The NSG 2011-2012 NFL Football Season thread....

[F1-Insanity]

Come on Eli let's get some points on the board.... at long last...

[F1-Insanity]

Oh yeah Giants do it again

It sure brings back some great memories :-)

[Eliasonia]

Not digging losing 2 straight.

[Brewdomia]

Close game, but the offensive firepower of Green Bay takes home the gold again.

And holy shit Aaron Rodgers is filthy.

[Idaho Conservatives]

Wow... with the Dolphins kicking the shit of out KC, they effectively fall to 8-1, leaving Indy at 9-0 in Sucking For Luck! The Dolphins have shown some life in the games they've played, while the Colts have been getting thrashed, so it's safe to say they will end up with the #1 pick. Then things will get very interesting.

Close game, but the offensive firepower of Green Bay takes home the gold again.

And holy shit Aaron Rodgers is filthy.

Tell me about it: Rodgers and LeSean McCoy have pretty much dragged the rest of my fantasy squad along to a 8-1 record this year. Having a QB1 score 30 points every single week is simply unreal.

[Miley World]

Someone laughed at me when I said the Jets are going to win the AFC East. They just won vs Buffalo and New England lost vs NY Giants. All 3 teams are tied so the jets still can win it.

[Bluth Corporation]

Wow, Ed Reed is really getting old.

Do I detect a hint of grey in his beard?

It's like looking at Morgan Freeman.

[Eliasonia]

Someone laughed at me when I said the Jets are going to win the AFC East. They just won vs Buffalo and New England lost vs NY Giants. All 3 teams are tied so the jets still can win it.

But they won't.

[Maurepas]

Saints win, feels good after that last Tampa meeting. Further evidence as well of my assertion that taken as a whole, New Orleans has the best run game in the league,

[Alkoul]

Not digging losing 2 straight.

get use to it, Pats are an over rated team

[F1-Insanity]

Someone laughed at me when I said the Jets are going to win the AFC East. They just won vs Buffalo and New England lost vs NY Giants. All 3 teams are tied so the jets still can win it.

But they won't.

You'll have to avoid consecutive losses to New York, then

[Farnhamia]

Wow... with the Dolphins kicking the shit of out KC, they effectively fall to 8-1, leaving Indy at 9-0 in Sucking For Luck! The Dolphins have shown some life in the games they've played, while the Colts have been getting thrashed, so it's safe to say they will end up with the #1 pick. Then things will get very interesting.

Close game, but the offensive firepower of Green Bay takes home the gold again.

And holy shit Aaron Rodgers is filthy.

Tell me about it: Rodgers and LeSean McCoy have pretty much dragged the rest of my fantasy squad along to a 8-1 record this year. Having a QB1 score 30 points every single week is simply unreal.

Uhm ... usually the wins are given first. The Dolphins are 1-8, the Colts 0-9.

[Serrland]

Wow... with the Dolphins kicking the shit of out KC, they effectively fall to 8-1, leaving Indy at 9-0 in Sucking For Luck! The Dolphins have shown some life in the games they've played, while the Colts have been getting thrashed, so it's safe to say they will end up with the #1 pick. Then things will get very interesting.



Tell me about it: Rodgers and LeSean McCoy have pretty much dragged the rest of my fantasy squad along to a 8-1 record this year. Having a QB1 score 30 points every single week is simply unreal.

Uhm ... usually the wins are given first. The Dolphins are 1-8, the Colts 0-9.

I think he's making a joke about the craze for drafting Andrew Luck. I guess the reasoning goes that if you're a poor team you want to lose out on all games so you get the better chance at drafting Luck (i.e. 0-9 is the best, so it's really like 9-0).

It all seems rather silly to me. I might be old fashioned, but I firmly believe in playing to win the game no matter what. I don't care if you're 0-15, you'd damn well better be playing as hard in the last game as you did in the first.

[Farnhamia]

Uhm ... usually the wins are given first. The Dolphins are 1-8, the Colts 0-9.

I think he's making a joke about the craze for drafting Andrew Luck. I guess the reasoning goes that if you're a poor team you want to lose out on all games so you get the better chance at drafting Luck (i.e. 0-9 is the best, so it's really like 9-0).

It all seems rather silly to me. I might be old fashioned, but I firmly believe in playing to win the game no matter what. I don't care if you're 0-15, you'd damn well better be playing as hard in the last game as you did in the first.

Oh. Never mind.

[F1-Insanity]

Has Luck indicated if he is actually going to sign up for the draft in the first place? Would be funny to see a team go 0-16, proclaim 'we will pick Luck', and Luck bitchslapping them by saying 'you are all out of luck'...

[Serrland]

Wins over the Bucs, Falcons, and now Eagles. Those are some good potential Wild Card tiebreakers. Now if we can beat the Lions next week we'll be in business. Bear down.

[DRJagon]

Has Luck indicated if he is actually going to sign up for the draft in the first place? Would be funny to see a team go 0-16, proclaim 'we will pick Luck', and Luck bitchslapping them by saying 'you are all out of luck'...

He's kinda hinted, he's stated that he wants to finish school and graduate. If he took any que's from Sam Bradford, which he didn't, he needs to leave this year and declare himself. He is by far critiqued as the best QB prospect since Peyton Manning, I really don't see why he wouldn't declare himself other than to try to win a National Championship, which I don't see happening.

[Eliasonia]

Not digging losing 2 straight.

get use to it, Pats are an over rated team

Whatever you say pumpkin.

But they won't.

You'll have to avoid consecutive losses to New York, then

Very doable.

[Buscari]

Browns not looking so good

[Churchma]

Browns not looking so good

Don't worry, their big brothers from Cincinnati do

Did any of you see the graphic on ESPN today? Dalton has more touchdown passes at this point in his rookie season than any other rookie ever has- including Dan Marino. Eight games in, he has 12 touchdowns. Everyone better be on the look out for the Red Baron (Dalton) and the Green Hornet (AJ Green). Sitting atop the AFC North with a 6-2 record is pretty impressive from this young squad.

EDIT: The poll on the top of the thread should ask which is the best division- seeing as how the conferences are the NFC and AFC.

[New West Guiana]

Wins over the Bucs, Falcons, and now Eagles. Those are some good potential Wild Card tiebreakers. Now if we can beat the Lions next week we'll be in business. Bear down.

Bears wont be going to the playoffs, they'll be lucky to see a winning record, they'll just have to sit home and watch the Packers once again win it all again. Go Pack Go!

Packers > da Bears

[Bluth Corporation]

Here are my mathematical rankings after week 9:

Rank	Team	Old Rating	Old Rank	New Rating	Rank Change	% Rating Change
1	Green Bay Packers	1.000	1	1.000	0	0.00%
2	Houston Texans	0.847	3	0.913	1	7.79%
3	Baltimore Ravens	0.883	2	0.892	-1	1.02%
4	New Orleans Satans	0.836	5	0.872	1	4.31%
5	San Francisco 49ers	0.827	6	0.862	1	4.23%
6	Pittsburgh Stealers	0.844	4	0.830	-2	-1.66%
7	New York Jets	0.750	11	0.829	4	10.53%
8	Detroit Lions	0.813	7	0.813	-1	0.00%
9	New England Traitors	0.804	8	0.783	-1	-2.61%
10	Philadelphia Eagles	0.754	10	0.733	0	-2.79%
11	Buffalo Bills	0.770	9	0.694	-2	-9.87%
12	Atlanta Falcons	0.569	16	0.683	4	20.04%
13	Chicago Bears	0.651	12	0.678	-1	4.15%
14	New York Giants	0.650	13	0.675	-1	3.85%
15	Cincinnati Bengals	0.626	15	0.660	0	5.43%
16	San Diego Chargers	0.645	14	0.642	-2	-0.47%
17	Dallas Cowboys	0.477	19	0.531	2	11.32%
18	Tennessee Titans	0.520	17	0.500	-1	-3.85%
19	Minnesota Vikings	0.389	22	0.403	3	3.60%
20	Oakland Raiders	0.419	20	0.387	0	-7.64%
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0.408	21	0.384	0	-5.88%
22	Miami Dolphins	0.205	28	0.382	6	86.34%
23	Carolina Panthers	0.366	23	0.381	0	4.10%
24	Arizona Cardinals	0.294	25	0.339	1	15.31%
25	Kansas City Chiefs	0.480	18	0.334	-7	-30.42%
26	Denver Broncos	0.261	27	0.324	1	24.14%
27	Cleveland Browns	0.347	24	0.295	-3	-14.99%
28	Washington Redskins	0.290	26	0.271	-2	-6.55%
29	Jacksonville Jaguars	0.197	29	0.217	0	10.15%
30	Seattle Seahawks	0.125	31	0.105	1	-16.00%
31	Indianapolis Colts	0.137	30	0.054	-1	-60.58%
32	St. Louis Rams	0.000	32	0.000	0	N/A

For the week, home team advantage was actually a disadvantage of 5.143 points, conferring a 12.4% decrease in winning probability. For the season, home team advantage has been worth 2.847 points, conferring a 7.0% increase in winning probability.

[Bluth Corporation]

Here are my mathematical rankings after week 10:

Rank	Team	Old Rating	Old Rank	New Rating	Rank Change	% Rating Change
1	Green Bay Packers	1.000	1	1.000	0	0.00%
2	Houston Texans	0.913	2	0.909	0	-0.44%
3	San Francisco 49ers	0.862	5	0.803	2	-6.84%
4	New Orleans Satans	0.872	4	0.797	0	-8.60%
5	Pittsburgh Stealers	0.830	6	0.779	1	-6.14%
6	New England Traitors	0.783	9	0.779	3	-0.51%
7	Baltimore Ravens	0.892	3	0.773	-4	-13.34%
8	Chicago Bears	0.678	13	0.705	5	3.98%
9	New York Jets	0.829	7	0.693	-2	-16.41%
10	Detroit Lions	0.813	8	0.665	-2	-18.20%
11	Philadelphia Eagles	0.733	10	0.651	-1	-11.19%
12	Atlanta Falcons	0.683	12	0.627	0	-8.20%
13	Dallas Cowboys	0.531	17	0.620	4	16.76%
14	New York Giants	0.675	14	0.607	0	-10.07%
15	Tennessee Titans	0.500	18	0.603	3	20.60%
16	Cincinnati Bengals	0.660	15	0.591	-1	-10.45%
17	San Diego Chargers	0.642	16	0.567	-1	-11.68%
18	Buffalo Bills	0.694	11	0.527	-7	-24.06%
19	Miami Dolphins	0.382	22	0.436	3	14.14%
20	Oakland Raiders	0.387	20	0.415	0	7.24%
21	Denver Broncos	0.324	26	0.371	5	14.51%
22	Arizona Cardinals	0.339	24	0.368	2	8.55%
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	0.217	29	0.346	6	59.45%
24	Kansas City Chiefs	0.334	25	0.300	1	-10.18%
25	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0.384	21	0.298	-4	-22.40%
26	Minnesota Vikings	0.403	19	0.297	-7	-26.30%
27	Cleveland Browns	0.295	27	0.295	0	0.00%
28	Carolina Panthers	0.381	23	0.256	-5	-32.81%
29	Washington Redskins	0.271	28	0.231	-1	-14.76%
30	Seattle Seahawks	0.105	30	0.182	0	73.33%
31	St. Louis Rams	0.000	32	0.071	1	N/A
32	Indianapolis Colts	0.054	31	0.000	-1	-100.00%

For the week, home field advantage was worth 0.188 points, for a 4.6% increase in winning probability. For the season, home field advantage has been worth 2.554 points, for a 5.6% increase in winning probability.

[Coffee Cakes]

My goodness, I can't believe Tebow...
I love him for what he did for the Gators but...
Surely this 5 game stretch has to be among the worst statistical performances ever by a QB on a 4-1 swing, right?

[Maurepas]

My goodness, I can't believe Tebow...
I love him for what he did for the Gators but...
Surely this 5 game stretch has to be among the worst statistical performances ever by a QB on a 4-1 swing, right?

He's the best High School QB to play the game, heh heh.