# NFL Week 6 - Now With Ranting! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974 "2009-10-16T00:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/141 "2009-10-18T23:08:26Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Maybe he wants a shot at that Bears 73-0 record rout of the Redskins. I think if he were really going for the record, he wouldn’t have pulled Brady. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/142 "2009-10-18T23:14:43Z")
NE fans and players not showing a lot of sportsmanship. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/143 "2009-10-18T23:20:16Z")
I want to vomit. Is this what it feels like after every game as a Rams fan? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/144 "2009-10-18T23:20:28Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > I don’t see how any of this is whining. I thought it was already established that you were a Steeler fan. I didn’t need extra proof. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/145 "2009-10-18T23:21:53Z")
Will Fisher survive the bye week? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/146 "2009-10-18T23:25:15Z")
They’ve been so good under Fisher it would be a shame to see him go over all this but they have to do something. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/147 "2009-10-18T23:25:56Z")
I would think that after the Pit-Sea Super Bowl a few years back that Steeler fans would be shot if they dared have the balls to complain about the refs again. Seems that out of everyone, Steeler fans aren’t allowed to complain about bad officiating for the next ten years, minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/148 "2009-10-18T23:30:00Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I’ll assume you don’t read many of my posts, because I contribute a fair amount to football threads, and roughly .1% of it is because of James Harrison. It’s not a crusade, it’s an observation about reality and a comment on the constant bitching of Steeler fans. I hadn’t noticed anything else. Who are you again? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/149 "2009-10-18T23:33:05Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I hadn’t noticed anything else. Who are you again? The guy who made you look like a fool. In that sense, I’m sure it’s tough for you to keep track of all of us. And we really don’t need THAT much of your help. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/150 "2009-10-18T23:34:55Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > The guy who made you look like a fool. In that sense, I’m sure it’s tough for you to keep track of all of us. And we really don’t need THAT much of your help. You’re awfully full of yourself, aren’t you? One thing’s for sure, you’re definitely full of something. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/151 "2009-10-18T23:40:57Z")
Meanwhile, Jets and Bills literally duking it out in OT. I mean, helmets off and throwing punches. Crazy week. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/152 "2009-10-18T23:47:25Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > The guy who made you look like a fool. In that sense, I’m sure it’s tough for you to keep track of all of us. And we really don’t need THAT much of your help. You did? And I still don’t know you? Must not have been that memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/153 "2009-10-18T23:52:11Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > You did? And I still don’t know you? Must not have been that memorable. Short term memory loss and an unwillingness to recognize reality. More symptoms of being a Steeler fan. Dude, we can keep up these silly bon mots all night. But in the end, you’ll still need to lighten up a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/154 "2009-10-18T23:54:53Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I apologize if this has been discussed already in the thread (I did read it but I might have missed something). Because I live in Denver, I never can watch my beloved Panthers (too cheap to spring for the all-access package). Can someone tell me the deal with the Panthers’ safety and his apparently utterly indefensible behavior? Link to a video? Hey, Kolga, Dante Wesley got ejected. I have to assume he missed a sign or something because he’s not usually a dirty player (or much of a player at all.) He absolutely clobbered the Bucs returner for no apparent reason. Here’s a [clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfFxr0zI-A). ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/155 "2009-10-19T00:02:25Z")
Hey, **Southern Yankee** , thanks for the clip! Holy cow, that was…something else. The resulting mess looked like a hockey game. I assume Wesley is going to get fined. What did Fox have to say? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/156 "2009-10-19T00:03:45Z")
Jesus. Vince Young was 0/2 for 0 yards, and he was the Titans _leading passer_. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/157 "2009-10-19T00:18:20Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > That was bizarre. I sure don’t understand it. But yeah, without that, the Browns sure would have won. > > If not for that blown measurement, the Browns secondary would have covered someone. If not for that call, they would have had a pass rush or a run defense. It was because of that blown call that Anderson went 9/24 for 122 yards. > > It’s so unfair how that one call really undid all the other things the Browns achieved today. As usual, you spew your bullshit. I made no such claim, nor did I come even remotely close to implying it. Practically everything you’ve ever said to me has been a response to something you dreamed up I said, rather than what I actually said. I didn’t say it had an effect on the outcome of the game. It was bizarre officiating, worthy of note - and I’m not sure it just happened to benefit the Steelers coincidentally, who are almost always on the right side of officiating screwups. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/158 "2009-10-19T00:25:40Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Jesus. Vince Young was 0/2 for 0 yards, and he was the Titans _leading passer_. Only based on total yards (Collins had -7). Collins’s passer rating was actually better than Young’s: 4.86 vs. 0, if my calculations are correct. Not that I’d brag if I were Collins. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/159 "2009-10-19T00:31:57Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > I want to vomit. Is this what it feels like after every game as a Rams fan? No, usually you DO vomit, even if you don’t want to. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974/160 "2009-10-19T00:44:03Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Did the Patriots seriously just go for it on 4th and 6 with a 52 point lead? > > Yes, yes they did. I can’t decide whether that’s awesome or really assholish (or perhaps both). Where were they on the field? It probably would have been more assholish if they’d kicked a field goal there instead of going for it, you know? Now, if they were on their own 25, then yeah, they’re a bunch of cockgobblers (and they probably are regardless), but if the choice was a certain +3 or an uncertain conversion, then you go for the conversion when you’re up by that much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6-now-with-ranting/513974.md?page=9)