Your Monday Night NFL Football Open Thread

Another week is in the books, er, reading devices and everything is as clear as mud. Let’s take a peek.

Fallout:

-Well, no one fell further than Frank Reich and Duce Staley and Josh Johnson. That’s twice that Reich has been fired midseason and twice that Tepper has let go a coach before the season ended. Under Mr. Tepper’s gentle guiding hand the Panthers are a gaudy 30-63. Lions OC Ben Johnson might be a really smart guy-he was targeted for the job last year but after seeing what the team was all about decided to go back to Detroit to the same job. Well played, Johnson.

-Let’s all pump the brakes on the Stillers having solved their offensive woes. Yes, they went for over 400 for the first time in forever but the lone TD was on the ground and the rest of the scoring was field goals by Boswell. Look, you’ve still got Pickett at qb.

-As Reid would say during a fever dream, “Where did all these turnovers come from?” I’m actually talking about the Broncos and their 15(!) takeaways in their last four games. It’s hard to lose when you get that many bonus possessions in your favor.

-The Giants qb Debate has shifted from “Do they actually have one?” to “Which one should they start?”. After the bye, Tyrod is available but he’s all but gone from the team at the end of the year so they should let their super cheap future backup get some seasoning.

To The Game!

Bears/Vikes:

-Does Eberflus make it to the end of the year? Do you know that at 0-9 he hasn’t won a division game yet?

-As expected the Bears are coming off a loss but so is Minny.

-The O’Connell stat that jumped out at me is that he loves one-score games because 22 of the 29 he’s coached here have been wins or losses by 8 or less.

-Presented Without Comment: “We’re not going to be Negative Nancys…” That was said by Josh Dobbs.

-Is Minny working towards a balanced rushing attack (Matty had 81 yards last week) or is Ty Chandler (114 total yards) trying to be the top dog?

It’s all yours.