NFL 2020: Week 4

This feels like the early-mid 90's, again, when both NYC franchises were just useless.

Rat Boy wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

A shout-out to Jim Druckenmiller on TNF!

I've had an eBay saved search for Druckenmiller jerseys for so long. Occasionally see some Va Tech ones pop up but no Niners ones. One day...

Do you also have Elvis Grbac bookmarked?

No, but I do have searches for Giovanni Carmazzi and Tim Rattay jerseys.

But Druckenmiller is my white whale.

Prederick wrote:

This feels like the early-mid 90's, again, when both NYC franchises were just useless.

If Pete Carroll could go 6-10 and get fired again, that'd be great.

TheGameguru wrote:

The NFL schedule is an interested house of cards.. I was wondering when it might start falling apart.. I initially said week 3.

Apparently, the Titans played week 3 even though there was a coach with positive results the Saturday before the game, so it counts for me. I'd be pretty pissed if I were the Vikings and wasn't informed of the positive test result. Also interesting is that I would have expected the 4 positive results to come from the same position group, but they weren't.
https://sports.yahoo.com/the-nf-ls-m...

I'm personally just relieved that it's going to be hard for the Steelers to end up with positive test results from visiting the Titans.

Enix wrote:

2. Here's how to beat Lamar Jackson and the Ravens: Get a decent lead, blitz like hell, take away throws to the middle and hope that the Ravens give up on their run game.

I think a related question is how many teams have the personnel to do this, which is why I think that the Ravens play particularly poorly against some teams.

Enix wrote:

As The Big Lead put it[/url]: The Saints think they have Kordell Stewart, but really they've got Tim Tebow willing to play fullback. Yep, that's about right.

Agreed, but if 2011 Tebow showed up today, I think some team would pay $21M for 2 years and it'd be worth it. That's less than glennon or osweiler, and I think the potential of Hill turning into Kordell Stewart was still out there until this year. He's only in his 4th year, even though he's old for a 4th year. I still think it was a good backup backup backup plan for the upcoming Brees succession. (Backup plan: jameis winston. backup backup plan: 2021 or 2022 draft)

Enix wrote:

12.

You had time to dig out a dozen trivia points for this week? You're only setting the bar higher for the week 5 thread.

Enix wrote:

Thursday: Broncos at Jets. SKIP IT.

I actually enjoyed this shootout. When both bad offenses are balanced out by bad defenses, it's still fun to watch points happen.

Emmes wrote:
Enix wrote:

Thursday: Broncos at Jets. SKIP IT.

I actually enjoyed this shootout. When both bad offenses are balanced out by bad defenses, it's still fun to watch points happen.

Bad team battles can either be boring (hapless 3-and-out drives over and over), or very entertaining (turnovers and other "active" failures).

I enjoy watching high level boxing, but some of my favorite boxing viewing ever was on Friday Night Fights, watching two flawed fighters bash each other, using their one trick to try and beat the other guy's one trick.

I turned the game on just in time to see Darnold score a touchdown on what has to be the longest run of his entire life. I immediately thought "oh, this is going to be one of those fun sh*tty team matchups".

Emmes wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

The NFL schedule is an interested house of cards.. I was wondering when it might start falling apart.. I initially said week 3.

Apparently, the Titans played week 3 even though there was a coach with positive results the Saturday before the game, so it counts for me. I'd be pretty pissed if I were the Vikings and wasn't informed of the positive test result. Also interesting is that I would have expected the 4 positive results to come from the same position group, but they weren't.
https://sports.yahoo.com/the-nf-ls-m...

I'm personally just relieved that it's going to be hard for the Steelers to end up with positive test results from visiting the Titans.

I look forward to Week 12 when half the games are actually played in Madden 21 because we gotta get football in!

Emmes wrote:
Enix wrote:

Thursday: Broncos at Jets. SKIP IT.

I actually enjoyed this shootout. When both bad offenses are balanced out by bad defenses, it's still fun to watch points happen.

You're absolutely right, which is why I didn't take my own advice and watched the first half. It was just as terrible and bad and entertaining as other folks #onhere have said.

Emmes wrote:
Enix wrote:

12.

You had time to dig out a dozen trivia points for this week? You're only setting the bar higher for the week 5 thread.

That was absolutely a mistake and will never happen again. Probably.

Gase has been confirmed to still be the head coach.

The Jets continue being the Jets.

Two more Titans test positive for Covid.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...

garion333 wrote:

Gase has been confirmed to still be the head coach.

The Jets continue being the Jets.

I mean it's either that or interim head coach Gregggggggg Williams. It wouldn't be Dowell "Kenny" Loggains.

Loggains has been an OC for the past 5 years, across 3 teams. His total offense ranks in those years: 15, 30, 31, 32, 31 (current year). And that 15th rank was on a 3-13 Bears team where rookie Jordan Howard racked up garbage time rushing yards.

Gase had him in Miami for his last year there, and was so impressed by that 31st ranked offense that he brought Loggains with him to New York to repeat the performance.

Probably like everyone else, I kinda looked away from TNF after the result was no longer in doubt.

Apparently that's when Gregg Williams went full Greggggggggggggggg.

The Jets called unnecessary timeouts on the final drive when the Broncos were kneeling to end the game, and then teed off on Brett Rypien, first with a borderline roughing the passer hit, followed up by an actual roughing the passer hit, all within the final 15 seconds of the game.

Just another reminder Williams and his buddy Joe Vitt should both be banned from the league forever.

Gregggg Williams is the only head coach in my lifetime with a winning record for the Browns at 5-3.

*Stefanski notwithstanding at 2-1.

**Apparently Schottenheimer had a winning record and I was alive when he was their head coach, so there's that.

Allen Lazard out indefinitely. Kinda strange as it's out of the blue 'core muscle surgery'.

Sounds like something that would be out for the season but they didn't use that verbiage. I assume it's because they haven't really disclosed the specifics.

It's a good thing the Packers made sure to draft some WRs in the first two rounds for the last two years in the most stacked class like Legion mentioned.

Oh wait.... They didn't. Wonder if AJ Dillon can catch. (He didn't in college).

Packers took Jace Sternberger one pick before Scary Terry McLaurin. Ouch.

*Legion* wrote:

Packers took Jace Sternberger one pick before Scary Terry McLaurin. Ouch.

McLaurin and the Kupp effect. Guys like them should be going earlier, but they're "slot guys" so they don't.

And then they tear of the league.

Did someone post this already?

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Mahomes doesn't have bad games. His floor is above average.

A wizard.

Good grief, don't encourage jayhawker.

Try this then:

Bears starting QBs since their last Super Bowl appearance:

Nick Foles
Mitchell Trubisky
Chase Daniel
Mike Glennon
Matt Barkley
Brian Hoyer
Jimmy Clausen
Jason Campbell
Caleb Hanie
Josh McCown
Todd Collins
Jay Cutler
Kyle Orton
Brian Griese
Rex Grossman

Bucs starting QBs since their last Super Bowl appearance:
Chris Simms
Brian Griese
Bruce Gradkowski
Tim Rattay
Jeff Garcia
Luke McCown
Brian Griese Again
Byron Leftwich
Josh Johnson
Josh Freeman
The Bloated Corpse Of Failure That Used To Be Josh Freeman
Mike Glennon
Josh McCown
Jameis Winston
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Some Guy Named Tom

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To that add Cody Kessler, Josh McKown, DeShone Kiser, Kevin Hogan, Tyrod Taylor, and Baker Mayfield.

And this isn’t since the Super Bowl. We’ve never played in one of those. This is since our team was ‘restored’ to us after Baltimore stole it.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Bucs starting QBs since their last Super Bowl appearance:
Chris Simms
Brian Griese
Bruce Gradkowski
Tim Rattay
Jeff Garcia
Luke McCown
Brian Griese Again
Byron Leftwich
Josh Johnson
Josh Freeman
The Bloated Corpse Of Failure That Used To Be Josh Freeman
Mike Glennon
Josh McCown
Jameis Winston
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Some Guy Named Tom

I believe Brad Johnson started the year after the superbowl also.

Rumor that Cam Newton is going on the COVID restricted list and won't be playing Sunday.

Edit:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...

Damn. I am going the the Chief's game tomorrow and was really looking forward to seeing Newton play(lose). I wish him a fast recovery!

G-- D--- M-----F-----G SON OF A G-- D--- M-----F-----G B---- M-----F----R!!!!!!

Everything is terrible so why not football too.

Uh, shouldn't we be quarantining the whole team?

Rat Boy wrote:

Uh, shouldn't we be quarantining the whole team?

That sounds un-American.

I'm ready for Hoyer and Stidham to both need isolation because they've been in meetings with Newton and the Patriots have to start Edelman at QB.

Looks like Sally is staying home tomorrow.

Infyrnos wrote:

Looks like Sally is staying home tomorrow.

Yup, bummer:( All the best to the Pats and those who test positive. Chiefs woulda crushed em, but I was really looking forward to watching.