Round Two-An Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 5, 2025January 5, 2025

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Things get very tense in this here slate. The games? Sure. But we'll get to Geno Smith eventually. To The Games! Chiefs/Broncos: Redshirt of all folks knows what the score is here. Denver gets the advantage of home and their starters actually playing. Kansas City gets the advantage of always, always winning squeakers. Chargers/Raiders: Vegas

It’s The Last Week of the Regular Season and I’m Only Here So I Don’t Get Fined

scotchnaut - January 5, 2025January 5, 2025

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Twelve DFO bucks is all I have left. Well, that and my dignity. Wait... To The Games! Panthers/Falcons: Carolina was briefly putting some points on the board but they've gone back to their tried and true ways and have scored but 13 the last two weeks so up-and-down Atlanta should roll. Should. Commies/Cowboys: Washington has

It’s Bengals/Steelers-And This Time It Means Something! An Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 4, 2025January 4, 2025

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Kidding! Since Burrow came along the tilts between the two have carried quite a bit of weight. Some observations and then an intro- -Are the Texans the weakest team headed into the playoffs? I think Tampa's offense can beat anyone if Baker is cooking. (get it?) Though Houston is 5-1 in

Your Second Saturday Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 4, 2025January 4, 2025

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Yeah, there will be a third for the evening game. Look who has too much time on his hands/is ignoring chores! Here's a few things that caught my eye. -Much like teams obeying The Rooney Rule but in reverse, I think Vrabel interviewing for the Jets job is a "going through

Wake Me Up When Dyche Gets the Sack (Saturday Open Thread)

King Hippo - January 4, 2025January 3, 2025

WIth the "Inner Circle of Hades" final four, you can count me out for 2024-25 JV NFL playoffs. Other than the back half of Sparky/Steerfuckers South, I regret any brain cells I sacrifiied to same. And of course, I've no interest in watching the rest of the Premiership roll over

Sexy Friday – 20250103

Mr. Ayo - January 3, 2025January 3, 2025

TGIF! Happy New Years! And say goodbye to midweek off days. Full workweeks resume Monday, so enjoy you the next few days. Survival - Personal Edition My resolution for this year? Stop forgetting birthdays. This is rather easy as I just need to sit down and add them all to a calendar

We’ve Only Just Begun (2025) Footy Thread

King Hippo - January 1, 2025January 1, 2025

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I know I am repeating myself (Carpenter pun alert), but Hippo is very glad that a long ago New Year's Resolution (to stop ever making New Year's Resoliutions) has held for yet another year. Everything will just fall to shit regardless, remember. So..to the JV playoffs. 5 matches, 5 "so boring

Ride Eternal, Shiny and Chrome: New Year’s Eve Open Thread

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - December 31, 2024December 31, 2024

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Whelp, here we are again. As we bid farewell to this deeply insane Year of Our Lord 2024, I think I speak for all of us when I say: "Fuck'em if they can't take a joke." I say this not as a rude dismissal of the credulous, the overly-earnest or (in

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 30, 2024December 30, 2024

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Let's get right to it, shall we? Fallout: -Hello Pyrrhic Victory: The Giants won yesterday because they can't do anything right. All it took was for Drew Lock of all people, to have the 6th-highest Expected Points Added per throw since 1999. That puts him up there with Manning, Brady, Brees and

Your Sunday Evening NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 29, 2024December 29, 2024

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I thought that this would be a more engaging game but here we are. To The Game! Falcons/Commies: -I grabbed Atlanta as the 'sneaky good' team of 2024 but like most of my thinkings I was incorrect. -Is Pitts anything other than the biggest bust at tight end we've seen in quite some time?

Your Skinny Slate Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 29, 2024December 29, 2024

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Just the both, huh? [prepares yet another rant about scheduling] Bah, never mind! To The (twin) Games! Fins/Browns: -This is the one no one is watching! -Does anyone regard Miami as a playoff team? -They're so meh this year. (I've been told that the new word is 'mid') My apologies. -To me there's a pall over

It’s Sunday Funday Time! Here’s Your Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 29, 2024

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All the sports have ganged up and are playing today-the NFL of course, the Premier League, NHL, the Juniors, the NBA, women's pro hockey, lacrosse... There's something for everyone except Brick! To The Games! Jets/Bills: Buffalo is gunning for the #2 seed so can we have a little on-field humiliation for Qaron please?