NFL Week 14

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 07:46 PM

Blah.

When thsi whole NFL Network thing got going I wasn't THAT concerned because I thought I would always get the Redskins game.

I was wrong.

This is utter crap and the NFL has no one to blame but themselves. I feel very strongly that this move is sending the NFL down a very bad path that could really hurt them.

Anyway... 0-0 game so far and neither offense seems to be doing much of anything. Apparently Rex went out with some kind of injury?

sterlingice · 12-06-2007, 07:49 PM

So much clamoring for this week's "game", particularly compared with last week...

SI

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

So much clamoring for this week's "game", particularly compared with last week...

SI

Hah... yeah, not a mass appeal to this game.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 07:57 PM

FYI, NFL.com is doing the hybrid live/studio thingy again. And it is horrid.

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 08:01 PM

Yeah, I had it on for a few minutes and it's crap.

I turned on the stream of the ever decreasing in quality Redskins Radio.

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 08:02 PM

Dola: Which apparnetly is quite a few plays behind, at least was earlier, because when I had nfl.com's gamecast thing up it was a few plays ahead.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 08:06 PM

Grossman is out, and it didn't look good. Leg got hit from the side and rolled up on.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 08:13 PM

I must also applaud the fact that the box score on the gamecast does not in fact show you who has possesion. Top notch.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 08:17 PM

Looks like Campbell just injured his arm.

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 08:26 PM

ugh. Campbell was just starting to come into his own. I hope it's not serious.

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 08:29 PM

UGH...

He comes back in and now it sounds like a potentially serious knee injury.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 08:35 PM

The online coverage has had more injury footage than actual game time I think.

stevew · 12-06-2007, 08:38 PM

I think Campbell either tore his MCL or ACL. It looked fuckin horrible. Not theismann bad though.

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 08:39 PM

blah, terrible to hear - but thanks for the explanation for those of us without the video

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stevew · 12-06-2007, 08:40 PM

basically, he was planting to throw, got hit, and the one leg didn't really have a natural looking motion as he went down.

wade moore · 12-06-2007, 08:41 PM

yeah.. sounds like a classic Ligament tear...

*sigh*..

stevew · 12-06-2007, 08:42 PM

Greise with a horrendous throw.....should have been a pick 6 if Springs wasn't 40 years old.

stevew · 12-06-2007, 08:44 PM

Todd Collins with his first TD pass in like 3 years. Cooley's also hurt apparently.

stevew · 12-06-2007, 08:44 PM

1st td since 2002 for collins

stevew · 12-06-2007, 08:46 PM

Shawn Springs looks like Champ Bailey out there.

Coffee Warlord · 12-06-2007, 08:49 PM

Orton.

Please.

Dear god.

stevew · 12-06-2007, 09:08 PM

How does the patella tendon dislocate? That's what they say campbell has, anyways.

stevew · 12-06-2007, 09:21 PM

Greise really is who we thought he was. He misses a surefire TD cause he can't throw it over the head of the Smurflike London Fletcher.

Coffee Warlord · 12-06-2007, 09:24 PM

And here we have the bonafide low point of the season for Bears fans.

stevew · 12-06-2007, 09:28 PM

Tomlinson pitching Vizios is really funny to me...it's like the TV equivalent of the Chevy Cavalier.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 09:29 PM

I really hate to rant and rave, but this thing they're doing on NFL.com is such bullshit. Either show the game or don't. I can't imagine anyone who actually logged in wanting to watch the game is happy at all.

Desmond · 12-06-2007, 09:30 PM

Dola. What happened to the annoying round man who was sitting in the middle? Did they yank him off?

JeeberD · 12-06-2007, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

How does the patella tendon dislocate? That's what they say campbell has, anyways.

Geez, the hits keep on coming for the Redskins. :-\

Rizon · 12-06-2007, 10:35 PM

I was able to watch some of the game at the gym. Campbell was in some serious pain after he went down, and he was down for quite some time.

rkmsuf · 12-07-2007, 09:18 AM

The NFL did us all a favor by not having this game widely available.

miami_fan · 12-07-2007, 09:48 AM

Bears fans, welcome to the tankers club. You can get the top pick but if you work hard enough, you probably can keep yourself in the top ten.

Coffee Warlord · 12-07-2007, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by miami_fan

Bears fans, welcome to the tankers club. You can get the top pick but if you work hard enough, you probably can keep yourself in the top ten.

Yeah, look at Angelo's track record with Top 10 picks. He does *so* well with them.

Bears fans can't even look forward to the draft. High 1st rounders for us are traditionally a clusterfuck (especiallly on offense).

Honolulu_Blue · 12-07-2007, 10:04 AM

I totally forgot this game was being played on a Thursday until I read about it in the paper this morning.

Good job, NFL!

ISiddiqui · 12-07-2007, 10:22 AM

I'd be curious to know the ratings for the game

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flere-imsaho · 12-07-2007, 10:28 AM

The best thing about this game being on Thursday is that I don't have to watch the Bears on Sunday.

Jas_lov · 12-07-2007, 10:41 AM

Yeah, these are the games that should be on NFL Network. Teams that nobody really cares about and teams that are downright terrible. Packers-Cowboys should have been moved to Sunday night or late Sunday afternoon so a national audience could see it. If Bears-Redskins was on Sunday night, it would have gotten lower ratings than Packers-Cowboys on NFL Network! At least the Redskins won because the Bears are terrible and I'm glad that they suck again.

Honolulu_Blue · 12-07-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Yeah, these are the games that should be on NFL Network. Teams that nobody really cares about and teams that are downright terrible. Packers-Cowboys should have been moved to Sunday night or late Sunday afternoon so a national audience could see it. If Bears-Redskins was on Sunday night, it would have gotten lower ratings than Packers-Cowboys on NFL Network! At least the Redskins won because the Bears are terrible and I'm glad that they suck again.

I don't know. I feel like I've seen plenty of the Cowboys this year already. I will probably find this to be even more so after they destroy the Lions on Sunday.

stevew · 12-07-2007, 10:55 AM

Campbell looks to be done for the season. Kneecap injuries make me cringe.

wade moore · 12-07-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Campbell looks to be done for the season. Kneecap injuries make me cringe.

A guy on my flag football team got this injury in our game.

UGH.

He couldn't get out of bed for 2 weeks after the surgery.

Aylmar · 12-07-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I totally forgot this game was being played on a Thursday until I read about it in the paper this morning.

Good job, NFL!

Is the suggestion here that you would have remembered this game if it had been on ESPN or FOX? Isn't it possible that it's the odd night that causes you to not know the game is on instead of the network carrying the game? Like if Sunday Night football was on NFLN, would you forget it was on just because of who supplies the feed? Or is the odd schedule that you're complaining about? There has been so much grousing about the NFL "killing themselves" of late I can't tell which complaint is which...

rkmsuf · 12-07-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Aylmar

Is the suggestion here that you would have remembered this game if it had been on ESPN or FOX? Isn't it possible that it's the odd night that causes you to not know the game is on instead of the network carrying the game? Like if Sunday Night football was on NFLN, would you forget it was on just because of who supplies the feed? How about a normal 1:00 Sunday kickoff?

how many f-ing commericals do you see on espn and fox. nobody on the planet forgets these things.

Aylmar · 12-07-2007, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

how many f-ing commericals do you see on espn and fox. nobody on the planet forgets these things.

And we're conditioned for it. "It's Sunday night in December...there's an NFL game to watch." Thursday is still an odd thing to me...I haven't exactly locked it into my brain yet that Thursday nights after Thanksgiving are football nights.

JeeberD · 12-07-2007, 01:12 PM

What are you talking about? The NFL has been playing game on Thursday nights in the second half of the season for YEARS now.

rkmsuf · 12-07-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

What are you talking about? The NFL has been playing game on Thursday nights in the second half of the season for YEARS now.

only for like a decade or so though. give it time.

Honolulu_Blue · 12-07-2007, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Aylmar

Is the suggestion here that you would have remembered this game if it had been on ESPN or FOX? Isn't it possible that it's the odd night that causes you to not know the game is on instead of the network carrying the game? Like if Sunday Night football was on NFLN, would you forget it was on just because of who supplies the feed? Or is the odd schedule that you're complaining about? There has been so much grousing about the NFL "killing themselves" of late I can't tell which complaint is which...

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

how many f-ing commericals do you see on espn and fox. nobody on the planet forgets these things.

The RKsmurf pretty much nailed it.

It's like hockey on Versus. I am a hockey fan, but other than watching the occassional game on Versus, I never watch that channel. Ever. I usually find out a game is on by flipping through the HD channels on a Monday night and seeing the game on. That's pretty much it.

I don't watch too much ESPN, outside of college football and Monday night football, but I always remembered about the Thursday night college football game because of ads on Saturday or Monday.

Now, if I had the NFL Network, I am pretty sure I would be much more in tune with its schedule and when the games would be on. Since I don't have it, I pay no real attention to it, so whatever game they are showing is totally out of my mind.

So, to clarify, my complaints are as follows:

1. I don't get the NFL Network, so I don't watch it, so I'm rarely reminded there is a game on.

2. Since I don't get the NFL Network, I pay no real attention to its programming, games or otherwise.

Not being able to see the game is one thing, but not even thinking about it is quite another.

Aylmar · 12-07-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

What are you talking about? The NFL has been playing game on Thursday nights in the second half of the season for YEARS now.

Really? Not every Thursday. It was Thanksgiving and then Saturdays after college football wrapped. I checked a site with dates and times of every game listed for the last ten years. Last season was the first one where there was a Thursday night game played EVERY week after Thanksgiving (with the exception of week 17). They introduced this package of games for the NFL network. If you can find some evidence that contradicts this, I'll happily be corrected.

Here's my source:

http://www.supernfl.com/NFL.html

Pumpy Tudors · 12-07-2007, 01:44 PM

Having looked through the link that Aylmar posted, I'm starting to miss the days when the NFL had an odd number of teams and at least one team had a bye every week. Good times.

Aylmar · 12-07-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Having looked through the link that Aylmar posted, I'm starting to miss the days when the NFL had an odd number of teams and at least one team had a bye every week. Good times.

What about the '93 season? Everybody had TWO bye weeks. Now those were the days...

rkmsuf · 12-07-2007, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Having looked through the link that Aylmar posted, I'm starting to miss the days when the NFL had an odd number of teams and at least one team had a bye every week. Good times.

I miss the pumpy bye week.

Pumpy Tudors · 12-07-2007, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Aylmar

What about the '93 season? Everybody had TWO bye weeks. Now those were the days...

Yeah, the 18-week schedule was amazing, and they need to bring that shit back.

12-06-2007, 07:49 PM	#2
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	So much clamoring for this week's "game", particularly compared with last week... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

12-06-2007, 08:44 PM	#19
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	1st td since 2002 for collins Last edited by stevew : 12-06-2007 at 08:45 PM.

12-07-2007, 09:18 AM	#30
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	The NFL did us all a favor by not having this game widely available. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

12-07-2007, 09:48 AM	#31
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Bears fans, welcome to the tankers club. You can get the top pick but if you work hard enough, you probably can keep yourself in the top ten. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

12-07-2007, 10:04 AM	#33
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	I totally forgot this game was being played on a Thursday until I read about it in the paper this morning. Good job, NFL! __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

12-06-2007, 07:57 PM	#4
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	FYI, NFL.com is doing the hybrid live/studio thingy again. And it is horrid.

12-06-2007, 08:06 PM	#7
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	Grossman is out, and it didn't look good. Leg got hit from the side and rolled up on.

12-06-2007, 08:13 PM	#8
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	I must also applaud the fact that the box score on the gamecast does not in fact show you who has possesion. Top notch.

12-06-2007, 08:17 PM	#9
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	Looks like Campbell just injured his arm.

12-06-2007, 08:35 PM	#12
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	The online coverage has had more injury footage than actual game time I think.

12-06-2007, 08:38 PM	#13
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I think Campbell either tore his MCL or ACL. It looked fuckin horrible. Not theismann bad though.

12-06-2007, 08:40 PM	#15
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	basically, he was planting to throw, got hit, and the one leg didn't really have a natural looking motion as he went down.

12-06-2007, 08:42 PM	#17
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Greise with a horrendous throw.....should have been a pick 6 if Springs wasn't 40 years old.

12-06-2007, 08:46 PM	#20
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Shawn Springs looks like Champ Bailey out there.

12-06-2007, 08:49 PM	#21
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Orton. Please. Dear god.

12-06-2007, 09:08 PM	#22
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	How does the patella tendon dislocate? That's what they say campbell has, anyways.

12-06-2007, 09:21 PM	#23
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Greise really is who we thought he was. He misses a surefire TD cause he can't throw it over the head of the Smurflike London Fletcher.

12-06-2007, 09:24 PM	#24
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	And here we have the bonafide low point of the season for Bears fans.

12-06-2007, 09:28 PM	#25
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Tomlinson pitching Vizios is really funny to me...it's like the TV equivalent of the Chevy Cavalier.

12-06-2007, 09:29 PM	#26
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	I really hate to rant and rave, but this thing they're doing on NFL.com is such bullshit. Either show the game or don't. I can't imagine anyone who actually logged in wanting to watch the game is happy at all.

12-06-2007, 09:30 PM	#27
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	Dola. What happened to the annoying round man who was sitting in the middle? Did they yank him off?

12-07-2007, 10:22 AM	#34
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I'd be curious to know the ratings for the game . __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

12-07-2007, 10:28 AM	#35
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	The best thing about this game being on Thursday is that I don't have to watch the Bears on Sunday.

12-07-2007, 10:41 AM	#36
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Yeah, these are the games that should be on NFL Network. Teams that nobody really cares about and teams that are downright terrible. Packers-Cowboys should have been moved to Sunday night or late Sunday afternoon so a national audience could see it. If Bears-Redskins was on Sunday night, it would have gotten lower ratings than Packers-Cowboys on NFL Network! At least the Redskins won because the Bears are terrible and I'm glad that they suck again.

12-07-2007, 10:55 AM	#38
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Campbell looks to be done for the season. Kneecap injuries make me cringe.

12-07-2007, 01:12 PM	#43
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	What are you talking about? The NFL has been playing game on Thursday nights in the second half of the season for YEARS now. __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

12-07-2007, 01:44 PM	#47
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Having looked through the link that Aylmar posted, I'm starting to miss the days when the NFL had an odd number of teams and at least one team had a bye every week. Good times. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

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