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Pies4shaw
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The NFL has released the list of each team's opponents and which games they will play home and away, although the schedule is not yet available.
Here's a link: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/156577/opponents-for-the-2015-nfl-season
I'm not in the business of assessing the strength of each team's draw but the Pats would be looking to go 14:2 - they have probably only 6 competitive games, based on the 2014 form of the teams they are drawn to play. 12:4 for them in 2015 is probably an indication of decline. |
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didick
didick
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Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne choses the 49ers to try and make it in the NFL. Chances? _________________ "The night is a very dark time for me" Chaz Michael Michaels |
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Pies4shaw
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Interesting call. I don't know enough about the 49ers' RB stocks to know whether he is a chance to make it. It's hard to see how would get a game ahead of Lynch (who is only slightly older than him) at the Seahawks, so that makes sense but I would have thought Stafford's qualities (and continuing improvement) at the Lions presented some possibilities for a running back who might never be capable of being the "main man". Perhaps OEP has a view (if he's recovered from the coaching change news)? |
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OEP
Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Location: Perth
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Pies4shaw wrote: | Interesting call. I don't know enough about the 49ers' RB stocks to know whether he is a chance to make it. It's hard to see how would get a game ahead of Lynch (who is only slightly older than him) at the Seahawks, so that makes sense but I would have thought Stafford's qualities (and continuing improvement) at the Lions presented some possibilities for a running back who might never be capable of being the "main man". Perhaps OEP has a view (if he's recovered from the coaching change news)? |
If you can recover from being run over by a big $£$%^%%$ train, then yes I've recovered from it...oh who am I kidding I'm still busted up.
Anyway on Hayne he's not going to be on the RB's list for the 49ers, I fully expect Gore to walk (FFS) and the 49ers to draft a RB in either the 4th or 5th round to bolster their ranks while picking up a low cost veteran RB in FA. Hayne's best chance of making the roster for next year, and it's a thin at best chance, is as a Kick Returner, though even that a big leap. Most likely he will be retained on the practice squad for futher development. As for his chance of making as a KR he still has to learn the schemes, how and where to hold the ball, how to move fluently with pads on, how to deal with a reduced peripheral vision due to the helmet, and how to run at players in the NFL because unlike to NRL don't tackle below the waist they hit below the waist so he'll have to run lower.
All-in-all it's a good decision by both the 49ers and Hayne but Hayne has a looooong way to go even with his physical gifts because, as we all know, playing in the NFL is a very scheme orientated and playing in pads is something he will have to learn to do. _________________ A Collingwood supporter since the egg was inseminated. |
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didick
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Yeah KR at best but good luck to him. Gutsy and admirable to sacrifice a comfortable career for such a low percentage gamble. _________________ "The night is a very dark time for me" Chaz Michael Michaels |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Brandon Marshall traded to Jets for 5th Rounder _________________ I am Da Man |
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Pies4shaw
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So, the Jets now have a good wide receiver. Now, all they need is someone to throw it to him.... |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Pies4shaw wrote: | So, the Jets now have a good wide receiver. Now, all they need is someone to throw it to him.... |
They need to draft one in this years Draft. Winson or Marroita could be no worse then what they got _________________ I am Da Man |
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OEP
Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Location: Perth
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Pies4shaw wrote: | So, the Jets now have a good wide receiver. Now, all they need is someone to throw it to him.... |
Boom, drop the mic this one's over. _________________ A Collingwood supporter since the egg was inseminated. |
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OEP
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Dave The Man wrote: | Pies4shaw wrote: | So, the Jets now have a good wide receiver. Now, all they need is someone to throw it to him.... |
They need to draft one in this years Draft. Winson or Marroita could be no worse then what they got |
Either Winston or Mariota would be a significant upgrade at QB even allowing for first year teething problems. _________________ A Collingwood supporter since the egg was inseminated. |
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OEP
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Oh FFS that's it I'm uninstalling my 49ers website for at least the next 24 hours. Can only take so much. _________________ A Collingwood supporter since the egg was inseminated. |
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didick
didick
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OEP wrote: | Oh FFS that's it I'm uninstalling my 49ers website for at least the next 24 hours. Can only take so much. |
It seems like a massive disintegration of a powerhouse team. Unbelievable! Would it be similar in some ways to the Pies losing the experience we have lost in the last three or so seasons, but in the space of only a few months?
How long of supporting a team is allowed before it's too long to swap to another? 😊 _________________ "The night is a very dark time for me" Chaz Michael Michaels |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Dave The Man
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Pies4shaw
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Graham to the Seahawks is big, as is Andre Johnson to the Colts. Suh to the Dolphins is great news for Green Bay (he won't get 2 chances a year to break A-Rod's legs in the NFC North anymore).
But, for me, the big news is that the Pack have re-signed Cobb and Bulaga - both critical pieces of the puzzle. Also, in less positive news, that Tramon Williams might leave - especially given that the backup (Davon House) has already fled. Still, in Hine we trust (or something). |
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