The NFL 2010 thread

DT1 · 2010-11-14T13:12:12.000Z

Brandon Clements:

The ending of the Houston-Jacksonville game was insane.

Argh! Try to knock it down and it goes right to Thomas!

ckessel · 2010-11-14T13:12:24.000Z

Woolen Horde:

Cincy’s two-minute (well, one-minute) offense at the end of their game was beyond pathetic. TO needs to be canned for not even caring.

Yea, seriously. Talk about giving up on your team. I can’t stand TO regardless, but that’s such a clear example of why you wouldn’t want him on your team.

Sarkus · 2010-11-14T13:14:17.000Z

I wonder if this was it for Childress. The Vikings are 3-6 and pretty much done now. No reason to keep him around - time to see if Frazier has what it takes IMHO.

Orangist · 2010-11-14T15:40:26.000Z

ckessel:

I get what you’re saying, but there’s a few cases:

The player just falls, slips, whatever. No one ever touched him so he still needs to be tackled.

A defender touches him, like a shoestring tackle. The player isn’t down while being touched, but dives, rolls, stumbles forward. He’s down at that point because the defender caused it.

Straight up tackle, defender goes down with a man on them.

There are a LOT of tackles that fall into category 2. Especially a lot of receivers just get whacked, rather than tackled, and are down even though all they did was fall down and no one is tackling them when they hit.

Yes. “Down by contact” might need to be changed to “down after contact from opposing player(s),” because that’s what it means.

Cubit · 2010-11-14T15:59:42.000Z

Woolen Horde:

Cincy’s two-minute (well, one-minute) offense at the end of their game was beyond pathetic. TO needs to be canned for not even caring.

Walking back to the line like he did was pathetic. I would have released him right there on the field.

sluggo · 2010-11-14T18:46:48.000Z

Sarkus:

Except that it makes no sense if the runner isn’t touched when they are actually down. There are tons of situations where the runner has to be touched while they are down on the ground, so that would seem to be the way to interpret the rule. Causing somebody to stumble and fall is not the same as tackling that player.

So, if a guy is running for a touchdown, and a defender swipes at his leg and taps him just enough that he stumbles five yards and falls down, you’re suggesting that shouldn’t be a tackle?

Lorini · 2010-11-14T19:52:52.000Z

Sure hope the Steelers are this bad next week.

Omniscia · 2010-11-14T19:55:49.000Z

So far, so bad.

Where was this Patriots team last week?

Major_Malphunktion · 2010-11-14T21:06:56.000Z

They were getting ready for this week.

Lloyd_Heilbrunn · 2010-11-14T22:15:41.000Z

Sarkus:

Except that it makes no sense if the runner isn’t touched when they are actually down. There are tons of situations where the runner has to be touched while they are down on the ground, so that would seem to be the way to interpret the rule. Causing somebody to stumble and fall is not the same as tackling that player.

The QB shuffle in the Titans/Dolphins game is crazy. The Titans started Young, who was injured and replaced by Collins, who was injured and replaced by Young. The Dolphins started Pennington, who was injured and replaced by Henne, who has now been replaced by Thigpen. And this is a one touchdown difference game, not some sort of blowout.

Contrai:

The Miami/Tennessee game has been crazy with all the people that have played quarterback during the course of the game.

6 QBs if you count Brown in the Wildcat!!

Saprano came up to me in the stands and told me one more injury and I was in…

robsam · 2010-11-14T22:22:51.000Z

The Cowboys won. They are 2-7, so I don’t guess they really deserve too much more discussion at this point. It made me happy though. Carry on.

Alan_Dunkin · 2010-11-14T22:34:39.000Z

Dolphins will be talking to Jamarcus Russell… hell maybe they can talk to some CFL quarterbacks or something. And there’s still the XFL (or whatever that 4-team league amateur/has-been league is).

— Alan

Edit: UFL.

Lorini · 2010-11-15T05:18:10.000Z

Daunte Culpepper is available.

Cubit · 2010-11-15T05:20:00.000Z

Tyler Thigpen is incredibly underrated. The Dolphins will do better than expected with him.

Matt_Bowyer · 2010-11-15T05:41:21.000Z

Cory:

Tyler Thigpen is incredibly underrated. The Dolphins will do better than expected with him.

TYLER THIGPEN IS STARTING AGAIN?!

For the rest of the season, I am a Dolphins fan. THIGPEN FOREVER!

Genji · 2010-11-15T13:18:49.000Z

McNabb just signed an extension for 5 years @ 78M. Wow. Granted NFL contracts are not like NBA contracts and he’s unlikely to get the full amount, but still, that’s a whole lot of money for a 34 year old QB. Good old Dan Snyder, he hasn’t had much luck with his big name FA signings. He’s easy to cheer against (Snyder, not McNabb).

ESPN.com

Agent: Redskins extend QB McNabb for $78M

The Washington Redskins and quarterback Donovan McNabb have agreed to a five-year, $78 million extension that could be worth up to $88 million with incentives, according to his agent.

sluggo · 2010-11-15T13:26:54.000Z

Genji:

McNabb just resigned for 5 years @ 78M.

Wow, they paid him that much to quit? Shanahan must really hate him.

Tortilla · 2010-11-15T13:32:06.000Z

Oh wow, that’s a lot of money for a guy who is having trouble getting along with his HC. I will be shocked if McNabb is still the starter in Washington on opening day 2012.

Walter_Yarbrough · 2010-11-15T14:08:25.000Z

Bruce Allen is the difference between the normal Dan Snyder free agent signing and this extension.

I’m waiting to see contractual details on this before I press the ‘OMG Danny boy did it again’ button.

McNabb as a leader is worth something, particularly when you look at the actual acquisition possibilities out there - Tavaris Jackson, Patrick Ramsey, Jamarcus Russell, Michael Vick

Nawid_A · 2010-11-15T14:23:04.000Z

McNabb is getting $40 million guaranteed. That’s a nice contract. And McNabb IS a Pro Bowl QB. I mean he only had Westbrook as a weapon for a good long while in Philly.