Your Very First Wild Card Playoff Game of Sunday Open Thread

Well, that was unexpected, actually expected last night. The Chargers are truly a cursed team that will squander any break they’ve been given. They need to bring Rivers in to talk to Herbert and say, “This is your life now, you need to accept that.”

To The Game!

Fins/Bills:

-Buffalo ended the season with 7 straight wins including a close W over Miami 32-29 a month ago.

-Meanwhile, the Fins limped to a 2-5 record over the same span which included an uninspiring 11-6 victory over the Jets to guarantee a postseason spot. For those reasons they’re a 13.5 dog on the sports books, the largest spread ever for a Wild Card game.

-A Trend?: James Cook was eased into the Bills game plan over the first nine weeks of the season, only averaging 4 carries and one catch over that time. Since then his workload has doubled and he ended the season out-touching Singletary for the first time. (might be because they were resting him though) He might be the safe outlet in the flat if the Fins take away the deep ball with a two high safety look.

-Poor Skylar Thompson-it’s one thing to be a rookie qb that wasn’t expected to play (may even have been drafted to be a camp arm) but it’s quite another to have to play and then be pitted against the defenses of the Pats and Jets (the only teams he’s played serious minutes against) and now the Bills. McDaniels has made it very simple for him and his 5.1 average pass completion stat reflects that.

-I’ve read out in the ether that Waddle and/or Hill may be put on punt/kickoff duty for this tilt and why not? Leveraging your speed guys/playmakers and giving them extra touches seems like good thinking to me.

Attack The Rook: The Fins have an undrafted young ‘un playing slot corner by the name of Kader Kohou. Though he’s generally played well (10 pass breakups and an INT) expect the Bills to rotate Diggs and Davis into that spot to take advantage of the 5’10” freshman.

See you down below.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Yes.” – THE NARRATOR, rubbing his hands together gleefully.

Doktor Zymm

Will we be sending Miami back to the Derp Mines? Or will Buffalo have one play to try and hit a rich seam of derP?

Brocky

Holy crap this game

Gumbygirl

Hahahaha Jeem, say nuclear again!

Dunstan

Four false start penalties, three timeouts wasted and crucial delay of game penalty. Way to let them off the hook.

Doktor Zymm

We still have more than 2 minutes for more derp, IT AIN’T OVER YET

Wakezilla

Welp, the game was closer than we thought. Alas, the Dolphins are an average team

Brocky

I figured the dolphins would put up a fight, but I didn’t count on this many lead changes

Redshirt

Does Thompson not know what the Play Clock is for?!

Dunstan

Oh, it’s inexperience. They don’t have a play clock in college, right?

The Maestro

Even Andy Reid is appalled at this clock management.

Dunstan

Ouch

Dunstan

FUCKING GODDAMNIT WATCH THE FUCKING PLAY CLOCK YOU STUPID FUCK

Wakezilla

Is this game in Canada? Both teams are politely trying to lose the game for the other team

LemonJello

Never seen so many Dolphins tripping on they dicks.

Doktor Zymm

I had no idea it was so easy to trip when you don’t even have legs!

Redshirt

He needs to survive the catch in the process of being knocked unconscious.

King Hippo

That’ll stand if challenged.

King Hippo

(this zebra crew is REALLY good, BTW)

Dunstan

Maaaybe try breaking the huddle with more than 5 seconds on the clock?

BugEyedBoo

You would have thought that “QB Dive on 2” wouldn’t have taken 30 seconds.

Wakezilla

I know it’s counter intuitive, but the Dolphins need to run the ball

Wakezilla

Not on 3rd and 10, obviously

Gumbygirl

This game is annoying me. I’m going to take a bath. Later taters

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King Hippo

THAT’S MY BELOVED CHUBB SHOWING THERE!!!

Dunstan

Jeez, at least wrap a bandanna around it.

King Hippo

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King Hippo

They holding the kickoff in the Bird Murder Dome?

Sharkbait

Yes. 4:50 pm

Dunstan

Well, that is a good way to prepare salmon

WCS

“Alien” Allen… Romo is drunk and has nicknames now.

Doktor Zymm

“Space alien, not one of them dirty illegals that clean the Jerrydome”

King Hippo

Hips Don’t Lie

Gatoraids

Andy Reid approves

King Hippo

Bills Mafia, 2-for-2 on icing their defense

Wakezilla

Has anyone seen where Sex Cannon is? Allen constantly going deep and overthrowing his receivers looks oddly familiar. . .

King Hippo

It is like Sexy Rexy, just with more…livestock practice

King Hippo

How many GMs will take a Big Twaaaalllllve QB in the 7th round next season? 10??

Brick Meathook

I haven’t really seen much of the Dolphins this year, but how did this guy become a head coach in the NFL? He went to Yale?

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Sharkbait

He looks like the kind that would go to Yale.

-R. Fitzpatrick.

King Hippo

Dat Skull & Bones card ain’t just redeemable for 1 free Democratic Presidential nomination!

Doktor Zymm

Jason Garrett made a disparaging comment about Princeton’s rivals at Yale which turned into a hire

LemonJello

“Yeah! What a nerd! Who’d trust that guy with an important job?”

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Sharkbait

Gene Steratore looks like a Dollar Store version of Tony Bennett

King Hippo

(announcers watch 3 clear replays of the shin being down)

But I think he’s still up here!

BugEyedBoo

Who you gonna believe, me or your own lying eyes.

Wakezilla

BREAKING: Canadian QB and fourmer BC LioUns player, Nathan Rourke, has signed with AEW Jags

The Maestro

That’s right. Big loss for the LioUns, who now have to go with Vernon Adams, Jr. as their new #1. Not bad, but not Rourke.

Wakezilla

NGL, I was hoping Rourke would sign with Miami or the C-Truthers.

ThePirateSloth

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