Your Thursday Night NFL Football Open Thread

Oh my, this looks like a quality tilt with all the scoring! Hope it lives up to the hype in my brain. Let’s take a look at that after we take a look at other things.

Newsy Notes:

-The Covid list reminds me of a late-era Robert Altman film in that you’d be hesitant to list all the stars on the roll for fear of missing two or three. She ain’t pretty.

-Is a Jacksonville win a mortal lock this weekend? An utterly despised coach that lived his short (13 weeks!) tenure in some figurative hovel beneath the contempt of everyone that interacted with him will certainly get his comeuppance in the form of a W, led by wr Jones, rb Robinson and the prized rook qb. Say (yet another) prayer for Houston.

-Former savior-in-waiting Cam Newton now looks to be splitting time with the not remotely capable P.J. Walker in the Carolina backfield. I guess that’s the best way for Carolina to get that Heisman winner in the draft.

-Speaking of, one of the top rb’s in that draft, Kenneth Walker, will be skipping the Spartans bowl game. What’s good for these coaches that leave teams high and dry is also good for the gander. (this joke would have been fabulous had he played for Oregon)

To The Game!

Chiefs/Chargers:

-As I noted a few weeks ago, Chiefs DC Spags would get the team’s D in working order and lo and behold, during their 6 game win spree they’ve held every team under 20. I think that run will end tonight because Chris Jones, the lynchpin of the new look is absent ce soir.

-For an 8-5 ‘inconsistent’ team, the Chargers can take the lead in the AFC West with a W here. Going forward they would have the advantage because they will have swept the Chiefs.

-Easier typed than done though because K.C. is 18-3 on the road since 2019 and the Chargers don’t exactly have a home field advantage.

-Mr. Deep Ball, Justin Herbert hasn’t had that much success vs these guys on throws over 20+ yards-he’s only 2-of-9 against them. Still, Mahomes has not thrown a TD since week 9 against any other team aside from the Raiders.

-So should the Chiefs run the ball against the Chargers lousy ground D? Slow that assumption down-L.A. has held Mixon to 54 and Barkley to 64 yards the last two weeks.

Do your thing.