2006 NFL Season

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » November 29, 2006 9:31 pm

A question was posed that would the Patriots game against the Lions be considered a trap game? Well DUH!!! Yes it would.

TheSecretsInTheCrust · November 30, 2006 8:47 pm

CaptainP wrote:
TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:
BottleofRum wrote:
LIPH wrote:Maybe Tom Coughlin should take his cue from Shanahan and give Eli Manning a week or 2 of rest.

That could go down as one of the worst trades this century? NY got Eli Manning and SD ended up with Phillip Rivers, LB Shawne Merriman and K Nate Kaeding, a steal for the Chargers.
I think that was a great trade....for many years to come
So was Mike Vick in exchange for LaDanien Tomlinson, Rechee Caldwell, and Tim Dwight. By not taking Vick in the first round, they were able to draft Drew Brees in the second round. (They also got Tay Cody, but he was a bust.)

AJ Smith is the best GM in the NFL

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » December 1, 2006 10:35 am

TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:
CaptainP wrote:
TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:
BottleofRum wrote:
LIPH wrote:Maybe Tom Coughlin should take his cue from Shanahan and give Eli Manning a week or 2 of rest.

That could go down as one of the worst trades this century? NY got Eli Manning and SD ended up with Phillip Rivers, LB Shawne Merriman and K Nate Kaeding, a steal for the Chargers.
I think that was a great trade....for many years to come
So was Mike Vick in exchange for LaDanien Tomlinson, Rechee Caldwell, and Tim Dwight. By not taking Vick in the first round, they were able to draft Drew Brees in the second round. (They also got Tay Cody, but he was a bust.)
AJ Smith is the best GM in the NFL

Aghhh I think I would put Scott Pioli up there ahead of him. AJ Smith has made some good trades but have any of his teams won a playoff game in the last few years?

green1 · Post by **green1** » December 1, 2006 10:55 am

aeroparrot wrote:A question was posed that would the Patriots game against the Lions be considered a trap game? Well DUH!!! Yes it would.

OK, I have played football, watch football, but do not really do the whole fantasy football, aside from the survival one we did here. When you say trap in a football context I think of a play where the guard from one side of the ball pulls around the center and blows out the linebacker making a hole for the running back. What, pray tell, is a trap game?

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » December 1, 2006 11:02 am

Maybe a good team assuming it can beat a lousy team so they don't take the game seriously and wind up losing?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » December 1, 2006 11:07 am

LIPH wrote:Maybe a good team assuming it can beat a lousy team so they don't take the game seriously and wind up losing?

That's what I was thinking... an "easy" game, so you look past it, not noticing the big hole in the ground with the leaves over it and:

It's a trap!

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » December 1, 2006 3:22 pm

Mindless trivia that I can't find the answer to anywhere, or at least I don't know where to look, so I'm checking with the experts at BN --

When a FG is attempted, and the ball is placed in-between the 32 and 33 yard lines (for example), is it a 42 or 43 yard attempt? Or could it be either, depending on the official scorer?

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » December 1, 2006 3:35 pm

I don't know

Left Field ParrotHead · December 1, 2006 6:00 pm

green1 wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:A question was posed that would the Patriots game against the Lions be considered a trap game? Well DUH!!! Yes it would.
OK, I have played football, watch football, but do not really do the whole fantasy football, aside from the survival one we did here. When you say trap in a football context I think of a play where the guard from one side of the ball pulls around the center and blows out the linebacker making a hole for the running back. What, pray tell, is a trap game?

A trap game is when an opponent is looking past what is considered an easy game to next week's oppenent which would be a much tougher game and usually a divisional opponent.

This could be considered a trap game for New England because they are playing Detroit (easy non division opponent) and may be concentrating more on their next game which is Miami (tough division opponent).

Its just another stupid term sportscasters use. It basically gives New England an excuse to lose to Detroit when the have Miami coming up next week.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » December 1, 2006 6:42 pm

green1 wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:A question was posed that would the Patriots game against the Lions be considered a trap game? Well DUH!!! Yes it would.
OK, I have played football, watch football, but do not really do the whole fantasy football, aside from the survival one we did here. When you say trap in a football context I think of a play where the guard from one side of the ball pulls around the center and blows out the linebacker making a hole for the running back. What, pray tell, is a trap game?

When a really good team looks at the record of the team their playing that week (usually that team has a REALLY bad record --- Pats are 8 and 3; Lions are 2 and 9). The Pats may think they won this game already and look forward to the next big game (usually against an arch rival or another winning team). When this happens, the team will do horribly.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » December 1, 2006 6:44 pm

chippewa wrote:Mindless trivia that I can't find the answer to anywhere, or at least I don't know where to look, so I'm checking with the experts at BN --

When a FG is attempted, and the ball is placed in-between the 32 and 33 yard lines (for example), is it a 42 or 43 yard attempt? Or could it be either, depending on the official scorer?

It is actually a 49 yard field goal (32 yards to the end zone, 10 yards to the goal post and 7 yards from the center to the holder).

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » December 3, 2006 1:44 pm

You know, if he practices really hard, I think this LaDanien Tomlinson guy could actually turn into a decent NFL player....

Just busted a 51 yard TD run. He has 86 yards in the first quarter today. He only needs 3 more touchdowns to break the all time record for a season, and has almost 5 games to do that in.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » December 3, 2006 4:40 pm

CaptainP wrote:You know, if he practices really hard, I think this LaDanien Tomlinson guy could actually turn into a decent NFL player....

Just busted a 51 yard TD run. He has 86 yards in the first quarter today. He only needs 3 more touchdowns to break the all time record for a season, and has almost 5 games to do that in.

Nah. He's too young.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » December 3, 2006 5:17 pm

I think the Patriots were very lucky to get away what they did.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » December 3, 2006 6:51 pm

The Colts played one quarter of football today.

Rex Grossman looks like a fool with the football these days. Late in today's game his passer rating was 0.0. Pretty soon Bear fans will be chanting "Orton!"

ejr · Post by **ejr** » December 3, 2006 6:55 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:The Colts played one quarter of football today.

Rex Grossman looks like a fool with the football these days. Late in today's game his passer rating was 0.0. Pretty soon Bear fans will be chanting "Orton!"

It wouldn't be Chicago without a quarterback controversy

I am a Bears fan, but this is a 10-2 team that does not instill a lot of confidence right now.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » December 3, 2006 6:55 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:The Colts played one quarter of football today.

Rex Grossman looks like a fool with the football these days. Late in today's game his passer rating was 0.0. Pretty soon Bear fans will be chanting "Orton!"

I saw the Bears game and I agree, Rex Grossman played like his name. If he doesn't improve his play, the Bears will not go past the first round and if they do, they won't get to the Super Bowl.

Zuke · Post by **Zuke** » December 3, 2006 7:10 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:The Colts played one quarter of football today.

Rex Grossman looks like a fool with the football these days. Late in today's game his passer rating was 0.0. Pretty soon Bear fans will be chanting "Orton!"

Disasterous loss for the Colts today:

*The run defense was awful, over 200 yards
"They coudn't tackle anybody
*Everybody chasing them won
*A horrrible call and non-reversal on a TD by the Titans that should have been down at the 1 yard line
"If they didn't take the timeout before the winning kick, the Titans would have punted the ball

So many more reasons, but the Colts deserved to lose this one.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » December 3, 2006 7:16 pm

Zuke wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:The Colts played one quarter of football today.

Rex Grossman looks like a fool with the football these days. Late in today's game his passer rating was 0.0. Pretty soon Bear fans will be chanting "Orton!"
Disasterous loss for the Colts today:

*The run defense was awful, over 200 yards
"They coudn't tackle anybody
*Everybody chasing them won
*A horrrible call and non-reversal on a TD by the Titans that should have been down at the 1 yard line
"If they didn't take the timeout before the winning kick, the Titans would have punted the ball

So many more reasons, but the Colts deserved to lose this one.

Happy to see them lose. Although, I could have used more points from Manning, Harrison and Wayne.

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » December 3, 2006 8:15 pm

Zuke wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:The Colts played one quarter of football today.

Rex Grossman looks like a fool with the football these days. Late in today's game his passer rating was 0.0. Pretty soon Bear fans will be chanting "Orton!"
Disasterous loss for the Colts today:

*The run defense was awful, over 200 yards
"They coudn't tackle anybody
*Everybody chasing them won
*A horrrible call and non-reversal on a TD by the Titans that should have been down at the 1 yard line
"If they didn't take the timeout before the winning kick, the Titans would have punted the ball

So many more reasons, but the Colts deserved to lose this one.

The Colts have had they share of "Questionable" calls that have gone their way this season which led to TD's for them. Karma!