Your “Let’s Get It Started!” Sunday Afternoon Football Open Thread

That’s a Black-Eyed Peas tune, isn’t it? Well, at least I didn’t reference I Gotta A Feeling like I just did. Damnit!

TO THE GAMES!

‘Hawks/Falcons:

Man, I’m glad I didn’t chase after The Big Three (or Four) tight ends in fantasy this year. I decided on a middling dude and am glad that Austin Hopper paid off after a slow-ish start. There were enough balls to go around and now with Sanu gone there will be 6 more targets to spread around.

Eagles/Bills:

Philly can be exposed by long throws on either sideline and Josh has a big arm. That arm is also wildly inaccurate. Once again the Buffalo D will lock down its opposition and say a prayer that goes something like this, “Oh mighty Football Goddess, please don’t let Allen attempt any dumbass high school throws”. Much like every other god, this one doesn’t exist and their qb will eventually do something stupid.

Chargers/Bears:

Does rb Ekeler have Spidey gloves or somesuch? He’s caught 49 of 52 balls sent his way and has broken 15 tackles along the way. He looks to be the guy that will relieve the immense pressure that the Bears D-line is able to bring. The Titans have moved past Mariota, the Bengals are looking beyond Dalton and Chicago should do the same with Truth Biscuit.

Giants/Lions:

Is it Ty Johnson’s time to shred the Giants porous D a la Chase Edmonds? You can run on them, you can pass on them-all to your heart’s content. By way of response they’ll bend over and ask for more. Like Josh above, Danny Tencent can be an entertaining watch-if you like the long ball, tight-window throws that are as likely to be intercepted as caught and devil-may-care rushes down the field.

Bucs/Titans:

Tannehill did it all last week. Well, yes, he was efficient but he did not throw a single ball over 20 yards all day. Expect Todd Bowles D to creep closer to the line of scrimmage and bring that pressure. So if that happens maybe rb Henry is in line for one of those 20 rushes for 67 yards stat lines. The mitigating factor is Taylor Lewan’s exceptional run blocking talent.

Broncos/Colts:

It’s The Battle of The Equuses! Watch Your Eyes! Against every expectation Indy is the lead pony in their division and Brissett (and Reich’s game planning) is to blame. Er, you know what I mean. It must be added that Quenton Nelson has aided the process by giving up just one penalty, just 8 pressures and nary a sack.

Bengals/Rams:

Stay away from Tyler Boyd, fantasy dudes. His catch rate the last two weeks has been 43% and 38.5%. If you must start a Cincy wideout (and I’ve no clue how you fell into that well of depravity) go with Tate or Erickson.

Cards/Saints:

Brees is back behind center so look for the Saints to throw the long-ish ball that Bridgewater refused to. DJ is out so shall we Chase Edmonds last week’s points? I’m going to give it a go despite New Orleans’ D tightening up significantly over the last 4 weeks. If Fitz drops a pass this week you’ll witness history because he hasn’t yet this season.

Jets/Jags:

Unfrozen Caveman QB saw the spirits of his forefathers on the playing field last week and they told him tales of other tribes stealing his MILFs, his food and his will to win. Rattled by this vision, UCQB’s ball did not fly true to its a target. So now a sacrifice must be made. Will it be a Cave Lion? Maybe a Gazelleasaurus? Perhaps just a small token can be offered, say, a toenail?

Enjoy what’s on offer.

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Charge of the Light Brigade

I just passed out for an hour and a half, like the Bills entire season.

Charge of the Light Brigade

One of you? I’ve been here this whole time.

Charge of the Light Brigade

Did I though? Did I?

Charge of the Light Brigade

Yeah, I did. But at least google remembered my password.

hippofant

I am really confused why the Bears ran the ball to the right while pulling the guard to the left.

Dunstan

… Bearistocrats!

King Hippo

the sundial in Bollo’s head must be glitchy

Gratliff

Teams the Eagles beat handily: Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills. Teams the Eagles lost to: Lions, Falcons, Empty Husk of the Dallas Cowboys

hippofant

Jaguars be like who’s Ryan Griffin? The teenager from Family Guy?

Horatio Cornblower

Tom Coughlin, pictured here coming up with a plan for Ryan Griffin:comment image

King Hippo

Sad thing is, this is still the best Bungles performance since Week 1

Brocky

Fucking hell nagy. Christ

King Hippo

this is like the derpiest non-weather game imaginable

Horatio Cornblower

THAT TOUCHDOWN I CALL IT ‘MUTUAL OF OMAHA’ BECAUSE I JUST SAW A PACK OF LIONS TRICK IT’S PREY INTO DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED!!!

Horatio Cornblower

I have to give Miller credit: pointing out that the original social media was getting shit-faced with your friends on bad beer consumed in dive bars is a 100% accurate reflection of my college and law school years.

/pours one out for Ted’s
//pours another one for The Spigot
///realizes that I’ve just ruined another pair of shoes

hippofant

The sheer assholishness of the king and the fact that he’s the protagonist that beer drinkers are supposed to identify with reminds me of the idiocy of electing dubya cuz you could have a beer with him.

Horatio Cornblower

The King wasn’t in this one, but you raise a good point as to the effectiveness of creating an ad campaign centered on a dumb asshole that you wouldn’t cross the street to piss on if he were on fire.

hippofant

Not only do I not want to drink Miller Lite but I’m also now suspicious of all Miller Lite drinkers as potentially being evil assholes who will ditch me for hippofant platinum at any opportunity.

Gratliff

How the fuck did the Eagles lose to the Falcons

Horatio Cornblower

Eagles are mainly scavengers, while Falcons are pretty deadly hunters. Really it’s just nature asserting her laws.

Dunstan

Wasn’t that Diane Chambers’ winning betting strategy on Cheers? Figuring out which animal/mascot would win?

Spur

Calvin Ridley is dead.

ArmedandHammered

He only held onto the ball cause his muscles locked up.

Gratliff

“Tell me more.” – Nelson Agholor

Unsurprised

Folks

yeah right

G’day.

Unsurprised

— Oliver Cromwell

Gratliff

Brandon Graham is the only good thing to come out of Michigan

Dunstan

But I hear that Jerome Bettis is from some place in Michigan!

blaxabbath

I have a desk job and I want to be retired at 36.

hippofant

Join Andrew Luck in retirement due to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Gratliff

Okay. Someone just put Vinatieri down already

Fronkenshteen

Saints should trade Kamara for many many picks. Latavius Murray is A#1.

blaxabbath

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yeah right

I loved him when he ran for the Vikings. He’s a truck.

yeah right

Walked better than 7 miles today. Good weather, felt strong.

That means I can drink guilt free today!

Redshirt

Well at least the Bengals flirted with competence this week. Competence laughed in their face, of course, but at least they tried to get off the slide.

Horatio Cornblower

Thanks to Fox I just learned that Detroit peaked in 1935

blaxabbath

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Redshirt

EDIT: Nevermind. Wrong reply.

Gratliff

Sanders headed to the locker room fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Gratliff

WHOOO BOSTON SCOTT(?)

Horatio Cornblower

Son airport update (after I warn him about airport bartenders having no conscience when it comes to pouring drinks)

“Pirates don’t pay. They wait until the doors are about to close and flee the state”

tWBS, Hippo, start heading for the airport. I’ll catch up as soon as I can.

Horatio Cornblower

Me: “Joe Mixon really hasn’t done anything this year, and he’s going up against Aaron Donald this week. Fuck it, I’ll take my chances on Gore and bench his ass.”

/Joe Mixon has best game of season.

Me: “This is clearly the worst thing Joe Mixon has ever done.”

blaxabbath

I’d point out that he punched that chick in the face but, hey we’ve all seen the video — she was asking for it. #KAG

Gratliff

No but my opponent did! Also, Mike Evans.

blaxabbath

You know, I’ve always liked Brissett as an NFL QB.

Gratliff

Eagles D: Not Vaunted

blaxabbath

CBS just showed the highlight.

Why couldn’t PHI just, you know, tackle him?

litre_cola

The Eagles secondary susceptible to the deep ball? No fucking way.

blaxabbath

Jon Brown?!

Senor Weaselo

His truth keeps marching on.

hippofant

This Bears broadcast analyst being really confused as to why Trubisky is so inaccurate is hilarious to me.

hippofant

“Why doesn’t Trubisky throw it in the right place?!”

Uhhh… probably because he can’t.

Redshirt

Isn’t that why Andre Ware flamed out, because he couldn’t throw the ball left?

Horatio Cornblower

Does Adam Archuleta have pink eye?

Horatio Cornblower

Finished up with Evelyn Hardcastle. That was a bizarre ending. Liked it though.

King Hippo

D-O-N-K-S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gratliff

PHilly’s seriously gonna beat teams with a combined one loss and lose to Atlanta, Detroit, and Dallas: the absolute dregs of the league.

Horatio Cornblower

To be fair, they didn’t lose to Dallas, they got their asses completely whipped.

litre_cola

I drunkenly passed out at half time. I don’t remember anything.

clint greasewood

Game 5 of the World Series up against Packers-Chiefs is not going to end well for MLB ratings.

litre_cola

So this is the week all my FF goes to shit. Well I have a Bills fan in my place so could I have that win plz?

blaxabbath

No one from the SB winning Denver offense is still on the roster?

I think that’s pretty obvious.

Gratliff

Eagles Good

clint greasewood

Am I suppose to feel bad for Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Locthe in that new Arod hosted show?

blaxabbath

CBS’ regional on-field reporters are always bad.

Then again, I used to enjoy sideline coverage from Saragusa.

Charge of the Light Brigade

Downfield is a target you can have.

Horatio Cornblower

My son is flying out of the Clemson area today. Just got the following text: “This airport screwdriver hits different. I’m a pirate of the sky with no chance of scurvy.”

I mention this to put our Carolina Contingent on high alert that I may be asking you to go to an airport jail with bail money until I can get down there.

ArmedandHammered

All he has to say is “Praise Jeebus and Dabo Sweeny” and they won’t bother him.

Charge of the Light Brigade

Just be a good team. You are doing well, why are you making me kill my liver?