houston vs Oakland . Two crap teams given the quarterback situations. I expect Houston to roll. Up 13-7 now .
NFL Wilccard round games
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Connor Cook has been terrible. Doesn't help that the Raiders lost 2 O-linemen and aren't coming close to blocking anybody. They're turning Clowney into LT.
I don't get into the NFL now until the Playoffs. I love the intensity of the NFL playoffs.
Cook under severe pressure on every pass.
Jadeveon Clowney has become a force at DE. They have to double team him now to stop him.
Brian Cushing at Linebacker still excellent. He's had a heck of a career.
Connor Cook starting, drafted much later than Hackenberg (Jets 2nd round). Dumb Jets wasted a 2nd pick.
Crowd very into the game.
Cook under severe pressure on every pass.
Jadeveon Clowney has become a force at DE. They have to double team him now to stop him.
Brian Cushing at Linebacker still excellent. He's had a heck of a career.
Connor Cook starting, drafted much later than Hackenberg (Jets 2nd round). Dumb Jets wasted a 2nd pick.
Crowd very into the game.
Seattle too much for Detroit. Seahawks play at Atlanta next Saturday, which means Green Bay or the Giants at Dallas next Sunday.
I thought coming into the weekend that yesterday's game would be almost unwatchable and today's games exciting but the home teams would sweep the weekend. Weather is a huge factor in today's matchups. I would not attend either game today even if i won a free trip to either venue! It's brutally cold out today.
The NFL is in a downward spiral and these 2 wildcard games just exemplifies my point. The first game was like a August pre-season affair, sloppy and unexciting with a pair of not-ready-for-primetime QB's in the spotlight. It's just pathetic that Goodell and his owners will not allow teams, in the most brutal of all professional sports, to expand rosters to like 80 or 100 to subsidize the product, that they spend billions of dollars promoting on.
While I agree about the overall product being on a decline, I don't think an 80 man roster would prevent a Cook vs Osweiler matchup.
The game needs to be less dependent on young inexperienced role players that are only making teams over much more complete and qualified players as a result of their salaries. Maybe some sort of veteran component of the salary cap with flexibility that will allows stars to get paid, but not to the detriment of roster spots for experienced veterans.
Expanding rosters to 80 or 100 players would dilute the product not enhance it.
Every year the playoffs have a couple of dud games, this year no exception. They have done everything they can to protect the QB, yet Oakland's top two QB's went down. That is just football. Cook never stood a chance and it didn't help that he had five dropped balls.
I think down the road Cook will be their number 2.
Every year the playoffs have a couple of dud games, this year no exception. They have done everything they can to protect the QB, yet Oakland's top two QB's went down. That is just football. Cook never stood a chance and it didn't help that he had five dropped balls.
I think down the road Cook will be their number 2.
I said before yesterday the only game of the four I was looking forward to watching was Giants/GB and yesterday's games didn't disappoint in that regard. Pittsburgh/Miami will never be in doubt so I plan on working out this afternoon . Im sort of looking forward to Pitt/KC next wweek.This is the worst NFL playoff weekend in memory. Just blah matchups with too many bbackup QBS in the spotlight.
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The game needs become a team game again. It's a QB fantasy league now. Running games have literally disappeared. QBs regularly throw the ball over 40x a game!
Not one team ran the ball more than they passed it. Some teams throw it 65% of the time but that doesn't breed success. Only 2 teams of the the top 10 passing teams made the playoffs.
Also, Gruden said Carr takes all snaps at practice with causes the 2nd QB to run the scout team and Cook got no reps in practice all year. Instead of having 3rd string run scout with 2nd string getting some offensive reps. I'm not sure how true this is but I assume Gruden knows what he is talking about. That's on the coaches as well.
