NFL Week 10 thread

You must be a big Dan Marino fan.

 

I think I saw him on TV yesterday. Looks exactly the same

 

@ESPNNFL 34s . @49ers LB Chris Borland has 35 tackles in his last 2 games. Not too shabby for a rookie 3rd round pick.

 

Flutie did start that loss to the Redskins, I believe. While I think Ditka was more of a figurehead than a head coach both before and after Buddy Ryan, McMahon's chronic injuries are what kept Chicago from winning after 1985.

 

Anyone could have won with the 1985 team.
Ditka's true legacy should be trading an entire draft for the chance to pick a single running back.
That is the reflection of his searing genius.

 

It's a shame that some teams never won more than one. The 1985 Bears and the 1996 Packers are my two entries. Both came in a little less edgy the following season and ended in disappointment.

When you look at the other top-tier NFC teams of that era 1983-1990 Era: San Francisco, Washington, NY Giants, with the LA Rams and, towards the end, Philadelphia at a second level, the NFC was so difficult to get past.

Ditka was never an innovator in a decade where he was up against Walsh, Gibbs and Parcells, including some of the all-time great teams (83 Redskins, 84 49ers, 86 Giants, 87-89 49ers -- not necessarily teams that won it all but teams that were already at the top level).

McMahon unable to stay healthy played a significant role but Ditka's inability to adapt after 1985 made Chicago a paper tiger after Super Bowl XX. I always had the sense that Walsh/Gibbs/Parcells would clean his clock late in the season because they simply were better at exposing weaknesses. Ditka just wanted to line up.

 

There is a long list of good/great coaches who colossally shit the bed at their gig after their gig where they won a Super Bowl.

 

It's hard to say what happened here. Obviously the police report and 911 tape would shed lots of light, but I've also heard reported locally that McDonald was falsely accused. Reports say something happened at the party that wasn't domestic violence and it got pinned on him anyway. No idea if that is true, but it plays into how the Niners have handled this from the beginning.

 

Warner / faulk Rams

 

They at least got back to the Super Bowl.

 

Don't trouble LTL with information that doesn't fit how he wants things to be. He has his made up version of events and he's going to stick to it, dammit!

 

Interesting stat of the week:

Derek Carr: 30-47 192 yds

How is possible to complete 30 passes for less than 200 yds? Excepting the fact he's a Raider....