(pictured above: HEYDARNOLD doing HEYDARNOLD things. Oh, sure, you can shriek all you want about the missed facemask call. But the end zone is no place to be standing when your team is down 8 with less than two minutes to go and you need to drive the length of the field. HEYDARNOLD is just the guy to forget that important bit of information.)
THIS WEEK'S SIGN OF PANTHERS' FUTILITY
This graphic:
The best part is that two of the teams in the bottom left corner (Panthers and Saints) will play each other on Sunday. Panthers are already 7-point dogs at home. Woof.
PLAYOFF PICTURE
If the season ended today, here are your playoff teams:
AFC
Division leaders: Chiefs (7-0), Texans (6-2), Steelers (6-2), Bills (6-2)
WC: Broncos (5-3), Ravens (5-3), Chargers (4-3)
Bubble: Colts (4-4), Bengals (3-5), six 2-win teams, Titans (1-6)
NFC
Division leaders: Lions (6-1), Commanders (6-2), Falcons (5-3), Cardinals (4-4)
WC: Packers (6-2), Vikings (5-2), Eagles (5-2)
Bubble: Bears (4-3), Bucs (4-4), Niners (4-4), Seahawks (4-4), etc
The AFC is shaking out more or less according to plan, but I'm pretty sure no one had the Commandos or the Cards winning their divisions.
Also: No team has been eliminated, but two (Giants and Panthers) have a playoff probability of less than 1%. Titans are at 3%, in case you remembered the Titans were still in the NFL.
WEEK 9 SCHEDULE
# = divisional game
Lions-Packers will be fire. Most of the rest of the schedule should be set on fire. Speaking of fire, it's funny to think that the Jags might launch Doug Pederson into the sun if he loses to his former team.
Thursday
Texans at Jets (Prime)
Sunday early
Cowboys at Falcons (Fox)
Broncos at Ravens (CBS)
Dolphins at Bills (CBS)#
Saints at Panthers (CBS)#
Raiders at Bengals (Fox)
Chargers at Browns (CBS)
Commanders at Giants (Fox)#
Patriots at Titans (Fox)
Sunday late
Bears at Cardinals (CBS)
Jaguars at Eagles (CBS) ... deflexed from SNF
Lions at Packers (Fox GOTW)# *****
Rams at Seahawks (Fox)#
Sunday night
Colts at Vikings (NBC) ... flexed from earlier Sunday
Monday night
Buccaneers at Chiefs (ABC, ESPN, ManningCast)
Byes: Steelers, Niners
Coverage maps: Here on Wednesday afternoon
Jets' Rodgers touts cayenne pepper, water as part of regimen
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he believes he has discovered a "little fountain of youth," and it's nothing to sneeze at. Or maybe it is.Rodgers said he is drinking cayenne pepper and water, suggested to him by teammate Thomas Morstead. Rodgers, dealing with hamstring, knee and ankle injuries throughout the season, said he started drinking it before the Jets' Week 8 game and has continued this week in preparation for Thursday night against the Houston Texans at MetLife Stadium.
It's a short week, which means most players are battling aching bodies, but Rodgers, 40, said his feels great.
49ers getting to the bye week like:
Jets' Rodgers touts cayenne pepper, water as part of regimen
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he believes he has discovered a "little fountain of youth," and it's nothing to sneeze at. Or maybe it is.Rodgers said he is drinking cayenne pepper and water, suggested to him by teammate Thomas Morstead. Rodgers, dealing with hamstring, knee and ankle injuries throughout the season, said he started drinking it before the Jets' Week 8 game and has continued this week in preparation for Thursday night against the Houston Texans at MetLife Stadium.
It's a short week, which means most players are battling aching bodies, but Rodgers, 40, said his feels great.
If he was truly committed, it would be going in the other end.
Bucs night games this year include blowing a game against the Falcons, having the offense broken against the Panthers, and, great, now against the undefeated Chiefs. I kind of miss being buried with the #4 Fox team on the early Sunday game at this point.
Jets' Rodgers touts cayenne pepper, water as part of regimen
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he believes he has discovered a "little fountain of youth," and it's nothing to sneeze at. Or maybe it is.Rodgers said he is drinking cayenne pepper and water, suggested to him by teammate Thomas Morstead. Rodgers, dealing with hamstring, knee and ankle injuries throughout the season, said he started drinking it before the Jets' Week 8 game and has continued this week in preparation for Thursday night against the Houston Texans at MetLife Stadium.
It's a short week, which means most players are battling aching bodies, but Rodgers, 40, said his feels great.
ESPN.com going strong on their front page with the most "No Shit Sherlock" headline I have seen in a while.
NFL midseason report: Browns investment in Deshaun Watson backfired
Detroit police has launched an internal investigation on why Jameson Williams was not arrested for gun possession after an October 8th traffic stop where Williams had concealed weapons without a CC permit.
Williams told officers that he played for the Lions, but he was placed in handcuffs and put into the back of a police car. A sergeant was then called to the scene, and 7 News Detroit reports he immediately recognized Williams' name. Body camera footage also reportedly showed that a Lions logo was the sergeant's phone wallpaper.
The sergeant then reportedly made multiple phone calls to higher-ranking officers asking if the brother's concealed pistol license covered both guns found in the vehicle. Body cam footage reportedly made it seem like Williams was going to be taken into custody, but a phone call from a lieutenant to the sergeant led to a different outcome, as Williams was then released.
"Okay. Beautiful. I'm good to let him go?" the sergeant asked while on the phone. "You're a (expletive) hero. Thank you so much."
Williams is currently serving the second suspension of his short career. Number 3 might be in the pipeline.
Honestly pretty impressed by how Williams is trying to speed-run a career implosion.
Honestly pretty impressed by how Williams is trying to speed-run a career implosion.
I said to someone in the dynasty sub on Reddit a couple weeks ago something like, "the success rate of guys who collected suspensions early in their career is not great".
I was out on Jamo with the current "how did those PEDs get into me?" suspension, and now I'm super out.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...
Bummer I’ve been an Athletic subscriber since they started and this was the final straw. I wasn’t happy with The NY Times acquisition but I had been hanging on until this.
I've been hoping for an Athletic replacement to start emerging.
Derek Carr is, as expected, back at practice and on track to start this week.
And, also as expected, Jake Haener is back in his rightful place above Rattler on the depth chart.
Bad timing for Carolina. If only they had played the Saints with Rattler last week, Bryce Young could have had his first ever NFL game as the best starting quarterback on the field.
So far a very Thursday night game
So far a very Thursday night game
Michaels going on and on about how many penalties and bad plays are happening right at the start.
Way to sell it Al!
Malachi Corley finally gets to play, runs for a 19 yard TD on an end around…. but does the idiot move of dropping the ball in celebration before actually crossing the goal line. Touchback for Houston.
Why bother watching movies and TV shows when you got live horror going on this Halloween night?
Also not the first time this week people have been questioning Jeff Bezos' purchasing habits.
Also not the first time this week people have been questioning Jeff Bezos' purchasing habits.
Maybe instead of screwing with editorial decisions, he should veto Jets football.
Jets get a free 1st down on a failed 4th down play with a bogus illegal contact call. I’d be pissed at that call if I was a Texans fan.
Texans kick a field goal.
Jets get a personal foul for roughing the center.
Texans accept, get a new set of downs. Can’t get into the end zone.
Texans kick a shorter field goal… doink. No good.
TNF QED.
Rat Boy wrote:Also not the first time this week people have been questioning Jeff Bezos' purchasing habits.
Maybe instead of screwing with editorial decisions, he should veto Jets football.
I think banishing the Jets to the Thursday night game for all eternity would be a net positive for society.
Taking points off the board is always bad?
It amazes me how the NFL always finds new levels of bad... yet kind of entertaining? I have a problem.
I'll also be at the Cincy game this weekend.
Taking points off the board is always bad?
I feel like you have to take 1st-and-10 at the 12 when you’re down by 4 in the 4th though. You just need to have a kicker that doesn’t miss 27 yard field goals if you don’t get into the end zone.
Or not run two obvious and vanilla run plays on 1st and 2nd down that don't get you any closer to a TD
Add the decision to fine or not fine Nick Bosa's hat to the list of things that won't happen until after November 5th.
I do t know if he will be fined if Harris wind. But I know for damn sure the NFL is too cowardly to fine him if Trump declares victory
If Derek Carr loses to the Panthers on Sunday, he'll become the first NFL QB to lose to 31 different NFL teams.
He's currently in the 30-team-loss club along with Drew Bledsoe, Brett Favre, Jon Kitna, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, Matt Hasselbeck, Alex Smith, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan.
Pro Football Reference actually keeps track of this stuff.
Ezekiel Elliott not traveling to Atlanta for disciplinary reasons. What could he have done to piss the Cowboys off this much?
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