NFL 2015: Week 4

For posterity:

Raiders
Cowboys
J-E-T-S
Eagles
Bengals

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders: Even if Jeffery does play, the Bears just had a fire sale on defense. Carr is going to carve them up.

Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys: The Saints can't win at home. They've dropped seven straight going back to late October 2014. This will be the eighth.

Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets: You can't throw on the Jets and Miami doesn't know how to utilize a running game. Why do they hate Lamar Miller? Hopefully, they'll leave Philbin in London.

Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles Both teams are bad. I'm hoping the Eagles are less bad. Holding my nose on this one.

Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals How can a NFL QB throw one TD to a WR in 17 games? It boggles the mind. Right now the Bengals are hot and at home. No "Bad Andy" this week.

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: New Orleans Saints
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders - I believe!
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: New Orleans Saints - If Romo or Dez were on the field ...
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: Miami Dolphins - Ugh
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles - Ugh
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals - Dalton4lyfe!

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Saints
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Bengals

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Rayydddeezzzzzz
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: Miami Dolphins
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Washington Redskins
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: New Orleans Saints
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

Alfred Morris and his Stadium Fam

Thus began one of the most unusual pre-game routines in Washington sports: Morris’s weekly communion with his friends who work in guests services or security at FedEx Field. It’s a tradition he started during preseason of his rookie year — before he became one of the most productive running backs in the NFL — when an usher asked him to stop by and chat. The rookie obliged.

“He was just a normal person, treating me like a normal person,” Morris recalled. “So I kept doing it.”

The group grew, and the conversations became a fixture of his game days. Morris learned all the staffers’s names. He kept in touch with them during the offseason. They started meeting up for all-you-can-eat crab and shrimp feasts at local restaurants. He calls them “my Stadium Fam,” and if you think there isn’t peace and happiness at FedEx Field on fall Sundays, you’ve never observed these 20-minute sessions, which start with laughter and end with a prayer.

Holy crap, a positive story about football and the Skins.

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders - This isn't easy, but it's easier than picking the Bears.
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: New Orleans Saints - If Drew is back...if not, I may have to switch
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets - Jets have impressed, Miami has not.
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles - Philly looked alright against the Giants but thats not saying much. Irregardless, Kirk Cousins forces me to pick them anyway.
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals - I hope this isn't the game where real Andy Dalton comes back.

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

Word of Muth for this past week has a gem of a line:

That's a crazy stat that makes it seem like Dallas' line went from James Earl Jones to Hayden Christensen in a heartbeat.

I love that!

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Professional Football Team
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals

Paleocon wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

So who had Baltimore and Pittsburgh both at the bottom end of the AFC before the season started? Cause neither looks so hot right now.

I suspect that they will both catch their stride in the second half of the season. The road schedule Baltimore has for the first 8 weeks is pretty ridiculous and Pitt has, easily, the hardest schedule in football this year.

Yeah, these teams have played some rough early schedules.

The combined record of the 4 teams that have beaten Pitt and Baltimore (excluding Baltimore themselves from the loss they added to Pitt last night) is 11-1. Three 3-0 teams (NE, DEN, CIN) and one 2-1 team (OAK).

The Browns for some reason are featured prominently in two of those. Coincidence, I'm sure!

Spoiler:

Always fun to be reminded of butt fumble and laugh at Sanchez.

And how the f*ck is Leon Lett not in that article, or even in the top 5?

When I saw the article title, I instantly heard in my head, "it's picked up by Jim Marshall, who's running the wrong way...". No surprise to see where it ranked. But the Dwayne Rudd helmet one might have deserved the top spot. That's just the definition of "unforced error".

Stele wrote:

And how the f*ck is Leon Lett not in that article, or even in the top 5?

Good point. The Thanksgiving game deserves to make the list.

Andrew Luck is questionable to play vs. the Jaguars.

Taking the God Hates Jags principle into account, though, he's either going to heal at an unexpected rate, or Matt Hasselbeck is going to come in for his final hurrah. You hear retired QBs talk about how they don't have the energy for the season-long grind, but could come in and play one last game. That'd be Hasselbeck, who is well rested from playing only a couple of late-game mop-ups over the past couple of seasons. 40 years old and ready for one last moment in the sun. He'll torch them for 315 yards and 3 TDs, and then end up at the local hospital overnight, after being unable to get out of the cold tub under his own power.

Stele wrote:

Always fun to be reminded of butt fumble and laugh at Sanchez.

And how the f*ck is Leon Lett not in that article, or even in the top 5?

Especially since he has two legitimate entries!

garion333 wrote:

Holy crap, a positive story about football and the Skins.

Now you know why they are benching him in favor of Jones. We can't have any positivity around that team!

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Washington Redskins
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

In other news - British toilet paper is no good so the Jets bring their own

onewild wrote:

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati Bengals

In other news - British toilet paper is no good so the Jets bring their own

I can confirm that I have contemplated the potential difficulties in moving to London and easily in my top 5 was their whole bathroom situation.

Theres nothing like a good old Canadian/American bathroom. I can vouch more for the former as I assume we both do the paper part right.

Glad I picked the Jets. Can't be easy to play with dingleberries.

Also, I look forward to the news story about how the Jets clogged up the entire London sewer system with our plush American toilet paper.

The biggest question out of week 3 is whether Tomsula farted or not at the post game press conference. Listening to the audio it is my firm belief that yes...yes he did. This is the kind of behavior I'd expect from a man who once chopped wood for a living.

http://deadspin.com/the-biggest-nfl-...

The worst part is that people are trying to figure it out from the audio. When my coach farts at a press conference, I want it to clear the room. There should be no doubt.

Clear eyes, full farts, can't lose.

UpToIsomorphism wrote:

The Browns for some reason are featured prominently in two of those. Coincidence, I'm sure!

Spoiler:

The one that was at #2 was so totally Browns, I can't even.

Gumbie wrote:

The biggest question out of week 3 is whether Tomsula farted or not at the post game press conference. Listening to the audio it is my firm belief that yes...yes he did. This is the kind of behavior I'd expect from a man who once chopped wood for a living.

http://deadspin.com/the-biggest-nfl-...

According to another press guy who was there, it was someone moving around on a leather chair.

Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears: Oakland Raiders
Sigh.
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints: Dallas Cowboys
Sigh.
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: New York Jets
Dumpster fire on defense vs the Jets.
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins: Washington Redskins
Dumpster fire against the racist dumpster fire... Sigh.
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals: Kansas City Chiefs
Chiefs might be good?