Your Sunday Morning Football Open Thread

Hey there’s a wee bit of Premier League football action before the NFL type revs up so join in, if you dare.

To The Games!

Saints/Cowboys:

Zeke and Rico split the backfield carries last week, settling nothing whatsoever. In a dearthly scoring week Derek Carr of all qb’s led the league in most end zone throws with four. Rashid Shaheed reminds me a bit of Tyreek in how he’s starting his career-of the burner’s 10 TD’s so far, five of them have come from more than 50 yards out.

Bucs/Lions:

Buoyed by last week’s stats Baker continues to impress. In his last seven games he has 18 TD’s and just 4 INT’s. Let’s see how he fares vs the Detroit pass rush though. Cool your fantasy jets on rook Bucky Irving-he acquitted himself well but that was on just 20 snaps.

Colts/Packers:

Love is questionable and the Packers brain trust would be deemed so as well if they threw that asset on to the field today. So we have Malik Willis behind center-he’s started all of three games and didn’t pass for even 100 yards in any of them. His peer on the other side of the ball is Richardson who is entertaining in a “NO, NO, NO…YES!” kind of way.

Jets/Titans:

Rodgers has now gone 7 games without having a multiple TD game and is currently 23 games into not having thrown for 300 yards. The end is near and he did it his way, which was the wrong way. Speaking of lousy qb-ing, Will Levis gifted his opponent a pick-six and his team with a paltry four yards per pass attempt.

Niners/Vikes:

The Magical Disappearing Man McCaffrey is headed to IR. Oof! Do you think Baby Shanny regrets giving him a million billion touches last year? Ah, who’s kidding, as long as Mason can deliver on the cheap San Fran’s offense will roll along. Darnold was perfectly cromulent last week, making fans think that maybe the ghost sightings won’t start for a few more weeks at least.

Seahawks/Pats:

I can’t get a handle on either of these teams just yet but good on both for getting the W last week. We know that Rhamondre will get some work and Seattle’s 31st-ranked run D gave up only 99 yards on the ground so there’s something to track I guess.

Giants/Commies:

A multi-week stay in the basement of the NFC East awaits the loser of this tilt. Thing is, both Dimes and Kayvon have a history of playing well against Washington. Red Zone would be wise to steer clear of this travesty.

Chargers/Panteros:

Fantasy folks that were down on Herbert going into the season were rewarded with a 144 yard effort last week. Look for that number to go up because Carolina (and their qb) didn’t appear to make any progress at all in the offseason.

Browns/Jax:

Despite 10 attempts Watson didn’t complete a single pass of 15+ air yards last week. Something must have been on his mind. He’s yet to throw for 300 yards as a Brown. Tank Bigsby was a huge disappointment last year but made an impression with 73 yards on 12 carries. Perhaps he’s got things figured out, which is nice to see from a 2nd-year player.

Raiders/Ravens:

The reigning NFL MVP got off to the hottest of starts last week, running for the most yards (qb) in an opening game ever. Will he hold up running that often at his new reduced weight? [shakes Ozempic stick] “Signs Point To No”.

Have at it.