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Possibly against their better judgment, the NFL is moving ahead with the 2020 season. Who knows what this season will look like or if it even should happen, but we're doing this thing apparently. So we may as well talk about football while we're still here. 2019 was a good year for the Best Division, which sent two playoff teams and represented the NFC in the Super Bowl. With no coaching or QB changes in the offseason, things are pretty stable across the board and this figures to be one of the deepest divisions in football. Arizona Cardinals 2019 record: 5-10-1 Vegas win over/under: 7.5 Head coach: Kliff Kingsbury Starting QB: Kyler Murray The first year of the Kliffy/Kyler experiment was mostly a mixed bag, though Murray showed flashes of brilliance and figures to take a big step forward this year. It helps that they stole DeAndre Hopkins from the Texans in the most absurdly one-sided trade in recent memory, pairing up with Fitz and Christian Kirk in a suddenly deep WR corps. The Cards are a trendy darkhorse team this year, but the defense and O-line need major improvements if they're going to reach the playoffs. Los Angeles Rams 2019 record: 9-7 Vegas win over/under: 9 Head coach: Sean McVay Starting QB: Jared Goff Two years ago, the Rams were a national sensation and McVay was the toast of the analytical world. Too bad their QB kinda stinks after all. This team honestly wasn't bad last year (in fact, they're a couple of flukey plays and missed FGs away from a Wild Card spot), but the shine is off, thanks to a porous offensive line that exposed Goff's worst habits and Todd Gurley's knees slowly turning to ash. Gurley has since been shipped to Atlanta and McVay, somewhat surprisingly, let go of respected defensive coordinator Wade Phillips. This is a hard team to peg for 2020, but a 9-win over/under feels about right. San Francisco 49ers 2019 record: 13-3 Vegas win over/under: 10.5 Head coach: Kyle Shanahan Starting QB: Jimmy Garoppolo Finally healthy and playing the first full season of his career, Jimmy G took the league by storm by *checks notes* handing the ball off and letting Shanny's scheme do the rest. Now that's not entirely fair to our boy, but the 49ers undoubtedly found a winning formula with a multifaceted running attack and shifty YAC threats in the passing game. Coupled with one of the best front sevens in football, the Niners ran all the way to the Super Bowl and had a 10-point lead before Atlanta Falcons Kyle Shanahan logged on. With a few minor changes, they're mostly running it back this season and are favorites to repeat as division champs. I hated typing that. Seattle Seahawks 2019 record: 11-5 Vegas win over/under: 9 Head coach: Pete Carroll Starting QB: Russell Wilson Pete's obsession with conservative offenses has reached self-parody levels in recent years. Despite Russ playing the best football of his career, the Seahawks are doggedly committed to handing off on first down and not opening up the playbook until they're down double digits.. Despite that counter-productive style, Seattle kept winning games -- they started 10-2 and were literal inches away from sweeping the 49ers and stealing the division. In the offseason, they bolstered the secondary with the additions of Jamal Adams and Quinton Dunbar, who was caught in an armed robbery scandal but eventually cleared to play after his charges were dropped (I still think he paid off the witnesses to change their story, but whatever). So yeah, this team is just committed to be weird at all times. I expect 10-6 and another early playoff exit for it. https://twitter.com/bykevinclark/status/1194116141280460800?lang=en Division titles 49ers -- 20 Rams -- 17 Seahawks -- 8 Cardinals -- 3 Super Bowl appearances (winning years in bold) 49ers -- 7 (1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2012, 2019) Rams -- 4 (1979, 1999, 2001, 2018) Seahawks -- 3 (2005, 2013, 2014) Cardinals -- 1 (2008)
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Let's start the new thread off on a strong note https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1300965149818273793
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Karens, best known for their militant pro-BLM views
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Sep 2, 2020 22:57
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may this thread be blessed with unliiiiiiiiiimited runs
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Let Russ cook.
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madsushi posted:Let Russ cook. yeah, cook some spaghetti!!!!
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Magicpants posted:yeah, cook some spaghetti!!!! lololololo f---ing owned
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Jimmy G is the most handsomest to ever hand the ball off and therefore is the best at this division.
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All praise the Run and their prophet the Seattle Football Seahawks inshallah
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On this page 1, we give thanks to Frank Gore and Marshawn Lynch for blessing us with another season to establish the run.
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TheBacon posted:Jimmy G is the most handsomest to ever hand the ball off and therefore is the best at this division. Maybe I’m giving away too much here but Bobby Wagner is also very handsome.
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Praise the Run forever and ever, Amen. May it be established in our hearts, even if it may never be established in this fallen world.
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Someone made one of these for Frank Gore last season, but I never got around to making one for Lynch.
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Sep 3, 2020 01:38
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Bob Socko posted:Someone made one of these for Frank Gore last season, but I never got around to making one for Lynch. I'm impressed with the work you were able to do heating and forming all those Skittles.
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Frank Gore was not the hero we deserved in the dark times, but the hero we needed. All grace to Gore, may he run forever.
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Mustached Demon posted:I'm impressed with the work you were able to do heating and forming all those Skittles. I kinda want to do this now.
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Bob Socko posted:Someone made one of these for Frank Gore last season, but I never got around to making one for Lynch. Hell yeah For reference this is the one I made for Frank Gore 
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I'm pretty sure a medieval monk made that for Gore's rookie year
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Well he has to get reinstated first, so...
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seiferguy posted:Well he has to get reinstated first, so... Edit - no, I'm wrong, misread a tweet. Sorry everyone, false alarm! Bob Socko fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Sep 3, 2020 |
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Honestly rooting for him, I really hope he's able to succeed.
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According to Greg Bell, his agent says he's reinstated. https://twitter.com/gbellseattle/status/1301548699533807616
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Had a terrible dream last night that the Niners had lost a Super Bowl to the Patriots. Thank heavens we don't live in that reality.
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TheBacon posted:Honestly rooting for him, I really hope he's able to succeed.
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shirts and skins posted:According to Greg Bell, his agent says he's reinstated. I'd be surprised if the Seahawks signed him without having a good idea that he'll be reinstated. Mustached Demon posted:On this page 1, we give thanks to Frank Gore and Marshawn Lynch for blessing us with another season to establish the run. Amen 
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I believe I said in N/V, I've kind of given up on signing Clowney, but if the Hawks can land him that defense will have serious teeth. Even without him I feel a lot better about the defense this year. It seems like the personnel mix is much closer to what Carroll is comfortable with. The team stayed in base so much last year because they didn't have enough safety/CB talent, especially at the nickel position. Marquise Blair has been getting a lot of hype at nickel and if he's the answer I think the D will gel nicely. The Brooks LB pick was lambasted at the time but he's apparently fast as hell and will be tasked with helping to sniff out lateral plays and the like. Being able to learn from Wagner and KJ must be a treat. Very curious to see how he develops. Not many pass rush bodies on the D line, but a vastly improved secondary and a healthier Jarran Reed may make things easier up front. We'll see (for a week weeks, at least?). They start @ATL so it's not like things start out easy.
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shirts and skins posted:I believe I said in N/V, I've kind of given up on signing Clowney, but if the Hawks can land him that defense will have serious teeth. Benson Mayowa will hopefully be a good rotational DE, and his highlight film looks good. He's not Clowney-esque but nonetheless seems solid.
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Mustached Demon posted:On this page 1, we give thanks to Frank Gore and Marshawn Lynch for blessing us with another season to establish the run. 
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Can't wait for the Cards to wrap up winning the division by week 4 when the league shuts down cause an entire team got COVID.
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RIP to a 49ers legend https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1301607980509663234
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Lol Tavon Austin in 2020
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hifi posted:That's the third 49ers wr hurt in... 2 weeks? What are they doing over there Signing guys like jj nelson and tavon austin as camp bodies
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jj nelson is good though. i assume sherman put a hit out for the time he completely pantsed him and the rest of the seattle "all stars" back in 2016.
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hifi posted:That's the third 49ers wr hurt in... 2 weeks? What are they doing over there Run blocking I assume.
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