Your First Sunday in November Football Open Thread

Hey y’all, welcome back! It’s already week nine and things are just rolling along fine. The Steelers and Niners are on bye so there’s a fair number of games to get to.

To The Games!

Cowboys/Falcons:

Zeke isn’t with the team because of some unspecified disciplinary thingy. Now who the hell is going to provide the 3.1 ypc firepower that he brings to the team? It feels like Dallas is on the verge of imploding but they have far too much talent to do that. And then you remember Jerry’s positive karma-less aura is even more powerful than Tomlin’s juju.

Saints/Panthers:

I almost overlooked this game-skipped right over it, I did. There’s all of three wins combined among them and a second year QB fighting for his job. Ugh.

Fins/Bills:

It’s only week 9 but Buffalo already has a four game lead in the division. Miami is not helping themselves by blowing 10 point leads in each of the last two games. Mostert must finally be feeling his (advanced) rb age-his ypc average has dipped to 3.5 and it’s never been below 4.8.

Raiders/Bengals:

Tight end Bower leads everyone in yards and catches and if he sees this through he’ll be the first rookie to do it since Shockey in 2002. Higgins won’t be playing and apparently won’t be traded either. This is the sort of dumb soap opera that the folks in Cincy deserve.

Chargers/Browns:

Will we get more good Jameis before the inevitable INT’s start piling up? LA players describe DC Jesse Minter’s new concepts as much ‘simpler’ and you can’t make fun of that given that they only give up an average of 13 points per game.

Pats/Titans:

Maye has passed through the various stages of the concussion protocol just in time to play today. Funny, that. His progress as a player is about the only thing interesting about this tilt unless you’re Don T and want to check out UDFA Julius Chestnutt.

Commies/Giants:

ESPN has floated the notion that some players that think they’re going to be traded have sent out feelers towards Washington. That would be tampering wouldn’t it? Them Commies have but three sacks on the year but not for long-they should double that total today.

Broncos/Ravens:

A rookie QB and a PFF-ranked #3 D has Denver over .500 for the first time since…? I don’t know when. Still, it’s a big ask to beat Baltimore at home and good franchises like the latter don’t lose two straight that often.

Have at it!