Your Mexican-Centric Monday Night NFL Football Open Thread

Hey, welcome to Mexico City! I know little to nothing about its history [Canadian high school learning, amirite?] so I’ll just wander over to Wiki for a sec… Hey, did you know that it’s called The City of Palaces but that was a white guy that said that. Apparently actual residents call it Chilangolandia which is something of a derogatory term that since been embraced. The city was founded way back in 1325, and was known as Tenochtitlan. As a larger metropolitan area the population base approaches 22 million folks! That’s a lot of taco trucks on corners, folks. There, I’m all caught up now.

Fallout:

-Wan’Dale Robinson announced his presence yesterday with 100 yards receiving and his coach announced his absence today-done for the year with an ACL. The Giants desperately needed a playmaker in the wr room so they’re now back to square one.

-Melvin Gordon, after yet another fumble, was told to pack his bags. I’m sure he’ll be a depth piece somewhere but his days of leading a backfield are done.

-Kelce had his 33rd 100 yd receiving day, knocking Gronk off the top of the list.

-Beware Don T’s Titans everyone-they’ve won 7 of their last 8 and have only allowed one team to score more than 17 over the last seven games. They’ll be a tough out in the playoffs.

-40-3: That was the Cowboys biggest road win and Minny’s 2nd-worst home loss. How they came out that flat for such a big game is beyond me.

To The Game!

Niners/Cards:

-Kyler is out again so The Colt McCoy Show it is (again). He beat the Rams with his spaghetti arm last week but everyone does these days.

-Looks like a win here would put San Fran on their merry way to owning the division this year. They seem well-poised to do so.

-They spent a week up in Colorado in order to mimic the high altitude conditions they’ll experience during the game. The thought of the Cards perhaps doing the same in Mexico City didn’t occur to anyone or was quickly quashed by a certain tight-fisted owner.

-Let’s Go Brandon: Aiyuk’s best buddy is CMC-since his arrival he’s racked up 19 catches for 247 yards.

-The Other Side of the Coin-Deebo has seen his target share halved from 24% to 12% since CMC came on board. I imagine that will be somewhat corrected at some point but he can’t be happy at the moment.

Do your thing.