NFL Thread

[Chit Chat]

2 hours ago, Carey said:

Count me in as one that'll be with the family.  I might stop by, but it'll probably the last time I post until after the New Year's at the earliest. 

 Safe travels and enjoy time with family!  I have mixed feelings about football being played on Christmas, but since I'm stuck at home this year, I'll kick back and see what unfolds in the NFL!  

[mojoween]

28 minutes ago, AimingforYoko said:

It seems the Vikings are simply incapable of winning a football game without drama.

Bad week for the NY football teams.

NY metropolitan area teams.  Buffalo did what Buffalo does.

[cambridgeguy]

34 minutes ago, AimingforYoko said:

Bad week for the NY football teams.

Why should this week be any better than the past 10 years?

[mojoween]

Hey the Giants won a Super Bowl within the last ten years.

Holy FUCK do I hate the fucking Cowboys.

[meowmommy]

1 minute ago, mojoween said:

Hey the Giants won a Super Bowl within the last ten years.

Calendar years, technically, yes for a few more days.  But really almost eleven years. 

My SB LXVI T-shirt is really, really faded....

[roamyn]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Who saw the Pat's last TD? It was almost as crazy as the play last week, only this time in their favor. 

It was like a minnie Immaculate Reception!  And Jacoby Meyer caught it, too!

[AimingforYoko]

Uncle Rico's ballin'.

[Lamb18]

This Cowboy/ Eagles game is ending with suspense. 30 seconds, Eagles have the ball, behind by 6.

Minshew had to dump the ball. 20 seconds, 4th down and 10. Eagles just called a time out.

[Magog]

1 minute ago, Lamb18 said:

This Cowboy/ Eagles game is ending with suspense. 30 seconds, Eagles have the ball, behind by 6.

And the Eagles are about to lose to the Cowboys. YUCK!!

Seeing Jerry Jones being happy for Christmas makes me sick to my stomach.

[AimingforYoko]

Wow, what a ball game. Minshew did well, both his picks were great plays by the Cowboys. The Eagles still have two cracks at the #1 seed.

[Fukui San]

The AFC playoff picture just sorted itself out in a hurry the past few weeks. With the Jets and Pats implosions, the wild cards seem 95% set in 10-5 Baltimore, 8-6 Miami and 8-6 LA Chargers.  It seems unlikely or impossible that the 7-8 teams can catch them. The only spot in question seems to be whether Jacksonville will complete the comeback and overtake the Titans for the AFC South.  They are both tied at 7-8.

[Lamb18]

Hold your breath! Minshew threw the ball, no one caught it. So Dallas won. 1st seed is still up for grabs.

Yay, Vikings won! I missed the very end, as I got to church for practice, but some other choir members stayed in their cars to listen to the end and told us who won. I didn't think George could kick a 61-yarder.

[AimingforYoko]

2 minutes ago, Lamb18 said:

I didn't think George could kick a 61-yarder.

Well, probably not. Fortunately for us, Greg Joseph can.😉

[Lamb18]

1 minute ago, AimingforYoko said:

Well, probably not. Fortunately for us, Greg Joseph can.😉

Oops, well, I was kind of close.

[Lamb18]

This Steelers/Raiders game is a snow bowl. Flakes are out and streaming by.

[merylinkid]

3 hours ago, mojoween said:

NY metropolitan area teams.  Buffalo did what Buffalo does.

You mean bad week for New Jersey teams.

Cowboys win.  Fighting for division title and a home playoff game.  #TrueDak

[xaxat]

Is the NFL Network experiencing technical problems in Pittsburgh or is the fact that they aren't running commercials part of the Immaculate Reception recognition?

[twoods]

I know this was the late game because of the tribute, but couldn’t they have moved this to the earlier game and have one of the dome games at night? It looks so freaking cold out there.

[mojoween]

I know it’s super cold and also snowy, but seeing this half empty stadium is really weird.

[twoods]

My friend was supposed to go to the game but they bailed because of the weather. I’m sure many others did the same- can’t imagine standing in below 0 weather for 4 hours.

[AimingforYoko]

Glad the Steelers pulled it out, but that game was terrible. 

Have a good Christmas, everybody.

[Colleenna]

30 minutes ago, twoods said:

My friend was supposed to go to the game but they bailed because of the weather. I’m sure many others did the same- can’t imagine standing in below 0 weather for 4 hours.

No kidding.  I sat in Heinz Field (the open end, with the wind whipping thru) in 30 degree weather and my toes were numb. My own fault for wearing cotton socks instead of wool. 

[Fukui San]

I see that the NFL has decided to put coal in our stocking with Broncos Rams followed by Bucs Cardinals.  

[Salacious Kitty]

Well, if you like olé defense, the Miami/Green Bay game is for you! 😂

[Court]

This Miami/GB game is wild. 

[Xeliou66]

What a choke by the Dolphins - 3 picks to end the game, they’ve imploded completely. Suddenly the Packers are hot and have a shot at a playoff spot.

[Fukui San]

For as unimpressive and undeserving I’ve felt the Patriots have been this year, if they hadn’t choked just one of the last two games they’d be tied with Miami. 

[Magog]

If it wasn't for the Nickelodeon broadcast of the Broncos - Rams suckfest that its going to be, I've would taken that 3 hour nap right about now.

[Salacious Kitty]

Just now, Magog said:

If it wasn't for the Nickelodeon broadcast of the Broncos - Rams suckfest that its going to be, I've would taken that 3 hour nap right about now.

You're not watching Lebron? Sure, the Lakers are getting clobbered, but I thought you liked him. 

[Chit Chat]

I was rooting for Miami with my Bama guys Tua & Waddle.  I was afraid they were jinxed after almost all of the guys on FOX NFL picked them.  Argh!

Well, let's see how bad my Buc's stink up the place tonight.  I don't have much hope with them.  Bah humbug!! 

[Salacious Kitty]

The Rams look like world beaters. Like GB, they're taking advantage of TOs. 

My nephew, a life long Fins fan, is not merry today. ☹️

[Magog]

21 minutes ago, ChitChat said:

Well, let's see how bad my Buc's stink up the place tonight.  I don't have much hope with them.  Bah humbug!! 

I wish there was a way that both the Bucs & Cardinals would lose the game tonight. Both of them are downright loathsome.

[Salacious Kitty]

45 minutes ago, Magog said:

I wish there was a way that both the Bucs & Cardinals would lose the game tonight. Both of them are downright loathsome.

I'd settle for a 3-3 tie. I don't think either offense can do much more than that. 😂

[roamyn]

4 hours ago, Fukui San said:

I see that the NFL has decided to put coal in our stocking with Broncos Rams followed by Bucs Cardinals.  

Except the Rams are killing it right now.

Go Baker!

[mojoween]

Bucs vs. Cards is not a very nice Christmas present, NFL.

[Salacious Kitty]

Just turned on the game. Heard Romo. Went back to basketball. 🥴

[mojoween]

41 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Just turned on the game. Heard Romo. Went back to basketball. 🥴

On any given day, any Romo is too much Romo.  During a blowout?  I want to mute the TV that is already muted.

[mojoween]

CBS and Nickelodeon have to be so pissed that they were saddled with this terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad game.

[Lamb18]

I saw about a minute of the Rams/Broncos game and Tony Romo was wearing the most gosh awful ugliest ugly sweater. Couldn't continue watching.

[Salacious Kitty]

Hey, it's 3-3! Just like I drew it up. 😜

[Chit Chat]

This is painful to watch. Ugh. Nobody wants to just say it - our  offense sucks! 

Nitpick: Why did they change the Cardinals uniforms to fushia? Cardinals are red, not this shade of pink. I'm not on board with all of the uniform changes across the NFL. 

[Lamb18]

20 minutes ago, ChitChat said:

This is painful to watch. Ugh. Nobody wants to just say it - our  offense sucks! 

Nitpick: Why did they change the Cardinals uniforms to fushia? Cardinals are red, not this shade of pink. I'm not on board with all of the uniform changes across the NFL. 

I thought the color looked different.

[Salacious Kitty]

Tied at 6 in the 3rd quarter? It's about as miserable as I predicted. I'd love to know what the o/u was for this game? 30? 

[Colleenna]

5 hours ago, Magog said:

I wish there was a way that both the Bucs & Cardinals would lose the game tonight. Both of them are downright loathsome.

Gee, same way I felt about the Iggles/Cowgirls game.

[Chit Chat]

Well, it's  a night game and we're facing a rookie QB. The Bucs do not have a good track record on both accounts.  And, we lost another offensive lineman to injury. Ugh! 

[Lady Whistleup]

The Cardinals really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Salacious Kitty]

12 minutes ago, Lady Whistleup said:

The Cardinals really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

It's what they do best. 

[Irlandesa]

On 12/22/2022 at 1:07 PM, bluegirl147 said:

The NFL will make money off the switch but I think it will drive fans away.  Not everyone has access to Youtube.  There is still a large segment of people in this country that doesn't have access to the internet where they live.  Call me crazy but I think the goal should be more people watching games. Not putting games behind paywalls. 

 

 I know this is a few days old but Sunday Ticket has always been a very restrictive offering.  Yes, there are going to be people who don't have great broadband and won't be able to stream the YouTube package.  (And I think nationwide broadband is something we should have.)  But all that does is change the makeup of who doesn't get access.  Before, there were millions of people living in apartment buildings or rented abodes that either didn't meet the criteria to allow the installation of a satellite or didn't want to go to war with their landlords over it.

And then there are those who didn't want to deal with Direct TV as their television provider and were willing to forego The Sunday Ticket because of it.

If YouTube makes this available even to people who aren't subscribers to YouTubeTV, then it'll make Sunday Ticket more available to more people. Or at least those who can afford it. 

And there are reasons why they just don't make all games available to everyone.  It's a way of protecting the value of each team in their markets.  I don't see the NFL owners ever giving that up.

[merylinkid]

God that slate of Christmas Day games was BAD.   I know it looked better when the schedule game out, but even based no the teams' records this year it was still BAD.  Just ugh.   Hopefully everyone was in a food coma/adrenaline crash and was too tired to watch Bucs-Cards.

How bad was it?   In the MIDDLE of the Rams game they announced Rams-Chargers would be flexed out of SNF and Ravens-Steelers would be put in its place.   The Ravens and Steelers are not exactly lighting things up this year and are STILL considered better than Rams-Chargers.

 

[Chit Chat]

22 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

Hopefully everyone was in a food coma/adrenaline crash and was too tired to watch Bucs-Cards.

We stayed up until the end.  It's like a train wreck that you can't look away from!  We had at least 3 things going against us:  Odds were showing Bucs to win (1st jinx); It was a night game (Bucs usually embarrass themselves on night games); and they were facing a rookie QB (Bucs usually help them look great!)  Having been stuck at home all week due to being sick, a Buc's win was a nice way to end the holiday weekend.  

The Bucs will probably get decimated in any playoff game, but we'll take it game by game and hope for the best!  It's what we do.  And FWIW, did we really need to see the rookie QB's parents in the stands every 2 minutes?  I guess the camera crew was bored.  Remember when we had to see Kurt Warner's wife in the stands every other play?  Eyes on the game, guys!