Your Late Afternoon Thread

Car @ Sea: I doubt very much that Graham will get going finally against a Panthers D that have allowed only 1 TD and have 3 picks when the TE has been targeted. On the other side, Olsen accounts for just over 30% of the team’s receiving yards, leads the team in targets and is playing against a squad that allows an 81% completion rate to the TE. Lynch is listed as questionable with a hamstring but is expected to play. He’s gonna get battered in what figures to be a very physical game. (aren’t they all?) The Hawks have had some problems closing things out-they’ve allowed almost as many points (48) in the 4th as they have in the other 3 quarters combined (50).

SD @ GB: Any plans to move the Chargers to L.A. will have to be discussed with the Packers. Why? Because with a 9-1 record against San Diego it would seem as though Green Bay owns them. You can count on Rivers throwing a pick today-not because the opposing D is so good (though it is) but because he has done so in ten of the last eleven. The winner of the “Right Time, Right Place” award goes to James Jones. The guy that was cut by the G-men and came back to the fold and leads the team with 394 yards and 5 TD’s. Gordon may be in for a good game-GB has handed 141 yds. to Forte and 159 to Gurley. However, this looks like a done deal for the Pack. Football Outsiders has them ranked as 5th (offense) 4th (defense) and 3rd (overall) best team in the NFL. Add to that the fact that Rodgers is 48-10 at home…well, you do the math.

Bal @ SF: Our third and final battle this week featuring 1-win teams. Yay! If Forsett’s ankle can’t go the Ravens RB situation looks like rook Javorius Allen and 3 undrafted FA’s, one of which (Terrence Magee) has been with the team for three whole weeks! The other two are Akeem Hunt and Raheem Mostert. I’d make the old joke that they couldn’t even get arrested in this town but they have minority status and it is Baltimore. Time to shine, guys. It’s almost like one Raymond Rice is dead to the Ravens. Remember that vaunted Baltimore D?-Carr (351 yds.), Dalton (388) and McCown (457!) certainly didn’t when they played against them earlier in the year. Kaep, you’re next.