Your “Let’s Watch Some Ball!” Sunday NFL Football Open Thread

The site’s been slower than Andy Reid reaching for a shot of cold-pressed kale juice but we’re making the best of it. Rest assured there are monkey-type creatures fiddling around inside your laptop or mobile as you read this. And don’t worry, your Mothra-centric insertion videos are just between you, me and the DMV.

TO THE GAMES!

Pats/Bills:

Looks like the league has caught up to Cam and Co. Them Pats have generated all of 28 points these last three weeks and issues at wr (outside of Edelman) and rb have manifested themselves again this year. There’s nary a playmaker on the entire roster and the time sure looks right for Buffalo to end that 7 game losing streak.

Titans/Bengals:

More of the same for Burrow? A little ‘gets thrown on his butt’ here and a little ‘makes a great play’ there. Cincy’s pass-blocking grades out as the worst in the league, save the Vikes. Some reason for hope though is that the Titans D is one of four that allows positive yardage on more than 50% of snaps.

Raiders/Browns:

Cleveland can’t defend the slot worth a damn so feel free to go with Ruggs (39%) or Agholor (31%). Something else that may sway you? Ruggs’ aDOT from the slot is 23.3. Really, just play everyone because the Browns D gives up the 2nd most fantasy points to wr’s.

Colts/Lions:

Is Detroit turning it around? They’re 3-1 in their last four and since Golladay returned they have the league’s most efficient passing game. The Colts D was being talked up here and elsewhere but the teams they shut down were the Jags, Vikes, Jets and the offenseless Bears. The last two weeks they’ve given up 32 and 27 respectively.

Vikes/Pack:

Maybe you don’t have the luxury of sitting Thielen but you should give it some thought because cb Jaire Alexander has given up a total of 54 yards since wk 1. If Minny gets blown out are the winds of head coach change going to blow?

Jets/Chiefs:

Worst vs. Best. Who ya got? I’ve got Mahomes sitting by halfway thru the 3rd with 300 yards and 4 TD’s in his mitts.

Rams/Fins:

Tua, Aaron. Aaron, Tua. May as well set the rookie on fire, uh, put his feet to the fire is what I meant. It’s a bit puzzling that he’s behind center given that Harvard was playing fine and they had won their last two. Fitz had an average of only 2.4 seconds to get rid of the ball due to pass-blocking woes and that number should decrease today.

Steelers/Ravens:

Game O’ Day? These two are the heaviest blitzers in the league so both qb’s should be under a bit of pressure. My money is on the one that doesn’t have mobility issues and it’s well known that there are holes in Pitt’s secondary.

Do your thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Recovery Whiskey

Fuck you Rogers that was a fumble

Viva La Tabula Raza

Last time P*ts were 2-4 was in 2000. Not sure when the last time they were 2-5 was.

Recovery Whiskey

Next week

Viva La Tabula Raza

This week. They lost to the Bills.

Sharkbait

Gareth Bale, welcome back to Spurs

Recovery Whiskey

Sheepfucker!

Mother Puncher

I’m so excited for the pork roast I put in the oven at 11 that I might make my wife come down and eat at 4 30

Redshirt

BLEERGH bails out St. Joe.

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Recovery Whiskey

Costco chicken pot pie in oven; cheese and salami / landjaeger platter out; shots of Jamesons poured

Doktor Zymm

Brie and pear in puff pastry is in the oven. Seasoned with elderflower syrup, cardamom and cinnamon.

In other news, I mixed a drink while distracted with a pear and ended up pouring gin from the decanter and then mixing that with gin from the bottle instead of soda.

Recovery Whiskey

Clear liquor idk

Recovery Whiskey

DFO’s last night scotch thread was most vicariously enjoyable.

clint greasewood

The amount of racial slurs coming out of Boston right you might think it was a Trump rally.

Recovery Whiskey

Afternoon everyone. Pacific Northwest reporting in.

Redshirt

Well that was a fun couple of plays.

Dunstan

Not true. Tucker Carlson has been telling you that for years now.

hippofant

Whoa whoa whoa, hold on there. Tucker Carlson isn’t just a privileged white male. He’s a RICH privileged white male. He’s part of the Swanson family.

hippofant

I mean, he probably has cold pizza I bet. Swanson’s sells pizza, right?

Mother Puncher

First we can’t use the N word and now this

Doktor Zymm

I got some in my freezer, unless that’s too cold?

LemonJello

We were only supposed to set our clocks back one hour? My bad. How we doing, Imaginary Internet Friends?

Sharkbait

Oh Cam

Sharkbait

This peanut butter porter is good, but definitely a one and done

Gratliff

Cam looks like he’s a foot taller than the entire Buffalo defense

Gratliff

ah well nevertheless

Petronel

Am eating veggie potstickers for lunch. In the absence of a proper sauce, I am using a spare container of McD’s Mighty Hot Sauce.

i anticipate no further issues with nasal congestion until at least the week after Thanksgiving.

Dunstan

A fast-food restaurant actually has a hot sauce that’s hot?

Viva La Tabula Raza

I haven’t eaten at Taco Bell in a couple of years, but they had started carrying some hot sauce that was hotter than their Fire, called Diablo. Too fucking hot.

Mother Puncher

I have a pile in my desk at school. Somebody bought a party pack a while back and nobody wanted the Diablos so I nabbed them all. Goes good on microwaved mac and cheese.

Mother Puncher

It’s not bad

Petronel

They did a hot-sauce-and-nuggets promotion recently (may still be going), and this was the sauce. It’s hot with a decent flavoUr.

Mother Puncher

Aldi’s is wild yo

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Gratliff

I forget whose idea it was, but definitely agree that flags should be picked up when a player does something cool as shit

Sharkbait

Mahomes’ 46 points is making me feel better about Moss’ 20 sitting on my bench

Redshirt

(inhales – exhales) “The Titans are overrated. The wind is blowing at half a gale. Our offensive line was put together with spare parts and a beggar that was on the Purple People Bridge on Thursday. Our defense still can’t stop a boulder cemented to the ground with a six-foot footer. This is a mirage.”

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Mother Puncher

*Burfict learns to do a back flip. Is signed immediately*

Mother Puncher

Sorry wrong comment

Horatio Cornblower

Patriots-Bills has turned surprisingly entertaining.

Doktor Zymm

Proposed rule change: You can only attempt 4 field goals per game (you get 1 more in OT). Once you use up those 4, you have to go for it or punt on 4th.

Sharkbait

Subcribe.

Redshirt

…or after the 4th attempt, you must move the spot of the kick one yard closer to the line of scrimmage.

Horatio Cornblower

/Mike McCarthy drafts a punter in the 1st round

Gratliff

3/4 of the primetime teams this week are NFC East. No one can schedule shit this poorly. At some point, they’re just making fun of us.

Horatio Cornblower

It’s gotta be just market numbers, because it sure as hell isn’t the football.

Doktor Zymm

It’s propaganda. When NFC East teams play each other they almost look competent, by showcasing this almost competence it convinces people in other markets that they’re just a legit division down on their luck rather than a total laughingstock that still gets to send a team to the playoffs

Gratliff

Ah, fatty

Horatio Cornblower

You’re gonna need to be a lot more specific than that.

Mother Puncher

Can someone do the math and tell me how the Bengals can make the playoffs

Redshirt

They need nine wins to have a chance. That’s 8-1-0, but they still gotta play Pittsburgh twice and Baltimore one more time.

Horatio Cornblower

Well, OK, but it’s going to involve a well-placed asteroid and a near extinction level event.

Redshirt

Does COVID-19 count as a ELE?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Not yet, but the administration is trying!

Doktor Zymm

Octopi can taste anything they touch. I’m glad humans can’t do that.

Horatio Cornblower

Considering I stuck my finger into a literal hornet’s nest earlier, I also am glad of this.

Sharkbait

And Moss is on both of my benches

Gratliff

First time I’ve heard them mention Super Bowl Winning QB Trey Burton in a while

Redshirt

I like how the Bengals Radio play-by-play commentator isn’t used to having a good QB yet.

“Burrow throws and the pass is… … … CAUGHT?!”

Horatio Cornblower

‘What strange sorcery is this!?’

Doktor Zymm

Law-talking types amongst us, how likely is it that the new NY border restrictions hold up in court?

Mother Puncher

The who what now?

Doktor Zymm

Nevermind, they clarified. Originally news outlets were saying they were going to require pre-entry testing for entry to the state, but now that the actual text of the order is available it’s just a test-out for reducing quarantine.

Redshirt

Look, if you didn’t want to be next to New Jersey, you shouldn’t have established a colony next to them in the 1600s. Quick your bitching!

Senor Weaselo

Luckily I had a gig in Lakewood last week before it all culminating with me getting Shake Shack on the Garden State at 8:59:59 (they close at 9)

Gratliff

The fuck happened in Green Bay? Last I checked, I was enjoying Vikes schadenfreude

Senor Weaselo

According to my fantasy squad, Dalvin Cook happened.

hippofant

Packers can’t stop the run.
The only thing the Vikings know how to do is run.

Senor Weaselo

Goff is still at negative points according to my fantasy team.

Mother Puncher

Who should I vote for tomorrow? What if I wrote in Harambe for president lol?

Redshirt

That’s your choice, but when Trump wins and declares himself Emperor, that’s on you.

Mother Puncher

It’s OK. Ohio isn’t a swing state anymore

Horatio Cornblower

Ohio may be a long shot, but it is in play this year. So vote for Biden, if you want my opinion. Write in Harambe for the local board of education.

Redshirt

Write in Biden-Pence. Maybe we’ll get to keep Pence as VP for comic relief.

Doktor Zymm

Are you down with Kakistocracy?

Senor Weaselo

Only counts if it’s dicks out.

Redshirt

Who the hell is a J Bevin and why is it telling me it terrible, terrible McDonalds order?

Mother Puncher

I assume he’s “guy getting Pitbull’s audience now that Pitbull is 30 years old”

Mother Puncher

Am I old and out of touch for having no idea who JBalvin is or why I should eat his McDonald’s order

Redshirt

No, you are not.

Redshirt

The Baker Mayfield Progressive commercials are more funnier if you assume Baker and his wife are homeless and are squatting at the Factory in non-gamedays.

Sharkbait

1st and 30? NFL BLITZ!

Redshirt

This election must end! I cannot take one more “Mitch McConnell is relatable” ad! I don’t even live in Kentucky; why must I be punished!

Doktor Zymm

Relatable to what, exactly?

rockingdog

a piece of beef jerkey

Horatio Cornblower

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Doktor Zymm

That’s an insult to Chelonians everywhere

Redshirt

Human? Polio? I don’t know. Everytime its cured up, I scream into a pillow for 30-60 seconds.

Gratliff

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Redshirt

Suddenly Mitch McConnell makes perfect sense.

Senor Weaselo

I’m guessing it’s the Cincy market?

Redshirt

Yeah, the southern “suburbs” are in Kentucky.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Isn’t your airport in KY too?

rockingdog

give it to RB Jacobs you Raider nincompoops

Horatio Cornblower

Those Bills coloUr rush uniforms reminded me of one of my favoUrite old-timey punk bands.
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herodotus450

Ron Rivera trying to figure out a way to bench Tua.

Doktor Zymm

The national drink of Belarus is vodka mixed with red wine, honey, and spices.
https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/6-traditional-belarusian-drinks-belarusian-food/

Horatio Cornblower

being rapidly replaced with pepper spray.

Doktor Zymm

I haven’t heard too much about the protests in the past month or two, not since that one protest leader got maybe arrested or maybe fake arrested and snuck out of the country

Horatio Cornblower

The NYT was reporting that they were still going on within the last week or so.

Doktor Zymm

I guess with the elections and Europe shutting down again and war in Armenia it’s fallen to the third tier or so of news 🙁

Horatio Cornblower

Well, it seems that the police are shooting towards the protestors now, which probably isn’t good for the tourist industry.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-fire-warning-shots-thousands-protest-belarus-73959181

Doktor Zymm

Shit, there too? I only heard about Lagos. The world is a mess