Official 2018 NFL pre-season thread

[glenn1]

For all things NFL until the real games start.

T.O. runs a 4.43 time for the Combine-style 40 yard dash event, the dude at 44 years old would still have the 6th best time for a WR in the 2018 combine.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000937661/article/watch-terrell-owens-run-a-443-40yard-dash

 

[Exterous]

Go Lions!

 

[frozentundra123456]

Saw him on a game show last night. Still looks in great shape. I think the main problem with football players as they get older is that your body cant take and recover from the hits as well.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Go Lions!

0-0, this is as close as they've come to winning their division in 25 years.

 

[KMFJD]

Go Lions!

Restore the Roar!

 

[dainthomas]

Excited to see how Shaquem Griffin will do in preseason for the Hawks. He's already picked Wilson in practice, apparently.

 

[Ken g6]

No game comments yet?

Broncos 1st team looks like (poop emoji).

Broncos 2nd team QB looks like (poop emoji). I thought the Broncos should have cut him last pre-season and kept Sloter.

Broncos 3rd team looks excellent. The crowd was chanting Chad Kelley's name! He might be better than Sloter. I'm pretty sure he's better than Lynch.

 

[glenn1]

No game comments yet?

Broncos 1st team looks like (poop emoji).

Broncos 2nd team QB looks like (poop emoji). I thought the Broncos should have cut him last pre-season and kept Sloter.

Broncos 3rd team looks excellent. The crowd was chanting Chad Kelley's name! He might be better than Sloter. I'm pretty sure he's better than Lynch.

Hard to like the Broncos this year. They sent away CJ Anderson for nothing other than being a solid RB and one-year wonder Case Keenum is an upgrade over Siemian and Lynch but that's an easy bar to jump over. AFCW is very competitive and I could literally imagine any order of standings for all 4 teams come year end from playing in the Super Bowl to picking in the top 3 of next years' draft. Aside from the probable 1/2 split with the Cardinals and the early meeting with the Jets it's hard to see any game on their schedule as a gimme.

 

[KMFJD]

 

[glenn1]

Week 3 at home vs Jets looks like a good bet for this.

 

[Ken g6]

Wow, what's up with the Eagles? The Super Bowl champions getting beaten by Cleveland?!

 

[brianmanahan]

Wow, what's up with the Eagles? The Super Bowl champions getting beaten by Cleveland?!

shut out lol

browns o line sucked but that goes without saying

 

[Retro Rob]

Restore the Roar!

LOL -- we looked like a tool shed this preseason. I don't watch preseason as it is, but this garbage was hard to stomach.

 

[purbeast0]

It's pretty amusing to watch people get worked up over preseason and making predictions on records after a game 4 where it's the guards vs. the prisoners. You would think that year after year people would learn, but nope.

 

[KMFJD]

08 Lions and last years browns were 4-0 in preseason and 0-16 during the season..thta said, the Lions defense was horrible and the offence out of sync

 

[pete6032]

The preseason really is meaningless. Part of those games are about trying new things out that your offense/defense would not normally try during the regular season. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

 

[Darwin333]

Wow, talk about adding insult to injury. But I guess that even Brown's fans can laugh at themselves at this point.

 

[Darwin333]

It's pretty amusing to watch people get worked up over preseason and making predictions on records after a game 4 where it's the guards vs. the prisoners. You would think that year after year people would learn, but nope.

Not to mention that the entire lineup of starters don't take a ton of snaps together. Like you said, preseason is for trying out new things and new people.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Week 3 at home vs Jets looks like a good the only bet for this.

FTFY

 

[Retro Rob]

Not to mention that the entire lineup of starters don't take a ton of snaps together. Like you said, preseason is for trying out new things and new people.

Agreed. But from a fan's standpoint, its encouraging to see some continuity, though it doesn't always translate to the regular season.

Just fyi, I DO have a regular season thread up:

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/official-rogers-brinks-truck-2018-19-nfl-week-1-thread.2553361/

 

[Darwin333]

Agreed. But from a fan's standpoint, its encouraging to see some continuity, though it doesn't always translate to the regular season.

Just fyi, I DO have a regular season thread up:

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/official-rogers-brinks-truck-2018-19-nfl-week-1-thread.2553361/

Sweet, loved those threads last year.

 

[Retro Rob]

Sweet, loved those threads last year.

I'll do them all year this year!

 

[Chaotic42]

Eagles are looking pretty solid again this year. Hopefully both teams lose this game

 

[purbeast0]

Eagles are looking pretty solid again this year. Hopefully both teams lose this game

It's obvious you have not watched anything other than this last drive where the Eagles were on defense. This game could very easily be 14-0 and should be 6-0. The Eagles haven't done shit. The offense was booed off the field their last drive.

Oh and wrong thread, there is a week 1 thread.

 

[KeithTalent]

Lol at "roughing the passer".

KT

Edit: also LOL at "holding" on Trufant.