NFL/NCAAF Thread

[FullMetalAlchemist]

Maybe San Diego @ New Orleans?

They always make a hype about QB's facing their old teams. In recent memory, when the Falcons play the Eagles they make it a night game due to Vick facing his old team.

And it helps that the Chargers and Saints are pretty good teams.

Saints-Chargers would be a Monday night game at best since the Chargers failed to make the playoffs. Same for the Pennsylvania showdown between the Eagles and Steelers, since the Eagles likewise missed the playoffs.

[Kazekage]

GB has some great matchups.

VS Bears x2
VS Lions x2
VS Saints
VS Houston
VS Giants
VS San Francisco

I think with GB will have many nationally televised games.

[deathseer]

Saints-Chargers would be a Monday night game at best since the Chargers failed to make the playoffs. Same for the Pennsylvania showdown between the Eagles and Steelers, since the Eagles likewise missed the playoffs.

Well. Yearly the Charagers become everyone's "Pre-Season Pick" until they fail halfway. But there is a yearly general interest for them. They did pretty good last time on primetime.

This just me going off all of the hype the Chargers usually get. Year after year they are usually talked up as a pretty good team. And since the Saints and Chargers don't play often, maybe they want to cash in on Brees and Sproles playing their old team.

But you're right, at the least it would be a Monday Night Game and I have no problem with that.

[Vern]

The 49ers had missed oppurtunites and mistakes too. The Giants would have lost if the 49ers didn't lose the punt return twice.

Yup, they also ****ed up. If it wasn't for bad mistakes, I would be having my Har-Bowl in two weeks.

[TheWatersGreatGuardian]

Yup, they also ****ed up. If it wasn't for bad mistakes, I would be having my Har-Bowl in two weeks.

I wanted that so bad.

[Entreri10]

I'm very excited about what Jeff Fisher brings to my Rams.

[deathseer]

Interested in seeing how Spagnola fits with the Saints. If the defense improves to a Top 10 then I think the sky is the limit for them.

[Quackjack29]

[QUOTE=FullMetalAlchemist;14056767]Baltimore VS. Pittsburgh - see GB-DET[QUOTE]

My good sir, Pitt v B-More is always a great game

[Shneak]

My good sir, Pitt v B-More is always a great game

Always the highlight of out schedule, even if we lose.

Anyway, go Giants!

[A_TROLL_NAMED_SLACK]

I really wonder whats gonna happen to Peyton Manning.
I just hope he stays in the AFC.

[kaiser soze]

I really don't know what to think of Peyton these days. He gets a new contract and then never plays a game (not that he can directly control that, but still...). He's never been known as a me-me-me guy per se, but now it sounds like he's ready to leave Indy. I'm getting the vibe that it might be a psychological, not football problem: he thinks they blame him for their terrible season.

However, a Manning-Luck combo would be good for the long-term of the Colts. One of the keys to Aaron Rodger's success was that he waited patiently behind Brett Favre for three seasons and was able to absorb the playbook and the system before being thrown to the wolves. Now he's thrown for almost 4,000 yards every season (he only had 3,922 in 2010, but close enough for illustrative purposes). Steve Young is a more complicated example, but part of his success had to do with Joe Montana being their starter.

[FullMetalAlchemist]

I think it's safe to say Aaron Rodgers is my favorite NFL player at present.

Come on, I want to know who your favorites are.

[deathseer]

Tie between Drew Brees and Lance Moore at the moment. Edge to Brees though.

[A_TROLL_NAMED_SLACK]

Mine is Troy Polumalu at the moment.
On offense it has to be either Tebow or Brees.

[TheWatersGreatGuardian]

Tebow, Brees, Percy Harvin, Aaron Hernandez

[A_TROLL_NAMED_SLACK]

"Tom Coughlin has been compared to Bill Parcells, Bill Cowher and Bill Belichick but the Giants fiery head coach shares more in common with the Denver Broncos superstar quarterback, Tim Tebow. When the critics put his back against the wall and put his job in jeopardy all he does in win"
http://newyork.sbnation.com/2012/1/2...oach-superbowl
So true.

[Kazekage]

Aaron Rodgers because I'm a Green Bay fan.

Tom Brady, because he's the last one left of the Brady-Manning-Favre trio that I grew up watching. And he's the only one who hasn't ended their career on whimper, and looks to be the only one who'll stay with the city that rooted for him.

[Phoopes]

>Peyton Manning

Personally, I hope he stays in Indy to help out Andrew Luck. It would be nice to see a Hall of Fame player finish his career in the city he started in. However, based on his comments, it looks like he's leaving Indy. They fired a bunch of their coaching staff and their GM. That just doesn't sit well with him. If he does go- which is seeming likely- I don't know where he'd end up. The Chiefs? They certainly need a good QB. Not sure how their payroll is, though.

>Favorite player

LeSean McCoy. No doubt.

[FullMetalAlchemist]

Has anyone here actually been to an NFL game? I've been to a few Browns games, the first of course being in the old Cleveland Stadium against the Packers in 1995.

And anyone notice how similar the geographical boundaries of the NFC North are to the Big Ten Conference and the NFC South to the SEC?

[Phoopes]

Has anyone here actually been to an NFL game? I've been to a few Browns games, the first of course being in the old Cleveland Stadium against the Packers in 1995.

My dad has season tickets to the Eagles, so I usually go to between 3-5 games a year, depending on my schedule. My first Eagles game was a preseason game against your Browns a few years ago.