NFL regular season thread (week 1)

[drew54]

Chiefs are flat out going off tonight. What a great half!

[tryfuhl]

D. Hall Jersey spotting at the Chiefs game!! Was with Chargers chick

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

D. Hall Jersey spotting at the Chiefs game!! Was with Chargers chick

Dante Hall, right?

Or DeAngelo!?!?

[Dirtbag59]

Does this "Save Stafford" article sound familiar to anyone?
Save Stafford! | NFL Draft Blog – DraftCountdown.com

[saden1]

We know we’re better than you! We don’t give a f*ck if you know it or not! We don’t give a shit if you give us your best game. We’re gonna give you our best game and we’re gonna beat the f*ck outta ya! How’s that? Let’s go get it!

-Rex Ryan

You're not better than no'f'cking'body, not with that O you ain't. 6 first downs? Are you f'ing kidding me? The Pats are so going to sock'em in the mouth. Pathetic!

[saden1]

I'm shocked at how good the Chiefs look. Are they back? Number 11 has got to catch that ball!

[GMScud]

It made me sooo happy to see Rex Ryan and his band of pompous mouth-offs get beat up. Can't stand that guy. He's brought soooo much attention to that team via his talk, when they start to fall, the NY media is gonna eat his lunch. I can't wait.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

It made me sooo happy to see Rex Ryan and his band of pompous mouth-offs get beat up. Can't stand that guy. He's brought soooo much attention to that team via his talk, when they start to fall, the NY media is gonna eat his lunch. I can't wait.

Remember, he didn't steal his disposition, he got it honest. "Buddy" was a monster too.

Mark Sanchez, is this the same guy Snyder had such a man crush on a couple of years ago?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by saden1

I'm shocked at how good the Chiefs look. Are they back? Number 11 has got to catch that ball!

No, if I had to guess it's just your typical week 1 upset. You might be able to rely on your defense week in and week out but winning with Special Teams is more along the lines of maybe every few weeks if your lucky. The Chiefs passing game was just as bad as the Jets putting up just 68 yards. Only difference is the Chiefs had Arenas and McCluster returning punts.

[mooby]

Honestly with 60-something yards passing most nights that'd spell a loss for any team, not just the Chiefs. Aka they might've won, but that was because the Chargers were probably not at the top of their game. Plus they need to work on their special teams and run defense.

[MTK]

Sanchez looks worse this year, but then again it's tough for any QB to look good against that Ravens D when they're on.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sanchez looks worse this year, but then again it's tough for any QB to look good against that Ravens D when they're on.

No one can argue with you there Matty, the Ravens "D" is their salvation and you can't help but like the way they play it.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sanchez looks worse this year, but then again it's tough for any QB to look good against that Ravens D when they're on.

Still the Jets offense was absolutely pathetic. Rex Ryan and company are nuts if they think that attempting 5 yard passes is going to help them win in the playoffs, let alone make the playoffs. Sanchez 3.5 YPA wouldn't have been so bad had they attempted a couple of deep throws.

What I want to know is why the hell would you not try to go deep against a team thats playing their second string corners and is currently without the best safety in the league. If the Ravens defense has a week spot it's that secondary. Sure you have to survive their pass rush, but again the deepest pass I saw attempted was an 11 yard curl to Cotchery. That is simply unacceptable for any team, let alone a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

They might try to spin it as they weren't trying to take risk so they could stay in the game, but the ironic thing is that playing low risk football sometimes ends up being a risk in and of itself.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sanchez looks worse this year, but then again it's tough for any QB to look good against that Ravens D when they're on.

Except that there secondary is their weak link. There were many plays where Sanchez had time to throw but didn't get the ball out or threw a check down. It really looked like he was afraid to throw deep.

And their final drive - horrible. They got the ball at their own 30'ish w/ 1:37 to go. plenty of time to get into field goal range (and then some). They took 37 seconds to go 10 yards AND called their final time out. Sanchez showed no urgency in lining them up or hustling downfield. He certainly wasn't trying to throw it downfield.

Unless he speeds his game up a lot and takes some shots downfield, he is the next USC QB washout. He looked very much like a 2nd or 3rd stringer to me.

[skinsfan69]

The Jets have a problem at QB and I would suspect that we're going to see Brunell in there at some point. Also Cromartie was a little suspect at corner for the Jets but Ryan really doesn't seem to care about protecting his corners. I think he blitzed on almost every play.