@roach said:Oops. Reread your post. You meant the player was the scrub, not the poster. LOL Ha ha. Nice one.

@damajuki said:Bands that show genuine emotion and wear their hearts on their sleeve freak a lot of younger people out, I think. FYI, look at EMO.

@solon16 said:Our d-line is good...our fkn Linebackers suck and have since late 80's...when will you freaks realize that Dqwell and Barton both SUCK! ...Wimbley is only LB I'd keep right now! All you Dqwell lovers are DEAD wrong and have been! It is so freaking obvious and has been to me since 99'. We need a INSIDE LINEBACKERS! I agree, the linebacking has totally sucked. Wimbley certainly hasn't lived up to his draft status, he should be a dominant OLB, ala Chip Banks or Clay Matthews. Frankly, he plays like a journeyman. ILB? We haven't had a decent one since Eddie Johnson. If Mangini's going to let the DA interception machine get on the field, hell- put in Alex Hall and let him make a few mistakes while were at it- at least the guy has some athletic ability.

I have no particular love for Notre Dame or Weis, but I had mixed feelings about the game. On the one hand, USC was as weak as it's been in years, with a freshman QB and a RB with a crushed windpipe. On the other hand, there's no way Notre Dame is as talented a team as USC, so USC's "disadvantages" only brought them into a position for Notre Dame to keep it close. Let's face it--the landscape of college football has shifted hard away from Notre Dame in recent years, with more players going to major conference teams in warmer climates (and with easier academic standards). Unless they bite the bullet and join a conference, they're going to have a hard time being consistent championship contenders again. That said, I was impressed about how they didn't give up in the game. They could have quit, but kept it closer than anyone expected and almost pulled off an upset. I know it's a moral victory, but it's a Catholic school--moral anything has to count for something. Dennis

@nicksilvy said:My favorite part of the presser: (On the drill performed at practice) - "That's a tackling drill that we will do it pretty close to everyday during training camp. That's one of those things where people get to pro football and a lot of people think, 'I've tackled a thousand times or I've done this a million times, I'm a great tackler.' But there are a lot of things that you can teach them on that drill. It's straight ahead, we have another one that's an angle tackling drill, and we use that to teach the runners how to run better, to teach the tacklers how to take better angles. It's one-on-one, it's not contact now, but there will be times during camp where it will be full contact or live. But it's a skill like anything else, blocking, tackling, catching the football and we want to keep repping that fundamental to make sure that we can minimize the amount of missed tackles, and then also teach our guys the best way to run with the football and isolate that skill set and help them." I'd sure love to see some real tackles getting made, no more of this arm tackling. I was pleased with the hiring of Mangini, Kokinis, & the staff (read management TEAM) put together. I have always been so disgusted with coaches who seem to ASSUME that players in the NFL know fundamentals. It's fantastic to see a Coach who stresses fundamentals...you just CANNOT afford to let those slip. We all know how important solid tackling & blocking are. I am very excited, but I do NOT expect instant miracles. I DO expect to see players playing all out. There will be no "taking plays off" with Mangini or his staff. I envision good, aggressive football on both sides of the ball. Mike

@timugen said:Hopefully it's Steptoe gone. He's had his fair shot. I'm still interested to see if Hubbard can learn to catch a damn ball. If he can't, then "oh, well"....release his ass. We can afford to do that now. They're 5th and 6th on the depth chart know. That is if Edwards makes it through the weekend. PS: Oooops, forgot Cribbs. They're 6th and 7th and rightfully so.

Womack does have a history of chunking up, which affects his durability. He stayed svelte and healthy last year, but that was with the additional motivation of playing for a new deal. Hopefully, hist contract's incentive-laden enough that he won't go back to his old habits.

Well forget the trade down then Alo. lol Still wouldn't him in the second and Probably Jenkins in the first. Especially if Jones doesn't resign.

Here's an odd thought that they brought up on the Fox postgame: if San Diego and Philadelphia win tomorrow, then the Chargers and Cardinals will host the championship games, their mediocre regular season records aside.

@ytownbrownsbacker said:Most of it was from a few stories the last couple of day in the Annapolis, MD paper. Ozzie is pissed. If he is so pissed then he needs to make kokinis an offer and randy needs to top it..if possible. We need to get things rolling if kokinis falls through we need to just look for a pro-personnel guy and try mangini as the boss imo.. Im getting nervous with Deadwieght McCrieght in charge of things and looking to continue ripping the organization off with bad trade deals..

Good, Alo. Glad to help. Interesting blurb on Atlanta there, especially the piece about Ryan being Blank's choice. I buy it totally. The really interesting part is that Ryan was inserted by the COACHING staff, however. Unlike our dysfunctional coach (who appears likely to have let his personal feelings/ego supercede his football judgment with Quinn), Mike Smith went with the rookie and it has paid off bigtime.

@ damajuki: agreed. we're not praising rogers enough. dude's an absolute monster. and williams is hurt. he's doing his best to play through it, but it's hard to play football with one arm.

\ said: \ said:MISTAKE #1: On Denver's 4th and 1, their rookie RB goes down right at the yellow line. RAC chooses not to challenge and the game-winning TD follows soon after. A challenge here is a no-brainer. Good to know I'm not the only one that thought that. I'm not saying he was down prior to the 1st down yardage for sure, but based on the replays I saw it sure as hell warranted a second look. My brother and I were screaming about that one from the time the play ended. I can't say he was down, but sure looked like his knee was down before the ball crossed the yellow line, at a minimum chance it. But, as Russ pointed out, Bmac left 2 pics on the field already that game. This game was all the D. It ain't like last week where the O didn't move the ball and get them off the field. Hell, CLE had the TOP advantage for the game by 4+ minutes. Not to mention when DEN took the lead BQ did what DA hasn't done in some time, he went right out and lead a TD scoring drive. Though I am sure Lum will blame him for not using enough of the clock on that drive.

\ said: \ said:something else that'll help us get outta debt. quit spending so much money.... You mean the 'S' word Sacrifice? Ain't going to happen here. Just the opposite. We're all gonna get sum................. i may be a lucky situation.... i believe my wealth that will be spread will go to my girlfriend, who ends up paying me for various housing stuffs.....so i guess i'll end up getting my "fair share" back.