🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈

[morvillz7z]

Yay Jets have fired Gregg Williams, the outraged internet folk can now relax as if he is/was their main problem.

Seattle losing to the Giants... to the GIANTS! 

Lost my 'what could go wrong' 6 team parlay because of them @1.17 for the ml haha
Giants are not that bad though, they have a good defense and play physical, 5-2 in the last seven games, both losses are 1 and 2pts.
I just thought that without Daniel Jones they will struggle putting points on the board, guess not; still a pretty big upset, Seattle with a 5-0 record at home prior to this game.

Everyone in here likes Washington tonight, me too, but that probably means we should all fade them. Cold weather in Pittsburgh, i could see dropped passes, fumbles, possibly low scoring game, and i will likely end up with a prop bet on A.Gibson total rush yards/scoring a TD...still a couple of hours to decide.

Did sportsbet.io presently remove the betting for quarterback passing yards? I made a bet on this maybe only 2 weeks ago.

Afaik no, but you are right, no total passing yards market for Josh Allen...this is weird.
You can still find it within the 'BetBuilder' but you have to make at least two selections.

[tyKiwanuka]

Everyone in here likes Washington tonight, me too, but that probably means we should all fade them.

This is what I am thinking as well, lol. I thought the odds are ok, until everyone here fell in love with WAS and now I am suddenly thinking on betting on the Steelers Pittsburgh was really poor against a decimated Ravens team, but in NFL one should never draw any conclusions from what happened the week before (although I do this as well, but you shouldn't in a perfect world). This is a new game and I expect a different Steelers team today. And tbf, yes, they are not super convincing often, but they find a way to win, which is a quality as well. They easily beat the Jaguars/Bengals before and is Washington that much better ? Not sure. Beating Dallas and Burrow-less Bengals isn't that much of an accomplishment.

All in all I think Pittsburgh will find a way to win this one too, but as people anticipate, it could be close again. I wouldn't feel comfortable with +HC on WAS nor with -HC on Steelers, so will just enjoy a NFL game at a very unusual time of the day on a Monday.

In the meantime the odds for the 49ers keep on dropping, but I guess you will be able to get 2.50+ for both teams inplay, so better to wait for that, if you fancy any team.

[wheelz1200]

Why is everyone in on Washington?  They blew out Dallas which isn't hard to do nowadays.  They are playing pitt who hasn't lost a game.  I know they looked shaky last game but still, we are talking about Washington.  They have barely beaten anyone decent let alone being the one to drop pitt for the first time of the year.  Am I missing something?

[suchmoon]

This is a new game and I expect a different Steelers team today.

Sure. It's a 50:50 chance that it's going to be worse, I think that's how probabilities work LOL

Seriously though, playing on Wednesday and then next Monday doesn't give much time to reinvent themselves. And Boswell's out.

[wheelz1200]

This is a new game and I expect a different Steelers team today.

Sure. It's a 50:50 chance that it's going to be worse, I think that's how probabilities work LOL

Seriously though, playing on Wednesday and then next Monday doesn't give much time to reinvent themselves. And Boswell's out.

Yeah I guess but redskins haven't really been good against good teams.  They've kind of feasted on the ntc east (except for the giants) and the bengles.  I just don't see what everyone else sees in this being the game that the redskins bust out a signature win.

[vella85]

Why is everyone in on Washington?  They blew out Dallas which isn't hard to do nowadays.  They are playing pitt who hasn't lost a game.  I know they looked shaky last game but still, we are talking about Washington.  They have barely beaten anyone decent let alone being the one to drop pitt for the first time of the year.  Am I missing something?

I couldn't go past the Steelers as they have been on a great run even though like you said they looked were not at their best last game but then again they were playing a decent team in the Ravens so I do expect them to take care of business and beat Washington.

[suchmoon]

Yeah I guess but redskins haven't really been good against good teams.  They've kind of feasted on the ntc east (except for the giants) and the bengles.  I just don't see what everyone else sees in this being the game that the redskins bust out a signature win.

I guess the proposition is that now the Steelers after a short 5-day break after a tough win against a weak team are not particularly good.

Me personally... I still wouldn't put money against them, no matter how much I think they suck.

I couldn't go past the Steelers as they have been on a great run even though like you said they looked were not at their best last game but then again they were playing a decent team in the Ravens so I do expect them to take care of business and beat Washington.

Ravens weren't very "decent" last week... a bunch of their starters were out with covid, including the QB.

[nutildah]

Me personally... I still wouldn't put money against them, no matter how much I think they suck.

Well it hasn't been a runaway game thus far by any stretch of the imagination, but not looking good for Washington.

I'm a bit surprised to see you here. Were you bitten by the gambling bug after winning the big bet against eddie?


Gah. Awful time to go for it on 4 and 1...

[tyKiwanuka]

Seriously though, playing on Wednesday and then next Monday doesn't give much time to reinvent themselves.

Yes, it's just speculation on my end, but you always to have speculate a bit; some would call it anticipate But remember that awful showing from PIT in Dallas - the next two games they won with a combined score of 63-13. Then they had this poor showing against the Ravens at home afterwards again. They don't look too sharp today, but teams can have bad days without having to reinvent themselves afterwards. It's a lot of little details that sometimes click and sometimes not. And these divisional games against the Ravens are always hard-fought and it's never easy to play a team that has a lot of fresh injuries (here to Covid). You don't know what to expect from them, they usually grow even more together as a group and you as their opponent have the mental obstacle of this being an easy must-win, maybe underestimating things.

Slightly offtopic, from Basketball a few years ago:

The day before a game one team caught some virus and they didn't get 5 players ready, having to call some youth players to join them on short notice in an away game. In the end they had 7 players, while the home team had a full roster and were like 15pts favs without the overnight injuries being factored in. So I jumped like crazy on that HC and was already counting my profits. The away team played their hearts out and gave one hell of a fight. End of the story, they lost with 10 iirc. And the HC was 30+ shortly before tip-off......

[suchmoon]

I'm a bit surprised to see you here. Were you bitten by the gambling bug after winning the big bet against eddie?

Nah, I'm a lifelong degen

Gah. Awful time to go for it on 4 and 1...

Well, not really, if the other team fails it too 5 minutes later

[bbc.reporter]

Why did the Steelers not choose to let their kicker out for the field goal and 3 point lead? They were 4th down on the 30 yard line. This occured on the 4th quarter, 5:45 minute. Was that a mistake by the coach? The Redskins might won because of that.

[Dave1]

Not over yet but it seems that Washington will win because of that costly mistakes. I have them on ML.

[suchmoon]

Congrats to the brave bettors, this was a good one - WAS getting to 23:17 after being down 0:14.

[Hueristic]

Why did the Steelers not choose to let their kicker out for the field goal and 3 point lead? They were 4th down on the 30 yard line. This occured on the 4th quarter, 5:45 minute. Was that a mistake by the coach? The Redskins might won because of that.

Chris Boswell has a hip injury so maybe they didn't trust the new guy as much as the offense?

[nutildah]

Congrats to the brave bettors, this was a good one - WAS getting to 23:17 after being down 0:14.

... And just like that I'm net green for the season.



Should probably call it quits.

[wheelz1200]

Well have to admit I didn't see that one coming.  Congrats to whoever layed on Washington.  Good thing I didn't touch that game because I definately would have gone pitt.

[DireWolfM14]

I just don't see what everyone else sees in this being the game that the redskins bust out a signature win.

One of the best defenses in the league, and the return of the Game Manager. 

Alex Smith is 3-0 since returning.  I always had a lot admiration for Alex Smith.  He's obviously an incredible athlete, but unfortunately his career was doomed when Mike Nolan drafted him.  I hope he gets the chance to play in a championship game some day.  Mike Nolan on the other hand, I'll never forgive him for the dysfunctional cluster fuck he made of the 9ers.

Speaking of which, crazy start to this one with the Bills.

[xxjumperxx]

There comes the Steelers first loss!
I didnt expect it to be against the WFT but I will take it!
I myself took the Spread on the Steelers but they came out flat and got outscored in the 4th Quarter.

Perfect for my Dolphins

[matchi2011]

There comes the Steelers first loss!
I didnt expect it to be against the WFT but I will take it!
I myself took the Spread on the Steelers but they came out flat and got outscored in the 4th Quarter.

Perfect for my Dolphins

Unexpected loss, for sure most bettors and fans didn't anticipated this, that big comeback coming from the fourth quarter, that big defense back and forth I was holding my hope as they still in the lead within 7 minutes mark.

They've made a good defense not allowing Washington, to score but they've got the taste of their own medicine as Washington shows
the same toughness to prevent them to passed the lane.

[xxjumperxx]

Unexpected loss, for sure most bettors and fans didn't anticipated this, that big comeback coming from the fourth quarter, that big defense back and forth I was holding my hope as they still in the lead within 7 minutes mark.

They've made a good defense not allowing Washington, to score but they've got the taste of their own medicine as Washington shows
the same toughness to prevent them to passed the lane.

It kind of looked to me like they gave up.
Yes Defense was playing great for Washington but the Steelers on Paper should plowed right through that defense...
But yes, Steelers have been a bit weak the last couple of games, getting lucky on a couple of them wins.