Let’s Wrap It Up-Your Sunday Night NFL Open Thread

Although I’m writing this Sunday morning at 9:45 EST, I’m fairly confident I’ll be 0-2 in both Math Hard! and Freezer Vodka-I know my limits. Hope you’re doing better than I am.

To The Game!

Bears/Houston:

-The Caleb I saw in preseason did not match the one that played in the opener. The latter seemed flummoxed by defensive coverages which is to be expected one would think. Still, he was certainly more decisive in his reads and throws in that preseason tilt.

-As one would expect, Keenan Allen is injured already with a heel thingy. The rook Rome Odunze also had some problems but may be able to go. Luckily Chicago is fairly deep at wr and D.J. Moore is more than capable of handling some extra work.

-Accuracy, thy name is Stroud. If his completion rate reaches 75% this evening he will be only the second fella (Brady was the first, of course) to reach that number in four straight games.

-Mixon made me look like a smart hominid (not an easy thing to do!) when I ventured that a change of scenery would rejuvenate him. He was the first rb to run for 150+ yards and a TD on the opening weekend since Arian Foster did it in the year of our Goodell, 2010. Let’s not burden the old fella with 30 touches again though, okay?

-Chicago got the win last week but it was far from conventional. Depending on TD returns and pick sixes to dig oneself out of a 17 point deficit is not something that can be done on the regular. Should they be jockeying for a wild card berth towards the end of the season they can thank their unlikely Week One win for keeping them in the mix.

Type your life away.

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fleshwound_NPG

dammit slide caleb

do i need to remind you what happened to jim mcmahon’s brain?

Duchess

Tua is still.so.concussed he thinks he should still play.

Horatio Cornblower

You probably need to remind Jim.

ThePirateSloth

“On the back end” is one of Tirico’s favorite phrases.

ballsofsteelandfury

Me too!

Horatio Cornblower

“He caught 108 balls last year!”

Buddy Cole: “Gimme some amyl nitrate and I’ll catch 109 by 11:45!”

Dunstan

Is Lance Armstrong involved?

Horatio Cornblower

Look, I don’t judge.

Gatoraids

would only be one ball

Dunstan

I assume that’s what you’d need to get to 109, or any odd number

Horatio Cornblower

That’s kinda the joke…

jjfozz

I’m going to bed before one more shitball comes streaking out of the sky to smack me right in the balls. Good night all. Tip your bartender.

Doktor Zymm

When all your QBs end up scrambling for dear life, maybe it’s time to consider that it’s not the QB quality that’s the problem

Unsurprised

You want me to pay for n O Line? Are you a communist?

Dunstan

If you can’t draft them in fantasy football, then they must not be worth anything!

Gatoraids

I hear the Bears a-callin
Tossed out of bounds and scrambled QBs

They calling again

Duchess

Zachary Quito in “Totally Not House” on NBC

Horatio Cornblower

Doctor Reta The Good Doctor But Without That Icky Autism Thing He Does.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I had dinner with an old friend who does diagnostics at the NIH and worked very hard to suppress my urges to make a comparison, because I’m sure he gets that way, way too often.

Horatio Cornblower

This is the most Bears football I have watched for years and my reaction to this is that Soldier Field should be burned to the ground and the earth upon which it stood sowed with salt.

Holy Christ.

fleshwound_NPG

for sure they ruined it in 2002

(but this game is in houston)

Unsurprised

But it’s prime riverside real estate

Mr. Ayo

And waste all that prime Lake Michigan beach front property? Seems excessive.

Unsurprised

It’s also across from the Field Museum, which is cool. They could make the land an annex.

Horatio Cornblower

Yeah, it’s got the Field, the Shedd Aquarium, and a planetarium right next door.

Those can stay.

Doktor Zymm

I still think they should name the new stadium “The Woods”

Duchess

Show me on the doll where Jerry Jones touched you.

fleshwound_NPG

it is good caleb can move because that bears line is still a fucking issue that keeps getting ignored every year

ArmedandHammered

Bears #64 needs to get his fat ass in gear, he completely missed the rusher.

fleshwound_NPG

earlier he whiffed on a block that resulted in a run for no gain

ArmedandHammered

He Hainsworth jr?

ThePirateSloth

Not really sure why I feel like pulling for the Bears, but here we are.

Dunstan

“Pulling for the bears” also describes how Buddy Cole spent his summer vacation

Doktor Zymm

Are you a big fan of sweater vests and self-loathing?

Dunstan

Sounds like Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign

Horatio Cornblower

Perhaps the only thing Santorum agreed should be aborted.

fleshwound_NPG

shotgun on 4th and inches?

you lucky you got a good spot

Spur

Chicago and the Angry Inch

Unsurprised

Did I miss anything good?

Mr. Ayo

Our witty banter and dick jokes, of course.

Also, in a crushing loss the Bungles had an all time great interception.

King Hippo

Esoteric quandary – they should move it up a yard-ish. But it’s still short. So makes it close enough to go for it on 4th, but you still lose challenge (since it doesn’t result in a first down).

Is it worth it?

Mr. Ayo

NAWT when you kick it anyway. Waste of a challenge and timeout.

Dunstan

Got a bunch of oranges I need to use. I bought them, I didn’t just pick them off neighbors’ trees like SOME people.

Looking up cocktail recipes, but taking suggestions! First up is The Abbey (gin, Lillet blanc, OJ, orange bitters)

Gatoraids

Hurricanes

Dunstan

That requires passionfruit juice, which I do not have.

But absolutely a great drink. It is also mandatory to sing the Scorpions song when you drink one.

Gatoraids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

Winds Of Change my Blood Alcohol Level

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s funny, because I have plenty of passion fruit now that I HAVE MY VERY OWN VINE.

Spur

beware of orange
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Game Time Decision

Memosas

Dunstan

Opening a bottle of prosecco is too much of a commitment for me.

The Abbey was disappointing.

Next up is a Monkey Gland: gin, OJ, grenadine, in a glass with an absinthe rinse. Supposed named in honor of wacko Dr. Vornoff, who performed experiments of grafting monkey testicles onto humans.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My ears are burning…

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fleshwound_NPG

now THIS is a decent challenge

fleshwound_NPG

shoulda gone for it, cowards

jjfozz

So I’m walking into the care facility and pass by a guy who is talking about how horrible the Commanders game was and I said, “You want to see a bad game? Watch the Ravens.”

Then this potato shaped, needle dicked, assfuck says, “I hope the Ravens lose so many games they quit football.”

I kept on walking, and held my middle finger over my head.

Some people just need to have their face washed with concrete.

Horatio Cornblower

Probably an original Browns fan.

ArmedandHammered

Like his kidneys quit on him.

fleshwound_NPG

hilarious waste of a challenge/timeout

lovie smith is back, you guys!

fleshwound_NPG

it was even RIGHT in front of the coach!

lmao

King Hippo

I really enjoyed Hobo Lovie Smith’s JV career at Illinois. Poor man always looked so bewildered.

jjfozz

My fantasy team is on fire. I scored ONE WHOLE POINT TODAY.

Doktor Zymm

Well played

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fleshwound_NPG

what arms

LemonJello

“What kind of woke bookstore is this? You don’t believe in our god-given right to bare arms?”

Mr. Ayo

Why aren’t artists doing sexy marble statues anymore?

I could use some more Sexy Friday original material.

ArmedandHammered

Because, if it was not some body positive bullshit, the sculptor would be canceled faster than the gov wastes money.

ArmedandHammered

And really, who can afford that much marble.

Mr. Ayo

Wow, they price that shit per ton, with minimums in the hundreds.

Horatio Cornblower

John Oliver just won an Emmy.

I know this because that fucking Will Ferrell ad for PayPal just came on and I changed the channel faster than the Secret Service cut off that 60-year-old white male with a history of conspiracy theories, voting for Trump, and generally being insane but who was still somehow allowed to get his hands on an AK-47.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh my god. He was dedicating the win to his dog, went long, they started to play him off and he said “what a perfect choice of music because we just had to out her down” and they cut the music.

That’s just beautiful.

LemonJello

“If he wuz serious, he’d use a ‘Merrican gun.”

-MAGAchud

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

I’d listen to an alternate Melendezcast on Peacock

King Hippo

These 500s look like real Owl contenders to Hippo. Imagine how meta, if/when a bunch of imaginary people hype up an imaginary franchise for FITBAW supremacy.

fleshwound_NPG

“Can I be the coach?”

-Manti Te’o

Mr. Ayo

Settle down. They’re playing the Bears.

jjfozz

I’m looking for funding to make carbonite freezing possible. My goal is to freeze Romo and Collinsworth and shoot them into the fucking sun.

Duchess

Monkey Paw curls… Tom Brady commentary 24/7

Duchess

So my expectations for the game is 27-20 Texans

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Younghoe Koo, Woody Allen’s favorite

fleshwound_NPG

tonight we find out which wins

the deshaun watson trade vs the bryce young trade

King Hippo

#ThePauls should trade TheShaun and their entire 2025 and 2026 drafts to the Black Panthers for Young.

ThePirateSloth

That sounds kinda creepy, Cris.

Horatio Cornblower

I’m gonna need you to narrow that way down.

King Hippo

Q1 has solidified my opinion that Collinsworth is worse than Brady. Perhaps by a factoUr of 3 or 4.

Brady still suck, of course. But as an announcer, he sucks in a mostly forgettable, harmless way.

Doktor Zymm

For now….most announcers seem to get more annoying as their career progresses

ArmedandHammered

They are being taught the way you have to announce. Insight and individuality are slowly sucked out of them by the corporate mindset.

Horatio Cornblower

Being a football know-it-all seems like a great way to get your ass beat in bars.

Dunstan

Having the “know-it-all” insist that the Dolphins will go all the way has not aged well.

LemonJello

“All the way (through the concussion protocol)!”

fleshwound_NPG

“50 cent boneless wings” is actually a chiefs play, brock

Dunstan

One of Andy Reid’s favorites

Mr. Ayo

DOINK!

Dunstan

Damnit, I actually briefly like Collinsworth for noting the CAMERA DOINK

fleshwound_NPG

DASH CAM DOINK

Horatio Cornblower

What the fuck as the Bears wearing on their heads?

fleshwound_NPG

a terrible marketing department

Horatio Cornblower

Walter Payton did not die for this.

Gatoraids

Tribute a Chicago original the Bozo Show

fleshwound_NPG
Doktor Zymm

They’re trying to make the Guardian caps seem less goofy lookin

jjfozz

my little sister sent a text to Mrs. Fozz that basically said that even though I’m having a hard time with all the shit with my family, I should be thinking about her struggles.

Oh, ok.

Horatio Cornblower

You should reply “I am. It’s one of the few things that brings me joy.”

jjfozz

Oh man, that’s perfect. Thank you. i will use that. Because seriously, my family can go to hell.

Horatio Cornblower

When it comes to burning bridges you can’t do better than a middle-aged attorney who’s a couple of beers in.

Vaya con Dios.

LemonJello

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ArmedandHammered

Fuck, I thought Trumpy was a narcissist.

ThePirateSloth

Obligatory dagum TX High School Football, baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg

fleshwound_NPG

AWW NOOOO NOOOOOOOOOO

Doktor Zymm

The Bears’ strategy of trying to get the Texans to confuse them with the Broncos doesn’t seem likely to succeed

King Hippo

you can certainly see why they’d TRY IT, though…

Duchess

I haven’t coached in 10 yrs. Maybe when a little Success comes around. I have thought about looking to coach some MS or HS ball. I’m building a house now in a more rural smaller county so maybe I will hit those schools up.

LemonJello

With all the new teams in the B1G Conference, I thought this was the Fighting Illini playing one of the former PAC-10/12 teams.

Duchess

Coached o e kid who walked on at Oregon, coached a monster of a kid who went on to be all state olineman and he kind of flames out in college.

Duchess

Ugh wrong comment reply

Duchess

Ok that opening was the.first confirmation that the Caleb Williams I coached in little.league in DC land who played linebacker and rb but wanted to play QB who had smart but controlling parents was not in fact that Caleb Williams.

King Hippo

when do we get MOAR Coach Duchess???

Horatio Cornblower

My son played high school baseball with 3 kids that could have played at least some level of pro ball. All went D-1 after high school, two of them self-sabotaged themselves right out of their programs within a year, the other was doing well and then tore his shoulder all to hell and never played again.

He did at least get a degree.

King Hippo

Best kid who played with my little brother (I coached both) started several years at 3B for NC State, and made it as far as AA.

My bragging point is that I gave him his first exposure to 3B, because trust me, that’s where you’ll play as a pro. I remember giving him ridiculous performance targets, in order for me to let him take a late-game at bat right-handed. Kids that good, you have to be creative to keep their minds engaged.

Horatio Cornblower

I think all three of these kids suffered from having a high school coach who absolutely sucked. Guy consistently did less with more than anyone I’ve ever known not named Aaron Boone.

jjfozz

This just in: this entire day can suck my balls.

litre_cola

Shame Pizza procured.

Duchess

Only shameful Pizza is Detroit.style

Gatoraids

or from the Papa

litre_cola

Once a year we get Pizza Hut stuffed crust. Normally we go to mom and pop’s through the neighboUrhood. Hence shame.

Duchess

There was a pizza place near me now that years back was caught buying Sams Club pizza and reselling it

litre_cola

I suppose you could do that as well with one of them ghost kitchens for delivery.

Mr. Ayo

WTF. Was it any good?

Duchess

Sams Club is no Costco Pizza. Costco is like the nations 3rd biggest pizza chain

Horatio Cornblower

Buddy, I entered and won a pie eating contest last night. Let me tell you about shame…

litre_cola

We only care about the W.

Horatio Cornblower

Me: I did it for the clubhouse!

The Clubhouse: Does that mean we get pie?

Me: Uh, no. I ate it. That was kinda the point, remember?

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Dunstan

I trust you know the old joke about how making partner at a law firm is like winning a pie-eating contest where the prize is “more pie.”

Horatio Cornblower

I am familiar with it and there’s a hell of a lot of truth to it.

LemonJello

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Mr. Ayo

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ThePirateSloth

I just caught up on the Seahawks game, and even though it was back/forth and a close win – it did not feel like a damn Pete Carroll game of being frustrated that they were even in that situation to begin with. Like Vilma was saying, it was a great game of adjustments from both teams, and it feels good to not be on the edge of a heart attack in the 4th quarter because of stupid ass play calls.

Or maybe this depression medication is truly working and I’m not a ball of anxiety about everything anymore.

ThePirateSloth

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Spur

This will be the MAGAs 1st look at Caleb’s painted nails. I expect a rational discourse on the matter, in that its not a matter.

Senor Weaselo

I’m just here for the mooncakes.

Which is to say upstairs at Senorita Weaselo’s family’s dinner table. Also there was Peking Duck! I also enjoy that.

Doktor Zymm

Shhh, do you want Andy Reid to show up??

Spur

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Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Taylor Swift ruins more CBS Sundays than Lesley Stahl on benzos

Dunstan

Pregame host just said that she’d never encountered anyone like Caleb Williams because he said when he was nine that he wanted to be the best ever.

Yeah, no nine year olds think they’re gonna be star athletes, that’s totally unique.

Doktor Zymm

When I was 9 I thought I was gonna be a mad chemist, so I was half right

Horatio Cornblower

Didn’t see the volcano lair coming, did you?

Doktor Zymm

I actually thought I would have my own non-volcanic island base

Duchess

I wanted to be an intergalactic bounty hunter…. None of that came true… My life is a fraud.

Dunstan

I wanted to be an NHL player, and/or a Playboy photographer

Horatio Cornblower

I wanted to be a dipshit attorney who sat around talking football and making dick jokes with a bunch of people on something Al Gore was working in and I gotta tell ya, I am nailing it.

Game Time Decision

Lowratio is just a bonus?

Doktor Zymm

Just looked at the scoring summary from NYG@WAS and it’s bizarre that the team with 3 TDs is the team with 18 points and the team that only kicked field goals has 21

fleshwound_NPG

if you do not like that you do not like nfc east football

Doktor Zymm

Oh I think it’s hilarious, especially since WAS just signed their kicker last Tuesday after he didn’t make the Jest roster

Gatoraids

bet they arrested the guy politer than they did Tyreek

Doktor Zymm

He didn’t even get to use his AK, today was a bad day

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Members of the Chiefs organization and authority figures (artist’s conception):

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fleshwound_NPG

burn these damn orange bears helmets

WCS

For some reason, the Stillers host the Jest and Gints in consecutive prime times in November.

Sorry in advance.

Doktor Zymm

Jest @ Stillers might be perversely enjoyable but can’t imagine anything short of a Hippoload of opiates making the Los Gigantes tilt watchable

Mr. Ayo

That might be the game Dimes secures his injury guarantee for next year.

Doktor Zymm

I’m calling him Ha’pennies now

Spur

Thats Biden’s America

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