Your Monday Night Football Open Thread

Was The Game of the Century everything you’d hoped it would be? Certainly the rain helped but I figured it’s deep down in Belichick’s bones, the desire to ‘ugly up’ a tilt that has so much attention drawn to it.

Fall Out:

-The Non-Apology Apology Tour continues. “Distraction”? Is it really possible to be an ubersuccessful college coach and not be that far up your own ass? This is typical, “Oh fuck, got caught. Meh…” That’s what you get for renting a coach for one year, Jags.

-Careful What You Wish For: Chapter The Two-Trey Lance was inserted (ewww!) into the game and cruised along at a 50% completion rate and had some yards and a few scores and a QBR of 39.4. He not ready either.

-Addition By Subtraction, thy name is “Jon Bostic Season-Ending Injury”. I noted just yesterday that one of the most obvious weaknesses in the previously-vaunted TEAM D was the immense lack of coverage ability exhibited by Mr. Bosco. Next man up, I guess.

-The Chiefs D has been sui generis (may not mean what I wanted it to but I’m up against the cloche. But I’ve got faith that DC Steve Spagnuolo will get things figured out. He’s been down this road before and Mahomes and his buddies can buy him some time by decorating the scoreboard a whole bunch on a weekly basis.

To The Game!

Raiders/Chargers:

-Does anyone think that Carr can keep this up? Second-rated passer? Only 2 interceptions? Tossing the ball downfield on the regular? Or will he have the same weird late-ish career renaissance that Rich Gannon had? Nope. Everything Chucky sneers at turns to mud.

-Even if you buy in on Carr you can’t leverage it in fantasy of DFS because all six of his TD throws have gone to separate players.

-There’s a sizeable hole in the Chargers o-line that goes by the name of Storm Norton. Herbert has been side-stepping/moving up in the pocket constantly and hasn’t been nailed just yet but it’s coming. Last week Norton gave up 11(!) pressures all by his lonesome. Paging Maxx Crosby.

-As someone playing Herbert, Allen, Williams and their kicker, is it too much to ask for a little ol’ shootout at SoFi Corral?

Have at it you animals.