OFFICIAL NFL 2015-2016 Thread

[DavidWT]

Time for the Jets to give Vinny Testaverde a call!

[YoungJRNYfan]

Yeah man, I'll try to set that up as soon as next week if I can remember my login's, haha. I'll give an update soon

[YoungJRNYfan]

Okay guys. Go to the ESPNPickem's on ESPN.com. Go to join group and find our group again.

Link: http://games.espn.go.com/nfl-pigskin-pickem/2015/en/
Group name: melodicrock
Password: melodicrock

After you find the group, just rejoin. LEZ DO DIZ.

[YoungJRNYfan]

I'm in and picks made.

Damn dude! Simma' down'na!

Is everyone locked in? Fuck this place is a ghostown.

[S2M]

My gut title games:

AFC

Baltimore/Pittsburgh

NFC

A. Dallas/ Green Bay
B. Detroit/ Dallas

SB:
Steelers V Cowboys Round IV

Care to modify your prognostication after today's court decision? GOOD Luck Next Thursday night.

[YoungJRNYfan]

My gut title games:

AFC

Baltimore/Pittsburgh

NFC

A. Dallas/ Green Bay
B. Detroit/ Dallas

SB:
Steelers V Cowboys Round IV

Care to modify your prognostication after today's court decision? GOOD Luck Next Thursday night.

Brady's going to hang atleast 50 on this defense. Too young; not enough depth. The potential is there...so is the speed on Pittsburgh's D but they need a LOT more playing time together. Brady is going to shred us. Who knows..maybe speed does kill. We'll see. Good luck to you too broseph!

[YoungJRNYfan]

Come on guys, lets get the Pigskin Pickems in! So far we only have FF, mikemarrs and myself. John from Boston LEZ GO DOOD!

[Memorex]

conversationPC is in for Pickems. Come on Ed, Matt, JohnnyB, slucero, Memorex, let's have some stiff competition this year. It's easy, all ya gotta do is pick the winners every week before kickoff starts. Get signed up before tomorrow nights first game.

It's my understanding there is no football this year. My team went away. I'll consider it.

[slucero]

ok I'm in....

[Jonny B]

Sorry, I won't be able to join Pick'ems this year. I'm balancing 2 jobs with going back to college. Not a lot of time in-between for anything else. Thanks for the invite anyway.

[Memorex]

I have submitted the winning picks for this week.

[S2M]

BREAKING NEWS: The Patriots under investigation for headset tampering, the use of a rain machine, the use of strong magnets to make the Steelers miss field goals, and the use of an invisibility cloak on Rob Gronkowski making him visible only to the announcers and fans. Because according to my anonymous and imaginary sources several unnamed Steelers players claimed to just see a floating ball moving down the field after Gronkowski receptions. Lengthy investigations, heavy fines, heavy suspensions, and complimentary tin foil hats to protect the opposition from Bill Belichick's long suspected telepathic powers are coming soon. More at 11.

Memo to Big Ben: Here's an 'unwritten rule' for you. No means NO!

[YoungJRNYfan]

I will send the message over to Big Ben here in Pittsburgh and let him know that he has been informed thusly.

[S2M]

I will send the message over to Big Ben here in Pittsburgh and let him know that he has been informed thusly.

LMAO!!!

In related news, the Hags STILL can't beat St. Louis.

[TageRyche]

Lots of big time injuries today. Man, a lot of teams saw huge parts of their rosters fall off either temporarily or for the season.

[slucero]

wow.. Suggs is gone for the season (Achilles)

The Ravens D will be suspect next week...

[YoungJRNYfan]

wow.. Suggs is gone for the season (Achilles)

The Ravens D will be suspect next week...

Moose Antler spray will have him ready for kickoff by next week!

[slucero]

wow.. Suggs is gone for the season (Achilles)

The Ravens D will be suspect next week...

Moose Antler spray will have him ready for kickoff by next week!

lol..

[Memorex]

So I guess I'm the big winner in week 1 of the pick ems. 13-3. What I do know is that will not happen again all season, so I'll take it.

Niners looked much better than I thought they would. Hope they can keep up with the division this year. Looks strong. I was not excited for this season at all until 1 second after tonight's game started.

Dilfer and Berman suck ass as commentators. Why ESPN, why?

[slucero]

Niner - Vikings..

Reggie Bush injured (already)

Carlos Hyde looked great.. but with the way he runs he gets hit a lot (he took a knee to the head on one play), and if he gets as many carries per game as he did tonight.... I'd bet he doesn't last the season..

Kaepernick had a very "Alex Smith" game, good ball control, no turnovers... and that is a compliment.

Passing---------Cmp--Att--Yds--TDs
C. Kaepernick---17--- 26--165---0

Passing----Cmp--Att---Yds---TDs
A. Smith---22--- 33 ---243----3


The 9er D played well... but it was against a Viking offense that looked like it needs to find a QB... and a running game...

[Memorex]

Yea. But I did not mind the cheerleader uniforms.

[slucero]

9ers uniforms sucked ass..

those cheerleading uniforms were great..

[Journey/Survivor]

Wow, every one of us picked the Chiefs last night, never in history have 7 people on MR ever agreed on anything.

And we were all wrong.

And the CBS viewing audience voted that KC would win the game too. Vegas sure made a lot of money last night. Just like always.

[slucero]

holy crap did Pittsburg show up today...


I don't see Hyde lasting the season with the way he runs... he came inches from getting his knee blown up on one play, and then got his bell rung... he may be younger than Gore.. but he doesn't make people miss like Gore does..

[YoungJRNYfan]

holy crap did Pittsburg show up today...


I don't see Hyde lasting the season with the way he runs... he came inches from getting his knee blown up on one play, and then got his bell rung... he may be younger than Gore.. but he doesn't make people miss like Gore does..

I've been to a shit load of Steelers games. Today's game was one of the most fun I've been to. It looked like San Fran was in total vanilla mode. Not sure how many games they think they are going to win playing preseason football in the regular season.

Great to see the Steelers respond. You know what team you have when they respond from a week 1 loss. Big Ben is a dude on a mission and the defense came to run through people after a horrible night in NE. Happy to see them respond with a great win.

[slucero]

ya they just took apart the 9ers Dfense....

I knew the Viking game was not going show us who the 9ers really are.. but today was just eye opening..


Pittsburg just gave the NFC West the game plan for beating the 9ers..

[YoungJRNYfan]

ya they just took apart the 9ers Dfense....

I knew the Viking game was not going show us who the 9ers really are.. but today was just eye opening..


Pittsburg just gave the NFC West the game plan for beating the 9ers..

You're a cool cat, slucero! But there's an "h" on the end of Pittsburgh! Sorry, that was driving me crazy for a moment lol

[Memorex]

holy crap did Pittsburg show up today...


I don't see Hyde lasting the season with the way he runs... he came inches from getting his knee blown up on one play, and then got his bell rung... he may be younger than Gore.. but he doesn't make people miss like Gore does..

I hope the dude is fined for the cheap shot on the knee.

Hyde will be fine. He'll adjust.

Hated the bullshit scheduling of this game. But whatever. They played like shit and I assume they will most of the year. No way any team can lose that many players and have a great year. I just hope they improve and adjust over time. I've never been convinced Kap is the guy - but as much as I hated it I understood the move from a financial standpoint.

What - no Alex stat comparisons? Thought I would get those passive-aggressive-means-absolutely-nothing-posts each week.

[YoungJRNYfan]

holy crap did Pittsburg show up today...


I don't see Hyde lasting the season with the way he runs... he came inches from getting his knee blown up on one play, and then got his bell rung... he may be younger than Gore.. but he doesn't make people miss like Gore does..

I hope the dude is fined for the cheap shot on the knee.

Hyde will be fine. He'll adjust.

Hated the bullshit scheduling of this game. But whatever. They played like shit and I assume they will most of the year. No way any team can lose that many players and have a great year. I just hope they improve and adjust over time. I've never been convinced Kap is the guy - but as much as I hated it I understood the move from a financial standpoint.

What - no Alex stat comparisons? Thought I would get those passive-aggressive-means-absolutely-nothing-posts each week.

We've made the trip to the West Coast on a short week multiple times. Sucks, but most teams have to do it.

That said, don't blame the players for having to go low. That's Goondell's NFL for yah. You can't go high so the powers that be want players to go knee level. Hyde runs high, so he had it coming. Can't get fined when it's not even against league rules. They want players to hit low and prevent chest/head injuries. Only QB's are protected against low shots in the pocket. Running backs, it's totally fair game. The Steelers actually had to adjust to those rules. Not saying I agree with it (and neither do the players themselves), but ohwell, it's the current league that's now in place.

[Memorex]

holy crap did Pittsburg show up today...


I don't see Hyde lasting the season with the way he runs... he came inches from getting his knee blown up on one play, and then got his bell rung... he may be younger than Gore.. but he doesn't make people miss like Gore does..

I hope the dude is fined for the cheap shot on the knee.

Hyde will be fine. He'll adjust.

Hated the bullshit scheduling of this game. But whatever. They played like shit and I assume they will most of the year. No way any team can lose that many players and have a great year. I just hope they improve and adjust over time. I've never been convinced Kap is the guy - but as much as I hated it I understood the move from a financial standpoint.

What - no Alex stat comparisons? Thought I would get those passive-aggressive-means-absolutely-nothing-posts each week.

We've made the trip to the West Coast on a short week multiple times. Sucks, but most teams have to do it.

That said, don't blame the players for having to go low. That's Goondell's NFL for yah. You can't go high so the powers that be want players to go knee level. Hyde runs high, so he had it coming. Can't get fined when it's not even against league rules. They want players to hit low and prevent chest/head injuries. Only QB's are protected against low shots in the pocket. Running backs, it's totally fair game. The Steelers actually had to adjust to those rules. Not saying I agree with it (and neither do the players themselves), but ohwell, it's the current league that's now in place.

If you are arguing that it wasn't a cheap shot, then not really sure what to say. Just agree to disagree.