NFL 2019: Week 3

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* Tonight, we have to watch the near-annual crapfest that is Thursday Night Titans/Jags. The good news: the Jaguars will be wearing teal jerseys and white pants, in reference to the one true Jaguars uniform, and won't be wearing, you know, these things.

* George Kittle is the best TE in the NFL, and this is why. Kelce and Ertz are his peers as receivers, but neither of them are remotely in the same class as blockers. Kittle is the heir to the Gronk throne, as Gronk was a dominant blocker too.

* Ultimately, I think nothing will come of Jalen Ramsey's trade request. I don't think any team is going to want to pay two 1sts and then also have to pay Ramsey the market rate contract price he wants sooner than later. I do think the Jaguars will be coached by a new staff next season, and possibly have a new front office, and that along with a contract extension will appease Ramsey. Ramsey already started softening his language the very next day, rather than escalating it like an AB situation.

* Having now written the previous bullet point and put it out there, Ramsey will be traded before the weekend ends.

* It sounds like the NFL Competition Committee may look into the Dolphins' tanking tactics, and consider ways to prevent it in the future. This could be what finally brings a lottery system into the NFL draft, which IMO would absolutely suck.

* Dallas just cut their 2017 1st round pick, Taco Charlton. Classic "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" draft pick, a guy whose college career was really defined by half of a good senior season. He was claimed off waivers by the Dolphins, which just seems like more proof of the team intentionally tanking.

* A tweet from Football Perspective: "Kliff Kingsbury and the Cardinals are now the first team since the NFL moved the goal posts in 1974 to attempt 3 field goal attempts in a game, while trailing, from inside the 5-yard line". Suddenly I am remembering the early 1990s and all sorts of criticism about the run-and-shoot's performance in the red zone.

* Landon Collins out dropping bombs on Dave Gettleman: "He’s a liar. He lied to everybody."

* This one's for Guru: one of Miami's linebackers claims that, after having made a legal hit on Tom Brady, one of the referees told him to "stay off Tom".

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Dolphins face Dallas this weekend in the Taco bowl.

Colts sign $wag to the practice squad, so that waiving was pretty much exactly what I thought it was. He's their QB3 behind Brissett and Hoyer.

Dolphins will start Josh Rosen this week, who has to be looking around him at the rest of the offense and wondering why this keeps happening to him.

*Legion* wrote:

Dolphins will start Josh Rosen this week, who has to be looking around him at the rest of the offense and wondering why this keeps happening to him.

He deserves a nickname worthy of a man designed to give his team the #1 overall pick; Josh "The Anchor" Rosen? Josh "Stinks Like Garbage, Doesn't Smell Like A" Rosen? "Oh no we signed" Josh Rosen?

Timothy Burke updated his Sam Darnold meme generator and I frankly just couldn't help myself.

*Legion* wrote:

* It sounds like the NFL Competition Committee may look into the Dolphins' tanking tactics, and consider ways to prevent it in the future. This could be what finally brings a lottery system into the NFL draft, which IMO would absolutely suck.

The answer is simple. Reverse the order for every team that doesn't make the playoffs. The best record of non-qualifiers gets the first pick. If you want to suck, then you are getting pick #20. Then go from worst to first for the playoff teams.

This would keep the best QBs from ending up on crap teams, and force crap teams to improve their depth and other positions before using their crappy record to get a QB that they will ruin.

Chiefs v Ravens. The only team to beat Lamar Jackson in the regular season last year. Should be fun.

Alright Thursday Night Football, I am ready

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Rat Boy wrote:

Timothy Burke updated his Sam Darnold meme generator and I frankly just couldn't help myself.

"Gardner Minshew Throws a Touchdown" can be sung to the TMNT theme song.

Where are the Jags white pants? I got that information from jaguars.com's game day story.

Rat Boy wrote:

"Gardner Minshew Throws a Touchdown" can be sung to the TMNT theme song.

Make a Wikipedia page so that one Twitter account will pick it up

*Legion* wrote:

* Tonight, we have to watch the near-annual crapfest that is Thursday Night Titans/Jags. The good news: the Jaguars will be wearing teal jerseys and white pants, in reference to the one true Jaguars uniform, and won't be wearing, you know, these things.

Correction: black pants. I'm OK with it. Definitely better than the Vomit Yellow Rush.

Meanwhile: MENNNSHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

GM2 kinda double-clutched on that TD throw. He was probably so jacked to see that dude so wide open he was making doubly sure that he didn't chuck it into the stands.

Update: DAD CAM!

Enix wrote:

Correction: black pants. I'm OK with it. Definitely better than the Vomit Yellow Rush.

They're very, very, very dark white, OK?

How could I expect the team's official website to get this right?

Gardner Minshew II Rookie of the Year

*Legion* wrote:

How could I expect the team's official website to get this right?

I mean, it is run by the Jaguars.

Don't want to derail the thread but if I have a question about some trades in my non-gwj fantasy league would there be a good place for that? One of my leagues there's been three trades that, by themselves, don't seem too bad but all three are a little lopsided towards one team.

EvilHomer3k wrote:

Don't want to derail the thread but if I have a question about some trades in my non-gwj fantasy league would there be a good place for that? One of my leagues there's been three trades that, by themselves, don't seem too bad but all three are a little lopsided towards one team.

Follow the money, Homer.

Aikman: The Jags are going to load the box against Henry. Here's the safety coming down.

*safety drops back deep*

Aikman: Here, they're bringing the other safety down

*other safety backs up out of the box too*

Not exactly Romodamus there, Troy.

I think Troy Aikman is perfectly paired with Joe Buck.

Also, I'm beginning to think Leonard Fournette might not have a great NFL career.

EvilHomer3k wrote:

Don't want to derail the thread but if I have a question about some trades in my non-gwj fantasy league would there be a good place for that? One of my leagues there's been three trades that, by themselves, don't seem too bad but all three are a little lopsided towards one team.

Stele says we don't have enough posts in these weekly threads, so sure, post away and help pump up our numbers.

Jesus Christ, Joe Buck.

"Troy, we lost a viewer"

Yeah set it up to sound like SOMEBODY DIED. Jesus.

*Legion* wrote:

Jesus Christ, Joe Buck.

"Troy, we lost a viewer"

Yeah set it up to sound like SOMEBODY DIED. Jesus.

Man, these new Nielsen boxes measure everything.

Troy looks like he's not enjoying the climate in Jacksonville.

They did not just do a QB mustaches over the years slideshow and leave out Jeff George.

Rat Boy wrote:

Troy looks like he's not enjoying the climate in Jacksonville.

Redder than usual? I haven't bothered turning it on because it's the Jags. Who wants to watch that??

garion333 wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

Troy looks like he's not enjoying the climate in Jacksonville.

Redder than usual? I haven't bothered turning it on because it's the Jags. Who wants to watch that??

He's sweating like he's Dan Le Batard.

DJ Chark is going to be this team's WR1 in a hurry, if he isn't already.

EDIT: Another big Dede Westbrook drop, I think that answers the WR1 question. Chark it is.

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