We'll start with GIF OF THE WEEK, because this doofus is as confused as the rest of us about what the hell happened in Week 6:
To recap:
* The undefeated Eagles and Niners both lost (making it the first time since 1950 that two teams that were 5-0 or better lost to backup QBs in the same week)
* Noodle-legged Jake Moody missed a game-winning field goal. WHOOPS.
* Lots of QBs got hurt (Trevor, Fields, Jimmy G, etc)
* PJ Walker won a game before the Panthers did
I watched zero seconds of the Panthers game and am better off for it.
STAT OF THE WEEK #1
Over his last 17 games (aka the equivalent of a full NFL season), this QB is completing 67.6% of his passes, thrown for 4,473 yards, 29 TDs and just four INTs. That QB is ...
... this goofball:
We really are living in end times.
STAT OF THE WEEK #2
Which NFC South team that has scored more points so far this season than its division rivals?
It's these dummies:
Panthers 112, Saints 109, Falcons 99 (each through six games), Bucs 90 (but in only five games).
GIF OF THE WEEK
Someone please put poor Bill out of his misery.
WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
Thursday
Jaguars at Saints (Prime)
Sunday morning
No game; everyone gets to sleep in this week! (Next Sunday morning game is Chiefs-Dolphins in Frankfurt on Nov 5.)
Sunday early
Lions at Ravens
Raiders at Bears
Browns at Colts
Bills at Patriots
Commanders at Giants
Falcons at Buccaneers
Sunday late
Steelers at Rams
Cardinals at Seahawks
Packers at Broncos
Chargers at Chiefs (GOTW)
Sunday night
*** Dolphins at Eagles (NBC) ***
Monday
Niners at Vikings, (ABC, ESPN, ManningCast)
Bye: Panthers (THANK GOD), Bengals, Cowboys, Texans, Jets, Titans
Maps (on Wed)
That's just how he normally looks.
Manning Cast Niners woo
I am not even sure if there are any good teams this year.
Previously unpublished clip of Jones watching the last play of the game:
Bucs get Desmond Ridder this Sunday. We're looking at a potential University of Iowa scenario here where the defense has a solid shot to outscore the offense.
I am not even sure if there are any good teams this year.
I think the Niners are good. (The Browns D was just a little better Sunday.)
I'd put the Lions and Dolphins in the "good" category. And the Chiefs. Maybe the Eagles, but they seem to be winning this year by sheer force of will, not because they're dominating other teams.
Otherwise, I think you're on to something.
I think there are five teams that if they won the Superb Owl I would not be surprised (49ers, Eagles, Bills, Fins, and Chiefs). I think any one of these teams can be 13 to 14-win teams and will likely see three of them at least in the conference title games.
I think I would put Detroit on that list if Goff wasn't their QB and if they weren't, you know... the Lions.
I think that whoever comes out of the AFC North will be competitive, but I can't tell you who that will be right now. If I were gambling, I think the Ravens are good and the Bengals are hot, but that could be because I can't stand the Browns. And Jaxonville is a sneaky 4-2.
I am not even sure if there are any good teams this year.
Per DVOA, which I'm partial to for sizing up teams across eras, 2023 SF is 18th best team all-time through 6 games in total DVOA (which only goes back to mid-80's or something). We'll see if that holds without Deebo/McCaffrey and if defenses are able to figure out Purdy at some point here in Year 2.
Only way to beat Purdy in the regular season so far:
-Play in the rain so he fumbles and misses a few passes.
-Have his kicker miss two FGs.
-Have the refs rule a fumble not a fumble right before half robbing the Niners of 7 sure points.
-Have the refs call a penalty on SF defense for a hit to a defenseless player when they hit them in the shoulder, not the head, on 4th down, when the game would end and SF would take a knee to win, just so you can get in FG range.
-injure his best WR and best RB during the game
If you can pull off all of that, you can be the next Cleveland.
Or you could go the Philly route. Only way to beat Purdy in the playoffs so far:
-Injure him
You left out making Trent Williams play on one leg.
Selling on the Bills.
Jets, Jags and Giants games have me raising an eyebrow. Also the injuries already.
Also Josh Allen getting hurt trying to run over DEs + not protecting the ball vs him chilling out.
I think we're still one year away from him chilling out. If he ever does.
Chandler Jones has been arrested again, after violating a domestic violence protection order for a second time.
His mental health is spiraling.
Paywalled article about the team behind Amazon's Prime Vision, which is one of the few reasons to watch Thursday night games this season. Pretty impressive how it identified a nickel blitz.
Chandler Jones has been arrested again, after violating a domestic violence protection order for a second time.
His mental health is spiraling.
Mental health is no joke. His brother has had issues in this area (mental health, arrests), too.
LOL. “Nevermind, you guys can have him back.”
Hardman's stats this year:
Games played: 5
Targets: 3
Receptions: 1
Yards: 6
That's bad, right?
If he only has Qaaron throwing him the ball...
If he only has Qaaron throwing him the ball...
... he'd probably have the same stat line, because Qaaron would be throwing to his buddy Randall Cobb.
Cobb is the one who's really suffering without Rodgers. 3 receptions, 20 yards. He's taking snaps and running routes, but getting almost nothing thrown his way. His yards-per-route-run has dropped from 1.67 last season (right around his 1.63 career average) down to 0.16 through 6 games this year.
UpToIsomorphism wrote:If he only has Qaaron throwing him the ball...
... he'd probably have the same stat line, because Qaaron would be throwing to his buddy Randall Cobb.
Cobb is the one who's really suffering without Rodgers. 3 receptions, 20 yards. He's taking snaps and running routes, but getting almost nothing thrown his way. His yards-per-route-run has dropped from 1.67 last season (right around his 1.63 career average) down to 0.16 through 6 games this year.
How exactly does one run .16 yards?
How exactly does one run .16 yards?
Hey, COVID was hard on us all, I'm trying to get back in shape, stop being mean.
NO! Viska’s hurt! Carolina, you broke my boy!
To be fair, the entire team is hurt. Viska just didn't want to be left out.
I’m one Trevor Lawrence game time decision away from having to cheer for C.J. BEAT HARD in a Thursday night football game. I thought this life was behind me.
I’m one Trevor Lawrence game time decision away from having to cheer for C.J. BEAT HARD in a Thursday night football game. I thought this life was behind me.
Moody misses a game-winner. Viska on crutches. T-Law a game-time decision.
SOMEBODY GIVE THIS MAN A HUG.
Man, I like plenty about Mr Olympia Men's Classic Physique competitor DK Metcalf but he's out here saying his unsportsmanlike penalties aren't a problem.
"Sundays are my chance to be violent."
Dude. No. You are supposed to be helping the team by caching passes, not backing up the team every other drive.
Bryce Young has clearly faced challenges with trying to run an offense with a real dearth of good offensive options to throw the ball to, so, logically, WR Terrace Marshall has been given permission to request a trade.
He has 114 yards on 16 catches this year. I'm not sure how much trade interest is going to be found with 7.1 yards per catch.
Viska avoided a more devastating injury, but he still has a high ankle sprain, so it may be a while before Carolina's new playcaller can use him to rescue the offense.
Speaking of the new playcaller, man is it not a good look for an "offensive" head coach to be coughing up playcalling duties after 6 games on the job. No shade to Thomas Brown though, and hooray for another black assistant getting his hands on playcalling duties (and thus the opportunity to make his case for future head coach consideration). But it doesn't make for great vibes around Reich himself.
I'll still never understand how David Tepper watched the 2022 Colts and thought, "now there's the coach for my rebuilding team".
Speaking of Tepper and bad decisions though, I do love how the buzz has resurfaced about the coaching staff wanting to draft CJ Stroud, but Tepper putting his thumb on the scale for Tiny Bryce. We heard reports of this back in March prior to the draft, and the same thing is being reported again in the wake of Reich talking about the weekly meetings he has with Tepper. Maybe that takes some of the heat off of Reich: "you stuck us with this sh*t quarterback we didn't want".
Reminds me of the 2015 Browns with Kyle Shanahan so nakedly wanting nothing to do with Johnny Manziel. Which recently came to mind after Mike McDaniel was on a podcast this past week and mentioned the Manziel watching no film thing.
Young, Stroud, who cares? At this point it's like your neighbors watching your house burn to the ground and commenting on how maybe you should clean your gutters or touch up your shutters.
The Panthers suck this year for multiple compounding and overlapping reasons. Tiny Bryce Young isn't the main problem. He's probably not in the top 10.
Oh, sure, his first couple of games were rough. But he has gotten better every week, and he ripped off some nice throws against Miami. Until someone other than Thielen can figure out how to get open, it's going to be a long damn season for Young and everyone else. 0-17 remains very much in play, in other words.
I'm interested to see Stroud vs Carolina next week. His numbers are impressive. I haven't seen him play so I don't know why his stats are good.
I do not like having to cheer against Derek Carr FRESNO STATE.
That was a great fake punt play.
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