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The NFL Thread, 2019

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Acrobat said:
My predictions:

Browns - win by 35+
Ravens - if Jackson is on his game, you may lose
Bye - the league will probably award you a W
Eagles - win by 30+
Cowboys - win by 25+
Texans - win by 25 +
Chiefs - if Mahomes is back, win 65-64 on a new rule/decision the referees make up to benefit the Patriots on the last play of the game
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This is incredible bittering
 
Acrobat said:
Only really see the Ravens or possibly a Mahomes led Chiefs beating them, possibly. As for the NFC in the SB - a high performing Rodgers or Brees could knock them off their perch.
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I'm intrigued by the Colts as Reich is an excellent coach and that team is very talented. Houston has talent but O'Brien is an idiot so I don't really see them beating NE without a Watson explosion.

The NFC is miles better than the AFC. I think GB, SF and NO are all excellent teams and more complete than NE potentially because good defenses (like the Bills) can slow this New England offense down due to lack of skill position talent. It's basically all on Belichick and McDaniels to figure out a plan to move the ball. A team that can win up front and win 1v1 in coverage can win the game.
 
Patriots offense has been pretty average tonight and it just doesn't matter at all. That defense is scary. The consensus is it is an offense first league yet the two undefeated teams and all the one losses are all led by strong defenses.
 
What's interesting to me is that the Dolphins and Jets both have 63 points on the year.

The Jets offense might be horrible, even with Darnold. I understand they're playing a historic defense tonight, but still a big goose egg is never explicable with the talent that offense supposedly has.
 

TheBigIguana said:
More like United honestly. Yeah they're annoying and obnoxious but they've also got more than enough reason to be. And I imagine they will act similarly once Belichick retires to how United fans currently are post Ferguson.

Kopites of the NFL is a bit tougher to pin down but I'd say the strongest cases are Pittsburgh, Seattle and possibly Dallas.
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New Orleans fans are in contention aswell. Got a bad call and they do all this ridiculous stuff like file class action lawsuits vs the nfl, or hold ceremonial burnings of the stuff they wore thay day.

That fanbase is bad.
 
Yank said:
New Orleans fans are in contention aswell. Got a bad call and they do all this ridiculous stuff like file class action lawsuits vs the nfl, or hold ceremonial burnings of the stuff they wore thay day.

That fanbase is bad.
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I think a key consideration is does the fan base have obnoxious members who have no real association with the city that the team is from? With New Orleans I'd definitely say that isn't the case. So for me they fall down a bit even if they are obnoxious. The "who dat?" thing is kind of dumb, but less annoying than the "12s" in Seattle or the towel party in PIttsburgh in that they don't use it to show how they're all more passionate than the rest of the fans which is also a real kopite thing to do.
 
Seriously! They challenge a catch ruling on the field - at midfield - when they are 33-0 up. Sake. The arrogance is baffling.
 
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Seriously! They challenge a catch ruling on the field - at midfield - when they are 33-0 up. Sake. The arrogance is baffling.
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I hope Belichick takes it a step further and actually pats Gase on the head instead of shaking his hand. Good try kid maybe when you're older.
 

TheBigIguana said:
I think a key consideration is does the fan base have obnoxious members who have no real association with the city that the team is from? With New Orleans I'd definitely say that isn't the case. So for me they fall down a bit even if they are obnoxious. The "who dat?" thing is kind of dumb, but less annoying than the "12s" in Seattle or the towel party in PIttsburgh in that they don't use it to show how they're all more passionate than the rest of the fans which is also a real kopite thing to do.
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Fair point. I was at a New Orleans game in Buffalo a couple years ago, and their was a large contingent of New Orleans fans. Even in the local media it became a thing where people were like where did they all come from. However, I don't think they are on the level of those teams.

I'd also say that by that criteria the Pats qualify as Kopites. I live an hour flight, a 6 hour drive from Boston and I know plenty of Pats fans who have never wandered to Boston or thought about going to a home game. They also can't stand the Celtics or Bruins. I live also about 4 or 5 hours from Pittsburgh. And I can't stand the steelers either. However, the people I know who are Steelers fans go to games and support all the pittsburgh teams.

Personally, I think both those teams are for dbags. Like the majority of teams that aren't the one I pull for. I've never really understood how you can be born and raised pretty much in a city with an NFL team and decide to like some other crap. But it's pretty much how I was raised. My father, uncles, and grandfather were all fans of the team. It pretty much was decided for me.
 
I can't make the Wembley game on Sunday.
If anyone wants two tickets with cracking seats drop me a message.
Will sell them cheap.
 

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