TO THE GAMES!
Broncos/Raiders:
Nobody seems to be talking about how efficient Derek Carr is this season. The Raiders O has been helped immensely by his 16/2 TD/INT ratio. That man takes good Carr of the ball, amirite? Guh, bad pun is bad. Denver has struggled through the 5th hardest sked with a 2nd year qb that is learning the ropes and it’s not going to get any better the rest of the way. They have the Fins, Saints, Chiefs and Bills to look not forward to. Oh my.
Chargers/Fins:
Qb Herbert doesn’t fool around-he’s already 10th in the league in attempted long balls despite not starting the year on the field. After his dismal debut Tua turned it around last week. Yes it’s a small sample but he came out of the game with an 8.9 yards per attempt number and created 3 first downs with his wheels. With the way the D is playing the Fins look like a solid wild card playoff team that might be able to steal a game in the first round. All Hail Brian Flores!
Bills/Cards:
Oh, I like this game. The over/under is 56 last I checked-beware of flying balls and rambling qb’s! Murray’s completion rate to Hopkins in a clean pocket and 15+ yards downfield? An astounding 82%! Wow. What’s happened to Drake? He’s been absolutely abandoned in the passing game, having only 7 catches so far on 127(!) routes run. He was projected as a 3 down back. Meanwhile Edmonds is tracking towards 60 grabs this year. Why do teams sour on Drake?
Seahawks/Rams:
D.K. Metcalf is everything N’Keal Harry was supposed to be. Swing and a big miss, Belichick. The former’s 372 yards on deep balls is 50 ahead of the 2nd place wr. As Hippo noted with Goff’s renewed improved play, the O-line that last year placed 28th in pressure allowed is the very best in keeping Jared’s uni clean.
Niners/Saints:
New Orleans provided a glimpse of what their D is capable of when it hit on every cylinder but issues remain. They’ve allowed more 40+ pass plays than any other team and their pass interference penalties(7) 20 yards or more downfield are the most in the league. You may want to sit te Cook down for this one-San Franny has locked down pass-catching te’s and he’s also been averaging 25 yards and 2.7 grabs over the last 3 games.
Bengals/Steelers:
The NFL’s best pass rush should have Burrow wishing he was trodding up a perilous mountain pass with a load of provisions on his back. Perhaps Cincy should play their 4th string qb, the Steelers seem to have problems defending against that type of player. I’m playing Tee Higgins vs this vaunted D because they’ve given up 150+ yards to two separate wr’s and have allowed 11 different players at that position to score a 6 spot.
Start with the jibber jabber.
Can’t get over Buffalo being an honest-to-goodness contender this year
DIggs with that big catch was pretty sweet
thats Rockin’
Considering the current level of unemployment, you would think Doordash would be able to hire semi-competent people
Excuse me, our “Doordashers” are contractors, NOT employees, and we are NOT AT ALL responsible for their level of experience or competence. Any mistakes or issues arising between you and our Doordashers have nothing to do with us; also, we take 50% of their tips because if they do their job well, then obviously we deserve a reward for that.
Restaurants donate 20 % of the sale to the company, not the dashers so if you have a problem with the food please call the resto as we are facilitators not employers.
Trash company inevitably leads to trash work
It’s a meal delivery service with their own website, and at some point I guess they decided to contract exclusively with doordash for delivery, as that’s the only option now.
Just talked to customer service, and I get the impression this happens a lot. Now she has to contact the other people who had the dasher for my neighborhood and figure out who has whose food then get it all swapped back
I have not used DoorDash because it seems just generally pretty awful. I’ve seen other people with DoorDash food left outside their door for like half an hour+ until I knocked and let them know.
Also seen a lot of Yelp/Google reviews with Doordash customers saying they either got ripped off by the restaurant – some places skimp on Doordash orders to make up the margin – or by the Dasher themselves – eating part of the food or just making off with it or whatever. Then there’s just generally the fact that, from what I’ve heard, Doordashing is slow and the food often arrives cold and my general disdain for this gig-economy bullshit.
Am I wrong? Is Doordash normally great and I’m just hearing about the shitty stuff and not the good stuff? Like, hearing your story right now, I’d be totally fed up and pissed and hungry and not really willing to wait for it to get sorted out only to get very cold food, if that.
No. It’s fucking awful and the people who use it deserve what they get (or don’t)
This isn’t food for today, and I would prefer not to deal with Doordash at all, but Shef decided to use them, so if I want to order meals from Shef I have to. These are my meals for the first half of the week, so hopefully it gets sorted out tonight.
But yeah, they’re generally pretty awful.
It’s Shef that’s sorting it out, not doordash, so it’ll probably be okay.
Oic. Never heard of Shef. I see it’s California-only for now?
Still, so this is a gig-economy tech company that’s contracted with ANOTHER gig-economy tech company to maybe one day get food to you? Ooof.
I think it’s Bay Area only? I don’t know if it qualifies as a gig-economy tech company, they don’t have an app or anything. The website is shef.com
Yeah, you’re right, it’s not quite the same. It sounds more like… Etsy or eBay or whatever.
Something like that, but with doordash instead of the usps
nice poopin WR Mike Thomas
really thought this would be the week… oh well.
This gif is guaranteed to make me laugh. You are a good boy, Rockingdog!
Charmslinger and the Hox looking really pedestrian and average today
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Wait…white boys can do the OBJ catch now?
It’s the gloves.
Isotoners?
Is Metcalf going to straight up murder Russ?
Seems like it should be illegal for a presidential advisor to call on people to rise up against a Governor
Does seem to show a lack of awareness.
JFC. You’d think he wouldn’t have the time with all of the “hard work” he’s doing with the pandemic and all.
Should warrant an FBI visit
This FBI?
Any FBI. It’s always been dogshit.
Pretty sure the FBI is aware of the, uh, President’s head COVID adviser (who is a radiologist)
Charmpick
2nd one for Williams, and he’s a fellow Blazer!
Throw the gotdamn ball to DK
One would think
Bills-Cards pretty crazy.
Kirkpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Murray; the Irish are taking over!
Metcalf was pissed Wilson didn’t find him
John Brown not going to be able to lead attack on Harper’s Ferry due to injury.
John Brown – Out (neck)
Robert E. Lee leads the Marines to the rescue.
No, Other Hippo, I sure am NOT enjoying Donks WOO!!!s first desert vacay.
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I love when you show up when Hippo is talking to himself.
As soon as they said Drew Brees, my automatic response of FUCK YOU DREW BREES popped out, then I saw he got injured and I almost felt bad.
Almost.
I’m a nice guy, but when Ben Roethlisberger gets hurts, I unapologetically do a fat guy happy dance.
I do too, and I’m a lifelong Steelers fan!
Not a gruesome injury, so you’re all good
Even in a year like this, the Steelers still destroys Cincinnati.
The sun also rises
I have no idea why this was, but when I was kid and started getting into the NFL, I was a big Roman Gabriel fan. I wasn’t an LA fan, and lived on the east coast, but for some reason I liked him.
He was the first “QBU” alumnus of North Carolina State University
I can say with 100% certainty that at that time I had no idea where he went to school, or even that there was such a thing as college football.
Every boy in my 6th grade class in Western PA felt the same. And then the Steelers finally got good, so that was the end of that!
Whitmer just announced that they’re shutting down schools again, so here’s hoping we actually get through the week without an assassination attempt because having a search column in tweetdeck for “Whitmer” right now is, uh, concerning.
Meanwhile, some towns/counties in far eastern Oregon want to secede from the state to join Idaho, because freedom and antifa and libtards and BLM and looters during the wildfires and black people voting!!! ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
I mean, cool y’all. Idaho’s hospitals are trying to send covid patients to other states because they are full already. Y’all go ahead and join Idaho. Good plan.
Racism was basically the entire point of Oregon statehood, written into the state Constitution and all, so it’s not super surprising some of those people are still around. Not sure where the Michigan crazies came from, they seem to have started in the 80s?
There is that big blank space south of Montana somebody could live.
Don’t be silly, no one can live in a black hole, they would be compressed to a singularity…actually, yes, let’s move all the crazies there!
Black hole?
[Raiders fans enter chat]
Speaking of black ‘holes, is Ben Carson ded yet?
She has the bollocks to be a good Governor. One has to suspect all the other ones know it needs to be done.
She’s doing a good job despite the legislature and population desperately attempting to kill everyone
Why bother? Let them all to their desired end.
Buffaderpadoo
Worst. Dentist. Ever.
It’s not safe:
That movie is so much scarier than any horror flick.
3rd downs have haunted the Seahawks for multiple seasons Troy, not just these past few weeks.
Pretty sure my college girlfriend cheated on me with Fox’s cartoon version of Justin Herbert
I didn’t see it, did they add some cartoon zits?
No he’s fucking hot
I love it when play action fakes go to a RB who isn’t there. I don’t know why, they just tickle me pink.
MY FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM, I CALL PROM NIGHT BECAUSE THEY OVERPROMISED AND UNDERDELIVERED ON EVERYTHING!
Prety sure Wentz has gone full headcase now, so congrats to Donovan McNabb on still being the best QB the Eagles ever had.
Jacobsdown! Much rejoicing!
whats the deal with WR mike Thomas on Saints?
why not he getting more catches?
Been up since 3:45 EST. The belly is full of chili and the head is full of sleep. Night.
Savory dreams to you
Thank you for your lead in post service.
I’m glad they outlawed flying players in 1962. It made the games too lopsided.
I like that an NFL pro team had to practice at a high school.
J Peterman is alive and in VEGAS, baby!!
The Miami LOLfins…good??
Don’t fall for it. They’ll max out at 9-7 as usual.
Now we’re getting to the good shit
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So Amy/Blossom is now doing Modern Family/Saved by the Bell? Okay, I’ll give it a shot.
PETE CARROLL HAS NO MARBLES
Has anyone mentioned that the New York Giants are sorta in 1st place in the NFC East?
Here’s a sad realization:
20ish years ago while I was in college, my father would call me early on football Sunday mornings to wake me up by blasting the FOX Sports CD he bought into his phone. If I didn’t answer, he’d play the NFL FOX horns as a message, which I’d hear in real time because answering machines, and he’d call back 5 minutes later to do it again.
2020 dad? Hasn’t watched an NFL game since Kaep started kneeling, votes for Trump, thinks BLM is a domestic terrorist organization, watches Fox and OANN constantly.
I’ve lost my father to a cult, and I honestly don’t think I’ll ever get him back.
Sorry, dude. You’re not alone if it makes you feel better at all. https://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/
So heres a question: why are stupid people who believe Right Wing Media not allowed to be called out as the stupid MF’s they are?
That truly is depressing. I can’t imagine what it would be like to go through each day carrying such rage. Do these people ever feel hope, or joy, or any form of happiness that isn’t dependent on seeing someone else suffer?
I lost my Dad that way (but his uncle was MIA/KIA in Vietnam so he has a decent reason other than “The Orange Guy on TV told me too.”), but then he realized his years are short, so he came back to watching games with me.
Give it time and keep giving him love. He’ll come back.
I’m sure that as I age I won’t travel down that kinda road but it’s happened to so many older people that I know that I can’t completely rule it out.
We need to make a pact that if we notice any of us going down that dark road, we stage an intervention. If it fails…Scotchy!You know what to do.
That’s my in laws. They went from voting Obama in 2008 to voting Trump in the 2015 primaries. He’s a math teacher and she’s a masseuse, but Fox News has them convinced that they’re upper class and Biden and the coloreds are coming for their money
This country is fucked
We’re fortunate enough to not have OANN available through Spectrum, but I’m hearing more and more people bitching about not having it, which is alarming. It says a lot that FOX News, which has been basically acting as state media during the Trump administration, is considered not right wing enough anymore. My mom worked in the Jesse Jackson campaign and used to take me to local Dem conventions in Wilmington, DE. She fucking despised Bush, but somehow spent the entire Obama administration on birther bullshit. Now she’s on the verge of going full Qanon, but I won’t know when she does since I finally deleted facebook.
I’ve got an aunt or some sort of cousin in Florida like that, but middle aged lady living in the middle of Florida, kinda expected
Yup. They live in the Orlando suburbs.
Can you get them to move? Might be a first step towards deprogramming
Oh, my mom is ready to come to Portland, but we can’t leave him alone.
I mean, not to be harsh, but you can. You really can. Yes it’s easier for some random Internet stranger to say you should abandon your family members than for you to do it, but sometimes there’s no hope and all you’re doing is just causing yourself more pain and hurt and damage than is needed. Or in this case, exposing your mom to the same virulent strain of hatred and ignorance just praying it doesn’t infect or hurt her in some way.
He’s always been Republican, I’ve known that my entire life. I’ve listened to many a rant about the CLINTON-OBAMA MACHINE.
But it’s so so so much worse now.
And we’re pretty confident that he’s showing the early signs of dementia. I’ve pretty much made my peace that my father is gone. The guy who he is now, I do not know.
My father in law is the same. Lives with his lesbian daughter, her wife, and two teenage grandkids. Spends all day in his room watching OAN or whatever the fuck it is. He’s lost the respect of his entire family. It’s infuriating and so, so sad.
I keep seeing this – Gen Xers (I assume most of us here are Gen X) saying the parent(s), who raised them as tolerant, open minded, critical thinking children, have fallen into the Trump Cult.
I’m sure some years from now, people smarter than me can take a macro view of these years, and take a deep dive into generational politics and behaviors.
The internet and FoxNews broke their brains
My 82 yo father is still a moderate Dem or liberal Republican, depending, that he’s been his whole life. The problem is Boomers. Dumb AF and convinced they’re never wrong.
I hate the fake hard count
This beef stew I made is *kisses tips of fingers* mediocre
Is it actually possible for beef stew to be anything less? I mean that seriously, it seems impossible that beef stew could ever be “bad”.
I made some good stuff a few weeks ago, but I cheated and made the base half wine half beef broth. This week I tried to make true beef Burgundy with just wine but didn’t season it enough
Yay! Burrow is limping!
Nate Silver is reporting that the vast majority of Australian bettors took the under in the Bills/Cards tilt.
When did the Million Dollar Dream become a legal blocking maneuver?
I just saw an ad for “Fox Nation” which appears to be jingoistic propaganda that you actually have to pay money for.
They’re afraid of losing to the two Conservative upstart networks, but they still want to be known as a network. So like a Porn site, you have to pay extra to get the uncensored Trump action.
Not really shocking that people that make 6 figures would pay extra for a news channel that’s tells them they’re the good guys
They understood the market for far right wing but OAN and News Max beat them to market and they aren’t charging extra for it.
Why would the grift stop now?
I can’t tell if the Steelers are just toying with the Bengals or are suffering from a COVID-hangover.
I need to buy a car. What should I get? I live near downtown and have a tiny parking spot now. But I may move to the country at some indefinite time in the future based on what my friend finds.
Cold weather? Snowy environment?
No. I’m in Portland OR. My neighborhood is hilly though
Just get a Subaru like everyone else in Portland.
Don’t forget to grow some white boy dreads. And stop bathing, for Chrissakes!
You live in Portland and they haven’t given you your state issued Prius yet? Call the mayor
Peel P50 is always the answer
How many dead hookers will you need to fit in the trunk?
Zero. I’m quarantining too hard.
So, a crossover
Unsurprised, buy a vehicle assembled by The Ford Motor Company. If you don’t buy a Ford, you obviously hate America. The TV has taught us this continuously today. But, Unsurprised, since you obviously already hate America, the Chevrolet Division of General Motors has a fine selection of automobiles. So do the Japanese and Germans, despite their evilness. Italy too.
I always wanted an Italian car. Si I bought a Jeep Renegade. Do recommend.
Ahoy hoy lads and lassies. How are we on this fine afternoon loaded day?
61 yard no doubter
Pretty solid knuckleball from DangeRuss there