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Mike — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:47:27 -0000

I think Teddy T. is feeling BGR's wrath tonight.

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BGRhule — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:47:08 -0000

Give Brett Favre three months to meld with any team and they cease to be your team or my team; hy ar Brett's team, and they are playing

football with the same commitment that 10 mil Obama supporters made to the concepts of Hope, hange, abd Yes We Can. This Jets team--I mean Leon Washington had nothing on a cougar about to pounce on a mongoose for dinner when he cut through daylight at the speed of light--is possessed with not just Ye We Can,but plays with the attitude of Hell Yes We Already Are,So You Best Get The Hell Outda Way! The Way Mang had the offense spread the field on the exposed secondary of the Titans set the table for Favre to work his magic, enabling Leon to work his, too. un game to watch--unless you're Ted Thompsen of The Retarded Front Office of The Packers.

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cd — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:58:31 -0000

Yesterday the Gmen take another step on the path to become the next great dynasty. 2peat this season is looking more and more likely.

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Persia — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:05:15 -0000

Look for the "eli is better than peyton" talk to get louder and louder over the coming month.

Eli seems to be less of a douchebag, too, which is nice.

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Norsecats — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:14:44 -0000

Speculation on the Vikings' sports-talk AM station as to who they should try and sign for QB next year (because Frerotte isn't that good, and is old besides, and Tarvaris Jackson will never be good enough). They were high on Donovan McNabb, which would be cool, but I wonder how much he has left in the tank. He wouldn't be expected to carry the offense because we've got Adrian Peterson, but he's got a decent corps of WRs to throw the ball to.

Frerotte was an improvement over T-Jack, but QB is still one of their weak points. Still, they'll be tied for 1st going into the big game against the Bears this weekend. Maybe they'll win the division and have the honor of losing to the Cowboys or whichever wild-card team comes out of the NFC South in the 1st round.

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itsmike — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:46:55 -0000

dbt/ali:

Da Bears haven't had a consistently decent quarterback since Sid Luckman, truth be told. Even McMahon was hurt regularly and had an attitude problem.

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Joel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:39:25 -0000

Cassell probably gets the non exclusive franchise tag. Does someone pay the price (1st and 2nd?)

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rb — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:21:18 -0000

Tiers:

1. Giants

2. Titans, Jets, Steelers, Pats

3. Ballmer, Tampa, Carolina, Colts, Fins, Cowboys, Cards

As a NYJ fan I don't like to admit it, but the hated NYG are best by far. Their line play is flat-out scary and even without Jacobs and Plax in the game they dominate. As it gets colder their punishing style will get more and more overwhelming.

The fact that they're doing this minus two all-pro D lineman from last year is ridiculous.

Any given Sunday and all that, but absent a rash of injuries or a serious Eli meltdown they will roll the NFC. Then, in the big game, I think the top teams in the AFC only beat them 2-3 times out of 10.

Look for the "eli is better than peyton" talk to get louder and louder over the coming month.

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Curtis — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:55:43 -0000

I feel like a genius for picking the Chiefs second win. I was feeling good when we sat down for lunch after church and they led 14-10.

The AFC west has to be the worst division the NFL has seen in quite some time. I think seven wins pretty much locks it down, and six may do it.

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BrianSierk — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:22:02 -0000

Is it just me, or are the Viqueens the best the NFC central has to offer?

Pack looked weak, and Chicago is anemic.

I don't think Cassel will keep it up. He's streaky.

'hawks are trying too hard. They could have beat the 'skins.

Was it just me, or did Culpepper look like he had eaten another person since he last played? He must have put on 40-50 pounds.

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Persia — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:28:23 -0000

What I really want is a Pats-Jets matchup in the playoffs, so Eric Mangina can suffer the tortures of the damned as Favre turns in his usual playoff stinker.

That would be the most beautiful thing EVER.

I think it's too soon to talk about Cassel's future-- it all depends on Brady's health, I suspect. But he just keeps getting better.

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John from Concord — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:35:50 -0000

Shotgun? Five wide, no backfield? You know the Dolphins thought -- or hoped -- that that was gonna be some kind of trick play the first couple of times.

But no. They finally gave Cassel the keys to the full-blown New England Air Assault of Doom -- and he ran it like a veteran. Look out, NFL.

FWIW, I think Cassel gets a franchise tag and a big raise, plays part-time next year as Brady gets back into the swing of things, and -- assuming Brady can come back at something like full capability -- goes somewhere else in 2010 for Very Large Money.

IMO it is also not impossible that a less-than-100% Brady goes somewhere else in 2010 while Cassel inherits the throne.

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low-tech cyclist — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:14:34 -0000

The Redskins continue to be a good enough team when I'm watching them on TV, and totally flat when I'm not.

I missed the opener against the Giants, the Steelers game, and went to bed at halftime of the second Dallas game. (I was running way behind on sleep - not my fault.) I've watched everything else.

And in what games (or halves, in Dallas' case) have the Redskins showed pretty much nothing? Exactly. They ought to pay me to watch.

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dlp — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:39:18 -0000

Man, I feel so sorry for McNabb. So much wasted talent.

He may be done and over the hill now, but for about 4 or 5 seasons he played like an MVP and carried an eagles team with wide receivers that would be #3 at best in a decent team and the most horrendous offensive play calling by a team that matters. No wonder he is always injured.

He carried Andy Reid for half a decade and now is being thrown to the wolves, and Reid did not even have the courtesy to tell him he was being benched to his face.

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AliHajiSheik — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:08:39 -0000

dbt - 85 McMahon was a pro bowler. I expect Ryan to surpass him, but I would take the 85 McMahon over a 08 Ryan (I think).

Tampa has been awful at the QB position. New Orleans has been dreadful as well.

I would say almost every dog franchise has had its day at the QB position other than Detroit, Tampa and NO. The Cards even had Lomax.

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Matt — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:37:34 -0000

It is a down year for the NFL, but things are shaping up for a really interesting, up for grabs playoff season. In the AFC you probably have the Steelers, Titans, Colts and Jets as the four best teams, in what order I do not know. The Giants are in a league by themselves over in the still-worse than-the-AFC NFC. As a Steeler fan, I would like to think that our line will improve enough that we will have a good shot at the Super Bowl. Not out of the question is an all Manning Super Bowl either.

As for the Colts call to pass on 4th and inches - I think I would have punted it there and taken it to OT haha...gutsy call and good for them. Those kinds of plays are what the Pats did all last year - passing when normal teams would run and get stuffed.

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Zak — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:33:46 -0000

ML&J,

Cassel will make a bundle, which means it'll be stay, not go. No way the Pats are paying that kind of $$ for a backup QB.

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CitizenE — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:55:08 -0000

As a woeful Niners fan, I can still remember the afternoon when Cowboy fans in their typical B grade style booed Troy Aikman, who had only taken them to the Super Bowl 3 times, and Terrell Owens, a less than woeful 49er then, gleefully danced on the Dallas star twice after making touchdowns.

I thought those fans deserved it for their unworthy treatment of Aikman, but these days, forget TO, Jerry Rice, the most dominant player at any position in NFL history is just a memory breezing by the Dallas secondary into the endzone. Oh well, the bloom is long gone from the rose (isn't Shaun Hill the name of that British guy who acts in comedy horror and cop movies? And let me tell you he is better than the alternative-que horror!).

However, I must say, those Cowboys will have to how about better than they did today to get anywhere big time. The Giants certainly would have scored twice against them from the 4 yard line in the first quarter.

Rooting for Dallas--mmmnph, mmmmnph.

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MoeLarryAndJesus — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:37:20 -0000

Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, and Tom Brady never had back-to-back 400 yard passing games for the Patriots. Matt Cassel has just done it. He'll be making a lot of money in the off-season, stay or go.

He'd be an upgrade for half of the teams in the league right now, at least.

What I really want is a Pats-Jets matchup in the playoffs, so Eric Mangina can suffer the tortures of the damned as Favre turns in his usual playoff stinker.

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TW Andrews — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:24:34 -0000

Man, how do the Broncos let Oakland hang 31 on them...

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hurls — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:54:22 -0000

TNC

I'll probably not bother posting this again -- Chargers are sucking.

If that changes, I'll be the first one you hear from in your weekly open thread

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breschau — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:47:01 -0000

blackink: Mike Quick would like to have a word with you.

But yes - that was the worst offensive game I've seen from the Eagles in 10 years or so. My God were they horrible. Congrats to Andy Reid for destroying the confidence of two QBs in one game.

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dbt — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:19:13 -0000

AliHajiSheik,

I would love to make a list of all the teams that have not had a quarterback as good as Matt Ryan has been this year, since say 1978 (liberalization of the passing rules).

I'll say for sure the bears and lions. Anybody else want to jump in?

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Zak — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:18:56 -0000

Watching the extremely evenly matched Colts'n'Bolts game. I'm torn between my general hatred of San Diego (the team, not the city - though the city's tainted by association) and the fact that the Colts and Pats are likely to be competing for the AFC Wild Card. Hmm.

Jets look for real; the best team in the AFC at the moment. I'm loving Matt Cassel: a high-school quarterback indeed.