Had the Saints +5. Brutal.

**** you Sean Payton.

Michelle Tafoya looks like she smokes about 2 packs of Camels a day.

...and why Dan patrick is on here is beyond me. He's the Ron Burgundy of Sports broadcasters.

I would still smoke her Camel.

I can not stand Tony Dungy.

Oh absolutely. Hell, I'd probably even go unfiltered.

Ditto!

Same here.

Hell of a game. I didn't see the whole thing so I have a question about the highlight they just played of a GB guy diving into the endzone and the ball came out after when he hit the ground. Was that a run or a catch?

so you expected the Saints to come in and beat the packers ??

+1

Well shit, it's not like the game went down to the last play or anything. :spock:

I'm going to reserve judgment on how the Chiefs will stack up against the Packers until I hear from Athan.

me neither. but he did say Rodgers is the best in the NFL. I agree.

That play call was just dumb. You have 1 option.

You go play action you have multiple possibilities.

Just dumb.

LMAO they answered my question

unbel.- comes down to one play! pretty telling though, sending out your run team.

something tells me we'll see these teams again

Great game...

Awesome! Best post of the night!

Wish they would have run a play that had an option

I hate to say it. But, there is NO WAY Cassel could come close to competing in that shootout. Man both Rodgers and Brees looked sharp.

I couldn't believe they did that.

The Saints did that because they have the best run blocking guard in the game. I don't really have a huge problem with the call.

Keep ****ing doubting Matt Cassel.















I'll be here all week.

yep

That was a pretty awsome game. I hope both teams ran out of gas for the rest of the season.:harumph:

Packers are my pick to repeat.

I don't think they'll be running out of gas anytime soon.

Why didn't they kick the FG when they were down 8 late in the 3rd? Stupid.

I still hate to think we could have had Rodgers. :cuss:

I'm surprised Payton used a rookie RB on the last play ...

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201109...&pbp=gc-pbp-cd

You mean you're not picking a different team to repeat?

LMAO

Hmm a team with a defense likely beats them tonight. The Saints were ran like a Vermiel like team tonight and still almost won.

wow... massive power outage in southern CA

LMAO

The thing is, there aren't many teams that are as prolific on offense as the Saints are.

This game had shootout written all over it when the schedule came out.

No there isn't but with that said I think a team like Pittsburgh still could match up very well with Green Bay.

I'm picking the Steelers to repeat as AFC Champions,

Hali is going to nosh on Rodger's knee in Week 15 and that will be that.

You'd get a game that is in the 20s, maybe one team gets 30.

I don't doubt for a second





































That he will suck it up.

Hard to tell if either defense is really that bad or the offenses are really that good.

I think GB has a better chance of playing better defense with a good offense.

I think NO defense is in trouble,

Does Nawlins win if Will Smith plays?

I agree.

Nawlins wins if Payton doesn't make two bad play calls on critical plays.

The problem was pass rush = zero

Both teams have some issues on def. --

great drive by Brees... I'm sure Peyton wishes he called a different play

This. They just looked very polished offensively. I'm getting on the horn right now to Vegas and put all my money on Rodgers for league MVP.

Great defense

I actually felt a little better watching Brees put 400 up on GB. He kicked the Raider 1st string pass D all over the field in preseason - I thought maybe it was a lack of Nnamdi combined with a general pass defense suckage. It was 17-10 Saints when the starters came out. But the Superbowl Champs didn't do any better against Brees than Oakland did.... therefore, the Raider pass D is as good as the Green Bay pass D. Its simple mathematics.... if you're really drunk...

Abrayuo Franklin was dogshit tonight. He got his ass pancaked a few times.

cheese-heads looked real good tonite .. anybody ply'n them will have their hands full ....

THE RAVENS FAN I TALKED TO SAID GREGG WAS WASHED UP AND BAD. WHY DIDN'T WE GO AFTER FRANKLIN??!?!?!

PIOLI SAT ON HIS HANDS!

Not only that but he was asking for a ton of money in FA, so he has to be good.

WHY ARE WE YELLING?!

Inside voices please.

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I knew Darren Sproles. Friend of mine. Went to school with him from kindergarten through senior year. Very nice person. Totally deserves any success as a player in the NFL. Needless to say I was excited for him tonight.

RAPE!

So much for defenses being ahead of offenses early in the season.

what a way to start the season....jesus


Sproles looks like a great pickup, as does the rookie Cobb (a luxury pick for a team that can afford luxuries)

Rodgers is off the charts good...pressure doesn't seem to phase him

The number of weapons on offense for GB is ridic
Not sure why Thomas only got 5 carries for Saints (ok, i snoozed during 3rd quarter, maybe he was injured?)

Franklin looked like ass, +1 for pioli
Turk McBride starts for the Saints...proof even good teams have holes

the NFL may have achieved it's goal of making defense impossible

game had a 17.5 tv rating (per espn radio)....higher than game 7 NBA finals, twice any world series rating...



regular season opener

how many people watched the entire NBA Series though.I know the NFL is champ, but there are only 16 games to watch.

Yep. Dare I say it, the Packers will own this decade.

Wow. PFF got their grades up for the first game quickly.

Best players from last night:

RT Bryan Bulaga - run blocked like a beast

RG Josh Sitton - ditto

C Scott Wells -ditto

All three of those guys graded out well in pass pro, too. But their run blocking was primo.

TE Jimmy Graham - good game receiving and run blocking.

DE Turk McBride - good game against the run, only one QB pressure though.


Players who sucked:

DE Cameron Jordan had a bad game in his first pro outing.

Aubrayo Franklin, Sedrick Ellis and Shaun Rogers were ****ing awful. Highly negative grades in run defense.

Jonathan Vilma sucked a big fat one. 3 missed tackles.

AJ Hawk got completely toasted in pass D, allowing 5 catches.

Roman Harper also got toasted, allowing 6 catches and 2 TD.

Turk sauce!!!

Green Bay had 2 touchbacks all of last year and had 4 in the first half of the game last night. The new rule is going to suck for all teams except those 5-6 teams with elite QBs. Goodbye field position game.