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.
Hahahaha
Gruden is his own worst grinder.
Credit where credit’s due: Mariota ran down the pickerceptor.
Of course, he has experience.
He practices in the off-season by playing tennis with himself
sudden change!
Before that play: “Mariota is looking good. Why is he only a backup?”
After that play: “Ah.”
Anthony Lynn will 100% play for another long FG miss here.
Looks like we have a 2nd psychic here.
That’s Your Raiders!
Oh yeah, he’s not good. Almost forgot.
SUDDEN CHANGE!
SUDDEN HAWAIIAN CHANGE!
Rikki Reacts Reasonably
Honestly, my heart rate didn’t change. If anything, it slowed down.
Yep. Black tar heroin has its uses.
and don’t I know it!!
It’s really the 2020 MVP.
deffo NO DAYS OFF!
Like a serial killer during a murder
Don T. chuckles softy to himself.
Oops
In danger of scoring too soon
That’s why you rub one out during halftime.
Mariota took care of it
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF ME RUBBING ONE OUT!
This game is going to be a pivotal chapter in the “Jameis vs. Mariota” debate/book/documentary.
Can they make it into a special edition Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots game?
Money Badger running up some debt
Who predicted the Clippers loss by a Badgley miss?
You’ve won!
I think it was Fronk.
Hey Fronk, what’s the next set of powerball numbers?
That pretty much sets the table for some Mariota heroics. Narratives!
Looks like I owe a burnt offering to Shan’Khor.
The Blair Walsh Project lives
SHANKTASTIC!
Maybe use that Ekeler fella a bit, smart coach man!
Since I know the Raiders defense is going to give up points here, my only hope is that they do it quickly.
And that it’s only 3?
I know Mariota scored the TD, but I think he mis-executed a few of those plays near the goal-line. On that sprint-out, he’s gotta just throw it. There’s one read, two receivers, and they’re either open or not. They’re not getting any more open the longer he holds the ball.
The play he did score on, it looked like there were receivers that were as open as receivers are going to be on the goal-line. If you won’t throw it into windows, then you can’t throw it on the goal-line at all.
He definitely scored despite his worst efforts.
Reminds me of my college years.
He’s almost Tebow-like when he has to go through his progressions.
This is a very silly ballgame. And the Draw is back in play!
Women are so stupid sometimes-that rack is at the very least a 7.
Welp, Jeremy Bulloch, the guy who played Boba Fett, just died.
This is the way
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
“Actually, in my fan fiction, he is not dead but managed to save himself at the last minute…”
Great risk for 4th and inches but it worked
If I can get another Jacobdown my sorry 6-7 ass would be way out in front of my 10-3 opponent.
Carr looked like he’d been punched in the nuts
Cure blasting on the earpiece
Or the day he found out My Bloody Valentine broke up.
Need another Wallerdown
Agholor in a lotta paingholor.
Raiders going for the 2-1 deal on ambulance rides
Mark got a Groupon
MLB is finally recognizing Negro Leagues stats, but Josh Gibson won’t become baseball’s official home run king – CBSSports.com
Good points, but as a counterpoint, Barry Bonds is a cheating asshole who defiled the record books far worse than the Black Sox and Pete Rose combined.
The King is Dead! All Hail the King!
That was a beautiful murder pass.
Great hospital ball by Mariota
Not one helmet on these urban commando bike warriors’ heads. Livin life one dead baby downhill at a time.
There are quite a lot of careers that actively kill their participants, and while we don’t watch most of the other ones, we still materially benefit from them.
This is a very excellent and under-appreciated point.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
People still do most of those jobs under other economic systems, is it somehow more ethical if they’re being paid less or aren’t given a choice?
There is no ethical consumption under any economic system.
Kolton thinking too much about potato chips and not enough about blocking.
Or his new game character…
It’s not very woke of me, I guess. But never, ever, EVAR.
Tua gonna get pulled in the playoffs as a rookie.
It’s called a tug. And what he does in the locker room isn’t my business.
When the Bengals finally move to St. Louis or San Diego in ’26, I’ll probably be turned off from the NFL for good.
Eric Harris is still alive? I wonder how he’s doing. Last time I saw him was on April 20, 1999 while in high school in Colorado.
Is this….is…..are you Dillon?
Yeah I had a foot out the door before I moved. Now it’s my excuse to #CONTENT here is all. I’ll probably ghost out when this season ends.
I kinda wonder about a government that actively kills its participants.
/POW! BAM! ZINGA!
Not gonna lie, I felt kinda guilty watching most sports post COVID. The NFL is the most egregious one by far though.
…and someone stole a car from a Downtown Cincinnati BP with a 10-month old in the back seat. Because 2020.
Just return to the BP. No questions will be asked.
Because Cincinnati is more like it.
I only watch so I have something to write on these notecards that I use to participate in conversations here.
The pandemic is pretty much the only thing keeping me watching anymore.
Nawt Ekelerdown!