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LA wants a football team? They used to have 2, both teams left because of poor audience turnout.
That, and because LA Raiders fans were the biggest group of douchebags the world has ever had the displeasure of knowing.
But yeah, why all the way to Phoenix? Weird.
Might want to check that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
http://www.nfl.com/stats/team
Indy has the #1 pass defense in the league, and they are #3 in defense overall.
They've also allowed nearly half as many points against them than the Cowboys. They've also allowed less points than NE.
http://www.nfl.com/standings
I'm not sure I'd take the Colts over the Pats, but we'll see what the spread is.
holy crap, guess their pass D is pretty good, doh!
I still think they should use the LA coliseum
Good thus far... and since the last playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
But I'm still not convinced. Just as with the Dallas/NE game... I think that NE still has a much more balanced team than Indy.
I'd speculate that their pass D is so good because they get up so quickly against other teams and their D knows that the other team has to pass to catch up. Playing D gets a whole lot easier when you can basically ignore the run.
good point, kinda like the raiders last year... they had the best pass defense cause everyone just ran on them, didnt have to pass lol.
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Originally Posted by Spank_Me_Hard
I always thought the other way around...your run D will look great when you have a lead all the time because the other team does not run. But your passing D, even if its pretty good, will take a bit of a hit because the other team will throw almost every down because they need to catch up. The passing stats will be inflated due to the sheer number of pass attempts.
I think the reason there D looks better is just because it is. They are much faster this year, and speed is the most important attibute in the Tampa 2 defense that they use. That plus Bob Sanders is an absolute beast, he makes so many plays its just sick. For a safety to make that big a difference in run defense is amazing. He may be the best in the entire league at reading a play and reacting to it.
The raiders pass defense was good because teams did not fear them scoring any points and where pretty much always leading. So they where in run the clock out mode for a large portion of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
I didn't know that about the Raiders, thats funny. You always heard how good their pass defense is, now the truth comes out.
To help me find everyone's picks please quote like this:
Remember you are picking with the spreads! Please post them in the same order as the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
Favorite ______________ Spread ______________ Underdog
Cleveland _________________ -3 ___________________ At St. Louis
At Chicago ________________ -5 ___________________ Detroit
Indianapolis _______________ -7 ___________________ At Carolina
NY Giants________________ -9.5 ___________________ Miami At London
At Tennessee ____________ -7.5 ___________________ Oakland
Philadelphia _______________ -1 ___________________ At Minnesota
Pittsburgh _______________ -3.5 __________________ At Cincinnati
At NY Jets _______________ -3 ____________________ Buffalo
At San Diego _____________ -9.5 __________________ Houston
At Tampa Bay _____________ -4 ___________________ Jacksonville
New Orleans ______________ -3 ___________________ At San Francisco
At New England __________ -16.5 _________________ Washington
At Denver ________________ -3 ___________________ Green Bay
Its all for fun, but lets just say no picks after Sunday at 1:00 eastern - no new posts and no post edits.
Final Results From Week 7
spamjedi ______________ 8/14 ___ 57.1%
Spank_Me_Hard ________ 8/14 ___ 57.1%
MrDigital ______________ 9/14 ___ 64.3%
rabidmoose171 ________ 12/14 ___ 85.7%
r'aggro ______________ 11/14 ___ 78.6%
fastitocalon ___________ 9/14 ___ 64.3%
Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glCRe7cSqhw
This is generally accepted as true.Quote:
Originally Posted by md1198p
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Of course, checking the passing D stats, the top 5 teams are Indianapolis, Denver, Pittsburgh, New England, and Tampa Bay, so it looks like the top teams are all winners.
dude I don't get the spread! we are picking if the score will be under or over the spread? not who wins, so do we just say yes, no, no, yes yes yes etc? like pittsburgh at cincy = yes ?
CLEVELAND will win by more than 3
DETROIT will win by less than 5, so this means they lose because it's not 5 or more right?
INDIANAPOLIS will win by more than 7
NY GIANTS will win by more than 9.5
TENNESSEE will NOT win by more than 7.5
PHILLY will win by more than 1
PITTSBURGH will win by more than 3.5
NY JETS will win by more than 3
SAN DIEGO will NOT win by more than 9.5
JACKSONVILLE will NOT win by more than 4
NEW ORLEANS will NOT win by more than 3
NEW ORLEANS will win by more than 16.5
GREEN BAY will win by more than 3
I dont know, is that what you mean lol?
Take the first teams points, minus the points in the middle. If they still beat the other team without those points, then they cover the spread. It's not rocket science.
Im having a hard time picking cleveland over st louis, and jets over buffalo. So I'll get my picks in later
it is to me, i'm a math moron... literally.
so whatever points you think INDY will score, minus 7 and if the result is 7 or higher than 7 then they beat the spread right?
I dont know, whatever, I stick with those picks...