Newsy Notes:
-That Hurts! Turns out that Lions center Frank Ragnow has been diagnosed with a, um, “Fractured Throat”. I have no idea what that entails but he finished out the game with it. He’s gonna be on the front page of Pain Tolerance Weekly, that’s for sure.
-Der Covid has hit both James Bradberry and Jason Garrett upside the nostrils and other affected areas. Freddie Kitchens will handle the play-calling duties, bringing some of that sweet Browns magic to the game.
-Sitters Can’t Be Winners-Stafford, Dimes, Gesicki and many others are out of commission. RoJo has pins in his fingers and bells on his toes, and has been asking the whereabouts of Sweet Gypsy Rose.
-Former Ravens rb Lorenzo Taliaferre has passed away at the age of 28 due to a heart attack. He played in the league from 2014-16. Damn that’s young.
TO THE GAME!
Chargers/Raiders:
-The odds folks have estimated that if the 7-6 Raiders win tonight their chances of making the playoffs are 29%. If they lose it drops all the way down to 5%.
-Qb Herbert’s (of the two tossers playing tonight, he likes Bauhaus the 2nd-most) passing TD prop this evening is 1.5. He’s thrown 2 or more in 8 of 12 games that he’s started. The Raiders have the 27th ranked pass D. Do the math.
-Quietly coming on these last few weeks is Nelson Agholor-over the last month he’s been WR16 fantasy-wise. With Ruggs on the Reserve-Covid list he should see the most targets after Waller. During that same time he’s led all wr’s in red zone targets inside the 10 yard line.
-What To Do With Jacobs? Coming off an injury and a pranking of fantasy players he had a lousy game and a worrying 42% snap share. I guess ya gotta play him if ya have him because Booker can’t read running lanes.
-Speaking of rb’s, Ekeler was out for quite some time but since his return he’s RB4. The last time the Chargers played the Raiders they ran for 160 yards and 2 TD’s.
Play ’em if you’ve got them down below.
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Anyone still up? I just finished my work for the night, only 7 hours til my next meeting.
Jackie Slater sexually harassing old Liz . Vince looked concerned.
WTF?? What happened?
It wasn’t really sexual harassment, just painfully unfunny banter. I find Liz kind of annoying, but I could look at Vince Ferragamo all day!
I am working very hard at maintaining a flat affect in response to this game. So much so that I am worried I might get comfortable with it and become a flat-out sociopath.
You’re already in the right profession.
This is such an incredible screenshot.
It would have been funnier if the “can’t advance” fumble recovery in the end zone was, by rule, a touchback and game over.
But then the Raiders win, so fuck that. Let Gruden have this home loss to Anthony Lynn at his absolute dumbest.
Commercials sure got a lot of interracial families these days….
Weird, right?
It’s almost like a Bingo game. I’m waiting for the Shy Asian guy/Big Sassy Black Woman combo to complete the line.
That’s America for you, no middle ground. Just zero representation, or every goddamned ad to prove your company is woke.
Where representation matters but actions don’t.
Game of the year?
If any game exemplifies 2020 best, it was this one.
“He stayed with it…”
What the hell are you talking about,Troy? He was tumbling down a pile while half a ton of meat through themselves into his head.
something
Now that’s the kind of video review I like…
This game really derped until the very end, didn’t it?
That whole OT was a big, wet fart of a derp as well,
How long the video review??
Noon Sunday.