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NFL 2023/2024

hurtinbuckaroo said:
Washington sucks.
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It’s the name. “Commanders”? Could that BE any more lame? Even “Commandos” would be a step up. Now they’re in á competition with the Cleveland “Guardians” for worst team name E.V.E.R.
 
Guardians has historical reference though in Cleveland. Not a huge fan of the name, but it isn't ridiculous. Washington should have remained the WFT.

Loving all the Belichick crap online. Anyone can remind me how Tom Landry's final years were? Should have gone with Zappe... Nothing without Brady... 9 Super Bowls as a Head Coach, 2 more as a DC. Belichick has nothing left to prove. But the Internet needs to Internet.
 
Still time to bet everything on Dallas.



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Well, the Cowboys/Niners game turned out to be a dud, in terms of being a good, exciting close game. The Cowboys were really exposed, and obviously have a long way to go. About half way through the first quarter you could already see the "deer in the headlights" look on Dak Prescott's face. Over matched.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Not often you can throw for over 300 yards and lose by 50.

Even less often you can go 23 for 26, for 309 yards and 4 TDs... and have your QB rating bettered by the backup!

I guess the Broncos didn't want the Buffalos to feel bad.
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The Donkeys are the embodiment of a death wish. They might become the BEST TEAM EVER to lose 14 games in a season.
 
Quote of the week:

“Lamar was playing a really good game and his receivers were playing like they hated him” - Richard Sherman

They dropped passes in the end zone. They dropped passes on the way to the end zone. They literally fell down when they were wide open. Lamar was dropping dimes, and his WRs treated the football as if it were a hand grenade. 🤬
 
Tharmas said:
Well, the Cowboys/Niners game turned out to be a dud, in terms of being a good, exciting close game. The Cowboys were really exposed, and obviously have a long way to go. About half way through the first quarter you could already see the "deer in the headlights" look on Dak Prescott's face. Over matched.
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I loved it. Mrs Elixir and I each chose a new team after week one, when it became apparent that the donkeys were still the donkeys. She was from Philly, so she picked the Eagles. I lived in the Bay Area for years so the Niners were my pick. Now we’re waiting to see them meet in the NFC championship.
 
Patriots stand by their principles, no matter what the price. They feel heavily for this cause and they refuse to enter the red zone until things are made right. Three weeks into this protest now, it is impacting their game play, but sometimes we need to remember this is just a game and other issues are more important to everyday life. I support the Patriots and whatever righteous cause they are protesting over. God bless the Patriots.
 
I saw that some offensive genius had the Ravens practicing that week catching rugby balls, balls that are a bit larger than an NFL football.
Some of those drops looked like they were trying to catch a larger ball.
 
Tars Tarkus said:
I saw that some offensive genius had the Ravens practicing that week catching rugby balls, balls that are a bit larger than an NFL football.
Some of those drops looked like they were trying to catch a larger ball.
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They did that in training camp. The exercise also had them catch a smaller football. Given that they dropped few, if any, in the first four games, I’d say that wasn’t the reason. In fact, based on what I’ve seen from Ravens receivers the past few years, their performance in those games was remarkable. Agholor in particular is known for never having met a football he couldn’t drop, and he was snagging everything. They just try too hard against the Steelers.
 


Not that there was any doubt for this season.
 
Belichick has one foot on a banana peel, but he’s not dead yet.

The Lions were the #1 team in the league for about 30 seconds.

Even sane people are complaining about “refball “.

The NFC South should be relegated to a college conference.

Justin Herbert should hang it up and become a cover boy for romance novels.
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
The Lions were the #1 team in the league for about 30 seconds.
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That's my new grand theory of the NFL, that whenever anyone is newly crowned the best or worst or at some other echelon, they are about to be shown otherwise. Miami loses the week after they put up 70. SF thumps Dallas, and loses the next week. TB is back because they are 3-1, then lose the next 2. And of course there's NE, the new worst team in the league, who then beat the Bills.

As I always say to my lady acquaintance, why do you have to put a label on it?
 
The Lions are a good team, and should easily win their weak division, but no one who ranked them #1 should be taken seriously in any football discussion. Goff is 0-3 against the Ravens, with an aggregate score of 102-29. And the Ravens played their backups in the fourth quarter of two of those games.
 
Lions win a 41-38 final and are 7-2. Browns improve to 6-3?

Bills are 5-4. It shows how things can turn. The Patriots went from looking to potential mediocrity and instead are suffering terribly with a QB that just can't get over the hump. Zappe, however, quelled rumors of a QB fight.
 
And the Browns are now with Watson for the rest of the year. They lost one of the best RBs in Chubbs, losing Watson isn't great. It might not be a huge disaster as his performance hasn't been worth his contract yet. Now the Browns need their backup to manage the rest of the season... and the playoffs, if they make it. The hill just got steeper.
 
Man, I remember watching two of the best defensive football games between the Patriots and Giants. Today, despite the score, this was not one of them. I mean the defense played well, but they had help from the offense.

Been for sticking with Jones and giving him time, but he simply isn't trending well. He continues to place the ball in harder spots to catch. Sometimes unlucky, but one often makes their own luck. I think he'll be done at the end of the season.
 
Wastewater authorities are reminding Northeast Ohio not to flush the Browns' chances down the toilet, that will lead to plugging their sewer laterals.

Meanwhile in good news / bad news... New England Patriots Defense has held opponents to 10 or fewer points in four games this season, about 1/3 the games. The trouble is, the Patriots are 1-3 in those games. o_O Yes, the weather has been rough the last two games, but oi! They couldn't string three sets of downs together. It'd be:

- get ball to opposing 40 yard line
- give up two sacks and punt from own territory
 
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