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Is this a good time to lament the loss of Chris Hairston ? Should we have kept him until one of Henderson and Kouandjio proved capable ? It went largely unnoticed but was there an effort to keep Hairston ? (note: he is with the Chargers now)

Thanx. Yes it is not breaking news but at the end of last season, there was talk about him being possibly injured and he will recover over the off-season. Even though the trends were there for the better part of last season, he chose to continue his career. I am questioning his decision and wondering if a QB of his stature can ever be benched. Even though it may be the right football decision eventually, the fans may not want it. Interesting for sure. True. Brady** is showing no signs or hints at retiring in the near future. Pats** will also have similar interesting decisions in a couple of years - play Brady** till he can not stand any more or bring on the future. Sounds quite wild and I doubt he can do it, but we will see. At this point, it seems like he may have enough to trump the lower level teams but will have a lot of difficulty against a half-way decent defense or if the game is a shootout.

At the end of last season, I saw a couple of Peyton Manning games and started thinking that this guy looks spent. I even thought and wanted him to retire so that he can go out on a semi-high. However, he (and the Broncos?) made a decision that he will play this season. Again, this Sunday, I saw Manning as looking very very average. His throws lacked zip, accuracy was middling. The O gameplan is conservative to cover up his seriously declined arm strength. If this is how he is throwing in the first game of the season, I shudder to think how excruciating it will be to watch him in November and December. This article also in the in same vein and really think he should have hung it up. There is no glory in stumbling towards the finish line, a sad shadow of what he once was. Thoughts ? http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/peyton-manning-picked-up-where-he-left-off-%E2%80%94-looking-very-very-old/ar-AAefY95?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=mailsignout

Cool down now. Around these parts, we like to fly under the radar and we love when the national media ignores us and writes us off. We hate it when the team is praised so stop it already.

I haven't seen the All-22 but just from the game itself, there were at least 2 instances when Henderson totally blew his block and looked lost. A couple of thoughts: - He will have a short leash and Kujo should be chomping at the bit - The line is very new. No player has played with the one next to him last year. Chemistry cannot be under rated especially on the O Line. I would give it 3-4 games more for them to try and gel. If after that point, we still see penalties from the OLineman on a regular basis, I would start becoming concerned For now, as with everything positive and positiive, it is way too early to detect trends

Some of Bridgewater's throws are head scratchers. Who is he throwing to?

Why are the Falcons not making a more serious effort to run the ball? Looking one dimensional so far

Too early to tell. Maybe a rare win-win trade considering how good Whaley is with acquiring LB talent

Now I know why I felt guilty celebrating and feeling elated since yesterday

Bradford looking terrible so far. Bad accuracy, O out of sync

Kiko with a EZ INT. What an athletic play!

One point doesnt a trend make, but if we beat them, fairly and squarely this Sunday, the doubt in their mind will be quite important as they meet again down the road (hopefully fighting for the AFCE crown). Or maybe I am getting too far ahead of myself.

Maybe I shouldn't have extrapolated "I'm glad she lost" to hating

Its going to be a long long time before it happens. Other people with raised expectations make you hate Serena ?? I like Djokovic mainly because of the way he plays the game, is gracious and has a sense of humor. Last night, he displayed tremendous calm and composure which really made him the victor. Any lesser opponent would have been skewered last night, the way Federer was playing - the physical and the mental aspects. I really dislike Federer and the main reason is that he was a smug, arrogant, almost condescending player in his heyday before the likes of Nadal and Djokovic brought him down to earth.

Fair enough - take them out and there were still too many IMHO. I like the tackling discipline and general ball security, which both point to good coaching. But penalties are things which should be largely controllable.

Problem is that, they have looked beatable in the past yet they dont get beaten often. Heartening to know that we beat them with a Marrone coached team last year. So this year *should* be better. Along with Brady, I want to shut down Gronk because all the ****washing that goes on for him is sickening (although I will grudgingly admit it is justified). Better not look past your next opponent, no matter how lowly they look

Thanx for the thoughts. I never hope for physical injury, but I wouldnt mind hurting Brady's psyche, get in his head and under his skin. His irritated look on the sideline close to a loss is prettier than any cheerleaders' legs.

I can pick nits all day long, but this is my single biggest complaint from yesterday. Ryan's teams have a penchant for penalties and while they didnt hurt us yesterday, they definitely will in close games. One way or the other, this better not be a chronic issue with the team

Disagree. In the preseason games, dude showed potential of catching the medium stuff also. he can catch and he can run - which is one more than TJ ever did. Goodwin's only issue is his durability. One of the most underappreciated movies ever.

Post pattern Watkins for 20+ yards

Excellent !!

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Bash the Pats* for whatever else you want, but I don't recall them having too many letdown games. They do forget what happened the previous weekend. So I still root for the Steelers to beat them and the Bills to pound them even harder

A 7 page thread says several of us care including you and me.

Yikes ! Not a good reflection on Kaep. I think the 49ers will have a terrible year.