NFL 2018: From the Draft to the Super Bowl

[Headhunter]

Anyway, getting sidetracked by your bizarre takes was not my intention. Greatest offense ever my ass.

Elway fanboys need to stop living in the past. He needs to go to rehab (he looks like utter shit all the time now, it's getting REALLY bad) and Denver needs to bring in real talent evaluators.

What was a greater offense? Because the only time they didn't play well was in the Super Bowl is the reason you're not giving them the nod? ArE yOu InCaPaBlE oF rEcOgNiZiNg DeNvEr WaS jUsT oUtPlAyEd??!?!?!

1998 Vikings, Greatest Show on Turf, 2007 Pats all better.

How? Denver broke any record any of them might have had. And two of those teams lost in the playoffs. One didn't even make the Super Bowl and the other put up 14 points against the Wild Card Giants.

Silly to suggest any of those were better than Denver's offense in 2013. The 1998 Denver offense was just as good or better than the 1998 Vikings offense.

Who cares about records? Scoring was a lot easier in 2013 than 2007, which was a lot easier than 1999 etc.

The shift in favor of offensive scoring happened in early-mid 2000s. And the Pats cheat, anyway. So I'm not giving them the time of day.

2004 was the big one, but it got easier every year after that. Introduction of spread, introduction of zone read, now we have introduction of Air Raid.

The Pats having Randy Moss with Brady basically was cheating, though.

[Jason]

Until they met a Wild Card team in the playoffs.

[Headhunter]

A Wild Card team that also beat the two best NFC teams along the way and had the best defensive line in football...

[Jason]

A Wild Card team that also beat the two best NFC teams along the way and had the best defensive line in football...

Funny that you defend that offense.

[Headhunter]

A Wild Card team that also beat the two best NFC teams along the way and had the best defensive line in football...

Funny that you defend that offense.

They didn't play well...but they also took the lead on a long TD drive with just a few minutes left and would have gone 19-0 if Asante doesn't drop a pick a few plays later. Denver was done by halftime with their defense actually holding up well. New England's offense struggled, Denver's offense got pummeled. Context is important.

[Jason]

One team cheats and also had ref help the entire season.

Context indeed is important.

[Headhunter]

Nobody cares. Denver's bread and butter in 2013 were pick plays that could have been called OPI pretty much at any time at a ref's discretion.

[Jason]

Nobody cares. Denver's bread and butter in 2013 were pick plays that could have been called OPI pretty much at any time at a ref's discretion.

That is total nonsense. Their bread and butter was Manning doing whatever the fuck he wanted. New England has lived off illegal pick plays for years and everyone knows it. Even the refs.

[Headhunter]

Nobody cares. Denver's bread and butter in 2013 were pick plays that could have been called OPI pretty much at any time at a ref's discretion.

That is total nonsense. Their bread and butter was Manning doing whatever the fuck he wanted. New England has lived off illegal pick plays for years and everyone knows it. Even the refs.

No, it's not. And "doing whatever the fuck he wanted" is not an offensive system, does not describe any route combinations. They lived off pick plays that year. It's amazing for how much football you watch, how little you actually see . . .

[Headhunter]

Both Brady and Manning ran a variation of the Erhardt-Perkins for most of their careers so a lot of the offensive concepts are very similar. And yeah, both incorporated a ton of pick plays, especially that 2013 season for Peyton.

[Foo]

What I saw, Manning and Brady running very similar systems that seemed to be predicated on that quick post snap read of how defenses were handling that rub route. Literally, going to the line, making their reads and counts, audible to run if the numbers in the box were low, if not, it was likely going to be some variation of that rub route or bubble screen.

Obviously different personnel makes it look different and they are still looking for mismatches, and might make some different decisions with the ball accordingly, but it was damn similar.

[Headhunter]

What I saw, Manning and Brady running very similar systems that seemed to be predicated on that quick post snap read of how defenses were handling that rub route. Literally, going to the line, making their reads and counts, audible to run if the numbers in the box were low, if not, it was likely going to be some variation of that rub route or bubble screen.

Obviously different personnel makes it look different and they are still looking for mismatches, and might make some different decisions with the ball accordingly, but it was damn similar.

In the Erhardt-Perkins system, one word from the QB would tell each receiver what route to run regardless of the formation they lined up in. Obviously this is more conducive to running up-tempo drives than the West Coast or Coryell systems, where everything is a specific play.

Interestingly, Reggie Wayne asked to be released from New England because he found the playbook too complicated. Peyton's version was a little more simplistic, he'd beat teams to death with the same 5-10 plays, really exploiting matchup advantages. It wasn't uncommon for the weak links in the secondary to give up 100-150 yards in coverage by themselves against Peyton, he was cold blooded when he found his guy to target. With Brady, it was a little more varied and complex and the personnel always a little more versatile. Another major difference was Brady's receivers often ran option routes. For the quick, shifty guys like Welker and Edelman, it's a matchup nightmare for slot corners or linebackers. With Peyton, he was going to throw to a spot so improvisation from receivers hurt the offense.

[Jason]

What I saw, Manning and Brady running very similar systems that seemed to be predicated on that quick post snap read of how defenses were handling that rub route. Literally, going to the line, making their reads and counts, audible to run if the numbers in the box were low, if not, it was likely going to be some variation of that rub route or bubble screen.

Obviously different personnel makes it look different and they are still looking for mismatches, and might make some different decisions with the ball accordingly, but it was damn similar.

In the Erhardt-Perkins system, one word from the QB would tell each receiver what route to run regardless of the formation they lined up in.

In the Belichick-Brady system, one word from the coordinator upstairs who has the opponent's playbook will tell Brady exactly what formation the defense is lined up in. "Watch for the two-deep blitz".

[Jason]

Rooting hard for J-Mac's Bangles this week. He's going to the game!

[Jmac Attack]

Rooting hard for J-Mac's Bangles this week. He's going to the game!

I am right across from the stadium! We got the shittiest hotel ever, though. It's right downtown. Paid over $300 for two nights. Only choice for parking was either $28 a night, or $21 a night in the parking garage next door.

The room is small. This place looks like it hasn't been upgraded since the 40s. The 13 floor view is of a shitty dirty ass building. No mini fridge. No coffee....well there is a Kuerig for black English teacher and decaf coffee. There looks to be a peephole adjacent to the top of our bed. We feel like Chevy Chase in funny farm.

Other than that, it's been fun. Bengals better win. Monday, we are going to the Cincinnati Zoo.

[Jmac Attack]

Rooting hard for J-Mac's Bangles this week. He's going to the game!

I am right across from the stadium! We got the shittiest hotel ever, though. It's right downtown. Paid over $300 for two nights. Only choice for parking was either $28 a night, or $21 a night in the parking garage next door.

The room is small. This place looks like it hasn't been upgraded since the 40s. The 13 floor view is of a shitty dirty ass building. No mini fridge. No coffee....well there is a Kuerig for black English teacher and decaf coffee. There looks to be a peephole adjacent to the top of our bed. We feel like Chevy Chase in funny farm.

Other than that, it's been fun. Bengals better win. Monday, we are going to the Cincinnati Zoo.

*Tea....not teacher LMAO

[showa58taro]

Was gonna ask what English teacher meant. Lol. Enjoy the game

[Jason]

Was gonna ask what English teacher meant. Lol. Enjoy the game

You live your life subconsciously through autocorrect. Figured with your limitless language barrier you'd have deciphered what J-Mac actually meant without needing the explanation. :p

[Jmac Attack]

Was gonna ask what English teacher meant. Lol. Enjoy the game

I didn't edit because it actually made me lol.

I went to bed at a little after 2am. Got up at 5am. Can't sleep! In my early to mid 20s, I used to go to about 3 Bengals games and 15 Reds games a year. This was back when I made a lot of money working for companies processing their unemployment claims. Young and didn't have a care. *sigh

[Reign in Blood]

Thomas, you fucking faggot! It hit you right in the hands for a first down and you drop it! Can't believe we ever called you Optimus Prime, you chump pos! GTFO!