Your Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

Will we even get 100 comments on this thread? Usually the later afternoon games are treated like a Dalton-headed stepchild relative to the early games and the nighter. Maybe I’ll just flood the place with petty gripes, obvious observations, hot takes and anti-Giant vitriol. Okay, maybe I’ll just stick to the last one. BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF IT.

TO THE GAMES!

Giants/Rams:

If you’re in a survivor pool you could do worse than simply picking against the NFC East teams as your sure-fire winner. Much like the Eagles the Giants are looking to the practice squad for wr’s, further thinning out an already thin unit. Is Aaron Donald the frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year? If he’s not he will be after running over this underperforming o-line. Goff, having been asked to do less has responded with the best completion %, yds per completion and yards per attempt of his career. Hey Giants, RUN LEFT-every running play vs. the Rams that has gone over 10 yards has been to that side.

Bills/Raiders:

Here’s a contrast in mindsets qb-wise. Allen has cut down on his interceptions but still has the 7th most number of turnover-worthy plays-indicating that he’s willing to take risks (of course the other side of the coin is bad decision-making). Carr has the 6th best passing grade since 2018 of pass plays over 20 yards but his average depth of target is only 6.9 the last two years. That says that he settles for the safe play rather than trying to be aggressive.

Colts/Bears:

Are the Bears the shakiest 3-0 team in the league? Two of their W’s came in games where their win probability number dropped to 1%, so yeah. On the other side, give rook rb Taylor another go vs. a run D that ranks 20th in DVOA.

Do some damage below.