Your “And I Wonder, Yes I Wonder. Who’ll Stop The Run?” AFC Wild Card Open Thread

Here’s your first of 11 playoff games to enjoy as the 2017/18 season begins the old wind-down. It doesn’t seem on the surface to be that sexy a tilt but one team will advance and the other will call it a day so I guess it’s got that going for it. Shall we jump in? TO THE GAME!

TITANS/CHIEFS:

KC is much like most teams in that they tend to win when they get turnovers. In their ten wins they forced 25 of them. I mention this because qb Mariota has regressed this year and has a non-sparkling 13/15 TD/Intercept ratio. It should be noted that he’s reigned in his penchant for fumbling…finally.

Injuries:

Ouchies to both A. Hunt and Thomas could mean that Tyreek Hill gets some more opportunities to touch the ball and the more he’s able to run around the more he’s likely to break a long one. On t’udder side DeMarco is gone so rb Henry will be carrying the full load. He did so last week and he kinda struggled but the talent is there.

History:

The Chiefs haven’t won a playoff game at home in 24 years. Oof. Here’s something else though-they’ve not given up more than 20 points at Arrowhead in more than a year.

Other Stuff:

The Titans have the eighth-best rushing attack in the league and the KC run D is ranked dead last. However, the latter squad really messed things up statistically during that losing slide mid-way through the sked. As it happens, Henry and Co. have been effective at runs longer than 4+ and 10+ yards according to some advanced stats I don’t fully understand.

My Hot Take(Away):

Takeaway? Get it? Who says that we at DFO don’t pander to our legions of Brit commenters? Anyboo, I figure Henry has to run for at least 125 and Mariota has to have a perfect game as far as turnovers are concerned. Much like most of the Chiefs opponents, I don’t think the Titans will be able to contain te Kelce which will in turn free up Hill.

So get with the tip-tapping down below.

 

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#TitsUp

Gratliff

Goodnight, Tits.

litre_cola

This is a beating.

Gratliff

It’s been 3 hours since the 2 minute warning.

fleshwound_NPG

triplette still fuckin things up

Spur

Why does the KC stadium have round video screens?

Horatio Cornblower

Fits in with everything else in KC

Dick E. Phuck

Quit fat shaming the KC screen.

Smithchez

I’ll never understand the “replay was only supposed to be for OBVIOUS errors” crowd. Replay exists, and it’s used to its intended effect. Should a coach not be able to challenge a play unless it’s egregiously incorrect? Who’s in charge of deciding what’s an obvious error vs what’s just a judgement call or a close play? If anything it’s on the fucking league to give their replay guys a clock. If you only get 30 seconds to review shit, that’ll weed out the “could’ve gone either way” shit pretty quick.

JustStopDude

I think they need to just completely junk instant replay.

It takes way too much fucking time and the fact is, they are still blowing fucking calls.

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We’re just one half in and we’re all alreadt surly as fuck. This bodes well.

litre_cola

WHO ARE YOU CALLING SURLY?! IT ISS FUCKING DECKER WHO CAN”T CATCH.

King Hippo

I guess they decided they owed KC a free possession because of the “forward progress” call? Because that ball was CLEARLY out when Kelce died.

blaxabbath

Can trackpads break? My laptop cursor started behaving like it was under control of a dying mouse. All jerky then touchy then impossible to sense. The keyboard is find and everything seems to be working right on the software side; just the stupid trackpad seems to be on the fritz.

God – I’m hated this Mac since I paid too much for it when I bought it.

Doktor Zymm

Anything can break. You can disable it and get a wireless one

blaxabbath

The screen cracked in the luggage when I flew home from SFO in Nov. I’m just gonna buy a new Windows one in a week when I tell coworkers we’re pregnant then buying a laptop because I’m gonna use some days to stay home.

Crap – I have no idea what to look for laptops anymore either.

Doktor Zymm

Depends what you use it for, if it’s just media and internet you can just get a cheap one

blaxabbath

Basically. Look at some large PDF/dwg files. No real editing work though. Office. Football blogging. Email standard now?

bk109

So anything more powerful than a calculator 😀 – Pretty much everything on the market will work for ya, so just look at Display, Battery life, keyboard and I forgot – storage, because you can never have enough storage 😉

bk109

At this point, unless you need a really powerful machine (for gaming, video/music/photo editing) you really need to look at the screen, battery life, keyboard (a shitty keyboard is a sure way to hate a machine) and pricetag.
Btw – I’d recommend a spec’d to order laptop, because .. well.. you get exactly what you want in a machine and not some vanilla config with “one size barely fits all” internals,lol

blaxabbath

Oh man — I got no idea about a keyboard.

bk109

It’s quite simple,really – just try it out in-store and if it feels right, it’s right.. I personally look for 3 things in a keyboards these days – 1-key travel (feels better when typing), 2 – backlight (though I still miss the ThinkLight XD) and 3 – can I spill a beer without frying it or the laptop itself XD

Horatio Cornblower

“All jerky then touchy then impossible to sense.”

Maybe next time don’t buy a used laptop from Harvey Weinstein.

Gratliff

Anything can break, but MacBook trackpads break far more often than most.

bk109

Well, you can always hope it’s just some stray moisture (always jizz AWAY from the laptop).. Srsly,though – try some paper towels and it may help as what you’re describing sounds like stray water/beer droplets

blaxabbath

Of COURSE! I do that and then it’s good for like four minutes — and then zooms in out of nowhere for some reason.

bk109

Yarp, stray moisture.. weird that the last time I saw crappy behaviour like that was on some shite HP(Synaptics,actually) touchpad. Btw, you may want to try something like a screen wipe as well, because some dry gung + the tiniest bit of moisture = RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

blaxabbath

Roger on it.

Dick E. Phuck

I’ve had more fun filling out a 1040 than I’ve had watching this game.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, but that was for someone whose identity you were stealing so you could collect their refund. Not a fair comparison.

blaxabbath

2017 was the first year I made money that I felt was real good. I felt kinda robbed by having a pro do my taxes.

Doktor Zymm

My taxes are gonna be a bitch this year

Doktor Zymm

Oh for fuck’s sake. I’m really goddamn tired of the ‘what is a catch’ show

ballsofsteelandfury

THIS they review? FUCK YOU!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh, they are going to look at THIS one. This league is a fucking joke.

blaxabbath

You should be at the Browns parade with this rage today.

Or does your new keyboard invention just have a JJ Fozz filter?

Doktor Zymm

Odds on Kelce starting the second half?

rockingdog

7-11?
yea I dont know what those numbers mean…..

Spur

Even. Odds Kelce knows what team he’s playing for?

Horatio Cornblower

Yes. There’s a better chance that Andy Reid isn’t going for ribs after the game.

rockingdog

kelce seeing stars like wiyle coyote

bk109

So, who gets to bury Kelce at the 50 yard mark? The Tits’ defence or the KC offence?

fleshwound_NPG

2nd time in a minute jeff triplette fucked up an obvious fumble call

Horatio Cornblower

Kelce has a brain injury, so fortunately nothing he uses regularly.

Horatio Cornblower

I don’t think either of them is going to design the next Mars landing craft.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Fuck this kayfabe bullshit. The NFL is fucking rigged as shit.

JustStopDude

He is going to have to spend at least half a play in the tent before he gets sent back out onto the field..

Dick E. Phuck

Knowing the NFL’s concussion protocols Kelce will probably be sent back into the game after the next play.

blaxabbath

Shit, Mark Davis is probably offering him ownership stake (and setting aside a compensatory steak for Reid).

Spur

Kelce walking out of a bar at 2am.

King Hippo

REPLAY THAT SHIT!!

Smithchez

Conculce

fleshwound_NPG

he’s ded, jim

King Hippo

Trent Kelce

litre_cola

Cucumber

Col. Duke LaCross

Kelce ded.

Spur

Kelce is ded

Mr. Ayo

CTE!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

They need to refer to that parking lot by its proper name: the Jovan Belcher Memorial Parking Lot.

Romonobyl

FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!

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Doktor Zymm

TRUCK NUTS!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Deez?

Horatio Cornblower

Why? Is it miles from the nearest synagogue?

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Look at that fucking parking lot.

Doktor Zymm

For some reason SlingTV never lists NFL games under ‘sports.’ Last time I checked, not only is football a sports, it’s one of the most popular sports in this here country

litre_cola

Are we talking about the catch rule?

bk109

Or a game show “Catch or No Catch”

MikeWallaceAndGromit

Forward progress my ass.

bk109
Horatio Cornblower

Wait, Jeff Triplette fucked something up in the play-offs!? Hang on, lemme get my shocked face…

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Jesus, I hate the Chiefs but that is as absurd of an assessment of “forward progress” as I have ever seen.

King Hippo

Fucking over the Chefs plus GAMBLOR = Hippo acceptance.

Smithchez

The Titans did a thing!

King Hippo

Forward progress NOT REVIEWABLE WOO

fleshwound_NPG

yep, that national title game gonna end at 1:45am eastern

litre_cola

So I will be in bed by midnight, sweet.

MikeWallaceAndGromit

Yeah, I’ll watch Counterpoint.

Horatio Cornblower

Me too. Hey, could we be the same person in two versions of reality!?

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Your car ads suck dick.

Horatio Cornblower

Lisa Ann’s selling cars, too?

Spur

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fleshwound_NPG

fuck you toyota, a camry aint a damn bmw m3

bk109

Toyota – “Because we know you can’t afford something good, but have enough self-respect a Chevy isn’t an option” 😀

King Hippo

Sorry, we can’t have balls. Internet Dad will get mad at us.

Romonobyl

But now my insanely witty and hilarious reply will make no sense!!!
So, pretty much like most of my comments…got it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Fake balls are fine; I received testicular approval.

Brick Meathook

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