The 2010 NFL Thread

[sahyder1]

Wait, you mean he accepted responsibility for his role in the debacle instead of passing the blame to an easy scapegoat? Tom Coughlin could learn a lot from him. Watch the video, Dodge had to jump for the ball. That's a botched snap, and HTTK is exactly right.

Watch the clip....he aimed for the sideline. I've been watching him punt all season long and he's sucked all year long. People criticizing Coughlin for yelling at Dodge are idiots. I have no problem with him tearing into him considering he's backed him up all year long when people have been calling for his head. In the press conference Coughlin accepted responsibility for the loss.

The easy scapegoat? Dodge is one of the easy scapegoats. He's a damn punter. His job is to come into the game 4-5 times a game and do his job. He didn't do it....and as previously mentioned it wasn't the first time either. Cutting him this week would have been the right move. It is a hell of a risk they are taking going into a must win game with him still on the team.

[Meacon Keaton]

It's a hell of a risk going into a must-win game with a defense that doesn't realize there is sixty minutes in a game and not fifty.

[sahyder1]

It's a hell of a risk going into a must-win game with a defense that doesn't realize there is sixty minutes in a game and not fifty.

Please suggest a way to completely overhaul the defense in week 16 of a season. The defense can't be replaced. The punter can be.

Cowboys put Romo on the IR. All the talk of him possibly coming up back this year made no sense to begin with. Why risk hurting him in meaningless games?

[NobBe Nobbs]

It's a hell of a risk going into a must-win game with a defense that doesn't realize there is sixty minutes in a game and not fifty.

Please suggest a way to completely overhaul the defense in week 16 of a season. The defense can't be replaced. The punter can be.

The fact the game was resting on the punter is the fault of everybody BUT the punter.

[Meacon Keaton]

It's a hell of a risk going into a must-win game with a defense that doesn't realize there is sixty minutes in a game and not fifty.

Please suggest a way to completely overhaul the defense in week 16 of a season. The defense can't be replaced. The punter can be.

You can't. But they're why the Midgets lost. Not the punter.

[sahyder1]

It's a hell of a risk going into a must-win game with a defense that doesn't realize there is sixty minutes in a game and not fifty.

Please suggest a way to completely overhaul the defense in week 16 of a season. The defense can't be replaced. The punter can be.

You can't. But they're why the Midgets lost. Not the punter.

Even with how bad that defense played that game should have been in overtime.

Steelers got phantom first down vs Jets.

[Meacon Keaton]

It's a hell of a risk going into a must-win game with a defense that doesn't realize there is sixty minutes in a game and not fifty.

Please suggest a way to completely overhaul the defense in week 16 of a season. The defense can't be replaced. The punter can be.

You can't. But they're why the Midgets lost. Not the punter.

Even with how bad that defense played that game should have been in overtime.

Steelers got phantom first down vs Jets.

That's where our P.O.V.'s of this argument are differing. At 31-31, yes it should have gone to overtime. My point is it should have never gotten to 31-31. The Giants defense had an epic collapse and lost that game. That punt should not have had the game on the line in the first place.

[Damian WayLNKe]

Steelers got phantom first down vs Jets.

The likelihood that this affected the game is slim. It's not a phantom first down either, they just gave the Steelers a good spot which resulted in a first down on a 1st-and-10 play.

[NobBe Nobbs]

So, in essence, it gave them a first down they didn't earn and had no guarantee of actually making from the second down that should have resulted?

[mystikz]

I'm still putting the blame on Manningham, his careless fumble gave Philly a score and the momentum. what the hell was he doing? nobody touched the ball, he wasn't hit hard, it practically looked like he pitched it in bounds. after that score they had the onside and all the momentum.

[Pizza]

Well it didn't affect the game since they lost, but yeah it was a terrible spot, and not the only one. There were 3 that looked measureable or short that they were given straight up.

And Dodge aimed for the sideline after leaping in the air to catch a ball that could have easily sailed over his head. You're saying the snap wasn't an issue when it very clearly was. The blame for that loss should be coaching staff first, defense second, special teams third.

Edit: Oh, and Manningham, let's not forget Manningham.

Edited December 21, 2010 by pizzamonkey

[HailtotheYo]

Suggest a way to overhaul the defense in week 16 ? Ok, TACKLING DRILLS because apparently Coughlin doesn't do them in practice.

Or, maybe coach your special teams ... I mean the long snapper a couple years ago and now the punter ? Coughlin is the HC and his main job is quality control. There's apparently none of that with the NY special teams, and that falls directly on Coughlin.

Also, LOL nobody showing up for the Eli presser.

[Powerhart]

Who's playing this Thursday?

[Rocketbusta]

Carolina vs. Pittsburgh... in Pittsburgh.

[sahyder1]

Sorry Matt Dodge, not only can you not put, your feet have been relegated to 2nd spot as far football related "Feet stories" in New York are concerned.

[Trey]

I'm thinking the profile isn't them as it sounds almost so absurd it has to be made up, but that looks a lot like her and sounds a lot like him in the videos.

[Powerhart]

Seriously, I could care less what Rex's wife is doing.

[gunnar hendershow]

For a lot of coaches it's a game of inches, but for Rex Ryan it's a game of feet.

[sahyder1]

Seriously, I could care less what Rex's wife is doing.

Yup, eventhough it is them it is not a big deal to me. He wasn't doing anything illegal and he wasn't with another woman. I fully expect him to mess around with the media one of these days and come to a press conference barefoot.

[Meacon Keaton]

Well, at least she isn't blowing goats.