Forty plus year old quarterbacks-next thing you know there’ll be running backs in their mid-to-late 30’s playing! [Frank Gore swings his cane futilely in my general direction] Right, right. Anyway…
TO THE GAME!
Bucs/Saints:
-The math monkeys locked in my basement inform me that the Saints’ odds of beating the Bucs for a third time this year come in at an unholy 66.6%. Of course Packer haters are cheering for T.B./TB because of the 38-10 shellacking they gave Green Bay many, many weeks ago.
-Versus the Saints the Bucs averaged -0.17 expected points per play. Against the rest of the league that number was +0.16.
-Keep an eye out for Saints secondary wr’s Sanders and Humphrey because Tampa has been burned by Cam Sims (104 yards) and Russell Gage (91) the last two weeks.
-Speaking of Saints wr’s, Ball Dropper Extraordinaire Tre’Quan Smith has been activated for this game. My prediction? He will drop a ball.
-Are we still talking wr’s? Yes, yes we are because Mike Evans averages a paltry three catches for 34 yards per game when shadowed by Marshon Lattimore.
-Paging Mr. Noodly Arm: The Bucs pass D ranks a middling 21st in the league. Their run D is another story, morning, er, evening glory.
-As a matter, both run D’s allow runners about 3.6 yards per carry. In what should be a close game, if either team’s rb’s can get into the 4.5, 4.8 range that should be a distinct advantage.
Nugget Time: Tampa guard Ali Marpet last allowed a sack in week 6… of the 2019 season.
-RoJo is designated as a ‘questionable’ game-timer but did practice on Thursday so he’s likely a go.
Have you considered typing your thoughts in the comments?
Sudden change!
Is is sad or just disappointing that geriatric quarteredbacks are still apparently the best one in the league?
“Hey”
-P. Mahomes, J. Allen
But yeah, your point is valid.
I guess only half are old enough to join AARP. Brees, Brady, Rodgers, Rivers all helming playoff teams.
Big Ben.
Are they even that good right now?
I guess so. PFF and Football Outsiders has Brady in their top 3.
As we all predicted, it’s Tre’Quan Smith’s game and his game alone.
Why have I never heard of this?
It’s a secret.
We’re friends here! No need for secrets.
Am now looking it up. I like pie, I like spaghetti….
Suh seems due to step on Kamara’s helmet and crush his head like eight seconds after the whistle.
I tried to post my pineapple cake, but it was too big for DFO.
Send it to me in the mail. I’ll give a good home.
“Ain’t no such thing as a pineapple that’s too big!”
-M. Sam
That explains why Brick’s dick pics don’t work here.
Email it to yourself and go to postimages.org , you will get a url for it.
Let’s see
Yay, it worked. Thanks Litre!
Grocery store 4-cheese ravioli and microwave bacon.
I went to Phoenix this week and picked up some green chilis while I was there. Crock Pot is rocking the chili verde as I speak. I left out the tomatoes in hopes of making a less runny product.
SUCK IT YEAH RIGHT!
I would think an “End Excessive Force” sign would make most sense at a Jared Goff Passing Clinic.
Mojo pork goodness need to let it settle some before drinks
Naked Gun 1 is on. Have fun with the Geriatric Bowl!
They faked all those orgasms
I’m gonna go buy some ice cream, Scoop!
French Vanilla? Pistachio? Peanut Butter Cookie Dough?
Salted caramel with mochi bits
Advertising works!
Do it now. You need to be awake for all the Easter eggs and subtle hints.
so in addition to the undertaker bell noise, they’ve played brock Lesnars theme. someone in the Superdome is a wwe fan
Succuping succotash
Quite a lot of pre-snap penalties in this game
Troy and Joe seem awfully surprised about the amount of physical conflict between two teams made up of large me trained to be violent sociopaths.
The clone wars!
Mountaintop stargazing may be cancelled due to clouds 🙁
BAN CLOUDS!
Damn waterbags floating through the air, it’s unnatural!
Why weren’t these “clouds” informed that our good Doktor is on vacation? Off with their heads!
I’m doing that right. Brady. Gronk.
Such is astronomy – observing runs planned years in advance can be thwarted by weather. (Which is why a lot of telescopes are waaaaay up high in the mountains – less air above for better seeing, and less chance of low-hanging weather screwing things up.)
My sister in law is a theoretical astrophysicist. She has to travel to some off the beaten path places for her research, for sure.
A lot of optical astronomy is done in high-elevation, isolated places – the darker the area around the ‘scope, the better. Radio astronomy uses huge dishes that take up a lot of real estate (or arrays of dishes) so big places away from extraneous radiation are best for that, too. (If your sister in law doesn’t do her own observing, and analyzes data collected by others – many do – then that may not be something she has to deal with much.)
She does her own.
Then yeah, she’d be going to some very out-of-the-way places, probably! I loved observing – got to go to Arizona and Hawaii to do mine. (Never got to go to Arecibo, but always wanted to.)
She goes somewhere in middle of nowhere Chile a lot.
The VLT?!?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope
Yes!
Yep – a lot of observing gets done in the mountains of Chile. (And the deserts, when you’re working with an array of scopes like the VLT, as Mr. Ayo mentioned.)
That’s awesome! Although no way to go back and forth between scuba diving and Mauna Kea while in Hawaii
Unfortunately, yeah – can’t really just pop 13,000 feet down the mountain during the day and back up at night. :p
I should have planned on going earlier in my trip, hopefully it’ll clear up and I can still go before I leave!
Hopefully so! A dark, clear sky with no moon is your best bet, if possible.
i was just saying 22 straight up kidney punched him
@Redshirt can you find any pattern as to when they’re playing the undertaker bell sound? they seem to be doing it at random
I would imagine it would be 3rd or 4th down, but I haven’t been paying attention.
its been on 2nd down as well. that’s whats confusing me
Living up to their name, New Orleans plays the bells to indicate what down it is for Gronk.
Nice tackle by Sean Murpy-Bunting, of the Cambridge Murphy-Buntings.
/extends pinky
//sips tea
They really teed us up with that Gronk being confused line.
What happened to Bruce Arians? Looking like he’s in disguise as part of the Fox production team over there. Where’s your cool Kangol hat?
I don’t think Gronk is confused, he just always looks like that. He has resting clueless face
Gronk very picky about his shoes and they only go on his hands
Gronk doesn’t just “look confused”, he is genuinely confused. About everything.
gronk wears velco into his 40s cuz he thinks they look rad
Gronk just pawn in game of life
Gronk’s confused because someone wrote the number 96 on a piece of paper and he hasn’t turned it over yet.
…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that’s why he doesn’t play WR.
Gonna be hilarious if the INT gets called back and the Saints run the punt back for a TD
Gumby sent me this
YOU THINK TROY? YOU THINK PAYTON PUTS A TRICK PLAY FOR JAMEIS WINSTON IN THE GAMEPLAN AND TELLS JAMEIS THAT HE’LL CALL IT? HE DOESN’T JUST GO, “I’M NEVER CALLING THIS, I’M JUST FUCKING AROUND WITH OUR PRACTICE TIME?”
that winston pass:
What a throw by Brady
Winston’s QB Rating is perfect with one pass.
Brady’s QB Rating is average with a Comp% less than 50.
Brees’ QB Rating can now legally buy alcohol.
Everybody on Twitter: “How the fuck did the Buccs not expect a deep pass? What do they think Winston is out there for?”
Troy Aikman 2 minutes ago: “Well I’d say this was going to be a deep shot if Diontae Harris was out there but…”
It’s fine this time! Just know that we could take away your happiness at any moment!
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Desperation from the Saints
Winston is stealing the show so far, which shouldn’t really be surprising.
It’s not his fault, he thought there was an arrangement in place that he could take the show and the boosters would pay for it.
Jameis Winston throws an accurate pass?
The key is to only have 1 player in the general area his throws to
That was purty.
Tzeentch approves
Yes
What a great play that’s about to be called back for illegal formation.
Fake news!
Narrator’s Voice: It was not.
i was thinking the same thing
Crab legs!
Dok, I looked up that NYer link about the FLA coastal problem.. Elizabeth Kolbert is a great science writer. Recommend checking it out if you get a chance.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami
Nice! I’ll give that a read
what the heck defensive formation was that? no down linemen over the center either of the guards.
MIke Singletary was/is the most well spoken football players ever. The stentorian voice kills. I wonder if he didn’t have the personality to work in the booth. Or maybe I just missed it.
His inability to shut up about Jesus probably had something to do with it.
Oooh, didn’t know about that. Now I get it.
he spent too many years pretending he was a competent coach. I guess he just doesn’t care for announcing
There was also that time he dropped his pants in front of his team as part of some point he was making.
I forgot about that. Yeah, Mike’s a tad nuts.
A pantsless Jesus freak would be an interesting change in the booth
So, who is more of a lock for the Super Bowl, Bills or Packers?