OFFICIAL NFL week 1 thread

[IndyColtsFan]

Peyton's gonna play till he's 41? I think the Manning era is over. Neck injury at 37 years old. I'd be surprised if he plays at a high level ever again.

He is only 35 and signed a 5 year contract. He'll play until he is 38 or so, I'd wager.

 

[Via]

Bears starting to treat Falcons like lonely, friendless children.

 

[shocksyde]

5 turnovers by the Steelers. Lulz!

 

[JujuFish]

I'm beginning to feel sad for Kansas City. How do you lose this badly to Buffalo?

 

[lupi]

damn, WTF is going on with buffalo

 

[slayer202]

kerry collins td yay

 

[lupi]

Wow Atlanta is getting dominated.

and I benched the bears

 

[Leon]

Breaking News.

Colts to trade Peyton Manning for Ryan Fitzpatrick and Bills 2012 1st.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Looks like Amandola just broke his wrist or something. Hard to tell full speed with the camera that was on him but apparently it looked bad enough that they wouldn't replay it.

 

[nick1985]

Who looks the worst?

Steelers

Colts

Chiefs

Falcons

 

[lupi]

another rapers turnover.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Who looks the worst?

Steelers

Colts

Chiefs

Falcons

I think losing like they did to the Bills makes the Chief loss the most embarrassing. I think everyone expected the Colts to get nailed.

 

[NL5]

Who looks the worst?

Steelers

Colts

Chiefs

Falcons

Steelers Easy.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I hope this all results in Caldwell and Coyer getting canned at the end of the season (or sooner!) I am getting giddy thinking of the possibilities.

The "team" was built around Peyton Manning like no other team in history has been entirely predicated entirely on one player. Today's game is an obvious testament to that.

Now that Manning is gone (I will not be surprised if he ends up retiring), they will need to blow up the entire team and start from scratch. They mortgaged the future around him and unfortunately for them it didn't pay off much. One SB in 16 years doesn't seem a worthy tradeoff for what's coming for that franchise.

 

[slayer202]

steelers probably look worst, but the colts are the worst.

 

[shocksyde]

Correction: 6 Steeler turnovers. Mega lulz!

 

[nick1985]

Yeah 1 Super Bowl after all that is pretty shitty

 

[JujuFish]

Who looks the worst?

Steelers

Colts

Chiefs

Falcons

The Cholterons.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

The "team" was built around Peyton Manning like no other team in history has been entirely predicated entirely on one player. Today's game is an obvious testament to that.

That's right, and that's why I laugh when people try to put Brady in Manning's league. Uh, no, sorry, and it isn't even close.

Now that Manning is gone (I will not be surprised if he ends up retiring), they will need to blow up the entire team and start from scratch. They mortgaged the future around him and unfortunately for them it didn't pay off much. One SB in 16 years doesn't seem a worthy tradeoff for what's coming for that franchise.

No, and to make matters worse, Polian has absolutely tanked when it comes to draft picks as lupi mentioned earlier. He does OK with lower picks but is AWFUL with first round picks. His last several picks (excluding the 2011 pick) were AWFUL:

2010 Jerry Hughes DE (never plays)
2009 Donald Brown RB (now third string)
2008 no pick (gave to SF for rights to Tony Ugoh, who they cut)
2007 Anthony Gonzalez WR (always injured)
2006 Addai RB (an OK pick)
2005 Marlin Jackson CB (an OK pick derailed here by injuries)

His good string was 2001-2003, when he picked (in succession) Wayne, Clark, and Freeney.

The coaching staff is terrible too. Simply awful.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Yeah 1 Super Bowl after all that is pretty shitty

2 Super Bowls and 1 win -- over da Bears. :awe:

 

[nick1985]

2 Super Bowls and 1 win -- over da Bears. :awe:

Sexy Rexy FTL

 

[lupi]

turnover 7 for the rapers.

 

[slayer202]

omg another steelers turnover

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Yeah 1 Super Bowl after all that is pretty shitty

I disagree. This is similar to my fav team which is the Dallas Mavericks. Mavericks have built around Nowitzki for 11 or 12 years and it's only gotten them one ring. Totally worth it IMO. Mavs started 31 years ago. So waiting 11 years for Nowitzki to deliver wasn't bad. There are many teams that won't get a championship for 30+ years.

 

[nick1985]

I disagree. This is similar to my fav team which is the Dallas Mavericks. Mavericks have built around Nowitzki for 11 or 12 years and it's only gotten them one ring. Totally worth it IMO. Mavs started 31 years ago. So waiting 11 years for Nowitzki to deliver wasn't bad. There are many teams that won't get a championship for 30+ years.

Difference is now that Peyton is gone, the Colts are worthless for years to come. The Mavs could still compete without Dirk.