Your Thursday Night Football Open Thread

Welcome back! Let’s get Week 2 off to a slambang start! [looks at teams playing] Eh, you know, gut reaction tells me this tilt should be buried among a heavy slate of games on a Sunday afternoon but there’s enough here to slake my football thirst.

TO THE GAME!

Bengals/Browns:

-I said last week that the Browns should score a bunch but they ran head-first into a high quality opponent in the Ravens and were dominated on both sides of the ball. I get it, but the game-watcher in me says, “there’s so much freakin talent on this team“. I mean, they’ll put it together. Or is the goose* of Freddie Kitchens waddling the hallways of their practice facility?

-This thorough ineptitude has led to speculation, some warranted, some not. Chucklefarts at ESPN have said that Baker might get benched. For Case Keenum? After two games? (if he doesn’t play well tonight) C’mon, that’s tantamount to giving up on the season, isn’t it? The rumour that might have some legitimacy is OBJ being shopped around. He’s not shy about shooting his mouth off/throwing bizarre tantrums and who knows what’s happening in the locker room?

-Three starters on the Browns O-line are banged up as well and two cb’s are done for. On the Cincy side, Geno Atkins and his backup are out tonight. There might be some early, sloppy play to start the game.

-Burrow was a respectable (given the circumstances) 23/36 and ran one in. I heard a nay-sayer cluck that he missed on all 5 of the deep balls he threw which is ‘not a good sign’. If memory serves, two of those balls went through the pinkies of John Brown, one being a sure td. It looks as though A.J. Green is all the way back so that’s nice-he and Boyd and Mixon should be able to do some damage.

-I guess Cleveland really needs this one, or their fans do, otherwise the refrains of ‘same old Browns’ will rain down on the heads of all that young talent. The Bengals? 0-2 is kinda expected right now so not a big deal. I’m cheering for chaos so GO CINCY!

Have at it in the comments.

*Kitchens tried to be a ghost and messed it up, as is his way.

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Is Firstenergy the company involved in the $60M corruption schemed involving the Ohio State Legislature’s Speaker of the House? Or maybe it’s another corrupt energy company?

Doktor Zymm

Are the Browns actually good, and if so, how will it all go horribly wrong?

Recovery Whiskey

Welp

Viva La Tabula Raza

Perfect timing.

Gatoraids

By playing a team that isn’t the bengals

Sharkbait

What wonderful timing

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Ancillary dancers kick ass on this one as much as the song itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZExWt-bj-k

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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JustStopDude

I am out. I can’t stay up. Old man….

herodotus450

Should have kicked the field goal 7 minutes ago, apparently.

Gatoraids

A Burrows hasn’t got such a bleak look into the future since Naked Lunch

Recovery Whiskey

Needs more bug powder

JustStopDude

Lol the Browns need to give a game ball to the Bungles OC.

Sharkbait

These goal to go playcalls are awful

Redshirt

Jeez, Burrow. You haven’t been hit enough already!

JustStopDude

Oh my fucking God are we gonna just repeat the same scenario?!?

Redshirt

No, we could give up a safety.

JustStopDude

I got to give Joe Buck and his wife credit for keeping and rasing his forehead.

Sharkbait

If they ever fall on hard times, they can rent ad space there

Doktor Zymm

Burrows with the ass-first slide

JustStopDude

Ravens cut a kicker. That kicker goes on to have a 15 year career with another team and the Ravens still made the right decision.

The Browns can’t fucking find a guy who can reliably do a goddamn kickoff.

herodotus450

We’ve had the Browns and Bengals switch jerseys; let’s see if anyone notices–oh, they switched back? Couldn’t tell.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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JustStopDude

Our national nightmare is over. It only took the Browns six offensive plays to go 5/16th of an inch.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Brett Favre is intrigued

Doktor Zymm

The Bengals took an Operations Management MBA class and now their factory is more efficient than the Browns’s factory

Gatoraids

Burrows going the laser the fuck our of his right side line

JustStopDude

Lol. If the Bungles stop the Browns on another four downs, there is zero hope I make it to work tomorrow..

litre_cola

Oh Burrow, that ain’t good.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Doktor Zymm

Interesting twist on the tin foil hat

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

He can drive in comfort without interference from the Illuminati.

Redshirt

Anything you can derp, we can derp better…

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Spur

that was so Cincy.

Gatoraids

Factory of Gladness

Dunstan

THIS BROWNS PLAYCALLER, I CALL HIM ROETHLISBERGER, BECAUSE HE JUST KEEPS TRYING TO SHOVE A CHUBB

Sharkbait

Oh thats good

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

We also would have accepted Favre with a cellphone

Gatoraids

Browning noise intensifies

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Qu’est-ce que c’est?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

Why do I have a feeling the Safety Gods will be getting a sacrifice soon?

Mr. Ayo

ORLOV’SKOR?

Viva La Tabula Raza

It could be worse. Oh, it is worse.

herodotus450

Hold up, there’s a guy named
Freedom Akinmoladun
And I was not informed?

Redshirt

Bengals scouting report is a list of funny names.

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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JustStopDude

If the Browns manage to give up an even longer TD scoring drive than the 99 yard to Lamar….I’m just going to snort vodka and pass out in my front yard.

Gratliff

Rather than watching the NFL’s relegation cosplay game, I instead watched a wrestler tape his opponent to ringside staff, get beaten up, taped up and blindfolded, thrown in an elevator going up, and lose the match via count-out. Think I win this round.

JustStopDude

Everyone knows wrestling peaked with Buddy “The Nature Boy” Landel in Smokey Mountain Wrestling.

Unsurprised
Redshirt

Bengals Defense done a good?

Mr. Ayo

#ThePauls did a full Paul

JustStopDude

Hey coach…you are wearing a fucking Covid mask. You don’t need to cover your face with the play card. You look insane.

Spur

Dont yell at him. We should all be happy someone from Ohio is wearing one.

Doktor Zymm

How gross that they used to just breath all over those things

Spur

Chubb was an inch short.

Sharkbait

God damnit Browns

Spur

Did laundry today instead of waiting until Saturday. Very proud of myself.

Viva La Tabula Raza

What will you do on Saturday now?

JustStopDude

How the fuck…

Redshirt

Live look at the Bengals Bandwagon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNkpIDBtC2c

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Doktor Zymm

Even if it’s short, what are the chances the Bengals could get a goal line stop?

Redshirt

I have a better chance at Emma Stone.

Recovery Whiskey

Good news…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gatoraids

Bengals put in Susana Hoff on D to deny our Chubb

clint greasewood

Chubb down Up

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Redshirt

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*Peter = Bengals Pass Defense

Mr. Ayo

I don’t think the Bungles even understand the concept of defense, much less being capable of executing one.

Recovery Whiskey

Albert.

Unsurprised

LOL. He bit chicks.

Recovery Whiskey

This is the worst F/M/K ever

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

Before Thom ended his career or after?

jjfozz

Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster sideline reporter.

I mean, they were all related, right?

Mr. Ayo

Buck

Gratliff

Gonna hate the Flyers slightly less if the Islanders pull this off and ruin hockey for the next decade