NFL Talk - 2010-11 Season

[Trekker4747]

As a hard-core fan I'm picking KC this weekend. Yeah, it probably won't really happen but I'm rooting for them. Arrowhead is tough place to play, Baltimore is a very good team but I dunno, the Chiefs might be able to do it if the practice hard enough this week.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Well this is just wonderful. It seems our local NBC affiliate and our one and only cable affiliate are in a dispute and as of this morning we no longer have access to NBC. And I live in a condo so I can't put up an outdoor antenna and I'm far enough away from the NBC affiliate that I'm guessing an indoor antenna may not work either. So no Saturday playoffs for me this weekend.

Thanks Mediacom. Greedy bastards.

Split the cable wire coming into your house. Run one to the cable box and the other directly into your TV's RF port. Then rescan for over-the-air channels.

How will that work when the signal is not actually being carried on the cable system?

 

[Starbreaker]

You can always go to www.firstrow.net They have all kinds of sports. I don't see a problem in watching it online if you're being shut off from it for stupid reasons.

 

[SmoothieX]

New Orleans over Seattle (safest bet of the week)
Indianapolis over New York
Baltimore over Kansas City
Green Bay over Philadelphia

I think Rodgers and the Packers' defense will get it done.

Those were my exact picks in a different pool.

Hopefully, it's an all out drunken girl fight between KC and Baltimore leaving the Ravens cooked before a potential showdown here in New England the following week.

Also, fuck the Jets.

 

[JM1776]

...the Jets have only beaten [two] teams with winning records (NE and Pitt).

In other words, the Jets won nine games against teams they should have beaten, and in addition own a pair of victories over the purported and much-touted class of the AFC.

In my opinion, no one, including New England, wants to play the Jets again now that the playoffs are about to begin and tippy-tap defensive fouls aren't called incessantly; seeing them eliminated by Indianapolis would likely cause a collective exhale of relief around the AFC.

I have a feeling the Jets are either one and done or our next Super Bowl champions.

 

[Skywalker]

Actually, I think the Patriots do want to play the Jets again. And I think I want them to play them again, too. The only thing better than watching the Jets get put in their place is seeing it happen again.

 

[gh4chiefs]

You can always go to www.firstrow.net They have all kinds of sports. I don't see a problem in watching it online if you're being shut off from it for stupid reasons.

Stupid indeed. The contract negotiation is stalled because the local NBCaffliliate is asking for fee of "less than 2 cents per day." (I presume that means per subscriber.)

Mediacom has NO QUALMS WHATSOVER about jacking my bill up, they've raised it about $5 a month over the course of the last few months. But $0.60? Nope, can't do that.

And yes I would rather have a dish but technical considerations where I live pretty much force me to go with cable. (The day they learn how to actually split a satellite signal from a single LNB and single line, then I can tell Mediacom to go F themselves. But apparently that's impossible for some reason.)

 

[Starbreaker]

The Atlanta are and Fox Sports went through something similar earlier in the year which caused a lot of people to miss the Braves playoff games. Pretty crappy.

 

[BillJ]

Well this is just wonderful. It seems our local NBC affiliate and our one and only cable affiliate are in a dispute and as of this morning we no longer have access to NBC. And I live in a condo so I can't put up an outdoor antenna and I'm far enough away from the NBC affiliate that I'm guessing an indoor antenna may not work either. So no Saturday playoffs for me this weekend.

Thanks Mediacom. Greedy bastards.

Split the cable wire coming into your house. Run one to the cable box and the other directly into your TV's RF port. Then rescan for over-the-air channels.

How will that work when the signal is not actually being carried on the cable system?

You're essentially using your house/condo as an antenna and capturing the over-the-air feed. Usually works unless you're in a low-lying area.

 

[BillJ]

Saints
Packers
Ravens
Colts

 

[gh4chiefs]

Split the cable wire coming into your house. Run one to the cable box and the other directly into your TV's RF port. Then rescan for over-the-air channels.

How will that work when the signal is not actually being carried on the cable system?

You're essentially using your house/condo as an antenna and capturing the over-the-air feed. Usually works unless you're in a low-lying area.

Ok, well I'll give it a try, not holding my breath though. In the meantime I found an $11 indoor antenna that actually gets better reviews than some of the higher prices ones that I'm gonna try.

 

[Timby]

NFL Network is reporting that Jeff Fisher (whose contract specifies that he has the final say on quarterbacks) has told the Titans that he will not return to the team if Vince Young remains on the roster. Owner Bud Adams, however, is dead-set on keeping Young, despite everyone else in the front office telling Adams to dump him.

Oh, Titans.

I mean, I guess you could maybe throw out the "time for a change of scenery" argument and have it hold a little water, but, ugh. Meddling owner chooses a headcase quarterback over a better-than-average coach? Good luck attracting candidates to that situation.

 

[Starbreaker]

Fisher needs to go somewhere else anyway. A lot of teams will be wanting him. His philosophy in Nashville is stale.

 

[Sheep]

NFL Network is reporting that Jeff Fisher (whose contract specifies that he has the final say on quarterbacks) has told the Titans that he will not return to the team if Vince Young remains on the roster. Owner Bud Adams, however, is dead-set on keeping Young, despite everyone else in the front office telling Adams to dump him.

Oh, Titans.

I mean, I guess you could maybe throw out the "time for a change of scenery" argument and have it hold a little water, but, ugh. Meddling owner chooses a headcase quarterback over a better-than-average coach? Good luck attracting candidates to that situation.

The Raiders have managed to hire a head coach despite Al Davis' lunacy so it can't be that hard to get a body to fill the role.

 

[tomalak301]

Fisher needs to go somewhere else anyway. A lot of teams will be wanting him. His philosophy in Nashville is stale.

He'd look good on the San Francisco Sidelines if Harbaugh doesn't get snatched up. I just have a feeling that Harbaugh is the ring leader of this whole coaching carousel that once he lands somewhere, dominoes will start falling.

 

[Timby]

Eh, I don't think Harbaugh's the big chip here, nor do I think there's any big chip.

Let's look at it: The only teams that are in on Harbaugh are San Francisco, Carolina and maybe Miami. (The Dolphins contacted Harbaugh even after Sparano was retained; Cowher was offered the job, but he declined because Jeff Ireland would remain as GM and have ultimate personnel authority.) There's still a better than even chance that Harbaugh stays at Stanford or goes to Michigan, too, since Michigan desperately wants either him or Les Miles, and Harbaugh has been somewhat contemplative of late regarding the lack of success that NCAA coaches have in the NFL.

Dallas will hire Garrett, Lewis has been retained in Cincinnati (and unless Al Davis goes on a scotch bender, Oakland will keep Tom Cable). That leaves Denver, Cleveland, San Francisco and Carolina with vacancies. Denver's got its own sack of worms going on; I heard on the radio that Xanders might get sacked yet. In any event, they're making a run at Mike Mularkey. Holmgren, reportedly, wants one of his West Coast Offense disciples to run the Browns, which leaves Gruden, Mornhinweg and Mariucci as candidates. Jerry Richardson, major-league asshole, will hire an easily malleable NFL assistant (Perry Fewell, maybe). San Francisco ... well, who knows what the hell is going on over there.

So, no, I don't see Harbaugh as a major player in all this.

 

[BillJ]

Let's look at it: The only teams that are in on Harbaugh are San Francisco, Carolina and maybe Miami. The Dolphins contacted Harbaugh even after Sparano was retained...

Unless something has changed in the last hour, Miami still hasn't made a decision on whether to retain Sparano or not. Seems Stephen Ross is letting him dangle until he can figure out whether he can get a 'big' name.

 

[Timby]

As I understand it, Sparano's still the coach, unless they can somehow convince Harbaugh or Cowher to take the job. (Cowher is insistent on having full GM powers to accompany his coaching duties, which was the big sticking point -- he liked the opportunity, but hated the terms offered by Miami.)

 

[gh4chiefs]

Split the cable wire coming into your house. Run one to the cable box and the other directly into your TV's RF port. Then rescan for over-the-air channels.

How will that work when the signal is not actually being carried on the cable system?

You're essentially using your house/condo as an antenna and capturing the over-the-air feed. Usually works unless you're in a low-lying area.

Well it was a nice thought, but it didn't work. And neither did the "rabbit ears", at least not for the NBC affiliate. Oh well I"m sure I can find it somewhere. Thanks for trying to help.

 

[Pegaritaville]

Who I think will win:
New Orleans
Indy
Baltimore
Philly

Who I want to win:
Seattle
NYJ
Kansas City
Green Bay


A little surprised that the Vikings offered Leslie Fraizer the head coaching job. Not that he doesn't deserve it- I just figured the Wilfs wouldn't go that route.