NFL and Houston Texans Superthread: Are we ready for some football?

[O'Mike]

Ok, found the opening numbers.

Day: Saturday

Time: 4:35 pm

Favorite: Houston Texans

Line: -3

O/U: 37



Other lines:

Seattle -7.5 v Detroit
Pittsburgh -9.5 v Miami
Green Bay -4 v NYGiants

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[BigLouie]

Here is a question for everyone, should the Texans trade for Tony Romo

[oilfieldscum]

Originally Posted by BigLouie

If Texans lose could O'Brien be gone

I'm no crazy about ole Bill but Rick Smith is the one needs his ass fired off the roof.

Originally Posted by BigLouie

Here is a question for everyone, should the Texans trade for Tony Romo

What do they do with the $72 million dollar flop quarterback they have now?

[kerwil62]

Playoff Scenario is set.

AFC:
1. New England
2. Kansas City
3. Pittsburgh
4. Houston
5. Oakland
6. Miami

NFC:
1. Dallas
2. Atlanta
3. Seattle
4. Green Bay
5. NY Giants
6. Detroit

First Round AFC:
Miami @ Pittsburgh. Winner goes to Kansas City
Oakland @ Houston. Winner goes to New England(and lose)

First Round NFC:
NY Giants @ Green Bay. Winner goes to Atlanta
Detroit @ Seattle. Winner goes to Dallas

My predictions(AFC):
Miami isn't a cold weather football team. They will lose and Pittsburgh will go to KC.
Oakland and Houston BOTH have QB issues. Houston might as well start Brock. I'm kinda leaning toward the Raiders because of Texans issues putting points on the board. But whoever wins will get their ass whooped by New England regardless.

My Predictions(NFC):
Detroit will get handled by that defense and will have issues trying to contain Russell Wilson. Matt Stafford is a good QB but not consistent. He needs to hit Tate and Bolden and hit them often if the Lions are to even have a chance. I see Seattle winning this one and going to Dallas.
Watch out for them gotdamn Giants! They may not do shit right all the time but they can do shit at the RIGHT time! Even though Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are on a 6-game roll, the Giants are the only team(besides Dallas) that can beat them in Lambeau. Even though they've done it before, I don't think they'll be as lucky as in previous years. Packers got too many weapons right now, and Aaron Rodgers is too hard to contain. I"m going with the Packers to win and go to the ATL(that game will be definitely a high scoring one).

We'll see what happens.....

Playoff Time baby!!!

[Fishpie]

Lowest seed goes to NE and highest seed goes to KC. Same for the NFC.

[kerwil62]

Originally Posted by Fishpie

Lowest seed goes to NE and highest seed goes to KC. Same for the NFC.

So basically what you're saying is this.....

The AFC:
Let's say Miami and Oakland win their games. Miami's the lowest seed so they go to NE and get their asses whooped like yesterday. Again. And Oakland will go to KC and get whooped again.
Or if Houston and Pittsburgh both win. Houston will go to NE and Pittsburgh will go to KC.
Or if Miami and Houston both win. Miami will go to NE and Houston will go to KC.
Or if Oakland and Pittsburgh both win. Oakland goes to NE and Pittsburgh goes to KC.

The NFC:
Seattle and Green Bay both win. Seattle goes to Atlanta and Green Bay goes to Dallas.
Detroit and NY Giants both win. Detroit goes to Dallas and NY Giants go to Atlanta.
Seattle and NY Giants both win. Seattle goes to Atlanta and the NY Giants go to Dallas.
Detroit and Green Bay both win. Detroit goes to Atlanta and Green Bay goes to Dallas.

This sums up the scenario of the lowest seeded teams play the highest seeded team and the next to lowest seeded team play the next to highest seeded team.

This can be some confusing shit!

[O'Mike]

If a player feels his contract is underpaying him, they hold out and force the team to renegotiate. I wonder if this is the time where a team should lock out a player and force a renegotiation based on less than expected performance. Would like to see brick face that little test.

It would piss the hell out of the NFLPA, LOL. They love being able to do it, but if the tables are turned on them, they would shit a chicken.


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[Fishpie]

Originally Posted by kerwil62

So basically what you're saying is this.....

The AFC:
Let's say Miami and Oakland win their games. Miami's the lowest seed so they go to NE and get their asses whooped like yesterday. Again. And Oakland will go to KC and get whooped again.
Or if Houston and Pittsburgh both win. Houston will go to NE and Pittsburgh will go to KC.
Or if Miami and Houston both win. Miami will go to NE and Houston will go to KC.
Or if Oakland and Pittsburgh both win. Oakland goes to NE and Pittsburgh goes to KC.

The NFC:
Seattle and Green Bay both win. Seattle goes to Atlanta and Green Bay goes to Dallas.
Detroit and NY Giants both win. Detroit goes to Dallas and NY Giants go to Atlanta.
Seattle and NY Giants both win. Seattle goes to Atlanta and the NY Giants go to Dallas.
Detroit and Green Bay both win. Detroit goes to Atlanta and Green Bay goes to Dallas.

This sums up the scenario of the lowest seeded teams play the highest seeded team and the next to lowest seeded team play the next to highest seeded team.

This can be some confusing shit!

Originally Posted by The Power of the Internet

The names of the first three playoff rounds date back to the postseason format that was first used in 1978, when the league began using wild-card teams. The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card playoffs (or wild-card weekend). In this round, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. There are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference receive a bye in the first round, which entitles these teams to automatic advancement to the second round, the divisional playoffs, where they face the wild-card weekend survivors. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system. The number 1 seed will host the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5 or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4 or 5).[2] The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games (hosted by the higher seed), with the winners of those contests going on to face one another in the Super Bowl. Only twice since 1990 has neither a number one-seeded team nor a number two-seeded team hosted a conference championship game (in the 2006 AFC Championship the #3 seeded Indianapolis Colts hosted the #4 seeded New England Patriots with the Colts winning 38–34 and the 2008 NFC Championship the #4 seeded Arizona Cardinals hosting the #6 seeded Philadelphia Eagles with the Cardinals winning 32–25).

[jstone420]

The NFL will lose 75 million on the Texans raiders game that's crazy

[Solemate62]

Originally Posted by jstone420

The NFL will lose 75 million on the Texans raiders game that's crazy

Explain, please!

[jstone420]

ESPN paid a 100 million just to show the wild card game but will only make 25 million

[Fishpie]

He does have a point. I was streaming the Oak/Den game and they switched games mid broadcast to the KC/SD game because it was "more entertaining" or something like that. I've honestly have never seen that happen before.

[nu2]

Biglouie, I do not think the Texans should trade for Romo. They would have to give up too much to get him. I think a better plan would be to draft one quarterback every year until they know they have their franchise Q.B.

[gnadfly]

Even though they gave Rick Smith a recent extension, they should fire him just like the Rams did Jeff Fisher. I know, I know.

[gnadfly]

Originally Posted by jstone420

ESPN paid a 100 million just to show the wild card game but will only make 25 million

ESPN has been bleeding subscribers for years and the NFL contract is a big albatross. Good. They are the chief culprits in the Disneyfication of the NFL.