🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈

[DireWolfM14]

Cordarrelle Patterson  :eek:

I know, I know.  I was busy and didn't have time to check before the game.  Earlier in the week it was looking like he might be ready for the game.  Glad I started the Pat's D, however, that might have saved my ass.  We'll know Sunday.

[Hueristic]

Cordarrelle Patterson  :eek:

I know, I know.  I was busy and didn't have time to check before the game.  Earlier in the week it was looking like he might be ready for the game.  Glad I started the Pat's D, however, that might have saved my ass.  We'll know Sunday.

Pats D was Stellar! And Folk had his second best game of the year, if he hadn't missed the extra point he would have tied his year high.

I know because he is against me!





I have a team in fourth (12 team league) and this is what happened this week.

I lost
A Jones
Cordarrelle Patterson
W00ds for season
Hollywood brown
Antonio Brown to injuries this week

and have M Gordon and Van jefferson on bye.  


I cant even field a fucking team.

I should have taken this year off.

[morvillz7z]

source: https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1462439182127751176

#Colts RB Jonathan Taylor is in the midst of a historic stretch, rushing for 100+ yards and at least one TD in seven straight games.

Only two players in history — LaDainian Tomlinson and Lydell Mitchell — have done it in 8 straight games.

Taylor has a chance to join them today.

I totally won't mind J. Taylor making it 8 straight, it will be good for my team and my bet. It's no joke rushing for 100 yards and getting a TD no matter how good your OL is.

edit;

Congrats Taco... looks like the eclipse did me in.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/21/lamar-jackson-will-not-play-against-bears/

Yeah, not so fast...Jets have allowed 175 points in their last 4.

Tua is a solid alternate play here...unless he re-injures (God forbid) his finger early in the game and you wind up with 5 points or less.

[suchmoon]

Congrats Taco... looks like the eclipse did me in.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/21/lamar-jackson-will-not-play-against-bears/

[South Park]

Lets not get all excited, that was the falcons they faced after all.

They beat Browns too albeit without Chubb.

But yeah I'd like to see them beat Bills twice, get to the playoffs, and win 7 Super Bowls before I proclaim Mac Jones as Brady 2.0.

As a fan I am cautiously optimistic, if Mac Jones can give NE a decade or more of good performance and one SB win I will consider him to be a worthy successor of Brady, but some members of the media and the fans are trying to make out of him the next Brady, and honestly I have doubts we will see anyone go to 10 SBs winning 7 of them.

And speaking of it have any of you watched the new documentary series about Brady titled Man in the arena about his SB appearances?

[Hueristic]

Lets not get all excited, that was the falcons they faced after all.

They beat Browns too albeit without Chubb.

But yeah I'd like to see them beat Bills twice, get to the playoffs, and win 7 Super Bowls before I proclaim Mac Jones as Brady 2.0.

As a fan I am cautiously optimistic, if Mac Jones can give NE a decade or more of good performance and one SB win I will consider him to be a worthy successor of Brady, but some members of the media and the fans are trying to make out of him the next Brady, and honestly I have doubts we will see anyone go to 10 SBs and winning 7 of them.

And speaking of it have any of you watched the new documentary series about Brady titled Man in the arena?

Heard good things about it but havn't felt the need to see it.

I feel like my team is massively stacked this week, too bad i'm out of the running.

[suchmoon]

This is one of those days again... Bills collapsed bigly... Deebo gets a running TD and Chubb gets a receiving TD... luckily Taco gets negative points from Bills too LOL... so maybe there's still a chance for me.

[Woodie]

Last minute field goal by Joseph of the Minnesota Vikings sends the Green Bay Packers packing with a final score of 34-31. This match was nail biting as it went all the till the dying minute's of the game when it got tied at 31 all... for a second I thought the packers would steal the win but Greg Joseph was in beast mode and couldn't let this happen and delivered the win by a FG, what a game it was!!

And in the earlier match, that was a shocker for me....Indianapolis Colts demolishing the Bills 41-15 was not in my books because the Bills didn't just come into the game as favorite but were on a 3game  winning streak playing on their home turf but the colts put a stop to it, bravo lads.

[Hueristic]

My other team that I lost ALL my WR's friday and A jones might just win.

These are the WRs I scooped off the wire (nothing there in a 12 man league).



I think I chose well!

[South Park]

This is one of those days again... Bills collapsed bigly... Deebo gets a running TD and Chubb gets a receiving TD... luckily Taco gets negative points from Bills too LOL... so maybe there's still a chance for me.

The Bills collapsed, there is no doubt about it and it could have been even worse, but I think the weather had a lot to do with it, there was a lot of wind and rain, so the potential of the passing game was limited, this was not a problem for the Colts but the Bills are a passing offense and were unable to adapt to the conditions on the field, and when we add that Taylor was inspired then this explains the meltdown of the Bills.

However what I find odd is that the GM created such kind of offense when they play at Buffalo, it is no secret that when players get to know they have to play at Buffalo they look at the calendar and curse their luck if they have to play there in December, so they either build a dome, adapt their offense to focus more on the run, or somehow Josh Allen trains himself to perform better under those weather conditions or we will keep seeing games like this one, in which they are being affected by the weather conditions at their home turf.

[suchmoon]

However what I find odd is that the GM created such kind of offense when they play at Buffalo, it is no secret that when players get to know they have to play at Buffalo they look at the calendar and curse their luck if they have to play there in December, so they either build a dome, adapt their offense to focus more on the run, or somehow Josh Allen trains himself to perform better under those weather conditions or we will keep seeing games like this one, in which they are being affected by the weather conditions at their home turf.

It might still work out for them. If they win just enough games to get into playoffs but not have home field advantage, and get playoff opponents in the more southerly climates, and SB is in LA

Anyway, pass issues aside, there was also a costly kick return fumble, and their "best in the league" (ok, maybe 2nd or 3rd best against the run but still) defense was quite disappointing too.

[wheelz1200]

Big game for Jonathan Taylor, netted me 50 points alone just on his day.  Crazy day of football.  The most shocking has to be the titans.  Losing to the Texans like that is crazy.  Tannehill with 4 picks.  Hopefully tonight the giants can throw up a competitive game.  Fully expect Brady to pick them apart but one can hope lol.

[morvillz7z]

The Bills collapsed, there is no doubt about it and it could have been even worse, but I think the weather had a lot to do with it, there was a lot of wind and rain, so the potential of the passing game was limited, this was not a problem for the Colts but the Bills are a passing offense and were unable to adapt to the conditions on the field, and when we add that Taylor was inspired then this explains the meltdown of the Bills.

I don't think the weather was that big of a factor, it shouldn't be an excuse for the Bills who were just bad/average yesterday. They are now 1-3 against good teams, or teams not named the Fins, Texans, WFT, Jets, and so on. They struggle against teams that can run the ball and control the time of possession, i mean, how many touchdowns did D. Henry have against them? Yeah, i'm not surprised they lost, they fell behind early, Allen was forcing passes since they don't have a running game, one-dimensional and easy to defend/game plan for...i can only wish them luck against the Patriots, whom they face twice in the next few weeks.

This is one of those days again... Bills collapsed bigly... Deebo gets a running TD and Chubb gets a receiving TD... luckily Taco gets negative points from Bills too LOL... so maybe there's still a chance for me.

Congrats on the win! A thriller to the last throw pick... I think this is my third loss of the season, in both forum leagues, within a point or two. I had one close win last week, so it's not all that bad.

1 point in FF goes a long way:

Dak had to throw that interception with 1 min left as if the fumble and the first interception were not enough, all this while my other QB recorded 3 rushing TDs.  
Bass missed two FGs and the Bills went for a 2-point conversion on their last TD in the 4th, game was obviously over at the time.
Browns D/ST had zero sacks (1 point for each sack) against Tim Boyle and the Lions. Browns were avg 2.5 sacks per game, recording at least one in each of their previous 10 games.


Anyways, i hope Godwin scores today! 🤞

[DireWolfM14]

But yeah I'd like to see them beat Bills twice, get to the playoffs, and win 7 Super Bowls before I proclaim Mac Jones as Brady 2.0.

I hope Mac Jones isn't Brady 2.0 because Brady is kind of a dick.  Did you guys see him on Payton and Eli's MNF broadcast a few weeks ago?  He said defensive players are like "dogs chasing cars."  He also made a reference to the level of intelligence in the defensive conference room.  I mean, okay, maybe he's not wrong, but show some tact, dude.  Every NFL team has defensive players, including yours.  Makes one wonder how much (or little) intelligence is required to be the GOAT QB...

This is one of those days again... Bills collapsed bigly... Deebo gets a running TD and Chubb gets a receiving TD... luckily Taco gets negative points from Bills too LOL... so maybe there's still a chance for me.

That -1 point put you 0.68 points ahead, that's all it takes, congrats on the win.

Big game for Jonathan Taylor, netted me 50 points alone just on his day.  Crazy day of football.

That's impressive, you had a couple of big performances this week.   Maybe Derick Carr is your good luck charm. 

[Hueristic]

Anyways, i hope Godwin scores today! 🤞

That didn't take long.

Looking forward to Bill/Pats games, I hope they are in a blizzard.

[South Park]

Anyways, i hope Godwin scores today! 🤞

That didn't take long.

Looking forward to Bill/Pats games, I hope they are in a blizzard.

LOL, I was getting ready for a little bit of Fantasy drama and then this happens, I knew that with the exception of an injury I was losing our match but I was at least expecting for the Giants Defense to make it interesting but it did not happen, in fact I did not even watched the TD live as I went to get a beer and then when I came back I realized I had already lost on the very first drive of the game, so I did the only logical thing I could do at that point... get another beer.

[wheelz1200]

Giants threw up yet another stinker.  I guess the good thing that came out of last night's loss was Garrett was finally fired!! I mean what took this long.  Unless some end of year miraculous run (ain't happening) gentlemen the gm will be fired too, and will assume the new gm will want his own coach so judge will be gone too.  Start all over....again.  getting painful being a fan of this slop.

[suchmoon]

getting painful being a fan of this slop

Giants still have a chance:


https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2021-nfl-predictions/

But yeah I feel you. Move to Boston would be my advice.

[wheelz1200]

getting painful being a fan of this slop

Giants still have a chance:


https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2021-nfl-predictions/

But yeah I feel you. Move to Boston would be my advice.

As a yankee, knick and giant fan I don't think I would be able to get to many free beers inside a Boston bar  

As an aside my neighbor is from right outside Boston so it makes those games a lot more fun.  Especially the 07 and 11 superbowls

And then the 03 Aaron f*ing Boone game lol.  But 04 pretty much erased that good feeling.

Knicks...well they just suck so lol

[bbc.reporter]

Giants threw up yet another stinker.  I guess the good thing that came out of last night's loss was Garrett was finally fired!! I mean what took this long.  Unless some end of year miraculous run (ain't happening) gentlemen the gm will be fired too, and will assume the new gm will want his own coach so judge will be gone too.  Start all over....again.  getting painful being a fan of this slop.

However, did everyone assume or expect that Daniel Jones would bring them to the playoffs or have a positive win and loss record for the season? I am not a football expert but I think another failure was assumed by much of the observers before the season begun. Similar to the Jets or the Washington football team.

Daniel Jones has more losses than wins with 11 wins and 26 losses in his career.

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/daniel-jones-career-win-loss-record