It’s not just you experiencing deja vu and drinking a tasty Bloody Mary. (hopefully) It seems to me that very recently we were dragging our buttocks out of our comfy beds and plopping down in front of our tv’s to watch breakfast football. Weird.
To The Game!
Packers/Giants:
-The Giants passed for all of 82 yards last week- (vs. the frickin’ Bears, of all teams!) their air game is uglier than The Big Book of British Smiles, for sure.
-And really, what would your team do with a wr corps of David Sills, Richie James, Darius Slayton and practice squad callup Marcus Johnson?
-The good news is that Saquon leads the league in rushing and the Packers, despite giving up only 69 (shutup!) points to date, let the Pats run for 167 yards and gave up 122 to Montgomery. Gotta love it when the opposing team’s glaring weakness is right in your wheelhouse.
-That said, both these teams are 3-1 but it doesn’t seem as though they are alike at all.
-Good News Everyone! The Giants (2-0) are undefeated in London.
-Though the Giants D has done well exerting pressure, they’ve yet to get their hands on an interception.
-Is Lazard efficient/effective? Well, of his 12 catches this year, 11 have resulted in first downs or touchdowns. A marked contrast to the dropped balls that have been a feature of Doubs (though he has caught a TD in back-to-back tilts) and Watkins’ games.
-Perhaps that is why Qaron has been rattled lately. He threw all of 4 interceptions last year but has 3 in 4 games so far in 2022. I hope he has many, many more.
Footy and football on at the same time? Sign me up!
The Hippo tie premonition still very much in play.
Packers have to be worried about leaving Daniel Jones too much time BAHAHAHAHAHAA
I just can’t.
yeah, my parley is toast already. Way to start a Sunday
That little twerp Charles Darwin Nuñez is back at it again. Go back to your books! The world is built on working people, not academics!
We, sir, shall never abandon the well-established precepts of phrenology!
Giants up seven. This is a #feverdream, right?
Jesus, I made it past noon before playing Footy Manager. I is skeered too
goddamnit, no MOAR cheating on London
If the Giants win, Daniel Jones replaces Liz Truss as Prime Minister. I don’t make the rules.
no take backsies
He can’t be any worse.
moment thought they were going to kiss cam and switched the channel
Holy Shit that Rodgers clone is a warning from the Royal Lizard Family to leave the UK,posthaste
“Jesus has drifted out wide”
Don’t worry, he’ll be back where he’s supposed to in three plays.
They should re-do Mac Bangs Dennis’ Mom, but with AB and Giselle.
You know he’s DM’d her.
Grrrrrllll, if u ever need 2 talk
Werewolf by Night had no reason to be as entertaining as it was. Highly recommend it
Wait, there are two spellings of the word “flawed”? Is this one of those British “let’s stick a ‘u’ in there for the hell of it” things?
I both fear and reject this asshattery, like failure to use the Oxford comma.
Wow, nice drive for Los Gigantes!
Dammit, i have Atlas Shrugged Supports -8. What was thinking? Europeans like their cheese soft.
THE DRAW IS BACK IN PLAY. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
should be mandatory penalty kicks in London
Morning
Sir.
Daboll just might be a genius. He keeps these chucklefucks hanging around.
Ramsdale seems to have groined himself. Might be seeing an American at some point.
Holy fuck the movement on that goal.
I haven’t seen an attack like that since Lord Rhodes learned there were diamond mines 100 yards down the road.
Outstanding (and accurate) comment, my good man!
Thank you your Lordship.
PLEASE EMERGE TRIUMPHANT, King’s Afrikan Water Pistols
That’ll do, American football. That’ll do.
Now let’s crush those Koppites!
Oh that’s sweet-the NFL doing a little VAR action.
These warm-up jerseys are certainly….something.
https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1579127407323537408/photo/1
https://twitter.com/AB84/status/1579057351336034306
Am I starting to…LOVE Antonio Brown??
Antonio Brown, troll genius. He learned from the master!
I’m here for the 2nd half. Like everything I do in my professional life I’m half-assing this game.
I am issuing an executive order permitting Clubhouse Gooners to switch channels at 11:30
Solid planning, that.
Hippo MAY do the same, but it will still be considered shameful behavioUr and cheating
Your justified hatred of Liverpool, and the non-competitiveness of the NFL tilt, compels you.
I know we have mixed views of PFT around here but this is perfect
https://twitter.com/PFTCommenter/status/1579117120318689282?t=k26rfNPvKKr9DRXlowOfqg&s=19
Do you think the English enjoy American football because having colonials battle for their amusement reminds them of the glory days of empire?
They like any sport where they can drink too much beer and yell rude things.
Guess that explains how they can/do watch darts, FFS
One huuuuundred and eightyyyyyyyyyy
Maybe because it’s next level Rugby… techno Rugby.
I’ve played the Brits at rugby, 2 Para no less. Their feedback to us… “they don’t know a thing about the game… but they are bruts”
When I left to walk the doggo, it was 10-3. At least they’re getting an entertaining game, even if they have to watch Quaaron.
Oh boy, not looking forward to getting up early to watch that game in Mexico City!
[lightly chuckles to self]
A touch of the downs for the Giants! Manservant — prepare me some breakfast at once!
How is it possible for an entire country to like blood pudding?
They are all vampires who have mostly sworn off human blood. They replace it with black sausage and overly sweet baked beans.
Because it’s delicious?
No, that’s not the reason.
Imaginative play-calling by the Giants? I, I, feel flush. I think I might faint.
One presumes HC Daboll and DC Martindale always have to sit on separate sides of the team plane.
Things Hippo would really like to see – one of next season’s London games, broadcast by an ACTUAL British crew, with Rebecc-ur Lowe and the Two Robbies offering halftime commentary.
I like it when they have the guy who explains all the American rules for a foreign audience
Oh! Have AFL players commentate and spend the whole time calling the English delicate pantywaists!
When we were stationed in Scotland, they had Mick Luckhurst, English guy who punted in the NFL, and some other chap who had no freaking clue what was happening on the ” pitch.” It was hilarious!
Does scotchy have an erection from that Saquon run? Is it his or someone else’s?
#TwoThings
“The more erections the merrier!” is something I’ve never typed before.
I was thinking rigor mortis and member dismemberment
But you’re always thinking that!
In England, German car drives on you!
My word, both of these squadrons look like they spent too much time at the pub before this match. An inebriated Lawrence Taylor could run a more efficient offensive drive!
Not without his cocaine
Did somebody say “efficient drive”?
(do we have a kharacter who is interested in science fiction? seems a little too adult for Eli)
Whichever of your raiders was playing D&D?
Oh! Hunter Renfrow, of course!
THIS GUY RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY I CALL HIM HERSCHEL WALKER CAUSE HE HAS OVERLOOKED ONE OF HIS OWN CREATIONS.
I would enjoy a Very Special Episode about him sulking during concussion recovery, b/c had to let someone else dungeon master.
With her count me in.
I’m here. I had 3 cats and a dog up in my sleeping face saying” Gumbygirl, you’re late for the mandatory London game. And since you’re up, feed us!”
If the cats are Bears fans, they will be disappointed
I don’t think cats have the emotional capability to be fans of anything.
Murder. They are big fans of murder.
The last open question answered, no clean sheet for GB
This game is worse than expected.
You clearly set your expectations far too high
Inshallah, Dok. Inshallah.
Fear not, regal hippopotamus colleague, for the King’s African Water Pistols shall save you from boredom in an hour or so!
Huzzah, good man! What a service y’all are doing for Christendom.
Like the Muta Scale measures blood shed in pro wrestling matches, I move we should create a scale to measure bad NFL games. If adopted, we can decide on the name in Committee.
Do you think the refs will favor Green Bay since GB also stands for Great Britain? I think that makes Los Gigantes Irish or something
DC Wink Martindale has the ruddy face of a drunken potato-eater, fo sho
Actually their helmets are just a G. So, they could think they’re the Germans and throw flags on the Packers.
My people (Wisconsinites) infiltrate everywhere. Well we sorta wander in as opposed to “infiltrate”.
My people (Ohioans) is the opposite. With our manners, if we’re ever invaded, we’ll probably cook the invaders a well-prepared meal, serve them home brewed beer and just spend the night talking over a firepit or a bonfire.
Прощай! Мы должны сделать это снова в ближайшее время! Так зачем мы снова поехали в Огайо? Дерьмо! Они сделали это снова!
They might think it stands for “Go Broke” in which case it would remind them of what the Tory government is doing to the country.
(running down the secret wooden path to the clubhouse)
“I’m late! I’m late! Whose playing?!”
(checks phone; sees its Giants and Qaron)
“Eh, I’m already late. I’ll just sneak in for the Early Games.”
(stops, falls back asleep under tree)
I’m awake, but I’m not happy about it.
Have you played today’s wordle? It’s an annoying one if you want to be even less happy!
I stopped playing after they put up advertisements, but have given it a try. That *was* annoying.
(took me 5)
Ah good call. I subscribe to NYT games for the crosswords so didn’t realize they had ads
You’d think the sound of the vacuum going wouldn’t bother you by now.
She actually was making a bunch of noise upstairs cleaning something.
Boring fact: I am one of 3 teams in Vodka league that don’t have anyone in either this game or the Thursday game
I will be in London in 20 hours or so, looks like nice weather for there, although still packing a hoodie with rain resist
Wish I had the balls to pick up Bailey Zappe and play him vs the Lions-he’ll likely have a 4TD/3INT day.
The danger is Grumblelord only calling 5-7 pass plays.
Local sports radio has the Pats just running the crap out of the ball all day.
So you’re probably right about Zappe going for 4 TDs and 300+
Welcome to the Mandatorium!
In the old days I would have made an Aaron Rodgers joke here.
My team in my (almost) time zone. Cool. How can we (internationally) dick this up? Let us see.
As always, we want a Draw.
Hippo, present.
I guess I’m rolling with Geno again over Fatt Matt in Freezer Vodka. Heinous Fuckery, indeed.
TOTES, man. Ride that wave. I got 8.9 from Charmslinger (money league), and I STILL wouldn’t risk that for Fatthew (if I had a do-over).
Matty Ice managed like 5.5, also on me bench.