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The official NFL thread

Here is a TV distribution map for Sunday's games on CBS-

http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2008-01-CBS.html

It looks like the Miami-Jets game will be shown from Ontario to BC as they usually show the games just over the border.. They will show the NE/KC game from Quebec to the east (thank goodness for sunday ticket).

And a NY Times article on Pennington today-

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/s...&sq=pennington&st=cse&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Gotta love the fact that Dan Henning is Miami's new offensive co-ordinator.. He was on the coaching staff for the Redskins offense when they had that pro-set power offense that led them to 2 super bowl victories.. Henning was the offensive co-ordinator for Carolina when they went from a 1-15 record to a super bowl berth just 2 years later .. He was also the offensive co-ordinator with the Jets under Parcells when they went from 1-15 record to 12-4 in just 2 years ( co-ordinator for the 12-4 season).
 
For all the Fins and Jets fans on this board, here's an interesting read on the two rival teams heading into the match up this sunday (btw, this article is on the front page of FinHeaven dotcom).. Not saying I agree with all of it 100%, to be sure, but interesting nonetheless-
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That right up of the game was interesting LN.........although it really seemed like the guy just stole everything you had been saying for the last two weeks in this thread.........and through it together as a column.

Gotta love the fact that Dan Henning is Miami's new offensive co-ordinator.. He was on the coaching staff for the Redskins offense when they had that pro-set power offense that led them to 2 super bowl victories.. Henning was the offensive co-ordinator for Carolina when they went from a 1-15 record to a super bowl berth just 2 years later .. He was also the offensive co-ordinator with the Jets under Parcells when they went from 1-15 record to 12-4 in just 2 years ( co-ordinator for the 12-4 season).
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Obviously Henning's not going to be able to do anything resembling the turnaround's of those teams listed......I think he'll be beneficial to you guys. He's extremely conservative in his play calling, which given your lack of playmakers on offense (outside of your running game) is the right way to go.

He'll enable you to have good ball control, and eat up lots of the clock.......and in games that the defense is able to hold their ground, he'll be able to keep you in games.

That said, it'll be a huge achievement if he can lead that offense to 6 wins.
 
Montana said:
That said, it'll be a huge achievement if he can lead that offense to 6 wins.
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I disagree. I think 6 wins is expected (barring key injury). It would be huge to win 8 or more.. Understand that the team was totally out of shape out of the gate last year.. Half the roster was on injured reserve during the season, there was a below average o-line, a terrible d-line, and HORRIBLE coaching.

And still, Miami lost 6 games by only 3 pts or less despite every possible thing going against them. It was just an absolute mess. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. I have never seen anything like it in 27 years of watching football.

If you saw the Skins/Giants game tonight, it would give you a sense how terrible the coaching was for us last season. Think Rich Kotite.

Now fast forward to this season. Parcells and Ireland brought in 27 new players (that''s over half the roster, with most of those players being high-character players to boot). The team has great enthusiasm and play like their hair is on fire (unlike last season when they were sleep walking on the field), and had a fantastic offseason training program instead of loafing like they did last year. Built the lines. Have Ricky Williams healthy and inspired to start the season (when last year they didn't have him).. Not to mention there are ZERO players on the injury report for week 1 -- Thanks to the intense offseason training program working wonders already.. They have been in the offseason program together since March ( there was not one player missing with the exception of Jason Taylor because he was too busy in Hollywood dancing for the stars -- and with that you could see how pathetic and out of shape he looked tonight for Washington ;) ).

The run defense is Much improved.. And when you can stop the run, then you can start to do some things defensively.

Then you add a coaching staff that is 1000 miles better than last season. Getting Pasqualoni and Bowles from Dallas to coach the defense, and Henning for the offense, is a massive improvement.. Not to mention they now have a head coach that the players respect-

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/miami-dolphins/story/669309.html

Last season the players trashed coach Cameron on a flight back to Miami after a game, they just absolutely hated him- he was a total pushover who held no accountability for anyone or anything..

With that said, the team certainly has a couple of holes, no doubt about it.. But a large majority of teams have some holes. The Patriots best corner now is Hobbs, they lost their 2 starting corners, and lost their pro bowl corner to the Eagles.. And their backup QB is one of the worst QB's I have ever seen. They lost Stallworth who opened up Moss and Welker more.. They could also use a couple of O-lineman (as just an example)..

With that said, how about 34 year old Jason Taylor's play tonight for the Skins. He was absolutely awful. Just Putrid..... Getting pushed around like a rag doll against the run all game long.. It's no secret why the Giants purposely ran his way all night long. Taylor looked ridiculous when he wasn't invisible.. This guy will not be a big loss like some suggest. Our defense will be improved over last season. And not just slightly improved, but will show some steady good improvement (barring key injuries).. The upgrades made on the D-line alone will help the defense immensely. Having 2 new defensive ends who are stout at the point of attack will do that (something we didn't have last year as the 2 edges on our D-line just stunk).

The Jets are going down and going down hard on Sunday ;) . They're going to get their asses kicked. The pride is back in Miami.. The dirty rotten stinkin' Jets are expecting the 1-15 Dolphins of 2007.. But what they will be walking into is a Hornets nest.. By the time the Jets realize they are in a real fight, it will be too late for them :hamer:


:cheers2:
 
In other words...........you think 8 wins is a big accomplishment, as opposed to the 6, I believe would be.
 
The Jets are going down and going down hard on Sunday . They're going to get their asses kicked. The pride is back in Miami.. The dirty rotten stinkin' Jets are expecting the 1-15 Dolphins of 2007.. But what they will be walking into is a Hornets nest.. By the time the Jets realize they are in a real fight, it will be too late for them
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Just how confident are you?.......willing to lay any kind of spread to the "ass kicking" Miami is going to unleash on us?
 
Tell you what.. The Jets are favored by 3 pts, correct?

Well forget about the points, I'll give them to you. We'll go straight up, winner take all. Payment to be made via paypal within 24 hrs of the end of the game. Deal? How much you want to wager?



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LeafNation said:
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:lol

That's awesome.


Tell you what.. The Jets are favored by 3 pts, correct?

Well forget about the points. We'll go straight up. Payment to be made via paypal within 24 hrs of the end of the game. Deal? How much you want to wager?
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I won't lie........I was hoping I could use your strong belief in a Dolphins pounding of the Jets, that I could wrangle some nice odds out of you......

Give me a touchdown, and I'll be interested.....(you did too good a job of convincing me the heat's gonna kill us...:sarcasm)
 
''Once you get on the field, you can sense it in the crowd,'' Williams said. "When you play down here against the Jets, there's always so many Jets fans. It's an honor to shut them up.'' - Ricky Williams


ps - Ricky Williams is 4-1 against the Jets during his Dolphin career. ;)
 
I'll take the bet, its football season. Drinking and gambling is what its all about.

And Ricky Williams couldn't even run against a CFL defense anymore.
 
LeafNation said:
Now that's the spirit !

How much you wanna go ? A hundred ? $200 ?

No one is giving any points. Straight up pick em' winner of the game take all. :cheers2:
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Unfortunately I am an unemployed student, so i have to be responsible-ish. We'll make it interesting though, I'll go $100.
 
leafman101 said:
Unfortunately I am an unemployed student, so i have to be responsible-ish. We'll make it interesting though, I'll go $100.
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DONE ! Loser pays the winner via paypal on Monday. We will exchange paypal email addresses via PM Monday.


MyNameIsJonas said:
the Jets fan wants points given to him?......the original line was 1.5......and the noob public has pushed it to 3.5......
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Great, because it's a sucker bet.. This is a classic "Trap" game if there ever was one.. The Jets will be looking forward to the Patriots next week and the Chargers the following week.. All the while underestimating the improved and fired up Dolphins.
 
LeafNation said:
Great, because it's a sucker bet.. This is a classic "Trap" game if there ever was one.. The Jets will be looking forward to the Patriots next week and the Chargers the following week.. All the while underestimating the improved and fired up Dolphins.
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Or they understand that they have to win this game or they could be looking at 0-3 to start the year keeping in mind they have the Cards week 4.
 
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