That fumble was caused by Seattle. There's not much Calvin could have done about it. It was just a good play by the defense. And there should have been a call on the Seahawks for intentionally hitting the ball out of the back of the endzone after the fumble.

Despite the fact that Russell Wilson was running around like a greased pig all night and your defense shut the Lions down, that one almost slipped away from you.

Yeah, there should have been a call there I think, though I'm not certain of the exact wording of the rule so I can't be sure.

Our offense was pretty shitty, our O line is fucking terrible compared to last year. You're right, that very easily could have slipped away.

Dear Lions fans:

You have my permission to become Patriots fans if you want...

A few years ago we had the butt fumble. Now we have the butt catch. Anybody see it? Pretty crazy.

30-6. Thirty to fucking six.

Brandon Weeden will do that to ya.

(October 5, 2015 at 2:50 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around the "missed 5 kicks in 4 games" / "still owe him $2 mil" dichotomy. How does a kicker who can't kick get signed for that kind of money?

Sucks, man. I feel for you, but this seems more a problem with your personnel management.

Scobee was an accurate kicker. We acquired his contract via a trade, because Suisham went down in the HOF game because he is trying to make sideline tackles in the most pointless of the preseason games. Then Garrett Hartley goes down with a hammy pull two weeks later. We acquire Scobee from the Jags, but his contract comes with him. The Jags agree to pay $900k of his $3 mil salary. $2 mil is average for an established veteran kicker.

If you cut a player, his guaranteed salary is still due. Scobee's guaranteed salary was close to $1 mil, but we now have to pay Jacksonville's $900k because they did not agree to pay dead money.

Kickers for the Steelers have to kick in Heinz field, which is the toughest field to kick in due to the confluence of the Monongahela, Ohio, and Allegheny rivers right outside the stadium and the winds that ensue and enter the open end of the stadium. Suish was awesome at it. He was the most accurate kicker in Steelers history. His ACL tear was fucking heartbreaking.

(October 11, 2015 at 10:06 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: 30-6. Thirty to fucking six.

Somebody had to lose. Too bad it couldn't be both.

So I'm thinking Seattle's out of contention already. Bah.

(October 11, 2015 at 10:06 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: 30-6. Thirty to fucking six.

Jason Garret isn't a good coach and Brandon Weeden is a shitty QB. It was inevitable, IMO.

The good news for you is that the NFC East, as always, is a dumpster fire, so the Cowboys aren't completely out of it yet.

Yay Patriots

It's all coming together for the shitshow that is the Eagles to reclaim their rightful place on top of the NFC East with a home win over the Giants next Monday night