NFL 2018: Week 9

Michael Thomas with the Joe Horn cell phone TD celebration, complete with an early 2000s era flip phone, is the best thing I see today.

Buck and Aikman being completely oblivious to the reference was so on brand for the two of them.

Buck just made reference to Joe Horn, so someone finally got in their earpieces and clued them in.

Regardless of the loss, Jared Goff is really good. He's easily the 2nd best NFC West QB now behind Nick Mullens.

It's going to be a long night if the Packers don't realize that James White plays for the Patriots.

Random injury game for both teams

This Packers draft class is starting to show dividends.

Pack can't catch a break this game.

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First-half Panthers: SUPER BOWL BOUND WOOOOOO

Third-quarter Panthers: Garbage

Fourth-quarter Panthers: Eh, good enough to pull this one out.

Meanwhile, someone needs to beat the Saints, thanks.

*Legion* wrote:

Michael Thomas with the Joe Horn cell phone TD celebration, complete with an early 2000s era flip phone, is the best thing I see today.

Buck and Aikman being completely oblivious to the reference was so on brand for the two of them.

Buck just made reference to Joe Horn, so someone finally got in their earpieces and clued them in.

This was an interesting thing to look up on YouTube. The commentators back in Joe Horn's day were very "That's unsportsmanlike conduct!" and it's like "Man, have we lightened up a bit? I hope we have..."

Josh Gordon as a Patriot: 6 games, 22 catches, 396 yards, 2 TDs.

Over a full season, that would come out to 59 catches, 1056 yards, 5 TDs.

Cleveland just threw this guy away when he was finally back and on the field because he suffered a non-football-related hamstring tweak that cost him 2 weeks.

*Legion* wrote:

Josh Gordon as a Patriot: 6 games, 22 catches, 396 yards, 2 TDs.

Over a full season, that would come out to 59 catches, 1056 yards, 5 TDs.

Cleveland just threw this guy away when he was finally back and on the field because he suffered a non-football-related hamstring tweak that cost him 2 weeks.

Apparently, that was the final straw. He was reportedly showing up to practice intoxicated.

"A source told cleveland.com that the mysterious hamstring pull was an issue, but that trust was the bigger factor with one Gordon, and the Browns felt they couldn't rely on his sobriety. "

The intoxicated part was later dismissed as untrue. Which, given that he's remained on the field all season despite being tested thoroughly as part of the substance abuse program, is the story that fits the facts far better.

Bold prediction, Broncos come back after the bye week to go 7-0 for the remainder of the season and make the playoffs

Sure, if Swag was still on the team.

garion333 wrote:

Sure, if Swag was still on the team.

NOW I'M SAD AGAIN

Bengals saw enough of Christian Hackenberg on their practice squad, cut him loose and signed Connor Cook instead.

This may truly be the end of the line for the Hack.

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LB Dorian O'Daniel was lined up just outside the two OL arguing. The the ball was snapped, neither blocked a single player and O'Daniel ran unimpeded to the QB.

Jayhawker wrote:

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LB Dorian O'Daniel was lined up just outside the two OL arguing. The the ball was snapped, neither blocked a single player and O'Daniel ran unimpeded to the QB.

I'm confused how could that not be a false start by two arguing offensive players?

garion333 wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

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LB Dorian O'Daniel was lined up just outside the two OL arguing. The the ball was snapped, neither blocked a single player and O'Daniel ran unimpeded to the QB.

I'm confused how could that not be a false start by two arguing offensive players?

They weren't arguing until after the sack was underway. The outermost player blocks nobody, while the next outermost player doubles up on the guy the left guard blocks.

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Only one of those players is an offensive lineman, though. One is tight end David Njoku.

The offensive lineman? #78?

Well dear friends, that... is Greg Robinson.

And Robinson has been better than the rookie who has been playing LT.

That catch, yikes.

I miss Joe Thomas

That Saints-Rams game was fantastic. That's two teams really playing to win. It felt good to see that after seeing Penn State essentially give up after losing to OSU.

The flip side of that was going from Saints/Rams to Cowboys/Titans. The latter was flat boring (frustrating if you are a Cowboys fan).