Originally Posted by JRoth15

And I will take the bet if you make it 8.5.

It is clearly too much to ask for the 13th best team in the NFL to go 3-4 the rest of the way. Stop trying to steal his money.

I hate the Bears

I also ranked them 13th.

your point is...

lol... 8.5 seems fair.

He is saying they are 8-8 at best... you are saying they are better. Put your money up, or move along.

 

Originally Posted by XXEDPXX

yes, of course its my bad reading skills. has nothing to do with your arguments not making any sense

dude,have you noticed the guys who you think you are siding with havent agreed with a word you have said? if anything they have had to correct you at certain times its just that you're not smart enough to pick up on it. i dontt hink at one point throughout his thread anybody has agrred with you about anything you have said. half of what you are saying isnt even in accordance to what the others are saying.

I know the rankings are just opinions but lets use the bears-packers game as an example, national game where everyone saw how bad the packers played. Unless you can watch each game how sure are you that you are not missing more games like this? I watch the browns each week and they are a 3-6 team, looking better for the future but not that good of a team.

 

Originally Posted by Jaybone2315

lol... 8.5 seems fair.

He is saying they are 8-8 at best... you are saying they are better. Put your money up, or move along.

wtf? he's the one that said 8-8. lol at trying to turn it back on me. he said they would be lucky to get to 8-8. i ask for a bet and he backtracks yet im the person who needs to "put my money up, or move along." ok

i am putting my money up. he is the one backtracking. of course you see this but you're gonn try nd spin it how you want just like the rankers have done

 

Originally Posted by Bob Futon

Did you just start arguing with yourself? EPIC

lol, how did i do that? and what i said makes it funnier.

 

Originally Posted by tdoc6

I know the rankings are just opinions but lets use the bears-packers game as an example, national game where everyone saw how bad the packers played. Unless you can watch each game how sure are you that you are not missing more games like this? I watch the browns each week and they are a 3-6 team, looking better for the future but not that good of a team.

I could watch a leading pyschics researcher orate for hours on the mechanics of the universe and still not know what I just heard/watched

 

Originally Posted by jasmith85

How can you hate the Bears? How do you must such strong feelings for a team that is so irrelevant? Thats like hating Wake Forest football. I forget that the Bears are in the NFL most of the time.

I do also but then I come into OT and they are the star of the fucking show.

I just thought about it and now I am willing to give odds.

If anyone wants to bet that the Bears will make the playoffs, I am giving 3-2 odds. Should be a gift, considering that they are 6-3 and in 1st place right now.

 

Originally Posted by jtown1010

I would be surprised if ATL goes anything worse than 12-4

The remaining schedule:

@ St.Louis
vs. Green Bay
@ Tampa Bay
@ Carolina
@ Seattle
vs. New Orleans
vs. Carolina

that's a somewhat favorable schedule, with the two Carolina games.... 12-4 is a possibility. I figure they will lose to either GB or NO at home and at least one road game. However, I could definitely see them losing 3 total and finishing 11-5. Tampa, Seattle and St Louis will all be challenging road games.

 

Originally Posted by Stockage

lol @ that guy stepping on his crank and angle shooting for another half point.

im not even sure what that means but i assume your talking about jroth

 

Originally Posted by ibled4thereds

correct me if im wrong but i believe browns attempted a pass on 1st and 2nd, colt mccoy got sacked on 2nd down.

In complete on first down, Peyton run on 2nd down, Colt pressured and sacked on 3rd down

Lol at ESPN having the Falcons #1. Blinded by records.

Can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree the bears are underrated. Cutler is not awful and they have no running game which makes his job much harder. The Bears defense on the other hand is one of the top units in the league. Say what you want about Lovie but he does a great job with those guys.

Look out for the Saints coming off their bye week. 6-3 now and a pretty easy schedule. I expect them to finish 12-4. I think with all the parity in the league I'm going out on a huge limb, but I predict they hit their stride now.

Ravens defense is a stinker. Upset special of the week : Panthers over Ravens. Well not really, but I wouldn't be shocked if the game was close. Ravens offense on the other hand is pretty tough when they get going, but time to give the damn ball to Ray Rice 25 times a game and then watch the passing game flourish. Love Ray Rice but they gotta stop bring magahee in so much.

Giants are in trouble this week playing the powerhouse Philly team but let's not overreact. The cowboys played a good game and got lucky on a few key plays, but it's not as if the Giants are awful now because of one loss to a desperate team. Hate all you want Futon, but the Pats had a similar beatdown vs the Browns and I didn't talk no shit. Also look out for the Raiders next week Steelers

1. Eagles
2. Jets
3. Pats
4. Falcons
5. Steelers
6. Ravens
7. Saints
8. Packers
9. Giants
10. Bears/Titans

 

Originally Posted by BigGunX

Lol at ESPN having the Falcons #1. Blinded by records.

Whaaaat?

Atlanta has wins @ NO and vBalt (In which they dominated 3 quarters, went to a prevent defense giving up the lead, and then marching down the field in a minute to win the game). Their only losses are @ Pit and @ Phi (both extremely good teams on the road, and the Pit one was an OT loss). They two wins against above average teams @Cle and vTB. They had a letdown game at home against SF after winning at NO, but still found a way to win. Their win v Cincy was one in which they were blowing them out for most of the game.


Sure, they don't blow out many teams (except for lol Arizona), but so what? They run the ball well, they have a good passing attack, and they stop the run. They have problems in their secondary and it'll prolly be their downfall, but to act like them being ranked at 1 is lol is baffling to me. They have 2 quality wins (in comparison: NYJ has 1, NE has 3, Phi has 2, Balt has 2, Pit has 2, Ind has 1, GB has 2, NO has 1, NYG has 0, Ten has 2, and SD has 1 Note: Quality win is defined in this instance by wins over top 12 teams in our rankings). I just mean to say that most of the teams in our top 6 (highlighted in red) are interchangeable and to lol @ any of them being number 1 doesn't seem correct. They all have very similar bodies of work - and unlike others in the top six - Atlanta doesn't have a "bad" loss (meaning a loss to anyone outside of the same top 6).

I'm not claiming Atl should be number 1 (I personally have them at #2), I'm just saying of all the correct reasons to lol @ ESPN rankings, Atl @ 1 doesn't seem to me to be one of them.




The above is obviously just my opinion though. No disrespect intended.