NFL 2014 Discussion Thread

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Suh wins his appeal and will play against the Cowboys.

 

[Nemo14]

Suh wins his appeal and will play against the Cowboys.

 

[Lucky]

Suh wins his appeal and will play against the Cowboys.

Hopefully the Cowboys OL will stomp on him.

 

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Some interesting details to the Suh situation...

He was treated as a first-time offender because the league changed the rules this season that a player can be treated as a first-time offender as long as his last offense was 32 games ago. That includes playoff games, and up to two preseason games can count. Guess how many games it had been since his last safety violation? 32 games. Coincidence?

 

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His fine is $70K. If you put that into perspective as an average salary, he would be fined less than $100. Way to crack down hard.

 

[John]

Aaron Donald actually made the pro bowl as an interior defensive linemen.

Proof: http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story/0ap3000000448746/article/2015-pro-bowl-complete-roster

I checked myself and came up with a different roster....I am not doubting you. Maybe he was not listed as a starter. Also the roster I seen could have been made before the Suh suspension. Don't get me wrong he is an excellent player and well deserving.

 

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Doug Marrone has opted out of his contract with the Bills and will not be HC anymore.

 

[Lucky]

Jim Haslett is out as defensive coordinator for Washington.

 

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Kind of a surprising start to the Lions/Cowboys game. Dallas doesn't look sharp at all.

 

[Clamman73]

Hugs

 

[Pocahontas]

Me watching the Steelers vs. Ravens game last night

 

[acishere]

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He just found the easiest way to tick off both North and South Jersey at the same time.

 

[Flower'sChild]

The Cowboys got off to a bad start. I am curious if they got off to a bad start because the Cowboys are not used to being in the playoffs.

However the Cowboys came back and won the game. This might not of been the best game that the Cowboys played, however good teams find a way to win even when they have a lot of problems during the game.

Now some people are saying that the Lions got robbed. First of all I think the officials were right right to pick up that pass interference call against the Cowboys. Also even if the officials should not have picked up that flag, there were a lot of bad calls against the Cowboys. Also the officials never called a penalty against the Lions when the Lions ran into the Cowboys punter. The Detroit Lions got robbed of nothing today!! The Dallas Cowboys won because they were the better team today!!

 

[Foltzy]

Honestly.
Being a Bears fan I hate the NFC north but especially the lions cause their dirty play bugs me. (Clausen getting a concussion. YOU MADE US START CUTLER, stepping on multiple players (looking at you suh) The only player I don't mind is Stafford.
So I was happy seeing the Cowboys win over the cheap-shotting Lions

 

[flynnibus]

The media is loving the Raven's win

Speaking of clutch, unlike Roethlisberger, Flacco was truly clutch once again in the postseason, completing 18 of 29 passes for 259 yards, with two touchdowns, no interceptions and 114.0 passer rating. The Ravens didn’t have any running game to speak of either, with just 49 yards on 25 carries (2.0), but that didn’t stop Flacco from recording his mind-boggling 10th career playoff win in 14 games, giving him twice as many postseason wins as any other quarterback in the league since he entered the NFL as a first-round pick in 2008. Flacco has 20 touchdowns and just two interceptions in his past nine playoff games, and Baltimore is 5-0 in the postseason since losing the 2011 AFC title game in excruciating fashion to New England in Foxboro.

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/03/20...more-ravens-pittsburgh-steelers-john-harbaugh

and of course everyone loves citing the road playoff wins the team has... tied with greats like Landry. But that stat is uglier given the 'greats' earned the right to not play on the road.

Since joining the league in 2008, Flacco’s 10 postseason wins are more than any other quarterback, including the combined win total for Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

Flacco’s win in Pittsburgh on Saturday night was also his seventh on the road, two more than any other passer in NFL history, according to Stats LLC

In Flacco’s last five playoff games, all wins including a victory in Super Bowl XLVII, he has connected on 91 of 155 passes for 1,399 yards with 13 touchdowns and no interceptions. His passer rating has topped 100 in every contest. Only one quarterback in history has a longer streak of playoff games with a 100-plus rating: Joe Montana (eight games spanning the 1988-90 postseasons)

http://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-flacco-is-the-king-of-the-nfl-playoffs-1420414837

 

[jw24]

Perry Fewell out as DC. All I can say is good riddance! I hated his schemes and I was not a fan of the hire from Day 1. Tom Quinn better be the next in line for the pink slip.....

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Calvin Johnson is now replaced by Odell Beckham for the pro bowl.

 

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City leaders of St. Louis are saying the Rams owner is not returning their calls about keeping the Rams in St. Louis. So now the city is planning on working directly with the NFL to keep a team - any team - in the city. The Rams owner is also part of a joint venture that announced plans on Monday for an 80,000 seat stadium in the Los Angeles suburbs.

I think it's inevitable that either the Rams, Raiders, or Chargers will be relocating to LA in the not-so-distant future.

 

[Flower'sChild]

Honestly.
Being a Bears fan I hate the NFC north but especially the lions cause their dirty play bugs me. (Clausen getting a concussion. YOU MADE US START CUTLER, stepping on multiple players (looking at you suh) The only player I don't mind is Stafford.
So I was happy seeing the Cowboys win over the cheap-shotting Lions

You know when we play Green Bay that will be the third NFC North team that we have played in the playoffs in a row.

After we lost to the Vikings we did not return to the playoffs until this year when we played the Lions.