NFL 2016 regular season

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Link to video.

How do you stop the other team from making an easy field goal that any team could make 95% of the time?


Spoiler :
Get Jeff Fisher to say

"hey listen up this is a real good place to be right now, we can take it over lets get this and take the pressure on them."[/QUOTE]

After that, you've already won. :mischief:


All jokes aside, Rams versus Redskins seems like a realistic probability of the NFC wildcard game. At least as of right now...

I will say it's in the NFL's best interest for the RAMS to succeed because Los Angeles has a huge market. Ditto for Cowboys, who haven't won a superbowl in over two decades.

Wentz and Goff both have not had impressive preseason performances at all. Denver is in ruins because of their QB situation. Brady is yet another year older (yes, that does matter when you're almost 40). Green Bay gradually became a mediocre team as last season went on. The Seahawks Offensive line can't protect Wilson whatsoever.

With all this being said, I'd say the new season will be dominated by the Panthers once again (creative, I know), the Cardinals, the Steelers, and the Bengals. Patriots will also have a good year, but not as good as last year. The age of your quarterback matters, especially when the entire offense is built around the one man.

In general the AFC is still (mostly) stacked from top to bottom, and the NFC is in ruins. I didn't even include the Texans. I'm unsure how Osweillers performance will be in the regular season, but if he's even halfway decent the Texans could easily be a playoff team.
 
I would be unwilling to bet on the Cardinals. Their eggs are all in one basket, and that basket has a fragile handle. One Carson Palmer injury and they are a trainwreck. If he stays healthy they are a strong contender, but I can't play those odds, especially in that division.

Panthers should roll.

Chiefs are going to make a strong run in the AFC.
 
I get it's a QB league, but there are still limits on how important they are, which I think you overestimate.

Last year the team which won the Superbowl had a QB with a statistically terrible season.

Drew Brees is one of the best QB's in the league. Fat load of good that did the Saints last season. Meanwhile there are teams with QB's far less good than Brees which had much better seasons.

Yes QB's are the most important position, but that doesn't make them more important than everything else combined. The Cardinals are a mean team, even without Palmer. Palmer isn't even THAT great to begin with. I agree the Chiefs will be strong.
 
It's a QB league, but some teams are in better position to deal with hardships than others. Absent Carson Palmer the Cardinals have Drew Stanton and Matt Barkley. Drew Stanton couldn't lead Alabama to a national championship.

The Saints aren't a good comparison because all the Saints proved last year is that no matter how good a QB is if you surround him with players who might not be better than the people in the stands he won't win. They deserved a Drew Stanton instead of a Drew Brees.
 
I don't know much about Drew Stanton but "couldn't even lead Alabama to a national championship" isn't much of a put-down.

Aaron Rodgers "couldn't even" get accepted to a (real) University until late in his college career. And his first year as QB of Green Bay was very mediocre. Not until later would he become the greatest in the game, possibly the greatest ever.

Again, I'm not saying Aaron Rodgers= Drew Stanton, but your reasoning of why Stanton is garbage is not very good.

On the other hand, I've actually looked up Palmer's QB rating so there could be some truth to what you're saying. I knew he was good, but I didn't know he was THAT good.

NFC west will be interesting for sure.

Seattle will be solid as per usual.
The Rams finally have a QB, and it's in the NFL's best interest for them to be successful considering LA has a huge market.
The Cardinals will be very strong unless as you say, Palmer gets hurt.
Even the 49ers could surprise us. They already did considering they beat Denver in a preseason game...
 
Dude, I meant that Drew Stanton couldn't lead Alabama to a national championship TODAY. He might not even be the starter at Alabama. And yeah, Carson Palmer is not only that good, but he is literally the number one leader on that team, even with Larry F. If he goes down they not only drop off a cliff in terms of QB ability, but the entire offense, at least, falls apart. The defense might stand up, or the pressure might crumble them too, hard to say, but either way they fall out of the picture.
 
I'm seeing a repeat of 2015 for the Hawks with a slightly better result in results because the schedule is weaker this year than past.
 
'Hawks schedule:


Spoiler :
vs Dolphins: Yes, we'll probably win.

@ Rams: I doubt we'll win. The Rams finally have a QB, and the city of Los Angeles to back them. If they couldn't beat the Rams last year, they won't this year.

vs 49ers: The 49ers have shown improvement based on the pre season. I still think we'll win, of course.

@ Jets: A close one (especially with Jets having home field). I'd still say the Hawks have the edge.

vs Falcons We would win.

@ Cardinals Cards will win.

@ Saints We would win.

vs Bills We would win.

@ Patriots Patriots will win.

Vs Eagles We will win.

@ Buccaneers We will win... but the Buccs have really stepped up from where they were two years ago.

Vs Panthers Panthers will win.

@ Packers Packers will win.

Vs Rams Rams will win.

Vs Cardinals Cards will win

@ 49ers We will win.


I'm estimating a 9-7 season. We might get lucky against the Packers or Cards or whatever and squeeze an extra win or two. But the Offensive Line looks absolutely terrible.
 
Rams - W
49ers - W
Jets - W
Falcons - W
Cardinals - L
Saints - W
Bills - W
Patriots - L
Eagles - W
Bucs - W
Panthers - L
Packers - W
Rams - L
Cards - W
49ers - W

12-4 seems about right.

I think it really swings on how stupid Bevell and Cable are in the first few weeks.
 
I would be unwilling to bet on the Cardinals. Their eggs are all in one basket, and that basket has a fragile handle. One Carson Palmer injury and they are a trainwreck.

They might still be a wildcard if David Johnson is as advertised as that would take pressure off Stanton. But they'd be toast in the playoffs.

Also, having seen the 2008 NFC Championship Game between the Cards and Panthers, it is hard not to have premonitions about Palmer going the Full Delhomme
even if he's healthy.

And if they don't draft a QB to groom relatively high in the next draft, IMO they're pretty much guaranteed trainwreck status after Palmer is gone.
 
Welp, Romo is reportedly out 6-10 weeks with a broken bone in his back.

Maybe the dude needs to just hang 'em up.
Chiefs fan here. Cautiously optimistic.

The Cowboys can't afford it. He's the best QB they've ever had. Tell Roger I said so. The Cowboys still win that division.

The defending Champs have their work cut out just to make it back to the playoffs. I think Marc Sanchez will surprise people but the AFCW might be the best division in the NFL. SD is almost certainly the best 4th place team.

If it is not the AFCW it is probably the NFCW. Like Denver, the Cardinals had the magic. I do not see them leading the league in points again but top 3 offense with improved D is possible. Seattle is still a force and the Rams are improved. It's the last team that weighs down the division.

The other teams to beat are Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Green Bay.

J
 
That's an interesting point. What makes the "strongest division"? If a team is arguably the second best team in the conference, but probably only the second best team in the division, isn't that a strong division? So this "San Diego is the strongest last place team in the league" and I agree they might have to compete with the Rams argue for their divisions using a "strongest right to the bottom" perspective, which has some merit.

But what if we take a division where two teams will fight it out for the top, and the third place team if they were in the AFC west may very well compete for the win? Does having a last place team that is just hopeless take that division out of contention as a strong division?

It might be a reach to say that with a healthy Flacco Baltimore would compete in the AFC West, but it isn't a total stretch, and I think Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are two of the top three teams in the AFC, if not the top two. The question is, can we ever call a division with the Cleveland Browns in it "strong"?
 
When the other 3 teams are Pit, Cin, and Bal, you can call it a strong division.
 
Welp, Romo is reportedly out 6-10 weeks with a broken bone in his back.

Maybe the dude needs to just hang 'em up.

No lie. Even without that, his back was going to be hosed for the rest of his
life anyway due to previous injuries, and this will just make things worse. He should get
while the getting's good, but he doesn't seem to have that in his makeup.
 
No lie. Even without that, his back was going to be hosed for the rest of his
life anyway due to previous injuries, and this will just make things worse. He should get
while the getting's good, but he doesn't seem to have that in his makeup.

Already too late for that. The getting might have been good a couple seasons ago.
 
Teddy Bridgewater dislocates patella, tears ACL in non-contact situation in practice. RIP a Vikings playoff run.
 
Teddy Bridgewater dislocates patella, tears ACL in non-contact situation in practice. RIP a Vikings playoff run.

Wow. That's a massive injury for non contact. Bummer for him and for them.

<checks depth chart>

SHAUN HILL!?!?!?

WOW!!!

Is there a quarterback looking for work somewhere?
 
Wow. That's a massive injury for non contact. Bummer for him and for them.

<checks depth chart>

SHAUN HILL!?!?!?

WOW!!!

Is there a quarterback looking for work somewhere?

Colin Kaepernick?
 
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