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The Cheetahs are really struggling with shutting down the three running lanes on any given play. I said in the other thread that I think you either "get" how to stop a system like that or you don't, and I'm not convinced the Cheetahs get it.

I'm loving this success the Falcons are having with the running game early on. That should free up a fair bit of room for Julio to go to town later on.

If only he'd been able to hit Brady as hard as he was able to hit Ben a few years ago.

Elite pass rusher Courtney Upshaw with a sack.

Quality cut by Freeman. Get in son.

Truer words were never spoken.

Julian Edelman picking up where Wes Welker left off - dropping passes in Super Bowls.

There's no way I'm watching the show so I don't have a stake in this, but I could see her making some minor (if ultimately completely empty) statement that gets people's attention. Like a signature moment for the sake of having one. What I'm curious about is how much editorial control they have over their show and what (if anything) has to be vetted by the NFL. And by extension, what happened with that wardrobe malfunction some years ago or what would happen if the NFL said not to do something (say they wanted to have Goodell doing Mussolini's salute or something outrageous) and the artist said "screw you I'm doing it anyway".

Sounds like what they do in my country. But can I ask why you want to see that?

In a decision that proves you can't take a week off and win employee of the month. Good to see justice prevail.

That's the other reason it would be a travesty of travesties - that and the Ryan snub as you say.

Ugh, what's the bet MVP's going to someone who mostly plays in Massachusetts?

Ah, sorry for stealing your thunder. (I'll take "things Oklahoma City didn't say to Seattle" for $500)

I can't be the only one who wants to see how @Steve0x goes this year.

I can't say I blame you for being in a good mood.

Maybe he and James Harrison are sharing, uh, notes on how to beat Father Time.

I'm just waiting for the Lions to fire their GM and come knocking.

I imagine it's one of those rules that relies on the other team taking it up with the league office. Iirc Steve Bisciotti technically broke some tampering rules a couple of years ago when he made some minor off-the-cuff comments after we traded Haloti, but the Lions didn't complain about it so nothing became of it.

I see a lot of Cheetahs fans are already going down that road, pointing to Goodell attending the NFCCG and not being at Foxboro. I'm picking the Falcons for this one - like Denver's defence last year their offence is just too stacked and playing too well. How Belicheat prepares for Shanahan's WCO system will be the big factor imo. Teams either seem to have mastered the art of stopping it (and often do REALLY well against it as the AFCS teams did against us in 2014, for example) or they haven't. Granted they did really well against Gary Kubiak's Texans but I think these Falcons are better than we were in 2014 and we were able to move the ball around quite well in Foxboro. Time to buy a Julio Jones jersey and hope for the best.

It's just a shame they don't have Tony Gonzalez anymore. Though in fairness no Gonzalez probably frees up cap space for signings like Mack and Sanu.

He's talking about Vince McMahon and Charlie Brown.

Ed Hochuli's going to come up from behind and hit Matt Ryan over the head with a steel chair, right?

He's talking about the Super Bowl.