Your Monday Night NFL Football Open Thread

It’s the last one! Whatever shall we do? Wait until next year again? Done!

Fallout:

-I mean, I have to mention AB because what else am I gonna do? But the mountain of speculation is too much-he was benched, he was hurt, he was denied earning his bonus, he has CTE, he has separate mental health issues. Spin the wheel and take your pick.

-Mikey Gallup tore his ACLU and he’s a free agent this summer. Life sucks.

-The Cowboys were jobbed as well, by the refs though. HAH! As a watcher of said team for over 40 years I can say with confidence that when the team is good 8 out of 10 calls go their way, quit yer blubberin’.

-Do you hear/feel footsteps off in the distance? It’s him, oh god, it’s him! Yeah, the timeline looks sorta good for King Henry rejoining the Titans during the playoffs. Hide your women and defensive backs!

-As for Joe Judge spending 11 minutes ranting about the Giants not being a clown organization, well, enough said. As a radio sports commenter said, “He always makes it as difficult as possible for people to like him”.

To The Game!

Browns/Steelers:

-What do we make of these two struggle monkey teams? Both of them have some fantastic pieces in place but there’s only so much you can do when your qb is weighing you down.

-With respect to Ben the writing was on the wall last year and I think the organization made a huge error by not drafting a qb of some, any sort this year and now they’re going to be in hell unless they grab a placeholder (Matt Ryan?) in the offseason.

-Oh Baker! Does no one in the organization have the balls to tell him that he would best serve the team as a game managing qb? A solid defense, a great o-line, two great rb’s-the formula is there to win the majority of games but he went out and tossed 4 INT’S last week. smh.

-There’s yakking going on about ditching him in the summer but I’m sure cooler heads will prevail. Perhaps he could spend some time with Cousins, who seems to know and understand his role.

-Anyhoo, expect Cleveland to keep things ground bound given that Pitt has a terrible rush D that has given up an average of 179 yards for the last 5 weeks.

Your turn.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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TheRevanchist

Now is the time for the Browns to start thinking trade talks with shitty teams that may have a decent pick to trade. Hear me out. Jags! That’s some good punishment for both mayfield and the jags.

WCS

Uuhh…ummm…
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ballsofsteelandfury

So, I watched the entire 0-0 first quarter and then got up to make dinner. When I returned, the Steelers were up 7-0.

I took that as a sign and decided to watch Derry Girls instead. Five episodes in and the Steelers won and I have a brand new favourite show.

You’re welcome, Ben.

Last edited 2 years ago by ballsofsteelandfury
Sharkbait

Derry girls is a great show. Mrs. Sharkbait got me into it with her.

ballsofsteelandfury

SO GOOD!

Wee Balls was infatuated with a lass that looks very much like the Michelle character and had a similar personality back in the day.

They’re such a good ensemble. Brilliant series.

Gumbygirl

I just got home from Riverside. It was slippy as fuck on the way up. Good riddance to the rapist.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m reading this as you having pushed someone known only as the “Riverside Rapist” off a cliff to their death. Except that you couldn’t possibly have been the one who did that, because you were with me the whole time, and I’m happy to swear to that in court.

Gumbygirl

I knew I could count on you!

TheRevanchist

As much as I don’t like Ben, I still can’t hate. It’s a personality flaw.

Horatio Cornblower

Paging Rod & Todd, Rod & Todd, please come to the white courtesy phone. We have an important call for you.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/french-tv-star-igor-bodganoff-dies-from-covid-19-complications-days-after-twin-brother-grichkas-death?via=twitter_page

SonOfSpam

Holy shit, that’s a wacky story and pic.

Horatio Cornblower

The whole thing’s insane.

BugEyedBoo

That’s a seriously fucked-up, Dick Tracy-villain look.

Since my mother-in-law is with us now (grinds teeth to nubs), I get to watch too much network evening news when I pass through the living room. On 12/30 they were having an “In Memoriam” for all of the noteworthy people that have passed away this year. Tawny Kitaen passed away. So I wondered what she looked like when she passed away, and looked her up. Total plastic surgery fail. She looked like that dude from Dead or Alive that died a while back. Messed-up lips, messed-up eyes, just a disaster. Definitely an argument for plastic surgeons being graded on a higher standard than, “The patient lived, didn’t they?”

Senor Weaselo

Meanwhile, congrats to Spam for winning the tWBS Memorial League this year.

SonOfSpam

Thanks, it’s truly an honor to follow in your footsteps!

Mr. Ayo

Enjoy that freezer vodka!

Horatio Cornblower

OK, someone may as well be happy. Screen pass TD to Chubb for Rocking Dog!

Get it done, #ThePauls!

Mr. Ayo

I think he’s not rocking now.

Horatio Cornblower

Yeah, I think Chubb got hit right in the hands and dropped it on a pass on that last drive. Unless it was different Browns RB. it’s hard to tell which one of them is fucking up, since they all do it so frequently.

Mr. Ayo

He wasn’t in that last drive. But the one before Mayfield threw one at Chubb’s feet that would have done it.

JimU

They scored too fast! You can’t leave Baker Mayfield 51 seconds with no timeouts to score two touchdowns!

The Maestro

God, this fucking asshole. Harley-Davidson should’ve finished the job.

Horatio Cornblower

Harris made up nearly 30 points today, meaning that I would have won with a couple of different, if definitely questionable roster adjustments.

Hello, my name is Brocky, and I hate fantasy football.

Horatio Cornblower

(In fairness, if my opponent had made some adjustments of his own I would have suffered a horrendous ass whipping)

Senor Weaselo

3 gigs in 2 days means I can finally get out of the worst kind of pants, suit pants. Sweet legged freedom!

Horatio Cornblower

I’d cry too if I was walking away from a career that allowed me to avoid pretty much any consequences for my actions, so I get where Ben’s coming from.

Last edited 2 years ago by Horatio Cornblower
JimU

Onside kick time!

Horatio Cornblower

Yes, Ben’s right back into this game the same way I’m back in the championship as soon as Harris rips off a quick 21 points.

Which, for the record, Yahoo is giving a 1% chance of happening.

BugEyedBoo

There went half of it.

Horatio Cornblower

Tomorrow morning Yahoo will downgrade my chances to .05%.

Mr. Ayo

Let’s get a Chubdown for our ROCKIN dog.

JimU

Three plays for-17 yards. The Browns are back!

JimU

-21 with that delay of game penalty!

Mr. Ayo

#ThePauls are Pauling all over themselves.

Sharkbait

3rd and 31? NFL BLITZ!

Game Time Decision

4th and 27, lets go

Horatio Cornblower

I just flipped the game on, because I don’t care about either team and I’m bitter that my team shit the bed in the championship, but also because I was sucked into ‘Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan’ , a documentary about legendary singer and fan of substance abuse Shane MacGowan.
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Holy shit. If you liked the Pogues, or if you need a reason to quit drinking/drugging, this is a must watch. I fucking love the Pogues, and MacGowan is an all-time songwriter, but Jesus Christ, I haven’t seen something age this poorly since Gollum stole that ring.

Last edited 2 years ago by Horatio Cornblower
yeah right

He looks really strange with the new teeth but God almighty he’s still alive(?)

Saw them live at the Wiltern a couple of decades back. Glorious.

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Horatio Cornblower

He’s 64, but I’m not sure “alive” is the right word.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Seeing people complain that Elizabeth Holmes isn’t going to be punished severely enough is like me complaining that the RaiDUIers only won by three points intead of thirty. It’s like…would you have rather lost?

BugEyedBoo

I dunno. Fake it til you make it should have repercussions when what you’re faking is medical testing equipment.

Horatio Cornblower

It’s not like a) they were going to shoot her, or b) the vast majority of people she ripped off didn’t have it coming. Frankly, taking $100 million from the Amway people is grounds for good behavior from the jump.

Senor Weaselo

We went and talked to resident expert The Maestro, but he started talking about how the verdict is a sandwich.

Mr. Ayo

Kicker hurts himself punting. #ThePauls!

yeah right

This is like watching 2 drunken 10 year olds play madden for the first time.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Go on…” – Michael Jackson

The Maestro

Evening, degenerates. Has THE BEN’s shrivelled gray dick fallen off yet?

Mr. Ayo

Just his arm apparently.

rockingdog

Now it’s 3 points
I think I’m gonna be sick
🤢

Last edited 2 years ago by rockingdog