Your (Hopefully and Likely) Penultimate SNF Thread

It seems almost certain we get a Week 18 fixture, since Bills Mafia at LOLfins will be for the AFC East crown.  But we take nothing for granted here at DFO.  Eagerly await that schedule announcement, which is really the only good reason for watching…

Packers (+1) at Vikings (8:20, NBC)

Nobody wants to see this, though supporters of each will mostly hope to stay alive in playoff contention.  Not like either squadron belongs in the tourney, but somebody’s got to claim that 7 seed (RRRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!! having punched their ticket this afternoon).  Minnesota turns back to Jalen Hall as their “chip and a chair” play.  You last remember Mr. Hall getting Trent Green’d in his initial career start, sparking the outer space fairy tale of Josh “Black Powder” Dobbs.  He has Justin Jefferson this go around, so I suspect he will find MOAR success.

Everyone can throw on Green Bay, who also have their top CB suspended (for the weirdest scenario I can recall).  They also have, like, 3 of their top WR out with injuries.  This should really be quite the shitshow, as The Shield continues its world domination plan (by pulling in the Germans).

It seemed like total bullshit this matchup didn’t get flexed for Balmer/Miami…but then again, that fixture finished 56-19 (Scorigami!!).  One just really never knows.  See you in the comments.  Or tomorrow, for National Hangover Day.

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Redshirt

Happy New Year from DFO+1

ballsofsteelandfury

Happy New Year, East Coasters!

Brocky

Lynyrd Skynyrd: hey, so many of our band mates are dead, so we need these female guest singers to pick up the slack

Beerguyrob

Happy New Year east coast!

Sharkbait

Happy east coast new year

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WCS

Random back spasms to celebrate the new lap around the sun. That’s fun!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Sorry about your concussion

WCS

Trent Green locked himself inside his microwave oven looking for his leaf blower, so he understands.

Brocky

This comment made my knee spasm

Horatio Cornblower

David Chao stuck a needle through my lungs to help my hangnail after reading this comment.

Brocky

I got a joke:

On this day 8 years ago, I married my best friend.

My wife is still pissed. In our defense we were drunk and we thought it was funny as hell

Brocky

And I screwed this joke up:

On this day 8 years ago, I married my best friend.

My wife is still pissed when i bring it up. In our defense, me and Mike we were drunk off our asses, and we thought it was funny as hell

rockingdog

Thinking about how many predators have forward facing eyes

LoL

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herodotus450

And a strong, flavorless backside to deter becoming prey themselves.

Sharkbait

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Brocky

I was trying to find this image when you made that joke earlier

Sharkbait

Huh. LL Cool J is still a thing

Brocky

There’s this weird sweet spot in playing on new years:

Famous enough that boomers, gently x, (and now millennials) recognize you

But not famous enough your schedule is booked.

I remember one year watching the B-52’s play, and I was like, were they ever popular?

ballsofsteelandfury

Blasphemy!

Beerguyrob

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WCS

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ballsofsteelandfury

Steelers-Ravens and Colts-Texans on Saturday.

That’s actually a smart decision.

Beerguyrob

Oh look, predictability in NFL scheduling.

rockingdog

Found a funny;

modern society is so divorced from our food sources that most people who eat pop tarts have never actually killed one themselves

WCS

This man rised and grinded while on leave.

Beerguyrob

It’s how he wins leagues while the rest of us win nothing.

WCS

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Horatio Cornblower

Speak for yourself.

Brocky

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Don T

Live, from Atlantic Time.
FELIZ 2024 CABRONEEEEEEE
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Beerguyrob

Feliz año Nuevo, you magnificent bastard.

ballsofsteelandfury

¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!

Sharkbait

Feliz ano nuevo!!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Happy New anus to you, too

Mr. Ayo

¡FELIZ ANO NUEVO!

yeah right

Cheers Stagger Lee!

rockingdog

After 8 yrs of playing Fantasy Football, I finally won the league I’m in!
My top scorer for the championship today was Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker!!!
Hahaha! 😆
It’s Rocking!!!!
🏈

WCS

Who’s a good boy?

Gumbygirl

He gets all the scritches. And a stern talking to for running away! Just kidding, more scritches, and the good spot on the couch!

Sharkbait

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Mr. Ayo

Our most ROCKING GOOD BOY!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[gives rockingdog scruffles and puffles]

/this is the borderline rough petting we give our dog after she’s had a bath, to dislodge the loose fur

Sharkbait

Mrs sharkbait had me put on the dick Clark. Ee years eve show. Of fucking course some country music act is the first thing I see. Something called Jelly Roll is country-rapping.

Beerguyrob

WineWife came home from Spain with the flu. Nothing historically bad could come from this, right?

Sharkbait

Nope. Nothing bad at all…

Mr. Ayo

No way expects the Spanish Inquistion

Brocky

Per her in quarantine

Sharkbait

Our oven broke 2 days before Christmas, so we had to order out for dinner. I can get used to late night new years eve Indian food

Beerguyrob

Butter chicken & naan is highly underrated.

Gumbygirl

Some condescending Indian fellow I know and dislike told me that butter chicken is what they feed babies. I said googoo waaaaah to you motherfucker, more butter chicken for me!

Beerguyrob

Fuck that guy.

Also, it’s amazing on pizza.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Good evening.

No, you’re drunk.

yeah right

I’m going to have to step up my drinking game.

Sharkbait

Likewise

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I can help with that

Mr. Ayo

Settle down Nostradamus!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Working on it.

Horatio Cornblower

Accurate, but somehow still offensive.

yeah right

Oh look! Cabaret is on.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Wilkommen.

yeah right

Danke schoen!

Wo findest du?

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Happy New Year from the future!

Now if only this cab to the airport we ordered would arrive…

yeah right

Uber was everywhere, prompt and cheap. I had the greatest ride to the airport in Porto.

There’s a good story.

Beerguyrob

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Gumbygirl

Life is a cabaret, old chum.

Beerguyrob

Can’t see why. Everyone knows it’s going to be Bills – Dolphins.

Sharkbait

In other sports, playing to the whistle is still a fundamental part of the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaMQDOKWkvo&ab_channel=HighlightHarbor

WCS

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

See NFL referees would have found a way to throw a flag on #77 for, um, illegal hockey procedures.

Brocky

I still haven’t forgiven the NHL refs for waving off that Hjalmarsson goal in game 7 of the western conference semis IN 2014

I don’t care if the blackhawks won in OT and won the cup, it was STILL bullshit

Mr. Ayo

I would personally hunt down and burn those refs houses to the ground for that.

BLOW THAT FUCKING WHISTLE!

Senor Weaselo

I’ve been hearing all this Gypsy Rose Blanchard news, and I had to ask Hermana Weaselo an important question:

Wait, they’re reviving the musical?

yeah right

My dad directed Gypsy for the local theatrical society. I painted flats, moved sets and most importantly did curtains.

I was up on the catwalk during scene changes when the strippers changed outfits right below me.

I was 16.

Beerguyrob

Her grandpa Tully was a helluva wrestler.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I don’t think there’s any man in the world that could see the headline “Chubb Suffers Tear” without wincing at least a little bit in sympathy.

Brocky

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Brocky

Okay, normally I’d ask if Romeo doubs did something to piss off his quarterback but I literally don’t know jack shit about Jordan love as a person so I can’t make jokes about his family or his other preferences

fleshwound_NPG

yea, this game about done already

fleshwound_NPG

TAKE.

THE.

POINTS.

YOU.

STUPID.

MEATHEADED.

JOCKS.

Mr. Ayo

THIS JAREN HALL, I CALL HIM ARSENIO BECAUSE HE’S RUINING MY NIGHT WITH A TERRIBLE PERFORMANCE!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Jon Cryer should star in a sitcom called “I’ll Give You Something to Cry About” where he’s a suburban dad who abuses his kids. But not in a sad way, in a funny way.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

THAT THROW I CALL IT THE GUYS WHO PUT THE WRONG KIND OF ANTIFREEZE IN MY JETTA AND WRECKED THE COOLING SYSTEM BECAUSE MAN WERE THOSE SOME HORRIBLE MECHANICS.

SonOfSpam

(snickers) you had a jetta

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[reports SonOfSpam to the Stasi]

WCS

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SonOfSpam

Airhead Brad Pitt is the best Brad Pitt.

ballsofsteelandfury

He really is

scotchnaut

After all the complaining I did about flexing this game out, it had better suck.

SonOfSpam

Probably late to the Congrats Sharkbait party, but Congrats Sharkbait!

Winning the Freezer Vodka FFL is no small feat, (Settle down Rex)

ballsofsteelandfury

So, how is relegation going to work? 6 up 6 down?

Sharkbait

I figured 3 up and 3 down. Is DFO Championship full up?

SonOfSpam

Looks like Scotchy, Litre, and Ayo are relegated, which means the league will be a lot less Canuckian next year.

ballsofsteelandfury

I believe relegation starts next year.

This is their warning.

SonOfSpam

So sorry for gun-jumping. I will read the rules for carefully in the future.

Mr. Ayo

HEY! Relegation starts after next year. Next season is just to establish the JV Vodka league for the johnny-come-latelies.

Senor Weaselo

How is that going to work in an actual, like, Yahoo way? Or is it just “leave league, enter other league”?

Sharkbait

I thought I was toast watching the Bills defense play American History X: the home game with the Patriots earlier

Sharkbait

Also when should I expect the gently used fleshlight?

SonOfSpam

Currently being gently used.

Beerguyrob

Congrats. I woulda won if all my guys weren’t hurt and CeeDee Lamb had been shot in the first quarter.

scotchnaut

Puffy Coats Rum Amok!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Zoe Saldana? She’s pretty famous.

SonOfSpam

Zoe Saldana, she’s hot enough to know about.

Mr. Ayo

That’s Zoe? Heard of her but I’ve never seen any of her movies. Alas.

SonOfSpam

Yes, all ass.

ballsofsteelandfury

Tis aight

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SonOfSpam

If KJ Osborn does not go off (2 TDs), I will win my “been in it 30 years” league.

And thanks to those who tried to talk me into starting Tee Higgins. YOU MONSTERS.

Mr. Ayo

In our defense, we all suck at fantasy football

SonOfSpam

Luckily I stuck with Achane (with Mostert being out), but still left Davante Adams on my bench because I too suck at pretend football.

SonOfSpam

Yeah that’s the worst. But the Commish (I think) wasn’t gonna be beat this week anyway.

Redshirt

So, until I’m dragged downstairs to “spend time with people”, I am now a free agent for the playoffs.

So what does anyone have to offer to support their team, not support their team or support their rival team?

SonOfSpam

You should beat off. That will keep you from getting dragged downstairs at all.

Game Time Decision

I hope this ends in a tie
/GB fan
//mostly for the chuckles

Game Time Decision

You want a Cleveland Steamer?

Game Time Decision

This placed turded into KSK post exodus really quickly

WCS

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SonOfSpam

Turner Classic Movies has a 3fer that started a few minutes ago:
Spaceballs
Top Secret!
This is Spinal Tap

If, you know, the game sucks.

Senor Weaselo

Hey, gotta get it done before it gets Zaslav’d

fleshwound_NPG

YOU LIKE THAT?

SonOfSpam

Living out his Lord Of The Flies fantasy (where Piggy deserved it)

Senor Weaselo

Good evening.

I am very full from dinner with Senorita Weaselo’s family. And now, ube babka!

ballsofsteelandfury

There is another scenario where the Jaguars lose to Don T’s Magnificent Tits and the Steelers beat the Ravens and then Pittsburgh gets in.

GO TITS!!

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Rikki, realizing his TV’s audio is set to SAP and he will not have to hear anything that Collinsworth says (artist’s conception):

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ballsofsteelandfury

You could just hit the mute button…

Game Time Decision

You can hear the TV over the vacuuming?

SonOfSpam

lol RAMMMMMMMMIT made the playoffs…what a silly league.

ballsofsteelandfury

I got fifth place!

Senor Weaselo

Well played, sir, tip of the hat.

WCS

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SonOfSpam

I want CJ Stroud leading an imaginary team to the playoffs.

Mr. Ayo

I like your idea for Saturday Other Hippo. Saints/Falcons early, with Bucs late.

fleshwound_NPG

bearistocrats not dead!

fleshwound_NPG

a draw tonight helps!

fleshwound_NPG

actually, a draw is NEEDED I believe

fleshwound_NPG
Redshirt

Oh, football Gods, I beseech thee. I offer the 2023 Bengals as a sacrifice.

What? They still have a game left; the season not technically dead.

WCS

Here, I thought you were referring to the opiate-induced constipation.

Redshirt

At least I don’t have that problem.

(reaches for a bottle of champagne)

What? Its 2024 somewhere!

fleshwound_NPG

are the bears…NOT eliminated yet?!?!?

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WCS

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scotchnaut
ballsofsteelandfury

He’s funny

ballsofsteelandfury

Apparently, the Steelers must beat the Ravens and the Dolphins must beat the Bills in order for Pittsburgh to make the playoffs.

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fleshwound_NPG

bills can be eliminated despite having a shot at the #2 seed

yea, bills gonna lose

ballsofsteelandfury

It’s in Miami too…

WCS

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fleshwound_NPG

fuck both teams, but vikes winning with mullens would be funnier

fleshwound_NPG

or hall whatshisface

WCS

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New Year’s live thread dances, too.