# NFL Week 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 6, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073 "2011-11-06T17:23:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/61 "2011-11-08T00:13:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That seems unfair. Two teams in a division might play a game against the same opponent but one might play them at home and the other play them on the road. Overall conference records would seem to be more neutral with home and away games balanced. There are 12 conference games on the schedule, while there are 14 common games. More is better. And as mentioned upthread, it’s always more fair to play the same teams regardless of venue than it is to play different teams. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/62 "2011-11-08T00:52:10Z")
Trent Dilfer just said Aaron Rodgers is the best QB in the league… at every single imaginable facet of the game. I mean, yeah, he’s the best QB in the world right now… But that’s just stupid. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/63 "2011-11-08T01:55:17Z")
Nice first drive by the Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/64 "2011-11-08T02:09:15Z")
Damn Gruden lays it on thick. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/65 "2011-11-08T02:10:04Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Damn Gruden lays it on thick. Yeah, he really should just close his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/66 "2011-11-08T02:10:58Z")
Everything’s looking pretty good for the Bears thus far, but Cutler’s a little inaccurate so far. Not good, hope he settles down. Martz seems like he got a little full of himself after a masterful, balanced opening drive only to start breaking out the quirky shit on the second drive. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/67 "2011-11-08T02:28:09Z")
Well this is the exact same Eagles team that showed up weeks two through five. Not looking good. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/68 "2011-11-08T02:28:28Z")
Just a bad decision and a bad throw by Vick. What the hell was he thinking? Interceptions in the red zone are killer. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/69 "2011-11-08T02:30:06Z")
Bears should be up 10 right now and we’d better get 7 here. Not wanting to let them hang around. ETA: Man, I forgot how much we missed Bennett. I like Sanzenbacher but he’s no replacement for Bennett. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/70 "2011-11-08T02:33:37Z")
I hate when they try to run a wildcat with Cutler. It’s not like he’s a threat for anything out wide. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/71 "2011-11-08T02:34:46Z")
Completely off topic, but I just saw this on the front page of Yahoo. [Holy Crap.](http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1289730) > [@](#): > > Arizona high school running back D.J. Foster had statistically one of the top performances in high school football history last Friday when he ran for 508 yards and scored 10 touchdowns in a playoff game. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/72 "2011-11-08T02:41:09Z")
That’s not good. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/73 "2011-11-08T02:47:51Z")
From Brad Biggs Twitter feed: > [@](#): > > CB Asante Samuel suffered a “groin laceration.” He will return. No, I id not make that up. Peppers back in there, thank god. We need to get him healthy, hope we can build up a lead and give him some snaps off. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/74 "2011-11-08T02:48:30Z")
That Eagles O line is completely unimpressive. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/75 "2011-11-08T02:48:55Z")
I think the most surprising thing about this game so far is that there’s two minutes left in the half and the Bears still have all three timeouts. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/76 "2011-11-08T02:50:02Z")
WTF? Why is Knox taking that? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/77 "2011-11-08T02:54:36Z")
Man I hope that was a incompletion. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/78 "2011-11-08T02:56:13Z")
Nah, that was a catch. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/79 "2011-11-08T02:56:16Z")
Don’t think so. Rare mistake by Forte. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/80 "2011-11-08T02:58:19Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Nah, that was a catch. Yeah, but I had to hold out hope. This has been a deceptively mistake filled half by the Bears. This game should not be tied, hope we don’t implode in the second half. Getting a FG to retake momentum would be huge before the half. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073.md?page=5)