Is It Sunday Already? Your NFL Football Open Thread

I always lose track of the days during the holidays because my boring-ass, rigid schedule gets all mucked up. That’s what I’m going with rather than “Early-Onset Alcohol-Induced Dementia”. [Awkward segue music] What are the odds of this being a stinker? Like Armed and Hammered current status, “HIGH!”.

Food-wise I’ve got some lovely things going on-I roasted two gifted ducks (and a partridge in a pear tree) for the fat alone, mostly. That’s going to be for the roasted Taytos and there’s a prime rib that’s doing a low and slow dance. Wifey, boys and I have eaten so much lately that there’s not much more than that, (I did the ‘old-timey vampire’ noise when offered some fresh fruit this morning) maybe a veggie but I make no promises!

To The Game!

Seahawks/Bears:

-I get the notion that these teams are headed in different trajectories but we won’t see it until next year. I’m thinking Seattle down and Chicago up. Of course a bunch of things need to happen-namely, the latter have to draft heavily on defense and sign a key free agent. Seattle? I think they’re bound together with string and feathers, myself. The thought of four good teams in the NFC North would make for that many more fantastic games. The Downside? An absolute shit ton of old NFL Films footage from the Sixties every ninety minutes.

-There’s a “Caleb Is Struggling” Narrative that is out there because he has made some mistakes under the glare of featured games. Can we take a step back please? Jayden Daniels is the cock of the walk among rookie qb’s but he’s got just 32 more passing yards, 3 more TD’s and 3 more INT’s than that other signal-caller. And of course dumb-ass writers ascribe a team’s success to the qb so Williams comes up short. (just like Kyler, amirite?)

-The Bears had a top 10 pass defense back in November. That’s no longer the case-now they’re 28th. JSN might have a day.

Enjoy.

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Active shooter in an apartment building.

It’s surreal how casual and nonplussed everyone is. I think sometimes we tend to forget that is possibly the worst days of someone lives. But here it’s just staying an extra four hours because Christmas is f’n expensive.

Unsurprised
Doktor Zymm

Woo poker and tits woo!

Unsurprised

Jennifer Tilly still plays professionally?

NotShogunButShogun

I honestly didn’t know this happened until I switched off my Bluetooth because my battery was low

NotShogunButShogun

I endured this on RADIO while at work. Highlight? How they described the basketball fumble rebound dribble Special-KLab had.

NotShogunButShogun

If Special-KLab takes off like birdmurderdrome or bluebunny, I shall rest sat-is-fied. It won’t, like most bear failures, but FORCHRISTINGSAKE…give them one…

2Pack

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WCS

Somehow, garbage cans were a thing in 1125.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

They were called “chamber pots” but yes.

fleshwound_NPG

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Redshirt

68 Ventures Bowl? Eh, I don’t care about this-

TV: “Arkansas State is led by former Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones.”

Fly all over his weasel ass… (checks Internet for Bowling Green’s mascot) …Falcons!

ballsofsteelandfury

They could not add ONE MORE?!?

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Jimbo

Not legal in Alabama

WCS

Bowling Green is like two hours from Cincinnati…. smgh

blaxabbath

Not a lot of NFL hawaiin shirt gear here this holiday season. Makes me wonder if maybe this place is far enough to let me miss the nfl.

ballsofsteelandfury

If you don’t wake up for Hippo’s Mandatory Europe games, your ass ain’t waking up for 7 or 8 AM Regular Sunday games.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Waking up? If blax gets properly inducted into the rural Hawaii meth scene he won’t *have* to wake up. He’ll never have gone to sleep in the first place.

BeefReeferLives

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WCS

As a bonus, we get to see Richard Sherman’s shrinkage reaction? A true Christmas miracle.

Gumbygirl

Was it the icy water, or the proximity to Fitzmagic that caused the shrinkage?

Redshirt

Of all the games in the annals of the National Football League, this was one of them.

2Pack

So I slept through a 6-3 shoot out huh folks.

BugEyedBoo

Footballs were filling the air!

BeefReeferLives

The wise choice. That was a couple hours of just shitty, shitty football.

& I watched every godforsaken minute of it.

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2Pack

The Williams sack recap was action packed.

Beerguyrob

More combined sacks in that game than points scored.

Gumbygirl

Boo will be happy to know that my two starting running backs got me a total of 11.5 points. I benched Rhamondre Stevenson for Charbs, watch him go off!

BugEyedBoo

I watched all of it but about 10 game minutes of the first quarter. I should have slept through the whole thing, because it was pretty terrible.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s pretty neat that the Bears signed five ghosts to play offensive line. I assume that really helps against the salary cap because they can pay them in ghost money?

NotShogunButShogun

CBS and the BBC would like to speak with you

Beerguyrob

The Bears fans’ bags are on point.

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Beerguyrob

Close up 1

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Close up 2

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Close up 3

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Don T

🤣🤣🤣

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blaxabbath

The North Face

Brick Meathook

6 to 3 is a mathematically perfect score.

Gatoraids

Bigger waste 600 million on Bezos wedding or the 50Million plus on this game

Jimbo

Yes

WCS

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Don T

Is it me or was Caleb crying? Which would be cool. Rage cryin’ shows you care.

Jimbo

He went from being the man at USC to Chicago, I would cry too

Doktor Zymm

People think being on the Bears is all fun and games and ugly sweaters and sports legacy and shitty beer, but they’re really almost as bad as the Browns just with a slightly better record since 1950

ballsofsteelandfury

Bearsencheisse in the rain!!

BeefReeferLives

Really nice to see TNF rounding back into form.

BeefReeferLives

Love it when Al is making snide lil comments on what absolute dogshit game this was.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The Bearistocrats!

Gumbygirl

Thank the newborn colicky babby Jeebus, this pig is over!

ArmedandHammered

Not even worth making bacon out of it.

ThePirateSloth

Your playoff possible Seahawks everyone!

Brick Meathook
Brick Meathook

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Beerguyrob

Again, it appears the Hawks want me to buy playoff tickets at a 1.5 exchange rate.

THANKS GENO!

Unsurprised

Fuck

Gumbygirl

Oh gawd, we’re gonna have overtime, aren’t we?

ArmedandHammered

I just started watching and am already bored.

Doktor Zymm

Da Bears are merciful

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

False start on 4th and 1, fumbled snap…it feels like the Bears are setting up something spectacular here.

BeefReeferLives

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Doktor Zymm

See that would be a 1st down in my crazy blernsball fumble rule world, although it would be first and thirteen or so since he was downed behind the line of scrimmage

Beerguyrob

David Carr should send Caleb Williams some flowers after the season.

Don T

Woof. What a catch and run

BC Dick

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Don T

False start, breathing, 5 yards…

LemonJello

Game Summary:

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Later, Taters!

Beerguyrob

Seems generous.

Doktor Zymm

It’s not that easy to find a gif of a bear with explosive diarrhea (actual ursine bear, if we include large, hairy, gay men it’s probably a fetish)

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ArmedandHammered

More substance to that than the game.

ArmedandHammered

If he had slid, they probably given it to him.

ThePirateSloth

Overtime double drink missed FGs tie.

ThePirateSloth

Double doink! You suck autocorrect!

ArmedandHammered

Just got home from watching Nosferatu, starting to get my smoke on now. That is a great movie, but one that should not be watched stoned. Creepy and Gothic as the Imperial Inquisition.

ArmedandHammered

6 to 3, so a real barn burner, huh?

Doktor Zymm

I mean, I think I want to commit rural arson more now than before I started watching

BeefReeferLives

A true TNF classic.

Doktor Zymm

The orthodontic fangs are the best bit

Gumbygirl

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Run! It’s Tony Dungy!

WCS

Pretty bold play call of having a single running back take a designed dump off pass in the flat with four defenders surrounding him. Top notch.

Senor Weaselo

Always good to know that my answer to “Which QB to start” was neither of them!

Gatoraids

Nice of this game to encourage people to be well rested after a busy Christmas

BC Dick

I will never watch a game because of an announcer but I would absolutely choose a game with no announcer. Just the PA guy.
Saved you $20 million, you goddamn weasel fucking network execs.

Gatoraids

Micromachines Commercial Guy on Red Zone , pony up

BC Dick

I don’t know what those things are. I want the guy who painted the lines echoing over the crowd on a 20-year-old sound system. Down and distance. Nothing else.

Doktor Zymm

Da Bears

Nawt a happy home crowd lol

Don T

This rapid recap I call it U.N. Security Council meeting because it’s been long and uneventful.

Don T

Just got off work—there’s fitbaw on wooo! I’d forgotten.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

So did everyone else, aside from the kicking units on each team.

Beerguyrob

You might have been better off in ignorance.

Doktor Zymm

Poker? I hardly know ‘er!

Doktor Zymm

I should have a whisky so I can make the liquor in the front, poker in the back joke

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Go get ’em, Zymm!

Doktor Zymm

Eh, I’m kinda sick of poker, I’m just playing to watch Sheel win the season

Doktor Zymm

Come play!

ThePirateSloth

I hardly know yer mom!

Doktor Zymm

It’s a shame, you’re both lovely

Brick Meathook

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Beerguyrob

Accidentally put butterscotch ice cream on pumpkin pie and the diabetic shock made me see the lights from “2001 – A Space Odyssey”.

Doktor Zymm

I have never had butterscotch ice cream, sounds good

ThePirateSloth

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ThePirateSloth

I hate the Internet tonight

Beerguyrob

According to Elon, it hates you back.

Doktor Zymm

Elon is telling people not to donate to Wikipedia. Just in case you want to get in any charitable contribution tax deductions before year end and were wondering where to give

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

In all honesty hearing that just got me to throw a few bucks their way.

Gumbygirl

Be right back

clint greasewood

Good thing they took off that TD, still have a chance for the Bears to tie this game and get OT of this fabulous game on Boxing Day.

Gumbygirl

Remember, everybody, it’s preseason for the refs too!

Mr. Ayo

Need more replacement refs. That worked last time.

Mr. Ayo

Goddammit Brown

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Jimbo

DJT when asked which immigrants to deport first.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh shit did UPS fuck up one of your Christmas deliveries?