NFL 2014-2015

[NAB]

[Philly]

[The Dharma Bum]

americas team is back?

[Philly]

Also want to mention: Here in NYC i see a lot of Giants weasels crawling out of their hole after last week's game against the Slurs, trying to pretend they haven't been hiding in shame since last season.

My take: The Giants suck. All of a sudden they manage one decisive win against DC and they're ringing the bells, declaring that Eli is still legit after all. It's a division game, against the wackest game in the division. I'll break that down for any Giants fans reading this: these division games are very important to win when the records get tallied at the end of the year, but they're an awful indicator of how good your team actually is. I don't have the stats in front of me, but my years of watching NFL seasons tell me that it's no small thing to sweep a division rival (and keep in mind that "sweep only means winning 2 games) even if you're a significantly better game. Division games are weird and haunted and shit. Next 3 games on the Giants Schedule: Falcons, Eagles, Cowboys. They will lose 2 out of 3 and go into the bye week with a 3-4 record before losing 3 consecutive games after the BYE to the Colts, Seahawks and 49ers. With the Giants then at a 3-7 record, NAB, your Dallas Cowboys could put the nail in the coffin on any hope these weasels have of a winning season by crushing them on Sunday Night Football in front of the whole country, bringing them to 8 losses with 5 left to play.

TL;DR: The Giants still suck and NAB is correct in his analysis that the Cowboys are the only team who shows a glimmer of hope to take down the Eagles this season.

[Philly]

[Philly]

One more note on Dallas - and this is not intended to be dickish, but just honest:

If the Cowboys and the Eagles - both teams likely to have ups and downs through the next 8 games - find themselves neck-and-neck for 1st place heading into the last 4 weeks of regular season, I think the sports stations begin producing promos that acknowledge the Eagles as NFC E Champs and snarky sports bloggers immediately set aside time to brainstorm for a new round of Cowboys 8-8 jokes.

Don't get me wrong NAB, you are definitely write when you say they look like contender (not favorites but contenders), but my take on the current era of the Cowboys is that they come apart at the seams down the stretch each year even when they ostensibly have the best situation to take the division. So maybe this is a reverse jinx or whatever, but otherwise, the Cowboys are contenders just means they'll keep it interesting until the end of November.

[John Galt]

ya packers just destroyed vikes in hilarious fashion

[micfranklin]

[Mr.Bill]

Now that Rodgers is R E L A X E D the rest of the league might be in trouble.

[Mr.Bill]

BTW I heard Belichick and the Pats are on the way to Cincinnati..