NFL 2017 Week 5 Thread

Seems like Carr's injury was a big blow to the Raiders defense.

OBJ's injury looks to be a season ender. Sucks.

Man Eli gave that one away.

Woke up Friday morning either with a really nasty cold, or the Bucs kicking game has finally killed me. Missed most of the games today napping. I don't feel like I missed a whole lot.

iaintgotnopants wrote:

Seems like Carr's injury was a big blow to the Raiders defense.

Zing and/or zing.

I wouldn't have thought Flacco could have stats that good against an empty field, let alone a theoretically decent defense.

Every time they talk about the Rams QB, I hear Ted Knight say, "except they call it gof without the L."

Are the Chiefs the only consistent team this year?

I guess the Browns are consistently sucky, but everyone else seems to be a different team each week.

I can't believe the NY Giants allowed the LA "we don't have enough fans to fill a soccer stadium" Chargers fly across the country, for an early game, and beat them. On top of that, they probably lose OBJ for the year?

The Giants are even worse than I thought.

Chargers are used to away games this season, so it was basically a home game.

But they also have two stud pass rushers and the Giants OL is...bad.

Wow that last drive by GB.

sr_malo wrote:

I can't believe the NY Giants allowed the LA "we don't have enough fans to fill a soccer stadium" Chargers fly across the country, for an early game, and beat them. On top of that, they probably lose OBJ for the year?

The Giants are even worse than I thought.

Yep.

I went with Philly in the Elimination pick today just because the Cardinals were coming east for a 1pm game. I almost went with the Giants, thinking today might be one time they could win for sure. Whew.

So I imagine I'm still the only person around that cares about the Eagles, though now that I'm back to regular speaking of sports with my friend and adding my old man to the mix I'm slowly learning more.

Right now, I'm glad Eagles are 4-1. As awful as it is, I'm also glad Smallwood was out with an injury so that Pederson could stop giving him the ball just so he could dive head first into the big line of burly men making a meat wall. Every wrong decision he could possibly make, he seemed to make. Now, we may be without sproles, but we got three good runners.

I'm also very glad that the Packers managed to beat Cowboys. I watched that final play and holy cow, that must have been exciting to watch on live TV.

I'm really happy that Steelers lost to Jaguars and Giants remain at the bottom of the NFC East barrel.

ccesarano wrote:

I'm really happy that Steelers lost to Panthers

Excuse me??

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Whaaaat what are you talking about I never said any such thing.

Spoiler:

Sorry, Eagles play Panthers on Thursday so they're the cats currently on the brain.

ccesarano wrote:

So I imagine I'm still the only person around that cares about the Eagles, though now that I'm back to regular speaking of sports with my friend and adding my old man to the mix I'm slowly learning more.

Right now, I'm glad Eagles are 4-1. As awful as it is, I'm also glad Smallwood was out with an injury so that Pederson could stop giving him the ball just so he could dive head first into the big line of burly men making a meat wall. Every wrong decision he could possibly make, he seemed to make. Now, we may be without sproles, but we got three good runners.

I'm also very glad that the Packers managed to beat Cowboys. I watched that final play and holy cow, that must have been exciting to watch on live TV.

I'm really happy that Steelers lost to Jaguars and Giants remain at the bottom of the NFC East barrel.

You must be new here....

TheGameguru wrote:
ccesarano wrote:

So I imagine I'm still the only person around that cares about the Eagles, though now that I'm back to regular speaking of sports with my friend and adding my old man to the mix I'm slowly learning more.

Right now, I'm glad Eagles are 4-1. As awful as it is, I'm also glad Smallwood was out with an injury so that Pederson could stop giving him the ball just so he could dive head first into the big line of burly men making a meat wall. Every wrong decision he could possibly make, he seemed to make. Now, we may be without sproles, but we got three good runners.

I'm also very glad that the Packers managed to beat Cowboys. I watched that final play and holy cow, that must have been exciting to watch on live TV.

I'm really happy that Steelers lost to Jaguars and Giants remain at the bottom of the NFC East barrel.

You must be new here....

Ya, Guru's got the Eagles covered fo sho.

Smallwood is Sproles and should've been used that way, which means rarely inside runs and lots of passes. Don't know why they kept trying to use him otherwise.

Also, we *all* care about the Eagles because Certis is their QB.

Tyreek Hill is pretty ridiculous, even just catching a 10 yard hook route.

JJ Watt going down sucks. Will we ever see what could be with Watt and Clowney on the field together healthy?

garion333 wrote:

JJ Watt going down sucks. Will we ever see what could be with Watt and Clowney on the field together healthy?

I really would have been interested to have a crew follow Peyton Manning around today just to see his reaction to what happened.

garion333 wrote:

JJ Watt going down sucks. Will we ever see what could be with Watt and Clowney on the field together healthy?

I'm pretty OK with not seeing it.

That blitz pickup a little bit ago shows why Charcandrick West gets on the field.

Chiefs!

Brent Musberger, of leering at college age girls and denouncing John Carlos and Tommie Smith fame, tweeted out this:

Buh bye to your career.

garion333 wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

You must be new here....

Ya, Guru's got the Eagles covered fo sho.

Ha! Should have known.

Smallwood is Sproles and should've been used that way, which means rarely inside runs and lots of passes. Don't know why they kept trying to use him otherwise.

Smallwood could be Sproles, but Smallwood just doesn't make intelligent decisions when he's out there. Even when he has openings he seems to run the opposite direction of where he should. Which, okay, I get it, when you're on the field and big guys are coming to Hulk Smash ya there's not a lot of thinking involved. But it seems Clements and now Barner are able to make smarter decisions in the same scenarios.

At least someone taught Aghelor how to catch over the summer!

Also, we *all* care about the Eagles because Certis is their QB.

This made me laugh.

I'll go back to observing all the other discussions now.

Don't observe, write more!

Seriously.

Correct, Smallwood is built like Sproles. Didn't realize he lacked good decision making. Of course, I haven't paid him much mind. Here's what Matt Waldman* had to say pre-Draft:

Smallwood earned a little buzz last year, but he has limited upside.

The speed is there, but it doesn't show up on the field. Lacks confidence executing cut backs. And he must learn to protect the ball.

Sounds like a bust in the making!

Honestly, sounds like a player who is great in practices but bad in pads.

*Follow him on Twitter. He's good. Also, read Bill Barnwell.

The [Pitt-Jax] game felt like a microcosm of the 2017 NFL season so far: A potentially washed quarterback held his team back while a rookie running back looked sensational.

Good gawd is that the truth or what?

From here.

garion333 wrote:
The [Pitt-Jax] game felt like a microcosm of the 2017 NFL season so far: A potentially washed quarterback held his team back while a rookie running back looked sensational.

Good gawd is that the truth or what?

From here.

Big Ben is 35 (13 seasons) and wants to retire, Brady is 40 (15 full seasons) and might quickly start looking like he should.

5 year difference in age and 2 less seasons. The punishment that Ben has been taking in comparison tho? I think it's pretty clear to agree of recent long tenured QBs Roethlisberger has been pummeled.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt...

HOUSTON - The best thing about these Chiefs is also the most worrying, and perhaps this is the most effective way to make the point:

Week 1, blow out the Patriots, lose safety Eric Berry for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Week 2, grind out the second half against the Eagles, lose center Mitch Morse to a foot injury.

Week 3, lead wire to wire against the Chargers, lose outside linebacker Dee Ford and kicker Cairo Santos.

Week 4, beat Washington, lose guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to a knee injury.

And now, week 5, win a wild one 42-34 here against the Texans on Sunday night, and lose receiver Chris Conley for the season with a ruptured Achilles and two other players to concussions.

Dat toll.

Also, I can't help but feel bad for Tampa Bay, who continues to struggle to find a kicker, while KC loses theirs and proceeds to sign a guy off the Panthers practice squad that has made 8 of 9 FGs and is 5 for 5 for XPs. In his first game, it was windy as heck, and he pushed his first kick, but proceeded to make his next three, including the 43-yard game winner with 4 seconds left.