Week 12 Discussion Thread

[BeerBaron]

Not one started by one of TNJ's alter screen names...AND full schedule listed.

Turkey Day:
Green Bay at Detroit
Miami at Dallas
San Fran at Baltimore

Sunday:
Minnesota at Atlanta
Tampa Bay at Tennessee
Arizona at St. Louis
Carolina at Indy
Cleveland at Cincy
Houston at Jacksonville
Buffalo at NY Jets
Washingotn at Seattle
Chicago at Oakland
New England at Philly
Denver at San Diego

Sunday Night:
Pittsburgh at Kansas City

Monday Night:
NY Giants at New Orleans

[AntoinCD]

Thanksgiving games are awesome this year. Miami at Dallas should be good because both teams have 3 game win streaks and the other two are blockbuster games.

Loser of the Buffalo NYJ game is definitely done for the playoffs. I'm expecting the Jets to come out strong against a Bills side in horrible form.

Chicago at Oakland lost some of its appeal with Cutler going down but should still be a good game.

Pats at Eagles could be a shootout. The Eagles defense isn't built to stop a team like the Pats and the Pats defense isn't built to stop any team with a viable QB.

The Monday night game looks like a really good one too.

Definitely a better slate of games than last week

[BeerBaron]

The Chiefs in primetime again is a pretty ugly mark on this week. They're just not a fun team to watch now.

[Razor]

Fffffuuuuuu!!!!!


I'm getting my exam question for my time series econometrics course on thursday, which means that I have 168 hours of programming, reading and crying ahead of me.. No Thanksgiving turkey for me this year, and no football... :( ****.

[BeerBaron]

There a lot of Indians, Pilgrims and turkeys in Denmark?

[Razor]

Turkeys yes, the rest no... But Thanksgiving is something that many NFL fans over here do so we can have some great food and watch football from 6 PM until 6 AM..

[BeerBaron]

Interesting. I've long been an advocate of adding more holidays that involve eating yourself stupid and watching football. So kudos Denmark.

[TimmG6376]

Expecting a turkey day shootout in Detroit. Packers D is struggling and ARod is pissed about his "off" game against the Bucs.

[jth1331]

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

Not one started by one of TNJ's alter screen names...AND full schedule listed.

Turkey Day:
Green Bay at Detroit
Miami at Dallas
San Fran at Baltimore

Sunday:
Minnesota at Atlanta
Tampa Bay at Denver
Arizona at St. Louis
Carolina at Indy
Cleveland at Cincy
Houston at Jacksonville
Buffalo at NY Jets
Washingotn at Seattle
Chicago at Oakland
New England at Philly
Denver at San Diego

Sunday Night:
Pittsburgh at Kansas City

Monday Night:
NY Giants at New Orleans

Denver gets to play Tampa at home, and then travel across to the West Coast to battle the Chargers. Sweet!

[scottyboy]

is it wrong to think the Giants game is winnable against the Saints? with the whole playing up to our competition and hoping the offense will find their rhythm against a sub-par Saints D and possibly getting Bradshaw back. idk.

[BeerBaron]

Originally Posted by scottyboy

is it wrong to think the Giants game is winnable against the Saints? with the whole playing up to our competition and hoping the offense will find their rhythm against a sub-par Saints D and possibly getting Bradshaw back. idk.

You can hope it, but the problem with playing up/down to your competition makes one wonder whether they truly can get back "up" for a big opponent every single time.

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

You can hope it, but the problem with playing up/down to your competition makes one wonder whether they truly can get back "up" for a big opponent every single time.

see I'm hoping we get "up" for a big game at the saints after a bad loss to the eagles...but then fail to get back pumped for the Packers game, which I just don't see us winning regardless. That's the best case scenario.

And if this team can't get pumped for 2 games against Dallas, the intown loudmouth rival Jets, and revenge on the lowly skins who beat us earlier, then we're ****** and don't deserve a sniff of the playoffs

[vidae]

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

The Chiefs in primetime again is a pretty ugly mark on this week. They're just not a fun team to watch now.

We might be worse against the Steelers than we were against the Pats, if that is possible. A lot of injuries and a ****** offense is just not a recipe for success.

[Giantsfan1080]

The Saints are going to rip up our crappy zone defense especially if we give Brees time to throw the ball. They have 2 weeks to prepare for this game and will be sure to pin point all the problems in our D. If Boley doesn't play we have no one to cover Sproles and it sounds like Bradshaw will still be out. I'm very low on the confidence scale for this one.

[Hines]

I really like this week's games. A lot of solid ones.

[Sloopy]

This is the best Turkey day ever :)

[Beano]

I want revenge for that 2nd half horror show in Arizona a couple of weeks back.

No doubt it'll be another cracking game of offensive football to watch.

[BeerBaron]

DJ Gallo got unfunny at some point after joining ESPN, but I thought this was pretty good:

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/...od-equivalents

NFL football and Thanksgiving are inextricably linked. Football games dominate the television on Thanksgiving and even when you're called to the table or are talking with your family, your mind still often wanders to the action on the screen. But remember, you can still celebrate the holiday while keeping your thoughts on football by knowing the NFL equivalents to some Thanksgiving staples.

Turkey

It's a large, lifeless bird that puts you to sleep year after year after year. Turkey, of course, is Andy Reid.

Stuffing

Stuffing is a bunch of random, unidentifiable ingredients that somehow tastes pretty good all mixed up together. Stuffing is the 49ers' defense.

Mashed potatoes

They're soft and white and you eat them with gravy, whereas in the NFL, there is a team that is soft and white and playing them is like gravy: the Indianapolis Colts.

Cranberry sauce

Usually someone opens up a can, dumps the contents in a bowl and you're expected to eat this disgusting concoction. Yet because it's Thanksgiving, tradition says you eat cranberry sauce every year no matter what. But this year, someone comes along and makes real, homemade cranberry sauce and … you know what? It's actually not terrible! It's not great, but it's not nearly as awful as what you remember from past Thanksgivings. Cranberry sauce is the Detroit Lions.

Peas

They're green, they're not that good and they can make you gassy if you eat too much. Something else that is green, not too good and can give you digestive problems if you root for them is the New York Jets. Plus, Mark Sanchez's arm has been compared to a pea shooter and Rex Ryan is kind of like the Green Giant if the Green Giant cursed at plants to make them grow. "I told everyone you were going to win Biggest Bean at the state fair, now grow #^%&*#$!"

Bread

It comes out first and it's fresh and hot and pretty good. But if you eat too much, you fill up and don't have room for anything else. The Giants open every season much the same way, then they quickly fill up on wins and spend the latter part of the season and the playoffs asleep on the couch.

Alcohol

It's good, but it can make you do crazy things. Philip Rivers is alcohol. He's good, but he's doing crazy things. In fact, you have to wonder if he's been drunk quarterbacking all year.

Tofurky

It looks like it might be as good as turkey. Maybe even better. You know, this could be the intelligent form of turkey! We're onto something here! And then you take a few bites. Hmm. A few more. Oh, no. No no no. This is awful. Just terrible. How much did we pay for this? WHAT? We got ripped off! Ryan Fitzpatrick is Tofurky.

Dessert

It sits there doing nothing until the end of the meal, and then it is absolutely delicious and you can't get enough. Call the end of the meal the fourth quarter, and dessert becomes Tim Tebow. He's American as apple pie.

[Breed]

Remember who said the Phins will run the table? The Breed did! The will embarrass Dallas on Thursday.

I also think we will upset the Pats, it doesn't matter who we have at the QB position, the Dream Team is unstoppable.

[Flyboy]

Can't wait for Monday Night Football.. I detest bye week's. Should be a damn good game in the Dome.

[Hines]

Originally Posted by Breed

Remember who said the Phins will run the table? The Breed did! The will embarrass Dallas on Thursday.

I also think we will upset the Pats, it doesn't matter who we have at the QB position, the Dream Team is unstoppable.

Unstoppable at 4-6.......Please just shut up.

[diabsoule]

Really looking forward to the Giants and Saints. Not just because the Saints are my team but it should be a good game. Giants DL, especially their ends and edge rushers, should play hell on the lackluster Saints tackles.

Nicks, Mannigham, and Cruz should be able to get open against a banged up Saints secondary.

[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by diabsoule

Really looking forward to the Giants and Saints. Not just because the Saints are my team but it should be a good game. Giants DL, especially their ends and edge rushers, should play hell on the lackluster Saints tackles.

Nicks, Mannigham, and Cruz should be able to get open against a banged up Saints secondary.

Jermon Bushrod and Zach Strief have actually done a pretty damn good job this season - Bushrod's worst games probably came in St. Louis & in Tampa Bay (Robert Quinn & Adrian Clayborn, respectively). The interior match of Evans & Nicks against the Giants will be the key matchup of the game IMO.

And, last time I checked our secondary wasn't banged up.. Patrick Robinson didn't play against Atlanta and if he's good to go our secondary will be at full strength.

[diabsoule]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Jermon Bushrod and Zach Strief have actually done a pretty damn good job this season - Bushrod's worst game probably came in St. Louis with Robert Quinn. The interior match of Evans & Nicks against the Giants will be the key matchup of the game IMO.

And, last time I checked our secondary wasn't banged up.. Patrick Robinson didn't play against Atlanta and if he's good to go our secondary will be at full strength.

Tracy Porter has been on-again/off-again with injury this season and P-Rob being nicked.

Biggest question mark will be the health of Vilma. Hopefully he's good to go by Monday

[_YL_]

Hate that Cutler is hurt cause it was going to be a great game. But still seeing it as a good game. Not worried about the offense putting up points but what defense will show up.

Veldheer vs Peppers is gonna fun fun to watch. Veldheer already handled J.Allen