Your Monday Night NFL Football Open Thread

So many things going on at the same time in the sport that unites us on this here blog. Let’s Go!

Fallout:

-The Narrative has, rightly, been blowing up the efforts of Dobbs and Stroud for putting together thrilling performances under adverse conditions. Myself, I’ve never, ever said, “I got to watch those Texan highlights again!” But of course, due to inexperienced qb’s getting put in before they’re ready, there was some atrocious play. Oh, Dobbs has been announced as the starter next week, ostensibly for his heroics but really because the Vikes have no other options.

-Speaking of no options, DeVito is the clear starter for the Giants until he gets crushed behind the worst o-line in football. You may say that’s hyperbole but then I’d ask you to actually name one. The Next Victim Up is Matt Barkley, who last played in 2020 and hasn’t started since 2018.

-I hate to pile on the league’s rb’s now that their status, for the most part, has been assigned as ‘interchangeable’ but only one of their clan rushed for 100 yards yesterday. Just one. Here’s a few team-leading runners and their totals-Mixon 37, JT 47, Freeman 32, Bijan 51, Taysom 52, Singletary 26, Walker 16 and Tune 28.

-Beware Baltimore: They’ve beaten Seattle and Detroit (two teams that should make the playoffs and will certainly be above .500 at year’s end) by a combined score of 75-9.

-Black Magic Mike: There have been 34 teams that have been outgained in their first 8 games of the season. The Steelers are the only squadoo that has a winning record.

-The Texans have reached 4-4, thrilling their one dementia-ed fan that thinks that they’re Sam Houston-he was such a nice boy-but they do have the Browns D, the Jets, Jags and Bengals on the sked ahead.

To The Game!

Chargers/Jets:

-Somehow, New York can get to within a half game of the lead in the AFC East with a win tonight.

-That drooling sound you heard was Mack and Bosa after they heard that the Jets are on their fifth set of o-line starters so far this year.

-Watch Donald Parham vulture a TD. Actually, it would be his 5th this year so he wouldn’t really be a vulture at that point would he?

-Breece is a beast in the run game, cruising along at 5.7ypc but that comes to a screeching halt in the red zone where the team is last in the league in converting scoring opportunities.

-Darius Davis’, a Chargers starting wr, receiving prop earlier this week was 7 yards. It’s since climbed to 17 or so but it still looks good.

-Sudbury, Ontario (not Vegas) has Staley’s ‘bone-headed decision that compromises his team’s chances to win’ at 1.5.

Now get out there and have some fun!