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Who Will Win Super Bowl LIII?

Saints 5 21.74%
 
Chiefs 2 8.70%
 
Rams 3 13.04%
 
Patriots 9 39.13%
 
Cowboys 2 8.70%
 
Chargers 1 4.35%
 
Eagles 1 4.35%
 
Colts 0 0%
 
Total:23
RolStoppable said:
Angelus said:

Not exactly hard to have a high completion percentage when every single pass you throw is like 2-5 yards to a guy right in front of you. The truth is, his passes - even at that short range, and certainly longer ones - don't pass the eye test. There's no zip on those balls, and that's not even getting into how inaccurate they are...with little screen passes requiring Odell to frantically reach behind his head to make a one handed catch. Eli is done. If it were up to him, they'd probably snap the ball straight to Barkley on every play.

Found this: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000973033/article/bleak-times-for-giants-fitzgerald-backs-rosen-kelce-connection

Practically from the moment it began -- almost literally, because Eli Manningforced a throw on the Giants' second offensive play of the game to a third-string tight end in double coverage, resulting in the inevitable interception -- the Giants were overmatched and outclassed. Their offensive line was often overwhelmed. Their defense frequently looked listless. Defenses are keying on making Odell Beckham Jr. a non-factor and it is working. And Manning was terrible, too, beyond the fact that he was under pressure. He was off target when he did throw downfield, and that wasn't often. He checked down so relentlessly that TV cameras caught coach Pat Shurmur, a steady defender of Manning, appearing to yell "throw the ball" in frustration. Manning, who gave the Giants two Super Bowl championships and is such a beloved player that his benching last season -- however deserved it was -- provoked fan outrage, heard boos. Two straight 1-5 starts to the season will do that.

I'd say we are at a point where not even Giants fans would defend the Giants. Shame on MTZehvor.

Fans are often the first to complain when things go south. It was only two years ago that your own Packers, and Aaron Rodgers in particular, got booed off their home field after a Week 5 loss. And it wasn't as if the year was off to a terrible start, either; the loss only dropped them to 3-2 on the season. When it comes to their own teams, fans (myself included) are fickle people. A win means you're the best team in the league, and a loss means you're worse than last year's Browns.

Not to say that criticism of Eli isn't warranted, but you can point to practically any Giants loss in the past ten years and Giants' fans won't be defending their team.



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RolStoppable said:
MTZehvor said:

Fans are often the first to complain when things go south. It was only two years ago that your own Packers, and Aaron Rodgers in particular, got booed off their home field after a Week 5 loss. And it wasn't as if the year was off to a terrible start, either; the loss only dropped them to 3-2 on the season. When it comes to their own teams, fans (myself included) are fickle people. A win means you're the best team in the league, and a loss means you're worse than last year's Browns.

Not to say that criticism of Eli isn't warranted, but you can point to practically any Giants loss in the past ten years and Giants' fans won't be defending their team.

Week 5 of 2016... no memory of such a thing. Let me check.

Packers won 23-16 against the Giants. The irony. Not only did the Packers win contrary to what you said, but they defeated the hapless Giants that you seem to defend at all costs.

Your hyperbole isn't any better. I am reminded of the time when you argued that the QB position in American football isn't the most important and impactful position by far. You have to learn to admit that you are wrong when you opened with a really bad argument. Don't drag it out like Bravely Default and pass it off as sound.

My bad, it was Week 6. Forgot that Green Bay had their bye early that season.

Not that it matters much, at least as long as you stop producing any arguments of your own. If you have anything to refute what I've said beyond "some other people said Eli was bad too," then I'd love to hear it. But referencing fan opinions as proof of how someone is playing is about as useless and biased as citing Skip Bayless or something. People are just absurdly fickle, especially about things they care about. The same fans who booed Rodgers off the field and left the stadium early were probably the most vocal supporters when they reached the NFC Championship later that season.

You'll have to link me to the referenced argument, cause I'm not remembering it off the top of my head.

Also if you're going to accuse me of hyperbole, we really need to address the ridiculous degree to which you've employed it. You've somehow taken me saying that a QB who's posted average stats this season could probably put up decent numbers if the front office had done a better job, and extrapolated it to "defending the Giants at all costs." Not only was the original context of my post criticizing the Giants, but the only thing I've said in defense of Eli is that he's posted average stats. If that qualifies as '"defending at all costs" to you, then Lord help us if you ever actually run into American sports talk radio.

Last edited by MTZehvor - on 14 October 2018

Here are my picks against the spread for this week if anyone is interested. I'm 0-1 this week so far :(

Giants
Falcons
Bengals
Browns
Miami
raiders
Vikings
Colts
Washington
Houston
Rams
Titans
Patriots
Packers



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

A lot of road picks up there. Me thinks it'll be a crazy week.



PHI@NYG
TB@ATL 2 LAC@CLE 1 IND@NYJ 1
SEA@OAK 2 CAR@WAS 2 BUF@HOU 2 ARI@MIN 2
PIT@CIN 1 CHI@MIA 1 LAR@DEN 2 BAL@TEN 2
JAX@DAL 2 KC@NE 2 SF@GB 2 by 13 BYE: DET, NO



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RolStoppable said:
MTZehvor said:

My bad, it was Week 6. Forgot that Green Bay had their bye early that season.

Not that it matters much, at least as long as you stop producing any arguments of your own. If you have anything to refute what I've said beyond "some other people said Eli was bad too," then I'd love to hear it. But referencing fan opinions as proof of how someone is playing is about as useless and biased as citing Skip Bayless or something. People are just absurdly fickle, especially about things they care about. The same fans who booed Rodgers off the field and left the stadium early were probably the most vocal supporters when they reached the NFC Championship later that season.

You'll have to link me to the referenced argument, cause I'm not remembering it off the top of my head.

Also if you're going to accuse me of hyperbole, we really need to address the ridiculous degree to which you've employed it. You've somehow taken me saying that a QB who's posted average stats this season could probably put up decent numbers if the front office had done a better job, and extrapolated it to "defending the Giants at all costs." Not only was the original context of my post criticizing the Giants, but the only thing I've said in defense of Eli is that he's posted average stats. If that qualifies as '"defending at all costs" to you, then Lord help us if you ever actually run into American sports talk radio.

Remember, this year's Giants have a record of 1-5 and it's evident that they won't be able to turn this season around, because the team sucks at too many positions, including QB. That's why I said we are at a point where not even Giants fans would defend this team. You continue to liken this to the situation of the Packers being 3-2 when Packers fans certainly didn't throw in the the towel for that season. They were frustrated by a clear loss, sure, but it's beyond doubt that fans were still expecting playoffs at the end of the season, if somebody asked them that question.

I said that you seem to defend the Giants at all costs which then led to the real conclusion in my previous post: You are defending yourself because you can't admit how wrong you were. All of this started when I told you that you say disturbingly nice things about a team that is total crap, because you don't want to come across as a hater. Everyone who frequents the NFL thread knows that you are a Patriots fan and most people remember that the Patriots fell to the Giants in the Super Bowl, twice. It would be natural for a Patriots fan to hate the Giants, but you don't want to be put in that corner. The whole point here is that it wouldn't make you or anyone else a hater if the Giants got called crap and their front office a bunch of idiots; this year's Giants are really that bad. You are free to say that the Giants suck donkey balls.

Also, the discussions with you tend to quickly drift into complete seriousness. I find myself in a fight because of something that was essentially a one-liner, one of those jokes that are funny because they are true. You don't want to be perceived as a Patriots fan who is still bitter because of two losses to the Giants in the Super Bowl. But remember, in both of those years the Giants visited Lambeau Field and took advantage of Packers teams that were off the mark in all three phases of the game on those given days. But that was then and this is now. I am a Packers fan and have no fears to call the 2018 Giants crap, because objectively they are crap.

All right at this point I'm getting tired of responding to this, especially when I'm beginning to think that we're not even arguing the same thing, so I'll simply say this.

I've literally never said that this year's version of the Giants isn't terrible. In fact, I said they were an awful team in my first two posts on the matter. I'm not really sure how you got to thinking that I don't believe the Giants are bad. All I said was that I think a lot of the Giants' terribleness was due to incompetence by the front office. The closest I came to saying that the Giants weren't awful is saying that I thought they could be a decent team if the front office hadn't bungled the situation so badly.

Also I'd really appreciate it if you stopped trying to project some sort of mindset onto me. I don't care much for the Giants, but the notion that me speculating that they could be a halfway decent team if their front office wasn't horrible somehow causes me to become a closet defender so I don't get viewed as a hater is frankly absurd.



Yup FUCK this Titans team. Mariota sacked 11 TIMES. Run blocking terrible, Receivers can't get open, and and defense gives up 8 straight 3rd down conversions including 3rd and 17. Outplayed, Outmuscled, and Outcoached. Back to being the the bottom feeders of the NFL. Sigh. Still lead the division after the Jags blowout loss but with how the Titans are playing it doesn't mean much. FUCK.THIS BULLSHIT.



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Steelers and Ravens with 2 perfect games... lets see how long that lasts.



RolStoppable said:
RolStoppable said:
PHI@NYG 1 TB@ATL 2 LAC@CLE 1 IND@NYJ 2
SEA@OAK 2 CAR@WAS 1 BUF@HOU 2 ARI@MIN 2
PIT@CIN 1 CHI@MIA 1 LAR@DEN 1 BAL@TEN 2
JAX@DAL 1 KC@NE 2 SF@GB GB by 3 BYE: DET, NO

Changing two picks after reading up on injuries.

Greg Olsen returns for the Panthers while Crowder and Thompson will be out for the Redskins. Peterson is apparently a bit banged up, so the Redskins' weapons are limited.

The Dolphins are apparently still not sure if Tannehill will play with a right shoulder injury. The Bears have Mack on defense, so this uncertainty at QB makes it very hard to trust the Dolphins. Not that I trusted them much before, because the Bears defense is legit.

Was about to comment how you did very well this week but then you went and fucked it up with those changes lol still better than me though.



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RolStoppable said:
RolStoppable said:
PHI@NYG 1 TB@ATL 2 LAC@CLE 1 IND@NYJ 2
SEA@OAK 2 CAR@WAS 1 BUF@HOU 2 ARI@MIN 2
PIT@CIN 1 CHI@MIA 1 LAR@DEN 1 BAL@TEN 2
JAX@DAL 1 KC@NE 2 SF@GB GB by 3 BYE: DET, NO

Changing two picks after reading up on injuries.

Greg Olsen returns for the Panthers while Crowder and Thompson will be out for the Redskins. Peterson is apparently a bit banged up, so the Redskins' weapons are limited.

The Dolphins are apparently still not sure if Tannehill will play with a right shoulder injury. The Bears have Mack on defense, so this uncertainty at QB makes it very hard to trust the Dolphins. Not that I trusted them much before, because the Bears defense is legit.

How about dem cowboys son? Dak isn't a bad QB like I said before. We still need to find that one good receiver for him to throw it to.