Week 2 discussion thread

[mikeygnfl]

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Week 2 kicks off with the oldest rivalry in pro-football as the buoyant Bears visiting the 'panicking' Packers at Lambeau Field in what surely is the game of the weekend?

Chicago look like an attacking force to be reckoned with the running power of Forte and Bush plus the passing game of Cutler, Marshall and Jeffery. The Packers struggled against the 49ers defence last weekend but will face a different proposition tonight. Bears' QB Cutler has already said 'good luck' to the Packers DBs emphasizing the Bears confindence ath the start of the season.

It wouldn't surprise me to see the 2011 Super Bowl winning to find themselves 0-2 after two home games this season.

[Dave.]

By the way, I am a Cards fan. I'm not laughing because it's New England.

[BamBam]

By the way, I am a Cards fan. I'm not laughing because it's New England.

I am

[BamBam]

2 minute drill for Flacco ..

[Dave.]

Well yeah, it is kinda funny the Pats kicker would miss. A miss is rarer than hen's teeth. When I heard fumble, I thought that was that......

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Fair play to the Cards they deserved the win overall.

But I would like to know what ref saw holding on that Woodhead TD

[BamBam]

my bet riding on Flacco getting the Ravens the win :|

[adams_legend]

my bet riding on Flacco getting the Ravens the win :|

I would take that bet with no problem, never rated Flacco

[BamBam]

my bet riding on Flacco getting the Ravens the win :|

I would take that bet with no problem, never rated Flacco

Yeah I needed him to get the win lol, doesn't look like its going to happen now

[adams_legend]

my bet riding on Flacco getting the Ravens the win :|

I would take that bet with no problem, never rated Flacco

Yeah I needed him to get the win lol, doesn't look like its going to happen now

Just read what you had orignally said and my commment makes no sense, should not type why being drunk

[GSC]

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go have a heart attack

[GSC]

Eagles D gets some credit now? Shut down the Ravens in the 2nd half.

Offensively, we actually moved the ball pretty well all game, some stupid turnovers kept the Ravens in it

[crazy_dave23]

Eagles D gets some credit now? Shut down the Ravens in the 2nd half.

Offensively, we actually moved the ball pretty well all game, some stupid turnovers kept the Ravens in it

Yep. You nailed it on the head. Defence held well in the second half and the worst part for the Eagles was silly turnovers committed.

[GSC]

Looking like a typical Eagles game we control then throw away before the end

[Guest]

Where the flip did our defense go against Miami in te second half. We couldn't stop anything. Absolute disgrace considering our defense was vastly improved, especially against the run against San Diego

On the Raiders Facebook page CP3 is getting torn apart, how it's his fault exactly I don't know. 380 yards passing, if anything it's Knapps play calling that should be put under the microscope, wasn't good enough first time round so why have we brought him back

[GSC]

I need the Steelers to cover by 5 :/

[sodhat]

Where the flip did our defense go against Miami in te second half. We couldn't stop anything. Absolute disgrace considering our defense was vastly improved, especially against the run against San Diego

On the Raiders Facebook page CP3 is getting torn apart, how it's his fault exactly I don't know. 380 yards passing, if anything it's Knapps play calling that should be put under the microscope, wasn't good enough first time round so why have we brought him back

Have to agree. The defense fell apart after half time and there was no way back. Palmer did ok, and he had no help on the ground at all.

One of the most frustrating halves I will ever watch.

[adams_legend]

Just lookin over the early games and seen that the Saints lost again, how much are they missing they head coach

[GSC]

Nothing much Payton would've done with the defense. It is seriously crap

Anyone facing the Saints in FF is a must start at this point.

[mikeygnfl]

Just looking at one of my fantasy teams my RBs were Forte, McCoy & Peterson (flex), they got 28.90 points combined. On the bench I had Trent Richardson 26.60 points.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Fantasy Football is gonna be the end of me. I fully expect Vernon Davis to have a huge game cos I dropped him this week

[mikeygnfl]

What do people think of the Redskins opening two games? RG3 is looking good but they are giving away points too. Will they be able to produce against more defensive sides than the Saints and the Rams.

[GSC]

Same old Redskins. Start well, people peg them as sleepers, fall apart hilarious

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Seahawks beating the Cowboys by 13. Seems to be a funny old week this

[Pr4wn]

Bucs game kinda feels worse than it is. We lost that game, the giants didn't win it.

[GSC]

The Cowboys came back to earth with a bang. The worst team in the NFL at dealing with any success.

[Number-25]

Haha! We've got a better QB than before but the Redskins curse still means that we will find a way to lose and it still means that we will raise everyone's hopes by winning the games we shouldn't only to then lose the ones that we should.

Jim Haslett - Please can we have our old defense back? You know, that one that was good and stopped people scoring and stuff? I liked that one.

Josh Morgan - I don't like you very much. In fact, you're my least favourite player on the team right now..... and that says a lot given that MeAngelo Hall plays for us! I hope the Shanahans have you doing 2000 press-ups every morning this week while London Fletcher and RG3 sit on your back!

[GSC]

Tidy 12 quid win on an accumulator

[Derbyblue]

Josh Morgan - I don't like you very much. In fact, you're my least favourite player on the team right now..... and that says a lot given that MeAngelo Hall plays for us! I hope the Shanahans have you doing 2000 press-ups every morning this week while London Fletcher and RG3 sit on your back!

What did he do?

[mikeygnfl]

I've actually won on a 1st TD bet with Vernon Davis 15/2.

[Number-25]

Josh Morgan - I don't like you very much. In fact, you're my least favourite player on the team right now..... and that says a lot given that MeAngelo Hall plays for us! I hope the Shanahans have you doing 2000 press-ups every morning this week while London Fletcher and RG3 sit on your back!

What did he do?

Well, we had a 3rd and 8 at the Rams 36 yard line with just over a minute to go. Griffin makes a 7 yard completion to Morgan to obviously set up either a very makeable 4th down or a 46 yard fieldgoal...... until Morgan throws the ball at Cortland Finnegan to draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and turns it into a near impossible 4th and 16 or even more impossible 61 yard fieldgoal attempt. There's nothing in Billy Cundiff's body of work to date to suggest that he was going to be anything other than wide right and very short on that monster attempt.

Stupid Josh Morgan. He says he'll learn from it but, sorry, shouldn't you be learning these things in high school? If you're in your 3rd year in the NFL and still trying to learn to keep your cool when someone provokes you then I'd argue that it's too late for you and that you maybe need to be spending most of your time warming on the bench and certainly not finding yourself getting on the field in the game's crucial moments.

Stupid Josh Morgan

[Number-25]

Same old Redskins. Start well, people peg them as sleepers, fall apart hilarious

Ah come on now GSC, who had us pegged as sleepers? There was plenty of over the top chat about RG3 last week but I didn't read anyone saying that we were going to win the division or make the playoffs. You certainly wouldn't have found any Redskins fans saying that - we've had hopes raised and dashed too many times before to start believing that we're headed for anything better than a 6-10 to 8-8 season.

[Colan (niner)]

Just woke up after the 49ers game. Was really impressed with the performance again. Alex Smith is really turning into a top ten qb based on his play both this season and in the run in last season. To convert three key third downs in arow with pressure in your face is not easy but he did it with a bloody nose and drops. Gore and Hunter got plenty of carries too and the balance between run and pass was nice. Detroit's o-line did good, but the 49ers only rushed three a lot of the time so their secondary could be more stacked against Johnson and co. I want to see how dangerous we could be if we actually brought a lot more players rushing the qb, Vic Fangio is a blitz specialist but not seen it yet, largely because haven't had to though

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Also Number-25 didnt the Rams miss a field goal on the half, but Shanahan had called a time out to ice him, then it was retaken and he they scored. You lost by 3 didnt you?

[GSC]

DeMeco Ryans has looked a DPotY worthy his first 2 games

Nice to finally have a good LB

[Colan (niner)]

Ryans does look pretty good but I have to give that honour to NaVorro Bowman right now , he has 7 more tackles and has went up against two great offfenses where he has had to cover receivers, who else can do that from the mlb position very well other than Willis? And now Willis will be put on the sidelines when the niners go nickel, but Bowman stays

[twelve283]

Ryans does look pretty good but I have to give that honour to NaVorro Bowman right now , he has 7 more tackles and has went up against two great offfenses where he has had to cover receivers, who else can do that from the mlb position very well other than Willis? And now Willis will be put on the sidelines when the niners go nickel, but Bowman stays

Willis and Bowman are the best MLBs in the league right now and it isn't even a discussion.

I've watched SF twice this season and that defense is mean. The way they matched up with Calvin Johnson was a thing of beauty. Help over the top to take away anything deep and then man under with Bowman and Willis tracking him across the middle when the Lions moved Johnson inside. Detroit were running picks by the end just to get him receptions.

[Colan (niner)]

The pass rush is the only thing that is lacking and although that worries me a little, I can't help but think it was because they were geared towards stopping prolific passing attacks the first two weeks, so needed to cover well rather than send too many guys at the qb. I think against Ponder and Minnesota nxt week, there will be more blitz packages and sacks. The secondary has seriously stepped up from last year. It was really good then but they are covering some of the best players easily. People said the cb's and safeties were middle of the pack last year but they weren't. It's just that if teams are going to throw the ball 40 plus times because they can't run on you , they are going to get some completions, especially when most teams are playing catch up so need to air it out

[CFCNick]

Was in the NFL in London at Marylebone Station. Awesome atmosphere. They show the Sky games plus 4 at a time on Gamepass. Was with 20 other NYGiantsUK fan club members. There were at least a hundred people in there who support all sorts of teams.

At half time of the 6pm games the American guy, Ryan, who runs it says a few jokes with a mic on stage and got the whole place to shout abuse at us because of the half time score.

Great 4th quarter, David Wilson better be looking over his shoulder because Andre Brown will jump straight into the RB2 spot depending on how they perform in Carolina on Thursday.

[GSC]

Wonder what happened to the Saints D. Almost as if they've lost incentive.

[The Mangler US_UK]

I was chanting 'Ball security, ball security" when Ryan Williams steamed into the line and then I watched in dismay (not surprise) as the ball popped up into the air. I've been down this road so many times with the Cards and I figured our only chance was for Campbell to block the FG -- I was so mad at the Cards for playing and excellent game and then blowing it, I turned off the TV because I couldn't bear to watch. My friend called about the game and was going on what a great win it was.

Morgan should have known that Cortland Finnegan is an irritant -- that's his whole M.O. Getting that penalty at such a critical moment was just idiotic

Saints' D just has no pass rushers -- and that's a big part of what Spagnuolo does.

[GSC]

Big hit for the skins d as Orakpo and Carriker are both done for the year

[Number-25]

Big hit for the skins d as Orakpo and Carriker are both done for the year

Yeah, that's probably our season in the can now. Our secondary is bad this year which is putting much more emphasis on our pass rush to help them out. Orakpo is our best pass rusher by far. Losing him will leave our dodgy secondary too exposed. Teams will throw the ball on us for fun now. Saw it last night with the Rams - Bradford had a career day. Doesn't matter what heroics RG3 comes up with now, teams will simply throw for one score more than us.

[skins4ever]

Big hit for the skins d as Orakpo and Carriker are both done for the year

Yeah, that's probably our season in the can now. Our secondary is bad this year which is putting much more emphasis on our pass rush to help them out. Orakpo is our best pass rusher by far. Losing him will leave our dodgy secondary too exposed. Teams will throw the ball on us for fun now. Saw it last night with the Rams - Bradford had a career day. Doesn't matter what heroics RG3 comes up with now, teams will simply throw for one score more than us.

Its a big loss at LB, but our pass D talent isn't the big worry - its the insistence on sticking with zone D, when we have 2 good corners. We got toasted yesterday because, like Welker, Amendola is a great reciver against zone. He won't torch anyone, but he's got 360 degree radar when it comes to finding the gap in the zone. There will be more pressure on the DB's with less pressure coming from the front 5/7, but the scheme needs adjusting to either make the zone D effective, or more likely, run more man cover. If nothing else disguise the coverage. No offense to Bradford, but a blind dwarf could see the holes in our zone yesterday.

[Derbyblue]

Anybody staying up for tonights game?

[twelve283]

Anybody staying up for tonights game?

Yup.

[mikeygnfl]

I am. Trying to decide on 1st TD score. Deciding whether to stick with Tamme from last weekend, Decker or Moreno? Decide to go for Tamme again.

[mikeygnfl]

Apparently it's a rainy night in Georgia...

[Derbyblue]

BBC really need a studio...

[Derbyblue]

Wow almost a pick on the first play, then a tackle for loss and a pick what an opening for the Falcons D! Would like to see a replay of the incomplete pass that was almost picked.

[twelve283]

Good start for Denver.

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