NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory - Page 41

Trekker4747 · December 6 2012, 04:15 AM

You know, it's really sad how much coverage on local news Belcher has been getting regarding reactions to his death and the coverage of his memorial service this week. It's like the news forgot that he, you know, KILLED A WOMAN!

Alidar Jarok · December 6 2012, 04:56 AM

The question is one of culpability vs. mental illness, I would presume.

archeryguy1701 · December 6 2012, 07:15 AM

This was somebody who was friend to a lot of people, someone who was highly respected amongst his teammates, and as far as I'm aware, no one really knows what happened. You can't justify murder, but you can't really expect his friends and family to disown his existance without more knowledge. Maybe he did just snap and did something horrible. Or maybe there was something more wrong with him psychologically than we're aware of.

chrisspringob · December 7 2012, 07:43 AM

Roger Wilco wrote:

^^
I have no data to back this up, but my instinct is that once you're in the playoffs it's pretty much a crapshoot. I mean if you're in the Wild Card Round it's three wins to the Super Bowl, if you have a first round bye it's two wins. Anything's possible in three games, especially at this level of competition.

Interestingly enough, 5 of the last 7 Super Bowls involved teams that were seeded #3, 4, 5, or 6 beating teams that were seeded #1 or 2. So yeah, it's been pretty much a crapshoot in recent years.

Or at least, that's one interpretation. The other interpretation is that it's not so much luck as it is the fact that a teams' talent level changes throughout the course of the season, and those #3, 4, 5, and 6 seeded teams that won Super Bowls were simply peaking at the right time.

1001001 · December 9 2012, 10:34 PM

How about those Rams!?!?

3 in a row. First time since 2006.

I only caught the very tail end of the Redskins game. What happened to RG3?

SmoothieX · December 9 2012, 10:42 PM

I don't know about RG3 either, just caught a few minutes of bonus coverage at the end.

The 'Skins win could boost NE into the 2 seed with a Pats win tomorrow and leave them only one game shy of Houston and owning the tiebreaker.

Timby · December 9 2012, 10:45 PM

Griffin hurt his right knee; it's believed to only be a sprain but it's being checked out further just to be sure.

And it looks like Cutler was concussed again. Everyone on the Bears' offensive line should die in a fire.

Ar-Pharazon · December 9 2012, 10:51 PM

Maybe everyone on the Bears offensive line is concussed, all the time.

Timby · December 9 2012, 10:56 PM

Ar-Festivus wrote:

Maybe everyone on the Bears offensive line is concussed, all the time.

It would make a certain amount of sense if it came out that they're all functionally retarded, because otherwise it's hard to explain just how they are Not Good at Football.

Ar-Pharazon · December 9 2012, 11:15 PM

What I never understood is, how a piddling holding penalty & an unsportsmanlike penalty offset like that.

I could see two similar penalties offsetting.

I'm sure Griffin will still get a fine, but that doesn't help after the fact.

Neroon · December 9 2012, 11:32 PM

Tiny Timby wrote:

Griffin hurt his right knee; it's believed to only be a sprain but it's being checked out further just to be sure.

I got a kick out of his post-game news conference, when he talked about the injury. Describing what it felt like, "I screamed.. like a man, of course."

chrisspringob · December 10 2012, 12:02 AM

Are you all excited for next week's Geno Smith Bowl? Chiefs vs. Raiders: The loser of this game is in a strong position to get either the #1 or #2 draft choice.

Use of Time · December 11 2012, 01:11 AM

chrisspringob wrote:

Are you all excited for next week's Geno Smith Bowl? Chiefs vs. Raiders: The loser of this game is in a strong position to get either the #1 or #2 draft choice.

I'm not sure if everybody is going to go QB crazy in this draft. It's not that great of a pro style QB class. I think Barkley's stock has fallen as well as Geno's. I wouldn't be surprised if a guy like Jarvis Jones from Georgia is a number 1 overall pick. I thought that kid was better than Manti but he didn't have the hype train. If you want a franchise QB than a guy like Tyler Wilson from Arkansas fits the mold. Tyler Bray out of Tennessee as well. Everybody was high on Logan Thomas out of VT but he ended up being an incompletion machine this year. He still might get some looks in the later rounds because he is 6'6 and 260 lbs.

Timby · December 11 2012, 01:19 AM

chrisspringob wrote:

Are you all excited for next week's Geno Smith Bowl? Chiefs vs. Raiders: The loser of this game is in a strong position to get either the #1 or #2 draft choice.

I, too, enjoy watching cripple fights.

chrisspringob · December 11 2012, 02:11 AM

Use of Time wrote:

chrisspringob wrote:

Are you all excited for next week's Geno Smith Bowl? Chiefs vs. Raiders: The loser of this game is in a strong position to get either the #1 or #2 draft choice.

I'm not sure if everybody is going to go QB crazy in this draft. It's not that great of a pro style QB class. I think Barkley's stock has fallen as well as Geno's. I wouldn't be surprised if a guy like Jarvis Jones from Georgia is a number 1 overall pick. I thought that kid was better than Manti but he didn't have the hype train. If you want a franchise QB than a guy like Tyler Wilson from Arkansas fits the mold. Tyler Bray out of Tennessee as well. Everybody was high on Logan Thomas out of VT but he ended up being an incompletion machine this year. He still might get some looks in the later rounds because he is 6'6 and 260 lbs.

True, and yet we have a fair number of teams that are absolutely desperate for a QB, and there aren't a huge number of good options among free agents or trade options. What is, say, Kansas City going to do at QB if they don't draft a quarterback with their high draft pick? Trade for Alex Smith or Matt Flynn? There'll be other teams like Arizona that might want to trade for them as well. Trade for Michael Vick???

December 6 2012, 04:15 AM	#601
Trekker4747 To boldly go... Location: Kansas City	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory You know, it's really sad how much coverage on local news Belcher has been getting regarding reactions to his death and the coverage of his memorial service this week. It's like the news forgot that he, you know, KILLED A WOMAN! __________________ Just because it's futuristic doesn't mean it's practical.

December 6 2012, 04:56 AM	#602
Alidar Jarok Everything in moderation but moderation Location: Arlington, VA	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory The question is one of culpability vs. mental illness, I would presume. __________________ When on Romulus, Do as the Romulans

December 6 2012, 07:15 AM	#603
archeryguy1701 Rear Admiral Location: Cheyenne, WY	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory This was somebody who was friend to a lot of people, someone who was highly respected amongst his teammates, and as far as I'm aware, no one really knows what happened. You can't justify murder, but you can't really expect his friends and family to disown his existance without more knowledge. Maybe he did just snap and did something horrible. Or maybe there was something more wrong with him psychologically than we're aware of. __________________ "If it weren't for stupid, difficult races, there'd simply be no point to living." Sometimes you just gotta roll the hard six- Bill Adama

December 9 2012, 10:34 PM	#605
1001001 Putting the F-U Back in FUN! Location: People's Gaypublic of Drugafornia	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory How about those Rams!?!? 3 in a row. First time since 2006. I only caught the very tail end of the Redskins game. What happened to RG3? __________________ “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.” - Isaac Asimov

December 9 2012, 10:42 PM	#606
SmoothieX Vice Admiral Location: Massachusetts	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory I don't know about RG3 either, just caught a few minutes of bonus coverage at the end. The 'Skins win could boost NE into the 2 seed with a Pats win tomorrow and leave them only one game shy of Houston and owning the tiebreaker.

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December 9 2012, 10:45 PM	#607
Timby YEAH I LOVE THAT	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory Griffin hurt his right knee; it's believed to only be a sprain but it's being checked out further just to be sure. And it looks like Cutler was concussed again. Everyone on the Bears' offensive line should die in a fire. __________________ I didn't do it. I wasn't even here* that day!*

December 9 2012, 10:51 PM	#608
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory Maybe everyone on the Bears offensive line is concussed, all the time. __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

December 9 2012, 11:15 PM	#610
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory What I never understood is, how a piddling holding penalty & an unsportsmanlike penalty offset like that. I could see two similar penalties offsetting. I'm sure Griffin will still get a fine, but that doesn't help after the fact. __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

December 10 2012, 12:02 AM	#612
chrisspringob Commodore Location: North Ryde, NSW	Re: NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory Are you all excited for next week's Geno Smith Bowl? Chiefs vs. Raiders: The loser of this game is in a strong position to get either the #1 or #2 draft choice.