2014 NFL Gameday Thread

[bosoxlover12]

Are the Lions the worst 7-2 team in NFL history?

94 Eagles were 7-2, ended up going 7-9.

 

[Delirium]

That's in slow motion. In real time it definitely looks like a legitimate push. Right call. Stop making a stink. The Saints are going to win their division, regardless.

It is the right call, I agree 100%. I never said I was mad at the call. I'm not. I'm mad at Cocks for flopping and not playing football. There's no way that if he went for the ball and tried to play defense, Graham would've ever actually knocked him down.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Are the Lions the worst 7-2 team in NFL history?

 
Are you the biggest troll in the history of SI?

 
That's a complete joke though, major overreaction. The Lions are a good team, they are winning games they always lost in the past. Very good defensively and the offense will be better now with key players back. Quit comparing them to the Lions of old, they aren't those Lions any longer. Yeah, they lost to the Bills and Panthers (games they should have won) and barely beat the Falcons last weekend but they are finding ways to win, no matter how pretty it is.

 

[Hurricane Season]

 
Try to tell me he wasn't already flopping when Jimmy "pushed" him

 
Definitely a flop, but still contact.  If you flip the script and Graham is the DB in that scenario, it's pass interference whether he falls to the ground or not.  Offensive PI is far less common than defensive PI, and it's about time they make a call that doesn't benefit the offense.

 

[bosoxlover12]

It was a troll comment from CC, but let's be real and set aside the Detroit bias that half this site has: they are a lot worse than their record suggests.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

That's in slow motion. In real time it definitely looks like a legitimate push. Right call. Stop making a stink. The Saints are going to win their division, regardless.

If that call went against a team you liked, you would talk about how egregious it was and how the person who pushed off should be suspended ten games for flopping

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Are you the biggest troll in the history of SI?

 
That's a complete joke though, major overreaction. The Lions are a good team, they are winning games they always lost in the past. Very good defensively and the offense will be better now with key players back. Quit comparing them to the Lions of old, they aren't those Lions any longer. Yeah, they lost to the Bills and Panthers (games they should have won) and barely beat the Falcons last weekend but they are finding ways to win, no matter how pretty it is.

If by finding a way to win against the Falcons you mean missing the game winning field goal and being given a second chance at it then yeah haha

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

If the Cardinals keep winning I swear to God I will blow my brains out. 

 

[BwareDWare94]

If that call went against a team you liked, you would talk about how egregious it was and how the person who pushed off should be suspended ten games for flopping

 
I absolutely would not. Don't push off. How much simpler can a rule get? Graham is a dumbass who cost his team the game. He likely would have caught the ball, anyway. What did he need to do it for? 

 

[Hurricane Season]

The Cardinals have been dealt a shit hand.  It's amazing that they've been able to do what they have with so many missing parts.
 
No Abraham, no Dockett, no Washington, Campbell was out for a while, Palmer was out for a while and now he's done for good.  
 
It's a hell of a story.  I'm pulling for them.

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

The Cardinals have been dealt a shit hand.  It's amazing that they've been able to do what they have with so many missing parts.
 
No Abraham, no Dockett, no Washington, Campbell was out for a while, Palmer was out for a while and now he's done for good.  
 
It's a hell of a story.  I'm pulling for them.

 
That is one team in the NFC that I'm pulling for, they've been playing good football

 

[CameronCrazy06]

 
I absolutely would not. Don't push off. How much simpler can a rule get? Graham is a dumbass who cost his team the game. He likely would have caught the ball, anyway. What did he need to do it for? 

So much pushing goes on during those Hail Marys both ways and goes uncalled. The only reason it was called was a premiere league flop by the 49ers defender. Personally, I have no problem with the call, I was just pointing out that the only reason you liked the call was because it went against a team you weren't pulling for. I don't think I've ever seen you argue a meaningful call that helped the team you were rooting for out, in either the nba of NFL, and that inconsistency is as annoying as the complaining in itself

 

[BwareDWare94]

I very much wanted New Orleans to win that game. I absolutely despise San Francisco

 

[elcheato]

Mark Sanchez saved my fantasy football season. And he's on my team!
 
Mark Sanchez

 

[Teagz]

The Panthers have to get Cam out of this game. They're leaving him to die out there.

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Sanchizzzze

 

[BwareDWare94]

The Panthers are the worst coached team in the league. Last year was a random anomaly that gave Ron Rivera an extra year he didn't deserve. Mike Shula is the worst OC in the league, right now, and does not make adjustments to what the Panthers have available to him. Struggling offensive line? Let's run deep drops and slow developing routes.
 
The Panthers will be markedly better than instant they hire a new coaching staff.

 

[elcheato]

Two of my receivers and one of my RBs had a tackle this week. 

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

The Panthers have to get Cam out of this game. They're leaving him to die out there.

 
How can you not be happy with this Eagles team? It blows my mind. 

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

If by finding a way to win against the Falcons you mean missing the game winning field goal and being given a second chance at it then yeah haha

 
I knew he was going to miss the kick, it was wayyyyyyyy too rushed, the whole process, I seen him just freaking out trying to get the ball kicked off in time, so I figured it'd be a disaster. They've beat a good Green Bay team, holding them down very well. Any time you can hold Rodgers to 7 points, you are doing something right. Don't even give me that Packers are playing better now excuse either because I won't buy it. They've beat a good Dolphins team, I firmly believe that team is very tough.
 
I don't think it defines you as a bad team just because you beat the Falcons by 1 or the Jets by 7. Just finding ways to win defines you as a good team in my opinion. I hope they go to New England and just kick their ass, I hope Suh eats Brady for lunch. They aren't being given any respect for what they have accomplished and only wins against the Cardinals and Patriots will get that. Everyone was bragging the Steelers up, saying they are back, one of the teams to beat after they had already lost to the Buccaneers, now they go and lose to the Jets. That's not a good team. The Lions are 7-2, in great position and they deserve some respect. The defense is one of the best in the NFL and having Calvin back will make a huge difference. I think they win 11-12 games.