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NFL Week 1: Eagles defend their SB championship

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by poindexter, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Total? Sure.
    Of their own fans? 500 might be a generous number.
    I swear, the Chiefs scored late in that game and all you saw in the background of the shot -- from the end zone wrapping back to at least the 30-yard line -- was red.
     
  2. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Meanwhile, the final game still going from the afternoon session is the Titans and Dolphins, who kicked off at 1 p.m.
     
  3. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    They outlasted Red Zone.
     
  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    The rule where it's a PF if you sack the quarterback and land on him is a crock. In Bengals-Colts (disclaimer: I'm a Bengals fanboi), Dunlap got Luck head-on and, naturally, landed on him. Wasn't outwardly malicious, like picking him up and throwing him and landing on him, that sort of thing. Just a head-on sack. One of those instinct things that you can't legislate out of the game, but the NFL will try and instead screw defenses in the process.

    That's really the game now. Screw the defense.
     
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  5. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I care nothing about the Bengals either way, and thought that penalty was ridiculous. Forget trying to legislate concussions out of the game. The NFL is trying to legislate physics out of the game.
     
  6. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    And the knee-taking Dolphins beat the Tennessee Titans.
    The Fighting Pences do the impossible and lose to the visiting Bengals.
     
  7. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    And Delanie Walker looked to have badly fractured his ankle, while Mariota left the game with an elbow injury.

    This is why the NFL ratings suck...too many injuries and not enough stars on the field.
     
  8. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Really? That's a regular occurrence? So college football is better because less injuries and 77-0 games.
     
  9. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Ratings suck because no one knows how to measure an audience anymore.
     
  10. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    That game was so bad and lacked so much star power that they didn't even show the ending outside of Nashville and Miami!
    Oh, right, that was because it took 7 1/2 hours to play and was already the fifth game from its broadcast window.
     
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  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Good season, Packers, but it’s over. DeShone Kizer warming up.
     
  12. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Oh, there's always about two plays at first where you're convinced everyone is wrong about Kizer and he's going to be a star. Then comes that first third down.
     
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