NFL 2017 Week 8 Thread

tboon wrote:

My name is tboon and I have a problem: I am watching the London game this morning.

Also, Cleveland won a half for the first time this year!

But not the second half. Bortles in London magic only lasts so long.

I just wanted to hear people say Twickensham.

The Saints are playing like the Bears traditionally played, and the Bears are playing like the pre-Brees Saints.

garion333 wrote:
tboon wrote:

My name is tboon and I have a problem: I am watching the London game this morning.

Also, Cleveland won a half for the first time this year!

But not the second half. Bortles in London magic only lasts so long.

Well yeah, it is Cleveland after all.

So who wins their first game first: Cleveland or the Niners?

tboon wrote:
garion333 wrote:
tboon wrote:

My name is tboon and I have a problem: I am watching the London game this morning.

Also, Cleveland won a half for the first time this year!

But not the second half. Bortles in London magic only lasts so long.

Well yeah, it is Cleveland after all.

So who wins their first game first: Cleveland or the Niners?

The 49ers lost five games straight by a field goal or less, and have a much better chance to win a game than the godawful Browns do. Also, the 49ers are being led by potentially the best University of Iowa-alumnus QB ever.

Spoiler:

He sucks, just as much as the history of all the other University of Iowa QBs.

Weather was terrible for a bunch of games today. I had tickets for the Eagles game and chose to stay home rather than sit in that monsoon. Figures the one game I get tickets to is in miserable weather.

Yeah, there was a lot of plays where you could tell both teams were struggling with the weather.

Eagles offensive line is definitely hurting without Peters. I feel like the running game was drastically reduced in the second half because the offense just ain't cutting it. The defense, however, did a solid job.

So sayeth the amateur "I just got into Football and am gonna sit here and pretend I'm an expert" guy.

They switched over to the Bears vs. Saints game. For no reason in particular but to root for the underdog, I was kind of hoping the Bears could pull a miracle and get a touchdown and 2-pt conversion to tie the game and keep it going.

And then the interception happened.

Russell Wilson and DeShaun Watson: The Future of the NFL.

Assuming Watson continues to play like he had, but damn, they are the post Brady/Manning future. .

Go Hawks.

Panthers!

Not much to write home about but we'll take it, I guess.

Those late games were something, huh?

Man that Juju Simon & Schuster.

I wish Barry Sanders hadn’t been roped into the booth. Even if Collinsworth wasn’t insufferable, he’s happily moved on.

*Legion* wrote:

Man that Juju Simon & Schuster.

I was so happy to see that. Ben's really off.

This is really Detroit's game to lose the way Pittsburgh's playing.

Hue Jackson is not concerned about his job and he feels the support from the Haslams.

Guess that means he's gonna be fired the moment he walks off the airplane.

garion333 wrote:

Hue Jackson is not concerned about his job and he feels the support from the Haslams.

Guess that means he's gonna be fired the moment he walks off the airplane.

"Take the playbook. Leave the cannoli."

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

[spoiler]That's a quality dad joke; I regret nothing.[/spoiiler]

Except perhaps misspelling the closing spoiler tag?

Should have been watching the whole World Series game instead of NFL last night

garion333 wrote:

Russell Wilson and DeShaun Watson: The Future of the NFL.

Assuming Watson continues to play like he had, but damn, they are the post Brady/Manning future. .

Wentz and Watson and maybe Goff, you mean... Russell Wilson is only 5 years younger than Rodgers, who might have already his best season like Roethlisberger 2014.

Also, that Steelers/Lions game was amazing to watch on live TV.

Did Legion just have a heart attack?

captainchaos wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Russell Wilson and DeShaun Watson: The Future of the NFL.

Assuming Watson continues to play like he had, but damn, they are the post Brady/Manning future. .

Wentz and Watson and maybe Goff, you mean... Russell Wilson is only 5 years younger than Rodgers, who might have already his best season like Roethlisberger 2014.

Also, that Steelers/Lions game was amazing to watch on live TV.

Russell Wilson still makes magic happen like Aaron Rodgers. Barring injury we'll be seeing him for a while. Last year was an aberration due to injury. Even then he was still good.

Anyway, I mentioned them because they played each other yesterday in a masterful shootout.

But, sure, Wentz and Goff too.

Wilson and Luck (if his shoulder isn't ruined) are the bridge between Manning/Brady. But the way Wilson and Watson play are the future.

TheGameguru wrote:

Did Legion just have a heart attack?

No, the website's still up.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Patriots trade Jimmy G to the 49ers for a second-rounder also RIP LEGION

I, uhh... wow.

RIP Beat Hard Era, 2017-2017

The 49ers have (had) two second round picks in 2018 - theirs and New Orleans'. Trading a single 2nd round pick doesn't phase me that much, especially with the other one still in their pocket. That's half the price they sent Alex Smith to KC for, and that was before Smith's recent renaissance.

The real question is, what comes next? Garoppolo's deal ends after this year. That's a 2nd round pick for a half-season contract, which only makes sense if they extend him. But do they extend him now? After a few games? Not until the offseason (knowing they have the franchise tag option)? So many kvestions. Bold moves, John Lynch.

Manafort I saw coming today. Garoppolo I did not.

Jimmy G gonna get tagged and then you'll have a Kirk Cousins 2.0 situation.

Or, even better, you'll have a Oz 2.0 situation with a ton of money after a small sample.

*Legion* wrote:

The real question is, what comes next?

A bunch of jersey sellers in the Bay Area double checking that they've spelled "Garoppollo" properly.

There's a lot of ways it can go. I don't think an in-season extension is off the table until I hear either camp suggest otherwise.

The risk for Garoppolo is that he could Cardale Jones himself, wiping out his strong tiny sample (2 starts, 5 TDs, 0 INTs) and replacing it with mediocre tape and tanking his 2018 value. Or he could get hurt.

If he puts a few good games together, he may be inclined to take a shorter-term middle-tier starter salary deal and ensure he gets paid multi-millions, because he has made jack sh*t in the NFL (by league standards). Think something like the 2-year $35 mil deal ($22 guaranteed) Sam Bradford signed with the Eagles (the contract he's still on after the Minnesota trade). Unless one thinks Garoppolo comes to the Niners and starts setting the league on fire, I think there's reason to imagine his camp looking for some security over the risk of gambling on looking mediocre and having everyone just move on. A 2nd round pick is not cheap, but it's not so expensive that the Niners have to feel like they have no choice but to franchise.

That said, I would still place the highest odds on the 2018 franchise tag. The 49ers were flush with cap space already, and eating most of Bowman's deal in 2017 opened up some more. They can afford to, as you say, Kirk Cousins 2.0 him for a season or even two.

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Top_Shelf wrote:

Go Hawks.

Speaking of second round picks... I have to say I'm a bit excited to see what comes out of
Duane Brown coming to Seattle.

MoonDragon wrote:
Top_Shelf wrote:

Go Hawks.

Speaking of second round picks... I have to say I'm a bit excited to see what comes out of
Duane Brown coming to Seattle.

Same. The O appears to be improving. The D just needs a healthy Earl Thomas.