NFL talk? Questions about American football?

Are Bangor for real then?

Yeah, rules changes have made the passing game way more effective than ever before over the last 10-15 years - it probably won't change for a very long time. The problem is there really aren't many of those elite level passers around, which means this upcoming draft class for QBs could be an interesting one to look at given how many there seem to be that could be high-ish picks.

The guys you mention are Pocket QBs who are accurate, clever, strong armed players, not hugely mobile players (Rodgers and Big Ben scramble a bit more than the other 3). The usual knock on athletic Qbs is their accuracy and smarts, but they have the mobility a Pocket qb wouldn't necessarily have. It's interesting though because if you look at Cam Newton, he's adapting to the league this year but he does seem to be an unusually good mix of those sides to the position at a young age - 84.0 QB rating so far, a 60% completion rating, 11 Passing and 7 Rushing TDs and 374 yards rushing. A defense having to prepare for a possible scramble opens a passing game up a little bit more.

Late reply, dont check this much.

Nah theyre nothing special. Obviously the option was a bit of a shock for a rookie D but our OLB who played for Blitz youth basically shut it down himself for most of the game (13 or 14 solo tackles i think). Although the americans are decent athletes, that fact that your in about 6 inches of mud probably affects the game more than them. I think they've improved all around but itll be interesting to see their offense when the americans go home, both the Qb and the RB are american

Fair enough, did you have a rookie DE in? DE makes it or breaks it on the option

It's not that hard to teach a DE to sit if he's not a mong though. Both of our DEs are new at the position although not new at football and they shut down Loughborough's option. Problem is when you shut down Loughborough's option Hope runs it up the middle and not many teams in the league will stop that I don't think.

mmmm Patriots. Nomnomnomnom. I predict (and I suppose this will curse us, but who cares) that the Pats will win BIG tonight.

Imma be bold and say we score over 40 and keep the Chiefs under 20. Also Brady goes off for 3 TDs and 350+ yards.

Only watched the first quarter when the kansas were leading 3-0. But felt very safe it was fine, looks like brady is getting back on form. Gonna go watch the highlights now.

Patriots to meet green bay or the 49ers in the superbowl? I think the ravens are steelers are the only match for the patriots in the afc, but all three teams have their flaws.

Only watched the first quarter when the kansas were leading 3-0. But felt very safe it was fine, looks like brady is getting back on form. Gonna go watch the highlights now.

Patriots to meet green bay or the 49ers in the superbowl? I think the ravens are steelers are the only match for the patriots in the afc, but all three teams have their flaws.

Only watched the first quarter when the kansas were leading 3-0. But felt very safe it was fine, looks like brady is getting back on form. Gonna go watch the highlights now.

Patriots to meet green bay or the 49ers in the superbowl? I think the ravens are steelers are the only match for the patriots in the afc, but all three teams have their flaws.

Pats are in the driving seat for the 1 seed in the AFC now...

I can still see them going one and out in the playoffs though. That defence has more holes than swiss cheese.

I would love a Pats - Packers Super Bowl. A nice high scoring game - 2 elite QBs, 2 bad defences (in terms of yards allowed).

I just think watching the Ravens or Steelers trying to stop Rodgers would get a bit boring. However watching the Patriots and Packers defences trying to stop each other and failing would be good. See some Gronkowski vs Finley too. Personally I prefer Gronkowski, TD machine and Brady's go to guy in the red zone. The fact that the Patriots often go for it on 4th and Goal shows the faith Brady has in his 2 TEs.

I wasn't THAT far off with my prediction, but the Pats had a bit more of a balanced offense, with Brady going for a bit less and our Rbs getting a bit more time on the ball than usual. Still very happy with the win though .

As for the superbowl prediciton....

This.

I think we will avoid going 0-1 in the Playoffs as we have a lot of talent and a D that can play when it wants to. But ultimately, our defense (at the moment at least) is just not up to scratch to win a championship. As shown by 2007, your offense can be as good as it likes, but if your D lets you down then you're going to go home with nothing. The same could happen to the Packers this year. They're playing great offensively (pretty much as effective as the 07 Pats IMO), but the defense is shoddy and could yet be their downfall.

I think the Ravens have what it takes to go all the way this year.

It would be amazing I agree, and I also prefer Gronkowski, but I could be biased. He also spent his Bye Week with a pornstar...




Yeah, very close. The fact that the patriots only conceded 3 points is pretty good, although I suppose that is more the KC offense than the pats defense, but I didn't see the game so can't really tell.

The packers have only conceded 9 more points than the Pats so far, but I get the feeling they have a better D. That could just be me though.

Have the ravens not been incredibly inconsistent this year though? I suppose if you make it to the playoffs and are consistent there, then that is all which matters really.