Gg Minnesota, great game plan , you beat me in every part of the game, except score.

GG San Francisco. I'm very concerned about all these interceptions teams are throwing

GG Washington

A big win for the Giants. We were able to get turnovers and turn em into points.
We face off again later in the season, but this time in Washington.

The Paydirt Report: Week 9

We have some good races going on heading into the 2nd half of the season. With exception of the AFC South which has always been a close battle in the past, and the NFC North with the falling down of Detroit. We have some key match ups coming in the weeks to come as the races heat up.

Congrats to Wolveraider on his 100th Paydirt win.

The Game of the Week was a good one this week between Los Angeles and Minnesota with the Rams coming out on top 22-16. The Rams down 16-7 @ the 2 min mark. They scored on a 8 yd pass from QB Mullens to TE Westbrook with 0:49 left in the game to make it 16-14. Los Angeles recovers the onside kick and scores on the game winning TD on a 52 yd pass from QB Mullens to WR Pennypacker with :042 left. The Vikings were stunned and unable to move the ball in the final seconds to give the victory to Tinsel town.

And now lets see what happened in the rest of Paydirt.
AFC
West
What happened in the Wild Wild West this week oh my. Both Kansas City(5-4) and Denver(5-4) take down the top two teams in the division Oakland(7-2) who leads it and San Diego(6-3) to tighten things up. The Chargers lose their 2nd game in a row. You have to go back to weeks 1 & 2 of the 1975 season to find when that has happened before.

East
Miami(7-2) wins their 4th straight to hold on to the top spot in the AFC East. Buffalo(6-3) wins again to keep the pressure on the defending World Champs. Both New England(2-7) and NY Jets(2-7) go down in defeat.

North
Cleveland's(6-3) lead in the North has shrunk back to a 1 game lead over Baltimore(5-4). This is the first time that I can remember Baltimore being in the race in the 2nd half of the season. Kudos to Ravens GM amalric7 for turning that franchise around. Pittsburgh(4-5) bounces back with a win and Cincinnati's(2-6-1) old man team controls the cellar.

South
The biggest story in Paydirt is the Houston Texans(8-1). The most wins this franchise has ever had in a season is 5. And that was done by the ai twice. Now sitting @ 7-1 and cruising towards an AFC South division crown, Houston's GM Salty_Watermelon is on everybody's list for GM of the year thus far. With Jacksonville's(4-5) loss they have opened up a big lead in the division. Indianapolis(3-6) with a loss and defending division champ Tennessee(1-8) with a loss hold up the bottom.

NFC
East
The New York football Giants(6-3) shocked Washington(6-3) to tie up the division once again. Defending NFC East champs Dallas(4-5) has closed within striking distance with their 2nd consecutive win. Philadelphia(1-7-1) lose their 2nd in a row.

West
The other Wild Wild West, this one in the NFC. Los Angeles(6-3) has battle back to tie up the division with their 5th win in a row. The win brings them even with Seattle(6-3) who went down in a tough lose to Tampa Bay. Arizona(4-5) bounces back with a victory of their own to close within 2 games of the division lead. San Francisco(0-9) is still looking for a win to save their GM's job. They have a 1-27 record dating back to 1976. The fans are screaming for zdowntime's head.

North
Green Bay(8-1) is still cruising in the North. Detroit(3-6) has found some life with their 2nd consecutive win while Minnesota(3-6) and Chicago(1-8) both go down in defeat.

South
Tampa Bay(8-1) wins the Battle Royal game with Seattle to hold a 2 game lead over Atlanta(6-3) who quickly jumped back into the win column. New Orleans(5-4) is back baby and looking to compete for a Wild Card spot down the stretch. Carolina(3-6) is still looking for team chemistry that hasn't been there this season.

What to watch in week 10
NY Giants @ Los Angeles
Miami @ Houston - Battle Royale
Baltimore @ San Diego
Seattle @ Atlanta

Yeah, was expecting a potential "coin toss" type game based on our previous encounters, not 28-0, but the Pack "D" was at its best of the season in that one. Team building is still a primary component of the game, the Pack is doing much better this season and that is due to a couple of key acquisitions, both off & def. Im also surprised when we dont have any interceptions thrown in a game. PM me if you want my roster suggestions/advice, I have a few. cheers

Sacks have been reduced quite a bit in 4.5! The Pack has gotten a total of 4 sacks in the 9 games played so far. All four sacks were by DT's, none from a DE. Last season, the Pack avg/d 4 per game!

So far this season, the Jets lead the league with an avg of 1.9 sacks/game. To compare, the Chargers led the league in sacks last season with an avg of 4.5 sacks/game.

I thought there would be lower offense totals this season vs last, based on more turnovers & lower QBR's, but that does not seem to be the case, surprisingly. 18 teams are avg over 300 yds per game, same as last season. But, it is slightly lower by an avg of 10-20 yds/game. There are not as many offenses avg over 350. That is interesting given the fact that QBR's are way down, other than Houston's Clancy with an astounding 114.72 with 20 TD passes to only 4 interceptions. There are no other starting QBs with a rating higher than 86.5 (Walker/NO) !! Last season, we had 14 QBs finish with ratings over 100 and 13 over 90. Wow!

I agree with this 100% it’s as if the players barely matter anymore. I thought 4 first round picks in 79 would really help turn things around, but apparently I just don’t have the right rules in place. Frustrating.

And I also don’t mean to take anything away from other teams who have it figured out.

That's just hard for me to believe. I take pride in my secondary, I mean who wouldn't? With a starting secondary like this:

CB1: CB Rayford Ho
CB2: CB Darren Pace
CB3: CB Joseph Burt
CB4: CB Kenneth Cohen
SS1: SS Gerald Perotta
FS1: FS Ryan Howard

An extremely well put together offense that should be shutting any opposing team's passing game down yet I've given up the 3rd most passing yards in the league. They fail to make turnovers as well, tied worst in the league in interceptions per game. It doesn't make sense that a player like CB Gerald Hopkins(props to NYG for putting him in good situations by the way) is playing statistically better than players who are attributively superior.

I mean I get this update is trying to simulate "Real Life" but no matter how bad the play calling or situation, talented QB's still end up with good stats(Aaron Rodgers). So shouldn't a near perfectly attributed QB such as QB Miguel Davis at least be middle of the road instead of having a 1:3 TD/INT ratio? It simply doesn't make sense when the league YPC leader(min. 100 carries) RB Christopher Blankenship who averages 5.1 yards every time he touches the ball is averaging more yards than QB's YPA. QB Joseph Foster(5.03 YPA) and QB Charles Brown(4.75 YPA) both average less per attempt than Blankenship does per carry. It's truly a miracle of how Texans QB Craig Clancy averages 8.8 yards per attempt... a full 2 yards more than the next highest QB.

Regardless of the game plan put in place, DB's with those attributes shouldn't be allowing that many yards through the air. QB's in general, shouldn't be passing for less yardage than RB's average per carry. In the end, talent should always win out but in 0.4.5, it really seems like without a good game plan in place, having talent is pretty much useless.

That’s what happens when you have a lot of unhappy players against you Carolina
Lol

It’s like a broken record. Those of us not plugged into the pulse of 4.5 suffer.

DEs once dominate are now non existent. No point in drafting a player with pass rush. It’s a non factor. You’re better off getting DL with run defense cause at least they can make a tackle.

Stud WR are no better than average ones. It’s now all about the short/med passing attack with a high Acc QB and hope you can identify the few plays that work. Curls and PA seem successful. That’s just a few.