NFL Week 15

[Kinetic]

New Orleans at Chicago

 

Didn't get this one in on time. But I had planned on picking Chicago, promise. The Saints are done for all intents and purposes, but I hope the stars align to keep them mathematically alive through week 17 so they'll have a reason to show up against Carolina.

 

Tampa Bay at Atlanta

 

Another HUGE game for both teams. With Garcia possibly out, I'm tempted to pick Atlanta to "protect the dome." But I can't. Tampa is the better team and the defense is going to want to punch someone in the mouth after that awful Monday night performance. Bucs by 3.

 

Washington at Cincinnati

 

The Bengals are still around? Man, some of these late-season games can just be death. Washington by 10.

 

Tennessee at Houston

 

A Houston team that's peaking a little too late will give the Titans a game, but Tennessee, like so many irresponsible posters at the bottom of this message board, will pull it out in the end. Titans by 6.

 

Detroit at Indianapolis

 

Poor Detroit. Colts by 24.

 

Green Bay at Jacksonville

 

A consolation game of sorts between two very disappointing teams. Packers by 4.

 

San Diego at Kansas City

 

Even this shit-ass Chargers team can't lose to Kansas City. San Diego by 7.

 

San Francisco at Miami

 

It's in Miami, so I'll go with the Dolphins. I'm starting to think that they'll win that division, too. Dolphins by 8.

 

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets

 

The Jets sorta get back on track against a beat up and demoralized Buffalo team. Jets by 13.

 

Seattle at St. Louis

 

Living in an NFL TV market sucks. Instead of Bucs-Falcons or just ANYTHING else, we get this abomination here in the early game. Uh...Seahawks by 6.

 

Minnesota at Arizona

 

Hey, this is a pretty interesting game. Arizona's been pretty good at home this year, but they're pretty much locked into either the #3 or #4 seed. The Vikings have every reason to show up, but Tarvaris Jackson is starting. I think the Cards pull this one out, enabling Chicago to inch ever closer to the NFC North crown. Cardinals by 4.

 

New England at Oakland

 

Bleh. Pats by 10.

 

Pittsburgh at Baltimore

 

Should be a terrific, physical game. I'm starting to believe in the Ravens. I think they'll even up the season series here and win by 3.

 

Denver at Carolina

 

After dismantling Tampa on Monday, the Panthers will come out flat and drop this one to the Broncos. Denver by 9.

 

N.Y. Giants at Dallas

 

The Cowboys are a mess right now. The Giants take this one; Dallas continues their implosion and fails to make the playoffs. New York by 14.

 

Cleveland at Philadelphia

 

God, the fucking Browns AGAIN. Eagles by 20.

[CanadianChris]

The judge in Minnesota extended the injunction against the NFL for the Williams Wall and the three Saints players. They're cleared to play for the rest of the season.

 

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/...iD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

[Guest Czecherbear]

You know Goodell has no more authority to suspend. This sets the precedent: each one will be taken to court.

[naiwf]

Can someone more adept with the law please explain to me how a Minnesota judge can seemingly dictate a policy that extends to another part of the U.S. here?

[Slayer]

You know Goodell has no more authority to suspend. This sets the precedent: each one will be taken to court.

I can just picture Goodell in my head with the Price is Right fail music

 

Somewhere, Michael Vick is laughing

[Mike wanna be]

Can someone more adept with the law please explain to me how a Minnesota judge can seemingly dictate a policy that extends to another part of the U.S. here?

From my google searches into the matter:

The key issue in the case before the federal judge is whether the NFL had any specific obligation to notify players and the union that it had known since at least 2006 that the weight-loss supplement contained the banned diuretic. The NFL, which added StarCaps to its list of prohibited dietary supplement companies in December 2006, says the burden is on players to know what's going into their bodies.

 

The union had claimed Lombardo, in consultation with the league's attorneys, withheld critical information on StarCaps containing the banned diuretic.

Here; links to Canadian Press through Google

 

Says Cornwell: “Dr. Lombardo’s failure to disclose what he knew about StarCaps may have exposed NFL players to the significant health risks associated with the unintentional ingestion of diuretics. If Dr. Lombardo had notified NFL players that StarCaps contained bumetanide, Will, Deuce and Charles would have never used the product to lose weight.”

 

If this is true, then there's absolutely, positively no freaking way that the league should be able to suspend anybody for the use of StarCaps. None. Because if this is true, the league a) knew that there were players that were using these StarCaps, b) knew that said StarCaps contained a substance that's on the NFL's banned substance list, and c) didn't bother disclosing this information league-wide.

http://www.dailynorseman.com/2008/11/19/66...l-know-starcaps

[MarvinisaLunatic]

4:15 cant come soon enough...Im going crazy over here. My 1pm options are the Bills/Jets and Redskins/Bengals.

[MFer]

Peyton's gotta be creaming his pants at the prospect of facing Detroit's defense (plus many Lions' defenders are banged up).

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Expect a handoff 7 out of 10 plays the way this drive has been going so far. LOLions.

[MarvinisaLunatic]

The Redskins cant even beat the Bengals lol.

 

 

[devo]

Jets' offense appears to be clicking today. First two drives result in touchdowns with only two plays occurring on third down so far.

[Zetterberg is God]

Buffalo's first TD in three weeks and of course it's Losman.

[The Ghost of bps21]

The Bills take the lead and they have like 30 yards passing in the half. The Jets might want to work on some things.

[devo]

What in God's name happened to this team's rush defense? This is absurd.

[naiwf]

That's a pretty amusing series of 4 posts there. Even Dierdorf is surprised that the Bills are winning this game all of a sudden.

[Zetterberg is God]

Favre needs to start having fun out there.

[The Ghost of bps21]

This is one of those games where I feel shitty about it...but I've got to root against my own team. So...I hope the Jets turn things around in the second half.

 

 

[The Ghost of bps21]

There we go.

[devo]

Leon Washington is pretty great.

[Zetterberg is God]

That's more like it.

[MarvinisaLunatic]

The Lions are hanging in with the Colts only down 14-10.

 

I would LOL for a long time if the Colts lose to the Lions, which could help the Ravens out in the wild card scenarios.

 

and the Texans are beating the Titans which helps the Ravens out since the Titans with a loss wont be able to sleepwalk through the Steelers next week.

 

 

[jimmy no nose]

Andre Johnson is tearing apart the Tennessee defense right now. 154 yards in the first half. The rest of the team has something like 20 receiving yards, but it doesn't really matter.

[Psycho Penguin]

This is such a confusing day of football, capped off with me watching the two most confusing teams in the NFL (Bills/Jets). I love the NFL.

[Zetterberg is God]

Yes Favre, keep having fun.

[KingPK]

Brett's havin' fun again.

[devo]

There's the weekly baffling interception. Right on schedule.

[The Ghost of bps21]

There is only one person in the world that didn't KNOW that pass was going to be intercepted before he threw it...and that's Rainbow Brett himself.

[CanadianChris]

Come on Chiefs, put the Chargers out of their misery.

[Psycho Penguin]

Oh Brett. Well, you guys said it. He's just having fun.

[Wally Balls]

It's a shame that the Texans are starting to play well this late in the season. Had they played like this before, they could have been quite the interesting story in the playoff hunt.