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With a 24-13 victory, Detroit beat the Bears last night to remain unbeaten. The Lions have gone from 0-16 a few years ago to unbeaten now. Congratulations to the boys from MoTown.


I can already sense my Texans losing this weekend at Baltimore. Not having Mario Williams is going to be a problem for the Texans' defense. The disappointment of losing to the emotionally-driven Raiders only makes the desire to win even more so. If we don't get past Baltimore (which isn't likely), a more important game follows next weekend as we'll be at the Titans for a crucial AFC South divisional matchup.

Good luck to all of your teams this weekend.
 
BLITZ_69
1.) I'm not sure if I'm surprised by the Lions because for a couple years now I've been saying that it's only a matter of time.
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But did you really think they'd be one of the only unbeaten teams? The Packers are the only other team which hasn't lost.
 
JohnBM01
With a 24-13 victory, Detroit beat the Bears last night to remain unbeaten. The Lions have gone from 0-16 a few years ago to unbeaten now. Congratulations to the boys from MoTown.

Good luck to all of your teams this weekend.
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They deserve this 5-0 start. They've drafted well the past few years, and focused on putting together a good, well-balanced unit. I put Buffalo in the same area as they deserve the 4-1 start they've had. They focused on putting together a team that works well together and I give kudos to their management and coach Gailey for getting these guys to play to their full potential.


Villain
But did you really think they'd be one of the only unbeaten teams? The Packers are the only other team which hasn't lost.
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I thought they'd be 3-2.

Packers don't surprise me, I expected this start.


JohnBM01
Good luck to all of your teams this weekend.
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Thanks. I'd like to see the Texans win. This may be their one chance to win the division. Because if Indy drafts Luck, well the Texans will have to deal with Wildcard finishes at best for a long while.

Eagles are against my Redskins this weekend. The dream team is at sleep and won't wake up when Washington unleashes their potent running game against a Eagles team whose defence is atrocious. I sense a big win for my team. And the firing of Andy Reid following the loss.
 
Here's how I fix the Dolphins:

1. Draft Andrew Luck
2. Draft Trent Richardson
3. Draft David DeCastro, Matt Kalil, and some other big huge'un (Zeitler, Miller).
4. Sign Lebron James to play TE
5. Defense? If we can't get Vontaze Burfict, then **** it... just put up too many points to beat.

Marshall-------Bess-----Long-DeCastro-Pouncey-Zeitler-Kalil--Lebron-----------Gates
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--------------------------------------Richardson-------------------------------

Bush and Bess are swappable, Gates can come out and Lebron swings wide to play a big red zone package. Hopefully I get filthy rich before next season so I can buy the team from Ross who doesn't know how to do it big like I do.
 
Villain
You won't get both without trading up. Richardson will be a first-rounder.
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I know that, but we'll have 5 first round picks from trading down to the #2 spot and trading back again for Luck when he pulls an Eli Manning and refuses to play for the.... Rams? And I'll have to give Luck's dad a billion dollars.

Everyone I listed is a first-rounder so, yeah, we'll need those 5 picks.
 
Omnis
Here's how I fix the Dolphins:

1. Draft Andrew Luck
2. Draft Trent Richardson
3. Draft David DeCastro, Matt Kalil, and some other big huge'un (Zeitler, Miller).
4. Sign Lebron James to play TE
5. Defense? If we can't get Vontaze Burfict, then **** it... just put up too many points to beat.

Marshall-------Bess-----Long-DeCastro-Pouncey-Zeitler-Kalil--Lebron-----------Gates
-----------------------------------------Luck----------------------------------
--------------------------------------Richardson-------------------------------

Bush and Bess are swappable, Gates can come out and Lebron swings wide to play a big red zone package. Hopefully I get filthy rich before next season so I can buy the team from Ross who doesn't know how to do it big like I do.
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It's a good thing you don't call radio shows...Only WQAM's Captain Curtis Stevenson would appreciate this post. Everyone else would drop your call (but that's because he's about the only one left on the Q I listen to anymore).

I can't believe it, but I'm really starting to turn on my 'Fins...I hope they lose, because it's the only way to clean house. Thirty years of being a fan come down to this. Understand that the Lions managed to draft three very good talents (Bradford, Suh, "Megatron") in a short time span, and usually one goes bust, so good for them. There's absolutely no guarantee that Andrew Luck will work out, but who knows? It will then be 2-3 years until they're competitive again, after a demoralizing season.

Face it, 2008 was a fluke, and every possible card fell their way that year...Brady's injury, Jets imploded, Bills resumed the cellar again, and every other mid-pack AFC team floundered. The Dolphins had no injuries, and Sparano took more risks, because the only way was up from their dismal 1-15 record the previous year. The NFL also creates parity by making your strength-of-schedule (potentially) a little easier after having a bad overall record...so they played a lot of mediocre teams that year, and beat most of them by 5 points or less. To be fair, Chad Pennington made virtually no mistakes (playoff game against the Ravens was the exception).

The Dolphins haven't really built anything through the draft, and with the exception of Jake Long at LT, nothing spectacular since Ronnie Brown (traded), Jason Taylor (near the end of his career, but likely the 2nd-3rd best defensive player on the team, even now), and Zack Thomas (retired, drafted in '96). A few key players here and there, but no cohesive unit.

This is kind of agonizing to type, tougher to watch...glad there was a bye week this Sunday. Time for a Shiner Bock to forget how "when I think Miami, you're talking Super toilet bowl..."
 
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Yeah tell me about it. I have friends that moved to Denver with a 2-year-old son. He's like 6 now, but he liked Brandon Marshall and likes the fins now since we took their BM (see what I did?). I tell his mom, "Don't put your son through the torture and disappointment of being a fins fan."

I really hope we can at least draft either Luck, Richardson, or Burfict, and then nab DeCastro on the next pick. If by some miracle we get Luck, he isn't going to have a chance to throw with all those Cowboys rejects blocking for him. Colombo SUCKS. See, Matt Kalil would give us bookend tackles, but David DeCastro would give us at least ONE legit guard lol. Then Mike Pouncey could chip the DT or nose on the weaker guard.

My hope is that Vernon Carey stops being such a fatass so he can try playing tackle again with DeCastro at guard. The lockout for him was the pigout instead. Dude is going to have to get his act together if he still wants a job.
 
I really want to see the Fins get Luck, because my older brother (Who's a big time Colts fan) will brag for years because his team has Luck developing under one of the best QBs ever- Peyton Manning. I'm a Redskins and Lions fan, so I'm used to terrible team records too Omnis. This year is going well.
 
Cowboys965
Let's go Cowboys! Cowboys vs. Patriots this weekend! :D
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I think your team has a better shot than mine this week. 49ers have to go to Detroit with Joshua Morgan and Braylon Edwards riding the bench. Thankfully our division isn't competitive so there really isn't a ton of pressure to win this game. The next few games after this one should be Ws, so no biggie. Overrall the 49ers have a pretty soft schedule for the season. :sly:
 
VANDENAL
Patriots? Losing to the Cowboys? :lol:! We can all dream Cowboys965.
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I tend to agree, but anything can happen on game day.The Panthers play the Falcons in Atlanta, fingers crossed they can get their second win of the year.
 
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Mad? I only had 3 hours of sleep. I'm too tired for my brain to register anger. Where's Dallas? Oh! That's right, not winning the division. :p
 
Omnis
This is news to you?
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👍 This. I'm pretty sure we've been trying to tell you that about Grossman since the preseason. It also helps that the first four games for Washington were softies.
 
Time to start another weekend of NFL football at the top of the hour. My Texans will probably lose at the Ravens today, but good luck to all of your teams. Play hard.
 
My 'Hawks have a bye, but for the first time this season I will be able to watch a Lions game and see the magic for myself.
 
I am quite Happy that Payton is injured still today. My Bengals are pretty much walking on the Colts without him (and 3 others) so good times here in Cincy. Who-Dey!
 

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