Super Bowl Contenders Compete +Go Marc Ross
by John Morgan on Jan 9, 2010 5:01 PM PST
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PrintLots of Ross talent on display in this excellent matchup of two true contenders. Also: Church!
VAN!
CHURCH!!
VAN!!
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So I hope that Leiweke is going to tell Carroll that they're hiring Frazier.
Although I seriously doubt it, I’m keeping my hopes up!
A Mariners fan in Seattle
I, for one, welcome our new USC overlords
by Brian Floyd on Jan 9, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That is the funniest line I've seen all week...
(From one Kent Brockman veiwer to another)
Sounds like he might just be the head coach. Let's hope that's the case.
Carroll the coach could do a lot of good.
He's likeable and his personality clicks with the kids.
I smoked a doob with him and rocked out to Cortez the Killer.
Even if he doesn't get the Prez title it's weird that he would accept the job without some promises being made about him having more power over personnel than a regular coach
But I guess we’ll have to wait and see just how much they intend to let him do.
I think he'll have a lot of say. I'm hoping for a Ross/Carroll duo running the show.
What scares me the most is Carroll doing it by himself or Carroll/Kirwan.
According to the LA Times
Pete Carroll might only just be the head coach. Might. They reported this only a few hours ago.
Talents that I covet:
Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 9, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
But he would have a lot of input.
It would be a dynamic much like New England enjoys with Bill Belichick.
Talents that I covet:
Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 9, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Weaver would have been a valuable asset this year with all of the check downs.
Of course, if Mora had his way, Weaver would have been sitting on the bench like Justin Forsett was while Jones could play.
Talents that I covet:
Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes
Danny O'Neil is a pretty funny guy.
I had to interview Ed Hochuli after last week’s Seahawks-Titans game.
I was kind of intimidated, fearful of a headlock. But Hochuli couldn’t have been nicer. Perhaps it’s because he was already out of that too-small ref’s shirt.
Uh-oh, now maybe I really better be worried next time I interview him.
A Mariners fan in Seattle
Nah, he just has a million of them on.
Since they always get ripped so easily.
A Mariners fan in Seattle
Something that one of my favorite authors, Dave Barry, always says in his book.
(Well, he takes ridiculous sentences and says that they’d be a great name for a band)
A Mariners fan in Seattle
Ah...
the correlation missed me completely. I thought you took your red marker out for my missing an “s”.
I like Berry as well.
Bring Your Game, Leave Your Name.
It's a boot play.
They’re letting that kid go.
Is Suisham still the Dallas kicker?
Is he no good from 50?
I don't know, that's why it says "not sure how".
It just seems like Philly can’t get the ball downfield at all.
How big a difference is there between
a 34 yar old Hass, and a 33 year old McNabb?
Bring Your Game, Leave Your Name.
Hass is like a carton of milk that's three days expired.
You can drink it, but you’re taking your chances.
Good one, O'Neil.
Safety Ken Hamlin will never be accused of being a heads-up player.
A Mariners fan in Seattle
You guys want a laugh (AKA cesspool)?
Go to igglephans.com.
Hilarious reaction.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Get the ball to the EZ Romo
The classic underthrown PI call that I personally hate.
I love how the backjudge was right there watching the whole thing right in front of his face
then ten seconds after the play, a flag flies in from the end zone.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2010 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
pardon me, from the sideline judge three times as far away from the play
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2010 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
can't stand his hideous face.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
well that sequence of events was total bullshit.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
no.
not even in jest.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2010 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
If only he didn't routinely go 12-26 in Atlanta.
He and Vince Young have great throwing motions.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Didn't even look like Jones caught the ball.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
well then... not to be picky but
wouldn’t it be illegal contact?
Point remains there should've been a flag.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
works for ben roffles.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2010 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
I don't see that at all.
And that ball was easily five feet too high.
Knowing that he was bobbling the ball as he turned around you had to challenge it.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Bullshit.
I don’t see any direct evidence of that.
He never had control
Ball was coming out as he fell
Oooh some Steve Miller Band.
Impressive, NBC.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Another game that's only 14-7 but ready to go blowout route.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Outside of the TD
does Philly have a first down that isn’t by penalty.
I hope the Eagles play the Colts in the Superbowl.
I can’t wait to see how Vick treats Austin Collie.
Who do I root for next week? Dallas or Minnesota?
I’m hoping they both get eliminated.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Hopefully this game kills off all of the "Trade for Kevin Kolb?" talk.
They’re going to need him soon.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
I guess. Philly is clearly interested in repeating this process every year.
If there was ever a team besides my own I wish would win a Super Bowl…
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
I think McNabb needs to have a really bad season before we can start talking about his exit.
Look how long it’s taken to get rid of Hasselbeck.
I might actually trade Kolb if I was Philly
depending on how much a team is willing to overpay. Kolb is the nth backup quarterback to have a good game in that Eagles offense.
As long as Philly
doesn’t put anyone in the alley or have a safety beat the block by the line/TE.
Dallas likes that screen don't they
Finally execute it for the TD.
Dallas is going to annihilate New Orleans next time around
If they meet up in the NFC Title Game.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
DBs have to respect Austin more and play off of him
which helps.
It's was on the 6 and if Austin
takes a few steps forward you have to respect that.
Then we can sign him right?
I’d love him back.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
I read somewhere they were negotiating a long term deal
Let’s hope he blows some blocks and fumbles some more.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
rrrrffffffffffffffff,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have a bad feeling that the only team left next week that I can actually cheer for will be the Jets. Ugh.
Article on Carroll-Seattle on NFP
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Carroll-Seahawks-seem-like-a-good-fit.html . I won’t be watching the halftime show. (/mute). Maybe others want to read it.
Frustrating fighting the Carroll prestige
I actually really, really like Carroll and would like to pass the pipe and talk about the establishment.
Minus executive power
Carroll a million times over. If nothing else, he hasn’t proven himself incompetent.
At least Andy doesn't have to wait to get badly outcoached in the NFC Title Game
But instead just call it a season in round 1.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
They look like a force.
And a potential dynasty of the 2010s.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
are you joking?
I thought that was the only entertaining thing I heard all day.
Sad, yes.
I'm just bitter because the Jet won
and now I have to here about them for another week.
no... I'm from Seattle
aren’t we all conditioned to hate NY teams? lol
I've just never been
a fan or these “tortured” franchises that kind of revel in losing, the Cubs being the quintessential example of that. The Red Sox also—although there are plenty of reasons to dislike them.
For sure
Truth is, I’m very close to some Cubs-Bears fans, and, sorry if you’re out there guys, they’re annoying. Of course, check back with me in twenty years.
No, and they are still convinced that the team is close.
No one seems to mind that they have a team full of bench depth, Rose, and can’t stop drafting 3/4 tweeners with a lack of polish.
I had a bunch of Red Sox fans for roomates
this would be early 2000’s, before the Sox won the series. Talk about a bunch of cynical, downtrodden babies…
Honestly, I don't think it's the "tortured" portion that makes them annoying.
I find them to be a bad combination of entitled and ignorant.
My problem is that they bitch about whatever they're told to bitch about
like that’s how you be a Chicago fan.
The media here is pervasive, contentious, and predictable.
Cutler had a good game? He’s the future. Two weeks later? What a bum. Never does the line or Ron Turner get mentioned. After Turner was fired? I heard the morning show (my alarm clock) mention how he was the problem all along.
I love Gretsky
and that’s a good reason to HATE the Rangers, heh.
(I am a former Edmonton resident, and was so when Gretz was putting up 200 point seasons).
and now we're going to here about Sanchez's awesomness in the media all week
and… he played well… show me a play were he had more than 2 receivers to choose from. Almost every pass play was a roll out. he had to read, at best, half the field… bengals just played like crap
It's funny, but I've never thought of it like that.
I’d say 90% of the posters here are smarter than NFL media, hell 75% are probably smarter than some GM’s and coaches.
I'd argue we're not smarter than the media...
…the media needs to be carefully aimed at the American middle, so of COURSE it’s stupid.
Most of those guys probably cringe at the stuff they have to write.
I don't like this kind of misanthropy
It wasn’t long ago baseball was covered the same way. People want to know why their team wins or loses, but have been fed shit so long they buy into it.
I'm not sure what will force intelligent football analysis into the mainstream
The statistical revolution doesn’t seem nigh, but something like hit f/x is possible.
nothing will
because your average football fan isn’t really interested in good analysis. For them it’s more about MY TEAM RULEZ.
Sad, but true. This ain’t art film, or theatre. Football itself may be complicated as all hell to really understand, but it’s not hard to watch.
I've worked in fast food, wood working, as a Teamster and few things in between
The average football fan isn’t stupid. I think that kind of cynicism is what feeds the media machine.
I never said football fans were stupid.
But by my own personal experience they GENERALLY aren’t interested in the details. It’s not just football, though. It’s pretty much anything coming from the mainstream.
My point is that there isn’t much good football discussion because people don’t want it. The media isn’t clueless… if there was a big enough market for serious football analysis, it would exist.
I think they know it's bullshit, but they won't admit it.
They don’t have anything else to say but “Housh is hurting this team”. They aren’t good analyst of the game, so they just go with an easy story that on the surface might make sense.
Roy Williams (I think)
was wide open as the X WR there in straight man coverage.
How could you...
But Gonzaga is fun to watch.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Casey Calvary is a part of my childhood. I still proudly have a Matt Santangelo autograph somewhere.
The Draft the Stache campaign by the local media killed Gonzaga for me
but I was never a real fan. Just a little regional pride and something to root for.
It's a pretty big deal in Spokane. It's actually palpable on gamedays, which is something I've never had with other teams.
It’s almost like the Packers to Green Bay.
I loved Appleby.
Too bad this team has no good three point shooters.
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Me three. Appleby is a nice piece for a good team to have, like 2005 UW.
With the current team’s lack of a 3point shooter he would be a huge asset. He did nothing for the bad-mediocre 2006-2007 teams, sadly.
We need a big man too.
I see this team potentially going 8-10 in the Pac-10.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Yeah. They'll win some home games and beat up on the bad pac-10 teams, but they really don't look good.
Wouldn’t be totally shocked if they missed the tourney.
Sorry McNabb. It's over.
Get this over with so I can watch Kitna play.
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Philly seems bound and determined to get the vertical game going.
and it’s not there
Dungy quote on Carroll
(per Adande)
“it’s a lot harder to coach rich 25-year-olds than it is poor 19-year-olds”.
Words of wisdom sir, but debatable.
How is it debatable?
19 year old kids are impressionable and have no power. NFL players can run a coach out of town, are loaded, and aren’t forced to give a fuck.
Because 19 years are generally immature
And will sometimes not take coaching as well as an adult who understands that it is a business and needs the coaching to better himself and succeed at his job.
once at USC Carroll played a gag on his team
where he told them one of their teammeates had died… didn’t go over so well
Cowboys finally put their shit together.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 9, 2010 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
Dallas is better. In fact they are significantly better.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Blind squirrel finds nut in related story.
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/1/9/1243163/super-bowl-contenders-compete-+go#28543077
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They've beat the blitz with the pass and the run and then
hurt zone with some nice plays. Just an all around ass-kicking.
McNabb/Reid will never win a Super Bowl
Fact or fiction?
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Considering 1 of 32 teams win it
I’d bet on no
I like Spiller too
but I think we (Seahawks) should focus on the trenches
Haven't played Madden in a while
but I remember the crossing stuff was unstoppable. Roscoe Parrish on the streak route was instant touchdown.
Draft strategy now would be: DeSean Jackson, Chris Johnson, Percy Harvin.
Young, fast, agile.
Gates, Davis and whoever was a fast rookie
It was just about unstoppable. Run like a maniac and get crazy matchup advantages.
Jerramy
Once had over 90 catches for me and averaged 16-17 a catch. He got the “Playmaker” label and almost received MVP.
I think I ran that TE Playaction rollout where he ran a corner five times a game.
by Michael Scott on Jan 9, 2010 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. slants and crosses are tough to defend.
Also, Seattle isn’t a good madden team, the game is easier when you have one awesome playmaker whom can get the ball on every play.
Not a good team at all
Last play of Week 1 against the Rams, that big white DT of theirs broke Matt’s clavicle. Out for the season. I wasn’t sad.
It's weird.
Ten years ago, I never thought I would know this much about American football. I swore off the NFL after XL, and yet.
I went through a phase
from 2001 to 2003 and then right after XL where I didn’t give a shit about the NFL at all, and was strictly a Beavers fan.
I'm trying to resist it
But the idea is tempting. Then again Mora was tempting this off-season too. I need to wait, analyze, then buy in.
I traded Aaron Curry for Stafford.
Matt got hurt against the colts. Stafford sucked, Curry knocked him out in week 9. Then it was Seneca time :(
Figure I'm his brain so suddenly he's awesome
In fact, I bench Hasselbeck or trade him and run Wallace.
Curry is awesome in Madden
97 by year 3. And Seneca has always been good to me. I pretty much just QB sneak with him, it’s like Florida’s O. I bet Tebow will be good in Madden XI.
In the new franchise I'm doing I switched to Balt's 3-4
Curry as the edge rusher. He blows people up.
Like.In.Real.Life.
I don’t want to be the guy that compares life to Madden but…it sort of works in this instance.
Well...
This is of course second season of the franchise, after I have drafted our QB of the future. Dane Morrow from Stanford is his name by the way.
I play Madden and constantly use my tight end.
Christian Fauria!!!
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'02.
I’m all up in your grill with Karsten Bailey.
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That was my favorite year.
Always draft LT, Darrell Jackson, Freddie Mitchell, and David Terrell. All 3 are guaranteed to be high 90 ratings in a hurry. The player development back then was hilarious. There were particular players that just always ended up amazing.
Played as the Ravens
Beat the Raiders 45-10 and Shannon Sharpe caught 10 passes.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
His awful accuracy aside
I love using him. QB Draw works all the time.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
If you want a great Defensive player in that game
Use Chad Bratzke from the Colts.
One time I got 9 sacks with him in 1 game.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Then I played as Lamar King against the Eagles (won 31-28 on a late Todd Peterson FG)
And got stuffed. Man he sucks in this game.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
The last version I played
The key was drafting great outside linebackers and turning them into DEs in a nickel 3-3. I would select the best DT, whoever that was, and get 14 sacks a game.
Anton Palepoi
I think he was like a 43 in the only year he was in Madden
I had Lofa get 5 picks on Brees one game.
in the 3-4 of course. I would just keep his zone right in the middle of the field and get pressure on him with Curry off the edge.
that explains it!
Reid got his plays from Madden
McNabb had acres of space to run for the first down.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Might as well put in Kolb and get in some reps.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
No need to drive up his value in garbage time.
I still would like to snag him, though it seems unlikely.
For funsies:
Former Wizards coach Eddie Jordan and his staff privately intimated they felt undermined by Grunfeld when it came to matters of discipline with Arenas. Arenas, a notorious practical joker, often crossed the line of acceptable decorum. The example often cited was how Arenas once defecated in teammate Andray Blatche’s shoe during Blatche’s rookie season. His behavior often went unchecked and unpunished, said a former team employee on condition of anonymity.
Nothing wrong with the ol poop foot
That’s team building. I usually kill a hooker and put it into a new employee’s locker to just to break the ice.
Maclin makes a nice play
and then a very dumb play.
For the first time in a long time it's deserved.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
I don't mind prasing a team playing well.
But he doesn’t have to pump every player on the roster up to near-immortality.
"if a guy gives you a shot in the face you at least want to say something to him"
That is the polite thing to do
by Big E-Z on Jan 9, 2010 7:47 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Philly has that same screen
Nobody blocks the safety, and it doesn’t matter because DeSean Jackson is good!
You know we're all bored when...
we start talking about our Madden Franchise
I've kept the last ten or so Maddens to 1999.
Hilarious to play those old ones.
I still remember playing ’90 on the Sega Genesis on Christmas night until something like 6:00 in the morning.
Deep post was ridiculous. Scored every time with Jerry Rice.
I consider myself grateful to have played that game.
Stupid EA Sports monopoly crap.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
I got 300+ using Edge
He is unstoppable. I barely need to throw with Manning.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
But I can't run trick plays for crap on All-Madden
Halfback passes always fail.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
Darrell Jackson is awful in this game.
Can’t throw to him to save his life.
Ricky Watters/Shaun Alexander combo is badass. They got the Walt/Hutch domination on the N64 perfectly emulated.
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I dominate sometimes in All-Madden
Otherwise I’ve come close to losing several times.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
The AI isn't any less stupid
but all a sudden every player fumbles, every pass wobbles and the computer is untackleable.
The key is to contain Edge for me.
If I stop Edge I’m going to win.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
I haven't played Madden since about 02
I would always run franchise mode and take Shockey and Tony Gonzalez and split em out wide… I was unstoppable
Oh Geez... flashbacks.
OH NO… THERE’S A MAN DOWN.
Madden '02 has this game as a "Classic Mode" feature.
I’m an interception machine.
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Not that King knows anything, but this gave me a shred of hope in my quest for Bradford in Seattle blue:
The Rams clinched the top draft choice by finishing 1-15, and an hour after his team lost to the Niners, GM Billy Devaney told me it’s only about 14 weeks too early to decide if the Rams are going to take a quarterback or Nebraska defender Ndamukong Suh or someone else. "I can tell you with certainty that there’s no white smoke coming out of our chimney yet,‘’ Devaney said. "I’m still sick over losing this game.‘’
My money’s on Suh, with a QB in round two.
Well since Midway filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and solid a bunch of its assests.
I doubt it’s going to happen.
A Mariners fan in Seattle
Heh, I've been playing emulators.
But honestly… it gets old real quick.
What i do like is that the old games start in like three seconds. When i boot up Far Cry 2 on my PS3 it takes like five minutes to actually start a game.
Intellivision ruled, too.
I never owned one, but loved that game at sea w/ all the ships to fight with, baseball, others.
Sure.
But it’s hard to get riled up for a game if you don’t have a favourite. It becomes more of an intellectual rather than an emotional experience.
If I liked a player, that would help.
When I hate both teams, I make a random, conservative bet with my friends.
Last year, I bet $40 Pittsburgh would win the SB by less than one TD. It made the game far more watchable. Meh, to each his own. What do you have against Minnesota?
I hope you die. I hope we BOTH die.
That's easy.
Hutch. Favre. Dome team. And I like the Packers.
I'm still watching because I want to see Choice.
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
How can players wear earings under their helmets. Holy shit that would hurt to take your hat off
I hope you die. I hope we BOTH die.
Wonder if Heckert will try and lure McNabb
But thinking about that it feels like McNabb is there for life.
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