NFL 2021: The Week 9 thread

This is crazy!!

One of the Josh Allen's should look into a name change.

That's a fumble.

How long after this game do the Bills and Jags get their Big Ten invite?

Where's that Saving Private Ryan gif of the two soldiers throwing their helmets at each other? Because that's Buffalo - Jacksonville.

Pink Stripes wrote:

That's a fumble.

The lack of review on that fumble was inexplicable. In a more meaningful game, that would have been especially bad.

It's like that MST3K episode where David Warner played both the mentor and the villain.

Most football games have multiple touchdowns and no Josh Allens.

This football game chose a different path.

Nothing but upsets so far in the early games

Life as a Jaguars fan; there's that moment where you have the thrill of knowing the Jags upset a heavily-favored opponent, and then you realize it means Urban is definitely sticking around for the rest of the year at minimum.

Justin Tucker.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

and then you realize it means Urban is definitely sticking around for the rest of the year at minimum.

That ship sailed when they didn’t fire him over the bye week.

But I trust the Jags to suck enough over the course of the rest of the season to get the job done.

*Legion* wrote:
Pink Stripes wrote:

That's a fumble.

The lack of review on that fumble was inexplicable. In a more meaningful game, that would have been especially bad.

Agreed. It would have been a big controversy if BUF converted on that 4th down. If you're not going to allow coaches' challenges on the final 2 minutes, then you have to review that.

I think I may need to just suck it up and start not hating Baker.

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Cole Beasley, 11 targets, 8 receptions, 33 yards, 0 TDs.

Come on 49ers. This is ugly.

Can KC and GB tie or something? Ugh.

Oh boy.

I kinda hope Rodgers is out 2 weeks at this point so Love actually gets some game time.

Special teams is trying to make sure it's not even a game. Kevin King still haunting Packers fans also.

So the Panthers. *sigh*

Panthers Twitter was all abuzz this week bc Matt Rhule (aka The Smartest Man in Football) said some nice things about Mac Jones. Specifically, he said, "To me, no matter where Mac ended up, I knew he was going to be a longtime pro, because he just has all the right qualities and all the right things that are essential to being a great player. That was evident to me from the very beginning.”

The question that Panther Fan raised was: Well, if Mac Jones was so great, why didn't you draft him?

But after watching McCorkle play today -- 12 for 18 for 139 yards ,1 TD pass (on a really nice small window throw), 1 really terrible INT, 2 sacks, 27.1 QBR (which is poor), 85.2 passer rating (which is below average) -- my question is:

What the f**k does Matt Rhule know about quarterbacks?!

Anyway, Darnold was awful today and completely out of sync. It might be (100 percent speculation here) that he's is still suffering the effects of the concussion he suffered last week. And if that's true, the reason Carolina rushed him back onto the field (and didn't bench him today) is because PJ Walker is even worse.

Oddly, Kyler Murray waddling around on the sideline in a hoodie does not look like a particularly athletic person.

James Conner looks like he's really benefiting from not having to handle a million carries in the first half of the season, and is finally getting used outside of the goal line. I hope he keeps splitting some carries though.

garion333 wrote:

My boss is from Pittsburgh and a huge sports fan. Even he thinks Ben got off because he was rich and powerful. I trust his judgement on this sort of stuff because he knows people involved in the organization.

Your boss is wrong here. Ben got off the second time because there was no evidence to prosecute for a criminal offense beyond a single he said/she said. I hate defending Ben here, because there's sufficient evidence here of him being a sh*tty person, which is why he got suspended. Being a sh*tty person and deserving to go to jail are different things, and this is standard grade celebrity sh*ttiness.

I'm sad that the deep dive on ben finally came up here, but I believe in due process and reasonable doubt when it comes to sending someone to jail. This is like Deshaun Watson, but with a single complaint. If Deshaun Watson had a single semi-credible accuser, would you assume he was guilty?

According to the NFL App: "T. Lawrence: 2nd rookie QB to defeat BUF in Sean McDermott era"

The first: Hey Darnold

What if this game gets KC right and they start rolling? Whole league would be pissed at Karon

Stele wrote:

What if this game gets KC right and they start rolling? Whole league would be pissed at Karon

They should still come back and win their division but KC is still in a funk for sure.

That was a fugly game.

I count five teams (Panthers, Bills, Jags, Texans, Packers) who couldn't manage to score in double digits this weekend.

And one of those (Jags, would you believe it) won a game. When was the last time a team scored fewer than 10 points and won?

Dallas only did it in garbage time.

Enix wrote:

I count five teams (Panthers, Bills, Jags, Texans, Packers) who couldn't manage to score in double digits this weekend.

And one of those (Jags, would you believe it) won a game. When was the last time a team scored fewer than 10 points and won?

I think it was 2012: DEN 3 - 7 KC.

How about the nice 3 - 0 game in 2007? Pit over Mia.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...

Enix wrote:

Anyway, Darnold was awful today and completely out of sync. It might be (100 percent speculation here) that he's is still suffering the effects of the concussion he suffered last week. And if that's true, the reason Carolina rushed him back onto the field (and didn't bench him today) is because PJ Walker is even worse.

Just like his rookie year (I think) where he came back from concussion and looked like he'd never have played football before.