NFL 2021: The Week 7 thread

They do know that people age 55 or so weren't around when Jim Brown was playing, right?

Still fuming over here about that offside/false start that wasn't called and Teddy got hit on a play that should have been dead and ended Denver's drive.

So, do any of you know someone that can play Tackle, QB, RB, or WR? Asking for my football team.

And OBJ has spent most of his prime years injured, which is why I am willing to throw him in sweeten the pot with him, for my Baker trade scenarios.

UpToIsomorphism wrote:

So, do any of you know someone that can play Tackle, QB, RB, or WR? Asking for my football team.

And OBJ has spent most of his prime years injured, which is why I am willing to throw him in sweeten the pot with him, for my Baker trade scenarios.

The Browns were never in any danger of losing that game last night though. Sure the Broncos are frauds, but I don't think your Browns were in any danger of going sub 500 last night.

If Teddy hadn't thrown pick.
If Von Miller doesn't get hurt by his own teammate.
If that bullsh*t flag not called hadn't killed Denver drive in the 3rd.
If Denver stopped 4th and 3 at goal line.
If Denver could stop 3rd and 7 with 47 seconds left.

There were a few key plays that could have given Denver the chance to tie or take the lead.

I am looking at Baker's three wins this season and, honestly, don't see any real added value over his backup in any of them. If he is pushing for a $35M+ contract, he has to convince folks that he can win them at least four games they "shouldn't". I don't know that he is doing that.

Conversely, it is frightening how much the Ravens are going to have to pay Lamar.

Paleocon wrote:

Conversely, it is frightening how much the Ravens are going to have to pay Lamar.

I expect he'll match Mahomes' $45m/yr figure.

Before the season, people speculated 40-45m, as Dak Prescott landed at $40m/year. But Josh Allen later signed for $43m/yr, which pretty much makes 43 a hard floor for any Lamar negotiations.

I don't expect he'll leapfrog Mahomes, but I expect he'll eat up the rest of that $2m gap between Mahomes and the field.

In FO's Week 7 preview, Mike Tanier says the Panthers are the Giants "with less media scrutiny, friendlier coaches, and an easier early schedule." There's also something called the Jimmy G Victimization Index. It's an amusing 5-minute skim.

Enix wrote:

There's also something called the Jimmy G Victimization Index. It's an amusing 5-minute skim.

Well to fully get that, you have to have noticed that Tanier's been doing the Carson Wentz Victimization Index all year as Indy's game preview. But with the Colts playing the 49ers, he pulled a switcheroo this week.

*Legion* wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Conversely, it is frightening how much the Ravens are going to have to pay Lamar.

I expect he'll match Mahomes' $45m/yr figure.

Before the season, people speculated 40-45m, as Dak Prescott landed at $40m/year. But Josh Allen later signed for $43m/yr, which pretty much makes 43 a hard floor for any Lamar negotiations.

I don't expect he'll leapfrog Mahomes, but I expect he'll eat up the rest of that $2m gap between Mahomes and the field.

I suspect you are right. I am also torn. Part of me wants him to get the biggest contract the NFL has ever seen because the kid is a bona fide phenomenon and is by all measures a quality human being. The other part of me wants him to leave some oxygen for the rest of the team so he can win multiple championships.

If this atmospheric river's hitting Santa Clara as it is in the north bay, Colts-Niners are going to be playing in some good ol' fashioned slop.

I almost feel bad for the Jets at this point.

Wait, no, I actually don't.

Why do the TV people insist on calling it "the blue medical tent" like blue is the corporate sponsor?

iaintgotnopants wrote:

Why do the TV people insist on calling it "the blue medical tent" like blue is the corporate sponsor?

Because they haven´t found someone who would sponsor the medical tent yet. It's like one of those "your name here" things. Maybe sometime soon it will be the PopTarts(TM) medical tent or the DogeCoin medical tent.

Playing baseball at Carolina and NY

Da Chiefs, what is going on?

TheGameguru wrote:

Playing baseball at Carolina and NY

Does the coach who loses that game get fired?

Darnold benched!

PJ Walker time.

TV just flipped from KC to Ravens. But that one is over too probably

Prolly, but you can't quite count em out.

*Legion* wrote:

Darnold benched!

PJ Walker time.

Well, if the goal was to make Darnold look better by comparison, uh, mission succeeded?

Also, starting to think Ja'Marr Chave over an OT just might have been a good decision for Cincinnati.

Wow, that's the saddest announcer line i've heard in a while.

lions/rams announcer wrote:

The detroit lions are going to take the first offensive snap with a lead this year.

Detroit Lions fan(s), I don't know how you do it.

Apparently, Fields is the first Ohio State QB that Brady will face in his career. That's nuts.

*Legion* wrote:

PJ Walker time.

Again? I thought they knew what they had with Walker.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Also, starting to think Ja'Marr Chase over an OT just might have been a good decision for Cincinnati.

to be fair, they did take Jackson Carman in the early 2nd, and a dart throw on Trey Hill late. It's not like they took Chase and then decided they were happy with their line.

Emmes wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

PJ Walker time.

Again? I thought they knew what they had with Walker.

Well if they didn't, him going 3-of-14 should clue them in.

I think Milkman's theory holds the most water.

Carolina has gone from pretty good to OK to f**king miserable in less than two months. GOOD JOB MATT RHULE.

Today's Darnold/Walker performance has Panther Fan muttering the C word today ("Clausen"). Yeah, it was that bad.

PS: Early speculation seemed to be that Walker went in because Darnold banged up his knee when he got sacked in the 4Q. But Rhule came out postgame and said, nope, HEY DARNOLD is our starter next week and thereafter!

Whether that's true or not, who the hell knows? Six days ago, The Smartest Guy in the Room proclaimed that the Panthers were going to run the ball because Darnold sucks (I'm paraphrasing). The exact quote:

Matt Rhule wrote:

"So we're going to redefine who we are. We're going to run the football, and we're going to protect our quarterback, and we're not going to turn the ball over anymore. And that's the only way that we're going to win."

So what did Carolina do?

* 17 run plays, 45 pass plays

* 6 sacks

* 1 red zone INT

* and a safety on a intentional-grounding-in-the-end-zone penalty

*Legion* wrote:
Emmes wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

PJ Walker time.

Again? I thought they knew what they had with Walker.

Well if they didn't, him going 3-of-14 should clue them in.

I think Milkman's theory holds the most water.

Ah, somehow I thought QB3 was on the roster, not the practice squad. I guess Walker was the only QB dressed.

We're about at the "feeling bad for Justin Fields" stage; three fumbles, and the tackles are just letting JPP and Shaq Barrett sprint around themselves right to the QB. That line is freaking terrible for pass protection.

Uh, no Tony. I don't think a possible TD when Tampa is up 35-3 on the Bears with 20 seconds left in the 3rd quarter is "going to decide the game."

Like, credit to the Bears for playing for four quarters, but, the comeback emphatically does not start here.

It's funny how just a few weeks ago, on one of the Giants forums I visit, there was talk about how the Giants should have spent the money and gotten Rhule. Not saying that Rhule is a bust and Judge turned it around but just pointing out how wacky this league can be at times.

Emmes wrote:
*Legion* wrote:
Emmes wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

PJ Walker time.

Again? I thought they knew what they had with Walker.

Well if they didn't, him going 3-of-14 should clue them in.

I think Milkman's theory holds the most water.

Ah, somehow I thought QB3 was on the roster, not the practice squad. I guess Walker was the only QB dressed.

QB3 for the Panthers is a practice squad guy named James Morgan.

Morgan played college ball at something called Florida International (aka the Baylor of the Sunshine State). He was a fourth-round pick of the Jets in 2020. The Jets cut him after training camp this year, and the Panthers picked him two days later because Carolina's Week 1 opponent was ...

... the Jets.

Apparently they forgot all about Morgan, because he's still on the practice squad. I wonder if they're still paying him or if he's the Panthers' version of this guy:

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