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Because he's got 78 yards and a TD on 8 touches? Because he's got a 5.5 ypc in his career (highest of all time)? Because the Broncos' run defense is playing awful right now? The Broncos look like a mess on both sides of the ball right now and it's not yet halftime.

No cookie so you get instead. Alex Smith isn't terrible. And he's got a decently solid OL in front of him. Can't wait for some more of this. I want Brady hurting but not hurt (I don't wish injury on him).

The Jags are not good. Repeat. The Jags are not good. The biggest problem with the Jags (oh boy, where do I start) is their OL Coach. If anyone can figure out why I harbour feelings of hatred and can't wait for Week 7, you get a cookie.

I had already made my correction. And I would love it if Miami loses in Jacksonville. I have to play them in Miami in two weeks and I'd rather they be quite crap instead of just having a bad week. I love Dameshek. "I'd give the Brown Paper Bag of Shame to the Steelers' secondary but I can't give it to something that doesn't exist." Straight from the mouth of a diehard Steelers fan.

A lot of them are no brainers. We disagree on the following games. NYJ@Ind Den@KC Hou@Car Ari@Chi Mia@Jax The bolded game is the only one where I think you have a point and Carolina may pull out the win. But Kuechly is on concussion protocol and may not be ready for the game. Plus, the Texans have a sick 3-4 line with Wilfork and Watt being backed up by Cushing in the LB corp. It could go either way. As for the rest, I think you're just flat out nuts or not watching properly. Jacksonville will be lucky if they win more than 3 games this season and the other three teams are the better teams AND at home. Correction: Arizona is away but GB deftly handed the Bears in Chicago so I'm not expecting anything less. EDIT: Look at the Bills game. Sure, the game ended at 27-14. But it was 24-0 until late in the third quarter. Buffalo simply sat back and took their foot off the gas offensively to avoid mistakes. Aaron Williams' INT was pretty clutch, though.

Half of her thoughts are the exact opposite to mine. How the hell can the Jets win on the road against Indy? They're not the Bills.

Next weeks picks? Broncos @ Chiefs - Absolutely manhandled the Texans and gave up garbage time TDs. Their D looks a bit suspect but Peyton couldn't score offensively on the Ravens, so I'm not seeing any problems here. It's also the home opener for KC. Texans @ Panthers - Carolina barely beat Jacksonville and looked bad doing it. The Texans, meanwhile, are reeling from losing at home and Bill O'Brian needs to re-evaluate his passers. That being said, I think Mallett gets the nod and the Texan Defense will suffocate Newton. 49ers @ Steelers - Time for the 49ers to play a half decent team rather than the Vikings. And it's in Pittsburgh. Buccaneers @ Saints - The Saints aren't good. The Bucs are that bad. It'll be nice for Who Dat Nation to grab a home win. Side note: I had the best sex of my life in New Orleans. Fact. Lions @ Vikings - That Defense scares me. Not the Lions; I mean how bad the run defense of Minnesota truly is. They laid an egg against San Fran and now they have that rookie phenom coming in? Oh boy. Cardinals @ Bears - The Cardinals are the best team in the NFC this year. This is just fact. They will quietly win their way to another Superbowl appearance with Palmer helming them. Oh and the Bears looked nice and then fell apart... like usual. Patriots @ Bills - NE fans are the funniest. They make Anacybele look knowledgeable about football. Like Andy Gresh asking " what does Mario Williams really do to earn 20 million a year". I guess he'll find out the hard way. Chargers @ Bengals - Cincy excites me this year but this is another close game. I think home field advantage will put Cincinnati over the top, mind you. Titans @ Browns - Believe it or not, the Titans D was facing a better QB last week than it will this one. As long as Johnny Manziel is playing for Cleveland, that team will never win. Falcons @ Giants - Falcons deserve a lot more respect than they're being given right now. And the Giants D played decent until the last 96 seconds. Rams @ Redskins - Washington is bad. I mean, really bad. And the Rams may just win the division if Arizona slips up. Dolphins @ Jaguars - Ndamukong Suh, meet Doug Marrone. You know, the self proclaimed OL genius who managed to fuck up Buffalo's OL nice and proper? Please eat them alive before we face them in Week 7, it'll make gloating that much sweeter. Ravens @ Raiders - I'm assuming that Matt McGloin is starting and that will be the end of that. Cowboys @ Eagles - You can't play 53 man shuffle and expect to win, Chip. And Dallas is just straight up solid. Seahawks @ Packers - If Arizona isn't the best team in the NFC, then it's Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers looked really good in Chicago and I watched that full game. I also lost a bet thanks to that last Chicago score. Jets @ Colts - Colts are smarting from the loss in Buffalo and the Jets looked good because they played Cleveland. I think this shows how bad the Browns really are because the Jets are crap.

He's not even good. That's the problem right there. You claimed that he gave Antonio Brown problems. If you rewatch the game (I literally picked through Brown's first 6 targets in the game), you'll see that Malcolm Butler repeatedly misses tackles, got caught by screens and then blew coverage on a 30+ yard pass. If that's called "giving problems", I can't wait to see if he'll be covering Sammy or Percy next Sunday. Percy will flat out burn him and Sammy will just have a monster day with like 8 receptions. Found this. Let's go through it after Week 1. 1. Denver isn't winning the AFC West for sure, not after KC's manhandling of Houston. Second place... Probably not going to happen either. Chargers will take that one. Wrong. 2. The Browns will make the playoffs when the Cubs win the World Series. Wrong. 3. Rodgers isn't going down. Lacy was averaging 4.5 ypc due to holes being opened by the OL and Rodgers barely got touched on dropbacks. That OL is solid but Chicago isn't exactly great. Wrong. 4. Couldn't care less about the Panthers so I don't know. All I know is that Atlanta's going back to the playoffs in that division. 5. That's a good one. Wrong. 6. Now that Dez Bryant is out for about two months, this one could come true. That Dallas OL is something else. Correct. 7. Rams won't sneak into the playoffs. They'll make it easily and I've been thinking that ever since the start of preseason. I wouldn't be surprised if Seattle implodes and St. Louis wins the division... but I'm not expecting it. Correct. 8. No suspension for Brady but the Bills can do it. We didn't just beat Indy; we shut them out for the first half. The offense can actually move the ball for the first time in years and Tyrod wasn't making any mistakes. My favourite play was when he batted a ball out of air to the ground in order to avoid a possible interception. That's smart play. Thanks for mentoring him, Baltimore. Correct, I hope. 9. With Bradford slinging the ball 50+ times? Not enough touches to do so. But Philly are crap and nobody wants to admit it yet. They can go down injured thanks to their terrible OL. No sacks for the Falcons but they were penetrating with only four. Maybe. It's hard for me to be nice to dumb people. I'm willing to have a discussion with you about Butler after the Bills game but he's going to get burned no matter who he covers. Sammy, Percy, Woods... two of them have speed on him and Sammy is just an excellent receiver. As for Tyrod, I just want him to play smart and protect the ball. I might not like the Patriots but I respect them a lot. We can win this game but it's going to be difficult and requires mistake-free football (which is impossible considering how much the refs hated both us and Indy). Seriously, what the hell. We had flags called on us which were beyond phantom. As in the refs refused to even call out the number of the offending player every now and then. Like that fumble which got cancelled by a bullshit facemask.

The only point that's worth contending is the last one. Butler was getting beaten all night long by Brown/Bryant/receiver that I can't be bothered to learn his name. Want examples? Thank god for Gamepass. - Q1, 14:21 - Butler gets caught up in a beautiful screen by Heath Miller after going in motion but lining up too far away from the line of scrimmage. Result? 9 yard gain for Brown. - Q1, 6:26 - Brown makes a retarded catch off the helmet of Butler, Butler fails to wrap Brown up entirely or push him out of bounds and Brown gets an extra 3 yards after the catch. A poor read by Roethlisberger turns into a 10 yard first down on 3 & 5 due to Butler's incompetence. - Q1, 5:29 - Butler gets caught again on a screen to Brown and once again blows the tackle. Brown only gets three yards because Jamie Collins was there to help out. That's three examples of both misplay and blown tackles in the first quarter alone. Butler is a terrible CB and you're caught up in the hype of believing that he's good simply because he iced the Seahawks back in Feb. And if he's the guy who's covering Brown, that speaks volumes about the state of NE's secondary. EDIT: I feel like proving you wrong even more. Let's keep going on why Butler is SO fantastic. - Q2, 8:46 - Rather than attributing this one to Butler, this is poor route running by Brown and a terrible throw by Roethlisberger. Brown doesn't look back for the ball and Roethlisberger throws it too far behind. Something to note: Butler was facing Brown the entire time. If Roethlisberger puts it closer to Brown, Butler gets called for Pass Interference. - Q2, 3:57 - Why is Butler 8 yards deep on 1st and 10? Once again, he gets locked up in a screen (this time from Heyward-Bey) and fails to finish the tackle. - Q2, 2:13 - Straight up blown coverage with Butler 3 yards back of Brown in open field. On a freaking fly route. Are you kidding me? This is your best CB? Sammy is gonna make mincemeat of Butler next Sunday. Long story short, you have no fucking clue what you're talking about.

I know I've been gone for a month, but have you really forgotten about me already? Tyrod played well. Defense was lights out. Shady will find his holes as the season go simply because the Colts underestimated the air game and stacked the box. Now that people know that T-Mobile's got a light touch, it's a pick your poison type of gameplay. I've been trying to keep my mouth shut but I can't anymore. Ana, this is why we constantly tell you that you don't know anything about football. Why? Because you actually believe that Malcolm Butler should be covering Antonio Bryant when someone who actually understands the sport is wondering why he's starting (and that would because the Patriots secondary is that weak). My grandmother could beat Butler any day of the week. Congratulations on being proud of something that is supposed to happen.

Boykin was considered great because Philly's secondary was so crap. I'm probably exaggerating but nobody has raved about the Eagles secondary for a long time so I'm probably right. Kiko Alonso is a great addition and he'll take a lot of pressure off the middle of the field. Been watching Hard Knocks and I can't wait for this season. I can only hope that next season will be in Buffalo.

If it doesn't affect me personally, nothing. If it does, alcohol.

There is no Giants/Pats rivalry. This is by far the dumbest thing I've heard said here in the last while (and that's including proving Anacybele wrong on half of her claims). Pats fans are upset because they can't beat the Giants in the Superbowl (mind you, Pats fans are spoiled nowadays). Giants fans just don't give a shit because they see it as toppling the best team in the league. It's so singleminded for someone to claim that this is a rivalry just because you keep losing to a team that has your number. Here's the way that you know it's a rivalry. If both teams suck and you still want to beat them because it's the Giants and vice versa, you have a real rivalry. Like us with the Dolphins or Bears/Packers.

Baten Kaitos. /end thread

http://www.nfl.com/fireandice Read this article. Bills may be going to playoffs this season and if we do, we could see a Superbowl within 5 years. The Patriots were a joke during the 90's and became a powerhouse in the 00's. Time for the Bills to replicate that success.

Oh boo fucking hoo to all you Patriots fans. Come back to me after the last playoff appearance in a decade and a half is marred by a wrong call (University of Rochester proved that it was a forward pass).

I'm sorry but I'm going to agree with Ana on that one. A win is a win is a win. Doesn't matter how, all that matters is the W at the end of the day. We both know that she blows numbers out of proportion but she is right about the Steelers controlling their own destiny up until the post-season. Steelers were more unlucky than lucky and played through it well. In other non-Steeler related news (SURPRISE! THERE ARE 31 OTHER TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE!), NYJ was second in the fan pain rankings with Cleveland winning it all. Bills can't win Superbowls or even the honour of being the shittiest franchise in the AFC East...

Who the fuck brought up the Jews? I dare you to speak openly about that shit (based on IM's quotes).

Chemical Weapons are unforgivable simply because they do not discriminate. You can't aim a chemical weapon at a military installation and be assured that no fallout happens. Of course civilians are going to get hurt and what makes the act unforgivable is that it is common knowledge that collateral permanent damage will happen. Hiroshima and Nagasaki both say hi. On the topic of war, I'm probably the person here the most familiar with the idea considering that I was an active combat soldier for over two years and participated in Operation Pillar of Defense back in 2012. And yes, you can uphold morality in wartime. A soldier can shield an innocent family with his own body or offer them up as a human shield. I've seen both examples happen.

Bills placed 3rd on the Pain Rankings with the Jets being second. Guess that leaves Cleveland as number 1.

Overdone things I've seen in fanfiction: Fanfiction.

I find it funny how the MLB is immune with the Indians and Braves but the Redskins take heat. All three names are technically derogatory. I vote we change the name to the Washington Omahas and be done with this matter. Or any other Native American tribe who lived in the area. Keep the logo but swap the name. That being said, I want the Toronto Blue Jays to become the Toronto Green Arrows. On a side note, I'm down for the Washington Sand Niggers. And I live in the Middle East and I'm not that offended. Or the Washington Big Noses...

Browns went 10-6 in 2007.

How do the Bills not make it? - 4 Superbowls lost in a row with one of them having the league's best kicker (and one of the best of all time) blowing a 37 yarder. - Last playoff appearance being over 15 years ago and lost the game on the final kickoff on one of the most controversial calls of all time. - More years of mediocrity than can ever be described including not having a winning season in 10 years. - After first +.500 season in ten years, coach quits and QB retires. The Bills are the epitome of pain. Vikings are on the list because of a lot of reasons. '98 NFC Championship, '09 NFC Championship (Favre tossed that INT at the end), Herschel Walker trade... do I need to go on?

NFL.com's Pain Rankings: 7: KC 6: Bengals 5: Vikings 4: Lions My guesses are Bills, Jags and Browns to round out that list. Can't think of three worse franchises than those. EDIT: I want NFL.com to interview John Murphy about the Bills. He's the perfect person to talk about how much it sucks to be a Bills fan.