NFL week 5 Gameday Thread

[Chris M.]

really? by Pittsburgh?

Denver just beat the team many predicted to make the Super Bowl. And that's still not good enough?

Yes, by Pittsburgh. Denver has one impressive win and it just happened. They beat Cincy on a fluky play and then beat 3 crappy teams in Dallas, Oakland and Cleveland.

[Ben09]

Nothing was wrong with the offense. Just the defense.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Denver's much better than I ever thought they'd be, particularly on defense. Don't think the offense is anything special though.

Exactly my thoughts.

[preppyak]

really? by Pittsburgh?
Seriously...Denver just beat a pretty good team...Indy would probably win against them, but I can't see that many more teams that would definitely beat them.

[AshesAshes]

Woooooooooooooooooo Broncos

[Car Crash Dream]

DEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNVVVVVVVVVVEEEE EEEERRRRRRRRRRR! I will always love them.

[Drew Beringer]

Yes, by Pittsburgh. Denver has one impressive win and it just happened. They beat Cincy on a fluky play and then beat 3 crappy teams in Dallas, Oakland and Cleveland.
Denver's defense would give the Pittsburgh offense fits.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I love this Denver team, and I am so glad McDaniels has shut up the people hating on him when he first came over.

The strides they've made on defense under Nolan has been incredible.

[Chris M.]

Denver's defense would give the Pittsburgh offense fits.

I'm still not sold on the Denver defense being that good. They're playing so far above their heads right now. They'll come down to earth eventually.

[Drew Beringer]

Pittsburgh beat a shitty Tennessee team in OT, lost to a good Bears team, choked against Cincinnati, almost blew a 28 point lead against San Diego, and beat Detroit by 8 today.

[AshesAshes]

I'm still not sold on the Denver defense being that good. They're playing so far above their heads right now. They'll come down to earth eventually.

People said that before they played Dallas and again before the New England game.

Shutting out New England in the second half is pretty impressive

[Until The Bombs]

Indy would beat Denver, they are the most impressive team in the AFC by far. Baltimore and Denver would be a great defensive battle. Why all the love for Pittsburgh, they haven't looked good at all this season.

You're right. Already forgot about Pittsburgh's losses to Chicago and Cincy. If they played right now, I'd take Pittsburgh over Denver, but it's not the easy decision that I implied. Right now, Denver has to be viewed as no worse than the 5th best team in the AFC, as high as the 2nd best.
Of course if the Colts somehow get beaten tonight, which no way in hell should happen, the case could be made that they're the best in the AFC.

[Until The Bombs]

People said that before they played Dallas and again before the New England game.

I was one of those people. After pulling it out against the Pats, I don't see how anyone can make that case.

[Until The Bombs]

Thing about their offense is that they're still coming into it. You've got a new system, new QB, rookie RB, #1 receiver that sat out the preseason. I still imagine the defense will continue to be their biggest strength, but their offense has the potential to improve.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

If you don't see how the Denver defense has improved that much then you probably haven't seen them play at all this year or last year.

[Car Crash Dream]

I am so proud of Denver for finally pulling it together. I was born a Denver fan, and a Denver fan I've stayed even through all the bad seasons. The best part of this is that my roommate is a huge pats fan and said that Brady was going to destroy the Broncos when he could potentially be blamed for the loss with that fumble within the 2 minutes.

[AshesAshes]

If you don't see how the Denver defense has improved that much then you probably haven't seen them play at all this year or last year.

So many new players I think it's 8 new starters? Mcdaniels/Nolan did a great job rebuilding the whole defense

[QuikTrig]

the niners game today was embarassing. haha did anyone see dre bly do the deion sanders after a pick, only to fumble it 3 seconds later. hahahah what a joke.

[deadstar]

Denver beat a team many predicted to go to the Super Bowl, but the Patriots have not looked nearly as good as many expected them to be this year. Still a lot of games to go, but it just hasn't clicked yet.

[MyWorldEntire]

What are the records as starters and the standings of the team they are on now?

Just curious.

By your logic, Kyle Orton is also a better quarterback than Tom Brady.

[samsara]

That game was amazing.

[jay_klinkhammer]

By your logic, Kyle Orton is also a better quarterback than Tom Brady.


By your logic, you cannot sense sarcasm.


Orton has a better beard.

[what_ever]

titans gonna start 0-5.. they just can't get it going

[TEAMRAMROD]

Ouch. Not a good start for the Titans.

[MyWorldEntire]

By your logic, you cannot sense sarcasm.


Orton has a better beard.

Nice way to cover up your dumb logic.

[KidRobot]

Pittsburgh and Indy, probably, not sure Baltimore should be included in their. They've been up and down so far this season.

It's not like Pittsburgh blew out the Lions today...

[Drew Beringer]

huge hit by Bethea there.

[TEAMRAMROD]

Collie looked a little scared there.

[Drew Beringer]

lol @ helmets getting attached there.

[TEAMRAMROD]

Awkward.

[Drew Beringer]

Reggie Wayne best receiver in the NFL

[Drew Beringer]

a break for Tennessee.

[TEAMRAMROD]

There's something you're not used to seeing.

[Drew Beringer]

two Colt turnovers so far

[kofiadrian]

peyton manning, interception? what the fuck?

[Until The Bombs]

It's not like Pittsburgh blew out the Lions today...

..

You're right. Already forgot about Pittsburgh's losses to Chicago and Cincy. If they played right now, I'd take Pittsburgh over Denver, but it's not the easy decision that I implied. Right now, Denver has to be viewed as no worse than the 5th best team in the AFC, as high as the 2nd best.
Of course if the Colts somehow get beaten tonight, which no way in hell should happen, the case could be made that they're the best in the AFC.

[rcrook]

Bad day to be a Boston sports fan...

[rcrook]

http://web11.twitpic.com/img/35586766-3f908a4716ef7c6646c0d599cfd3e945.4a d28c0c-full.jpg
hahaha from matt's twitter

[IcedOpethBlind]

30 yards from penalties this drive, ouch

[IcedOpethBlind]

haha Manning is ridiculous

[TEAMRAMROD]

Great effort by Collie.

[AshesAshes]

Haha all he needs is a minute to score yikes

[SwiftSilentDead]

Are they chanting "we want Vince"?

[azlisa]

hopefully the cardinals decide to start the season today. getting tired of driving to glendale to lose.

yay cardinals!!!

[Until The Bombs]

Where is Garcon with his 50 yd td catches? Looking like I should have went with Collie as a prospective bye week pickup a little back.

[TEAMRAMROD]

This is getting ridiculous.

[xbrokendownx]

man the Titans are just bad

[samsara]

Gosh that game is horrible to watch.

[splitsecond]

yay cardinals!!!

ugh barely. a win is a win, but we nearly gave it away.

[TEAMRAMROD]

That drop might have given me a loss for one of my teams.

[xbrokendownx]

the kerry collins era may be over

[samsara]

That game hurts to watch.

[mht]

man the Titans are just bad


they almost look worse than the Chiefs.

[livethesounds]

well, that's officially it for the titans. a couple bad luck / close / overall good games turn into a team that has no confidence and forgot who they are. This is by far the biggest disappointment of a team i've ever witnessed in my life as a sports fan as far as a full season goes and we're not even a quarter through the season.

we'll be 0-6 next week @ NE

looking at the titans remaining schedule, throwing in some injuries, and factoring in the fact that Vince Young could be playing the rest of the way the titans can only hope to win 5-6 games AT MOST.
Here's hoping they only win around 4 so the titans can get a top 5 pick.

[IcedOpethBlind]

Indy pretty much has the division in the bag already

here's to praying the Texans can stop the jekyll/hyde good week/bad week tendency theyve showed thus far and get some sort of consistency that will allow them to compete for a wild card slot

not holding out hope though

[livethesounds]

Indy pretty much has the division in the bag already

here's to praying the Texans can stop the jekyll/hyde good week/bad week tendency theyve showed thus far and get some sort of consistency that will allow them to compete for a wild card slot

not holding out hope though

i really doubt any other AFC south team has a shot right now. the Texans have a very outside shot, but from what i've seen so far no.

and what happened to Slaton, has the guy gotten over 50 yards rushing once yet this year? I've watched every game and he's looked really bad from the line of scrimmage.

[SwiftSilentDead]

http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ocho-dead2.gif

[livethesounds]

looked worse than it was.

[samsara]

Still, it looked kinda painful.

[livethesounds]

thankfully, because that allowed the Bengals to win the game.

on that note, i'm taking the Bengals as my rooting interest the rest of the season so i stay interested in the rest of the year.

[azlisa]

ugh barely. a win is a win, but we nearly gave it away.

yeah at first it was great, but by the end it was getting way too close. happy we won and glad the 49ers lost. if we could top the division again...that would be awesome. i'm jumping the gun, i know, ha. but we can all hope :)

[phillipjacob]

what's up with every bengals game keeping you on the edge of your seat. it's like they refuse to lose

[preppyak]

the kerry collins era may be over
yeah, he played well in the first 2 games, but he's had bad #'s the last 3 games (where he hasn't exactly had tons of help), and that franchise has to figure out if VY is the answer, of if the top 10 pick they are likely gonna get from this season should be used on a QB

[xbrokendownx]

man, miami's schedule is looking easier and easier by the day. Tennessee, Tampa, Carolina, and Buffalo all stink and Houston and Jax are average

a win tonight is huge

[MIKEY_HORROR]

You guys think Mendenhall earned himself the number 1 spot? Or will fast Wille still comeback and start?

[uchiha]

man, miami's schedule is looking easier and easier by the day. Tennessee, Tampa, Carolina, and Buffalo all stink and Houston and Jax are average

a win tonight is huge

with the Patriots loss, it would get us back to within a game of first place.. which would be unbelievable considering the 0-3 start

[Mibabalou]

man, miami's schedule is looking easier and easier by the day. Tennessee, Tampa, Carolina, and Buffalo all stink and Houston and Jax are average

a win tonight is huge

jets have really east next 6 weeks after we tonight we should be able to go 5-0

at Miami
vs. Buffalo
at Oakland
Miami
Bye
Jacksonville

[xbrokendownx]

im willing to bet my life that the Jets dont go 5-0

[Until The Bombs]

im willing to bet my life that the Jets dont go 5-0

Is that because they've already lost?

[xbrokendownx]

in the next 5 games i mean, like that guy said they would

[Until The Bombs]

Haha. Should have figured you wouldn't make that mistake.

[inthemidst]

my week 5 division picks:

Browns- 10
Bills- 17

Bengals- 28
Ravens- 24

Steelers- 31
Lions- 20

This ended up being a very close projection...good call.

[MIKEY_HORROR]

This ended up being a very close projection...good call.

Yeah the Bengals and Lions games ended up pretty close.

I picked the Browns to win in my fantasy pickem league...but not in here...so I was a little off on that one

[poppa Q]

You guys think Mendenhall earned himself the number 1 spot? Or will fast Wille still comeback and start?
I would imagine it's Mendenhall's job to lose right now, but I'd still expect Parker to get some carries.

[inthemidst]

Yeah the Bengals and Lions games ended up pretty close.

I picked the Browns to win in my fantasy pickem league...but not in here...so I was a little off on that one

You're one of the only people that projected the Bengals to win, though. And you were only 3 points off of the Lions game. I thought the Steelers were going to run away with that one (they should have).

[xbrokendownx]

tonight im saying Miami 24, Jets 20

[preppyak]

tonight im saying Miami 24, Jets 20
as long as Thomas Jones gets one of those TD's, I'll be happy

[xbrokendownx]

well, Miami has the best rush D in the entire league (giving up around 60 YPG i believe) so hopefully yards from the Jets' backs will be few and far between. if Henne doesnt make any mistakes i love our chances tonight

[preppyak]

yeah, i'm aware of that fact sadly...its either Thomas Jones or Ricky Williams...and I have no idea which guy to trust to get me 9pts

[TEAMRAMROD]

tonight im saying Miami 24, Jets 20
God, I hope not. I need 12 points from the Jets D to win my fantasy league.

[sinkinginthesea]

bengals. who dey.

[preppyak]

wow, what a creepy fucking intro video

[wrppdarndyrfngr]

helluva drive by the 'fins

[preppyak]

fuck me...that Ricky Williams catch by itself would have won me my fantasy week probably...Thomas Jones needs to start gaining yards

[poppa Q]

yeah, i'm aware of that fact sadly...its either Thomas Jones or Ricky Williams...and I have no idea which guy to trust to get me 9pts
Hopefully you picked Ricky...

[Mibabalou]

tonight im saying Miami 24, Jets 20

ahh now i see why you hate me your a fins fan

i think out d will step up in the 4th and well win it

[Flags of Dawn]

need .28 points from ronnie brown to take the lead over my idle opponent...

[kofiadrian]

touchdown fins.

[pand75]

Braylon is back!!

[AshesAshes]

Braylon Edwards wow

glad I picked him up

[kofiadrian]

holy shit what a play.

[preppyak]

such a nasty catch by braylon....

[Vincewithouthee]

That was nuts. I think it should stand.

[rcrook]

FUCK DA HATERZ FOR SAYING BRAYLON IS OVERRATED J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

x

[J.C.]

Braylon sighting.

[kofiadrian]

there are probably a bunch of cleveland fans going "WHAT THE FUCK MAN? WHY COULDN'T YOU DO THIS SHIT LAST YEAR?"

[pand75]

what the hell that sucks. oh well, get some points leon.

[preppyak]

and i love that review...gets me a TJ TD and wins me my fantasy matchup

[jay_klinkhammer]

Gruden is terrible at sportscasting. All he ever says is "That's a football play." or "That's a football player"

[jay_klinkhammer]

Ted Ginn!!!!!

[AshesAshes]

What a throw by Henne he looks really calm in the pocket tonight

[mht]

no chance Pennington gets his job back now.

[kofiadrian]

first pass play of 20 or more yards given up by jets this season.




and a bad time to have said play too.

[wrppdarndyrfngr]

Henne has looked great. man there is alot of talent on the field tonight for both teams.

[SgtSmegma]

Can the ESPN announcers suck Braylon Edwards' dick any more vigorously?

[Shark90576]

Can't like that interference call if you are a Dolphins fan.

[IcedOpethBlind]

what a bullet by Henne

[Car Crash Dream]

What a legitimately entertaining game. I wasn't expecting this.

[SwiftSilentDead]

holy shit

[IcedOpethBlind]

love this

[Shark90576]

Very impressed by Miami tonight, great win for them.

[xbrokendownx]

MIAMI DOLPHINS FOOTBALL BABY

i was never a big chad henne fan, but he made me one tonight. what a fucking game

[rcrook]

both quarterbacks were fantastic considering they combined for 5 starts heading into tonight.

[uchiha]

what a game, god I love how our offense changes things up this season

such an important win

[xbrokendownx]

http://i38.tinypic.com/2lcpqpz.gif

[xbrokendownx]

Calvin Pace on Henne: “Against a second-year clown quarterback, we didn’t affect him enough. I guess you have to give him credit. The defense lost the game today.”

Calvin Pace on the Wildcat: “I can’t respect that stuff, all that Wildcat. We’re in the N.F.L. Don’t come here with that nonsense.”


oh that same "clown quarterback" that just lit up your D for the tune 250 and 2 scores?

keep taking the steroids, buddy

[TEAMRAMROD]

So stupid.