🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈

[suchmoon]

Bye weeks are upon us - check your rosters and don't forget to set your wire picks today

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[DireWolfM14]

What a weekend of games, it started out with a dud, and ended with a ton of excitement.  That was a fun game last night, and it didn't hurt that my QB was battling South Park's kicker, lol.  Congrats to all this week's winners, BTW.

[South Park]

What a weekend of games, it started out with a dud, and ended with a ton of excitement.  That was a fun game last night, and it didn't hurt that my QB was battling South Park's kicker, lol.  Congrats to all this week's winners, BTW.

LOL, if I am honest I was really worried about losing against Mahomes, I think you needed 34 points to tie the game but the guy can easily score 40 out of nowhere, the worst scenario for me was for the Chiefs to get way ahead of the Raiders and then when they were in distance for a FG they will decide to go for it on 4th and short, fortunately for me the opposite happened and the Raiders were the ones which took the lead and allowed me to get the W.

Also have you guys noticed the Bombay Bengals are the second highest scoring team on the league and they are only 2-3? I have not noticed until now since I have been avoiding looking too much into that team since they destroyed the Q/Cows on week one but that is some really bad luck.

[wheelz1200]

My team is officially the worst in the league. Whoo freaking who lol.  On another note I hate these analytic decisions going for 2 instead of the tie there for LV.  These new coaches played way too much madden for my taste.  Kick the extra point and play on.  If kc hits the field goal on the next drive it doesn't matter if ypu were tied or up a point anyway.  So dumb.

[ChiBitCTy]

My team is officially the worst in the league. Whoo freaking who lol.  On another note I hate these analytic decisions going for 2 instead of the tie there for LV.  These new coaches played way too much madden for my taste.  Kick the extra point and play on.  If kc hits the field goal on the next drive it doesn't matter if ypu were tied or up a point anyway.  So dumb.

Are you talking about the Giants or your Fantasy football team? lol.  I mean I would be upset being a Giants fan too, but there's absolutely worse out there.  Oh say like my favorite team the Chicago Bears.  I know Justin Fields finally had a nice game last week, but I still don't have a ton of faith in him long term.

Some other worse teams out there too.  I mean at least you have some positions where players are elite, like your running back Saquan Barkley.  The Bears best player is Roquan Smith, for comparison.

[bbc.reporter]

It appears someone got to my priority targets in the waiver wire first before me hehehe. Who got Geno Smith and Taysom Hill? We should start accepting the reality that Geno Smith is more than an average quarterback. It might be only for this season, however, he is a good addition.

Also, there are rumors that the Panthers might be trading some of their players after firing Matt Rhule. The rumors also say that the Buffalo Bills are asking about McCaffrey. The Bills are known to have interest on McCaffrey during the offseason.

[ChiBitCTy]

Okay now that waivers have been processed I can talk about how disgusted I was with myself for not dropping someone and picking up Taysom Hill before last weeks game. I knew he was the right play/ a good play, I just knew it, but I decided to ignore my gut and listen to the “experts” and went with Conklin over him. Needless to say after Hill dropped 40pts I was pissed off all weekend long (still pretty much am lol). Would have taken me from 1-4 to 2-3. I’ve got a good team, I really do, but it’s hard to come back/out of a 1-4 start.  But, we shall see.

Let this be a lesson to you all, go with your gut. Don’t be like this guy!!! Lol ughhhh

[Hueristic]

Okay now that waivers have been processed I can talk about how disgusted I was with myself for not dropping someone and picking up Taysom Hill before last weeks game. I knew he was the right play/ a good play, I just knew it, but I decided to ignore my gut and listen to the “experts” and went with Conklin over him. Needless to say after Hill dropped 40pts I was pissed off all weekend long (still pretty much am lol). Would have taken me from 1-4 to 2-3. I’ve got a good team, I really do, but it’s hard to come back/out of a 1-4 start.  But, we shall see.

Let this be a lesson to you all, go with your gut. Don’t be like this guy!!! Lol ughhhh

I hear you, I should have never dropped him.

I just can't make myself bench Kittle.

[wheelz1200]

My team is officially the worst in the league. Whoo freaking who lol.  On another note I hate these analytic decisions going for 2 instead of the tie there for LV.  These new coaches played way too much madden for my taste.  Kick the extra point and play on.  If kc hits the field goal on the next drive it doesn't matter if ypu were tied or up a point anyway.  So dumb.

Are you talking about the Giants or your Fantasy football team? lol.  I mean I would be upset being a Giants fan too, but there's absolutely worse out there.  Oh say like my favorite team the Chicago Bears.  I know Justin Fields finally had a nice game last week, but I still don't have a ton of faith in him long term.

Some other worse teams out there too.  I mean at least you have some positions where players are elite, like your running back Saquan Barkley.  The Bears best player is Roquan Smith, for comparison.

My fantasy squad is the worst.  Had to autodraft the first 2 rounds and it took wide recivers..  hate waiting so long  for a running back and when I did I took javonte Williams who is now out for the year lol. Dak got hurt so backup qb, and now waller is hurt lol. My running back situation is unrecoverable, wait until the bye weeks kick in I won't be able to field a team legible team. 😅

[bbc.reporter]

Okay now that waivers have been processed I can talk about how disgusted I was with myself for not dropping someone and picking up Taysom Hill before last weeks game. I knew he was the right play/ a good play, I just knew it, but I decided to ignore my gut and listen to the “experts” and went with Conklin over him. Needless to say after Hill dropped 40pts I was pissed off all weekend long (still pretty much am lol). Would have taken me from 1-4 to 2-3. I’ve got a good team, I really do, but it’s hard to come back/out of a 1-4 start.  But, we shall see.

Let this be a lesson to you all, go with your gut. Don’t be like this guy!!! Lol ughhhh

The experts are in similar position as common players like us. Their predictions are also based on speculation which might or might not become true. However, their advantage is that their speculations and predictions are based on statistical models which help in taking the more possible outcomes. It also depends on who your favorite experts are hehehe. There might be some experts who are better in fantasy than other experts.

In any case, why is the Bills only -3 vs. the Chiefs? After a difficult game vs. the Raiders then next game is a more difficult one vs. the Bills, certainly the Bills should be - 6.5 or -7?

[Hueristic]

My team is officially the worst in the league. Whoo freaking who lol.  On another note I hate these analytic decisions going for 2 instead of the tie there for LV.  These new coaches played way too much madden for my taste.  Kick the extra point and play on.  If kc hits the field goal on the next drive it doesn't matter if ypu were tied or up a point anyway.  So dumb.

Are you talking about the Giants or your Fantasy football team? lol.  I mean I would be upset being a Giants fan too, but there's absolutely worse out there.  Oh say like my favorite team the Chicago Bears.  I know Justin Fields finally had a nice game last week, but I still don't have a ton of faith in him long term.

Some other worse teams out there too.  I mean at least you have some positions where players are elite, like your running back Saquan Barkley.  The Bears best player is Roquan Smith, for comparison.

My fantasy squad is the worst.  Had to autodraft the first 2 rounds and it took wide recivers..  hate waiting so long  for a running back and when I did I took javonte Williams who is now out for the year lol. Dak got hurt so backup qb, and now waller is hurt lol. My running back situation is unrecoverable, wait until the bye weeks kick in I won't be able to field a team legible team. 😅

I looked over your team and I just cant see a fair trade there.

[nutildah]

Will this Thursdays Amazon Prime game be more boring than last Thursdays?

I'm excited to find out.

Bet on Washington "Commanders" (lol) b/c their D is my backup D in my other league.

[wheelz1200]

My team is officially the worst in the league. Whoo freaking who lol.  On another note I hate these analytic decisions going for 2 instead of the tie there for LV.  These new coaches played way too much madden for my taste.  Kick the extra point and play on.  If kc hits the field goal on the next drive it doesn't matter if ypu were tied or up a point anyway.  So dumb.

Are you talking about the Giants or your Fantasy football team? lol.  I mean I would be upset being a Giants fan too, but there's absolutely worse out there.  Oh say like my favorite team the Chicago Bears.  I know Justin Fields finally had a nice game last week, but I still don't have a ton of faith in him long term.

Some other worse teams out there too.  I mean at least you have some positions where players are elite, like your running back Saquan Barkley.  The Bears best player is Roquan Smith, for comparison.

My fantasy squad is the worst.  Had to autodraft the first 2 rounds and it took wide recivers..  hate waiting so long  for a running back and when I did I took javonte Williams who is now out for the year lol. Dak got hurt so backup qb, and now waller is hurt lol. My running back situation is unrecoverable, wait until the bye weeks kick in I won't be able to field a team legible team. 😅

I looked over your team and I just cant see a fair trade there.

I can certainly find a fair trade.  My entire te for anyone else's entire team 😅

Eh in all honesty what does everyone think of tonight's game.  I have it as a picked and am taking the under at 38.  Think it's going to be a tightly played game with neither team wanting to give up field position.

I did take one prop, Terry McLaurin over 54.5 yards.  Outside of Samuel I don't see anyone taking targets from him.  Thomas is out and one of theor backs I think is out.

Enjoy the game everyone!

[morvillz7z]

I've got B. Robinson o44.5 rushings yards + Bears o0.5 FGs made @1.92

Robinson has been named the starting back for tonight's game, and he is projected to get double-digit carries. As stats show below, the Bears' rush defense has been cooked by opposing RB1 (and Deebo) practically every game this season, and i don't see that changing today.

Week 1 vs 49ers Deebo Samuel   8/52/1   
Week 2 vs. Packers Aaron Jones   15/132/1   
Week 3 vs. Texans Dameon Pierce   20/80/1
Week 4 vs. Giants Saquon Barkley 31/146/0
Week 5 vs. Vikings Dalvin Cook   18/94/2   
stats via espn.com

I'm still debating whether i should grab the over on Mooney's rec yards (45.5) or not. Commander's pass d is terrible, i could see him and Fields connect on at least one explosive play, hmmm...

[suchmoon]

Will this Thursdays Amazon Prime game be more boring than last Thursdays?

I didn't think that was possible but it's turning out that way LOL

3:0 at halftime and they needed two sketchy pass interference calls to even get into the field goal range...

Drinking game suggestion: shot every time the talking heads forget the team is called "the red... the dubbyef... the commandos"

[ChiBitCTy]

Even I as a Bears fan, who knows how truly terrible this team is (as well as how truly terrible the Washington Commanders are), was just saying in a discord chat earlier that there was no way that this game would be worse than last Thursday.  It’s pretty impressive honestly that it’s turning out that way. My goodness.

Fields just looks awful. He’s reminding of Mitch Trubisky so much it’s scary.

[bbc.reporter]

Will this Thursdays Amazon Prime game be more boring than last Thursdays?

I didn't think that was possible but it's turning out that way LOL

3:0 at halftime and they needed two sketchy pass interference calls to even get into the field goal range...

Drinking game suggestion: shot every time the talking heads forget the team is called "the red... the dubbyef... the commandos"

Agreed. The Bears and the Commanders are making the impossible, possible. Carson Wentz much worse performance than Colts quarterback last week. I forgot the name, he is that bad. He might be from the Falcons before he was traded.

After this game I might also forget the Wentz family name and call him Redskins quarterback.

[DireWolfM14]

Will this Thursdays Amazon Prime game be more boring than last Thursdays?

I'm excited to find out.

I don't know if it's more boring, but it's pretty boring.  At least it's not all penalties and punts, there were a few failed 4th down attempts, lol.  You know it's bad when Ryan Fitzpatrick's beard is the most epic thing about the broadcast.

Fields just looks awful. He’s reminding of Mitch Trubisky so much it’s scary.

He is looking pretty awful, but so is Wentz.  At least Wentz took a hit to his throwing hand, which is somewhat of an excuse.

[bbc.reporter]

I am not quite certain why there are teams that take the risk of trying for the 2 points instead of the extra 1 point after touchdown.

[Hueristic]

LOL, Both WR's from each team, Samuals and Mooney had the winning touchdown in their hands and dropped it.

Thats why they are on my bench and not my lineup, really thought Mooney was gonna do it today.

Wentz still hasn't recovered from Philies D destroying him, he may not come back.

Dak is smart not to come back this week and get his ass handed to him.