(10-07-2015, 10:10 AM)Daddy-O Wrote: I don't think it's a given NE beats Dallas this weekend, even with Weeden at QB.  Dallas needs a win badly and plays pretty good defense.  If they can get after Brady they can keep the game close.  Easier said than done but it is the NFL.

New England will beat Dallas easily. They are giving up 25 points on average and have 6 sacks the entire year. Ranking them tied for 23rd in the NFL with 4 other teams. They also intercepted only 2 passes this year.

Dallas won't win this game. They have no offense and that defense isn't going to beat Brady.

Also the Patriots have a great defense as well. Rank 4th in the NFL in sacks. Have 6 interceptions on the year.

Sorry, I don't see any way the Patriots lose this game. It's a gimme.

If it were Dallas with Bryant and Romo, it would be a different story. But Weeden isn't going to win this game.

I think tiebreaker should be QB's ding dong.

(10-07-2015, 03:52 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: New England will beat Dallas easily. They are giving up 25 points on average and have 6 sacks the entire year. Ranking them tied for 23rd in the NFL with 4 other teams. They also intercepted only 2 passes this year.

Dallas won't win this game. They have no offense and that defense isn't going to beat Brady.

Also the Patriots have a great defense as well. Rank 4th in the NFL in sacks. Have 6 interceptions on the year.

Sorry, I don't see any way the Patriots lose this game. It's a gimme.

If it were Dallas with Bryant and Romo, it would be a different story. But Weeden isn't going to win this game.

I'll ask my Cowboy fan daughter. Every time I tell her they don't stand a chance they win. It's getting annoying to be wrong so often and her being right.

(10-07-2015, 07:01 PM)grampahol Wrote: I'll ask my Cowboy fan daughter. Every time I tell her they don't stand a chance they win. It's getting annoying to be wrong so often and her being right.

Try being a Bengals fan in Pittsburgh. It's not fun, it's not fun.

(10-07-2015, 07:05 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Try being a Bengals fan in Pittsburgh. It's not fun, it's not fun.

I lived in Dallas where people would probably pay good money just to go watch Jerry Jones stand on the star and stare back. Half of the people I knew didn't even know who the Bengals were much less that they play in the NFL. Now I'm in Columbia SC and even if the world were coming to an end the State newspaper would dedicate 75% of the front page to SC football, but yeah...I feel for you.

(10-07-2015, 07:05 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Try being a Bengals fan in Pittsburgh. It's not fun, it's not fun.

I can tell you it's been a rough few decades.

(10-08-2015, 04:05 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I can tell you it's been a rough few decades.

It's really weird.

I've grown up with some friends of mine being fans of random teams, and anyone that has worn Dolphins, 49ers, Packers, Cowboys, or even Browns memorabilia around town where I live don't have many stories of strangers commenting on sports to them.

I've lost count with how many times a total stranger has come up to me on my way into/out of work, in a store while I'm shopping, or even just on the street to tell me how Marvin Lewis/Carson Palmer/Andy Dalton/Ocho sucks and asks why I'd ever be a fan of such a loser franchise. It's pretty much unbelievable at times. I don't live in the city of Pittsburgh, but some of the surrounding areas have spawned some very....interesting human beings.

(10-07-2015, 01:26 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Honestly, I don't think we're going to see any better from Vick. He went 19 of 26 for a TD and avoided turnovers.

That's about the best you can expect from him. 35 year old Vick is not going to win games. They just need him to manage the offense and not turn it over, and that's exactly what he did in his first start. It still wasn't enough - in Pittsburgh - against a weak Ravens team. 

The next 4 weeks are going to be interesting.

Their kicker did miss two FGs that would have brought the win, so its not like Vick lost the game. He will have better targets with Bryant coming back to pair with Antonio Brown, plus another week and a half with the first string practicing.  I hope they lose their next 4 games as we all do, yet I don't know it is certain.

(10-08-2015, 04:33 PM)Night Wrote: Their kicker did miss two FGs that would have brought the win, so its not like Vick lost the game. He will have better targets with Bryant coming back to pair with Antonio Brown, plus another week and a half with the first string practicing.  I hope they lose their next 4 games as we all do, yet I don't know it is certain.

I agree that Vick didn't lose the game for them. I'm just saying that he's not going to win games for them ala Roethlisberger.

The Ravens are awful this year. The next 4 games are all tough ones compared to facing the Ravens in Pittsburgh.

Their defense is bad. Their QB is pretty bad. Aside from Bell, what do they have that makes people think they can win games?

Teams aren't going to lay down just because they see the Steeler logo on their helmets.

(10-06-2015, 11:49 PM)StripesInSuffolk Wrote: It's just a projection based on the current standings.  They're not predictions.

This.