[NFL] Gridiron Wars (2016 NFL Off-Season Thread)

Took me a while to figure out which thread was the NFL thread.

I'm sad that there's a part of me today who wished the Patriots hadn't lost last night, only so that I wouldn't have to be seeing all these articles and excuses about them today. Then again if they were a .500 or worse team it would probably be just like the Cowboys, where every single year according to the press they're the surefire favorites, getting ready to turn it around, or had disappointing circumstances surrounding their losses.
 
Well living in Colorado, everything on the radio was making fun of Tom Brady, which I can totally get behind. [emoji14]
 
I'm gonna predict the outcome of this weekend's game, with 100% accuracy:


Winners gonna win. Losers gonna lose. Patriots gonna cheat.
 
Wow, gotta give props to the Saints, they came to play. And a lot of missed/bad calls on both sides kinda marred the game. Could have gone either way, but glad the Panthers pulled out the win.
 
That celebration just wins. Though the poor girl standing on the other side nearly jumped a foot in the air...
 
Panthers, this is what I was talking about earlier in the season about putting teams away. Almost bit us again.

Also, I hope Odell Beckam Jr is suspended and heavily fined for the helmet-to-helmet hit on Josh Norman. He got away with so many personal fouls today that I was starting to think he had paid off the refs personally. He can be a great receiver, but when things were going against him today he turned into a big cry baby, hitting and throwing punches at anyone covering him.
 
Well, Panthers, this is what I've been talking about all season. Today we just played poorly. Offense couldn't get anything going and defense was bad as well.

We still have one game left to clinch home field through the playoffs, but we could have rested and played loose next week, but now we will have to battle it out.
 
So I saw this morning that Tampa Bay has fired Lovie Smith. I am a Panthers fan, but even as a divisional foe, I find this move to be stupid. The Bucs were gearing up to have a run at the playoffs next year and now they will have to be starting over with a new coaching staff. Jameis Winston played pretty well all year and Doug Martin was in contention for the running title. Not to mention Mike Evans is becoming a dangerous receiver. They have all the pieces in place to have a really strong year next year, but pretty much all of that was thrown away. Now, a new head coach will be brought in with his own ideas about how to do things and so new offensive & defensive schemes will have to be learned, etc.

Sorry, Bucs fans, looks like you will have another disappointing season next year. Here's hoping it helps my Panthers get a 4th straight NFC South title.
 
It actually sounds like the next coach will be their current offensive coordinator so the offense shouldn't have much change. Still seems like an odd move though.
 
Smith was brought in during the year they pretty much imploded everything and were beginning to rebuild. This year was a step in the right direction, but then they fire him? The Bucs were improving. I would think they'd at least see how next season went before tossing him.

Even if they promote their offensive coordinator, he isn't going to be doing that job any more. He'll definitely have input, but it will be someone else making those decisions. The head coach has too many other responsibilities to be focusing on one part of the team too much.

My best guess right now is that Lovie Smith and the Bucs front office had some sort of disagreement about what to do and they let him go because of it. Should be welcome news for the myriad of teams that need a new head coach, though.
 
That was such a freaking horrible game for Houston. How could O'Brian not give any practice reps to Weedon all week? Hoyer should have been out of the game in the first half and never been in a Texans uniform again. 5 turnovers directly from Hoyer. Ugh.
 
Of all the Cincinnati Bungles in the world, tonight was the Cincinnati Bunglest.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
 
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