27 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Tell me it’s more exciting than NRL? At least more athletic? I’m definitely willing to give it a try, would be good to get into a different/another sport. I only watch AFL and the NBA.

Well as previously mentioned, the NFL can look slow as it's not end to end stuff like footy.  To really like the NFL is a slow burn but once your hooked, you're all in

So it's like a chess match but a lot more physical! Once you understand the rules and the scoring methods, it's quite an easy game to follow

I first took notice of the sport decades ago but it took another 10 or 15 years until I really got into it.  Now, the NFL just replaces the footy once the footy season ends.  One sport ends as the other starts

I'd say the dozen or so people on this thread are very keen on the sport at about the same level of interest

5 hours ago, Macca said:

If you could ever get your head around a sport where gaining 2 or 3 yards in territory is often seem as a huge positive, then the NFL might be your go, ET

It's certainly an acquired taste and it can take years to fully appreciate.  But as slow as the sport can look, each play is unique and is hard to predict

And any sort of score can come from nowhere.  No 2 games are alike as well

The sport is way less violent these days but players will still use their helmet as weapons

And the Quarterbacks are well protected!!

QB are well protected in deed.

Welcome to the Brady era.

Crazy end to the Bengals vs Ravens game.

 

Seriously I think I could score against the Rams D, it is sooooo bad.

 

And then we run it up to the 4 yrd line then throw it twice and dont score... McVay once again, loves to throw it in the last few yards when the run game got the ball there. Infuriating.

Love throws his first pick 6 and it was one of the biggest brain fades ive ever seen.

Stafford has been horrible today and McVays play calling not much better.

Our D is so bad that 75% of them should be terminated. 
AD99 the true GOAT shows how much a difference he truly made.

4 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Welcome to the Brady era.

That's the narrative but I don't buy it.  The Pats success meant that the average Joe supporter wanted to blame them for anything & everything

Jealousy & envy at play as it normally is

Truth is that Brady & Belichick and their team were just superior and they never received any undue favours.  All the rest of it was BS

And I agree with protecting the QB.  Should have happened long ago.  Cheap shots in sport are weak and the previous hits on QB's were often cheap shots

Same thing used to happen in footy until they took action (finally) That of course, didn't apply to Maynard

Edited October 6, 2024Oct 6 by Macca

1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

Love throws his first pick 6 and it was one of the biggest brain fades ive ever seen.

Terrible throw and high risk by Love.  He's quite good but not that good

Packers lucky to win as we should have closed the deal early

10 point curse continues.

Shocking 2nd half from the Niners

Tipping comp news!

Gonzo will pick up a big 8 points unless the Cowboys* can win for Clint.  Otherwise both will be the only 2 to pick up 6 points

And the upsets continue with Arizona & the Giants both winning against reasonably big spreads

5 Road winners so far with 2 games to go to complete week 5 

 

*JV7 & Dave also need Dallas to win to pick up 2 points

24 minutes ago, Macca said:

Terrible throw and high risk by Love.  He's quite good but not that good

Packers lucky to win as we should have closed the deal early

Packers too good when it mattered. 

Same problems with the Rams, great running back and a coach who doesn't like the run game as much.

35 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Packers too good when it mattered. 

Same problems with the Rams, great running back and a coach who doesn't like the run game as much.

Am I right in saying that the running game across the board has increased?  

The Packers are running the ball a lot more, that's for sure.  But we're an ok team only who might snag a wild-card berth

As it stands, we'll do well to get past the Vikes or Detroit in our division

Edited October 7, 2024Oct 7 by Macca

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Am I right in saying that the running game across the board has increased?  

The Packers are running the ball a lot more, that's for sure.  But we're an ok team only who might snag a wild-card berth

As it stands, we'll do well to get past the Vikes or Detroit in our division

Yeah the run game I reckon is back in vogue.
Williams over took Faulk as the Ram RB's with the second most amount of TD's in his first 16 games, could have either tied or over taken Eric Dickerson as the most with a second TD today.
That's Rams Royalty right there. 
 

Also had his 12th 100+ game today only as a second yr starter.

McVay should be leaning on the run game so much more especially with Corrum doing some great runs too.

But he runs away from the run game quicker than Tyrek Hill runs from the defence.

3 hours ago, Macca said:

That's the narrative but I don't buy it.  The Pats success meant that the average Joe supporter wanted to blame them for anything & everything

Jealousy & envy at play as it normally is

Truth is that Brady & Belichick and their team were just superior and they never received any undue favours.  All the rest of it was BS

And I agree with protecting the QB.  Should have happened long ago.  Cheap shots in sport are weak and the previous hits on QB's were often cheap shots

Same thing used to happen in footy until they took action (finally) That of course, didn't apply to Maynard

But they overcorrected in my view.

Now you put a finger on them and flag, 15 yard penalty.

Defence has suffered the most in the last 20 years when it comes to rules changes. 

1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

But they overcorrected in my view.

Now you put a finger on them and flag, 15 yard penalty.

Defence has suffered the most in the last 20 years when it comes to rules changes. 

I strongly disagree

The ruling beforehand was diabolical for QB's

 And the teams were getting more sophisticated with regards to hurting the QB's

The new narrative is that the there was an overcorrection but again, that's just the mob talking

And I hate the mob mentality (or groupthink)

The current ruling is correct ... a QB can still get hit in the torso but not late.  Hit the head or knees and you'll get pinged

It's like the late hit in footy, penalised now where as before, allowed

Get used to it as it's not changing back

@ElDiablo14

Central to this discussion are the pending lawsuits re concussion etc 

They had to do something otherwise they are could be seen as complicit.  NFL,  AFL,  NRL etc

So I'm expecting the rules on hits to become tighter as the years go on

Edited October 7, 2024Oct 7 by Macca

1 hour ago, Macca said:

@ElDiablo14

Central to this discussion are the pending lawsuits re concussion etc 

They had to do something otherwise they are could be seen as complicit.  NFL,  AFL,  NRL etc

So I'm expecting the rules on hits to become tighter as the years go on

I am all for players health and well being. But they need to be careful not to make it to the point that you punish excessively those on the defensive side of the ball.

I am old school and like tough defensive contests. Hard to see these days when offense is paramount to most decisions made by the NFL.

great road win for Dallas

defence down to the bare bones but held up really well against an admittedly blunt steelers offence.

some costly turnovers in the red zone including one dreadful pick on the 3-yard line but when the chips were down Dak drove the length of the field to take the lead with 20 seconds left.

its still a tough road ahead given how decimated our defence is but wins like this can only breed confidence and belief

44 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I am all for players health and well being. But they need to be careful not to make it to the point that you punish excessively those on the defensive side of the ball.

I am old school and like tough defensive contests. Hard to see these days when offense is paramount to most decisions made by the NFL.

Ah well, get ready for more protection for the players.  It won't be going the other way

But even with the new measures it is still a brutal sport without all the cheap shots

As it stands, the NFL are going to be up for $Billions in costs with the AFL not far being them.  Ditto for the NRL

The measures have been forced, they had no choice

If they didn't do anything, we wouldn't have either sport at all in the decades to come

So it's change or go without completely

 

4 minutes ago, BDA said:

great road win for Dallas

defence down to the bare bones but held up really well against an admittedly blunt steelers offence.

some costly turnovers in the red zone including one dreadful pick on the 3-yard line but when the chips were down Dak drove the length of the field to take the lead with 20 seconds left.

its still a tough road ahead given how decimated our defence is but wins like this can only breed confidence and belief

Prescott won the game for the Cowboys.  Those 2 big drives he was in complete control

He cops it a lot but deserves full credit today 

Jags on the board and 6 points in tipping comp. Nice.

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Prescott won the game for the Cowboys.  Those 2 big drives he was in complete control

He cops it a lot but deserves full credit today 

He's a very good QB but the greats are measured by post season success. Obviously hasn't been able to get it done in play-offs but that's as much due to the powder puff cowboys mentality as anything else. 

2 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I am old school and like tough defensive contests. Hard to see these days when offense is paramount to most decisions made by the NFL.

you'd have liked todays game so. Lots of 3rd and short plays.

There was one bone crunching hit on the 1 yard line by the steelers D. Defender took flight and stopped our attacker dead in his tracks and dislodged the ball. Luckily Dak managed to recover the loose ball but that was some hit. That hit almost won the game for the Steelers.

53 minutes ago, BDA said:

He's a very good QB but the greats are measured by post season success. Obviously hasn't been able to get it done in play-offs but that's as much due to the powder puff cowboys mentality as anything else. 

Regardless of how you might go in the playoffs, you've still got to win 10+ games to get there

Lose today and you'd be 2 and 3 with a really tough couple of months coming up

And Pittsburgh have been very solid this season so that's a good win for Dallas.  In fact, any win on the road is often hard earned

In your division, Washington continue to impress with Jayden Daniels improving game to game.  They might be the team to get past as their next 2 months isn't too tough (especially their next month) 

Edited October 7, 2024Oct 7 by Macca

Major development in the tipping comp!

Clint & Gonzo have made their move picking up 6 points each whilst Dave stays in the lead scoring points again

The rest of us are within striking distance especially with 4 bonus weeks (9, 13, 16 & 17) still to come

The new scoring method has added more interest as well with most regularly picking up points week to week

 

             Leaderboard Tipping Comp

    (This week's awarded points in brackets)

13 - DemonDave (2)

11 - Clintosaurus (6)

10 - Dr. Gonzo (6)

8 - Go the Biff (2),  DeeSpencer (2),  layzie (2),  Macca (2)

6 - BDA (2)

5 - JV7 (2),  Gorgoroth (2)

4 - ElDiablo14 (0),  titan_uranus (0),  Dee Zephyr (0)

4 hours ago, Macca said:

Prescott won the game for the Cowboys.  Those 2 big drives he was in complete control

He cops it a lot but deserves full credit today 

But he also had a terrible INT in the red zone, plus a silly sack when they were inside the 25 yard line. That's at least 6 points lost.

That's why I can't never trust him in crunch time.