NFL Week 4: September Superbowl edition

[Man0warr]

Looks like he wants to murder Curtis Painter.

[Valisk]

If the game took place in Canada, they would have thrown Hester a banana after that nigga monkey shuffle.

It reminds me of some Diddy Kong move.

[Dimmauk]

Barber should have stuck to tumbles like hester instead of backflips.

If the game took place in Canada, they would have thrown Hester a banana after that nigga monkey shuffle.

It reminds me of some Diddy Kong move.

So much madness. The Barbarian has the same amount of Rushing TDs as the Cowboys. LOL

[Dimmauk]

Peyton was seething up in the box with a manningface.

http://i54.tinypic.com/c1fy8.gif

[Jaxzer]

Anyone hear the hitler reference from Hank Williams? It's all the talk this morning

[Dimmauk]

Are you ready for some Holocaust? A Monday Night Holocaust?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl-wp8592

Here.

[Rhinox]

Cam Fever Builds Dept.: The 543 yards Carolina gained Sunday was the most the Bears have allowed in a game this century.

Greatest rookie qb ever!

[Cail]

Andre

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Coach Gary Kubiak said Monday that Johnson is nursing an injured right hamstring and his availability for Sunday's game against Oakland is uncertain as the team seeks other medical opinions.

Kubiak said that Johnson will "miss some time," though he said that could range from 3-4 days to a "few weeks."

"We're still in the evaluation process," Kubiak said. "We are dealing with a hamstring, we do know that. We are going to get a couple of different opinions here, over the course of the next two days."

James Harrison has broken orbital bone

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Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin ruled James Harrison out for Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans because the outside linebacker will undergo a surgical procedure Wednesday for a broken orbital bone around his right eye.

Harrison will be out indefinitely and there is no timetable for his return.

Tomlin said Lawrence Timmons will take over at Harrison's spot at right outside linebacker. Larry Foote will start at inside linebacker for Timmons.

Tomlin said quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn't suffer a broken bone in his left foot and he anticipates Roethlisberger should be able to play Sunday.

Roethlisberger sprained his left foot in the fourth quarter of a 17-10 loss to Houston. An MRI exam on Monday revealed no significant damage but Tomlin said his quarterback could be limited in practice early in the week.

Defensive end Aaron Smith has a mid-foot sprain and might miss the game.

Long Romo Thing, Deion pissed, Chris Cooley laughs

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo just can't win for losing.

Former Cowboys great Deion Sanders was the latest person to rip Romo for his role in the Cowboys' collapse on Sunday. Two Romo interceptions were returned for touchdowns in the second half as Dallas blew a 27-3 lead on the way to a 34-30 loss to the Lions.

"I don't understand this guy," Sanders said on the NFL Network. "Just when you want to believe in him, heroic effort, came back against San Francisco, they said punctured lung and everything. And we praised him, we said, 'Yeah, he's that leader, he's their guy.' And then you come and do this. What are you thinking?

"Sooner or later we've just got to quit guessing and assuming that this guy is the guy to get you over the hump, and say, 'You know what? This guy is always going to be great statistically, but he's not that guy that can take you to where you want to go.' And that's the Super Bowl."

For the day, Romo completed 34-of-47 passes for 331 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. But it was his play at the end of the game that cost Dallas a possibility of going 3-1 instead of the Cowboys being 2-2 heading into their bye week.

"Dallas Cowboys fans are sick of it," Sanders, a NFL Network analyst, said. "We had (Romo) on our shoulders last week. 'Oh Tony, he's our king!' But now we want to stone him. I'm serious, that's the way (fans) feel about him because you can't trust him. I like him. Statistically, he's great, but you can't trust him."

Others took personal pleasure in Romo's demise.

"It's amazing, amazing to watch him choke like that," Redskins tight end Chris Cooley said on 106.7 The Fan in Washington. "I'm just saying, (if) I'm up 24 points in the third quarter, if I'm the head coach, I feel like I could probably just take a knee for the rest of the game, punt it away and there's no way that Detroit's gonna drive on you that many times. The only way you're gonna give up that many points is turnovers, right? It's hilarious to watch him throw pick sixes, too, back to back. I loved it."

Cooley wants to beat Romo himself, but not just on the football field. He said he would relish getting into a cage with him.

"For me to beat Tony? I'm gonna be honest, I don't know what kind of cage fighting skills he has," Cooley told the radio station. "I would probably try to incorporate my wrestling ability, like when I was in high school. Obviously it's been awhile, but I didn't like to beat people fast. I like to embarrass 'em a little bit. Like, take a 24-point lead, and then just play with it a little bit."

Not everyone is down on Romo, however.

On Monday, Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki tweeted that Romo should hang in there, keep working and not let the critics bring him down.

And Romo's coach is standing by him.

"I don't think it's difficult to trust him," Jason Garrett said Monday. "We've had a lot of success in these situations in our 4½ years with Tony as our quarterback. Now have they been 100 percent perfect? No. But you try to create the environment and you try and do the things as a coach to help him be as good as he can be in those situations.

"But again, it's a team thing. It's everybody together, Tony is a big part of it because he's our quarterback, but it's the other guys on offense, the other guys on defense and throughout our team."

These late-game problems are nothing new for Romo.

In Dallas' Week 1 loss to the New York Jets, Romo fumbled at his opponents' 2-yard-line, preventing his team from adding to a seven-point lead. He then threw a costly interception late in the fourth quarter that allowed the Jets to kick the go-ahead field goal with less than a minute to play.

Romo, however, has been good in late-game situations this season, leading his team on a pair of game-winning scoring drives. In his career, Romo has 11 fourth-quarter comebacks and 12 game-winning drives.

At times one has to wonder, which Romo the Cowboys will get?

"I think you're always trying to improve," Garrett said. "You're always trying to learn from these situations that you're in. I think his end of game situations, in relation to the football, are things he has to get better at. He knows that and he'll be the first one to say that. So we have to find a way for him to get better at that."

When Romo became the starting quarterback in 2006, he had a gunslinger mentality, much like Brett Favre, who he grew up admiring. Over the years, Cowboys' offensive coaches contained Romo's gunslinger mentality some, but there are times where it creeps out and leads to bad things.

Garrett said he's thought about reigning in Romo at times.

"The best quarterbacks I've ever been around have an aggressive mentality," Garrett said. "If you look at the best quarterbacks in the league right now they have an aggressive mentality. You have to in order to play well. But certainly you have to overlay the situation of the game into your aggressiveness. It's a position of risk and reward every time you have the ball in your hand and you got to make sure you understand your play versus their defense but also you have to understand the game situation."

In 65 career starts, Romo is 41-24 but has lost seven of his last 10 starts dating back to 2010. He missed the last 10 games of the 2010 season with a broken collarbone. When asked about Romo's recent mark, Garrett said Romo is a good quarterback and believes in him, much like his teammates.

Still, it's hard to ignore the recent history of Romo and what's coming up when the Cowboys finish the bye week.

Dallas visits a New England Patriots team, which hasn't lost at home since 2008, in two weeks.

"It doesn't feel good," Romo said Sunday of how he'll feel during the bye.

Eric Foster - Dislocated Ankle

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Indianapolis defensive tackle Eric Foster will spend the night in an area hospital after suffering a dislocated right ankle in the second quarter of the Colts' 24-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

Colts coach Jim Caldwell said Foster will have surgery on the ankle.

The injury occurred with 52 seconds remaining in the half and the Colts leading 10-7. Foster got tangled up with the pile while trying to assist on a tackle and remained down after the play. He was immediately attended to by the training staff, fitted with an air cast and left the field on a cart.

Foster pounded his chest and yelled to teammates as he left the field to applause.

Foster, out of Rutgers, is in his fourth season. He entered the game with 12 tackles.

The Colts also lost starting offensive linemen Anthony Castonzo and Ben Ijalana to injuries during the game. Guard Ryan Diem was inactive.

"I think you have to deal with injuries in this business," Colts coach Jim Caldwell said. "They happen. You just have to find a way to overcome it. That's what we talk about -- the next man up. Somebody has got to fill in and be ready to play."

And finally,

The home of the New Orleans Saints and site of six Super Bowls will be renamed the Mercedes-Benz Superdome under a deal with the German automaker, the team and company said Tuesday.

[tyven]

I feel like Chris Cooley comes across a bit childish there, then again i am like the only washingtonian that isnt lined up to suck him off based on every little thing he does. white boy should have been shipped out years ago when he was worth something, fred davis is 3 times the player he is.

[Mertron]

i never cared much for cooley either

until now

[Mertron]

i'll just leave this here

Watching Cowboys games is now like watching a rerun of Goodfellas. The first half of the game is the fun part when Henry and Tommy are rising through the ranks of the New York underworld, selling cigarettes out of the trunk, busting balls at nightclubs, and keeping their mouths shut when they get pinched. The second half of the game is the part when Tommy gets whacked, and Henry is doing piles of blow and turns into a federal witness. I swear if you start a Goodfellas DVD at the exact same time as the next Cowboys’ game the two will match up perfectly like The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon.

[Chun Liroy]

Maybe chris cooley should catch more than 7 balls for 66 yards after 4 games before he wants to talk shit. Rofl. Team gets beat with 6 FGs and a dude w/ a broken rib. Week later thinks he's tough shit. lolololol

[Headspace]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...oys-last-play/

lol

[Dimmauk]

Maybe chris cooley should catch more than 7 balls for 66 yards after 4 games before he wants to talk shit. Rofl. Team gets beat with 6 FGs and a dude w/ a broken rib. Week later thinks he's tough shit. lolololol

You do know he has been dealing with an injury the whole season?

[Cail]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...oys-last-play/

lol

everytime they showed that reply the last 2 days ive been laughing my ass off

[Demosthenes11]

tyven is right for cereal, fred davis is the mother fuckin shit

[Dimmauk]

everytime they showed that reply the last 2 days ive been laughing my ass off

I figured romo gave up when he threw a short pass on 4th and 20. Or maybe Felix figured the same as me? LOL

[Lordender]

Heres my issue with Matt Ryan, he's peaked, he is not going to get much better, he is in a run first offense that is very dink and dunk, he also checks down a whole lot which I think is more on the coaching than him. The Falcons aren't really built to come back once they get down, they're built to play with the lead which is why teams like the packers can jump out ahead and once the Falcons abandon Turner and the running game, its game over, he is not a QB that can come back to win a game if they fall down 21+ because of the nature of their offense. The Packers, Saints and even the Eagles have offenses where no leads are ever safe if they fall behind 20+ points, these three teams can also win with turnovers on offense, the Falcons simply have to play mistake free which is hard to consistently do.

I don't think their offense is good enough for the post season, they remind me of the Saints of the early 90's that ran basically the same offense, run first, dink and dunk their way down the field, we could never hang with the 49'ers high powered offenses back then because they were going to score no matter how good your defense was.

The Falcons have a lot of talent but Matt Ryan isn't elite by any means no matter how much ESPN wants to put him in the conversation.

[Chun Liroy]

You do know he has been dealing with an injury the whole season?

So has romo. What's that got to do with talking shit when you suck.

[Cail]

So has romo. What's that got to do with talking shit when you suck.

At the moment, standings say the 'skins are better