2020 Our Year For Sure

I've read that it was Ledger who came to Nolan with his (Ledger's) interpretation of the character, and thats why he was given the part. Nolan agreed with Ledger's vision of The Joker as an anarchist. I'm sure that Nicholson is perfectly capable of putting on a performance equally as creepy and unnerving as Ledger's Joker...one could argue he did so in The Shining. Nicholson simply wasn't asked to do that in Burton's Batman film, though. Ledger's role left him with a higher ceiling so to speak than Nicholson's role. You can only take a cartoonish villain so far, and Jack did a fantastic job. With this in mind, Ledger delivered something far more impressive in my opinion. I really hope they don't bring Harvey back. With the way TDK ended I'll always believe the intention was for Dent to indeed be dead and for The Joker to return for the next film, playing on one of his trademarks in the comics that he can escape from Arkham Asylum seemingly at will. Obviously Nolan can't go in that direction now, so he needs to try to salvage a compelling story from a bit of a mess that Ledger's death has left him in. I'd prefer to see him move on with a new villain than to tell some sort of redemption story for Harvey Dent. Gordon and Batman have both confirmed Harvey's death, and already taken action in its wake. For me it would kinda cheapen the decision and the sacrifice they made at the end for Dent to just not be dead.

Is there any reason why guys like Stroud, Williams and Spencer Johnson couldn't play Defensive End in a 3-4? This obviously isn't happening, just curious.

God forbid they release a video on their website of a few of the season's better plays. What a travesty.

Like Julius Peppers. Pass rush, pass rush, pass rush.

The Rotoworld blurb, for what its worth, does NOT claim to have sources saying the Bills want another reciever, they're just speculating like the rest of us. You'd think we would go after a WR with Hardy's inury, but this report is more speculation than news.

"I think he's converted to Judaism purely for the jokes!" "And that offends you as a Jewish person?" "No, it offends me as a comedian."

My father has diabetes, and refuses to take care of himself. I worry about him every day.

I could probably be labeled a Jauron supporter as well, although it didn't seem that way above. While I wouldn't exactly be outraged if he was canned, I prefer to give him at least another year. He's not perfect, but we're more desperate for changes both above and below the position of Head Coach than we are for a new skipper.

Ozzie Newsome has directed player personnel there for 13 years, and he's drafted 15 players in the first round. That might be long enough to prove the ceiling is higher than 1 out of 2.

We really have no indication thats what has happened here, though. There's no reason to think anyone on the team held Peters accountable...there's no reason to think anyone on the team got in Evans' face over his criticism of the QB switch. Everybody on the team keeps a smile on their face while they fail, but don't fail badly. There's no unrest, and no dissention within the locker room that the theory claims is key for growth and progression. The healthy conflict you get in the storming stage just doesn't seem to be there. Your buddy said the teams that "storm" the most violently are the ones who pull through...well we seem to have a pretty light storm on our hands, unfortunately. Everybody smiles, everything is ho-hum, everybody loves the coach and doesn't say a negative word about any of their teammates...after all, we're always 7-9, so it always seems like we're close. We'll "just keep working harder" instead of figuring out whats really wrong here. Great post though, it was a very interesting read and it was awesome to see someone on here look at things from a different perspective. I've been staying away because I can't take much more of the same bland 'Jauron is da suxorz lolz' garbage, but this was refreshing.

How so?

If thats true, there's no reason why we wouldn't sign Julius Peppers this offseason, is there? We certainly have the cap room. Somehow I doubt it will happen. Why is that?

I'm pretty sure you fellas know what he means. He's sick of the Cover 2 as our base defense. 3-4 teams use Cover 2 zones, yeah, but not as much as we do, and on the other hand blitz a lot more often than we do in most cases. What he's saying isn't so complicated.

Colts 1st rounders since hiring Polian: 2007 Anthony Gonzalez 2006 Joseph Addai 2005 Marlin Jackson 2003 Dallas Clark 2002 Dwight Freeney 2001 Reggie Wayne 2000 Rob Morris 1999 Edgerrin James 1998 Peyton Manning Patriots 1st rounders since hiring Belichick/Pioli: 2008 Jerod Mayo 2007 Brandon Meriweather 2006 Laurence Maroney 2005 Logan Mankins 2004 Vince Wilfork 2004 Ben Watson 2003 Ty Warren 2002 Daniel Graham 2001 Richard Seymour Ravens 1st rounders since promoting Ozzie Newsome: 2008 Joe Flacco 2007 Ben Grubbs 2006 Haloti Ngata 2005 Mark Clayton 2003 Terrell Suggs 2003 Kyle Boller 2002 Ed Reed 2001 Todd Heap 2000 Jamal Lewis 2000 Travis Taylor 1999 Chris McAlister 1998 Duane Starks 1997 Peter Boulware 1996 Jonathan Ogden 1996 Ray Lewis Not sure where you're getting that 50% mark from. I think the league's best executives can clearly put the majority of their 1st round picks to good use. If we're going to compete with these teams despite a small budget, 50% will not cut it.

The players play hard for him. There is no quit in this team. I positively LOVE that he's willing to unleash Bobby April by calling for these fake punts and field goals, and has done so as early as the first drive of the game more than once. I like that he's willing to go for it on 4th down from that 35-45 yard line range. Previous coaches have driven me crazy with their obsession with the pooch punt. I like his defensive system. It will generate lots of turnovers if we get ourselves a pass rush. He's got a lot of faults that most likely outweigh the above. A track record of mediocrity, absolutely ABYSMAL clock/situational gameday management, inability to hire a good offensive coordinator, and on and on. Even though he's mediocre at best overall, and quite possibly worse than that, there are still a few things he does well, imo.

Another starting linebacker? If we're still running a 4-3, where would he play?

Floyd for the win

Greer is good, but he isn't THAT good. We can't take the risk of getting stuck paying that much money for a player we all know we don't need.

I get what you mean. The title of the thread is a bit misleading.

I've been thinking that quite a bit this year, actually.

Whose to say Denver would have won the game if he caught it? With the field position we'd been getting and all three timeouts tucked away, there's no reason to make any assumption.

And a Ric Flair-themed avatar. You, sir, are the man.

I am absolutely convinced that when people say they saw "swagger," they just mean the team in question won, and when they didn't see "swagger," they're just trying to say the team in question lost.