2008 NFL season thread

sir_drinks_alot · 07-09-2008, 09:30

the new season started Thursday but it realy gets going tonight

games on sky tonight

Miami v NY Jets interactive from 6
New Orleans Saints v Tampa Bay Buccaneers sky sports 2 from 6
Cleveland Browns v Dallas Cowboys sky sports 2 from 9
San Diego v Carolina interactive from 9

same deal as before one on sky sports 2 and the other on interactive during the raguler season

Acathla · 08-09-2008, 13:08

interactive. sigh

Missed the dolphins game because of this silly no Red Button on VM rule.
And they want to increase my Sky Sports fee...hmm me not think so.

Kymmy · 10-09-2008, 14:15

Patriots are NOT gonna be happy now that Tom Brady has been ruled out for the rest of the season with his knee injury against the Chiefs

Acathla · 10-09-2008, 15:00

Huge blow for them but a great opportunity now for Matty Cassel to show what he's got.

gazzae · 10-09-2008, 18:17

Bet Favre is kicking himself now!

c_r · 12-09-2008, 00:58

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

Patriots are NOT gonna be happy now that Tom Brady has been ruled out for the rest of the season with his knee injury against the Chiefs

Really? Do you think so? What a fantastically piece of incisive news that is!

Personally I think the loss of Brady has been greatly exaggerated by pundits and bookmakers alike. Make no mistake about it, this team can run the ball and run the ball to set up the pass if necessary - Cassel isn't very good but he's good enough for that, particularly with a whole week of Belichick preparation behind him. You can still get better than even money on a Patriots win against the Jets on Sunday and I'd advise people to take it.

Kymmy · 12-09-2008, 09:33

At least Brady was showing signs of the consistency that took him to the top, Cassel can make some brilliant plays but gets lost when under too much pressure..

BUT, it might be the kick up the pants he needs..

c_r · 13-09-2008, 22:41

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

At least Brady was showing signs of the consistency that took him to the top, Cassel can make some brilliant plays but gets lost when under too much pressure..

BUT, it might be the kick up the pants he needs..

I'm not sure what you mean. Brady has always been very consistent, that's probably his greatest strength. Cassel has never made any brilliant plays, he can't have thrown more than 50 career passes, nearly all of which have been when New England are up big in the 4th quarter. He's never really been under any pressure until last week and he handled that ok.

TheDaddy · 20-09-2008, 22:03

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Originally Posted by c_r

I'm not sure what you mean. Brady has always been very consistent, that's probably his greatest strength. Cassel has never made any brilliant plays, he can't have thrown more than 50 career passes, nearly all of which have been when New England are up big in the 4th quarter. He's never really been under any pressure until last week and he handled that ok.

Yeah you are right, Cassel didn't even play collage football regularly IIRC, he was second string there to

gazzae · 21-09-2008, 13:22

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Yeah you are right, Cassel didn't even play collage football regularly IIRC, he was second string there to

Before last weekend the last game Cassel started was in High School

TheDaddy · 21-09-2008, 19:03

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Originally Posted by gazzae

Before last weekend the last game Cassel started was in High School

Yeah but what a High school year it was

probably