[can’t think of anything to say] Intros are for suckers… TO THE GAME!
Jacksonville/Pittsburgh:
Taking a look at this game I was reminded of an old Bart Simpson quote which goes something like, “Smashee, smashee”. Yeah, this one is gonna be a battle of physical and mental wills and no matter the outcome, both sides will suffer casualties-think in terms of Attica in early September of ’71. That’s how this one is going to go.
Injuries:
Antonio Brown is out/ready and raring to go, no question/a game-time decision-pick one. If he does throw the cleats on he’ll be staring down cb Jalen Ramsay. I love this matchup. Ramsay was thrown at only 5 times last week and was able to come up with an interception.
We Need To Talk About Blake:
Will the competent Blake or the inadequate Blake take the field today? Last week vs. the Bills he was 12/23 for 87 yards. Not so good, huh? Not so fast-he was able to offset that with 10 runs for 88 yards. Using the very latest-ish in phone calculator technology, I took a look back at his bipedal-centric shenanigans and discovered that in games where he runs 5 or more times he averages 7 yards per attempt. Interesting? Probably not but I’ll make the case that he recognizes/exploits running lanes far more than he is given credit for. I think another way to assess the fella is in terms of ‘comfort zone’. In the games where his QBR rating was over 100, (the lowest mark being 119!) his attempts/completions were 20-31, 18-26, 26-35, 18-27 and 21-29. Perhaps he’s not the game manager I thought he is but just a guy that needs to play within certain parameters in order to get the job done. Once outside those parameters though it becomes a bit of a crapshoot as to which guy shows up.
My Hot Takeaway:
I’ll be surprised if Bell and Fournette don’t combine for 50 carries between them. The thing is, [whips out suddenly trusty phone calculator again] this gives the Steelers a significant advantage. Perhaps Fournette is wearing down a bit but he’s only averaging 3 yards per rush over his last eight games. Mr. “Don’t Franchise Tag Me, Bro” Bell has averaged 4.2 in his last seven. As the carries pile up, it’ll be Pittsburgh that will more easily get up and down the field.
What are you waiting for? Get it on, bang your gong!
Have the Steelers ever had the logo on both sides of their helmets?
Nope
No
That’s pretty cool. I can’t think of anyone else who has done that.
Not that I recall.
Maybe when they were the Steagles?
Refs get a call at halftime from NFL HQ?
“This isn’t how it’s supposed to go. Fix it.”
Dan fouts just called that dirty play by juju “smart”.
….
He must think JuJu is white.
Fouts is a real motherfucker
Damn, Fouts is making me miss Tony Romo
So that was a poor call.
Good thing it favored the home team that is trailing by 2 tds…..
Good call Triplette
JuJu!!!!!!!!!
hehehehehe…sorry but I find that hilarious.
SMASH THAT BUTTON
Jeff Triplette, still not dead.
…and here we go.
Fucking dumbass.
yea Fournette is back?
another defensing TD please
Who is Evan Washburn? CBS get this dude on loan from E! Television?
Okay, what are the odds someone on the Jags brutally injures Brady rendering a New England victory purely pyrrhic?
Id say 65%
why is this not ever a strategy by teams, just kneecap his ass
Because what stops someone paying a perenial dumpster fire like the Browns to shank your QB’s or stars or mascot? Then we’ll end up with a Bortles – Keenum Super Bowl or someth.. ohhh… ballz
If that happened the NFL would simply postpone the Super Bowl until he was healthy again.
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Mate, we had a winning season with Matt Cassel.. If anyone can polish a turd.. I mean turn Hoyer into a Super Bowl MVP, it’s our crack team of replay officials and coaches 😀
*sighs*
Yeah. Hope really is pointless.
Accept pain and you’ll get a free Manziel Browns jersey!
FLAG FOOTBALL IS BULLSHIT
I feel like, if they didn’t already exist, “MLK Day Sales” would be shouted down as insensitive today.
-Jerry Richardson
So I turned on the TV when it was 28-7 and I gotta say I didn’t expect that.
I consider it a foregone conclusion no one will stop the Patriots because the NFL is fucking shit but what are the actual odds that the Jags can pull the upset?
Ask me again in 15 minutes.
very low if fournette is dead
30%
I wonder if The Buffalo Bills are cursing their fate. I mean if only Kelly, Reed Smith and Thomas were in this AFC and going up against current NFC competition they might have won seven in a row.
I like this new Lets Play Football campaign. It’s like, if the sport is just going to dissolve into social media posts of locker room speeches, working hard in drills, and a crowd of kids blowing up celebrating a trick catch in the school parking lot — I’m totally okay with this.
I give Kevin Sumland exactly 4.0 seasons at UA and he will never turn Khalil Tate into a Heisman candidate.
HOW THE FUCK YA DOIN BOYS????!!!!! Kinda warming to the idea of Jacksonville shitting on Brady. That is if the league lets them do it.
Narrator’s voice: “They won’t.”
You know that word ‘dashed’? Notice how it only shows up when it precedes ‘hope’?
We know. They will disqualify Myles Jack & Jalen Ramsey because they’re too athletic for them white dudes in New England.
Disqualify? Don’t be absurd.. We’d just get the endzone militia to fire off a couple of real salvos… “Accidents” happen after all…
Unrelated: So, with the constant promos for the Olympics and Pro Bowl.. do y’all reckon anyone that doesn’t give a shit will, y’know.. get interested in either?
Alright, i got to make some story about god making the playoffs easy for new England, second year in a row:
2016: carr breaks his leg, houston beats oakland easily. Ne easily beats houston because of brock lobster. Bell gets hurt in the first quater against new England in the afccg. Atlanta runs the worst clock management in the history of football during the super bowl. Ne England gets a ring.
This year: titans slip past the chiefs due to andy reid, titans lose because they’re the fucking titans, ne gets either an injured jags team or an inconsistent pitt team, and a super bowl match up against 3 possible franchises with a combined 1 super bowl win.
I know it sounds like hyperbole, but They just don’t seem to face any other team at their best
This is deadly accurate. i said last night this was the worst AFC field I can ever remember. I mean even The Broncos in the 80’s had tougher competition
Maybe the NFL should make the Pats take the field with every player having one arm tied behind their backs.
Goddamn, I made a good cup of coffee.
That’s a big thing for me.
With or without bourbon?
just cream.
hint – i used too much.
Mornin’ gents, so err… is it weird that I’m actually concerned about us playing the Jugs next week?
at least one of your Stateside fellows agrees. I say Jaguras would have 30% shot.
Thought BK109 was another canuck?
Irish (emphasis on ish, ’cause I’m one of those pesky eastern european emmigres you get warned about :p)
So…..the Turks stealing all the Irish’s jerbs?
Actually Bulgarian (but you’re close – we were enslaved by those guys for like half a millenium).. and technically speaking, it’s American jobs I’m stealing, ’cause I work for a big US multinational that just loves our tax laws :p
Fuck it. $200 on Minny ATS (-4).
Anybody surprised? Steven Seagal latest accused horn dog.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steven-seagal-lapd-sexual-assault-investigation_us_5a5b4860e4b03c4189665f61?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
I just kind of assumed he was.
Yeah, the greasy ponytail is a dead giveaway… plus his general demeanor just screams
No.
But you also need to indict the Hollywood producers who thought it was a good idea to make HIM a powerful star (it’s gonna be Weistein, huh?).
“I totally expected my team to rage against the dying of the light. GO STEELERS!”
-Dylan Thomas
Fuck. Seen this show before. Steelers score at end of half and come out in second with the momentum and end up winning. I’ll finish this pitcher of margs before the end of the third and go take a nap.
Prove me wrong Jags, please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vuhJahZhMw
Hit the over by halftime
“4th and 11, thirty seconds left in the half…they’ll NEVER throw it deep!”
kind of genius!
Harf harf, thank you!
-The Ben
Jesus that was even more ridiculous in slow-motion. Bryant was barely in the frame when Ben threw to the end zone.
HOW WAS THAT A CATCH?!
ut oh
dammit
georgia bulldogs fans with PTSD after that throw
Damn – how much credit for this JaX success goes to
Well, well, well.
Maybe it’s not quite over after all.
well goddam.
oh Jeebus
Why did PIT just burn 30 seconds? Do they not want a TD here?
Never doubt the creative genius of Haley I guess.
Just turned it on. Did I just hear the PIT boo birds?
No idea who the Jags GM is but kudos to him for grabbing Dareus and Campbell.
nice cheapshot on Ben at the end of that sack.
SAXONVILLE!
clap clap clap-clap-clap
Come on Dennis Leary. Stop doing shitty Ford Truck commercials and be funny again.
Well, Bill Hicks is dead so it’s not like Leary has any more material to work with.
Fuck, I forgot about that entire mess.
Was he ever funny?
I’m not being sarcastic. I really don’t think of him as being a comedy guy
Anything good he did comedy-wise has been permanently tainted by the Bill Hicks mess, except The Ref. That was tainted by Kevin Spacey. I loved Rescue Me, but it’s impossible to not side-eye him any time he tells a joke.
He had his moments, but he was notorious for ripping off other comics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Leary#Controversies
I remember Louis C.K. going on O&A a while back and accusing him of stealing the whole asshole bit. Then he told him how Leary helped pay for a project of his, presumably out of guilt. Then female comedians talk about how Louis helped pay for their projects after yanking his dick in front of them, presumably out of guilt. What a circle of shit they have going out there.
Who are these Jagwires that Fouts is watching? They sound pretty good.
Dan Fouts is so full of himself he should be a never-ending chocolate waterfall at Golden Corral.
“What’s that now?”
-A. Reid
He probably says “nukular” too.
War On Football: The Blake Bortles Memoir was just a working title anyway.
suck it Omar Epps!
Oh no. tuck rule? oh god…..
added that “it”
Too Late!!!!!
– A. Rodgers