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November 17, 2011
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
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posted by boredom_08 at 01:56 PM on November 17, 2011
The secret to Jordy Nelson's success? His skin color.
No one underestimates Wes Welker.
posted by bperk at 02:31 PM on November 17, 2011
Packers DL Jolly sentenced to 6 years in prison
posted by billsaysthis at 04:31 PM on November 17, 2011
Bodog has the over/under for Tebow completions today at 10.5.
That seems generous.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:11 PM on November 17, 2011
Packers DL Jolly sentenced to 6 years in prison
Our criminal justice system is seriously screwed up. He needs to be in rehab not prison.
posted by bperk at 05:31 PM on November 17, 2011
6 years? What the fuck is wrong with that judge? Talk about a miscarriage of justice. 6 years for codeine? What. the. fuck.
America jails more people per capita than any other nation on the planet. 6 years for a non-violent drug offense is obscene.
posted by insomnyuk at 05:41 PM on November 17, 2011
6 years? What the fuck is wrong with that judge? Talk about a miscarriage of justice. 6 years for codeine? What. the. fuck.
America jails more people per capita than any other nation on the planet. 6 years for a non-violent drug offense is obscene.
What about the children? If athletes can huff or freebase codeine with impunity, that shit will be in all the schools and kids will probably be butt-chugging the stuff.
And, by the way, if Tebow completes 10 passes, that will be like 5 touchdowns because of his awesome 2:1 pass to TD ratio, which means the Jets are in for some trouble. Revis Island? More like Revis Bikini Atoll (after that shit got A-bombed)!!!
posted by holden at 06:13 PM on November 17, 2011
Former Red Wings' defenceman Vladimir Konstantinov is rehabbing from his brain injury through art.
Konstantinov was seriously injured just days after winning the 1997 Stanley Cup when a limo he was in crashed.
posted by rumple at 07:42 PM on November 17, 2011
which means the Jets are in for some trouble
Thursday's child has far to go...
posted by beaverboard at 08:19 PM on November 17, 2011
Tebow three for three without throwing a touchdown.
Bring back Orton!
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:35 PM on November 17, 2011
Hate at your own peril. Dude. Just. Wins.
Triumph
Effort
Bringing the grit and determination
Oversized Heart
Winner
posted by holden at 11:44 PM on November 17, 2011
Got to say that was impressive - guy shouldn't even be on an NFL roster (*as QB), but he got the job done when it counted.
Send that coach of the year trophy out to be engraved with "John Fox" already - marvelous job so far, 4 possible wins remain that just might get the !?!Broncos!?! into the playoffs ... would be nothing short of a miracle.
posted by cixelsyd at 12:23 AM on November 18, 2011
Oversized heart? That's not a good thing, I hope he seeks medical treatment promptly.
posted by apoch at 04:31 AM on November 18, 2011
Bodog has the over/under for Tebow completions today at 10.5.
He had 9 completions. None for a TD, and they still won. Of course, Sanchez prefers throwing TD passes to the other team, so that helps.
posted by bperk at 08:56 AM on November 18, 2011
My favourite comment on the game :
"Tonight's game was a clinic. A methadone clinic."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:43 AM on November 18, 2011
With all the focus on Tebow, people are not paying ample notice to how the Broncos defense has been keeping them in these ball games.
The Broncs right now remind me of Tony Dungy's TB Bucs with Shaun King at the helm. Winning and losing low scoring ball games, like the 11-6 conference title game against the Rams.
Warren Sapp and the Bucs D would call out the offense - "just get us 17 points, and we'll take care of the rest".
To me, the only wistful note with the Broncos success is that the opportunity that Tebow is being given was never granted enough to other non-prototypical QB's in prior seasons.
I always liked QB's who were a little bit different in their skill set, and wish that the Norris Weeses and Michael Bishops of the NFL could have had more of a chance to run sets that were tailored to their strengths.
Of course, most of those guys did not have Tebow's size or intangibles (...or his ability to run through Revis).
O linemen typically hate pass blocking for 35-50 throws a game. The Broncos O line looks like they enjoy executing the blocking schemes for the Tebow package.
posted by beaverboard at 10:52 AM on November 18, 2011
Running quarterbacks can't survive in the NFL. They'll take such a pounding that any hope they ever had of improving as a passer will be dashed forever.
Kudos to Tebow for the 4-1 run, but he should be a tight end or running back. I've been bitter that Jacksonville didn't draft him and sell an extra 5,000 season tickets, but even with the wins I think I'm OK with him being somebody else's experiment.
With their defense, Denver could've won a lot of games with a healthy David Garrard.
posted by rcade at 10:56 AM on November 18, 2011
After seeing the final touchdown on NFL.Com, how do the Jets let Tebow get outside of them? What a blunder!
posted by rcade at 11:41 AM on November 18, 2011
The Broncos D is playing really well right now and they're somehow doing it while getting very little from their interior linemen. Vonn Miller has been great but has anyone else noticed that he seems to get away with a lot of borderline late hits on Quarterbacks? He beat the hell out of Sanchez last night and on about 3 hits I was waiting for the yellow to fly.
posted by tron7 at 12:48 PM on November 18, 2011
Packers DL Jolly sentenced to 6 years in prison
If this was solely for codeine, I agree with those who feel the sentence is far too harsh. When I was a kid, let's say about 60 years ago, whenever I had a cough, my mom would give me some stuff that tasted terrible but worked wonderfully well. She called it "GI Gin", since it was at one time a standard prescription used in the military to treat coughs. It was actually terpin hydrate with codeine, and was available by prescription only. How my mom got it is beyond me, but she did, used it, and it worked. I never became addicted to codeine, and I never suffered from the cough for very long.
posted by Howard_T at 04:11 PM on November 18, 2011
"Passing, sustained drives and consistently scoring points are no longer measures of excellence with Tim Tebow leading the Broncos." -- New York Times summary
posted by rcade at 07:48 PM on November 18, 2011
With their defense, Denver could've won a lot of games with a healthy David Garrard.
Their defense is 25th in the league as far as points against.
I'd think Jacksonville could have won a lot of games in the past with Orton over Garrard. Not sure what my point is, though. Other than I love Tebow time.
posted by tselson at 11:34 PM on November 18, 2011
In the five games Tebow started their defense played the Dolphins, Lions, Raiders, Chiefs and Jets.
The Raiders(16th) were without McFadden and starting Palmer in his first real start (still threw for @330 yds against them.)
The Dolphins offense (24th) sucks, the Chiefs offense(27th) sucks, the Jets offense(17th) stinks. The Lions(4th) don't stink and hung 45 points on the Broncos defense.
Tebow and the defense have been enjoying the schedule, but let's not mistake this defense for the Ravens of the Dilfer era/year.
posted by tselson at 12:03 AM on November 19, 2011
I'd think Jacksonville could have won a lot of games in the past with Orton over Garrard.
Garrard's a good quarterback who suffered from a lack of decent receivers. Jacksonville hasn't had a big-time wideout since Jimmy Smith.
posted by rcade at 09:10 AM on November 19, 2011
With all the focus on Tebow, people are not paying ample notice to how the Broncos defense has been keeping them in these ball games.
I have. They got me mad Week 11 fantasy points against the Jets and Sanchez. I am duly grateful for this and anything else that may keep me from winning this year's Donkey Ears prize in my league.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 06:38 PM on November 19, 2011
Garrard's a good quarterback who suffered from a lack of decent receivers.
Yeah, not trying to knock Garrard. The guy seems to know how to manage a game, for sure. At times he had a good running game, a good defense and a good wide receiver and tight end. He always played smart, limiting turnovers, scrambling a little etc.
In Tebow's defense, his team traded their best wide receiver when he became the starter. He has no elite talent to throw to. He needs all the help he can get in the passing game and he isn't going to get it any time soon.
Just so I'm clear, I can't possibly argue that the defense hasn't been more of a factor than Tebow in their wins. I'm just gonna roll with this, the defense is playing better because Tebow willed them to:)
And I'm glad that the Jets got bored playing defense against him.
posted by tselson at 11:52 PM on November 19, 2011
The secret to Jordy Nelson's success? His skin color.