Your “WHAT TIME IS IT?!?!” Thursday Night Football Open Thread

YEEEAAAHHHHH BOOOYYYEEEEE! I AM SO FREAKIN’ PUMPED FOR THIS GAME! (it’s midnight somewhere, right?) And I don’t even have a dog in this fight. I imagine Bronc/Panthers fans have spent the day peeling themselves from various ceilings much to the consternation of their co-workers/loved ones/friends. I liken this feeling to when I was younger and anticipated playing in a championship baseball or basketball game-giddy and excited and revelling in the anticipation itself.

Sure there’s a shit-ton of detritus that surrounds the sport and there’s no need for me to go on about it here. We tackle that shit on an on-going basis the same way that a certain coach from Kansas City tackles the “All You Can Eat And Rub On Your Face Innards Special” at The Offal House. There’s…Just…Something…About…This…Game. Whatever it may be, it is my master tonight. TO THE GAME!

Panthers/Broncos: There’s tons of hand-wringing out there in Denver fandom about this Siemian fella. The qb’s CV is thinner than the audience at an “Anne Coulter Appreciation Night”. He’s got all of three quarters of exhibition play under his not-onion belt. No one seems to know anything solid about his arm strength but he is said to be a fan of the slant route but crap, what qb in the league isn’t? Kubiak, a big fan of the Northwestern grad, and the coaching staff will do their best to keep Trevor (Trevor? Who names their kid Trevor?) out of 3rd and long spots because that talented Panther lb crew will be jumping those slant routes looking for an easy pick-six. In useless stat news, Denver has won 15 of their last 16 home openers.

Possessor of 16 career sacks, dt Kawaan Short is only 121.5 short of the record at his position. My money says he doesn’t get it tonight. Cam has a paltry 11.1 QBR vs. Denver in two meetings and Von Miller aims to drive that rating down even lower. In related news, Michael Oher’s ears are burning. Wr’s Funchess and Benjamin have to be the biggest pair in the league, right? No, I don’t acknowledge the existence of one year wonder Ted Ginn Jr., thanks for not asking. Both teams are relatively injury-free right now although I just learned that wr Bennie Fowler is out. Thing is, I don’t know which team he plays for.

And there you have it-one of the most comprehensive, salient, insightful game intros that you’ve ever just read. Of course you’re welcome! NOW LET’S TEAR THIS PLACE UP!*

 

*in an orderly, respectful manner

 

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

And here I was thinking Siemian was going to be responsible for the first turnover.

Beerguyrob

I wonder what Vegas had on that?

Senor Weaselo

First derp, decent enough derp.

MikeWallaceAndGromit

A One-Carry career. Not bad!

Sill Bimmons

GRITFUMBRE

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WOOOO FIRST DERP OF THE YEAR!!

Beerguyrob

“He spent all last season under the tutelage of Peyton Manning.”

BULLSHIT! I haven’t heard one “OMAHA!” yet.

Smithchez

FUMBRE!!!!!

makeitsnowondem

Carolina, you’re literally giving up a drive to Northwestern’s second best quarterback of 2014.

Old School Zero

Until THAT happened.

jjfozz

Dear Carolina, preseason is over.

entropy

I think they heard us, Fozz.

entropy

Panthers defense believes the season starts NEXT week, it seems.

Teddy's Bridge Over Troubled Water

Holy shit, I recognized most of those Panther names. Can’t deny they have a legit defense.

Sill Bimmons

Pretty sure it’s time to get our own damn server.

fleshwound_NPG

occasional 502 bad gateway errors…

Beastmode Ate My Baby

Same here.

Redshirt

Yup.

Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

Script issue this time.

Sill Bimmons

Couldn’t hurt.

I’m still ready to talk about it.

MikeWallaceAndGromit

How the fuck you doin’ boys?!

Block 15’s Intergalactic Hop Shop. 7.5% ABV

Old School Zero

Niiiice. Hair of the Dog Blue Dot.

MikeWallaceAndGromit

I have quite the stockpile of Block 15 cans/bottles to deliver. And I’m in Portland this weekend…

Old School Zero

Sweet! We should be able to figure something out. Drop me a line and we’ll figure it out. CAN’T WAIT!

Mother Puncher

Feels good to be back. Whatever is left in my Great Lakes sampler

Old School Zero

Siemian looks like Nick Sobotka from The Wire.

herodotus450

And Demaryius Thomas looks like this
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What a coincidence!

entropy

Time until first “shut the fuck up Cris:”

40 seconds of game time.

jjfozz

Matt Paradis gets his hair cut with Mark Davis

Smithchez

“Matt Paradis: The compound in the hills”

Beerguyrob

IT’S HERE!!!

Beastmode Ate My Baby

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theeWeeBabySeamus

You’ve been saving that one up, as it were. No?

Beastmode Ate My Baby

Funny enough, just ran across it randomly.

Old School Zero

FOOTBALL!

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Redshirt

Oh hai, football.

Smithchez

How the fuck you doin boys?! Long time no komment. Collinsworth say anything stupid yet?

herodotus450

Can the pope’s dick fit through a doughnut?

Redshirt

I’ll fight the urge to comment about the kneeling and enjoy that football is back.

O/U on penalty flags

jjfozz

One billion dollars

Moonbatting Average

I can’t count that high

ThursdaySkyGoddess
Moonbatting Average

Does having Trevor Semien starting mean Ghost Harambe favors the Broncos?

Senor Weaselo

Brett Favre supports Dicks Out for Harambe.

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#PicksOutForHarambe

Senor Weaselo

Damn, that’s a lot better than mine.

Fronkenshteen

Just took a whole tsp. of that THC tincture I made, shot gunned 2 bong hits back to back, I got my Guinness & pretzel sticks. The bad news is in about half hour, I’ll be watching this game with one eye open. The good news is that I’m so banged up, I don’t care if C.J. Anderson runs for 100 yds or floats away in a hot air balloon.
Have a good season, boys.

Senor Weaselo

IT’S STARTING!

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Sill Bimmons

Carl Lewis called.

He said “Meh.”

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makeitsnowondem

Good for Aqib Talib taking a knee. Fuck this country’s treatment of black people.

Sill Bimmons

LOVE IT OAR LEAVE IT PINKO

SonOfSpam

He only took a knee cuz he was shot just before the song.

jjfozz

Wow, that was a shitty rendition of the national anthem.

John Difool

This chick singing the anthem is drunk right?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Can’t tell. Probably because I am.

Spur

Is Kaep sitting on his couch? I need to know.

litre_cola

He is actually scuba diving in McCovey cove!

Redshirt

He’s practicing for the Regular Season.

Old School Zero

I’m not sure I have enough Hair of the Dog Blue Dot to get through this game.

Queue start of 2nd American Civil War.

Duchess

Do the people who get pissed at Kaep for kneeling standing up for the Anthem while sitting at home?

Sill Bimmons

HATE HATE HATE INSTRUMENTAL OR GTFO

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I consider my hate an instrument and I play it like a virtuoso.

jjfozz

Why is a train engineer singing the national anthem?

entropy

Rosie the Riviter takes offense at this.

litre_cola

Holy Fuck, will this game ever start?

Also pardon my ignorance but who the fuck is this?

Old School Zero

National Football League
National Football League
National Football League
National Football League
National Football League
National Football League

entropy

It’s ok to kill someone if they mark a special occasion with a “Subway Sub of the day,” right?

blackroseMD1

Not only is it ok, it’s highly encouraged.

SonOfSpam

Jared’s “Sub of the Day” was a six year old in leather with a ball in his mouth.

John Difool

I was totally hyped and had a raging hard-on over the return of real footy….. and then Collinsworth sunk his vampire teeth into my Dick.

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This is really weird slash fic but I can guess I can work with it.

Spur

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ThePirateSloth

I’ll give Cris this one game before I loathe his every word.

indieguy

collinsworth looks like a silver fox and Micheals looks like he barely knows whats going on

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The stuff that Al is calling hair almost looks the part.

Spur

How flammable do you think that think is?

LemonJello

Silly string in-a-can flammable.

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I’ll bet if we all simultaneously think about it spontaneously combusting, it will.

Spur

Holy fuck it’s Sunday Night??

fleshwound_NPG

BRANDS!

Moonbatting Average

It’s gonna take about a quarter to remember that most NFL games just aren’t very good. GO DONKS

Spur

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jjfozz

Well, looks like Collinsworth is still alive. This is the last time I hire an assassin from Craigslist.

Fuck you, you fucking dork.

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Every time I see Collinsworth, I expect him to slide into a diatribe about why feminism is cancerous to society.

ArmedandHammered

Did you tell him to use silver bullets? Or garlic powder? The way Collinsworth sucks the fun out of watching football he has to be a vampire.