Your Sloppy First Slate

As promised, I’m completely hungover and this intro will be trash. The teams on bye are Browns, Jets, (excellent combo!) Eagles and Bucs.

To The Games!

Bears/Bengals:

Maybe stream rook tight end Loveland in this spot? Cincy’s D is a known trashterpiece that gives up more yards to that position than any other team. As well, the Bears other receivers are banged up.

Vikes/Lions:

J.J has been around the league for a season and a half and still nobody knows just what he is. Will Aidan Hutchison’s balance be affected by the huge billfold in his back pocket? Detroit should roll here.

Panthers/Packers:

My sneaky pick for a wild card is coming back to earth. Hard. But if the defense plays up to their potential this could be a low-scoring tussle.

Chargers/Titans:

Los Angeles gets a get well game in Tennessee but the former’s play has been quite uneven though injuries have played a part.

Niners/Giants:

Perna feels that another New York player is going down with an injury-gotta be Dart, right? I mean he just visited a kid’s hospital so he’s got positive karma out the ying yang right now.

Falcons/Pats:

Which Atlanta team will show up? The one that beat the Bills handily or the one that rolled over against the Fins? Give the frickin’ ball to your backfield! Unfortunately New England has been firing on all cylinders, winning five straight.

Colts/Steelers:

Indy is favored by 3.5 and scoring at a 32.9 clip on average. Pitt’s D is still a work in progress and they just seem to lack team speed. Looks like a walk in the park for the Colts unless they run into some voodoo.

Broncos/Texans:

At a glance these offenses look like they’re overmatched so perhaps take the under of 39.5?

One post down-two more to go [sighs]

 

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King Hippo

It was a fun 3 minutes, Tits being out front.

Doktor Zymm

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Doktor Zymm

TRICKY BEARS!

Unsurprised

Is that the name of Buddy Cole’s new club?

Col. Duke LaCross

TRICKERATION! RAZZLE DAZZLE!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Checking in from my walk, are the Bears losing yet?

Doktor Zymm

Caleb got a receiving TD!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Whoa!

Redshirt

They were. Now its tied.

King Hippo

DJM just threw a TD for ya!

King Hippo

Dimebag rushing score is HUZZAH for Grimace Touched My Butthole

NotShogunButShogun

I think I prefer these to the usual unis

King Hippo

agreed, pretty snazzy

Redshirt

A Bengals sack negated by a Defensive Penalty?! At least they touched the QB.

King Hippo

D-O-N-K-S WOO (DL’s version)

Don T

OH MY GAAAAAAAA TEN PICK 6

Redshirt

Let’s see the other game is “An Aetna Medicare Advantage plan might be right for you”. Damn you, NFL!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I thought that was “An Enema Medical Plan might be right for you….”

Don T

I come here not to bury Mike McCoy, but to fucking howl at the universe to PLEASE make him show some guts, dignity, and resentment to make his mooks and rooks stick it to the Spanoi.

jjfozz

I heard the prescription pill buffet in the Colts’ owners’ box is amazing

NotShogunButShogun

That was always the first suite cleaned post game…for reasons.

BeefReeferLives

Continuing Mr. Irsay’s proud tradition

Redshirt

You’re usual TE flea flicker pass.

Doktor Zymm

It’s the crazy Packers throwbacks!

Doktor Zymm

And totally dig the VEP throwbacks, also appreciate that both teams on the field have stripey pants

King Hippo

Adds to the Vertically Enhanced effect, no?

Redshirt

Ah, I was hoping for dueling Kickoff Return TDs for the entire game.

Don T

We’re here! We’re queer! Becuase who the fuck roots for TEN.

King Hippo

add “T-S” to the very long parade of letters that used to be “LGBT”

(Tits-Supporters)

Doktor Zymm

LOLBEARSENSCHEiSSE

King Hippo

HonkyDOWN for WKRP!!

King Hippo

nah, rando honky kick returner

Redshirt

Opening Kickoff TD!

jjfozz

Following in game thread on Steelers subreddit. Should be interesting.

Redshirt

Are you outing yourself as a Ravens fan or if it a False Flag Operation?

jjfozz

I’ve been permanently banned from Reddit for misgendering someone. i appealed but no luck. fuck reddit.

Unsurprised

IP banned? Get a VPN. Otherwise, you just need to make a new account with a burner email.

OTOH, you’re right. Fuck reddit.

WCS

Even I don’t tread there, and I listen to car crashes and shootings for a living.

Redshirt

We lost Bob Trumpy? Damn it, 2025!

SonOfSpam

Getin closer!

Redshirt

Sigh, let’s do this, I guess.

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Doktor Zymm

Considering sports betting is no longer run by the mob, you would think they would at least TRY to make it feel less sleazy. Yes, talking to you Draft Kings RedZone ads

BeefReeferLives

“Considering sports betting is no longer run by the mob,”

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Unsurprised

Different guys, but organized crime is still organized crime.

I was actually reading about this last night on right wing twitter after Rudy Giuliani interviewed a former Philly mobster about how illegal gambling has gotten even bigger because there are more people gambling overall, so the people who need to go to loan sharks is increasing to loan money for bets since the app companies don’t have that capacity yet and don’t have quite the same enforcement mechanisms available (yet) that the mob has.

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NotShogunButShogun

“AIN’T NO WAY WE LOSE TO THE PANTHERS!”
aren’t you the same idiots who said that about the Pauls?
“YES BUT WE’RE LOUDER ABOUT THIS ONE!”
… uh-huh…well the helmets are sweet this week

Doktor Zymm

From what I gather about MATH HARD! don’t the pregame percentages mean even less than they normally do?

Redshirt

Joe Flacco is active. We may get to see two Bengals QBs die on the field this season. Three if Chase and/or Higgins snaps if Browning throws another pass into quadruple coverage.

jjfozz

Dear whoever is in charge of DST: fuck off and die

King Hippo

It just means that, for the next 6 months, the clocks in my car will be accurate.

jjfozz

When we spring forward I am fucked up for a week. Fall back the day goes by so fast I have to check and see if I’m drunk.

Redshirt

Thanks to your Fantasy Football Heathens, I read DST as Defense and Special Team.

Doktor Zymm

ditto, it was only Hippo’s comment that clarified

blaxabbath

I know what J.J. is –

An injury liability

ArmedandHammered

The early slate really is lackluster to me, may go touch grass on this beautiful day.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

My Bears are playing early.

So I’m about to go for a 10 mile walk.

Redshirt

My Bengals are playing early.

So I’m about to go into a half-pint pity ice cream.

Doktor Zymm

At least one of you will be overly pessimistic in hindsight, maybe both if they tie!

Jimbo

Clips/Tits is the local game, getting ready for a bike ride.

jjfozz

Since the Ravens already played, I’m making up excuses to my wife as to why it’s imperative I watch football anyway. “If I don’t watch, I think it’s some kind of sin and I want to be in heaven with you, my love. So, yeah. Gotta watch.”

Doktor Zymm

The pope’s team is playing!

Unsurprised

There you go. “The Pope is watching. Are you telling me you know better than the Pope?!?!”

BrettFavresColonoscopy
Redshirt

Is it a venal or mortal sin to bet against your team’s defense?

jjfozz

I’m thinking venal, if you killed your team’s defense then it’s a mortal sin

Redshirt

What if its a mercy killing?

ArmedandHammered

Theirs or ours?

Redshirt

Yes.

ArmedandHammered

Depends on the team, I don’t think even the Pope would blame you for betting against the Bengals defense.

Doktor Zymm

It’s for their own good, they have to hit rock bottom until they realize they need help

Horatio Cornblower

ESPN announcing that Cam Skattebo is inactive for the Giants today.

OH YA THINK!?!?!?!?

Redshirt

Skattebo right now (Artistic Interpretation)

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ArmedandHammered

I saw the Niners v. Gints is being called the hospital bowl, let’s see how many are carted off the field today.

Doktor Zymm

Changed my sheets, that’s a productive thing that can serve as an excuse to slack the rest of the day!

I love my sheets, they’re 100% silk. I’m so glad I got them before inflation/tariffs/no de minimus exception. Don’t even want to look at how expensive they must be now. Plus having to wade through all the fakes, ugh

ArmedandHammered

Did you know silk is the reason freight trains are prioritized over passenger trains. Raw silk (which spoils somehow) had to make it from the west coast to the east coast as quickly as possible, so freight trains were given priority.

Doktor Zymm

I agree with that prioritization, silk is fantastic stuff

yeah right

Found the footy on telemundo!

litre_cola

Mrs Cola and i still yell CASTIGO every time there is a flag.

Redshirt

Suddenly the World Series result makes sense.

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Horatio Cornblower

Blue Jays twitter/bluesky/whathaveyou is all over Drake today.

It’s beautiful.

King Hippo

Zaxby’s lemon pepper dry rub is well above-average fast(ish) food quality. My ample fat approves, anyway.

Horatio Cornblower

Photo finish. Don’t see that too often in a marathon.

King Hippo

did either attempt a head-first slide?

Horatio Cornblower

No.

Probably only a matter of time before they adopt those stupid base-stealing oven mitts from MLB and try it, though.

Horatio Cornblower

Men’s race is a hell of a battle with less than a mile to go.

There are no Americans in sight.

ArmedandHammered

Hard to run while being fat.

Horatio Cornblower

At the risk of cutting my own throat in the Lowratio league, you have 2 hours to fill two positions that are currently occupied by people on byes.

ArmedandHammered

Doooon’t caaaaaare.

ArmedandHammered

Actually, I haven’t been able to log in lately.

litre_cola

If I could give your more pluses for your honesty I would. I have done the same for friends.

Redshirt

NFL missed a golden opportunity to have a 9:30 AM on the morning after we turned the clocks back an hour.

Horatio Cornblower

The Blair Witch agrees.

Horatio Cornblower

(She’s a big fan of Mike Tomlin)

Redshirt

(grumbles and kicks rocks)

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Horatio Cornblower

Update: With one mile to go in the women’s race, O’Keefe’s optimism appears to have been misplaced.

Horatio Cornblower

O’Keefe finished 4th in 2:23+.

As she was coming in I looked at her stride and said, from experience “she looks like she’s got some stomach trouble” and then the announcer said she had some “stomach distress” earlier in the race which knocked her off the insane pace, (top 3 women all broke the former course record) and good for her. There’s nothing like the feeling of finishing a hard run and getting to take an enormous dump.

yeah right

Not only not hungover, all digestive activities are back to normal functionality!

We should order pizza!

Horatio Cornblower

Two Americans are in the top 4 of the men’s race in the NYC Marathon as we pass the 18 mile marker.

One of them, however, is named Simbasa, so he’ll probably get jacked by those ICE assholes around Mile 22.

herodotus450

“If he’s so innocent, why was he running away from us?”

King Hippo

Awake, not hungover. I will try to type softly.

Doktor Zymm

Yeah, other than the dirtball game this would have been a great week for a mandatorium as I woke up an hour earlier than usual anyway!

yeah right

Agreed. Every year the Sunday time change day should definitely have an early international feature.

ArmedandHammered

Agreed. The only good thing is it will make it easier to get up M in the morning for awhile.

Horatio Cornblower

Sure, you say you’re an optimist, but are you “woman named O’Keefe running with four East African women at Mile 18 of the NYC Marathon” optimistic?

Jimbo

A little hungover and tired, pants will not be worn today.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Last minute fantasy advice–

Pick two of DJ Moore, JK Dobbins, Jacorey Croskey-Merritt

King Hippo

Dobbins for sure, then probably hold nose and go with DJM

BrettFavresColonoscopy

That’s what my instinct was, so I’m sure that will be incorrect

Doktor Zymm

DJ and JK, Seattle is stronger against the run than the pass, everyone does well against the Bengals D, and RJ Harvey won’t get the ball much this week because of the 3 tds last week and how the Donks run their backfield

Horatio Cornblower

/comes into clubhouse holding a bowl of cereal in one hand, glass of juice in the other
//no one is there
///place trashed, open thread hanging by a, well, a thread

Oh, right, Canada.
Well, only one thing to do.

/goes to the store for doughnuts, Big Turks, and a whole lotta booze.

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