🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈

[nutildah]

Boom, Tua does it again with 2 running TDs. That was a great game, also especially because I won. First time New England's been out of the playoffs for 20 years... pretty remarkable. Can't help but think Belichick is looking forward to a bit of off time during the holidays since its been a while.

I am not feeling great about the afternoon games but I do kinda like KC -3  vs the Saints.  I kinda figured Brees could be a bit rusty and they will be with out Thomas.  Any thoughts on this game?

Sounds like Winston is out on the rona list and the Saints aren't planning on having Brees play the entire game, which definitely favors the Chiefs IMO. So I took Chiefs ML.

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[DireWolfM14]

Man, I just can't catch a break this weekend.  I missed my morning multi by half a point:

[suchmoon]

From the pile of very-unlikely-but-still-happenings: we've had 4 safeties today and the day is not over yet. That's gotta screw up someone's spread.

[South Park]

Boom, Tua does it again with 2 running TDs. That was a great game, also especially because I won. First time New England's been out of the playoffs for 20 years... pretty remarkable.

For anyone that has not been rooting for NE for long this was a day were they got to watch a lot of things for the first time.

First time with a 0.500 record or worse since 2000.
First time NE did not reach the playoffs since 2008.
First loss against a rookie QB since 2013.

Can't help but think Belichick is looking forward to a bit of off time during the holidays since its been a while.

I think it is the opposite, he is probably furious about not making it to the playoffs at all, and while I think Belichick the coach has been doing a good job even during this difficult season, Belichick the GM has failed during the last drafts when picking players for the offence, so I hope he uses his additional time wisely and brings fresh talent to the team especially at the QB position.

[ralle14]

I lost my parlay thanks to the Vikings but happy to see the Jets break the streak and take down the Rams it killed more than half of the users in stake's survivor pool.  

[suchmoon]

Congrats to Jets... not happy with a losing season they decided to lose the 1st pick LOL

[xxjumperxx]

I was on the Jets Spread yesterday so I cant complain about the win but I wonder why they decided to show up for this game and win against the Rams?
Sacrificing their 1st Pick to just have a win on the board?

Anyone have an explanation, except for maybe Pride?

[suchmoon]

Anyone have an explanation, except for maybe Pride?

Trevor Lawrence's agent visited Jets locker room before the game with a suitcase full of cash.

What? You didn't say the explanation has to make sense. Nothing Jets do this season makes much sense.

[xxjumperxx]

Anyone have an explanation, except for maybe Pride?

Trevor Lawrence's agent visited Jets locker room before the game with a suitcase full of cash.

What? You didn't say the explanation has to make sense. Nothing Jets do this season makes much sense.

That does make sense though! 
If I was Trevor I wouldnt want to play for Adam "Im an idiot" Gase either...
He kills Teams and is a terrible coach, surprised that guy still has a job!

[ChiBitCTy]

Congrats to Jets... not happy with a losing season they decided to lose the 1st pick LOL

LOL they are such morons.  I know it's not up to the players to tank, that's not what they do, but how could the coaches/management let them win vs the Rams who aren't a bad team what so ever.  

I pushed on my Chiefs vs Saints bet at -3 and won my bet on the brows -4.5 vs the Giants. Considering betting on the Steelers vs Cincy but -14.5 is a lot of points. Curious what everyone else thinks of this one.

[Hueristic]

Rams to win  Rams to win Rams to win Rams to win

Rotflmfao! Ouch...
No one saw that coming!



Recycle and reuse...

I will either get it tattooed somewhere or set a calendar reminder for December 2020, 50:50 chance atm.

I think its safe to say it didn't get tattooed then!
I was too lazy to hack the date in

[South Park]

I was on the Jets Spread yesterday so I cant complain about the win but I wonder why they decided to show up for this game and win against the Rams?
Sacrificing their 1st Pick to just have a win on the board?

Anyone have an explanation, except for maybe Pride?

Assuming this is not the Jets just being the Jets, and I know that is a pretty big assumption, there is a possibility that maybe they like Justin Fields more than they like Trevor Lawrence, at this point in time it seems everyone is agreeing that Trevor Lawrence is the top pick on the next draft, however there are a few that argue that Justin Fields could be even better, so the Jets prefer to take some heat right now and get the second pick instead and choose Fields rather than to get the first pick and pick Fields from which they will most likely receive criticism for months if not years or even decades if the pick is wrong, looking at you Ken O'Brien of the 1983 NFL draft.

Another possibility is that they have talked with the agents of both Lawrence and Fields and Lawrence made it clear he will avoid them while Fields could be fine playing there as the market of NY could offer a lot of opportunities to make money off the field if he turns out to be a star.

I know neither explanation makes a lot of sense but it is what it is.

[ralle14]

Considering betting on the Steelers vs Cincy but -14.5 is a lot of points. Curious what everyone else thinks of this one.

If you're going for the Steelers spread it might be better to take them at -13.5. I'm avoiding the spread on this match since it's too high and with two consecutive losses i'm still not confident on the Steelers holding a two possession lead but then again it's the Bengals maybe we'll see another stomp like what they did against the Jags.

My only bet for this game is 1st half Steelers team total o13.5 combined with Steelers match winner @1.8 I had to include something since the market is only available through bet builder.

[wheelz1200]

Well it's been a brutal day for me in both of my fantasy football leagues ( wheelz1200 I don't want to hear a word about this from you lol ).  In the semi-finals and all my injuries/suspensions have caught up with me.  Currently just hate watching the Bears and hoping they lose.

I am not feeling great about the afternoon games but I do kinda like KC -3  vs the Saints.  I kinda figured Brees could be a bit rusty and they will be with out Thomas.  Any thoughts on this game?

Ouch sir, that was a brutally close game down to the last drive in the giants game.  Surprise colt didn't give up any turnovers or got sacked more.  Giants look as ugly as you could last.night

[morvillz7z]

I'm still recovering from yesterday, not only because of the Jets win but i also lost both fantasy semi-finals i was in...and everything was looking so great after the Bills game, unbelievable.

Gregg Williams' 8-man 'hail mary' blitz was for nothing, dude got fired trying to protect the #1 pick, and Adam Gase gets to be a coach for 2 more weeks, life is not fair, at least Frank Gore won't finish 0-16 if he decided to retire after the season. 

Bengals QBs tonight: Ryan Finley and Kevin Hogan, Bengals total points line is @12.5, hmm?!

[nutildah]

Anybody taking the Bengals at +14 tonight?

I'm waiting for somebody to talk me into it...

Pittsburgh only covers 7.7% more of the time than Cincinnati...

Let's see, what else we got:

- Lost to the Steelers by 26 points last time... oh wait a minute, that's not good. That was the first loss of a 5 game losing streak they are currently still on.

- losing to the Steelers in every important stat that there is... oh, also no good.

- starting QB is a third stringer named Ryan Finley... well that's the nail in the coffin.

I would almost bet on the Steelers but who knows how hard they're actually going to play tonight.

[suchmoon]

I have Steelers -6.5 at 1.6 or thereabouts.

I'm sure they'll find a way to screw me over just like the last two times.

[nutildah]

I have Steelers -6.5 at 1.6 or thereabouts.

I'm sure they'll find a way to screw me over just like the last two times.

Well they are certainly trying, it would seem.

[DireWolfM14]

I'm sure they'll find a way to screw me over just like the last two times.

The Bucs went down 17 to 0 yesterday, then came back to win.  Of course they screwed up my multi bet by half a point, so you may have that to look forward to.

Anybody taking the Bengals at +14 tonight?

I'm sitting this one out, still butthurt over the <see above>.  But I did consider taking the under.  I expected cold weather, and lots of running plays...  See, that's another good reason for sitting this one out.

[ralle14]

This is unbelievable Steelers about to go scoreless while Bengals up 17 in the first half.

If Steelers lose this one rip to the guy that's the only one alive on nitrogen's biggest survivor pool(tweet).