OFFICIAL NFL 2015-2016 Thread

[YoungJRNYfan]

Everyone loves a good conspiracy. You can't rig football. It's way too violent and fast. There are plenty of upsets in the league that happen week to week and there are many storyline ' s over the years where the NFL could have benefited from where the opposite result happened.

Denver did it's job. It anybody followed them this season, their defense was that good since week 1 and performed like that consistently all season. They were a force on defense and it showed. Carolina, not once, played a defense like Denvers. The only team that shredded them was Pittsburgh. That's it. To any fan who follows week to week shouldn't be surprised to see Denver win it all with that suffocating #1 defense. They earned it.

[YoungJRNYfan]

great defenses win superbowls.
the only way that game would have been rigged is Cam was in on it.
He definitely does not need money to sway the game.
He just flat all played badly.

This is not professional wrestling.

Yes, it basically is pro wrestling in terms of realism.

Yes, Cam Newton was in on it. All of the players are in on it. It's in their contracts when they sign that they will do as they are instructed by the league, and they will not go public with that. They would get the $hit sued out of them if they go public with that. Plus, they would be hated by teammates.

I used to work with someone who had played in the NFL. He was only a backup player, and only played for like 3 seasons. He used to hint at the fact that the games were not what they seemed. And he played in the mid 1980's. The fixing is even more blatant in more recent years than when he played. The place that he and I worked at would have football pools every week during the football season. There were about 70 guys and maybe 5 women that would bet on the company football pools on a regular basis. He and I were the only ones that ever bet by the theory that the games were rigged. And it was constantly him or I that won the pool. I'm not saying that no-one else ever won, but he or I would win 4 out of every 5 weeks.

My cousin, Dave Costa, played for the 9'ers and then was picked up by the Steelers a few years before being cut. His stories were the complete opposite and his journey took a ton of hard work beyond belief. He played in Canada as well. The way the game is setup, it's impossible to rig. It's a business and a very layered one especially in the offseason. That's where most of the stuff is complicated..behind closed doors.

[S2M]

The refs determined this game from jump. And YES, ONE play can determine the outcome of a game...even if it is in the 1st Q.

That WAS a catch in the first quarter...which led to Denver's defensive TD. That play should have never happened. And what it did was allow more clock at the end of the game for Denver to score their last TD. That's a 14-point swing, and that's without taking into account CAR scoring again.

Talib was offsides on CAR last FG. Would have gave them a first and 10 from the 25(?). Another officiating 'mistake'.

Even with Denver's defense, CAR had this game if not for the shoddy officiating.

Denver was not flagged in the 2nd half...BULLSHIT. If folks can't see this as fixed, I don't know what to tell you.

[scarab]

the refs must of caused that strip sack too.
it was Denvers game to lose after that.

If a play is called one way on the field, a replay has to have overwhelming evidence to overturn.
That "catch" did not.

Denver defense ruled and Cam could not overcome it.

[Journey/Survivor]

I honestly didn't give a shit who won the game, it meant nothing to me this year. But that was very clearly a clean catch by the Panthers. One of my friends that I was watching the game with desperately wanted the Broncos to win the game, and even he conceded without hesitation that it was a clean catch.

[scarab]

I do not care who won the game either.
But the best team won, by two touchdowns.
If a bad call by the refs caused the Panthers to lose. Then they should.

Only Cam could have "caused" the team to lose. Did he?

[YoungJRNYfan]

I do not care who won the game either.
But the best team won, by two touchdowns.
If a bad call by the refs caused the Panthers to lose. Then they should.

Only Cam could have "caused" the team to lose. Did he?

Cam played horrible, but he also was the culprit of bad team play. His offense was horrific. Fumbling galore and his tackles got abused and bruised. Cam had no chance and the play calling was awful. They should of let him run the ball more and designed some runs for him. Denver was blowing past their ends and literally running by both tackles. Good offensive play calling would have scorched a rush coming upfield like that. They didn't even manage to chip Miller or Ware on the edge. Denver was outmatched with Seattle a few years ago, but this was different. Carolina actually matched up well with Denver and Carolina's defense matched Denver and the ability to force turnovers. Carolina just picked a terrible time to fall flat offensively; especially the run game. They needed to be more creative and take advantage of Denver's smaller edge rushers. They didn't and they looked every bit as bad as any offense could. The lights were way too bright for them.