Your Monday Night NFL Football Open Thread

This wacky season continues unabated. Double doinks, questionable decisions made by coaching and medical staffs, ex-players showing their wares during swim time-this season has it all and there’s certainly more to come!

Fallout:

-Your guy Javonte Williams is done. Were you sneaky enough to get his (Gordon) handcuff? [raises hand] I sure hope his work split with Mike Boone comes in around 70-30 but who the hell knows with Nate Hackett?

-Cordarrelle had a knee thingy done first thing Monday and was put on IR. I believe that puts him out for 4 weeks minimum so I’m thinking it was a scope maybe? The team is being hush-hush on that front. Kudos to you if you took a flyer on rook Tyler Allgeier-he’s been averaging 5.9 yards per touch. Beware of a certain Caleb Huntley though. He was signed off the practice squad and split carries with Tyler.

-It was super unlikely at the start of the season but Detroit has to be that team that you don’t cheer for but that you want to see play because you know you’ll see fireworks. They’ve scored the most points in the league so far-their 141 outpaces the Chiefs (129) by a significant margin. So step up and take a bow, guy I’ve never heard of before, (Ben Johnson) you’ll no doubt be mentioned as a hot commodity once the year-end firings are announced.

-Why are the Broncos, (-0.29) Bengals (-0.29) and Bucs (-0.33) struggling? Are “B” teams cursed? No, that number beside their names are their respective Expected Points Added per run play. They can’t run so they can’t set up play action so the O is struggling.

To The Game!

Rams/Niners:

-LA has lost 6 straight regular season tilts to their NFC West opponents.

-Them Rams running game is struggling (so is Akers) to the tune of 72.3 yards a game. Yes, this is a passing league but some semblance of balance is necessary in order to score points.

-Keep An Eye Out: He’s not gonna set the world on fire but Ben Skowroneck-a wr at 6’3″, 220 pounds-played fullback in certain situations last week and told media more plays have been put in this week. Highlights show him leaking out of the backfield uncovered a few times-should be interesting to watch.

-Cupp has not done well vs the Niners, averaging a mere 4.7 catches and 51 yards during the regular season.

-Goff’s 2nd favorite pass catcher this year? It’s Tyler Higbee-he has one less target than Robinson and Skowronek combined.

Enjoy the tilt.