Your Third NFL Football Open Thread

Only the three games for the second half of the afternoon. Let’s dig in.

Colts/Raiders:

This game? Well I guess somebody has to play somebody else. Irsay and Davis’ teams are both circling the drain but they’re both of them making millions while doing so. Kinda funny that Saturday will likely be a coach longer than McDaniel. I’m thinking the latter gets shitcanned at the end of this year and Saturday gets the boot at the end of next year when a legit search is actually conducted.

Cowboys/Packers:

A few games into the season this would have been seen as a potential preview of the NFC Championship Game but things have gone very, very south for Green Bay and there’s no indication that things are getting better. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. It’s been 14 years since the Packers have lost four straight games. Will they roll out the cheese carpet for Mike McCarthy though?

Cards/Rams:

Circumstances are fuzzy regarding when Stafford got his concussion but my sources tell me he got up too fast from his 11th plate at the Old Country Buffet in Bakersfield. With all that blood rushing from his head to his belly he lost his balance and cracked his skull on the edge of the table and then hit the floor hard. As he lost consciousness he whispered, “Pumpkin pie, put a slice of pumpkin pie in your purse” into the ear of his wingnut wife. She blames her husband’s current status on a Globalist Cabal of Rogue Jews because of course she does.

Enjoy.

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ThePirateSloth

I mean, fuck Rodgers, but good for Green Bay.

Doktor Zymm

This is such a weird feeling, actually kind of wanting the cows to not lose

Doktor Zymm

Still okay with them losing though!

Recovery Whiskey

McCarthy like loss at Lambeau

Spur

Dak had too many mistakes and Run D continues to be an issue

Horatio Cornblower

The non-call for PI was brutal.

That said, dead on about the run D, and Mike McCarthy’s decision-making is simply terrible. Certainly not a surprise though.

Redshirt

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King Hippo

UGH, the “hurr durr, the GOATs is BACK” narrative this week.

Spur

that’s game

Recovery Whiskey

Some heroic fail by Dak. Followed by some ridiculous demonstration of fauxrage by McCarthy

Horatio Cornblower

Dallas may as well walk off the field at this point.

Spur

Still ok with Dallas going for it but fuck, just run Dak

Redshirt

That was the perfect opportunity for a Quick Kick by Prescott.

King Hippo

Yes, Mike. It’s the HEADSET’s fault

ThePirateSloth

Woooooooow

Spur

Jesus Christ, just run Dak

King Hippo

Boy howdy, we REALLY SEEN SOME SHIT today

Horatio Cornblower

That is blatant pass interference.

Horatio Cornblower

Just the dumbest and most undisciplined team imaginable.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[laughs in Raiderese]

Horatio Cornblower

Tolbert so far off-sides we might have well been playing ‘Where’s Waldo’ trying to find him in the stadium.

King Hippo

A PROFESSIONAL WR LINED UP OFFSIDE

Mr. Ayo

*Rookie Professional WR

King Hippo

But I can’t recall the last time I even saw that at the JV level??

King Hippo

where were these plays in Q4?

Doktor Zymm

OT? Guess I’ll be waiting an extra 15 minutes for the shuttle

Doktor Zymm

Shuttle got here and the driver IS wearing a Cowboys jacket, lol

Recovery Whiskey

Lol yup thats Dallas

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Recovery Whiskey

As a Redacteds fan you may also be on a watchlist at DFW. Non zero chance.

Doktor Zymm

Only if they haven’t updated the list in a while, I will reconsider returning to fandom if/when the team is sold

King Hippo

that famous Non-Gendered discipline, yo

Beerguyrob

How do you get a penalty on a touchback?!

Spur

Where there’s a flag, there’s a Cowboy.

Horatio Cornblower

It helps if Mike McCarthy is your coach and there are no consequences for anything.

Spur

Extra Liquor time!

Beerguyrob

Yessir!

Horatio Cornblower

The way this last quarter worked out I’m just happy Dallas won the win toss and remembered to take the ball.

Mr. Ayo

Win toss actually works.

Horatio Cornblower

Mike McCarthy is clearly affecting me adversely.

Horatio Cornblower

Those last two plays are the dumbest things I have ever seen on a football field.

Spur

Did you see last years playoff game?

Redshirt

“I’d like a minute or two for rebuttal to that comment.” – Bengals fans

Horatio Cornblower

You both raise fair points, but I think these were dumber because there was no point in even running them. There was no way either would result in a score, there was no time left to attempt a FG if one went long enough, so just kneel on it. Why even try them?

Spur

Run it out

King Hippo

Nobody here seems to understand how time works.

Horatio Cornblower

This is “me having quantum physics explained to him by Stephen Hawking” level of confusion.

Spur
Horatio Cornblower

What game are these announcers watching? Turpin didn’t have a mental gaffe at all; the ball bounced in the end zone, the ref failed to whistle it dead, Turpin reacted as he should have and grabbed it until the ref corrected his error.

Horatio Cornblower

They’ve been away off all game too, otherwise I wouldn’t care.

Redshirt

Green Bay has so much confidence in Aaron Rodgers they ran the ball twice in a tie game with under a minute left.

King Hippo

Curiouser and curiouser

Horatio Cornblower

Dallas cannot tackle running backs.

This does not seem ideal.

Doktor Zymm

Seems to be a common problem this year

Spur

and Dak just gave the ball back to Rodgers

Horatio Cornblower

The line gives you that much time and you elect to throw that pass?

Horatio Cornblower

McCarthy is going to run it twice, looking to bleed clock, then leave Dak with a long 3rd down and an obvious passing situation, followed by the O-line giving Dak 1.2 seconds to throw the ball.

Rodgers gets the ball back with 58 seconds left.

Unravel the narrative as you have been taught.

Spur

yeah, i’ve seen this game before

Horatio Cornblower

Or do something even dumber, I guess

Beerguyrob

But I’m having a good time.

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Doktor Zymm

Plane landed an hour early, through customs and immigration in 2 minutes, still waiting for the hotel shuttle and will probably be here till the night game starts

Doktor Zymm

Also still waiting for the front desk to get back to me re: shuttle arrival times

Recovery Whiskey

Driver’s still watching the Cowboys game

Beerguyrob

Further update – still tied; still cold.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I made a commitment to watch the Raiders if they are on broadcast TV this season, but I think I’m releasing myself from it the way Raiders tight ends apparently release balls they are in the process of catching while on the goal line (I did not see the highlight, fortunately).

Col. Duke LaCross

The defender made a hell of a play.

Brick Meathook

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Horatio Cornblower

And here come the outstanding late-game decisions we’ve come to expect from a team coached by the disciplined Mike McCarthy.

Spur

Wilson got burned. Dallas needs to clock killing drive here

Horatio Cornblower

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH….

Oh, you were serious.