The Sloth Continues-Your Second Slate of Games Open Thread

We’ve got a delightful 9/4 split of tilts which is the way it sorta should be in my opinion. Obviously bye weeks make this impossible but I want choices in the later window, damnit!

To The Games!

Niners/Raiders:

This should be an object lesson in what good coaching vs unreliable/inconsistent coaching looks like. Baby Shanny somehow cobbles together a dominant defense and a competent, boring offense every year despite numerous injuries. This year is no different. I wonder what Davante Adams is thinking right now.

Jets/Seahawks:

What to do, what to do. The Mother Lover just can’t seem to read coverages at the NFL level and that’s a super serious flaw. I assume he’s put in the time-there’s not been a mention otherwise that I’ve come across. I don’t think White is the long term answer, I just see him as a stop gap kinda fella. Maybe acquiring that ex-Raiders qb is the answer. He’s very conservative and risk-adjacent in his throws which is something that I think Saleh would like. Hmmm…

Vikes/Packers:

For the sake of my cheering sensibilities I’d like Minny to continue their fraudulent ways. Has a team ever relied on a wide receiver as much as the Vikings have during this run? When I think of dominant wr’s like Rice and Moss and Harrison I see them in a well-balanced offense with significant talent on the other side of the field (Taylor, Carter and Wayne) so that defenses couldn’t focus all their resources on the #1. Theilen isn’t that guy.

Rams/Chargers:

The Chargers just don’t seem like a playoff team to me given how bad their defense is. They should draft nothing but o-line and d-line guys next (this) year. Both Allen and Williams are getting up there and I don’t see Guyton and Palmer as viable replacements.

Do as thou wilt.