Your Thursday Night NFC Central Showdown Open Thread

Green Bay is playing their third game in twelve days. Bears fans are calling for the neck of Mike Glennon. Which of these teams will be able to hide their godawful flaws the most effectively? For the answer to this and many other questions one must go… TO THE GAME!

 

BEARS/PACKERS: Chicago stung the “Can’t Play Away From Home” Steelers with a 23-17 loss last week using the deadly combo of an atrocious passing game and an effective series of prayers to the almighty. Green Bay won an OT thriller over the Bengals using the arm of Rodgers and the leg of Crosby. Kudos to both for coming up with the unlikely Vic. Now for the not-so-good news. The Packers O-line is banged up something fierce-three backups are on I.R. and both Bakhtiari and (stifles giggle) Bulaga are listed as doubtful. (“Look at Rodgers run for his life!”) He’s been sacked 13 times already and has 4 turnovers. Ty Montgomery’s effort in the running game hasn’t worked out very well so far. His longest run from scrimmage has been eight yards but he is leading all rb’s in YAC. Chicago is also looking for a bit of balance on O but the trouble is in the passing end of things. The Giraffe is becoming known as Humpty Dumpdown and this is reflected in rb Howard leading the team in receiving yards last week with (Oof!) 26. The Bears rushing attack is ranked eighth thanks to the good work of Howard and Tarik “She Fed Me Tea And Oranges That Came All The Way From China” Cohen. (“Take that, Berman!”) The hope among the faithful is that Truth Biscuit will get the start after the bye week but his receiving corps will still consist of a “Who’s That?” lineup of Kendall Wright, Deonte Thompson and Zach/Dion Miller/Sims. That’s a shit-ton of not-talent right there. But hey, the winner of the game will break the 94-94-6 won/lost deadlock. The “They’ve played each other a few times over the years” chestnut should manifest itself as tinnitus by the end of the game.

 

Go get ’em, word-wranglers!

 

 

 

 

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Col. Duke LaCross

Fuck Conor Barth.

King Hippo

Barth?

Shogun Marcus

Clearly he…can’t do that on television.

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I wish I could hate the Packers the way I hate the St. Louis Cardinals but the flip side of that is that I’d be really angry watching this game right now if I had that same level of hate.

Doktor Zymm

You’re missing out. I’ve gleaned much joy from my hatred of the cowboys

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My Cardinals hate. > Your Cowboys hate.

Doktor Zymm

I don’t know about that, i’ve been super rude to actual people some of which were kinda cute

Dick E. Phuck

I get more joy from watching the red SAWX lose than watching the Yankees win. How about you?

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Depends. I derive great joy from Cardinals loses such as tonight which was lol.

Senor Weaselo

There’s the added suspense and agita and hopefully relief when it’s close with the Yanks. For me it’s watching the Mets lose!

/Goddammit Sonny, thanks for pulling a -12.
//I’m up over 100 going into the last weekend though, so… cautious woo?

Unsurprised

Hey all.

Doktor Zymm

‘Sup?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fuck these barrels.

synapticmisfires

I think I like Romo the ref even better than Romo the announcer.

Doktor Zymm

I would go to a theme restaurant where all the servers were Romo clones

Unsurprised

Until their shoulders all give out as the entree arrives.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Always drop the food right next to your table?

Doktor Zymm

Though I’m pretty sure my order would end up at the wrong table

Unsurprised

This is much better than mine.

Romonobyl

And they’re never open in December.

Unsurprised

Or the postseason, of course.

Horatio Cornblower

It would almost certainly be dropped before it got to you.

King Hippo

GB will somehow make this close

Doktor Zymm

I HIKE BIG NUTS AND I CANNOT HIE

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Doktor Zymm

So, thunder snow is super awesome, if the nfl can do lightning snowflakes I might consider that as neat

Dick E. Phuck

I knew the Chargers were gonna get woke as soon as they moved to LA.

Spur

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Oh my God the Cubs ripped out the hearts of the Cardinals and it’ll sustain me for at least a week.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Romonobyl

Pants too?

Doktor Zymm

Shhh, no, it’s just a bad dream

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Dick E. Phuck

Latex Taints

Horatio Cornblower

In Northhampton, MA those two are now considered legally wed.

Gratliff

I see Moose has discovered the world of Toni Storm.

Doktor Zymm

It’s always fun telling people from the Midwest how fucking racist the Midwest is. They do kinda get it, but they’re sorta missing the fact that wretched isn’t normal

Horatio Cornblower

How the fuck is the second half just starting?

synapticmisfires

74 minute lightning delay, that we were told would be about 15 minutes.

Horatio Cornblower

Ah. That’s what happens when you wander off to the shower I guess.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

…wander off to the shower…

Change two words here and you’d be completely right.

Dick E. Phuck

God got drunk, fell asleep at the wheel, and crashed his LeBaron into Green Bay.

Romonobyl

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Spur

Rodgers got a hangnail and delayed the game.

synapticmisfires

So, today at work, a fellow Bears fan pointed out to me that the Bears are 1-0 against teams that have large-scale anthem protests. I didn’t know if I should chuckle politely, or just walk right out the building without acknowledging him.

King Hippo

option 3: set the building on fire!

Doktor Zymm

Just quote their overall record

Sharkbait

Fucking Massholes. The halftime news break lead off with a story about pissed off TAWMMYS FROM SWANSEA burning Patriots jerseys. Aaron Hernandez killing 2 people wasn’t enough to get you to burn a jersey, but a knee does? I hate that I’m associated with those morons.

/Rant

Spur
Brick Meathook

NCIS LOS ANGELES: It is a completely fictional organization in a completely fictional city that looks like Los Angeles because that’s where they shoot it. It might not even be set on Earth.

Dick E. Phuck

NCIS: LA
(Filmed on location in Romulus)

hippofant

Seeing these CBS television commercials kinda explains why Americans are so crazy. Apparently everybody’s out to kill them, and the only way to stop it are aristocratic NY police nobility, secret black ops teams, and crowd-sourced crimefighting! That sounds like a great idea, don’t it? Twitter takes on crime!

Senor Weaselo

Oh fuck, imagine CSI: Twitter Bots.

Spur
Doktor Zymm

Did the volcano erupt yet? I’m totally gonna get stuck on Bali, and that’s why I won’t be able to set my fantasy lineup correctly

Senor Weaselo

Rarely do I actually mean this in more than a tongue-in-cheek manner, but please don’t die.

Horatio Cornblower

Anyone know where I put the remote?

Doktor Zymm

Did you check your hatband?

litre_cola

Beside the fridge.

Spur

check the kitchen

Romonobyl

Under the davenport?

Horatio Cornblower

Found it under the ottoman.

Fucking crumbled empires.

Senor Weaselo

Damn genocidal pieces of furniture.

Shogun Marcus

Ja, ist true!
~Austro-Hungarian

litre_cola

Make a hell of a shawarma though.

Doktor Zymm

Rhymes are fun.
I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT FLY

Romonobyl

OF THIS NO ONE DENIES

Spur

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Doktor Zymm

On the plus side, I only paid for one round of three shots and I’m pretty toasty

Doktor Zymm

I think I was just a mentor at my going away happy hour. Also, fuck I sat randall cobb. I’m old and I like volcanoes and damn I’m old.

Senor Weaselo

I just completed a 5-hour course for my (reclaimed) after-school job. It was almost entirely pointless. My eyes have glazed over and my brain hurts and I didn’t eat dinner.

Can someone pull a Negan and just bash my brains in?

King Hippo

I’m sleepy from the snowflake delay. Can’t you just get enough opiates for both of us?

Dick E. Phuck

Snowflake delay? Were you at the DNC convention?

Spur

One more drink! One more drink! One more drink! One more drink!

Brick Meathook

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Dick E. Phuck

I’m bored. Time to post random crap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dPXI9NjKQ

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Damnit, Bears. I wanted to see you run out of time after having over a minute and two timeouts left.

Spur

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Spur

Oh you Bears! i can’t stay mad at you.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

What the?

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Last week, the Bears tried to pull off the biggest, mostly hilarious fuck-up in football history: block a field goal, recover the ball, return it all the way to the 1 year line, fumble it on said yard line, have it picked up the other team who returns it for a touchdown.

They will accomplish it eventually.

Spur

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theeWeeBabySeamus

I never get tired of this gif.
Yay weather.

Gratliff

I like that the dress makes room for her motor

Sharkbait

Lets play Chicago’s favorite game: “How will the bears fuck this up”

Dick E. Phuck

Fumble at the 1 yard line

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Blocked field goal taken back for TD.

Romonobyl

Eight safeties in the 4th.

Dick E. Phuck

Looks like poor clock management.

Dick E. Phuck

The Bears are a metaphorical knife that is twisting in the beer gut of every Bears fan.

Romonobyl

Think of the smell.

Spur

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LemonJello

Enough of this. Off to bed.

Spur

right behind you. i missed a whole week of Howard and Mick the Nerd and Ronnie were on. need to hear that.

Romonobyl

You two kids have fun now!

Spur

i called top!

King Hippo

I mean, I appreciate the TD but this 1 catch FOAR 5 yards shit is making my ass itch.

Spur

Rodgers would have won 4 titles with anyone else not named the Browns.

Dick E. Phuck

Usually Aaron feels the most comfortable IN the Browns.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

He’d have won 9 preseason championships with the Browns.

Romonobyl

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King Hippo

YOUR CAT KNOWS YOU’RE HIGH!!111

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Fun fact: Dick Lebeau’s popularization of the “Lambeau Leak” got him a lucrative endorsement contract with Depends.

Dick E. Phuck

The Lambeau Leak!! The hot, new invention from the father of the NFL’s Methuselah defense.

LemonJello

The Lambeau Leak!! The hot, fluid new invention from the father of the NFL’s Methuselah defense.

fixdit

Romonobyl

And 400 hours of community service.

Shogun Marcus

Ya know jordy…you easily coulda done it if you weren’t engaged in pointless fucktardary.

litre_cola

I am ok with it.

Spur

Fuck you Rodgers
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litre_cola

I think that the Bears have the biggest representation here in the clubhouse.

King Hippo

there was a survey, I believe this was correct

litre_cola

Oh yeah the circle jerk.

WCS

J-E-S-T and Donks are large followings, too.