Pictured is my new GameDay lucky shirt, found by the slowly redeeming self, also wants to go to NC State now asshole vegan kid, whilst thrifting in Colorado. My very own Donks/Obama hybrid shirt, as endorsed by Democat-in-chief (most cats tend to be pretty conservative, you know), Kruger Adams D***s. Last name redacted to protect his privacy, of course. Do you not give your cat a middle name? Fucking Racist!
Anyway, my new (secondhand) shirt is 1-0, as the Donks overcame three Keenum pickerceptions to take down the SeaTruthers, 27-24. Von Miller played like a wolverine on PCP, and had 5 fucking sacks by my count. Case himself wasn’t all bad, threading Demaryius for an amazing TD, and filling the statline with completion after completion into the slot to new BFF Emmanuel Sanders. Denver also surprisingly split the carries between Royce Freeman and pre-season sensation Phillip Lindsay, with both being quite effective. Overall, I feel great about how this season has started.
Who doesn’t feel great? The Bearistocrats! Oh, how SNF has broken my prophecy into a million teeny pieces. A.A. Ron was carted off with tears in his eyes in the 2nd quarter, as Khalil Mack looked a man possessed. But down the tunnel after ample horse tranquilizers limped a new Willis Reed, and despite a long Chi**** drive to extend the lead to 20-nil, which survived the quarter at 20-3…Rodgers somehow did it. Nagy made a few questionable play calls, and the second half defense was WAY less aggressive, but really it was 99% an amazing individual effort – on one leg – by the best QB to ever play the game. Yeah, I said it. No qualifiers needed.
There were numerous other Week One treats – we got a Draw in BelieveLand! The Ben was absolutely atrocious in the elements (disrupting pre-written meme-based stories), and #ThePauls played great defensive football. But Tie Rod was…unexceptional, and a long kick to win at the OT gun was blocked. Sisters got kissed, but that’s a marked improvement by the Cuyahoga, especially considering they trailed 21-7 in the 4th.
Sticking with Ohio, Cincy finally figured out it needed to ram Joe “Beatie” Mixon down the Humps throat, and the 2nd half was all striped pylons. A late honky safety defensive TD made the score look lopsided at 34-23, but realistically, the Bengals were the far superior side. Indy…is not good. At all.
P*ts beat the 500s by 7 at home. Nobody is surprised, almost nobody fucking cares. NEXT!
The game that killed half your Survivor pool – N’Awlins losing at home to the Hahvahd-led Team MRSA. At one point, Tampa led 48-24. which is just embarrassing. Two TDs and two pointers later, a grand comeback looked possible – until BloodSugarFitzMagic scrambled to convert a 3rd and 11 and seal the deal. The Saints have seemed like a “house of cards” franchise for quite some time, and perhaps 2018 is when it all falls down. Or perhaps this was a one-off.
Janeane Garofolo hopes today was a one-off, because she was fucking AWFUL, and wasted a really good effort by the Tomsulas’ D. I really didn’t like some weak-assed FG kicking decisions by Baby Shanny on 4th and short inside the 20 and 4th and goal inside the 5, first time down 14, second down 11 (and very late). You aren’t going to get much better chances than that to complete a comeback on the road against the Vikings. Understand your leverage situation, please. Neither Alfred Morris nor Matt Breida did very much.
Washington’s Redacteds surprisingly (to me) went into PHX and murder-killed the Cards. Still, FUCK Adrian Peterson, mediocre RB and terrible human being. We should be seeing Chosen Rosen sooner rather than later, Crazy Eyez was embarrassing.
Surprising to the punditry (and not to me), the Chefs went onto some random Los Angeles-area Lesser Footy pitch and kicked the Shitty Clippers’ teeth in. Turns out Tyreek Hill, who was already damned good, is nigh impossible to defend with a real QB under center. And Patrick Mahomes is that, tossing laserbeams all over the place. Kansas City looks pretty legit to me, though the Andy Reid factor shall always linger.
Some games were just shit, though. Buffalo has already given up, and proved it by losing 47-3 to the Ratbirds. Just ponder that a moment. J Peterman? 5-18, 24 yards, 2 picks and a fumble lost. Fuck a duck. I could do THAT.
Dallas went into Hippo’s hometown of Charlotte, and lost a 16-8 snoozefest. Too bad, that’s a really neat score. DAK DAK DAK DAK! mostly ran for his life, looking for nonexistent WRs. Cam was just enough better to not lose. RRRRRRRRRRRAM IT! need not worry about either threatening its pole position.
#OddWeekJaguras announced their intention to still be a thing, and without any more offensing than absolutely necessary. A swarming D that scored 7, gave up 1 big play (long TD run to Saquon Barkley, who seems hype-worthy), and otherwise kept Elisha under wraps was the main story. Just like last season. Oh, and Horny Fourny got an owie, forcing Yeldon to fill in (admirably). Naturally that happens ahead of playing the P*ts.
Last and deffo least, the forgettable Fish/Tits game, twice delayed multiple hours by storms and not even shown at the end of RedZone. Yo Gabbert Gabbert finished for an injured Mariota, which would be the end of TN’s relevance if serious whatsoever. We shall see. In any event, multiple return TDs made for nice highlight viewing for an otherwise shit game. Miami wins at home, 27-20.
Remember, there are TWO Monday nighters, which is all like SPLOOSH as long as you don’t think too hard about who is playing!
So homo jokes are A-OK. But pointing them out…no. Or turning them around, no. Huh. Well at least I remember why I don’t post. Standards used to exist.
Shogun has a point. The “Rodgers is Gay!” meme is a tired and shitty meme that lazy fuckers choose to wallow within.
Over and above that-cutting someone down by intimating that they are gay? As a community we’re way better than this.
I completely agree with this.
However, I haven’t seen where the person attacked below did that on Sunday. If there is an example, I’d like to see it.
The ENTIRE kommentariat? Read. And attack is a bit much. if you can’t take it, don’t dish it.
I looked through the Bears thread quickly and could not find it. Could you let us know where it was?
I brought the same thing up once and just said ‘this joke is getting old’ and was replied to by a few as in “No it’s not.” The excuse was something like; it’s a joke against the NFL as in they could never accept a major player who came out.” I guess I don’t buy that in the way the jokes were structured. I was not attacked by anyone. Of course I was the point of several Sill personal attacks for merely disagreeing, so maybe my definition is a bit over the top.
I agree that joke should be put away; it’s to the point of punks calling kids “fag” in junior high school. I did see you get attacked and am sorry it happened.
P.S. I like your comments and hope you blow it off and keep commenting.
/son is trying to cook on his own again
//just the other day he scorched the shit out of whatever he had on the stove
/// trying to be helpful
Me: “Try not to burn the salad, amateur!”
The “everything” bagel should be called the “nothing” bagel because it pleases no one.
I do not agree.
I’m with blax on this-it’s called the ‘everything’ bagel for a reason. It’s got nudity, a surprise cameo, a sixty-day dry-aged steak, balloons, free health insurance, your parent’s approval, a cold beer and a twist ending you never saw coming! Not sure where you’re getting *your* everything bagels but you’re getting ripped off big time.
My everything bagel had floor sweepings and a drywall screw.
But does it have hard nipples?
No, silly. They come soft so that I can make them hard. smh.
Still cautiously optimistic about Cousins. He dropped a couple of absolute dimes on the TD passes to Diggs and Rudolph but had a couple of head scratching decisions too. This was a perfect scenario because there are some things that need to be cleaned up but they still got the W.
Will accept!
My kid at EZU gets the week off after the morning of 9/11. Hurricane! Goddamnit, I do NAE want to travel to a random hotel with 2 cats and 3 asshole teenagers. Just fuck up Down East and leave the city’s power and cable alone, PLEASE!
TEN lost its best 3 offenssive players in that interminable hoperape at MIA. If Yo Gabba Gabbert starts two more games, I’ll sign up for Sunday afternoon yoga sessions.
On the other hand, huzzah Hippo Thoughts! Man I love these.
Typo(s)? DGAF!
should I snag Jonnu off deep league waivers?
Yes
On the bright side: hot latina yoga babes!
Hnnnnnngh
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God DAMMIT I can’t wait for Ted Cruz to lose.
“Please let him win. Could you imagine having to spend more time with that freak?”
-H. Cruz
It would give him more time to hoard ALL the soup.
Oh, and people giving O’Brien shit for not calling a time out on Gronk’s catch can go eat a bag of dicks – it’s NOT his job to have timeouts left so he can save the booth from their own ineptitude. That’s the league’s responsibility, not his.
Someone should’ve known to stay down with an “injury”.
plus ask BUF last season about the GREATRIOTS and the integrity of the replay system at the end of the half.
Says everyone every year until their first playoff game.
Tyreek looked like Raghib Ismail at Norte Dame.
Hill to go down with a noncontact injury in 3…2….
And then go bankrupt?
Seriously, Hill choked out the Chargers’ D like they were pregnant with his child
Kind of crazy that in a single game it was simultaneously proven that:
1). Khalil Mack is absolutely worth that much money.
2.) NO defensive player is ever worth that much money.
I never saw a game where, for one half, a team looked like they were going to win the next 3 superb owls, then melted like cotton candy in the rain.
At the end of the day, it’s a pretty simple question of control. As a coach, you can make sure your best offensive player has the opportunity to make plays. You can’t do that with a defensive player.
Actually, you can if you call blitzes and other plays that give your player one on one matchups he can exploit.
Playcalling killed the Bears.
3rd and 2 in the red zone with less than three minutes left, your opponent is out of time-outs, RUN THE FUCKING BALL
THIS. And assuming I get positive yards, I likely run it 2x. I’d rather have A.A. Ron driving thinking he needs 3 to tie, than KNOWING he needs 7 to win.
Or to be MOAR clear – it’s worth the tradeoff in having 2 shots running the ball (which is what you do well) at a tired defense, knowing 2 yards wins you the game, no chance whatsoever to let the best QB in EVAR beat you.
Over / Under on proven dollar amount laundered through Trump Organization, RNC, and NRA? I’m seriously asking for a reasonable amount here. $500 billion?
I’ll take the under. It doesn’t cost nearly as much as you’d think it would to get someone to betray their own country.
Which is why we need to repeal the House Apportionment Act. US lower house reps have 7x as many constituent as other democracies. So, not only can they not statistically interact with the bulk of their constituents, we also have too few bodies to buy off.
Increase the number of bodies in the House by 7x and watch how quickly common sense reform takes place. And don’t say one fucking word about gridlock or “won’t be able to get anything done.” You’re seeing one party control the majority of every federal lever plus most state level positions — and we’re barreling towards….the results of their governance.
That plus ranked choice voting so we can end the stranglehold of the two party system.
I like the French system.
I think I should get two votes.
I’m betting Il Duce Formaggio was willing to do it for compromising information and one of those whale penis leather Russian SUVs
https://jalopnik.com/5380680/15m-russian-suv-features-diamonds-whale-penis-leather
Whale Penis Leather wouldn’t be a bad FF name
Is it whale penis leather or is it endangered whale penis leather? There is a difference.
the flattery alone gets it done for Herr Fuhrer (within reason, he still needs a taste)
Murdercat just laid down on the banner photo.
https://goo.gl/images/UxKPsF
One substantive note I should have made re the 500s (I was pretty drunk), was that Deshaun Watson’s mechanics were WAYYYYYY off. Hopefully, he settles the fuck down, though getting O’Brien fired would be kind of neat.
Re: Crazy Eyez
ARI has no roster. Like, they don’t even have a #1 WR. Seriously – before yesterday, they had guys scheduled to come in this week for roster try outs. But the D being unable to contain a gap or make a tackle (I understand AD is not the easiest guy to bring down but every handoff cannot go for a BEASTMODE) doesn’t support, once again, a basically immobile QB being forced to play catch up from the first quarter.
My wife asked why ARI was so bad. I said the ownership. She asked why. I explained how Keim must have been drunk while building this roster. Wilks must have been overhyped coming from a defensive-minded franchise in CAR, and the overall culture of this team is forever generic, uninspiring, and not an enticing FA destination. She didn’t get how that was the owner’s fault and then suggested the Times fabricated the Trump Op-Ed.
I’m sending her ass back to work because this daytime TV is obviously frying her brain. If you can’t see why a Simple Bidwill product will never be 3l33t, then you can at least go comtribute to our bank account.
Still, it was great to have FOOTBAWL back.
Ratbirds still all hot for Kenneth Dixon, or were they just trying to save Alex Collins for Thursday night? Seemed awfully reactionary to bench the guy for fumbling in a goddamn rain storm. I only have a 3rd round pick riding on it.
Balmer is always a strange team and I have trouble reading their tea leaves.
Also, I was super excited for post-Week 1 waivers so I could cut Randall Cobb from my money league team (likely for a TE dart). Shows how much I know!
Ahh, Instant Hippo thoughts help make Monday mornings so much more bearable (trying to think of another word than bearable since after last night there is no way the the Bears are able).
TOO SOON, Abed (fucking NBC, I can’t find a YouTube clip of that)
DAK! stinks. He was completely exposed during Zeke’s suspension. That last drive with 2:00 left was a fucking embarrassment. Bring on the Cooper Rush era!
To be fair, that OL is a mess and they may have the worst collection of skill position talent (Zeke aside, and he does squat in a 2-minute drill) outside of Buffalo.
Who is responsible for Zeke touching the ball only 18 times in a game their defense kept them in striking distance for the duration. Garrett? Linehan? Jerrah himself? I just don’t get it.
And WHY is he uninvolved in the 2 minute drill? A lightning fast cannonball of a running back who catches passes and will maximize yardage given by the soft 2 minute defenses employed by nearly the entire league? Yeah, why would you want a guy likeTHAT involved? Just baffling.
Pokes fans seemed to indicate he was…not in great physical condition. Still, he’s all they got.
Are you shitting me? He showed up fat and lazy? My god.
It fits in with everything I’ve seen of his personality. Have you ever watched an interview with Zeke? Dude is a total ass.
HE RAISED AWARENESS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY! What have you don’t to support OUR troops?!
You mean he’s lazy because he was BDO?
Given his track record of roster building, JERRUH should just talk CLE into bringing on Jimmy Johnson so Jones can just buy that team, win a couple SB’s, and then fire Johnson and say he won those titles single-handedly.
Or he can bring back the Krakken. Either move will bring a SB title to DAL in the same timeframe.
Oh, and…
Kruger Adams D***s Fo’ Presidentin’, 2020!!!
(it’s a very presidential name)
((and let’s face it, he couldn’t do any worse than…well, ya know))
A DEAD BIRD IN EVERY POT!!!!!!
“Kruger you say?”
-Stephen Miller, turning his attention from experiments on Hispanic twin infants.
Other than jetlag making me miss the end of the Bears Bearsing it up, this was a very satisfactory opening Sunday!
Also WCS brought this perfect example of what the Browns represent to our attention:
https://mobile.twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/1038894665804775424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1038894665804775424&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkinja.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1038894665804775424%26autosize%3D1
The text reads: The Browns are +5 in takeaways today. Since the Browns returned to the NFL, teams with a turnover margin of +5 or better in a game are 132-4-1. The Browns are responsible for two of those losses and the tie.
Non-slack link : https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/1038894665804775424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1038894665804775424&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkinja.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1038894665804775424%26autosize%3D1
Click on the downward arrow in the top right of the tweet box for the embed code:
This is all you need to know about Los Angeles and football:
Shitty Clippers attendance: 25K
USC attendance last week: 58K
UCLA attendance last week: 54K
América v Chivas fútbol friendly at the Coliseum on Sunday night:
Over 65,000.
Wait, they played a soccer game in the Coliseum even though there’s a brand new soccer stadium right next to it?
Brand new soccer stadium doesn’t hold 65k
because, you know, MLS
King Laserface begins making all public appearances en el sombrero?
That is actually more than I need to know about LA Football.
That’s an inflated Clippers attendance
So you’re saying I shouldn’t overreact and book hotel accommodations in Atlanta for early February just yet????