[NFL] Pats vs. Colts - make your prediction here!

[RatPunk]

Trust me, being a long time Falcons fan as well, I know EXACTLY what you mean.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Oh, really? Honestly, I just picked that number out of a hat. I had no idea.

 

[RatPunk]

I know you're really using your evil Wulf powers to get inside my head...

 

[Dr. Harry]

Mmm! Mmm! I love the taste of your salty tears, Scott!

This wouldn't be nearly so much fun if it wasn't so evil.

Sigh. I must also offer up some salty tears. I have no allegiance to the Colts, but I am heartily sick of the Patriots.

7-1 is nothing to be ashamed of.

Could be worse.

Could be 2-6.

I'm a Dolphins fan.

2-6 would be AWESOME.

Harry

 

[kenobi65]

I'm a Dolphins fan.

2-6 would be AWESOME.

Egads, yeah.

I don't think many people thought the Fins would be great this year, but I'm surprised at just how stinky they've wound up being. (OTOH, I don't think anyone should have been surprised when Trent Green got another concussion.)

The other 0-fer team, the Rams, is a bit more surprising (to me, anyway). It seems to be proof at just how narrow the distinction can be between an average NFL team and a weak one...a few key injuries, a few key players getting a bit long in the tooth, and you're suddenly a bottom-feeder.

The good news, I suppose, is that the general "cycle" in the NFL is far shorter than it was a decade or two ago. With reasonably good player management (and a bit of luck), it's entirely possible to get back up off the mat in just a couple of seasons.

 

[Dr. Harry]

Egads, yeah.

I don't think many people thought the Fins would be great this year, but I'm surprised at just how stinky they've wound up being. (OTOH, I don't think anyone should have been surprised when Trent Green got another concussion.)

I thought that their defense at least could hold them together, but that has been weak as well.

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The good news, I suppose, is that the general "cycle" in the NFL is far shorter than it was a decade or two ago. With reasonably good player management (and a bit of luck), it's entirely possible to get back up off the mat in just a couple of seasons.

(emphasis mine)

Ah, well, ya see, there's the rub. The 'Phins have taken ten years, and they still don't have a quarterback. Now they need to fill another ten or twenty positions, and they haven't even gotten that one nailed down.



Harry

 

[kenobi65]

(emphasis mine)

Yeah, and that's why I specifically noted it. Some teams just never seem to really get their management right. I'm a Packers fan, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the Cardinals. There's a team that hasn't been able to get out of its own way in the past 20, maybe 25 years.