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And by the way @ElDiablo14 Taking out a QB's knee using the helmet as a weapon is a gutless act. And you reckon that's ok? As for helmet to helmet with the perpetrator attacking an unsuspecting player using their helmet as a weapon is also a gutless act. And weak I'm glad they outlawed that sort of stuff and the game is better off now because of the new ruling. The NFL haven't lost one customer with the new rulings and is as popular as ever. Perhaps even more popular So was the Maybard hit on Brayshaw ok as well? Took out an unsuspecting player. A gutless act That is what you are advocating with your old school thinking

Do you take misery pills of a morning? You want perfection? Most QB's make the odd error but nearly everything Prescott did today was very good He's not going to be Tom Brady ... is that what you want? If so, you're dreaming You won the game against a tough opponent. Why be so miserable about a win?

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)

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)

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

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

@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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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!!

Jets & Vikings on at 12.30am ... if I wasn't working I'd be tempted to do an all-nighter Oh for the days when I could just take Monday's off! Probably get through the first half of the Jets/Vikes game though SNF & MNF are good match-ups this week

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Atlanta wins! The Bucs were always winning until they weren't!

A board needs to ratify any number of decisions (especially major decisions) So off-loading a $7Million+ contract (with a decent idea of what might be coming back) wouldn't be done without the board's knowledge & approval That's not to let Pert off the hook, as all our issues are happening under Pert's watch

Stafford gone, Roffey gone, McQualter gone, Janette Kendall gone from the board, ANB going, Oliver going? Are we in the midst of the domino effect? The external/internal review happening now Those under discussion by those on the outside ... Pert, Richardson, Petracca, Lamb, Kozzie and there might be one or 2 more And the review might expose Goodwin (game plan primarily) From my point of view, the biggest concerns are player behaviour, injury issues and and our pedestrian style of play Off field? There's probably a lot that we don't know about, so it's a guessing game

You know what happens now? McVay will run the ball and the Rams win. The Packers at home allowed the Vikes to get out to a 28-0 lead!! Home team wins

@Dr. Gonzo @layzie The 3 Lead-pipe locks all failed to salute unless we did a Seinfeld and went the opposite! So shove that idea!!

Over the 10+ years we've done this, weeks like this often toss up 5 or 6 road winners. It's just the nature of the beast and this tipping comp is best described as beastly And it's rare to have only 2 or 3 road winners but when that does happen, it's often when there are 5 or 6 standout road chances who fall short The unknown factor is when a team (or teams) make 1 or 2 fatal errors which leads to a 1 or 2 TD's. As we're all aware, turnovers often decide the games It's just a matter of finding 3 in a very tough week but even 2 out of 3 this week gets you 2 points One-out = 8 points!!

@Gorgoroth @Go the Biff @DeeSpencer @titan_uranus @Clintosaurus @Dee Zephyr @Dr. Gonzo @DemonDave @BDA @layzie @Dappa Dan @ElDiablo14 @JV7 Leaderboard Tipping Comp (Points scored this week in brackets) 11 - DemonDave (0) 6 - Go the Biff (1), DeeSpencer (1), Macca (1), layzie (1) 5 - Clintosaurus (3) 4 - ElDiablo14 (3), BDA (1), Dr.Gonzo (1) 3 - JV7 (0), titan_uranus (0), Gorgoroth (1), Dee Zephyr (1) Bleacher Report Week 4 Top Takeaways for Every Game Double points this week but it's a tough week ... good luck Gents! The other bonus weeks are Weeks 9, 13, 17 & 18