Your Sunday Afternoon NFL Slate Week 16 Open Thread

Somewhere in Cancún….

The assassin grumbled. She said to herself, “What am I doing out here? This is why you have underlings!”

She muttered to herself but she knew deep down she had no choice. Some work you just had to do yourself. If you didn’t, that would mean someone else would and, quite frankly, she could use the money for the Christmas celebrations. She couldn’t afford to waste more time

She saw him park his fat ass on the beach and put up an umbrella. It was about a 100 yards, but he was unmistakable. That’s what happens when the economy goes in the shitter. Everything becomes “lean” while the fat get fatter.

Why did she have to go into the office today of all days? I mean, there’s NFL football on the TV! And there are several games with playoff implications!

“Oh well. Might as well get on with it. The faster I do this, the faster I can get to the pool bar and watch the games. Stupid work.”

TO THE GAMES!!

Falcons at Cardinals

This game is only important for fantasy football purposes. For my personal benefit, I hope that Atlanta decides to rest Mr. Robinson and give him a well-deserved break. Much like their fan base, I don’t really care about the Cardinals.

Jaguars at Broncos

This is the premier game of the week. This will tell us who is for real and who is a fraud. For some reason, I think it may be the Jags that are for real, but the game is in Denver and that’s awfully tough for a team from the tropics.

Raiders at Texans

Can we just put Raiders fans out of their misery already? If they were dogs, they would be put down more for their benefit than anything. Just watch the foaming of the mouth. I’m pretty sure 90% of their fans haven’t gotten their shots.

Steelers at Lions

There is a chance that the Steelers go into Jerome Bettis’ hometown and pull off a miracle win. It’s about the same chance a guy has of pulling off a threesome with two hot Latinas and NO ONE gets jealous.

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jjfozz

Nice play Pittsburgh, no go eat a buffet of shit.

Redshirt

…but score one more touchdown, and then the shit buffet.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s so festive of Houston to be wearing their Christmas helmets!

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Doktor Zymm

I like them, I just wish they brightened up the dark blue accents a bit more

LemonJello

Jaguars bandana in the dryer, just to warm it up.

Stand by, clubhouse.

Doktor Zymm

Smart!

King Hippo

It’s earned, mah dude. Well earned.

Redshirt

Bronx Cheer!

jjfozz

don’t tell my mother in law, but we didn’t go to mass today.

Gumbygirl

I’ll write you a note.

Redshirt

I’m starting to lose my bolief in the Broncos.

King Hippo

I could only really believe when we had a true 1A/1B in Dobbins/Harvey. But this is a house money season, can’t be that pissy about whatever happens.

King Hippo
Doktor Zymm

Pick one:

  • 2015 Louis Roederer Cristal Millésimé Brut
  • 2007 Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires
  • 2015 Bollinger La Grande Année
King Hippo

The ’07 sounds fanciest

jjfozz

I can admit I have no clue as to what these three things are. I’m gonna guess weird fruits from France?

Doktor Zymm

Highly processed grapes

jjfozz

oh, well does Mad Dog 20/20 have a place in this discussion? I have some experience in this area.

Also, when I was 7 my grandfather would give us Ernest and Julio Gallo red wine mixed with Sprite.

Also, another grandfather gave me vermouth at Christmas, and I barfed on the ride home. I thought my father was going to murder him.

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Doktor Zymm

Interesting, I usually go for coke with red and sprite with whites

litre_cola

Bollinger.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

This is a trick question, right? The Roederer.

(how was my litre_cola impression?)

litre_cola

Love this!

Doktor Zymm

For context, these are the 3 champagnes likely to be available on the Singapore air awards flight I booked FRA-JFK. I should be able to try all 3, but want to prioritize just in case

Redshirt

Steelers’ DK Metcalf throws punch at Lions fan during Week 16 matchup – CBS Sports

So, um, was DK Metcalf always an issue, or should we test the water in the Steelers WR Room?

jjfozz

So there was no call from New York saying, “Get him the fuck out of here?” Oh, wait the NFL loves its legacy teams and I’m sure there was a bunch of money bet on the Squealers.

Doktor Zymm

To be fair,
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The fan he hit is a total shitheel and I want to punch him too

jjfozz

I get that. He’s a normal fuckface of a fan. But still, trying to hurt hime shoudfactor into it.

Doktor Zymm

Eh, he was fine, he celebrated being hit right after. It was more of a shove than a punch, if DK was trying to hurt him he would have.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Normally I’d agree but he’s been worthless out there.

rockingdog

Found a funny:

🎵deck my halls into pieces/this is my last noel🎵

litre_cola

Whats up with the imaginary team’s helmets?

Redshirt

How nice of Minnesota to loan them their alternate helmets.

King Hippo

especially the concussion cap varietal! Some nightmare shit

Redshirt

Having the ball for 10 minutes only to end with a field goal from the 5 has to feel like a loss.

Doktor Zymm

Broncos having almost as bad a day as Barbaro did in the Preakness

King Hippo

It’s all coming up That’s Rikki’s Raiders today, innit?

WCS
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

WOO!

jjfozz

Rogers is the only asshole who would help up an opponent and then trash talk him.

King Hippo

I am very angry y’all didn’t take head shot after head shot on that dickass.

jjfozz

I feel bad for the Detroit custodians who had to go mop up Romo’s jizz at halftime. Hoping the splash guard holds up for the rest of the game.

rockingdog

Loving this Broncos vs Jags game.

Back & forth that’s ROCKINGGGG!!!

King Hippo

Jaguras running an absolute clinic. Maybe Liam Cohen is CoY after all?

rockingdog

RB’s Harvey & Gainwell with Back-2-Back TD’s babaaaayyyyy!!! 🏈💯

That was ROCKINGGGG!!!!

King Hippo

Parker Washington is just fucking our shit up.

litre_cola

I am not prepared for Prison Girlfriend to have a good team.

King Hippo

He’s sure coming (PHRASING) out (PHRASING!) on top (PHRASING!!!!) today

Doktor Zymm

Broken fibula and dislocated ankle for Judkins. Plus he’s still on the Browns. Ouch.

scotchnaut

Brilliant play call by Jags OC on 3rd and short.

Doktor Zymm

Ladd McConky looks about 14, complete with being unable to grow a moustache

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Fucking incompetent refs. That was absolutely a catch and a touchdown, but you blew the call and stopped the fucking play! He can’t just get up and run.

Horatio Cornblower

That’s a hell of a catch.

Too bad the officials fucked it up.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“No we didn’t!” – referees, ignoring the rulebook completely

jjfozz

Wondering how there wasn’t an offensive PI call

scotchnaut

I have seen the future and it is filled with Planters Salt and Vinegar cashews. Damn, so good.

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BugEyedBoo

Aldi has some dill flavored ones that would be close to that.

yeah right

Trader Joe’s used to have cashews with a wasabi crust that were insane.

They were so delicious that of course, Trader Joe’s discontinued them.

jjfozz

I’m sure some millenial fuckwad got scared of the packaging, or shouted cultural appropriation due to the use of wasabi.

scotchnaut

We see this all the time in the food service business-a product is introduced and is super popular in a few regions but it’s overall sales nation-wide don’t justify the cost of its production. That’s the way it goes.

Don T

Moose Johnstone looks delightfully effeminate in fluffy v neck swater 🥰

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

DK Metcalf is having a disaster of a day so far.

Horatio Cornblower

It’s nice of Nantz and Romo to keep harping on it.

Don T

Thin Skinalice at the Palace!

Doktor Zymm

The Detroit fan troll is just the dog-hair encrusted, rotten cherry on top of his Sundaey

Doktor Zymm

I actually don’t think he should get in trouble for punching that dipshit, just watch the asshole celebrate after

Horatio Cornblower

It’s probably OK to let every NFL player punch one fan a season and just assume it was justified.

Don T

Oof. Nakia-like catch bu TeslAa

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Anti-semitic?

Don T

In retrospect, mmmm, I dunno.

scotchnaut

If Jax tight end Quinton Morris is 243 pounds and not 270 I’ll eat the three infant-sized burritos he had for his pre-game meal.

Don T

Sound of the narration of my PIT @DET stream
https://youtu.be/sEymyO5Abp4?si=QrRrm-kNoxGONIi8

Horatio Cornblower

Reminds me of the Patton Oswalt routine ripping on NPR fundraisers: “Tibetan throat singing quite rightly died out 600 years ago, but now thanks to two trust fund kids majoring in dead languages you can bring it back! A donation of $50 gets you….” basically you get a shitty album no one would want.

Doktor Zymm
Don T

I’m a sucker for dead languages
/caresses Lisp 3 ring binder

Don T

Just finished all of the Shame Wendy’s. I bought two-days worth yesterday.
Reheating brings xtra shame.

litre_cola

Have to loves airlines that try to put one over on you. Mr Cola we have adjusted your flight to Phoenix in March. We will now fly you up to Edmonton and then to Phoenix at night, sounds great right? It is the best we could do and closely resembles your original flights. If you don’t respond in 48 hours we can no longer make a change for free.

I went on line and found a direct flight which gets us there by noon. So fucking shady.

Doktor Zymm

That’s BS, was it Air Canada? Y’all have even less airline competition than we do in the US so they tend to be even worse about stuff like this

litre_cola

Westjet who is no longer owned by their employees but by Onyx Capital an investment firm. Westjet is the worst.

Doktor Zymm

That’s a bummer, I flew them once in 2018 or so and it was a nice flight

scotchnaut

Onyx Capital is owned by Gerry Schwartz who is married to Heather Reisman, the face of Indigo Books in Canada. The mother company tries to create monopolies in overlooked markets here in Canada and is doing a bang-up job of it last time I looked.

King Hippo
Unsurprised

That would be hilarious if Christian Kirk was Muslim.

Unsurprised

He had three beers at lunch. That would make anyone sleepy.

King Hippo

Afraid Balls’ predicion might prove verdad.

Doktor Zymm

I don’t often say a defense is a joy to watch, but the Imaginaries absolutely are

King Hippo

They are legit terrifying

scotchnaut

They are legit beasties and I’ll not be surprised if they get to the AFC Champeenship Game.

King Hippo

Offense kind of stuck in 2nd gear today, though

Doktor Zymm

Raiders stuck a potatoe in their gas tank

WCS

Chris Boswell > you

King Hippo

ESPECIALLY if you = Geno Smith.

WCS

Stillers leaving the undrafted rookie in his third-career start alone against Aiden Hutchison.

SMRT

Redshirt

That’ll teach Rodgers to stop using his pregame speech to talk about conspiracy theories and why the color aqua is spying on him.

Doktor Zymm

Doink in a holiday mood!

Doktor Zymm

So the Raiders get relegated to the NCAA and whoever wins the College champeenship moves up?

WCS

They go to the UFL.

scotchnaut

Los Panteros with the W!!!

/making my ridiculous Week 5(?) prediction look downright Nostrodammy

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Don T

Gotta say: love the Sean Payton clear granny glasses. With a shorter haircut and t shirt with khakis, full butch lesbian look.

King Hippo

The Subaru Outback checks out!

Don T

“That’s what happens when the economy goes in the shitter. Everything becomes “lean” while the fat get fatter.”

Mmmmuah! 😘 👌🏼

WCS

Stillers radio cuts into their sideline reporter, who’s mic clearly wasn’t working properly.

That’s a great harbinger of things to come, I’m sure.

Doktor Zymm

If I ever have the opportunity to name a team I’m going with the Octopuses with the Blue-Ringed Octopus as the mascot
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BugEyedBoo

Fighting Octopodes!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

When you said “blue ring” I thought you were going to update us on what Buddy Cole’s Halftime Show got up to in Smurf Village last night.

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

No Mr Bond, I expect you to die

scotchnaut

Doc: “Kill all the members of The Band!”

Henchman: “Ms, most of them are dead and-”

Doc: “YOU HEARD ME!”

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Doktor Zymm

Extra style points if you use tetrodotoxin for a beach assassination. Onshore shark attack is also good.

Dunstan

Can they have lasers on their heads?

Doktor Zymm

I’m not going to interfere with a professional shark’s choice of equipment!

King Hippo

fucking Jaguras lucked out, it’s 15 degrees warmer in Denver than it is at Casa del Hippo!

Unsurprised

That gif is hypnotic

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s like a sexy lava lamp…