NFL 2015 season Thread

[TightEnd]

All eagles fans in here?

< Packers.

Cowboys

Eagles
Bills
Seahawks
Giants
Raiders
Bengals
Dolphins
Chargers
Bears

all repped on this board and thats just those i remember

[Tal]

They are getting there, lot of playmakers on Defence, so Kevin Cadle isn't the only Bills fan.

And Meat Loaf.

[TightEnd]

They are getting there, lot of playmakers on Defence, so Kevin Cadle isn't the only Bills fan.

And Meat Loaf.

oh well, two out of three ain't bad

[Tal]

They are getting there, lot of playmakers on Defence, so Kevin Cadle isn't the only Bills fan.

And Meat Loaf.

oh well, two out of three ain't bad

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[Larry David]

Any of you guys baffled by the Lions last season? They go from being an ill disciplined offensive powerhouse team who were losing shoot-out type game, to a team with lack of punch,yet the defence improved massively to past seasons.  I kind of see why they weren't conceding as many pts, when you had as many defensive flags thrown as they did you are bound to improve in that area.  They finally find a defence and lose a potent offence in the space of a season.

[TightEnd]

Any of you guys baffled by the Lions last season? They go from being an ill disciplined offensive powerhouse team who were losing shoot-out type game, to a team with lack of punch,yet the defence improved massively to past seasons.  I kind of see why they weren't conceding as many pts, when you had as many defensive flags thrown as they did you are bound to improve in that area.  They finally find a defence and lose a potent offence in the space of a season.

Schwartz goes, discipline improves (always thought he set a bad example)

Stafford not accurate, frustrating player

Megatron injured. Tate very good but much better if Megatron fit

Running game very inconsistent

put the offense together and it lacked a philosophy

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defense lots of high drafted talent, all came together under Caldwell.

Now Suh hits free agency, so it all might be different again next season

but insinctively that means you have to beat the Packers again to win the division, and that defense got close. sort the offensive system out and they will go close

[Larry David]

I had a saver on this lot last season as I knew the defence was improving from the previous season. Megatron injuries didn't help.  Reggie bush departure will help, never really got going. As a packers fan I think we will have a soft division again.

[TightEnd]

I had a saver on this lot last season as I knew the defence was improving from the previous season. Megatron injuries didn't help.  Reggie bush departure will help, never really got going. As a packers fan I think we will have a soft division again.

you don't think the Vikes might press this year? (maybe not to win the division but winning record/chance of play offs)

Bridgewater was really good, going to draft a receiver high.

lots of talent on the team, terribly coached for years. finally got good coaches, going to carry on turning round quickly imo

not even considering AP back in, which would really open the offense up for bridgewater as teams will stuff the run, or try to

 

[Larry David]

Stating the obvious but all depends on number 28, i do see them as the 2nd placed team behind the packers.  The Bears look a mess but the same was said about Dallas last season and they win the division.

I will be disappointed if the Packers don't make the superbowl,I still wake up in the middle of the night thinking the Seattle game was all a bad nightmare.  With a weak division we should be looking at 12-4 at worst.

[TightEnd]

Stating the obvious but all depends on number 28, i do see them as the 2nd placed team behind the packers.  The Bears look a mess but the same was said about Dallas last season and they win the division.

I will be disappointed if the Packers don't make the superbowl,I still wake up in the middle of the night thinking the Seattle game was all a bad nightmare.  With a weak division we should be looking at 12-4 at worst.

i still wake up about the dez bryant catch at lambeau

the lions still wake up about losing in dallas

those nfc play offs this year were crazy, then came the end of the superbowl!......

[Larry David]

This is what makes this game such intense viewing, you rarely get so much late drama in sports like football and rugby,of course it happens in these sports but it happens week in week out in the nfl.  You van have two teams over 16 weeks who look head and shoulders above the rest but in a knock out format no result ever surprises me.

The three incidents you have pointed out prove that.  On a gambling front I never get involved in these sports pre-game, for the reasons you have just mentioned.

Flags are killing the game but from a drama point of view these incidents are making people talk about the game even more, or was that what the commissioner wants

[77dave]

Bills got their QB picking up Matt Cassel fro the Vikings

[Tal]

Bills got their QB picking up Matt Cassel fro the Vikings

Former Pro Bowler who has proved a good mentor for a young QB. Also $750k cheaper than Orton would have been.

Smells like another piece of good business to me.

Two undisclosed draft picks to the Vikings in exchange, perhaps reinforcing Tighty's point.

[Tal]

5th round pick this year and 7th round pick next year.

[TightEnd]

It's still $4.75m (his cap charge) for essentially a non-starting/back up QB though, which shows how desperate the Bills are

the plan is to hand it to McCoy, not make many mistakes if you have to throw it, play lights out D and get to a point where Manuel is ready

Cassel is cheaper than trading for Sam Bradford, probably better than Hoyer so best of a bad job i suppose