2012 NFL Whipping Post.

Post by **Cail** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:44 pm

Ravens finally fired Cam Cameron (offensive coordinator). Three years too late, but at least he's gone.

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:56 pm

Titans @ Patriots on MNF tonite -- game of the year?

Post by **Cybrweez** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:01 pm

Apparently not. Pats looking real good! Can they handle the Giants in Super Bowl? I hope so, I hate the Giants. At least the secondary seems much improved. Scoring quite a few TDs this year even. And Giants secondary is real bad.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:58 pm

Trap game. Falcons got owned @ Carolina. The score actually makes it look better than it was. Falcons didn't even start playing until middle of the third quarter. Of course by then they had dug a hole they couldn't climb out of. Carolina isn't as bad as their record suggests (now 4-9) but its obvious that the Falcons aren't as good as their record suggests (now 11-2). Next week against the Giants will surely tell the tale.

Texans got mud stomped. By the 3rd quarter it was obvious that the Texans had given up and were playing not to get hurt rather than to try to win (or even make up some lost ground) That sends a poor message to the team. "we don't expect you to play hard when you are losing".

Two best records in the league, both owned in the same week. At least the Falcons continued to play hard and tried to make a game of it.

There seems to be a new batch of 'running' QB's in the league. They are incredibly hard to defend against, but the risk is exactly what happened to RG3. Getting hurt and not being able to finish the season. At some point the defense gets tired of seeing them 'run' and starts trying to hit them hard to send them a message. I expect to see a new batch of QB injuries if this continues.

And what about Alex Smith? The NFL Commissioner said that no one would lose their job if they went out on concussion injury for a week. Alex went out for a supposed week and hasn't been playing since. I expect him to get traded. If so, someone will get a really good QB. What I would hate to see, is them not trade him but also not play him on the field.

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:55 pm

Titans?

Texans!

The Giants are kryptronite for the Patriots. Don't even want to watch that.

Facon's weren't as good as their record. They hadn't been matched up to a decent team, I don't think.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:58 pm

Hard to say about the match-ups. Yes the Falcons have had a soft schedule but I could make that same point on the Giants who have only played two high caliber teams all year. They lost to the Cowboys, the Eagles and the Bengals and the Redskins this year. Some of those teams have awful records. And then of course all the teams will tell you that "you don't get to pick your schedule".

Falcons had some decent match ups based on last years strengths but that doesn't always equate to this years strengths and this year that really showed through. Still when you beat 11 out of 13 of your opponents, you have to be doing something right. And on any given Sunday a team with no record can beat the best team.

Overall, the reason the Giants and a few other teams will be listed as SB caliber teams even when their record is not that great, while other teams with better records get overlooked, is that those teams have been through the post season with wins. So if the Falcons want more respect in the league. They have to earn it in post season. Winning in the Season itself and your record there, at the end of the day, means almost nothing.

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:43 am

Falcons will not get anywhere come play-off time.

Pats smoked the Texans, now the Texans need to worry about facing the Colts twice in the next three weeks.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:36 pm

I hope you are wrong about the Falcons. I already purchased my playoff tickets! No they CAN do it. Whether they will or not depends on the next few games. The Falcons have games where the Defense is clicking, and then they have some where to offense is clicking. This last game neither really was. If they can get these to click at the same time.... they can make some headway in the post season.

Another team that is being brought up as going far into the playoffs is the Broncos. However they really haven't played anyone to mention since Peyton got to clicking again.....at least... yet. They have one of the softest schedules of any team. Peyton is really good, but I want to see them play another playoff caliber team before I'm willing to say they are going anywhere in the playoffs.

Post by **Cybrweez** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:32 pm

Rodney Harrison said last week that no one is afraid to play the Falcons. I think he's right.

And I think the Broncos are legit. They did win a game last year in playoffs w/Tebow, and Manning is, uh, a little better. They have strong D and running game and great QB. Falcons can't say the same.

I see Pats/Giants rematch at this point. A rematch would be crazy, back to back, but 3rd matchup w/in a decade? Crazy. But if Giants win again, I'll have to give up on football, being here in central Jersey and an Eagles fan first, Pats fan 2nd.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:43 pm

Perhaps. I could also make the case that the last two years, the team that has beaten the Falcons (1 and out) has been the team that has beaten everyone after that and gone on to win the SuperBowl. In some cases they 'embarrassed' the teams they played with double digit margins in the win. Maybe a bad throw of the dice to have to play a 'hot team' in your first post season game. I don't see the Falcons going to the SB this year but a good dice throw could get them that playoff win to get that monkey off their back.

Denver went to post season with Tebow but they lost by 35 points. I will say that they do have a strong O-line. From what I have heard that was one of the conditions that convinced Peyton to sign with them.

No matter which team goes to post season.....any of them can lose on any given Sunday and be out. Last year GB was practically unbeatable during the season putting up 30+ against their opponents more often than not and got beaten soundly by the Giants who came in on the wildcard as a #5 or 6 seed. (1 and out).

Post by **SoulBiter** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:26 pm

Cybrweez wrote:
I see Pats/Giants rematch at this point. A rematch would be crazy, back to back, but 3rd matchup w/in a decade? Crazy. But if Giants win again, I'll have to give up on football, being here in central Jersey and an Eagles fan first, Pats fan 2nd.

Giants you say??!! How about dem Falcons! Total rout and shutout of the Giants! 34 to 0 and had we kept our first string in it would have been 41 to 0. So there you have it. The Falcons can beat a quality opponent!

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:58 pm

Denver had no trouble against Baltimore. The game would've been much different if 5 starting Baltimore defensive players had been in the game instead of on injured list.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:55 am

will hand it to the Falcons, they finally beat someone.

Saints looked awesome - likely too late.

Patriots and Niners - Brady tackles (kind of) the db running back an interception, and then the Pats get a turnover.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:44 am

Sarge (with the name change, do I still call you that?), I was impressed with the comeback the Pats put together, but y'all didn't quite manage to take the Niners down a peg so that my Hawks could play them for the NFC West title next week.

Guess we will need to run up another 50+ game. Whatever...

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:28 am

We suck again .

Post by **Cybrweez** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:51 pm

Had 2 games on at 1, Giants/Falcons, Broncos/Ravens. Who would've thought 2 blowouts?

I think Falcons wanted revenge. Maybe they got it to early. Now Giants will want revenge in playoffs. I hope Giants don't even make it, but I'm not betting on it.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:58 pm

Falcons clinch #1 seed. The game against the Lions was never in doubt.

Bengals are in. I wouldnt have thought that earlier this year. However I dont expect them to go far.

SF took a beating agaisnt the Seahawks. That was unexpected. Not that they lost but that they lost so badly.

Texans are cooling off at the wrong time. I dont expect them to go very far.

Surprisingly the Patriots are cooling off after having a good run of it. Oh I dont count them out by any stretch but they are showing in the last few games, that they are beatable.

GB is staying under the radar but they are hot hot hot right now. Along with the Broncos.

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:33 pm

The Giants are slumping too. Eli is having a bad season overall.

Post by **Vraith** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 3:56 pm

SoulBiter wrote: Along with the Broncos.

Did anyone pick them at the beginning?
They're on a roll...yet the only decent team they've beaten is Baltimore.
Still, they are on a roll, and the decent teams they lost to were early on and fairly close scores IIRC.

I'm having a tough time choosing whether I want Vikings to beat GB next week or not...

Post by **Savor Dam** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 8:11 pm

Vraith wrote:I'm having a tough time choosing whether I want Vikings to beat GB next week or not...

Yes, please. If the Vikings win, along with the Cardinals against the Niners and the Hawks over the Rams, Seattle not only wins the NFC West, but gets the first-round bye. Sweet!

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