Official 2013 NFL Discussion Thread

[IPD]

better the NFC east than the AFC east.

for posterity:

fuck the patsies

[93STLTH]

AFC East - 15% of Super Bowls won.
AFC North is second to the NFC East with 17% of SB's won.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Cousins will be someone's starting QB next year.

Geno Smith is starting for the Jets this Saturday. He had a great practice yesterday. 15 for 16, 2 td's, no INT's. Had his way with the Jets defense in HUNH mode. If he has a good showing Saturday, he will oust Sanchez.

Jeremy

[sergechronos]

Wait... what??
You are aware that NFC East teams have won 26% of all Super Bowls? And that's including the Eagles, who have none.

Look at the recent history:
Philly consistently made deep playoffs runs with Reid at the helm, and always came up just short.
Giants have been very inconsistent. They were around a .500 team when they won their first Super Bowl with Coughlin. Then they got bumped in their first game the next year, then missed 2 after that. Then they squeeze in the playoffs in the last game of the season and make a run to win another Super Bowl, then they miss the playoffs again the next year.
The Cowboys have just always fallen short. Whether its self inflicted or whatever.
The Redskins are a whole different mess with Chainsaw Dan. Before RG3 and Cousins, they finished sub .500 for something like the last 5 years. And had maybe 2 or 3 playoff appearances since 2000 before that.

Sure the division is always close when all the teams are hanging around .500, but I would say that the Division was basically the Eagle's to lose when Reid was HC. They consistently posted winning records, higher seeds and deeper play off runs. You could take 2 years in the last 12 away from any of those teams, and the Eagles still would have more wins and playoff appearances than other teams in the NFL in the full 12 years.

Not saying that the NFC East isn't competitive, it is, but the media (ESPN in particular) like to play it up as though it's always a fight to the death and the winner of the NFC East is the best team in the NFC and the presumptive favorite to the win the Super Bowl. This year though, all 4 teams should be competitive (and their games should be exciting) and it may not be too surprising to see the NFC East take both wild card spots if things break the right way for them given their opponents for out of division play.

[sergechronos]

Geno Smith is starting for the Jets this Saturday. If he has a pulse, he will oust Sanchez.

Jeremy

Much more accurate now.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Well, Rexy has a perpetual hard on for Sanchez...thankfully the powers that be are forcing him to give Geno his deserved shot. Still sucks seeing as Geno is surrounded by mediocrity, and the NY media. Couldn't have landed at a worse spot, well maybe the Raiders.

Jeremy

[Echo419]

I have no idea why Sanchez even got the job in the first place. he barley had any exp at USC and was surrounded with talent that was in many cases much more superior than to those he was playing. why people keep taking chances on the USC QB's is beyond me.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

RG3, Cam, Luck

[93STLTH]

RG3, Cam, Luck

That's pretty freakin cool to see them on the same track like that. I'm not surprised at RGIII pulling away, he could have qualified for the olympics if he wanted to, but I am surprised that Luck could hang with Newton as well as he did.

[IPD]

guess luck is a little bit faster than a manning.