Your Slightly Unnecessary Chiefs/Broncos Open Thread

Are you playing league fantasy today in week 19? Why? Unless it’s a total points thingy, that would sorta make sense.

Wee Tidbits:

-Could he play? The answer is ‘no’, regarding Derrick Henry. But Qaaron Rodgers is planning to-I guess he wants to make it as difficult as possible for the Hub Arkush crew to vote no on the MVP vote.

-The Seats Are Under The Bus: AB was on the revered Full Send podcast and questioned Brady’s friendship. That would be the guy that advocated for him to join the Bucs after he was kicked off a few other teams. As a rejoinder to Brown’s ‘he needs me’ comment, I would just list every wr that Brady has ever played with.

-Joe Judge Has Pull? Apparently a pratfall of clowns/fans will be attending the Jags game this Sunday, the object of their ire being Shad Kahn. Parking shouldn’t be an issue.

To The Game!

Chiefs/Broncos:

-I’m guessing the Chiefs will play their starters until/if they get far enough out in front, just in case the Titans somehow lose to Houston on Sunday.

-The K.C. D has been by turns a shutdown unit and a generous group. They’ve given up 34 to Burrow and 28 to Herbert but have also held 4 opponents to 10 or less points in the last 6 weeks.

-Does this ever feel familiar to me-the Denver O just can’t score. They’ve put up 13 or less in 4 of their last 5 and this will also be the fifth straight year of sub .500 ball (in serious voice) for this once-proud franchise.

-New Qb Time! Obviously both Lock and Teddy B are not the fellas that are needed to exploit the extraordinary talent the Broncos have assembled at the wide receiver and tight end spots. (and now Javonte as well!) You didn’t ask but it’s best to go the free agent route rather than develop another guy and hope for the best.

Hack away!

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Don T

That was a three-pill 8-point swing

King Hippo

crush crush snort snort certainly crossed into my mind

King Hippo

goddamn it Melvin

Mr. Ayo

Sudden DONK!

King Hippo

we are who we THOUGHT we were

Col. Duke LaCross

SUDDEN CHANGE!

hippofant

I’m sure I misheard, but I choose to believe that last Broncos audible call was Steelix Steelix

The Maestro

Just tuning into this game now… the fuck is going on here?

Dunstan

It’s Big Pot O’ Chili Day here at Stately Dunstan Manor!

WCS

Artist’s rendition of Dunstan’s chili being served:
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Dunstan

Accurate.

litre_cola

Hobo?

Dunstan

Boneless beef short ribs and chuck roast.

I don’t cook chili the same way twice, but these days I loosely follow a recipe from Serious Eats.

Brown the beef in Dutch oven and remove. Saute a fuckload of chopped onion. Add some diced fresh chili and grated garlic. Toss in some dried oregano. Add some homemade chili paste that was in my freezer from my last batch. Supplement it with various chili powders and blends from the cabinet (piri piri, aleppo, Carolina reaper, smoked paprika). Add some chicken stock.

That’s where I am right now. Chopping up the beef before I took this break. Then I’m going to add my various umami booster (anchovies, marmite, soy) to the pot along with the beef, then it goes in the oven for a while.

Got some pinto and kidney beans that have been soaking for a few hours. They’ll go in the pressure cooker while the other stuff is in the oven. Then they get combined along with a can of crushed tomatoes and probably some other stuff. At some point I’ll probably add some leftover coffee and half a beer. (No prizes for guessing what happens to the other half.) They’ll finish up on the stovetop for an hour or three.

I’m probably leaving out some stuff. And no doubt I’ll change it as things go along. But that’s the general outline.

Col. Duke LaCross

Calling this game has to be absolutely killing Herbstreit, knowing that since even the punters are making more money than he is, he’s still forced to call a game featuring players that obviously don’t love the game.

Horatio Cornblower

He got absolutely killed for that, to the point that ESPN made him walk it back later the same day. It was glorious.

He’s such an asshole.

King Hippo

I am very pleased with today’s defensive gameplan

King Hippo

/also pleased that I cashed out my ML bet at the last commercial break

rockingdog

Broncos DEF is Rocking!
So far at least…

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

How in God’s name was Denver actually competitive in this game, let alone leading it?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh. I see.

WCS

Hippo bet against them; Satan said, “Oh, yeah? Watch this!”

King Hippo

ah well, at least there was one good half this week!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Neither team looks remotely interested in being there.

King Hippo

sadly, this is just the best we can really do

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My dog turned 10 yesterday. Everyone wish her a happy birthday!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Don T

Ruf RUFF Mon… Tel

WCS

Congrats on 70 doggie laps around Sol.

Doktor Zymm

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Gumbygirl

Happy Birthday pupper! Here’s a cat looking foolish for you

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rockingdog

That’s Rocking!

Gumbygirl

Happy Happy Hippo!

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Doktor Zymm

I think I’m going to rewatch Beerfest. I’m always reminded of it when I think about state-based memory and I think it’s a good mental fit for the start of 2022.

Doktor Zymm

I did some chores to avoid turning on the Arizona/Cows game, but the appeal of sitting down has won out, even if this game is as pointless a demonstration of meh as I expect. I might also do a crossword puzzle.

Horatio Cornblower

As the cliche goes, that’s why they don’t use them as WRs.

rockingdog

Found a funny;

[pulled over]
Dog Cop: you ran a gray light
Dog Driver: but it was still gray when i went through the intersection
Dog Cop: no it was gray

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Horatio Cornblower

Bleergh has reared his jaundiced head.

King Hippo

Would I take 17-14 at the half? Sure would, Other Hippo!

litre_cola

Uh things are starting out real smooth in the Cecil Rhodes Euros.

https://twitter.com/SurMerco/status/1479940497506549766?s=20

Horatio Cornblower

Jesus, what did Cameroon do if none of those other actions qualified as an embarrassment?

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ballsofsteelandfury

THIS

rockingdog

Drew Lock with the big TD run
Looks like he’s having fun
That’s Rocking!!!

litre_cola

Hippo haz hope?

King Hippo

ish?

/this is still a vast improvement

King Hippo

Woke us up, thanks for that free 4th down conversion, soon-to-be-fired special teams coach!

rockingdog

NFL on Saturday night.
That’s Rocking!!!

King Hippo

Eric Bienemy might be fatter than Andy now. Imagine being between those two on a plane…

litre_cola

Is Spags still there? He is tiny.

King Hippo

he IS and poor bastard (if that is the seating chart)

Redshirt
King Hippo

Yes, Hippo Reacted Reasonably

King Hippo

Hippo misses the 1980s ACC, and also finds the current hillbilly league to be BS

WCS

Guess who finally figured out his DFO password on the new phone?

I’M MOBILE BITCHES

Horatio Cornblower

Careful, Your Majesty, going mobile didn’t end well for Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

WCS

I should consult Cecil for advice…

King Hippo

When do you get your Royal Popemobile?

Fronkenshteen

In life, he was an advocate for peace. In death, he became the reason for war. Always seemed like a cool guy to me, as far as royalty goes. Pissed off his family by marrying outside the royal bloodline to be with the love of his life. Could have used a better chief of staff, though. And DEFINITELY could have used a better goddamn driver. 20 million dead. Smh.

Redshirt

“Someone from Bosnia killed someone from Austria-Hungary? Blame the Germans!” – France

Doktor Zymm

I’ve actually walked around the area he was shot. I agree he seemed like a decent dude, and apparently a bit of a chubby chaser as well. Apparently Gavrilo Princip was straight up lost and thought he had missed the whole thing when he wandered out of a bar straight into the Archduke and just went for it. He’s also not the only total fuckup to manage a high-level assassination, apparently Czolgosz was a total neckbeard, wannabe anarchist and Emma Goldman talked shit about him.

Don T

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rockingdog

That’s Rockingggg

Horatio Cornblower

Darrelle Revis’s mock draft. posted chiefly for Scotchy. I don’t hate it if I’m a Giants fan.

https://twitter.com/Revis24/status/1479926429710180360/photo/1

Mr. Ayo

Just need a couple of hog mollies.

King Hippo

Has anyone but Gettleman (or someone referencing him) ever USED it?

litre_cola
litre_cola

Since Elway (corpse of Manning excluded) the qbing foar the Donks has been…. very bad.

Keenum got a full season in 2018?!? I do NOT remember that.

WCS

“I do.”

— Trent Green, mowing his living room carpet

Horatio Cornblower

“neither do me!”

-Trent Green

Redshirt

(JR voice)

“Good God, King! That’s the Practice Squad’s music!”

https://twitter.com/Bengals/status/1479860901691990023

Horatio Cornblower

Instead of glass breaking it’s the sounds of someone tripping over their own dick and falling down a flight of stairs.

Redshirt

I imagine its like Doink the Clown’s Heel Music. Its starts out hilarious, but then you realize the Practice Squad is wearing your team’s jerseys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhRnWMBcNQQ

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King Hippo

LAY OUT FOAR IT, Judge Jeudy!

King Hippo

OK, I get it with LA, but now Kansas City has a Gay too??

King Hippo

I am feeling it. D-O-N-K-S!!!

Horatio Cornblower

Oh shit, I never went to work!

Redshirt

2022 took away weekends?! Son of a bitch!!!

Gumbygirl

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Redshirt

…and so begins NFL Week 18 for the first time ever. Again.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1993/week_18.htm

Dunstan

It’s even weirder than that.

Novak is claiming, according to the documents his lawyers filed, that he tested positive for COVID on December 16, 2021. That would supposedly make him eligible for the “positive but recovered within the last six months” exemption that Tennis Australia was apparently issuing. Of course, the feds had already told TA that Australian immigration law wouldn’t recognize such an exemption, but let’s put that aside for the moment.

The timing of this positive test (and his sudden recovery) is awfully suspicious. Then there’s the fact that there are photographs of him participating, maskless, at indoor public events right after this alleged test result, and other examples of him violating Serbia’s quarantine rules for positive tests.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/08/novak-djokovic-relied-on-december-covid-infection-for-vaccine-exemption-court-documents-reveal

litre_cola

Are you saying Eastern Europeans are shady?

Dunstan

He’s not the GOAT, he’s a very naughty boy!

Dunstan

Oh, it’s gotten even dodgier. Ben Rothenberg, a tennis journalist, noted that the deadline for Tennis Australia’s exemption process was December 10. So before Novak conveniently “tested positive” on 12/16, what had he submitted to TA? What was his plan? Was he going to skip the AO, and then, gosh, how fortunate, he got COVID and promptly recovered, and was granted a belated exemption? Or had he submitted some other excuse (“Joe Rogan told me the vaccines have gluten in them!”) that was rejected, and then he re-applied with his new excuse?

I bet the French and UK authorities will be looking at his future travel documents with great interest.

Don T

Typical Western stereotyping. Serbia’s mass grave records are impeccable.

Redshirt

According to Aaron Rodgers, all of you are bums for questioning that poor innocent man.

Dunstan

And that’s why I will be voting for Rodgers for MVP.

Most Virulent Prick.

Horatio Cornblower

It will make you feel better to know that UConn lost in OT to Seton Hall.

borisnow

That’s Mitch Trubisky’s music!!!

Horatio Cornblower

Yakity Sax?

litre_cola

Humps by Black eyed peas.

Horatio Cornblower

So this “fortune favors the brave” quote that Matt Damon uses to sell us all on how great crypto is was supposedly said by Pliny the Elder, as he was on his way to Pompeii to see what was going on.

It ended for Pliny about as well as I suspect it’s going to end for anyone getting into crypto.

King Hippo

Great Fashion Hustle again from Ms. Kolber. She is very clearly a winter.

King Hippo

Teddy Ballgame on IR, will nae play. Such a class act, though. He expressed a great deal of emotion about how he enjoyed being part of our team and city.

Hope he retires and goes into coaching. I’d put him on staff immediately.

Redshirt

I would hire him as a player-coach. He’s still good enough to be a backup.

Horatio Cornblower

Or start for the Giants.

King Hippo

I shall visualize the secondary as hobos, and carve them to pieces!

Gumbygirl

He’s too good for that.

Redshirt

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