2013 NFL Thread

[dmhenderson]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Had RG3 as my fantasy QB in the playoffs and now I'm not sure who to play. My choices are Jason Campbell, Matt Flynn, and Kirk Cousins.

Cousins with no line and horrendous special teams against the hapless falcons (at Atlanta). Upside: Could have a big day if their special teams/D crap the bed again and he has to throw. Appears to be a decent pocket passer and might have better success than Griffin considering he was only named the starter a day ago. Downside: The whole teams is in disarray. Entirely possible he could be murdered or turn the ball over a ton. Impossible to know.

Campbell. The Bears who just got their franchise QB back are coming to town. Weather won't be a factor - both teams are used to it. The Bears are fighting for a playoff spot and have a lot to lose. They'll spend most of their efforts shutting down josh gordon and giving up stuff underneath to Cameron if I had to guess. The bears pass defense has been suspect and they've been pretty ok at stopping the run. Campbell is slow as **** so expect them to blitz him a lot. Weather and matchup favors a big rushing game but who knows what happens in the redzone.

Matt Flynn. Don't get me wrong, the cowboys are bad but good god the packers suck hard without Rogers. I wouldn't touch Flynn on principle. Lacy will probably go nuts since the cowboys have one of the worst rushing D's in the league and Flynn can't reliably move the ball around.

Verdict: Coinflip between Campbell and Cousins. I'd probably take Cousins if I had a gun to my head but make no mistake, all of these are terrible QB options.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Cousins with no line and horrendous special teams against the hapless falcons (at Atlanta). Upside: Could have a big day if their special teams/D crap the bed again and he has to throw. Appears to be a decent pocket passer and might have better success than Griffin considering he was only named the starter a day ago. Downside: The whole teams is in disarray. Entirely possible he could be murdered or turn the ball over a ton. Impossible to know.

Campbell. The Bears who just got their franchise QB back are coming to town. Weather won't be a factor - both teams are used to it. The Bears are fighting for a playoff spot and have a lot to lose. They'll spend most of their efforts shutting down josh gordon and giving up stuff underneath to Cameron if I had to guess. The bears pass defense has been suspect and they've been pretty ok at stopping the run. Campbell is slow as **** so expect them to blitz him a lot. Weather and matchup favors a big rushing game but who knows what happens in the redzone.

Matt Flynn. Don't get me wrong, the cowboys are bad but good god the packers suck hard without Rogers. I wouldn't touch Flynn on principle. Lacy will probably go nuts since the cowboys have one of the worst rushing D's in the league and Flynn can't reliably move the ball around.]

Verdict: Coinflip between Campbell and Cousins. I'd probably take Cousins if I had a gun to my head but make no mistake, all of these are terrible QB options.

Seems about the same way I had it analyzed. Though I gave the edge to Campbell because of Josh Gordon.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Surprising upset by the Chargers tonight. If the Patriots can win out in the next 3 weeks, they should get the #1 seed in the AFC. Won't be easy, but certainly doable even with Gronk hurt.

[dmhenderson]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Surprising upset by the Chargers tonight. If the Patriots can win out in the next 3 weeks, they should get the #1 seed in the AFC. Won't be easy, but certainly doable even with Gronk hurt.

Chargers are the "boom or bust" team of the year for sure. Lost to the Redskins, beat the Chiefs and the Broncos.

They're my backup team - grew up in LA and hated the rams and raiders and loved the san diego zoo. Some day I will buy a powder blue Stan Humphries jersey.... someday

[dmhenderson]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Seems about the same way I had it analyzed. Though I gave the edge to Campbell because of Josh Gordon.

Snow and high of 25 degrees in cleveland on sunday. I wouldn't expect it to be a pass happy game.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Chargers are the "boom or bust" team of the year for sure. Lost to the Redskins, beat the Chiefs and the Broncos.

They're my backup team - grew up in LA and hated the rams and raiders and loved the san diego zoo. Some day I will buy a powder blue Stan Humphries jersey.... someday

You could also say that about the Jets. Though for most of the season, they were boom, then bust, then boom, then bust, etc.

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Snow and high of 25 degrees in cleveland on sunday. I wouldn't expect it to be a pass happy game.

Crap. I may have to rethink this....

[dmhenderson]

Oh and the chargers also lost to the Texans (no really). The Jets are weird but at least they're kinda predictable. Defense capable of dominating a game under the right circumstances, rookie QB with bad receivers and a mediocre tailback.

[LMBmikeZ]

I was very surprised the chargers came out so strong last night

[b1adesofcha0s]

I think I'm gonna go with Flynn. He's playing against a historically bad defense and he has shown that he can be OK against bad defenses (~15 pts in 2 of the last 3 weeks). Cousins hasn't shown anything with this Redskins team yet.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Made a last minute switch to Cousins, which means Campbell and Flynn are going to have good days today.

[dmhenderson]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Made a last minute switch to Cousins, which means Campbell and Flynn are going to have good days today.

Working out ok for you so far.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Working out ok for you so far.

Yes it is.

[b1adesofcha0s]

You guys see the face fumble by the Dolphins holder?

[b1adesofcha0s]

[dmhenderson]

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