2013 NFL Discussion

Two ugly games in a row for that vaunted Houston defense.

Ludo wrote:

Two ugly games in a row for that vaunted Houston defense.

And yet they still won. It's nice being good st everything (minus st)

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ludo wrote:

Two ugly games in a row for that vaunted Houston defense.

And yet they still won. It's nice being good st everything (minus st)

the forsett TD might be a sign it's the texans year, only champions get luck like that when they're down two scores and struggling.

ridiculous rule but schwartz should have known it all the same

cheekynffc wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ludo wrote:

Two ugly games in a row for that vaunted Houston defense.

And yet they still won. It's nice being good st everything (minus st)

the forsett TD might be a sign it's the texans year, only champions get luck like that when they're down two scores and struggling.

ridiculous rule but schwartz should have known it all the same

Agreed

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ludo wrote:

Two ugly games in a row for that vaunted Houston defense.

And yet they still won. It's nice being good st everything (minus st)

I wouldn't say going to overtime with the Jaguars and Lions two weeks in a row translates to a team being good at everything, especially giving up 68 points and almost a thousand yards (983 offensive yards give or take) in those two games.

No mercy.

For the first time in his career Drew Brees knows what it's like to be Jason Campbell. We got the Saints at their hottest, just how we like them....face down with authority this time in their house.

I see they still like to play dirty as well but once again it was our defensive backs laying some real(and legal) heat on that ass.

1. Patriots 8-3 No team hotter
2. Texans 10-1 begging for a loss
3. Falcons 10-1 begging for a loss
4. 49ers 8-2-1 Smith won't get it done for them
5. Broncos 8-3

Packers, Ravens, Giants, Bears

We're going to rape Tenn and be 11-1 then goto Foxburo and knock off the overrated Pats. That will lick up home field the whole way with 3 games to go.

Actually would need one more win over Indy and by then it'd more likely be done.

seattle are fucked when their corners lose their drugs appeal.

The Feebles cut Babin.

So glad I dropped Nick Foles in week 5 from TEAM GUAM. He goofy

GDPofDRC wrote:

1. 49ers 8-2-1 Kap pushes them over the edge
2. Patriots 8-3 No team hotter
3. Texsans 10-1 begging for a loss
4. Falcons 10-1 begging for a loss
5. Broncos 8-3

Packers, Ravens, Giants, Bears

Ha, dudes back to the bench. Not sure what Harbaugh is doing over there, awfully late in the year to be transmitting mixed signals. Though I'd be a little wary of rolling into the playoffs with a kid who is still so unproven.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

The Feebles cut Babin.

Not sure what the cap ramifications are but I wouldn't mind Big Blue picking him up for the run.

captain organic wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

1. 49ers 8-2-1 Kap pushes them over the edge
2. Patriots 8-3 No team hotter
3. Texsans 10-1 begging for a loss
4. Falcons 10-1 begging for a loss
5. Broncos 8-3

Packers, Ravens, Giants, Bears

Ha, dudes back to the bench. Not sure what Harbaugh is doing over there, awfully late in the year to be transmitting mixed signals. Though I'd be a little wary of rolling into the playoffs with a kid who is still so unproven.

Fixed it then. Pretty dumb. They have the d, why mitigate the o?

good move by Harbaugh. Smith is having a good season. Kaepernick played well but not well enough to take a job from somebody who is third in the league in passer rating, 70 percent completion, was coming of a 19 for 20 and an offensive player of the week before being concussed, and is 20-6 over the last two seasons. Not with just 2 games.

if not for the defense shoving it up Drew Brees ass dry with no warning, we probably would have lost in New Orleans and nobody would be talking about Kaepernick and Smith. You don't go in a different direction in the middle of a season when your primary focus in the bowl..especially when you were going in the right direction with a QB that keeps getting better like Smith had been.

Just don't like the idea of dumping a proven and still improving QB who has done everything right for a still unproven QB(to call Kaep a proven starter is the same as calling Matt Flynn one, and Flynn's stat line blew Kaeps out of the water. He got beat out by a rookie who isnt even that good) who can be just a few adjustments by the opposition away from laying a huge egg.

I know it sounds very Raider fan-ish...but its the haters. People will dump on Smith no matter what.

It's also a good move in the sense that you bench Smith now..he's ruined. Kaepernick's a smart guy. He knows Smith didnt lose his job. The team was winning and he was a big part of it. He'll still be game if they need him. It's only his second year. You can't go back to Smith after screwing him after missing 2 games when he was winning and playing at a high level...not with all he's been through.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

It's also a good move in the sense that you bench Smith now..he's ruined. Kaepernick's a smart guy. He knows Smith didnt lose his job. The team was winning and he was a big part of it. He'll still be game if they need him. It's only his second year. You can't go back to Smith after screwing him after missing 2 games when he was winning and playing at a high level...not with all he's been through.

Def agree here. Kap has his future ahead of him, and in the present can be the wild card on the bench, too much uncertainty starting him now. Smith is the logical choice at this point in time.

But I doubt this story is over. And Smith's composure will be tested.

listening to the SF radio just now, and it seems the decision is still pretty much in the air. They still expect Kaepernick to be starting.

You really don't know what Harbaugh is doing until it's done. He'll say both of them are the starters.

I mostly want them to pick a guy and stick with him. I'm more comfortable with Smith though. If we were a fringe playoff team i would say test potential but 8-2-1 and pretty much a special teams blunder and shitty forward progress call from going to the bowl last year. It seems too risky to switch drivers. Eventually adjustments to Kaepernick will be made(probably in time for the playoffs) and we don't know how that will change him. Thats not to suggest it would effect him negatively but you just don't know. Teams have plans for Alex Smith that they implement every week and he does what he does. Sometimes it's just enough or sometimes, like recently, he does big things. My fear is that this late in the season, you won't find out how good this guy really is until the playoffs...and even if he maintains his level of play..he's a second year player who would have played less than 10 games going into the playoffs with a team built to win now. Smith went through the war with these guys last year. Too risky. We can win it all with Smith...we probably should have last year.

I haven't seen anywhere that says SF made it's decision at QB. Where are you guys hearing Smith was already picked as the starter this week?

Smith at his best is mediocre. He'll let them down again.

I'm still hearing that no decision has been made. I got the newb in one of my money leagues that I have to start 2 QBs and I have both Vick and Big Ben out. That league is too deep and I was lucky to get the newb as a replacement. I need him for another week while Ben heals up.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Smith at his best is mediocre. He'll let them down again.

again? special teams lost last year. Also, to call Smith's play this season and last mediocre just shows you'll dump on the guy no matter what. His play was and has been far from mediocre. Maybe if YPG is the only stat that matters and you're some fantasy douche.

Shame on Harbaugh. Ultimate betrayal of a player who did everything right. Every step of the way what he would say and what he would do were complete opposites when it came to Smith. Of course in the meantime, all Alex did was get the job done. A guy who spent his entire career getting screwed by Mike Nolan and Mike Singletary and new offensive coordinators every season probably just got the biggest screw job by the coach he actually bought into. Stupid him. This is how you lose your team.. by screwing the "captain" and saying one thing and doing another. They think you are full of shit.

Also a lesson to all the QB's out there. Even if you're good...if you get a concussion..stay in. Don't leave the game.

As for Kaepernick...i like the guy. However, he did nothing to win this job from Smith. His game vs. Chicago was not better than Smith's previous game vs. Arizona...and there was nothing special about Kaepernick's game vs. New Orleans to say "oh yeah, this is the guy" when we probably lose if not for Brooks and Whitner.

This all comes back to Harbaugh's main weakness. He brings too much of the college ball mentality to the NFL. It's already bit him in the ass a few times. I truly believe he thinks he can "ride the hot hand" but this isnt picking a game 1 pitcher or college football. If you're a good team, you got one QB. You choose one or you lose both of them mentally. Well, he chose Kaepernick. He's gonna lose Smith and we don't even know if Kaepernick is for real. Good job dickhead.

OU wrote:

I'm still hearing that no decision has been made. I got the newb in one of my money leagues that I have to start 2 QBs and I have both Vick and Big Ben out. That league is too deep and I was lucky to get the newb as a replacement. I need him for another week while Ben heals up.

He announced Kaep.

I think people thought Smith because it was the sensible move, but Harbaugh and his surprises.

#1 running back in the league? Adrian Peterson.

Texans dominating on both sides. On their way to another win.