Your Thursday Night NFL Football Open Thread

And I guess there’s a wee bit of baseball for folks that swing that way. There. I mentioned it. Twitter tells me baseball/football games played between two teams in (the same cities) two sports on the same day has only occurred 7 other times before, so there’s that.

Newsy Notes:

-The Ravens wr Bateman is done after having [squints at own handwriting] “Franz Liszt surgery” which hasn’t happened to any player since the late 1880’s!

-That Was Quick!: The Fins have extended Chubb to the tune of 110 million bones without even seeing him in a unitard yet. They must really have a you know, ‘thing’ for him.

-Ray Guy, the guy that single-handedly taught coaches about the importance of field position, boomed his last ball. He’s gone at the age of 72.

Yacht Time Again: Apparently little Danny Snyder and his criminal enterprise, uh, team, are being investigated for good old ‘financial impropriety’. Hopefully the wee bastard is feeling a bit of pressure.

To The Game!

Eagles/Texans:

-Well, it is Thursday Night Amazon Torture Hour again, after all. I’m not expecting much.

-Them Iggles are going for their own undefeated-to-start-the-season record and they’ve never lost to them Texans.

-Houston’s starting wideouts won’t be making an appearance-Cook because he’s upset (even though he just signed an extension in the summer) and Nico Collins because he didn’t want to take part in a travesty.

-The wr’s that will be shut down by the Eagles outside corners will be a mix of Phillip Dorsett, Chris Moore and Tyron Johnson, blessed be their souls.

-Philly has never lost to the Texans and the latter let King Henry run wild on them last week and allow an average of 186 yards per game. That’s 30 more yards than the 31st ranked Bears.

-Garbage Time Stat: Davis Mills has thrown for 2+ TD’s in four of his last five home games.

-Lone Bright Spot: Rook rb Dameon Pierce already has more carries in the NFL than he did in any of his four years in college. He’s rambling at 4.5 ypc.

Endure. Enjoy. Whatever.