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On September 25 2010 11:34 Musoeun wrote:
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints -- Atlanta is the team playing like they won a championship; New Orleans has won two games by what, seven points total? Against a bad and a competent team? Whereas the Falcons shellacked Arizona and took Pittsburgh to OT.
I'm not so sure if the defending champions are gonna go down so easily.
Sure they needed last second field goal to win against SF and got ripped by Frank Gore.
But Atlanta shellacking Arizona doesn't mean too much as we knew Arizona has terrible D and taking Pittsburgh to OT... Pittsburgh had no offense with Dixon.
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I wouldn't make much of dominating Arizona... they have Derek Anderson as their QB, Beanie Wells is out, and Fitz was kind of banged up too. The Falcons should have blown out Arizona. In fact, that's why I picked them in Eliminator. :O
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What you guys think about this... I've been thinking about it way too much. Should i pick Arizona defense vs Raiders or Green Bay's Def at the Bears? =D
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Pack vs Bears in both cases for the people that asked. There's more chance for turnovers, and you're guaranteed some sacks out of them. I guess it depends on how many points you get for when a team holds a team's score low. Arizona will probably get gashed on the ground this week. And Bruce Gradkowski's a fuckin' pimp, imo, so he's gonna throw 2 TD's and an INT this week, plus 1 TD to Bush or DMac. So I think we're looking at AT LEAST 21 points from the Raiders.
The Bears will score at least that much too, imo, but Cutler will be sacked 3-7 times Monday night. Both teams are looking to make statements, and it's a division game, which means it's at least slightly more important than other games (they don't actually hate each other though, people who think that are tools).
Titans vs Giants... The Titans have held two shitty teams to low scores, the Giants suck, but not as badly as the Steelers or Oakland with Campbell suck on offense. I think the Giants are going to win handily, like a 31-17 score. Eli's often good for a couple picks, but I don't think the Titans will stop the Giants overall. I'm looking for a big game from Nicks again (man, I wanted him in Chicago SO badly pre-draft).
To GTR, go with Gonzo over Keller. Miami's D has been nasty this year, they're getting after QB's, causing turnovers. They held Shiancoe pretty well last week (86 yds, no TD's), and Favre to Shank is a better connection than Sanchez to Keller (which isn't even good, Sanchez just has a couple lucky weeks from time to time). Go with the more proven connection of Ryan to Gonzo. I think with some injuries to their secondary, he'll create some mismatches. Plus Turner is dinged up, and while Snelling did great against a bad team, the Saints front seven is formidable, and should hold the rushing game to significantly less. In RZ situations, Ryan will still look to the big man for TD's, imo, so I think he's the obvious choice. I understand the idea of riding things while they're hot, but I think you have to be judicious against flukes, which is what last week was for the Jets, until proven otherwise.
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On September 26 2010 00:11 zer0das wrote:
I wouldn't make much of dominating Arizona... they have Derek Anderson as their QB, Beanie Wells is out, and Fitz was kind of banged up too. The Falcons should have blown out Arizona. In fact, that's why I picked them in Eliminator. :O
I would. Derek Anderson and no Beanie Wells has nothing to do with your team getting waxed 41-7. Arizona's defense was simply non-existent that day.
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On September 26 2010 06:09 Ace wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 00:11 zer0das wrote:
I wouldn't make much of dominating Arizona... they have Derek Anderson as their QB, Beanie Wells is out, and Fitz was kind of banged up too. The Falcons should have blown out Arizona. In fact, that's why I picked them in Eliminator. :O I would. Derek Anderson and no Beanie Wells has nothing to do with your team getting waxed 41-7. Arizona's defense was simply non-existent that day.
It has a lot to do with it, actually. That's the reason they couldn't keep the offense on the field, or score points.
Arizona's D being non-existent is another reason to not put much stock into the game. Arizona is a bad team again. The Warner years, and God's blessings on that team due to him being there (apparently, because man do they look bad without him), are no more.
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Well you know what I mean, it's not a very valid excuse to blame the offense for that kind of shellacking. Allowing 41 points is insanity for a playoff team.
That defense was so bad the offense was pretty much in "make a miracle out of shit" all game long. With no Kurt Warner ah well.
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On September 26 2010 06:28 Ace wrote:
Well you know what I mean, it's not a very valid excuse to blame the offense for that kind of shellacking. Allowing 41 points is insanity for a playoff team.
That defense was so bad the offense was pretty much in "make a miracle out of shit" all game long. With no Kurt Warner ah well.
You're right that you can't excuse the defense for giving up 41, but it's 100% the offenses fault that they only scored seven points.
The Cardinals were only a playoff team by default, anyway. Their division is awful. They went on a miracle run in '08...
But I think we're probably in agreement anyway on the situation. I just have nothing better to do than post in this topic. : D
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there is a teamliquid member in my fantasy league (not naming who), who is hating on me because i veto'ed out a garcon for mendenhall trade.
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On September 26 2010 06:30 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 06:28 Ace wrote:
Well you know what I mean, it's not a very valid excuse to blame the offense for that kind of shellacking. Allowing 41 points is insanity for a playoff team.
That defense was so bad the offense was pretty much in "make a miracle out of shit" all game long. With no Kurt Warner ah well.
You're right that you can't excuse the defense for giving up 41, but it's 100% the offenses fault that they only scored seven points. The Cardinals were only a playoff team by default, anyway. Their division is awful. They went on a miracle run in '08... But I think we're probably in agreement anyway on the situation. I just have nothing better to do than post in this topic. : D
Me too. It's very hard waiting for game day on Sunday :/
But looking forward to Monday Night Football because all the "experts" on ESPN had the Bears ranked so low, and had no faith in Jay Cutler so I'm glad he's proving them wrong.
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On September 26 2010 06:28 Ace wrote:
Well you know what I mean, it's not a very valid excuse to blame the offense for that kind of shellacking. Allowing 41 points is insanity for a playoff team.
That defense was so bad the offense was pretty much in "make a miracle out of shit" all game long. With no Kurt Warner ah well.
3 interceptions doesn't have anything to do with it? One of them put them on the Cardinals 14. I think the fact that Arizona's offense is putrid has something to do with it.
Also- the fact the Cardinals were a playoff team last year is pretty irrelevant at this point. They're probably part of a historically bad NFC West...
Speaking of- over/under on whether or not the NFC West gets 20 wins? I'm thinking under- if the Cardinals win 5 fewer games this year than they did last year, and everyone stays the same, they only win 19. Now the really hilarious part of this figure- they have 24 games within the division, so 12 of those wins will be from those. xD
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On September 26 2010 07:19 Ace wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 06:30 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:On September 26 2010 06:28 Ace wrote:
Well you know what I mean, it's not a very valid excuse to blame the offense for that kind of shellacking. Allowing 41 points is insanity for a playoff team.
That defense was so bad the offense was pretty much in "make a miracle out of shit" all game long. With no Kurt Warner ah well.
You're right that you can't excuse the defense for giving up 41, but it's 100% the offenses fault that they only scored seven points. The Cardinals were only a playoff team by default, anyway. Their division is awful. They went on a miracle run in '08... But I think we're probably in agreement anyway on the situation. I just have nothing better to do than post in this topic. : D Me too. It's very hard waiting for game day on Sunday :/ But looking forward to Monday Night Football because all the "experts" on ESPN had the Bears ranked so low, and had no faith in Jay Cutler so I'm glad he's proving them wrong.
Oh man, I am SO stoked for MNF. I can't wait to see that game, for the same reason as you. Hopefully the Bears' D shows up. The guys on the radio this morning were saying the Dallas win didn't mean much, because Dallas is a bad team. But that doesn't change the fact that Dallas's defense gets pressure on the QB, and the Bears were able to adjust out of that situation, to have another dominant offensive performance. The Cowboys offense can still score points. Yeah, they have issues, but the Bears handled them pretty well, except for letting Austin go wild again. But, I'll give up 175 and a TD to a WR every week if I can also get a win.
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Yeah I can't wait for Monday Night Football. I have Rodgers and the Green Bay defense, while my opponent has everyone playing on Sunday, so I'll be down by quite a bit. Marques Colston saved me by literally a hair last week. Let's see if Rodgers and the Packers can get me some big points. =)
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On September 26 2010 06:35 GTR wrote:
there is a teamliquid member in my fantasy league (not naming who), who is hating on me because i veto'ed out a garcon for mendenhall trade.
If he's weak on WR it could be legit, but I don't really care for it. Last week I allowed a trade that sent Frank Gore to a dude that already had AP and Knowshon. It was gross, but he gave up enough (I guess).
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Now with Garcon for sure not playing the Colie play over Fitz looks good
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Now only if Reggie Wayne would get injured... Oh man I feel evil.
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Also, Addai or Jamal Charles? Addai probably won't get a ton of touches tomorrow due to his injury, but Charles was only seeing half of the touches to Thomas Jones. I'm really 55/45 on this with leaning to Addai.
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On September 26 2010 06:35 GTR wrote:
there is a teamliquid member in my fantasy league (not naming who), who is hating on me because i veto'ed out a garcon for mendenhall trade.
That seems like an absurd trade and definitely deserves a veto. Even if his WR core was amazingly weak, or even non existent, that trade holds no merit. A 4th pass option on a team being traded for a number 1 back messes up the integrity of a league.
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I have both Laurence Maroney and Buckhalter on my team. Which guy do you think will get the most carries for the broncos?
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Buckhalter probably, Maroney only just arrived and is listed behind Buckhalter on the depth chart, I'm pretty sure.
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