep, my personal view is Dallas' offense won't quite be good enough even with Prescott back (when he's back). They have traditionally come up short in the clutch moments on offense in big games. Including with Dak. It was the same with Romo. I still fancy the likes of Mahomes, Brady, Allen etc in those moments. That defense will make them very competitive, though, if they can generally stay fit."

[RBshorty]

Hold fire boys on them Cowgirls. They string a couple of wins together and the sound gets ramped up to 11.! That what the media does. Come back after week 12 or 13 and start getting moist. Until then. Best keep your powder dry.

[southbankbornnbred]

"Yeah, that Dallas defense is very impressive. Just well-drilled, even when they have to shuffle their pack. Quinn is a very good DC, even if his HC career faltered. And I hear Quinn has a tidy DL coach working under him, too! Of course, Parsons creates so much panic that others also benefit from that. He is exceptional...not just with how he plays, but how he forces opponents to make changes to accommodate him - which upsets their gameplan further."

[El Scorchio]

"Yup- the good offenses beat up on the shitty defenses in the regular season and are prepared to take far more risks with the ball. It all tightens up in the playoffs and almost everyone gets more conservative because one mistake and you're done. The balance of power switches to the defense in those situations. Unfortunately the cuntboys do look legit on defense at the moment. Jones is a fucking cսnt but he (or rather his scouts) can pick a good OLB/DE. Then again they are very bold on picking or trading for those talented players with 'character concerns' or other things that other teams pass on, so it could all backfire at some point. And of course most of us hope that it does."

[Hermit Road]

The Eagles' O line Vs the Dallas D Line is a top contest. Will be interesting to see how it pans out although the Eagles have got an injured left tackle so that won't help. With the Eagles' defence playing well this should be a tight game.

[RBshorty]

Offence wins games. Defence wins titles.! As the old saying goes. The Steelers have pretty much built their club around defence. 85 Bears are revered because of it. It's the fine margins between stepping up and fucking up on D that decides the outcome of a season.(Same goes for West Ham. Last 2 seasons we have had our best +/- goal difference. And look at the outcome.!) Offensive players get all the headlines. But it's usually the defensive players that make the difference over the season.

[Norflundon]

"If it's poss to win a Super Bowl with a defence then we have a chance as they are monsters the lot of them. They destroyed Stafford and Jones last week, there will be a lot of QB's spending a week in the ice bath after playing us. Cooper rush nice and steady and finally Pollard getting some snaps that boy has got some serious jets. Looks like him and zeek working in tandem is giving teams real problems. Still a lot of work to do on the offense and was a real worry seeing Parsons limping for half the game but still managed to get two sacks whilst injured the bloke is a complete Freek NFC looks a strong division this year massive game Sunday away to Philly be interesting to see how Hurts stands up against a top three defence"

[southbankbornnbred]

"Seen a lot of Fish fans wanging on this morning, and late last night, about being down to their third-string QB. They are aware that their second stringer started the game, but was put out of it when Sauce sacked him for a safety? He then fell victim to the (understandably) cautious new concussion protocol. Besides, it was Teddy, who was previously our third stringer. If Miami want to complain about losing QBs, maybe get some better protection first. We've had to improvise with our O-line for months. It's why we had to make do with Flacco for weeks. Vera-Tucker got drafted as a left guard, and so far this season has played in four positions on our offensive line (LG, LT, RG, RT)."

[Far Cough]

":-) On another note, the Vikings beat the Bears in a close game but I don't think any team from NFC north will be getting their hands on the Vince Lombardi trophy"

[southbankbornnbred]

West Ham are known as the Hammers. Or the Irons. ;-)

[Far Cough]

"Dolphins have always been known as the Fish, that's nothing new"

[southbankbornnbred]

Everybody has injuries - the Jets don't have a single starting tackle who was on the roster when the season started. We've just signed a 37-year-old directly off the injured reserve list - and he went straight into the side at the weekend. So I'm a bit unforgiving on injuries.

[Nutsin]

"I agree, the Jets are an awful franchise""¶.. I guess beating even a 3rd string QB is reason to gloat! Enjoy your Win!"

[southbankbornnbred]

"Mate, we've had people who are effectively third stringers for about ten years. Besides, our own QB has only just returned from a knee injury and we had an ancient bloke with knee-knack standing in for him until last week. Fuck the fish. Sideways."

[Nutsin]

You do realize the Dolphins had their 3rd string QB playing.

[southbankbornnbred]

"Jets putting the FISH in their plaice. I thank you. (And, yes, I'm aware they're actually mammals - but don't care)."

[ironsofcanada]

My tight end running for three touchdowns and throwing for another gave 30 plus points for my WHOleague fantasy team. I didn't get any for him returning kicks and throwing the block that iced the game either.

[defjam]

lab 4:09 GO JETS!

[lab]

Over the moon with the Jets result .

[Nutsin]

"Rams lose again,,,,, Stafford stinking up Sofi, picks fumbles sacks it's a mess! Cards miss the game tying field goal and lose to the Eagles""¶.. Saints prevail against the Seahawks""¶.. Niners beat the Panthers handily of course""¶.. Poor Burnsy!"

[Takashi Miike]

"watching this rivera team is painful. he lets two very good tackles leave and signs two panther has beens that are oveweight, can't run and can't block. he's also got multiple players at centre that can't snap the ball properly üòÇ. the problem is this cսnt has so much power because of the sex pest owner that we're probably stuck with these coaches for a long time yet. season over in early october, by far the worst coached team in the league and without doubt the number one seeds for next springs draft"

[OccupyGreenStreet]

Pete Carroll getting Russell Wilson off the wage bill currently looking a decent call. Early days but it's not looking a dream team offense in Denver as was anticipated.