2016/2017 NFL thread: The Final Countdown

[Reek]

^ you're dead to me.

 

[Immortalfire]

Here's to the media favorites, may they all be defeated this weekend.

However the Packers and Cowboys are both media faves, but hey you can't have everything.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Here's to the media favorites, may they all be defeated this weekend.

However the Packers and Cowboys are both media faves, but hey you can't have everything.

the Patriots are going to be the Lexington Steele to the Texans Mika Kani

 

[Immortalfire]

I have no idea what that means.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Patriots = Lion

Texans = Gazelle with a broken leg

 

[StarWars]

Patriots = Lion

Texans = Gazelle with a broken leg

Sounds about right....

All games are kinda tough to call except this one. It will be a massacre, which is a shame because I kinda like Texans.

 

[Immortalfire]

Good grief http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...location-papers-to-move-from-oakland-to-vegas

 

[TheCommissioner]

I think its a good move

Oakland doesn't appreciate them IMO

 

[Immortalfire]

I doubt Vegas will.

 

[godisawesome]

The Raiders going east makes more sense on the whole, though. When the Chargers or Rams complain about their stadiums, it can come off as whining; asking for all new digs from taxpayers when a refurbishment would probably do (like what we had in Kansas City) seems like a spoiled child, to an extent.

But Oakland's stadium really is bad. It's in the kind of shape where the organization arguing for a new one makes complete sense. And they're still sharing it with a baseball team. When they complain about the problems, it actually makes sense. Plus, their is something more intriguing about them moving to LV. Unlike LA, which has the population for NFL games but seems to lack the hunger for it, LV is a town that's almost surprising when you realize it doesn't have a team already. And it's not like the Raiders wouldn't fit in...

Biggest problem is getting enough people to come in on a consistent, week-to-week basis.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

The Raiders going to Vegas makes sense, although from the sounds of it, it may not happen for 2 more years? Is the NFL really going to let them be lame duck for 2 whle years? They'll draw flies in Oakland.

 

[Immortalfire]

I heard the Browns will relocate to Butte, Montana.

 

[StarWars]

This is a weird question - but which game will get higher ratings today - Sea/Atl or NE/Houston ??

 

[TheCommissioner]

NE/Houston

Pats are good for ratings up here in the northeast corridor

 

[StarWars]

NE/Houston

Pats are good for ratings up here in the northeast corridor

Are you near Pats / Boston area ?

I've always wanted to live in North East US. Seems less crime, more peaceful than here in the South.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Im in Southern CT, so its a bit of mishmash with Giants / Jets / Pats - more Pats as you go north

its quiet here, I live in a relatively peaceful suburbish type place right outside New Haven, CT (where Yale is)

 

[sycamore]

Falcons vs Seahawks -- Falcons

Cheaters vs Texans -- Cheaters

Cowboys vs Packers -- Cowboys

Chiefs vs Steelers -- Chiefs (people are severely underestimating the HFA Arrowhead gives the Chiefs. And Big Ben is traditionally awful on the road in the playoffs)

 

[TheCommissioner]

Falcons have Future and Bow-Wow on the sideline

 

[Dr. Evil]

Coming soon: The Las Vegas Raiders

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/01/14/raiders-to-file-for-las-vegas-move/

 

[Dr. Evil]

Falcons have Future and Bow-Wow on the sideline

Future's ex is married to Russell Wilson......

 

[TheCommissioner]

yes indeed

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Before we start, I picked the Falcons.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

My picks for tonight.


Seahawks - 24
Falcons - 30



Patriots - 21
Texans - 10

 

[DarthSkywalker]

It would be like the Pats to not cover to piss off as many people as possible.

 

[TheCommissioner]

It would be like the Pats to not cover to piss off as many people as possible.

16 points in a playoff game

Vegas wasn't built on giving away money