Before we check out the game let’s see what else be going on out there.
Newsy Notes:
-Jalen Hurts gets the start for the Eagles next week. He didn’t exactly set the world on fire with his 5-12, 109 outing so you might want to call him “The Extinguisher” because he’ll likely blow any slim chance that the Eagles win the division. Dem poor Eagles can’t do anything with Wentz until 2022 because he has “Elephantiasis of the Contract”. That’s gonna hurts. (look how I made it come all the way back round!)
-One of the recipients of The Lou Marsh Award (Canuck Athlete of the Year) was Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, the K.C. lineman that is studying to be a doctor and is helping out on the front lines. The co-winner is Alphonso Davies-the Saturday morning crowd might know him.
-For the first time since 1917 a Michigan/OSU game won’t be played-a suicide watch is being held for the dude that was supposed to dot the ‘i’ this year.
-“HACKEY!” might start as early as January 13th. The Red Wings called dibs on last place overall.
-College basketball programs in temporary shut-down mode include Zaga, UConn, Houston, Wake Forest, Louisville and many, many others.
TO THE GAME!
Cowboys/Ravens:
-This sure looks like a Dallas beatdown but Lamar hasn’t played in 16 days and Baltimore are 1-4 in their last five. Still, they are slowly filling out their roster with starters that were sidelined to Covid and/or injury.
-Dallas will have to come out aggressive and they have been throughout the season. They’ve gone for it the most times of any team but their conversion rate is 24th in the league. Well, you tried.
-The question is-are we going to get the team that trashed the Vikes or the one that rolled over for Team on Thanksgiving Day?
-What was once Dallas’ Pride and Joy (the O-line) is now a unit made up of recycled plastic bags, butcher’s twine, spider webs, dumpster juice and shadows.
-The Ravens will need to prevent ‘splash’ plays by the likes of Cooper, Gallup and Lamb and run the ball hard against the Cowboys second-worst run D.
What say you? Are you liking this rending of the usual sked? Use your words below.
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Anyone still awake?
Now that we can see who votes….hello, balls
Hola!
Just a little late night poop. Carry on!
Of course. Just finished making dinner.
Whachugot?
Chicken Sausage Cavatappi Bolognese
Fantasy playoffs wooo!
OH FUCK. 24/7 MXC. (Check Twitch, just in case questionable legality.)
It would be a Twitch page if you Only wanted to watch MXC.
O/U is 51. Money is riding for some on this last play.
Amazing how they almost always know, there in Vegas.
I still don’t understand why NFL teams don’t pull starters when the game is out of reach. Why risk injury and not give the backups some work in? At least put in your backup QB so they can get some experience playing with the #1s.
Yeah, I had that same thought when Lamar was running for it down by the end zone a couple of minutes ago.
Troy Aikman is not holding back on shitting all over the Cowboys, and I am quite enjoying it.
He doesn’t remember that he played for them
He’s not entirely sure who that little guy sitting next to him is.
“Son of some baseball announcer, right?”
The ghost of Dandy Don Meredith?
Here comes a PAT attempt of particular interest to one Litre Cola.
YEAAAAHHHHH, barring stat correction won a league, and barring stat correction made the playoffs and finished 8th! Won both the Cooper TD, and Brown TD bets while not sacrificing FF. Wonder if the missus wants some?
/she does not….
That why you gave Elliot a 6yr/$90M contract with $50M guaranteed.
Actually, Jerry was drunk and seeing double and thought the number on the jersey was 22.
What the hell happened to Elliot? When he played for Ohio State, it was like he was slingshotted out of the holes and into the secondary. Is his line that bad, or has all the talent been sucked out of him by the Cowboys?
The line is that bad. Connor Williams in particular is just an absolute turnstile.
Still say Dallas trades down if they have a top 5 pick and the Oregon lineman is gone.
They probably should; they have so many problem areas.
They should go with the line first. That helps your running game and protects your QB. Plus, its puts some pressure off of the defense as they’ll be able to catch their breath and not feel like they need to keep the other team under 20 points to win.
Good playmakers gets you highlights on ESPN. Good lines gets you trophies in the display case.
They have tried to address the line in recent years, I’ll give them that. Problem is that they’ve missed on a few, and then this year they’ve had a series of injuries that’s just devastated the line as a unit.
If they get healthy next year and the center they drafted this year, (Biadesz? maybe?), they’ll be miles better. But they absolutely need to replace Smith, who’s just falling apart a little more every year.
Ah, its like the Bengals. They missed on two tackles in the same draft and it set the franchise back and they get shit for letting old good linemen go. If one didn’t bust, the franchise would be better and either Dalton or Lewis would still be in Cincy. If both hit, they might be in the middle of a renaissance.
Elliot is currently at an average 2.0 yards before contact according to PFF, making him #34 out of qualifying rushers (includes QBs).
34…he’s below two backup RBs?! That’s a complete shock. He’s the reason why Ohio State won that Championship. Of course you’re 3rd String QBs gonna do good when they have to put eight in the box or else watch #15 run the length of the field.
The rankings include 4 QBs – Kyler, Lamar, Josh, and Cam – so #30th in RBs. There are also some “backups” on the list, e.g. Mostert and McKinnon.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2020/rushing_advanced.htm
#26 in yards AFTER contact, ranked at #26.
2.3 YBC (#19), 2.3 YAC (#17) last year.
2.8 YBC (#9), 2.0 YAC (#28) in 2018.
So not a huge change in YAC, but a pretty big drop off in YBC so far.
His loss in YBC lines up with his loss in Y/A:
2.8 YPC in 2018, 4.7 Y/A
2.3 YPC in 2019, 4.5 Y/A (-0.5, -0.2)
2.0 YPC in 2020, 3.9 Y/A (-0.8, 0.8)
Still. As an Ohio State fan who hasn’t seen a lot of Elliot, this is the football equivalent of bumping into the Valedictorian Homecoming Queen five years later working the midnight shift at 7/11.
AGAIN AGAIN
I know Dallas managed to score there, but what an unbelievably bad set of downs that was.
lol at the cowboys tight end knocking the ball out of his hands
I thought a knee counted as two feet?
No idea why Harbaugh didn’t challenge that.
Is CD Lamb dead?
Also, anyone know the whereabouts of a certain A. Reid?
If you have to ask, he’s at the buffet.
Right, but did the buffet have any extra Lamb?
In 2 leagues I need 1 fucking point from Tucker. LET THE COWBOYS SCORE!
This would be the time were Dak pads his stats in garbage time.
Thanks Joe Buck, it is all about the greater good.
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