Week 3 Other Games

[mraynrand]

David Kaplan @thekapman 2h2 hours ago
The Bears are the only team in the last 35 seasons to punt on every possession in a game. #Withthenumber1picktheChicagoBearsselect

Ladies and Gentlemen, John Fox!

I saw that. I watched as much of that as I could stand. There really is only so much fun you can have watching someone you hate being murdered. Still, you would have thought on at least one of those fourth downs that ol' Johhny woulda said "hey, just chuck that f'er up there and see what comes down"

[Fritz]

What is with the dark patch on the Lions unis? Look like big sweat stains.

Well, the Lions really are sweating now. The offensive line is a shambles, and they lost their best lineman, Warford, to an ankle injury again. Their #1 pick, Laken Tomlinson, not looking good. Stafford is getting beat up and making mistakes.

But the defense looks pretty good, better when Levy comes back.

By the way, do you all notice how lucky we are to have Aaron Rodgers when you watch other QB's play? I watched Giants-Skins Thursday, and I will never ever take Rodgers for granted again.

[Cheesehead Craig]

David Kaplan @thekapman 2h2 hours ago
The Bears are the only team in the last 35 seasons to punt on every possession in a game. #Withthenumber1picktheChicagoBearsselect

Ladies and Gentlemen, John Fox!

Like I said before the season, the Bears will be lucky to win 4 games and will be in the race for the #1 overall pick. Their team is shit.

[hoosier]

Well, the Lions really are sweating now. The offensive line is a shambles, and they lost their best lineman, Warford, to an ankle injury again. Their #1 pick, Laken Tomlinson, not looking good. Stafford is getting beat up and making mistakes.

But the defense looks pretty good, better when Levy comes back.

By the way, do you all notice how lucky we are to have Aaron Rodgers when you watch other QB's play? I watched Giants-Skins Thursday, and I will never ever take Rodgers for granted again.

I heard Al or Chris say their run defense is 29th in the NFL. That's gotta sting after last year.

[pbmax]

Peyton Manning said they picked the pistol approach to the Lions game based off Packers game tape versus the Lions last year.

[mraynrand]

Stafford is getting beat up and making mistakes.

Not looking off dbs. It's like he's asking to be intercepted.

He's like a Colin Kaepernick out there!

[mraynrand]

Speaking of Colin Kaepernick, I was watching a WWII movie and was reminded of him...

[smuggler]

Dieter Kurtenbach @dkurtenbach 3m3 minutes ago
It’s 1st &10 with 20 seconds to go. Vic Fangio is a genius…….

This is an embarassingly bad playcall if the Hawks had any timeouts. Still stupid even without TOs.

[pbmax]

CK used to be able to move and throw, but he had two terrible ducks after movement that resulted in INTs. One was a rollout, one was a reset in pocket, both were horrible underthrows.

[pbmax]

This is an embarassingly bad playcall if the Hawks had any timeouts. Still stupid even without TOs.

They had two. It defies comprehension. I wish he would would have done that against the Packers. Maybe he did and that pass rush acted as the world's best deodorant.

[Guiness]

Peyton Manning said they picked the pistol approach to the Lions game based off Packers game tape versus the Lions last year.

They also hypothesized that it's a nice halfway option for Peyton and Kubiak to settle on. Put Peyton under center, and it takes away his vision of the defense and one of his biggest weapons - ability to dissect it and make adjustments. Problem is, he's too slow to work the shotgun anymore, so the pistol minimizes the number of steps he has to take to throw or hand-off.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Dieter Kurtenbach @dkurtenbach 3m3 minutes ago
It’s 1st &10 with 20 seconds to go. Vic Fangio is a genius…….

UNSOUND!!!

[pbmax]

UNSOUND!!!

Better.

In other, Dez Bryan't non-TD playoff non-catch news, this happened to the Bengals. I think its an even easier call than the Dez non-catch, but I certainly understand the dismay its causing. It was called back as an incompletion.

SB Nation @SBNation
The NFL still can’t figure out what a catch is: http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/...ne-but-the-nfl …

http://www.cincyjungle.com/2015/9/27/9406793/nfl-clarifies-controversial-tyler-eifert-td-that-was-overturned-vs

[KYPack]

Some rules fall by the wayside.

That catch by Eifert was a score until the DB kicked it.

That used to be it's own little penalty.

Helping the runner was a penalty, then it was ignored, now it's a play.

[mraynrand]

^^ That Cincy play is bizarre. He's clearly not 'going to the ground' - He's going to the end zone after taking two steps after securing the ball. He has possession and then the ball breaks the plane - the play is over at that point. Over.

(Dez Bryant never made the goal line)