Welcome to the first of several important tilts over the next three days! Many call this the wildcard-iest of all the weekends on the calendar and I can’t disagree. Let’s pretend to break this one down, shall we?
To The Game!
Raiders/Bengals:
-Both squadoos are 10-7 but they’re of different qualities methinks. But imagine how much better Vegas’ record would be if they were still led by a bigoted shithead!
-Shall we count all the factors against the Raiders? Well, it’s a short week for them, they played an emotionally/physically draining overtime game, they’re traveling across three time zones and are playing a cold weather game.
-It’s not a large sample but Derek Carr is the complete opposite of undefeated in all five tilts he’s played where the weather was below 37 degrees.
-Give Coach Bisaccia (rhymes with focaccia) credit-he’s maximized what talent there is on the team, winning the last four games of the season by 4 points or less.
-Burrow (tosser of almost 1,000 yards with an 11.4(!) YPA in his last two games) thinks he’s all the way back from his knee injury, indicating that he’s finally able to evade defender’s pass rush in a way that he couldn’t earlier in the year. This might just come in handy given that Maxx Crosby is facing off against Riley Rief’s backup.
-Gotta Run: Jacobs has rounded into form at just the right time-running for 129 and 132 in two of the last three weeks. He should be the key because Cincy defends outside wr’s well if Carr has to throw if Vegas falls behind. A guy like Renfrow just won’t cut it.
Let’s do this!
Well, that was a game!
Congrats, @Redshirt!
CINCINCEPTION
Yeah Redshirt
..
Congrats to Redshirt!!!!
Yes
Uf. I could hear the unclenching from here.
Zac Taylor looked like he was shitting out a broken beer bottle there, didn’t he?
NC STATE’S GERMAINE PRATT!!!!
Derek Carr must have been wearing the Cloak of Displacement to draw that penalty.
That’s right.
I’ll take an interception, please.
Well, there you go!
Huh, God is a moderate Republican after all
Fuck, dude, if you have a monkey’s paw you’re probably not going to see tomorrow after that.
This gsme has more nske up calls than RuPaul’s Drag Race
Wow, what a shit call.
“Ja, ist und great call!” -German referees
If you’re in a position to win and Derek Carr has the ball, you have to feel real good about your chances. Contrary to expectations, this comment is about the Bengals.
Tom Brady seems exactly like someone who would be way into cyrpto, and also like someone who would take a wind-powered boat to Pompeii to see what all that noise was about.
Way to play it safe, dipshits.
You can just hear the existential dread in that stadium.
Redshirt put down that drano can. it’s not even tied yet.
This game’s going to OT, isn’t it?
I miss the old Bengal helmets.
Prefer their more traditional head wear
oops
Please God…
Oh no, you forgot to finish you sentence.
please God? I am donating to gamblor today, I am trying to please him!
Senor: Let’s see how the Bengals Bengal this game.
Senor’s best friend: I’m gonna go out on a limb and say I believe in the Raiders’ ability to lose this game.
Senor: On one hand, yes, but on the other it’s not like they’re facing sobriety.
Will Cincy Bungle this? Let’s webcam with Redshirt to find out.
post the link Redshirt
Onside Kickeration coming up?
Christ, how far behind is my stream
Tamarind vodka is delicious.
One WKRP first down will do it.
DeSean’s the man.
Buffalo is going to burn to the ground like Chicago in 1871
https://twitter.com/sheriistired/status/1482497975880495109
Some men at work that I consulted had this to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY7S6EgSlCI&ab_channel=MenAtWorkVEVO
I’m impressed they opened the can first.
Is Portland Maine nice? I have Southwest flyer miles to go anywhere in the US. I do like odd places.
Yes, it is. If you go send me some questions. Great beer scene, decent restaurants, very arty. Right on the water, which is really cold, even in the summer.
I probably would wait until it warmed up before going there, though.
“Held by Awuzie”
Cowboys fans’ eyes twitch involuntarily
Poor Sassy Ref looks like he’s announcing his own execution with every call against the Raiders.
And in a professional sense, he is.
I like Carr. Vegas should keep him if not Saints should trade for him, NOW.
They’re asking Noo Yawk, because they have shit for brains.
IT’S ‘FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD‘, MATT, NOT THE BRAVE, AND THE GUY WHO SAID IT WAS ON HIS WAY TO POMPEII TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE DIED THERE!!!!
Humid take!
+ i
KICK!!!
Wow! They aren’t Bungling this!
That was a very tough, correct call. The downside risk is just killer. But I can see why they really WANTED to go.
Mike McCarthy would have punted.
After squandering another time-out to talk it over some more, and give the pizza delivery guy more time to get to the stadium.
I am really looking forward to the night game
https://twitter.com/tailgate_beers/status/1482438165625516033
Damn near killed ’em.
last one
BEST one, too
Reminds me how much I really, really dig intense brunettes.
“Someone say ‘dig brunettes'”?
-S. Naut, outside your door with two shovels.
Would trade Ice Giants loss to the Ice Iggles for a Pats win tonight.
NO-ONE DENIES THIS!
The game’s gonna end 6-2 and spectators will die from frostbite.
Other than that a game will be played, that’s a day that ends in ‘y’ in Buffalo.
I got +475 on Vegas at the quarter break. Worth $20 as a (hopefully) jinx hedge. WKRP win is worth 20 Ameri-quid, I guess I like Magical Pony (and my little brother, I guess) that much.
Hedge bets are for cowards.
I don’t have moneys on WKRP, I am just betting against what I want (and I do think is good value) in hopes of giving my wishes a boost.
Ain’t nobody EVAR said Hippo has any goddamned sense.
This’ll be a long 15 minutes. Bengals Defense is on fumes.
A 7-minute TD drive is nigh compulsory.
Think the refs have forgotten which way the makeup calls are supposed to go.
To be fair, I also have.
/the correct answer is YES
The Raiders OC has more grease in his hair than Olivia Newton-John back when she did that gang-bang in ’78.
Im sorry what now?
I also have questions.
She was just getting physical. It’s right there in the song!
Why doesn’t Carr underthrow the receiver and get the flag for PI? worked on Thanksgiving.
Vegas is 100% winning this game. Cincy’s gotten tight.
I doubt it. You can call holding on any offensive play, and you’re about to see that proved.
I think they’ve gotten confused as to who they are supposed to fuck, un-fuck, and/or re-fuck. Like a random number generator.
upon further review, Horatio is ALWAYS rite
Not always. I had come in after the erroneous whistle and thought the Bengals had been screwed and lost a TD. I was, of course, wr-wr-wr-wrong, and the Raiders were the ones screwed, which makes the continuing “call the Raiders for holding every other play” even more mystifying.
Why, it’s as if the NFL powers that be have a longstanding grudge against a franchise that has consistently pissed on their shoes while telling them it’s raining, then winning in Court when the NFL tries to get them to pay for new shoes.
am getting that tingle too
My tingle is mostly Ms. Hoffs’ shoulders-induced.
and/or HippoBrain crying out for #FourthPill
You mean broken.
It’s cute that the Raiders think that the officials are going to let them get close after those same officials took away a Bengals TD and are now terrified that call might matter.
Please disregard this, I am sober.
Can’t believe the NFL didn’t schedule this game for Manic Monday.
Whoa, whoa.
Bangles: Known for “Eternal Flame”
Bengals: Known for being “Eternally Lame”
Djokovic’s lawyer: there’s no evidence that Mr. Djokovic holds antivax views.
Oh, you mean other than THAT HE ISN’T FUCKING VACCINATED?
He’s got a great point but you should never go full caps.
I took a break after the erroneous whistle to go pick up pizza, and I cam back to see that “catch” overturned.
Is it safe to say this is the last play-off game this crew will be calling?