NFL Thread

[bluegirl147]

5 hours ago, Bastet said:

Which he's using to try and distract from his involvement in the welfare fraud case.

When all is said and done it will be used to excuse all of his bad behavior.  As far as I'm concerned he is an asshole who just happens to have Parkinson's.

5 minutes ago, Chit Chat said:

I haven't kept up with him for years, so I'm ashamed to say that I don't recall that particular issue.  I read some of the comments about it, and that's highly disappointing to learn what he did.  😒

Not just highly disappointing but for anyone else it would be illegal. He was part of scheme to take assistance away from people who needed it the most so his daughter would have a new volleyball stadium to play in. 

[merylinkid]

I tried to warn ya'all about him in 1996 but no one would listen.

[Carey]

I tried to hear you about him in 1996 but the warnings were drowned out by the epic, elite hate from a then 3.5 decade-old team from the Lone Star State

[Wildcard]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41439238/browns-deshaun-watson-not-seeking-more-designed-qb-run-plays

I can see where he is coming from, but damn - this is a really tone-deaf statement. I'm sure this will ingratiate him to all the Browns fans.

[mojoween]

After Sunday’s performance I am going in to tonight like 

[AimingforYoko]

There needs to be a call from the league office to the officials at halftime and say that the next official to throw a flag is fired.

[Calvada]

10 minutes ago, AimingforYoko said:

There needs to be a call from the league office to the officials at halftime and say that the next official to throw a flag is fired.

There's always a lot of flags in the first few weeks, but this is ridiculous.  

Better football over on TCM - they're showing M*A*S*H tonight (part of their tribute to Donald Sutherland) and halftime coincided with the football scenes. 

Edited September 27 by Calvada

[mojoween]

Ok so fuck Dallas and OBVS a loss sucks but … but.  They weren’t embarrassed like last year, and honestly this made Dallas look more pedestrian rather than an indictment on how bad the Giants may or may not be.

[Bastet]

Just now, mojoween said:

Ok so fuck Dallas and OBVS a loss sucks but … but.  They weren’t embarrassed like last year, and honestly this made Dallas look more pedestrian rather than an indictment on how bad the Giants may or may not be.

I want to be this generous, because Dallas was indeed no winner here, they just escaped, but when one of the announcers - I was already too far into I hate everyone territory to register who - said Daniel Jones did great, my cat put her paws over her ears knowing what was coming, because my only reaction in the moment is to shout at the TV Great, how?  He underthrows more times per game than I fart per night (ask the cat - it's a lot), and every single point the Giants managed was via FG because he and his offense can't find the fucking end zone. 

I'm sick of this.  So many seasons of okay, it looks like they're addressing their problems, and then other than one hopeful year we're still a collection of problems, just maybe fewer from one year to the next.  We'll see how this one shakes out, obviously, and I'm ride or die, but I'm also hella frustrated.

[merylinkid]

11 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:

There needs to be a call from the league office to the officials at halftime and say that the next official to throw a flag is fired.

Pretty sure that call was made.

Man that was a lot of laundry on the field as Al Michaels would say.   And did comment about the penalties.  

That first quarter when the defense was playing 10 yards off Malik Nabors I yelled so loud at the tv my husband in another room came out to check on me.   I told him I was fine just that Dallas had done something stupid -- AGAIN.

[Calvada]

I don't know if the league office gets involved, but I believe that the officials confer at halftime and often try to even out the calls.  "Golly, we flagged the Lions 6 times and the Bears only once."  And then in the 3rd quarter, the Bears get 3 penalties called on them.  

[Carey]

I think I'd be okay without any officials in the NFL, period.

[baldryanr]

How quickly everyone forgets. Remember the 2012 lockout when they used replacement officials?  As much as everyone bitches and moans about the current crews (sometimes rightfully so) we know what happens when they use the B-team.

[twoods]

We have the luxury of sitting on our lazy asses and watching multiple views of slow mo replays, which they don’t have on every single play. It’s a rough and thankless job being an official. 

[merylinkid]

Officials are there to enforce the rules.   teams don't want penalties called, follow the rules.   Like LINE THE HELL UP right.

 

[Carey]

FYI: QB tiers according to Matt from 366 Sports as of Present Time

[Calvada]

2 hours ago, twoods said:

We have the luxury of sitting on our lazy asses and watching multiple views of slow mo replays, which they don’t have on every single play. It’s a rough and thankless job being an official. 

One thing that amazes me is how they get the spot right.  There are scrum tackles, the official runs in, spots the ball, and then we see the replay and they hit forward progress exactly.  The other thing is how there's a bang/bang play on the sideline, they immediately signal either a catch or out of bounds, and they're usually right.  

2 hours ago, baldryanr said:

How quickly everyone forgets. Remember the 2012 lockout when they used replacement officials?  As much as everyone bitches and moans about the current crews (sometimes rightfully so) we know what happens when they use the B-team.

Believe me, every Packers' fan remembers.  Fail Mary anyone?  I remember being so angry by Roger Goodell's statement that following week when the league quickly came to an agreement to end the lockout that the fans deserve better and he regretted the lockout.  Ya think, Roger? What a tool. 

[Carey]

I never forgot either.  At least I can make an excuse for the replacement officials.  The ones that have been part of the NFL for a long time don't have that much of an excuse.  However, I do side with merylinkid in that it's up to the players to line up right.  The players error a lot, not just the officials.  It still doesn't change the fact that the officials have blundered in big ways.

The biggest issue for me is inconsistency.  While it's unpopular to call everything or nothing, it's not cool for one team to benefit from all the calls in a game.  Unless the one team getting penalized deserved it

[mojoween]

The Yankees rain delay means I have absolutely no idea what happened in the late games.  Could be anything!

[baldryanr]

23 minutes ago, mojoween said:

The Yankees rain delay means I have absolutely no idea what happened in the late games.  Could be anything!

Well, Mahomes may have accidentally given Rashee Rice a season-ending injury...

[Fukui San]

6 hours ago, baldryanr said:

Well, Mahomes may have accidentally given Rashee Rice a season-ending injury...

I went and found a video of this play. 
 

What a dumb fucking sport we follow.  That’s pretty much all there is to say. 
 

It was pretty much the WWE spot where a tag team wrestler accidentally hits his partner with a steel chair when the opponent he was holding in place ducks at the last moment. Never saw a QB maim his best receiver before but now I have. 
 

Rice should have been suspended for his traffic shenanigans anyway, so…

[baldryanr]

Bo Nix stats: 12/25 for 60 yards, and the Bronocs still won.  Yes, this is what happens when you play the Jets - despite your own incompetence, you can still win.

[mojoween]

Did we all find out yesterday as a family that Joe Flacco is a Colt, or just me?

[merylinkid]

19 hours ago, Calvada said:

Believe me, every Packers' fan remembers.  Fail Mary anyone?  I remember being so angry by Roger Goodell's statement that following week when the league quickly came to an agreement to end the lockout that the fans deserve better and he regretted the lockout.  Ya think, Roger? What a tool.

This weekend is the anniversary of getting the Refs back.  

[Notabug]

3 hours ago, mojoween said:

Did we all find out yesterday as a family that Joe Flacco is a Colt, or just me?

It was news to me.  Not surprised, though, he did well by my Browns last season and, if he was still around here, the chants for him would've been deafening the last couple weeks.  Class act, came in and was nothing but positive and enthused about the Browns which is hard to do.

[Magog]

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Bo Nix stats: 12/25 for 60 yards, and the Bronocs still won.  Yes, this is what happens when you play the Jets - despite your own incompetence, you can still win.

I actually enjoyed watching that game, despite the low scoring & the rain. Seeing that chump Aaron Rodgers & the sorry sucky Jets fall flat on their faces yesterday really put a smile on my face. Hopefully, there will much more of that type of performance from the Jets this season. Its just about as enjoyable as watching the Cowboys losing games.

[merylinkid]

1 hour ago, Magog said:

Hopefully, there will much more of that type of performance from the Jets this season. Its just about as enjoyable as watching the Cowboys losing games.

Yaay, oh wait what?

[mojoween]

Calvin Johnson turned 39 yesterday.  He has been in the Hall of Fame for three years.  It does not compute.

[baldryanr]

The Barry Sanders model.  More players should probably follow their lead and voluntarily give it up while they're still fairly healthy - if (and this is a big if) you are relatively smart with your money then 10 years is more than enough time to earn enough to be set for life, even for the non-superstars. 

[AimingforYoko]

Jim Brown was 29 when he retired. 

[mojoween]

1 hour ago, AimingforYoko said:

Jim Brown was 29 when he retired. 

And I’m assuming that means he was a Hall of Famer at 34?

[baldryanr]

Gale Sayers remains the youngest person to ever be inducted into the HOF (he was 34).  Only 5 great seasons, then injuries forced him retire a few years later.

[mojoween]

Detroit no my eyes my eyes!

[Lamb18]

11 hours ago, Magog said:

I actually enjoyed watching that game, despite the low scoring & the rain. Seeing that chump Aaron Rodgers & the sorry sucky Jets fall flat on their faces yesterday really put a smile on my face. Hopefully, there will much more of that type of performance from the Jets this season. Its just about as enjoyable as watching the Cowboys losing games.

Especially next week in London!

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, mojoween said:

Detroit no my eyes my eyes!

I like the helmets.

[Notabug]

18 hours ago, mojoween said:

And I’m assuming that means he was a Hall of Famer at 34?

No, because of when his birthday fell in the year, Brown was 35 when he was inducted.

[mojoween]

I actually don’t mind them, but I’m wondering if I am ever going to turn on the teevee again and the Kelce Brothers are not going to be on it.

[bluegirl147]

2 minutes ago, mojoween said:

but I’m wondering if I am ever going to turn on the teevee again and the Kelce Brothers are not going to be on it.

Jason annoys me more than Travis.  But the media coverage of Taylor being or not being at Chief's games really fucking annoys me. 

[Carey]

I actually don't mind Swift coverage.  However, I can do without "Swift Watch" like it's the celebrity version of TB12 watch or the Manning watch after the latter missed a year (and still avoided IR).  As much as the media says, "Don't blame us, we're just the messenger," people blame you because it's unnecessary.  (At this point) I will know whether she's there or not.  They'll pan to her if she's there.  Otherwise, if it doesn't happen, she's not at the game

[Bastet]

I had no rooting interest in tonight's game (last year, I'd have been all in for Atlanta just for hating Tom Brady, but without his rancid ass I don't much care; I liked the people of Atlanta more than the people of Tampa during my respective visits, but whatever), so I wasn't invested in the Falcons victory, but that was something.  Inexplicably (maybe something has since been revealed?) standing around and making the tying FG five yards longer than it needed to be was nuts, but it still went to OT, and then a guy who hadn't played much was brought in due to injury and put the game away.  That was a fun sequence even for someone who had no personal attachment to the game.

[Carey]

Other than picking Atlanta, I had no rooting interest either.  I do admire Tampa, so either team winning would've been okay.  I was just rooting for a good game, and (for a TNF broadcast), it delivered.

While losing is not cool, especially to a division foe, this was probably an okay loss for the NFC South champions.  Road game on a short week, and in overtime to end up 3-2 isn't a bad thing.  Just try again next time, plus extra time to rest

[Magog]

21 hours ago, Carey said:

While losing is not cool, especially to a division foe, this was probably an okay loss for the NFC South champions.  Road game on a short week, and in overtime to end up 3-2 isn't a bad thing.  Just try again next time, plus extra time to rest

There is no such thing as an okay loss in the NFL. It doesn't exist & should never ever exist in the NFL.

Speaking of losses, hopefully we will see a loss in London tomorrow for a certain crappy green team from New York. Hopefully, Davante Adams will wise up & not subject himself going from one crappy team (Raiders) into another crappy team (Jets). Besides, he wouldn't be much of a help for the Jets because the Jets suck, Aaron Rodgers suck, their coach suck, their owner suck, Fireman Ed suck, & the Jets will find a way to lose even more games with him there. 

Edited October 5 by Magog

[Chit Chat]

23 hours ago, Carey said:

While losing is not cool, especially to a division foe, this was probably an okay loss for the NFC South champions. 

It was not okay!!  We want to win every game, especially with our closest rivals.  That game was winnable for the Bucs, so seeing them lose in OT was very frustrating.    

[Carey]

Fair enough Magog.  While not totally clear, the point was that it was not the end of the world.  And Chit Chat, I would have had a similar reaction too if my team lost to my division rival.  So that's fair enough as well.

To be honest, it's not going to matter if Tampa loses to Kansas City.  So to the players: do not lose that game.  The 55th Super Bowl is ancient history & it's about present time.

[mojoween]

Wow Fireman Ed taking strays on a Saturday morning 😀

Edited October 5 by mojoween

[Chit Chat]

7 hours ago, Carey said:

While not totally clear, the point was that it was not the end of the world.

In the grand scheme of things, I get what you're saying, and you're right!  We hate to lose to Atlanta and New Orleans though.  Our NFL team lost, and now our college team lost.  It just wasn't our week with football.   

Having said all of that, I realize how unimportant football is compared to the damage the people have experienced from hurricane Helene, so my heart goes out to them.  I wonder if any of the college or NFL teams thought to organize a food drive at their stadiums for the relief efforts.  Imagine how much canned goods, etc. they could collect if each person just brought one can of food.  

[mojoween]

My newspaper had a story about NC State doing a drive. And I know both Tepper and the Falcons owners donated millions.

[Calvada]

In addition, the Houston Texans donated $1 million, the Glazer family (owners of Bucs) donated $1 million, and the NFL Foundation donated $1 million.  A total of $8 million when adding the Tepper and Blank Foundations' donations. Baker Mayfield and Kirk Cousins individually donated $50,000 each.  I haven't heard of any other NFL players who have made donations, but I'm sure there are others.  Other sports teams/groups have made donations, from the NBA, NASCAR, the NHL, Augusta National.  Several colleges are coordinating donation drives.  There's an NC State football player whose mother owns a moving company who has been coordinating donations of things like diapers, batteries, etc. that has resulted in 6+ truckloads of supplies being distributed.

[Chit Chat]

1 hour ago, mojoween said:

My newspaper had a story about NC State doing a drive. And I know both Tepper and the Falcons owners donated millions.

I'm glad to know that!  I watched College GameDay this morning, but I didn't hear them mention it, but I might've missed it.  They'll probably mention it on the NFL pre-game shows tomorrow.  

[Carey]

Although I'll disagree with Magog on the Adams to the Jets chance, there's no hoping for a loss because Minnesota will have to try to lose the game.  Sure no two Sundays are the same & anything can happen.  Other than the defense for New York (to some extent), what does the green actually do that's on the level of elite?

Nothing is the answer.  The only questions here is the aftermath.  For instance, Aaron can have that stat of seeing everything all he wants, but Bradshaw has seen everything too.  Doesn't mean he'd make a football team better.  So following a pummeling from the Vikings, I'll wonder if Saleh will be on the flight out of London, but then wonder why the destination was moved to Egypt.

Meanwhile, New York can settle with Hackett as their coach & tank for Travis Hunter or Ewers.

Adams not going to the green, that means possibly Baltimore or Kansas City, but New Orleans would be nice