2022 NFL regular season through Super Bowl LVII

[FiddySicks]

Yeah, and like I said, there have always been subtle things teams do to try and gain a slight advantage. I remember in high school we had a QB who was the fastest in our league, and teams would do things like keep the grass long or, once, even completely flood the field to slow him down. Or you can even look at baseball where teams will even go as far as modifying parts of their park in order to help out particular hitters (I believe the Rays shortened the left field wall when they had Carl Crawford, part of Oracle Park’s configuration had to do with having Barry Bonds, etc). But I think I’m with DG on this one in that it just seems like an unnecessary safety hazard. I’d probably be more willing to give this a pass if this were some small junior college that had this issue and didn’t have the resources to fix it, but this is a multi billion dollar NFL organization we’re talking about here. Plausible deniability and all, but it still seems kinda out of pocket to me. 

[BBTV]

8 hours ago, GDAWG said:

This has been an unpredictable season so far.  Who would have thought the Eagles would be the best team in the NFC.  Not NFC East but NFC.  

 

Many analysts had them in the top 3 after their roster overhaul.  Some of the national guys said they "may have the most talented roster in the NFC" before the season, but I think they were consistently ranked behind TB and someone else in the conference, and many had them neck-and-neck with Dallas.

 

8 hours ago, Rockstar Matt said:

Surprised the Cowboys made a game out of it considering how awful Rush played. Hopefully tonight ends those absurd Rush > Dak takes we’ve been forced to listen to. Cowboys win that game easily with a healthy Dak tonight. This should have been a blowout with how bad Rush played. Got to look at the bright side, if you had told me when Dak went down that the Cowboys would have gone 4-1 with Cooper Rush at QB, I’d have taken that in a heartbeat. He’s done a good job at game managing but tonight showed his limitations. 
 

NFC is wide open. There really isn’t a great team in the conference this year. No clear front runner. Just a bunch of good teams and some awful teams at the bottom. Should make for a fun postseason. This is a year I could see a wild-card team making it to the Super Bowl. 
 

But honestly, this really is the Bills year to lose. They are clearly the best team in the league and it’s not close. If there was ever a time they were going to win a Super Bowl, it has to be this year. 

 

Dallas' defensive front is so much better than I thought - with or without Parsons creating havoc.  Eagles have one of - if not the best - OL in the NFL, and while their All Pro RT suffered an early concussion which created a major weakness, they didn't push around the Cowboys like they usually push around everyone else.  I don't think the Cowboys offense is elite, even with Dak, but good enough to win them some big games if their defense can consistently do what they did last night.  It's not often Hurts gets sacked or has to throw it away, and he was running for his life a few times yesterday (and even when that does happen, the Eagles can flip the switch to run mode, and drop 200 rushing yards on you in a second.  They couldn't do that against the Dallas defense.)

 

8 hours ago, DEAD! said:

The perverse part of me wants to see the Eagles beat the Bills in the Super Bowl, which would mean Buffalo would have lost to east NFC East team. 

 

That's obviously going to be the matchup, which really sucks.  I think Eagles and Bills fans should be friends, not enemies, and I genuinely want the Bills to win one and would hate to root against them (but obviously, I would.)

 

4 hours ago, FiddySicks said:

Yeah, and like I said, there have always been subtle things teams do to try and gain a slight advantage. I remember in high school we had a QB who was the fastest in our league, and teams would do things like keep the grass long or, once, even completely flood the field to slow him down. Or you can even look at baseball where teams will even go as far as modifying parts of their park in order to help out particular hitters (I believe the Rays shortened the left field wall when they had Carl Crawford, part of Oracle Park’s configuration had to do with having Barry Bonds, etc). But I think I’m with DG on this one in that it just seems like an unnecessary safety hazard. I’d probably be more willing to give this a pass if this were some small junior college that had this issue and didn’t have the resources to fix it, but this is a multi billion dollar NFL organization we’re talking about here. Plausible deniability and all, but it still seems kinda out of pocket to me. 

 

But in those cases, both teams played on the same field conditions or in the same park dimensions.  The Dolphins thing - if even true - is a little different, and worse than when one team (I forget who) was opening doors in whatever end zone their opponents were kicking towards just to mess with FGs.  I have absolutely no problem with gamesmanship or even a little cheating.  Deflategate didn't bother me one bit.  Sign stealing doesn't bother me too much.  I wouldn't mind if Lincoln Financial Field had iron spikes that shot up from under the grass and impaled opposing players.  But something that could theoretically result in someone's heat stroke isn't cool.

[DCarp1231]

Are the Jets actually good or did Green Bay just have a crappy game?

[Sec19Row53]

36 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Are the Jets actually good or did Green Bay just have a crappy game?

Yes to the Jets being good - their lines were great yesterday.

If I say the Packers had a crappy game, that takes away from the fact that the Jets owned us in the second half. Rodgers has lost downfield accuracy this year. His receiving corps isn't anything to write home about. Both LaFleur and Rodgers fall in love with passing the ball and fail to use their two best offensive players (not named Rodgers) in Jones and Dillon.

[Sport]

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

 

 

But in those cases, both teams played on the same field conditions or in the same park dimensions.  The Dolphins thing - if even true - is a little different, and worse than when one team (I forget who) was opening doors in whatever end zone their opponents were kicking towards just to mess with FGs.  I have absolutely no problem with gamesmanship or even a little cheating.  Deflategate didn't bother me one bit.  Sign stealing doesn't bother me too much.  I wouldn't mind if Lincoln Financial Field had iron spikes that shot up from under the grass and impaled opposing players.  But something that could theoretically result in someone's heat stroke isn't cool.

 

The urban legend is the Bengals opened the field level gates in the tunnels of Riverfront stadium when the Chargers had the ball in the Freezer Bowl so it was windier and colder when San Diego was on offense. 

 

Funny this topic came up here because I work with this guy who grew up in rural Alabama and played college football at West Alabama and just last week he was telling me in high school they played a road game at a school who released fire ants on the field and then sprayed themselves with repellent so only the visiting team would feel them. I don't know how truthful that is, but if it's real that's the most dastardly home field scheme I've ever heard. 

[heavybass]

Easterby is gone from the Texans!

[DG_ThenNowForever]

5 hours ago, FiddySicks said:

But I think I’m with DG on this one in that it just seems like an unnecessary safety hazard. I’d probably be more willing to give this a pass if this were some small junior college that had this issue and didn’t have the resources to fix it, but this is a multi billion dollar NFL organization we’re talking about here. Plausible deniability and all, but it still seems kinda out of pocket to me. 

 

I'm aware of things like smaller visitor locker rooms, warmer visitor locker rooms, cold water in the visitor locker rooms, and I guess just generally :censored:ing with the visitor locker rooms.

 

But if feels like the field should be as close to same conditions for both teams. Yes, it'll be louder for the away team on offense, but that makes sense; it should be.

 

The designed heat stuff just feels like a step further. People get cramps. People get dehydrated. It feels like an effort to hurt the opposing team. To say nothing of the Dolphins wearing white at home, forcing the road team to wear their heat-absorbing gear. Based on the stats, it looks like it works. It clearly did against the Bills.

[Germanshepherd]

Speaking of Stadiums

 

 

[DG_ThenNowForever]

Stadium deal for what? Since when do the Titans need a new stadium?

[Discrim]

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

Are the Jets actually good or did Green Bay just have a crappy game?

A mix of both, but I'm leaning more toward the former.  These ain't the Jest no more.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

But in those cases, both teams played on the same field conditions or in the same park dimensions.  The Dolphins thing - if even true - is a little different, and worse than when one team (I forget who) was opening doors in whatever end zone their opponents were kicking towards just to mess with FGs.

Bengals, during the Freezer Bowl as mentioned... there's even a Dumb Decisions episode on a 50 yard attempt from that game.

[TrueYankee26]

Jets could be 6-2 headed to the week 9 matchup at home against Buffalo on November 6th. 

 

Hell if the Bills lost last night the Jets would have been tied for 1st in the AFC East.

[TrueYankee26]

2 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

Are the Jets actually good or did Green Bay just have a crappy game?

Rodgers did have an injured thumb, but it is 99% Jets coming to play and taking it to the Pack.

[MJWalker45]

30 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Stadium deal for what? Since when do the Titans need a new stadium?

I think they were complaining of parts of the stadium already rusting, about 2 years ago. 

[dont care]

4 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

I think they were complaining of parts of the stadium already rusting, about 2 years ago. 

That, and concrete pillars falling apart that can’t be replaced, easily anyways.

[YELDARBfield]

1 hour ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Stadium deal for what? Since when do the Titans need a new stadium?

According to ESPN, reno for Nissan Stadium would cost $1.8B over 17 years in order for its condition to be "kept on par with other sports venues built around the same time," a provision it its lease. This new stadium would be $2.2B all at once, and it would open up a promised $500M from the state.

 

Considering they want to build this between the current stadium and I-24, thus killing their largest parking lot during construction, the transition period would be an absolute mess as far as fan experience goes.

[GDAWG]

2 hours ago, heavybass said:

Easterby is gone from the Texans!

 

There might be some hope for them after all, as long as they don't hire Josh McCown as their head coach next year.  

[The_Admiral]

1 hour ago, MJWalker45 said:

I think they were complaining of parts of the stadium already rusting, about 2 years ago. 

 

1 hour ago, dont care said:

That, and concrete pillars falling apart that can’t be replaced, easily anyways.

 

 

Shoddy construction practices in the turn-of-the-millennium New South? Now I've seen everything!

 

 

[BrySmalls]

Happy to see the Giants off to a 5-1 record after upsetting the opposition after back to back Sundays. I wasn't sure what Coach Daboll was bringing to the table and have been skeptical to their approach so far this season. Glad things have worked out so far!

[DG_ThenNowForever]

1 hour ago, dont care said:

That, and concrete pillars falling apart that can’t be replaced, easily anyways.

 

 

Oh wow. That's really bad. The nature of concrete is that it cracks, but it's also supposed to be reinforced and repaired on an ongoing basis.  For example, I noticed when I was at T-Mobile Park a couple weeks ago you can see the epoxy in the floor of the upper deck; it's just the way it goes.

 

At the same time, if the load-bearing stuff is starting to degrade beyond repair, then the stadium needs to be shut down immediately. It's kind of a binary situation; either it's too dangerous to be open or it's not.

[Ridleylash]

3 hours ago, heavybass said:

Easterby is gone from the Texans!