Your Somewhat Angry Monday Night Football Open Thread

That was a day yesterday, wasn’t it? We saw some awesomeness and there was some unmitigated crap as well. Speaking of, this Thursday we’ve got the Steelers and Pats facing off. Apparently the O/U is a paltry and disgusting 31 and a half. Are you fucking kidding me? More on this in a bit.

Fallout:

-I usually start this by listing the numerous injuries that occurred Sunday but I’m not going to do that. Well, except for one. Tank Dell. What the hell was Texans OC Slowik thinking, asking Dell to block on an inside power run? Seriously! From the replay it looked like his blocking assignment was safety Justin Simmons. Do you know how much Dell weighs? 165. Simmons is 205. Yeah Tank, block that guy that outweighs you by 40 pounds and do it close quarters. The stupidity just bewilders me.

-More Stupidity: Ron Rivera decided that he would call defensive plays, a thing he hasn’t done since 2018 and enlisted the help of a db coach that isn’t out of his 20’s yet. Seriously? (this word is getting a workout right now) And what was the end result? Play single man coverage on Tyreek Hill. What the fuck? And what did Rivera do after the game? The same thing he did to Jack Del Rio, threw a defensive coach under the bus to deflect from his own bad decisions. Everyone says Riverboat is a nice guy but, I don’t know.

-Futility, Thy Name Is: The Pats have scored 13 points in three games. Sure, teams go thru dry spells for any number of reasons-players that are a poor fit for the system, poor qb-ing, no wr’s to speak of-these are some of the Pats problems. But the thing that bothers me is that New England seems to be intentionally dragging teams down to their level and the end result is unwatchable football. Can’t stand it because Old Bill just smirks away thru the proceedings. Just brutal.

To The Game!

Bengals/Jags:

-Gah! Fill in the blanks down below-I’m pissed and I’ve reached the minimum word limit.

Your turn.