2013 NFL Thread

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Damn. Not looking good for a Ravens repeat this year if that's all they're bringing to the table. I guess they're not a defensive team anymore. The best hit the Ravens delivered was that ******* taking Jacoby Jones out of the game. As a Texans fan, I'll always love seeing him get demolished.

Let's be real though, the Broncos demolished the Ravens in the regular season last year too, and probably should have in the postseason as well.

There's a lot of luck in football.

[Haboob]

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Let's be real though, the Broncos demolished the Ravens in the regular season last year too, and probably should have in the postseason as well.

There's a lot of luck in football.

There's only one Luck in football.

[Chuck33079]

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Let's be real though, the Broncos demolished the Ravens in the regular season last year too, and probably should have in the postseason as well.

There's a lot of luck in football.

Maybe the Ravens got lucky last year, maybe not. Either way, last night was hilarious. Did they field a secondary at all? I guess it'll be a few more weeks before we know if the Broncos are really that good, the Ravens are really that bad, or it was just the first game of the season and everybody was really rusty.

[Haboob]

Guy on the radio just said Denver was +9 going into this game.

Are you kidding me?! for Vegas.

[Haboob]

I don't think seven passing TDs constitutes a solid passing defense.


I didn't watch the game (was dying at the ASU game) so I don't know what anyone looked like. I only caught the last 7min when D. Thomas ran that 40yd TD in or whatever.

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by Haboob

I don't think seven passing TDs constitutes a solid passing defense.


I didn't watch the game (was dying at the ASU game) so I don't know what anyone looked like. I only caught the last 7min when D. Thomas ran that 40yd TD in or whatever.

Watching the game tells a different story than looking at the box score, especially when a lot of the passing TDs were later on when the Ravens were playing a different game. A whole lot of what the Broncos got done was due to things like random luck (ball bouncing out of bounds post-fumble) and chance (failing to challenge the catch on that screen, a lot of throws into coverage that were saved by weak throws).

The Broncos pass O should be reminiscent of glory-era pats, perhaps even better. It's not there, but it's still at the kind of point where covering up DT and Decker until you've given up on the game and are avoiding injury is no small feat.

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Watching the game tells a different story than looking at the box score, especially when a lot of the passing TDs were later on when the Ravens were playing a different game. A whole lot of what the Broncos got done was due to things like random luck (ball bouncing out of bounds post-fumble) and chance (failing to challenge the catch on that screen, a lot of throws into coverage that were saved by weak throws).

The Broncos pass O should be reminiscent of glory-era pats, perhaps even better. It's not there, but it's still at the kind of point where covering up DT and Decker until you've given up on the game and are avoiding injury is no small feat.

also bear in mind that opening day in Denver has got to be tough for sea-level east coast wimps

[Haboob]

I heard they didn't even have to cover Decker. Bastard had TO hands and kept dropping the ball.

[Chuck33079]

Letting Boldin go is looking fairly stupid right about now. No Pitta, Dickson wasn't good at all, Jacoby's hurt and he sucks 99 times out of 100. It's going to be the Ray Rice show this year. Baltimore's D apparently missed the flight to Denver.

Broncos D looked fairly good considering Miller and Bailey were out. Other than dumbass dropping the pick 6 outside the endzone. Peyton was Peyton.

[b1adesofcha0s]

With the Broncos "stealing" the Pats' hurry up offense from last season, they seem to be chasing the records of the 2007 Patriots. Makes me that much more excited for the Brady vs Manning match-up later this season. I just hope the Patriots do better with their completely re-tooled offense than the Ravens did.

[Chuck33079]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

they seem to be chasing the records of the 2007 Patriots.

Which record? That 18-1 record?

If NE fields a D this year, they could be a real handful.

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

With the Broncos "stealing" the Pats' hurry up offense from last season, they seem to be chasing the records of the 2007 Patriots. Makes me that much more excited for the Brady vs Manning match-up later this season. I just hope the Patriots do better with their completely re-tooled offense than the Ravens did.

will be an intense game for sure.

[Haboob]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

With the Broncos "stealing" the Pats' hurry up offense from last season, they seem to be chasing the records of the 2007 Patriots. Makes me that much more excited for the Brady vs Manning match-up later this season. I just hope the Patriots do better with their completely re-tooled offense than the Ravens did.

Peyton has always run the hurry up. Better so than Brady.

[b1adesofcha0s]

I meant the offensive records, like total points for the season and most TD passes in a season.

They're defense's performance is probably tied to how much of an improvement their sophomore players made since last season. They should do better over the whole season since they have Talib at the beginning.

[Chuck33079]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

I meant the offensive records, like total points for the season and most TD passes in a season.

They're defense's performance is probably tied to how much of an improvement their sophomore players made since last season. They should do better over the whole season since they have Talib until he gets arrested.

Oh, I know. I was just pointing out how much good those records did in the end.