cowboy_from_hell

Panthers last loss was against Minnesota. They had no offence that day. At the start of the year they lost their best receiver to injury after losing Steve smith the year before. I thought they would struggle on offense and their D would keep them close in their weird division. They could go 16-0 and I still wouldn't rate them as highly as some other teams. Newtons numbers aren't huge but is he a chance for MVP?

Chip Kelly believes his system is better then player talent. He gutted philly's squad sending a lot of talent to other teams. Philly gave him the keys to the team. He is in charge and is a coach and GM. Usually that is reserved for teams like the pats who have a genius behind the wheel. Now they are pretty much screwed. You give them back the players that are gone and you could say the division could be theirs. Are Green Bay just making the NFC North more interesting? Could come down to the vikings at Green Bay to decide it. Then again Chicago and Detroit are looking really good and could try and screw things up for me and Macca. This season just got really interesting.

Yeah I think the combination of fox and gase as coordinator has helped a lot. It's no different to the vikes getting a defensive head coach in zimmer but then hiring Norv Turner as OC who has coached a lot of teams to success. What makes the NFL great is teams like Chicago. Horrible a year ago but are now showing signs of improvement and winning games. Atlanta are doing the same as well. It does make me respect teams like Green Bay and New England who always seem to be in the mix no matter what happens in free agency or what teams they come up against.

Denver just signed Christian Ponder. They must be tanking.

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Wow just read that. He is in a stable condition after two gunshot wounds to the head. Only in America.

Did you see Keenum? He was very concussed and fisher and co. Kept him in. The footage shows him stumbling on the ground with a team mate trying to help him up. Not a good look.

Chicago are turning it around a lot quicker then I expected. If they can draft right they can easily contend next year. I dunno what their run home is like and I wouldn't count on seattle, Atlanta or the vikes at the moment. Vikes have Atlanta Arizona and Seattle to play. Those games will be huge for the wild card spot.

Stupid packers. I was enjoying the view from atop the division albeit for 7 days. Green Bay do what they always do against the vikes. Limit AP, make the QB have to go toe to toe with Rodgers and then win. If Green Bay don't draft or trade for another hall of fame QB then we may have a chance when Rodgers retires.

Tough one this week Denver (no Peyton) KC Jets

There is talk that Rodgers isn't fully fit and your offensive line is busted up as well. For the vikes I'm worried they build this game up too much. its s bit like our queens birthday game. We seem to pump it up and Collingwood don't really care and always come out and win. It's really our defence vs Rodgers. If we can pressure Rodgers and limit big plays its a start. We then have to score which we struggle to do. I've never seen a 7-2 team have the 3rd worst offense in the league. That's where AP comes in if we can make it a defensive struggle. If Rodgers gets his groove on then it's game over teddy can't slug it out with down field shots. I'm getting nervous already.

Vikes just keep on winning. 5 in a row now it's a weird feeling. Our defense is huge. Oakland didn't score in the second half and AP ran for 200 yards. It may only last a week but it's good to be on top. Dunno what is happening at Green Bay Mcarthy isn't calling plays this year I'm not sure if that has much to do with it. The Pats refuse to lose that was a great game. The saints are the most untrustworthy team going around. I think Rob Ryan just got fired as DC. Who is the favourite in the NFC the cardinals or Carolina?

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It was more because there was a low hit on bridgewaters knees a couple of plays before that. It made it look like St.louis had decided to try and hurt teddy. I doubt it but your DC is the same bloke who has been filmed telling his New Orleans players to target a blokes knees because he just came back from a ACL. Then he was busted and suspended for bounty gate. I'd say last weeks hits to bridgewater weren't malicious but more a little over the top. It doesn't help that QB's slide at the very last moment to try and get a little contact from the defender to draw a penalty.

I hear wes Welker will be a ram. One more concussion may be the end for him.

I'd say bridgewater will play I heard a interview with OC norv turner who said he is fine. Teddy still misses some downfield throws especially to mike Wallace who was picked up for his deep receiving abilities. If he can sort that out we can put some points up. We struggle in the red zone and all of our wins have come on the back of a really good defense. Our pass rush is right up there and most of it comes from our linebackers. If we can sort out our offense then we can go places.

Yeah I still remember that win in the last round over Green Bay to get the wildcard spot. I still think Green Bay were happy to lose that game to play us the week later. A lot of analysts are pumping up the vikes and are jumping off Green Bay. I wouldn't be so quick to do that. Vikings have a tougher schedule down the stretch then Green Bay. We still have to play Atlanta, Seattle,Arizona and of course Green Bay twice. The win over the Rams was our first this year against a team with a winning record and the packers two losses were against undefeated teams. Green bay has 4 divisional games in a row coming up and that means wins against a horrible Detroit and a pesky Chicago who have been good but not great. I'm still hoping for a wild card spot I don't think we are king of the North yet.

It was an interesting game. It was very windy to one end. Your kicker hit a 61 yard FG. Foles can throw but they don't give him many plays to do so. There were about 1000 end around runs for Gurley or Austin. That was the extent of the Rams offense all day. The game got pretty heated once bridgewater got KO'd. A low tackle to his knees just before that got everyone fired up. Overall the Rams are OK if they can utilise the weapons they have downfield a bit more and as long as the LA stadium has a roof.

I don't understand why coaches don't play to their QB's strengths. Kap and rg3 play well with the read option. Washington and SF have tried to morph their QB's into brady/brees. It's not that simple. It wasn't long ago Washington were leading in a playoff game against seattle before RG3 got hurt. It also wasn't long ago that Kap was killing it with his leg speed which opened up some big time throws. The playoff game against Green Bay would've given teams nightmares over Kapernick. He destroyed them that day. Now both will probably look elsewhere for a start and Kap has a huge contract which makes it worse. Atlanta Denver Oakland

Vikes got real lucky today. Played like crap all day and with 2 minutes left we score 10 and win. Rodgers didn't play today. Christian Ponder kidnapped him and took the field as Rodgers. That's the only way to explain that. Denver probably does have the best pass rush in the league and they don't need Peyton to be a MVP they just need a solid run game and no turnovers. Vikes are 3-0 in the NFC North without playing green bay yet so I don't think we are any threat to the packers in terms of winning the division. Next week is a big game for Rams at Vikings both are in the hunt for the wildcard spot. Both play a pretty similar game so it should be good to watch.

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Has anyone seen that [censored] Greg Hardy lately? I can't stand this bloke. He basically beat up his girlfriend and threatened her with guns gets convicted but it's over turned when she suddenly goes missing and can't testify. He goes to Dallas and his first chat with the media he says he will come out guns blazing. Now he is acting like a diva at Dallas and I was hoping Dez Bryant was going to knock him out on the sidelines. Jerry Jones seems to get off on picking up some players with a questionable past but I reckon this bloke is too far gone. I hope Brian Urlacher comes out of retirement and plays on the offensive side and buries him.

So Detroit have two drives for two TD's in the 1st quarter and look like giving the vikes a heavy loss. They then do absolutely nothing. By the end of the 1st quarter the lions had 160 total yards. Halfway through the 4th they had gained 5 yards in nearly 3 quarters. Vikes put up 22 in answered points and win. Any fantasy players should check rookie WR Stefon Diggs. He is putting up big numbers for a 5th round draft pick.

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Ha the colts play was hilarious. Steelers winning with a 3rd string QB against Arizona is huge. With seattle losing Arizona could've put a huge gap between them and everyone in their division. Green Bay keep on rolling and the vikes played bland but KC played even worse. The screen pass seems to be their only weapon with Charles out for the year.