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Forums - Sports - The NFL Thread 2017: Philadelphia Eagles Win Super Bowl LII

 

Who will win Super Bowl LII?

New England Patriots 7 31.82%
 
Pittsburgh Steelers 1 4.55%
 
Jacksonville Jaguars 3 13.64%
 
Kansas City Chiefs 0 0%
 
Philadelphia Eagles 5 22.73%
 
Minnesota Vikings 3 13.64%
 
Los Angeles Rams 0 0%
 
New Orleans Saints 0 0%
 
Other 1 4.55%
 
Scoreboard 2 9.09%
 
Total:22
RolStoppable said:
sethnintendo said:
Let's see if someone's first guess at a tie goes right. I would predict an upset of Cleveland over Green Bay but I won't be too harsh on Green Bay so I'll go with a tie.

The NFL is due for a tie, I'll give you that. Since the overtime rules were changed to allow both teams to get the ball if only a field goal is scored, the league has averaged one tie per season. This year overtime has been reduced to ten minutes, so it's actually surprising that a tie hasn't happened yet.

It won't be a tie. Josh Gordon is gonna smoke GB's sorry secondary and take away my dream of fielding Aaron Rodgers for the last two weeks of fantasy football.



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Welp, if Rodgers comes back maybe I can actually start Jordy Nelson.



NO-ATL 1
DAL-NYG 1 DET-TB 1 OAK-KC 1
SF-HOU 1 GB-CLE 1 IND-BUF 2 CHI-CIN 2
MIN-CAR 1 WAS-LAC 1 NYJ-DEN 1 TEN-ARI 1
PHI-LAR 1 SEA-JAX 2 BAL-PIT 2 NE-MIA NE by 14


Wow, shame on my brother for dropping out Not sure why he did that.



RolStoppable said:

dongo is 59-84 in breakdown (10th place), so he sucked his way into the playoffs with favorable matchups in a lot of weeks. Someone who buys NBA 2k18 on Switch doesn't deserve that, but perhaps the football gods were generous out of pity for his poor soul. The person who has the easiest knockout round matchup this week is MTZehvor. dongo's team got 100+ points in only two weeks this season, as if that would pose a challenge.

I'm not quite as confident. Some of my most reliable players have really difficult matchups this week. Russell Wilson is going up against the Jags' defense with Seattle's nonexistent offensive line. Jacksonville gives up the fewest points against passers this week and absolutely shredded the Steelers earlier this year, who have similar O-Line problems.

Todd Gurley is going up against Philly, who gives up the second fewest points to RBs. The Rams, unfortunately, adopt a similar mindset to Pittsburgh, where they won't try to establish the run unless they can get the passing game going first, and if they can't get the passing game going right off the bat they will keep passing and not stop until they either lose or start picking up yards through the air (see the Seattle game earlier this year). Hopefully Goff can get something of a rhythm going early on, or I have no doubt that LA will just pass nonstop until at least the third quarter.

Meanwhile, Devin Funchess is presumably going to be guarded by arguably the best active corner in the league in Xavier Rhodes. The guy that held Julio Jones to 2 catches for 24 yards, Antonio Brown to 5 catches for 62 yards, and Michael Thomas to 5 catches for 45 yards. At the moment, I'm going to try replacing him with Peyton Barber and hope that Doug Martin gets a limited workload due to this being his first week back from a concussion. If that doesn't happen, and Dongo has a similar game to last week, I could be in real trouble.



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I just can't believe it was Brady that let me down in fantasy. He threw great with 300+ yards but had no TDs and 1 INT. The league favors TDs over yards but damn moving the ball 300+ yards with 1 turnover should be at least 10-15 points...  I just don't like the way the scoring is done completely.  Sure I know TDs are everything but I believe it is weighted too much towards them.  Can especially screw over a QB pick that moves the ball to goal line and then they just run it in.  He did all the work getting the ball to the redzone but since they ended up so close to the goal line that a run puts them in.  Oh well I would have lost regardless considering the once scoring defense of Lions now looks like complete shit.

Last edited by sethnintendo - on 06 December 2017

ATL for tonight



 

 

 

I'll take the Saints tonight.



Saints please Rol.



                            

Superchunk begged:
NO-ATL 2 DAL-NYG 1 DET-TB 2 OAK-KC 2
SF-HOU 2 GB-CLE 1 IND-BUF 2 CHI-CIN 2
MIN-CAR 1 WAS-LAC 2 NYJ-DEN 1 TEN-ARI 2
PHI-LAR 2 SEA-JAX 2 BAL-PIT 2 NE-MIA 1 by 14