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I loved what I saw from him against Texas earlier this year. His team was clearly overmatched and probably should've lost by 4 TD's, but he wasn't afraid to take some chances.

I'm not sure. McCoy (who appears to have a similar frame) was no great shakes either. OU's butterfingers LB dropped two pick 6's. Don't love what I've seen from Clausen this year either. I'll say again that I'm on the Jake Locker bandwagon.

I'm not far off from these viewpoints. When you really think about it, the perceived strength of your opponent in a SB is a bit of a circular argument since it has a lot to do with whether or not you beat them. Who remembers that GB was a 2 TD favorite over Denver? Nobody. History barely even remembers it as an upset because Denver won the following year and "Terrell Davis was just so good in that game". If the Packers win that game and go back to back, they're in the conversation as one of the greatest teams ever. Same with the Rams if they destroy NE and win 2 in 3 years. So I guess people can pretend like the Redskins were a vastly superior team. But they came alive in a year where the Giants tanked, the Cowboys were a still a year away, the 49ers missed the playoffs, and so they had to beat the vaunted Falcons and Lions in the playoffs (the same Lions team that couldn't beat the Bills scrubs in regulation of week 17 with a division title on the line). If we actually capitalize on some early breaks we got in that game (like a blocked FG) the Skins are remembered like the '98 Falcons - a nice team with an inflated 14-2 record who has never competed for a championship since.

I was going to start a thread on this too. It really is embarrassing and pathetic that he brings up the "rebuilt stadium" during every single interview. You would think it was a decade-long project in two different cities I didn't study statistics at Harvard, but it would seem to me that in 9 seasons, one particular losing season out of eight losing seasons is less outlier than 1 and only 1 winning season.

1. Learn how to spell hole. 2. Show me link to post where I said Jackson should start. 3. STFU In any case, one of the biggest problems with internet boards is blowhards who ignore a game or games when it's convenient for them, but then declares themself "proven correct" after a sample size of one game. What is Lynch's excuse for the stellar performance vs. Miami in Toronto last year?

The disarray part is why the spread is as high as it is. If you think getting ripped to shreds on the ground and thru the air and getting a gift-wrapped 7 points via a horrific 50yard PI call qualifies as "looking good" then I don't know what to tell you.

Oh awesome a "where are ___ threads" ie "Look at me" thread. There's not enough of those. Hopefully this works out better than the "Where are the Trent bashers" thread after week 2. Speaking of which, where are the "where are the Trent bashers" thread starters now?

Agreed, it's getting to be ridiculous.

What a terrible game. Texas is a fraud. Lol @ Herbstreit debating them vs. Alabama 2nd. They don't even deserve to be 3rd.

If 300 and 3 TD's is a slam-dunk then you obviously go with that. It's not though. I actually have the same dilemma with Rivers/Hasselbeck.

I am 29 - that's kinda where I'm coming from too. The middle of the pack QB's are definitely better today imo. There are always going to be crappy ones like Jamarcus Russel, but 15 years from now, everyone will have forgotten about them just as Todd Marenavich has been forgotten.

Can't tell if this is a joke or not, but Bledsoe was good for a half season, which was 1/6 of his time here. 7 games without an offensive TD in 2003 was more of an abortion than we give credit for (only because the current team is so pathetic).

Why are you quoting one sentence of a 4 hour program? It's crazy to me that anyone likes that show less than Simon/White and their amateur flip-flopping. Somebody needs to send them the tape of the myriad of excuses they were making for JP when they say "Edwards gets more excuses than any QB ever".

I'm not sure how/why you would have both of them as they were both drafted around the same area. Guess I'd go Rivers. Most projections will probably favor Warner but I still don't trust that team on the road.

Seriously?

I liked the TO signing but sign me up in the pro-trade camp. There's no chance he's here next year and Ralph could in theory (this is stretching it I know) use the $4mill towards a real coach.

Why is this obvious? Do you not remember everyone going after Mularkey with a pitch fork after throwing the ball in Miami's endzone with a big lead, and Fairchild for throwing deep vs. Denver with a lead and 2 minutes left? Yah maybe Fairchild and Schonert sucked. But Mularkey, Killdrive, and Dan Henning seem to be doing fine elsewhere. All our QB's have sucked.

Interesting take. I totally disagree with #3. That's a product of rooting for what has become a pathetic franchise. The 10th-15th best QB's today are actually pretty good - better than they were 20 years ago. That you mention Everett and Kosar as marquee guys pretty much confirms that (not that they were bad). Some of the QB's the Pats/Jets/Colts trotted out against the Kelly teams were woeful; and Jay Schroeder was the opposition in the '90 championship game. On #4 I could not agree more. It is painful listening to Around the Horn guys flip-flop every other day. It was painful listening to everyone spaz out about "the worst officiating I can ever remember" after a couple blown calls on wildcard round a few years ago. Really? Aren't you older than me? Do you not remember watching Bills-Dolphins and Packers-49ers in 1998? It probably doesn't help that the Bills have never been good in this oversaturation era, when the internet and ESPN exploded at the same time. I think you're right that it's not all-knowing but wrong that it's not all-powerful. Gambling is huge. Fantasy football is huge. Games once per week in an increasingly busier society is huge. Being a made for TV sport is huge. It is an empire that not even a lockout can stop.

That's right, forgot we traded up for lolMcCargo. I'm going to go be a hockey fan now.

You're missing the point entirely. There isn't an NFL team who wouldn't rather have Leonard and Ngata than Whitner and McCargo. Who cares about Whitner vs. Leonard in a vacuum; the difference is marginal either way. The point is using high draft picks to make lateral moves at CB and Safety has helped prevent us from solving those LB/OT/QB problems.

Football Outsiders has said for a while that 30+ starts and 60+ completion % are the single two best projections in a college qb translating to the pros. From what I've seen I happen to like Jake Locker.

Gahh, so much fail. This season is bizzaro world. Apparently you just lay wood on the road and profit. Stupid Matt Schaub. Stupid Rams. They actually pushed Minny around the field in the 1st half but killed themselves. I don't like that Vikings team when they start playing real teams. Week 6 KC +6.5 @ Washington Seattle -3 vs. Arizona Atlanta -3 vs. Chicago Denver +4 @ San Diego Last week: 0-3 YTD: 8-14

That's a terrible call in the 1st Qtr.

It'll be a tall order to top the epic double safety game in '03, but I have the utmost confidence in this group.