NFL Discussion Thread - Hall of Fame Game: August 3rd

[Johnny_Cakes]

Richard Seymour is not helping anyone on a football field except the opposing team.

 

[jpzx]

SNF Falcons-Patriots thoughts....



Cris Collinsworth quote: "Both of these guys are gonna bang him when he goes out there"

Matt Ryan was literally Matty Checkdown tonight, and I know that's been a popular nickname for him on here during years past. There was no debate about that tonight. I don't know if I can recall many plays downfield that were successful other than Julio's nice catch near the sideline at the very end. Relied on Gonzalez and dump-offs. And I haven't even mentioned the accuracy issues.

William Moore was a second or two slow too often tonight.

Kenbrell Thompkins had an awesome game... Cincy Bearcat.

Aqib Talib just straight using his size to dominate tonight. That athleticism/range allows him to deflect balls that many CBs cannot. If he keeps this type of play up, shut down corner is a legitimate tag. We all know that the talent has been there. That look he had after that batdown in the EZ was priceless.

Falcons fall to 1-3. The NFC is just putzing along, not aware the season started a month ago. Or they're just not that good. 1-3 isn't as disastrous this season compared to the usual norm of a 1-3 possibility.

 

[cash money 1999]

our guys didnt even look too bad in coverage , julio jones was just out there making awesome catches..

belichick's arrogance , lmaooo he loves going for it on 4th

vince wilfork out , next man up

 

[reggiekiller]

RIP LC Greenwood.

As a kid I thought it was the coolest thing having an NFL legend as a deacon at my church.  I used to remember him pulling up every sunday in his TINY 1979 Mercedes SL convertible.  It was odd seeing such a huge man get out of such a small car lol.

But a couple weeks ago, my dad and I were talking about the NFL players suing the league, and he started talking to me about all the problems that LC was having. He went in the hospital for back surgery, and died yesterday from complications.

Never got to see his name called at Canton 

 

[Peep Game]

who's available at DT

Albert Haynesworth

LOL

 

[prez t]

my Pats are so banged up at this point its ridiculous

to go into the Georgia Dome without Gronk , Amendola , and Wilfork and win is tremendous

my boy Edelman putting that work in too

 

[IATT]

Man that sucks for wilfork

 

[jj watt]

Good.

Watt was pissed, hopefully the rest of the team see that.

 

[reggiekiller]

 

[Peep Game]

Locker is supposed to miss 4-6 weeks with that hip injury. At this point, I don't know whether Fitzpatrick is an upgrade or a downgrade from him

 

[rrlegend]

who's available at DT

What's haynesworth doing these days ?

 

[SneakerProSr.]

But still, there was Bush yesterday afternoon, making the Chicago Bears look like Fresno State. He did the same thing three weeks ago, with his 191 yards of total offense in the Vikings’ blowout win over Detroit. In the two games he’s started and finished this year, Bush has 364 yards from scrimmage. The Lions are 3-1 with Bush missing an entire game and most of another (his 2.8 yards per carry against Arizona weren't great, but then again the Cardinals have given up just 3.0 on the season), but they’ve looked like an entirely different offense whenever he’s been around. Without Nate Burleson, lost to a broken arm suffered last season, Detroit is in desperate need of a secondary offensive option after Calvin Johnson, and Bush has been that and more. He’s been the difference between Detroit looking like a middling NFC also-ran and a potent playoff contender. Yesterday, as they decimated the Bears, Detroit looked very much the latter.

Bush’s afternoon was one of the best a running back has had against Chicago in a decade. Since 2004, the Bears’ run defense has finished outside the top 10 in run-defense DVOA only twice, and among running backs who had at least 15 carries against them, Bush’s 7.7 yards per rush are the fourth best in that span (Chris Johnson’s game from last season looks better on paper, but his 141 yards were buoyed by a late 80-yard touchdown in a blowout).

He did it all, as Reggie Bush will do, while looking spectacular. His 37-yard touchdown run required hurdling a diving safety before going 20 more yards to the end zone. At point, he did a spin move in the hole that sent Tim Jennings crashing to the turf. If you can imagine, this run, with Bush and Chris Conte alone in open space, ended in Bush’s favor — and with Conte crumbling amid a cloud of black rubber pieces.

That image is the one that will stick with me from Sunday, even more than the ridiculous touchdown. Half that space is too much for Reggie Bush, and in this offense, with this team, on that turf, he’ll get plenty of it all season. Three teams and seven years after his NFL career began, we might finally be seeing the Reggie Bush we expected for so long. Reggie Bush is home.

Amen.

 

[do work son]

In the two games he’s started and finished this year, Bush has 364 yards from scrimmage.

:x

 

[trueprada]

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Can the Bills hurry up and trade the best safety in the league already? He ain't gonna play w/ that franchise tag...

 

[macbk]

Sanchez is getting surgery, out the rest of the season.

In Geno We Trust Pray for.

 

[champcruthik]

The Bills don't have EB.

Malc nabbing a pick off Tanny. Saints, 31-21. Likely more.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

The Bills don't have EB.

No ****.

 

[champcruthik]

Duh, then Buffalo doesn't have the best safety.

Simply put, Jairus Byrd is not better than Eric Berry.

MMG: I think most are referencing the sack fumble for a TD. He tried to switch the ball behind his back from right to left.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Duh, then Buffalo doesn't have the best safety.

What has Eric Berry done in his career that makes him a better safety than Jairus Byrd?

EB is a stud, no doubt, but Jairus is the complete package.

 

[prez t]

 

[champcruthik]

Byrd has elite ball skills, no doubt. But you think he tackles in space better than EB?

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Byrd has elite ball skills, no doubt. But you think he tackles in space better than EB?

EB would have the advantage in tackles, Byrd would have the advantage in ball skills.

If anything, EB is the premiere SS and Byrd is the premiere FS in the league. I'd be perfectly content giving them those titles.

 

[champcruthik]

I'm okay with that. Seattle fans and ET supporters will feel slighted.

Kendrick Lewis is underrated to the average football fan. That KC secondary is serious across the board.

 

[prez t]

yall arguing about the exact same **** in two diff threads simultaneously