The NFL Thread- Playing the Waiting Game

**SDoner8790** · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:51 am Post subject:

Seattle vs St. Louis Sunday night. Most important game of the week. BE THERE.
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**LCBetz** · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 883 Location: Eau Claire, WI

Yeah, 3rd place in the Yahoo league! My streak of never winning a fantasy football league continues for another year (made playoffs in 2 of my 4 leagues, got knocked out in semis in both, including being knocked off in semis 3 years in a row as a 1 seed in same league).

The Eagles played one of the worst games of football out of anyone all year. Vikes could have blown them out had they not dropped all those interceptions. Good to see my team get back in the win column again, even if it meant nothing. Joe Webb better get the start next week, regardless of Favre's status. It would be nice to see a little more from Webb before deciding on what to do about the quarterback position going into the future. I'm not sure what the best course of action is, but I sure as hell hope they don't sign yet another over the hill signal caller to try to patch up that weakness.

I'm not sure what to think about next week's Rams-Seahawks tilt. It's exciting in the fact that the game determines a division champion, but I doubt that we will end up with a decent game to watch. You've got Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, a rookie playing in a playoff-like atmosphere for the first time, on the road in a hostile environment Sunday night, so who knows if he will actually play a good game or fold under pressure. It might not even matter if he does play poorly because the Seahawks (a terrible team to begin with) are tentatively planning on starting Charlie Whitehurst. So I'm thinking that either the Rams win easily if Bradford plays well, or we end up with a poorly played, crappy game if he doesn't.

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**fUNC** · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 3439 Location: Milwaukee

Looks like Favre will be fined "no more than $50,000" but won't be suspended for his, um, little mistake. I guess it's sort of beside the point now that he's all but officially retired, but less than 50k for somebody who got paid 10 million this season isn't even a slap on the wrist- it's more like a wag of the finger. I think I'm more surprised that they're bothering to fine him at all. Judging by the length of time it took her to cry foul and stories by old friends that she was laughing about it, this seemed like it would get brushed aside for people to snarl about anytime the guy's name came up.
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**BrianBAM19** · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:00 am Post subject:

Yeah, this situation just seemed to drag on way too long, and felt silly. $50K is 1/200th of Brett Favre's salary; any damage in the relationship between him and his wife has to hurt way more than paying chump change to Goodell.

On a side note, the Cowboys sent more players(5) to the Pro Bowl than the entire NFC West combined(4). Um...well, I guess that's both a) overrating the Cowboys and b) showing how bad the NFC West is, I suppose. Jay Ratliff had an okay season, but Pro Bowl? Not even close. Andre Gurode...talk about a dumb choice LOL. Gurode's had quite a few issues botching snaps, and he's had a pretty awful season. Going off reputation eh? Witten, McBriar, and Ware I agree with completely, though. Even if Philly rests their starters(I imagine they would, they're locked in the 3rd seed now, and Vick got banged up), Kolb could still beat Dallas at the Linc. My confidence in Dallas's better play as of late got shot with that Arizona game. Stephen McGee played admirably filling in for Kitna, and he's in line to start...but Arizona's defense is also much softer than Philly's.

The Falcons-Saints game went as I thought it would, and even though the Falcons lost at home, I don't think it hurts them much. It hurts their pride, but not much else. Just a good, hard-fought game between the two best teams in the NFC(to me, anyway, after what Philly put up last night; Chicago's better than I gave 'em credit for, I just don't see a top 2 NFC team still). Those two always seem to have great games coming down to the wire.

Lastly, the now-Sunday night game only shows how silly this season is, when the most important game of the final week of the regular season is between two NFC West teams.

Chicago-Green Bay and Tampa Bay-New Orleans are probably better games, but they don't have as big of a playoff implication. I hope St. Louis wins, simply so that Pete Carroll gets denied into the playoffs.
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**krisdaschwab912** · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 6567 Location: UW-Eau Claire

The first three quarters of the Packers game made me want to jump off a bridge. Thank goodness McCarthy and the offense got their heads out of their asses for 15 minutes.

Also, I've been saying this since training camp, but Tim Masthay is fucking boss as fucking fuck.
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**goldengoal7** · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 1355 Location: New Jersey

**Josseppe95** · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1045 Location: Philadelphia

Dear god Kevin Kolb is one fucking awful QB.

Also, lol if the Seahawks win this game.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

CHARLIE WHITEHURST-LED SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.

2010 NFC WEST CHAMPIONS.

edit: Given the way this season has been going, who else thinks it's a Chiefs/Seahawks Super Bowl year?
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**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2010 7-9, NFC West Champion, playoff game-hosting Seattle Seahawks

**yamo5** · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 1285 Location: Avenel NJ

Jeez, The Rams wide receivers picked a great game to drop all those passes. But it's whatever, the Rams can only get better. Also I don't like the Rams play calling at all, but I guess that is just me.

**Davers** · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:47 am Post subject:

I almost want to see the Seahawks pull it off with a 7-9 record. lol That's so crazy that they won that division. Wait, no it isn't, it's the NFC West

**LCBetz** · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 883 Location: Eau Claire, WI

If the Seahawks had played in a respectable division, would they have finished better than 5-11? Or even 4-12? How many teams not in the NFC West could have won that division this year? 20? ... 25? This division is hilarious. The Saints are going to annihilate Seattle in Round 1.

**MasterNobody** · Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 2791 Location: Duxbury, MA

I dunno, Seattle is a VERY tough place to play, especially in January, for a dome team.

The Seahawks will likely be getting their QB back too, that would give them some momentum, and the Saints just came off a loss...so I dunno. I wouldn't necessarily PICK Seattle but I certainly think they have a reasonable chance against the Saints.

Oh and hay-