Another weird week of football, capped off by whatever is happening here:
That painting depicts one of the 10,000 places I'd rather be than watching the Panthers cough up a hairball against the Texans on Sunday.
GIF OF THE WEEK
Speaking of GIFs, I found one of Jake Moody:
The Eagles coach approves:
WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
Some good games this weekend? Yep, some good games this weekend!
Thursday
Buccaneers at Bills (Prime)
Saturday
Epic Rugby World Cup final featuring three-time champs New Zealand vs. three-time (and defending) champs South Africa, 3 p.m. (live on Peacock)
Sunday early
Texans at Panthers in the 2023 NO. 1 OVERALL PICK REFERENDUM BOWL
Rams at Cowboys
Vikings at Packers
Saints at Colts
Patriots at Dolphins
Jets at Giants in the NEW JERSEY BOWL
Jaguars at Steelers
Falcons at Titans in the ARTHUR SMITH BOWL
Eagles at Commanders
Sunday late
Browns at Seahawks
Ravens at Cardinals in the BIRD BOWL
Chiefs at Broncos
Bengals at 49ers (GOTW)
Sunday night
Bears at Chargers (NBC)
Monday
Raiders at Lions (ABC, ESPN)
Bye: ManningCast; all teams are active
Maps (on Wed.)
As the 49ers fall the Ravens rise. Can't have both teams doing well at once I guess.
Speaking of GIFs, I found one of Jake Moody
Moody hit one from 55!
Man, do expectations change perspective. The Jaguars are 5-2 and I'm giddy. The 49ers are 5-2 and I'm despondent.
Enix wrote:Speaking of GIFs, I found one of Jake Moody
Moody hit one from 55!
Eh, I went to bed soon after Mr. Automatic* hooked his first kick. Anyhoo:
Jake Moody appreciates your having his back.
But man, this dude looks old. Like Rico from Napoleon Dynamite old. And with the same 'stache, too.
I thought it was Minshew but a Coug ain't no Wolverine.
Cougs are more Sabertooth
Man, do expectations change perspective. The Jaguars are 5-2 and I'm giddy. The 49ers are 5-2 and I'm despondent.
So I guess you're feeling kind of . . . moody?
Couldn’t they Flex the Niners Cincy game to Sunday night instead of the Bears and Chargers?
Couldn’t they Flex the Niners Cincy game to Sunday night instead of the Bears and Chargers?
I remember there was a lot of chatter around that a month ago right before the deadline for flexing the game. But apparently the Bears (bc Chicago) do big TV numbers regardless of how good they are, so they stay in prime time.
Never mind that the Chargers draw negative numbers of fans in their own market, so you'd think that might cancel out Chicago and cause the NFL to move the game but nope.
Couldn’t they Flex the Niners Cincy game to Sunday night instead of the Bears and Chargers?
No, let San Francisco play a normal 4pm Eastern game. They’ve played 3 prime time games and 2 bullsh*t early window East coast games.
Never mind that the Chargers draw negative numbers of fans in their own market, so you'd think that might cancel out Chicago and cause the NFL to move the game but nope.
Sounds like it would be easier to move the Chargers than move the game.
You know, they should move them to... I donno, maybe San Diego?
I was going back and looking at old draft grades and the consensus appears to have been that the ravens flunked the 7th round in 2020 for drafting Geno Stone who
Was considered a bust for even a last day pick.
He’s in sole possession of the league interception lead with 4 through 7 games now.
Douchawn Watson is going to retire healthy with a quarter billion dollars and the rest of his life to laugh at all the suckers who thought he’d risk his body for “pride”, isn’t he?
Brock Purdy is in the concussion protocol. It is kinda scary that the guy who was seeing ghosts might get to play on Halloween week.
WHO'S READY FOR SOME BEARDARNOLD?????
Week 8 of the 2023 NFL season; all three members of the 2022 Carolina Panthers QB are starting QBs in the NFL. With that kind of talent, you know that was a good team.
Nothing jump-starts a 49ers season quite like a QB injury.
"Purdy started having concussion-related symptoms on the flight home from Minnesota." Weren't the picks in the 4th quarter symptoms, too?
Weren't the picks in the 4th quarter symptoms, too?
Yes. Also, Moody's missed kick was from sympathy concussion pains. The miss happened in the 2nd quarter though, so there was some precognition at play.
Week 8 of the 2023 NFL season; all three members of the 2022 Carolina Panthers QB are starting QBs in the NFL.
Move over, western PA. The new Cradle of Quarterbacks is Charlotte, NC.
WHO'S READY FOR SOME BEARDARNOLD?????
Week 8 of the 2023 NFL season; all three members of the 2022 Carolina Panthers QB are starting QBs in the NFL. With that kind of talent, you know that was a good team.
That’s kinda amazing when you think about it.
From Mike Tanier's mailbag:
Here’s a breakdown of what tykes can expect if they Trick or Treat at the homes of NFL coaches and execs:
Bill Belichick: Stale Tootsie Rolls.
Josh McDaniels: Fresh Tootsie Rolls.
Dan Campbell: Fresh caribou jerky.
Read the rest (and scroll down).
Sad that neither Shanahan nor Pederson made it into the joke, but Dennis Allen was worth the price of admission.
Sad that neither Shanahan nor Pederson made it into the joke, but Dennis Allen was worth the price of admission.
Was expecting Andy Reid in there.
Was not disappointed.
Josh Norman has apparently been activated for tonight's game against the Bucs, and I'm worried about that because we have apparently fallen into a time warp where it's still 2015.
The 49ers had to start Josh Norman for 14 games in 2021. They responded by spending a bunch of money on Charvarius Ward as well as drafting two more corners (on top of the two they already drafted in 2021) to ensure it could never happen again.
Latavius Murray is the oldest active running back.... At 33.
I guess since some of the older die hards finally retired the age corrected way down.
Per some PFF rankings I saw this week, the Bucs have the second-best offensive line in pass blocking, and something like second-worst in rushing. So, of course, they keep rushing up the middle over and over for one yard.
Are we entirely sure Dave Canales isn't really just Byron Leftwich in a mask?
Special teams fight! Camarda took off his helmet to try and draw a flag and ended up swinging it into a Bills player. Not a great look.
Antoine Winfield Jr. for DPOY and/or President.
This football season was a lot more fun a few weeks ago.
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