THE... OFFICIAL 2015 NFL SEASON Thread

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MMM.. Acadamy Award winning flop by Cam

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This is one crazy game.

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This is one crazy game.

Yessir, it is

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WWOOO!!! First Time Ever 6-0

Next Sunday though: Packers 6-0 @ Broncos 6-0
Somebody's Going Down

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It was closer than I thought, at least Bradford didn't suck.

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Texans release backup QB Ryan Mallett after missed flight

ESPN 


The Houston Texans have released backup quarterback Ryan Mallett and are planning to bring back quarterback T.J. Yates, who is currently a free agent, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

Mallett was late for meetings Saturday, blaming his tardiness on traffic. He then missed the team's charter flight to South Florida. He had to fly commercial to join the team for Sunday's game against the Dolphins and did not play.

Sources told ESPN on Monday that coach Bill O'Brien was upset over Saturday's incident and initially wanted to release him right away, but a consensus was reached that the team should wait rather than go into a game with only one active quarterback.

It was the second known time Mallett was late for a team activity. He had missed a practice just two days after Brian Hoyer was named the team's starting quarterback for the season opener. In a scene shown on HBO's "Hard Knocks," Mallett told Texans general manager Rick Smith he was late because he overslept, that he bought an alarm clock and that nothing like that would ever happen again.

The Texans have only one quarterback on the roster: Hoyer. The Texans' 2014 fourth-round pick, Tom Savage, is on injured reserve, and Zac Dysert is on the practice squad.

Yates initially was a fifth-round draft pick for the Texans in 2011 and started the franchise's first ever playoff win when then-starter Matt Schaub was hurt. Yates was traded to the Atlanta Falcons before the 2014 season, after having worked with O'Brien through the offseason program and training camp.

The Texans acquired Mallett from the New England Patriots in exchange for a conditional draft pick on Aug. 31, 2014. He started two games for the Texans in 2014 before being placed on injured reserve following surgery for a torn pectoral muscle.

This offseason, the Texans re-signed Mallett to compete with Hoyer for the starting quarterback job. Hoyer initially won the competition, then was benched in the fourth quarter of the Texans' season opener.

Mallett took over and then started four games in which the Texans went 1-3. Hoyer replaced him in the third quarter of a Week 4 loss to the Falcons and in the second quarter of a Week 5 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Mallett left the Colts game with the Texans trailing 13-0 after taking a hard hit, but he was ready to return a few plays later. He tried to re-enter the game, but O'Brien stayed with Hoyer. Mallett looked visibly upset on the sideline and said after the game he felt healthy enough to return.

Hoyer regained his starting job in Week 6. After the Texans beat the Jaguars in Hoyer's return, O'Brien said the team would stick with Hoyer.

Mallett's contract guaranteed him $1.75 million this season but had no guaranteed money for 2016.

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The Panthers are up to #3 in the latest Power Rankings, over the Packers!
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/pat-kirwan/25355296/nfl-power-rankings-unbeaten-patriots-bengals-face-big-tests-in-week-8

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Alright Week 8! Lets see if the Fins can upset the Pats at home

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Welp, this is turning into a snooze-fest of a game..
I turned off Star Trek TNG 'Chain of Command' to watch this?? 

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The Chiefs are all over the Lions in London this morning

Well at least one more undefeated team will go down this weekend..
Packers or Broncos

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WOW! The Bucs upset the Falcons in OT
That helps my Panthers out Big Time

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And then there were 4.. The Broncos 'Packed' the cheese-heads tonight
The Panthers will be taking notes from tonights game for next Sundays match up

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Alright still raining here so this will be a sloppy MNF game
Go Panthers 7-0

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sloppy field and the rain continues.. 10-6 Panthers at the 1/2

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23-6 Panthers and a couple goofs repelling from the upper deck at B of A stadium protesting a Natural Gas facility nearby