# NFL Week 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909 "2009-10-23T22:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/41 "2009-10-25T21:02:50Z")
How 'bout dem Bears. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/42 "2009-10-25T21:03:19Z")
And it looks like the Saints hype might have come a week too soon. ---
**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 25, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/43 "2009-10-25T21:03:31Z")
So, does anyone know if Marion Barber got hurt again? Right now he has 1 rush for -2 yards on my fantasy team and it hasn’t updated for a while. I can only assume he’s out of the game. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/44 "2009-10-25T21:05:21Z")
Lots of blowouts again this week. Not much of that parity, every team is mediocre, that we were seeing a few years ago. ---
**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 25, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/45 "2009-10-25T22:32:06Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > How 'bout dem Bears. :D. It is kinda fun seeing Benson have such a good game against the Bears. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/46 "2009-10-25T22:35:43Z")
Jets have a 37-point lead over Oakland, and that’s the closer of the two games on right now. Not much parity this year. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/47 "2009-10-25T23:06:22Z")
I declare this Blowout Week, although rumors of the Saints’ demise may have been premature. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/48 "2009-10-25T23:20:09Z")
How bloody awful was the 49ers offense with Shaun Hill, and how much did it improve with Smith in there? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/49 "2009-10-25T23:35:41Z")
It wasn’t that awful- Hill didn’t throw a pick and completed 6 out of 11 passes. It’s not his fault Gore was totally shut down. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/50 "2009-10-25T23:47:54Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > This officiating crew is absolutely in the bag for the Steelers. They just absolutely raped the Vikings with a blatantly fraudulent tripping call to take away a touchdown and hand Pittsburgh the game. You must be out of your mind. Oh, wait, every time the Steelers win it’s because of the refs. In other words, a typical whiny Sunday for the haters. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/51 "2009-10-25T23:49:28Z")
At least we don’t have a rapist for a quarterback. ---
**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 25, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/52 "2009-10-25T23:50:28Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > At least we don’t have a rapist for a quarterback. Ah, the false accusations. I was wondering when they would come. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/53 "2009-10-25T23:54:37Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > You must be out of your mind. > > Oh, wait, every time the Steelers win it’s because of the refs. In other words, a typical whiny Sunday for the haters. Carry on. The refs totally took Pat Williams out of the game and let the Steelers run rough-shod over the Vikes. :rolleyes: On the NFC East front, the Cowboys thumped the Falcons good, though both sides had trouble running the ball. Mike Austin is on fire right now. And I’m a lock for either first or second in this weeks pool. Now if the Cards can just keep the Giants from winning… ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/54 "2009-10-25T23:58:39Z")
I wonder why the Rams bother to play these games when they do not have enough players to field a team. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/55 "2009-10-26T00:09:39Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > The refs totally took Pat Williams out of the game and let the Steelers run rough-shod over the Vikes. :rolleyes: Maybe James Harrison and Pat Williams can have dinner and talk about how they get held ON EVERY SINGLE PLAY AND IT NEVER GETS CALLED. 🙂 I didn’t see the whole game, so take this for what it is worth: The Vikings were penalized 11 times to the Steelers 3 (The Vikings were averaging 4 penalties a game before that game). The Steelers also got, I believe, 3 first downs off penalties. Make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/56 "2009-10-26T00:13:41Z")
The “tripping” call was completely bogus and made a 14-point difference in the game. Steelers won by 10. Make of that what you will. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/57 "2009-10-26T00:17:35Z")
Oh, your tears. They fill me with sustenance. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/58 "2009-10-26T00:18:47Z")
You can’t deny the call was bogus, though, can you? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/59 "2009-10-26T00:31:35Z")
No tears here. I thought it was a pretty good game. I watch, I move on. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909/60 "2009-10-26T00:59:42Z")
Corey Webster just got away with blatant pass interference on Fitzgerald. He was draped over his back a good half-second before the ball got there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909.md?page=4)