Your Thursday Night NFL Football Open Thread

Did you miss the football? I did. It ain’t hurt that some excellent games fell into our laps last weekend. (ya got lucky, Shield) Hey, looky here, the Giants are finally(!) being featured in a nationally televised broadcast. Took long enough. Is that the grinding of teeth I hear out Puerto Rico way? They haven’t been competitive since 2016 but it sure helps to play at the center of the universe.

Some good news-my “Zero Talent Running Back” strategy paid off in fantasy for one week at least. If paying off means “scoring the third-least amount of points but was playing against the guy that scored the very least”.

In injury news (there’s always injury news) Demarcated Lawrence of the Cowboys is gone for a month or two. That just made Justin Herbert’s job that much easier this weekend. Psst! It was always going to be easy.

To The Game!

-Saquon is listed as questionable and I wonder if that extends to his chances of success this year. Week one over-reaction? Yes BUT that o-line is a disaster in the run game. He’ll probably get even less carries/action than he did vs Denver given the quick turnaround.

-That’s the same o-line that Gettleman had so much faith in. (since the last preseason game he’s traded for two players and grabbed three others off the scrap heap. One of those scraps is apparently getting his 1st start at the center position tonight. Yay!)

-Taylor Heinicke is the man at the helm now that Harvard has left the building. He dropped back to pass just 53% of the time last week, indicating that the playbook is likely to be scaled the fuck back. But wait-didn’t he acquit himself well in the playoff game vs Tampa last year?

-The game has taken on a bit more importance to those of us that watch the pitiful shenanigans in the NFC East. Fans, neutral observers and sportsmouthers all agreed that the Eagles would be garbage but they looked okay in week numero uno. (what’s it like to feel hope Litre?) Some team will be sporting an 0-2 blemish after tonight and the heat will be on.

Say what you want down below-you’ve earned it.

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Gumbygirl

Going to read, nighty night!

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clint greasewood

By the way Dark Side of The Ring, the plane ride from hell is a doozy.

Col. Duke LaCross

A little bit of booze was consumed on that plane.

Beerguyrob

The shit those flight attendants went through was horrific. I guess Flair won’t be debuting for AEW any time soon.

TheRevanchist

Even if this game was terrible, execution wise, I enjoyed it coming down to the final play. That’s the kind of drama I need in my life. Not the kind where I have to avoid ex-girlfriends’ houses or schools or goat farms because of some drunk indiscretions.

Gumbygirl

Those goats cannot keep their damn mouths shut.

Dunstan

That’s how the whole thing got started.

2Pack

Ah football… where men are men… and the sheep are nervous…

Horatio Cornblower

Also works for Wales.

clint greasewood

New York Post Headlines:

GI’AINTS
The New York High School Football Giants
Big Blue It

Senor Weaselo

Giants D with the Phoenix Wright “HOLD IT!” after that shank.

Gumbygirl

That was hilarious!

King Hippo

It was almost perfect, for a fixture where I could give a tin shit about either participant.

Horatio Cornblower

Bleergh has overthrown Shank’lor, much like Zeus once overthrew Cronus.

Redshirt

I thought BLEERGH was higher that Shank’lor?

Horatio Cornblower

It makes sense, but ruins my joke.

Sharkbait

WOW

Downfield Matriculator

BLEEEERGH!!

King Hippo

Wide. Fucking. RIGHT!

Redshirt

Off. Fucking. SIDE!

King Hippo

Some epic self-dick-shootery, that!

Brocky

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Horatio Cornblower

I honestly thought Washington was going to run it up the gut there and time would expire, and then I would never stop laughing until I died.