American Sports Thread

magpie seanie · November 21, 2014, 11:49:35 AM

Beat SB champs on Sunday, lose to 0-10 team on Thursday. That's why I love the NFL so much - the any given day "cliché" is almost a truism.

AZOffaly · November 21, 2014, 12:14:43 PM

Road versus Home is huge. Especially for those Thursday night games. I haven't looked yet, but I wonder how many road wins have been on Thurs.

Edit. Just checked. 8-4 to the home team. Not as much as I expected to be honest.

Minder · November 21, 2014, 01:03:41 PM

Quote from: AZOffaly on November 21, 2014, 12:14:43 PM
Road versus Home is huge. Especially for those Thursday night games. I haven't looked yet, but I wonder how many road wins have been on Thurs.

Edit. Just checked. 8-4 to the home team. Not as much as I expected to be honest.

Distance travelled for road team would be a factor too I would have thought on a short week, dunno if that is taken into account when the scheduling is done.

AZOffaly · November 21, 2014, 01:49:16 PM

All Thursday night games are divisional games, so that should help with some of the travel.

Gabriel_Hurl · November 21, 2014, 05:23:13 PM

Quote from: magpie seanie on November 21, 2014, 11:49:35 AM
Beat SB champs on Sunday, lose to 0-10 team on Thursday. That's why I love the NFL so much - the any given day "cliché" is almost a truism.

RealSpiritof98 · November 23, 2014, 11:39:09 PM

49ers O again bring feck all to the game

Gabriel_Hurl · November 24, 2014, 02:18:24 AM

Odell Beckham Jr with the catch of the year

cadhlancian · November 24, 2014, 06:00:34 AM

Not too much adjusting needed on my rankings from last week.
1) Pats
2) Packers
3) Broncos
4) Seattle
5) Cowboys
6) Arizona
7) San Francisco

Eagles
9) Chiefs
10) Steelers/Chargers/Ravens

AZOffaly · November 24, 2014, 09:12:41 AM

Impressive by the Pats last night. That's a good Detroit Defense. They look invincible in Foxboro. The AFC better hope they slip up a couple of times before the end of the season, because if the AFC road goes through Foxboro, they should be in Arizona in the new year.

As for the Cardinals, they just couldn't get anything serious going offensively up in Seattle. The Defense was brilliant again though, 7 sacks of Wilson. They gave up a couple of scrambling, broken plays to him, but other than that they were excellent. They are the real deal defensively. On the other side of the ball, unfortunately, they found it very tough going in a hostile atmosphere. The running game is a real concern to me. The Offensive line has improved a lot in pass protection, but they don't open up many holes for running backs. That means long 2nd and 3rd down situations, which allows the D to go after the QB, which puts pressure on him and the O-Line to pass protect.

I was relatively happy after it though. I think in Arizona they'll have a good chance against the 'hawks, if the D plays like that. The NFC West is some division though.

AZOffaly · November 24, 2014, 10:51:09 PM

Jaysus, bad news about eric berry, the Chiefs safety. Looks like suspected lymphoma after an Mri showed up a mass on his chest. He's done for the year, hopefully he makes a full recovery.

RealSpiritof98 · November 25, 2014, 12:14:00 AM

Jets v Bills rescheduled game at Detroit

http://www.wiz1.net/channel1

cadhlancian · November 25, 2014, 05:23:29 AM

The Jets are a fecking joke! How that buffoon Rex still has a job is beyond me. The other idiot brother in New Orleans isn't much better. Sean Payton gave him a nice " talking" too on the sideline tonight.

J70 · November 25, 2014, 10:55:38 AM

Quote from: cadhlancian on November 25, 2014, 05:23:29 AM
The Jets are a fecking joke! How that buffoon Rex still has a job is beyond me. The other idiot brother in New Orleans isn't much better. Sean Payton gave him a nice " talking" too on the sideline tonight.

Rex didn't put the squad together and have a lot of salary cap left over. Players just arent good enough. He was probably finished after this year no matter what, but Idzik has bigger questions to answer. Rex will get another head coaching job, assuming he doesn't do media stuff for a bit first.

gallsman · November 25, 2014, 11:09:34 AM

Quote from: cadhlancian on November 25, 2014, 05:23:29 AM
The Jets are a fecking joke! How that buffoon Rex still has a job is beyond me. The other idiot brother in New Orleans isn't much better. Sean Payton gave him a nice " talking" too on the sideline tonight.

Payton hasn't shone much himself since they won the SB.

magpie seanie · November 25, 2014, 05:27:59 PM

Quote from: AZOffaly on November 24, 2014, 10:51:09 PM
Jaysus, bad news about eric berry, the Chiefs safety. Looks like suspected lymphoma after an Mri showed up a mass on his chest. He's done for the year, hopefully he makes a full recovery.

I knew a guy who had something similar discovered and the worst was feared but it turned out to be ok. Fingers crossed it's the same for this guy.