Official NFL 2007 Thread

[Vendetta]

Its not a conspriacy if they have evidence proving New England did what everyone is saying it did.

[Mofoticon]

Nice to see the Bears D coordinator calling Grossman a mental midget...

[ACCBiggz]

Glad to see you watch ESPN in the morning. And as Golic and such also said, I highly doubt those were his exact words. Now then... it was probably something to that effect.

[Hailtothechimp]

Glad to see you watch ESPN in the morning. And as Golic and such also said, I highly doubt those were his exact words. Now then... it was probably something to that effect.

[CDuffy26]

After I saw the Falcons get killed last week, it got me to thinking. There going nowhere with Harrington this year, and even if they do, there not going to be great. 6-10 at best. So I was wondering, whom do you guys think that the Falcons will take in next years draft. My guess is either Brian brohm from Louisville or Colt Brennan from hawaii.

[Mofoticon]

After I saw the Falcons get killed last week, it got me to thinking. There going nowhere with Harrington this year, and even if they do, there not going to be great. 6-10 at best. So I was wondering, whom do you guys think that the Falcons will take in next years draft. My guess is either Brian brohm from Louisville or Colt Brennan from hawaii.

[Lowerdeck]

Bill Belicheck has to personally pay a half million dollar fine for the spy camera. Pats stand to lose a 1st and 3rd round draft pick too. This according to Ch. 5 in Boston.

[naiwf]

That's a bit excessive but the commish is trying to replace Herr Stern as the biggest ballbuster in pro sports in the US so that's about what I expected.

[Lowerdeck]

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14110919/detail.html

Apparently this is the more official ruling. Belichick 500k, Pats 250k, if Pats make playoffs 1st rounder (2nd and 3rd if we don't). More talk in the article if you wanna read it.

[ACCBiggz]

As other insiders have said this is less about the Pats and more of an example and make sure no one ever does it again, and taking a 1st rounder will pretty much cover that. In my opinion it doesn't really hurt the Patriots as they draft really well in the later rounds anyway and have so many players they've added they get to save some money.

[ROC]

After I saw the Falcons get killed last week, it got me to thinking. There going nowhere with Harrington this year, and even if they do, there not going to be great. 6-10 at best. So I was wondering, whom do you guys think that the Falcons will take in next years draft. My guess is either Brian brohm from Louisville or Colt Brennan from hawaii.

Brohm is about as big of a lock to Atlanta as there is, Petrino will find any way he can to get him.

[Vendetta]

Personally I don't think the comish came down hard enough. I would have suspened Belichek for the season and made them forfeit the first game of the season.

[ACCBiggz]

And don't forget to shackle Belichek in a dungeon.

[SeanDMan]

I think it's a pretty leniant penalty. Granted, that's with no concept of the salary structure of an NFL coach, but it seems a bit low. And they should absolutely have had to forfeit that game in which they were caught cheating, assuming they didn't lose (they did win, no?). The penalty actually fits the crime but they should be making an example and in that case I think the punishment is far too leniant.

[gunnar hendershow]

I think the penalty is pretty good. It gets the point across to other teams that it's not worth the penalty to gain a very slight competitive edge, and it also doesn't cripple the Patriots for something you can't prove is genuine cheating. A fair, and just, ruling by the NFL. I'm a big fan of the Goodell era so far, he's a ballbuster no doubt, but he does have a lot of common sense.

[GhostMachine]

Belicheck got the highest fine the league allows. I think the penalties Goddell handed down were good, but not good enough; Belicheck should have been suspended for the next game vs the Jets as well.

[Pepsi]

I think it's a pretty leniant penalty. Granted, that's with no concept of the salary structure of an NFL coach, but it seems a bit low. And they should absolutely have had to forfeit that game in which they were caught cheating, assuming they didn't lose (they did win, no?). The penalty actually fits the crime but they should be making an example and in that case I think the punishment is far too leniant.

[ROC]

And cue my overreaction that the Peyton era in New Orleans could be turning into the Haslett era 2.0.

[Green Demon]

The Browns look like a completely different team without having Frye at QB, Anderson has already got 4 TD passes and we arent even through 3 quarters yet.

[alldaws1]

Who'd have thought the Browns would be the first to break 50 points this season?