2011 NFL Thread: The Lazarus Season - Part 8

[enterthemadness]

Denver can beat New England...they have the defense and New England defense is laughable. If Denver's D can get to Brady, upset time in Denver.

 

[Genesis 1.0]

After seeing a gathering of Broncos fans actually say they'd support Tebow over John Elway on national television, I'll believe anything.

I wouldn't actually mind Denver dusting the Pats, knocks them further out of contention for best record.

 

[SpideyInATree]

Anybody going to watch the Cowboys/Bucs game tonight? I'm interested to see if the Cowboys blow this game and get knocked out of playoff contention.

 

[CConn]

I would do enjoy seeing the NFC East end in a 3-way, 8-8 tie.

The mediocrity would be perfectly representative of those three teams.

 

[Hush]

I thunk Denver CAN beat my Pats, they WON'T though. Also the pats ink Mayo to a 5 year deal that is glorious!

 

[SpideyInATree]

NFL Network is REALLY weird. It's a "special" presentation of Thursday Night Football. Um, no it's not. It's SATURDAY night football. Poofaces.

 

[Immortalfire]

NFL Network is REALLY weird. It's a "special" presentation of Thursday Night Football. Um, no it's not. It's SATURDAY night football. Poofaces.

Did they really say that?

 

[SpideyInATree]

Did they really say that?

Haha, yes. And they keep saying it...over and over again. It's SATURDAY not THURSDAY! Even the logos on the score going to commercial says Thursday Night football.

And Bucs playing like crap, as expected. Cowboys got a free touchdown thanks to some really bad refs, or bribed refs.

 

[TMC1982]

NFL extends TV deal through 2022, including Thanksgiving Night Game in 2012:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/14/thanksgiving-night-football-moves-to-nbc-in-2012/

Here are some highlights of the deal, some announced, some not:
*CBS, Fox and NBC keep their respective packages, AFC, NFC and Sunday Night Football.
*Each will get a total of three Super Bowls each, NBC resumes where the rotation under which the current contract ends with Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII.
*CBS will air the milestone Super Bowl L (50) in 2016.
*NBC will begin airing the Thanksgiving Night game starting in 2012.
*NBC gives up its Wild Card Playoff doubleheader in exchange for one Divisional Playoff game.
*ESPN will most likely receive the Wild Card Playoff game given up by NBC.
*Flex scheduling expands to allow CBS and Fox to trade games for the 4:15 p.m. national window.
*Thursday Night Football will expand to additional games, as many as 10-12 games next season.

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says the NFL, the TV networks and the fans are all winners in the latest 9 year rights deal.

John Eggerton of B&C says the American Cable Association is sounding the alarm bell on the new NFL TV deals.

Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times writing in the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center looks at some of the negatives of the new NFL TV deals.

Matt Yoder from Awful Announcing breaks down the new NFL TV deals.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times mulls over the numbers in the new NFL TV deals.

 

[Matt]

Josh Freeman is looking pathetic. He is making no effort to pass to the outside or deep and his no huddle offenses are taking just as long as if he were to huddle up.

 

[Matt]

REALLY? No flag on THAT?

 

[SpideyInATree]

REALLY? No flag on THAT?

Yeah, I guess I can see why they didn't throw it but that would have gotten a flag from any other ref. These refs have SUCKED in this game. I swear they were bribed. They reviewed that first Miles Austin touchdown and upheld it when they replay CLEARLY showed he didn't have possesion until he fell at the one yard line.

Still it didn't matter but could have made a difference as far as momentum. The Bucs have just played like crap the whole game.

 

[Matt]

Yeah, I guess I can see why they didn't throw it but that would have gotten a flag from any other ref. These refs have SUCKED in this game. I swear they were bribed. They reviewed that first Miles Austin touchdown and upheld it when they replay CLEARLY showed he didn't have possesion until he fell at the one yard line.

Still it didn't matter but could have made a difference as far as momentum. The Bucs have just played like crap the whole game.

I don't usually buy into the nonsense about intangibles being a huge deal, but Freeman is lacking in leadership and drive. He had no sense of urgency, wasn't motivating his team, was just standing around as the clock ticked away. Pathetic showing by him.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Haha, yes. And they keep saying it...over and over again. It's SATURDAY not THURSDAY! Even the logos on the score going to commercial says Thursday Night football.

And Bucs playing like crap, as expected. Cowboys got a free touchdown thanks to some really bad refs, or bribed refs.

Yeah, I brought this up a while back. They were saying that "special presentation of Thursday Night Football" crap all week. I guess because they've worked so hard at branding Thursday Night Football as their thing, they think that if they show a game on another day they still need to call it TNF so people don't forget it's on NFLN. Bizarre.

Oh, speaking of NFLN... they said on Total Access today that if the Pats win tomorrow, the Steelers somehow clinch a playoff spot. I'm not sure how that works exactly, and it's not like I needed any MORE motivation to root against Tebow, but hey, that's cool!

 

[SuperBatman]

Pittsburgh has a lot of Scenarios tomorrow that they can clinch a Playoff spot without even playing

Pittsburgh clinches a wild card spot:
1) PIT win or tie
2) OAK loss or tie
3) TEN loss or tie
4) DEN loss
5) NYJ loss

 

[CConn]

Yay for them?

 

[Wheels]

Yay indeed.

 

[CConn]

I've never been a fan of teams going ass backwards into clinching without winning.

 

[Wheels]

I'm a fan of my team getting into the playoffs, especially after their weak start.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Patriots D, your honor and pride are on the line today.

 

[Hush]

Very true.

 

[Kane52630]

I'm calling it, Tebow will get the biggest ass kicking in recent memory.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Tebow should get his ass kicked today.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I've never been a fan of teams going ass backwards into clinching without winning.

So, I guess all of those games that they won that enabled them to even get into playoff contention mean nothing then?

 

[Rowsdower!]

Tebow should get his ass kicked today.

Hell yeah. I've never been a fan of Brady and Belichick, but I want them to light up the Broncos today.