2022 NFL Thread

[GopherRock]

Eagles beat the Cards by 3 to move to 5-0 and remain the only undefeated team in the NFL. Looking like the favorites right now in the NFC with Green Bay, LA, and Tampa all struggling.

Based on the steaming pile of canine excrement that is quarterbacking in the NFC, it's not crazy to think they're going to be 14-3 or better and clinch the 1 seed on Christmas Eve in Dallas.  

The Cowboys are going to have a QB controversy when Dak gets healthy, and when you have 2 QBs you have no QBs.

The Niners should have traded for Rodgers in the offseason. GB needs to blow up and rebuild, and the Niners could have been in Philly's position.

[utee94]

Based on the steaming pile of canine excrement that is quarterbacking in the NFC, it's not crazy to think they're going to be 14-3 or better and clinch the 1 seed on Christmas Eve in Dallas. 

The Cowboys are going to have a QB controversy when Dak gets healthy, and when you have 2 QBs you have no QBs.

The Niners should have traded for Rodgers in the offseason. GB needs to blow up and rebuild, and the Niners could have been in Philly's position.

Eh, I mostly agree with this sentiment in college football, but in the NFL there are starters and there are backups.  And there are also so many injuries that the backup inevitably has to play anyway.  "QB Controversies" in the NFL end up being much ado about nothing.

[Mdot21]

Cowboys have been a major surprise. Cooper Rush isn't keeping that job when Dak is back healthy. First of all Rush hasn't been asked to do a whole lot that defense has been carrying the load and then some. Rush is not out-playing Dak- it's not like they are winning because of him- he just hasn't made the killer mistakes to lose them games. Secondly, they are paying Dak like $45 million a season and they can't cut or trade him or they'll be in salary cap hell- he ain't going anywhere but back on the field when he's ready to play. 

[Mdot21]

https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/1579194514727575552?s=20&t=RE0p4w0ey6Pvg8OTCV8udQ

[Mdot21]

Bills have been in contact with Panthers about a possible trade for RB Christian McCaffrey. Yeah, just hand the Bills the trophy right now if that happens. Bills should be 5-0 right now and have just been beating the living sh*t out of teams like this is college- you just don't see beat downs in the NFL like the Bills are throwing out on a weekly basis. Imagine Josh Allen, Christian McCaffrey, and Stefon Diggs on the same offense. Yikes. 


https://twitter.com/MichaelBalkoJr/status/1579536508163620865?s=20&t=e89_DgaAJgd8the1CVtkYg

[Mdot21]

man Carson Wentz sucks. Not sure I've ever seen a fall quite like his...


https://twitter.com/BenStandig/status/1579550407134961664?s=20&t=K3AjGHtE3xK2rS_YByerGQ

[ELA]

Secondly, they are paying Dak like $45 million a season and they can't cut or trade him or they'll be in salary cap hell- he ain't going anywhere but back on the field when he's ready to play.

That's the biggest thing.  If this was an uncapped league, and you could trade him for equal value...maybe.  But it's not, and you can't, and you aren't benching that much money

[ELA]

Based on the steaming pile of canine excrement that is quarterbacking in the NFC, it's not crazy to think they're going to be 14-3 or better and clinch the 1 seed on Christmas Eve in Dallas. 

Can we also discuss how dumb a 17 game regular season is?  I thought the NFL had great schedule balance, and scarcity at 16 games.  If you are ditching that, then just go to 18.  17 just always looks like you have 1 game to play

[ELA]

Granted I can’t think of a worse defending Super Bowl champ than the Rams (OL a disaster, can’t run the ball, defense doesn’t have an instinct to get off the field), but the Cowboys, dominating the Rams 22-10 yesterday, have been impressive since looking terrible Vs the Bucs on opening week.

Every sports talk show will lead with something along the lines of hyping up the drama of what do the Cowboys do when Dak is recovered and cleared from injuries? Bench Cooper Rush who is 4-0 since taking over?

3 Super Bowl champs in the past decade failed to make the playoffs the following year.  Granted they all finished at or over .500, even though the 2013 Ravens were 4-6 before finishing 4-2 in meaningless games.

The last Super Bowl champion to finish under .500 the following year was the 2003 Buccaneers, who went 7-9.  The 1999 Denver Broncos went 6-10, but John Elway retired.

[Mdot21]

3 Super Bowl champs in the past decade failed to make the playoffs the following year.  Granted they all finished at or over .500, even though the 2013 Ravens were 4-6 before finishing 4-2 in meaningless games.

The last Super Bowl champion to finish under .500 the following year was the 2003 Buccaneers, who went 7-9.  The 1999 Denver Broncos went 6-10, but John Elway retired.

yeah I think that was the year that Terrell Davis tore up his knee and missed that entire season- that injury basically ended what was looking like a 1st ballot HOF RB career. I think that was also Shannon Sharpe's last year in Denver and he missed like half that year with injury. Imagine trying to overcome losing John Elway, Terrell Davis, and Shannon Sharpe all in the same year. Makes sense why you'd get 6-10.

[Mdot21]

pretty neat story how MLB All-Star Joc Pederson and NFL All-Pro Devante Adams were HS football teammates and how Adams was Pederson's back-up at WR. 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34741942/raiders-davante-adams-giants-outfielder-joc-pederson-were-high-school-wide-receiver-teammates

[rook119]

If Matt Rhule went 14-2 this year, he'd probably would be making anywhere from 5-10M less than he's going to make in 2023. 

Financially, dude played this perfectly. 

[rook119]

Granted I can’t think of a worse defending Super Bowl champ than the Rams (OL a disaster, can’t run the ball, defense doesn’t have an instinct to get off the field), but the Cowboys, dominating the Rams 22-10 yesterday, have been impressive since looking terrible Vs the Bucs on opening week.

Every sports talk show will lead with something along the lines of hyping up the drama of what do the Cowboys do when Dak is recovered and cleared from injuries? Bench Cooper Rush who is 4-0 since taking over?

The only reason why I gave the Rams a chance to defend the title was because the NFC looked so weak pre-season. There was a whiff of this is our final chance last year, kind of like the Ravens when they won it. 

[FearlessF]