back by not particularly popular demand: NFL 2016-7 week 1 thread

some people have spoken!

THURSDAY, SEP. 08
Carolina at Denver 8:30 pm Sports Authority Field

SUNDAY, SEP. 11
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 1:00 pm Georgia Dome
Buffalo at Baltimore 1:00 pm M&T Bank Stadium
Chicago at Houston 1:00 pm NRG Stadium
Green Bay at Jacksonville 1:00 pm EverBank Field
San Diego at Kansas City 1:00 pm Arrowhead Stadium
Oakland at New Orleans 1:00 pm Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets 1:00 pm MetLife Stadium
Cleveland at Philadelphia 1:00 pm Lincoln Financial Field
Minnesota at Tennessee 1:00 pm Nissan Stadium
Miami at Seattle 4:05 pm CenturyLink Field
N.Y. Giants at Dallas 4:25 pm AT&T Stadium
Detroit at Indianapolis 4:25 pm Lucas Oil Stadium
New England at Arizona 8:30 pm University of Phoenix Stadium

MONDAY, SEP. 12
Pittsburgh at Washington 7:10 pm FedEx Field
L.A. Rams at San Francisco 10:20 pm Levi's Stadium

https://theringer.com/the-nfl-has-an-age-problem-7068825845e4#.8gqobwrga

this is a good read. the problem itself is not exactly a revelation but a lot of interesting angles around it in the article.

Denver, formerly known as Dry Pond, is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is situated on North Carolina State Highway 16 on the west shore of Lake Norman on the Catawba River. It is about 25 miles north of downtown Charlotte and just south of the Catawba County boundary.

Denver's ZIP code is 28037 and the FIPS place code is 17000. The elevation is 902 feet above sea level.

Carolina at Denver - It often seems the losing Superbowl team often wins these rematch games, sometimes big. I got to think Carolina's D will probably eat that kid Qb for lunch.

SUNDAY, SEP. 11
Tampa Bay at Atlanta- Eh...I have no idea on these clubs. I'm going Tampa as they sucked less than ATL at the end of last year and it seems some people are liking what they see out of Winston.
Buffalo at Baltimore- I'd think this could be a decent game. Hard to figure on either club as they are in that middling area. In doubt, I will take the Ravens at home.
Chicago at Houston- Depending on how their QB play goes, Houston could perhaps be pretty good. I'll take the Texans. From what I've been reading, it seems outside Long the Bear's O-line is still a total mess. One of America's favorite pastimes is hating Jay Cutler, why change...
Green Bay at Jacksonville- Green Bay is usually great in September and beat up at the end of the year. Can't believe in JVille until they win some games.
San Diego at Kansas City- Quite a few people are liking KC this year. AFC West games are usually toss ups, but I would take the Chiefs at home. SD is hard to figure, they do have some talented players.
Oakland at New Orleans- Silver and Black vs. Black and Gold is a pretty good color matchup. Kinda hard to go with the Raiders on the road until they got a record of winning such games even if the Saints are in rebuild mode.
Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets- Cincy on paper seems pretty well stocked again this year. I'd figure Bengals.
Cleveland at Philadelphia- Wow...both clubs in rebuilding. Hard to figure. I guess to pick you just go with Philly at home even with the rookie QB.
Minnesota at Tennessee- Interesting matchup, but I got to think even with the QB issues the Vikings are better.
Miami at Seattle- Seattle at home. Miami might be decent though.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas- I'd figure Giants with the rookie QB.
Detroit at Indianapolis- Another interesting matchup and I'd figure one or both of these coaches are getting fired if it don't work this year. Detroit's road record the last 25 years leads me to take Colts at home.
New England at Arizona- You would figure AZ since Brady is not playing. Curious to see how NE does without him.

MONDAY, SEP. 12
Pittsburgh at Washington- Interesting matchup, curious to see if the Hatcats improve. I'd figure the Steelers are probably better out of the gate though.
L.A. Rams at San Francisco- This used to be an old school rivalry game. It's a pickem. I think the Rams are the more talented club.

1 count of assault with a deadly weapon, not a firearm (weapon alleged is a cane) - Felony

1 count of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury – Felony

1 count of inflicting injury on an elder or dependent adult likely to cause great bodily injury – Felony

1 count of battery with serious bodily injury – felony

2 counts of criminal threats – felonies

1 count of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury – felony

1 count of battery – misdemeanor

There are multiple allegations/enhancements for commission of the offense against an elder adult. According to court records there are two victims, one is 70 years old.

nice guy

i'm told that a running back 'put the ball on the ground'

new denver qb looks like he could be a manning cousin. based on that play i imagine that's the main reason he's out there.

kelvin benjamin looks like he was worth the wait

end of this game is trash

yeah things got weird

the ruling on the field is TRASH

"gano is a very good kicker"

idk man i remember him on the hatcats..

carolina spewing the game away and don't deserve the win really but broncos defense apparently dirty motherfuckers again for 2016, so here's hoping this kick goes

omg the denver luck streak continues

https://thepackie.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/cam-sad-w529-h352.gif

https://twitter.com/MylesInSF/status/774091983069470721

the marshall hit is the most flagrant

https://vine.co/v/5JznpPnZMrg

in the present climate the nfl response has to be more than the usual fines. this display during the season opener, the brass have to be going apeshit

lucky he didn't get his knee wrecked as well xp

Now that's launching!

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lol that the only qbs on phillys team are wentz and chase daniel

Football commentators discussing Colin Kaepernick is unbearable

biden is at the philly game today

wentz looks fantastic. first drive in nfl gorgeous td pass to matthews

wentz era off to a nice start in philly

typically skip pregame shows anyway but zero chance i would've tuned in today. someone posted pic of randy giving dilfer daggers, don't even want to imagine

watching jets/bengals for some reason. jets rolled over bengals with ease first drive for the td. very disappointing. forte looks like he still has plenty

xpost love randy forever

omg that browns "fake punt". astounding

ronde barber is still terrible at announcing

had to look up the reaction just now - randy is the best

i understand the seahawks as a team are going to do a thing during the anthem today? not sure what. wonder if we get another round of freakouts. sigh

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don't have the browns game but does RGIII still look terrible?

idk don't have the game either but by the #s he seems to be doing ok

i was playing cricket one time at high school and was batting vs the star sports guy in our year. first play he threw the ball approx 100 mph and it nearly hit me. 2nd play as soon as he released the ball i just thought fuck this and literally ran away. and now, watching this game, it is interesting to see andy dalton do basically the same thing every dropback

RG looks fine! Horrible play calling in the first quarter tho.

oh that's good. rooting for RGIII to be successful! they did him wrong in washington

damn amazing catch by aj green

2nd time he's beaten revis deep too

my favorite twitter account guys

https://twitter.com/FirstDownFR/status/775046760251228160

Mesdames et messieurs. Les Cleveland Browns.

lets go raiders lets go clap clap

Guys I hate the Bills. They had 987 penalties today.

this last drive packers vs jax is insane

boooooo

go pack go!

shouldn't jax have just gone for the 1st down on 3 & 1? then get to the line & spike it?

and that screen play was gutless

i think going for the quick slant made sense, bortles just rushed it. but yeah the 4th down play was pretty lame

raiders! wow

so many of the 1pm games were/are great, basically every game that didn't feature the browns or bills (sorry guys)

I am not emotionally ready for Joe Buck

haha nope

so excited for football being back like 3 minutes ago and all of a sudden it's cowboys v giants

all of a sudden i started reevaluating my life choices because how many years have gone by and i'm sitting here watching ANOTHER cowboys-giants game called by joe buck

I kind of miss tony romo. Rooting against the cowboys isn't as fun without him.

they have a QB named Dak :/

RAIDERS :D

ok i need to watch the nfl network replay of the saints/raiders game. just now saw they went for two late in the 4th instead of kicking an extra point to tie. <3 the raiders

aw man, sad diego

losing a 3 td lead vs the chiefs is pobably harder than getting the 3 td lead in the first place

OBJ <3

That was quick

oh hey! i was about to ask where victor cruz had been. cruuuuuuz

Aw Cruz

Love that guy

elliott looks dece. ziggy ansah on notice for best ezekiel in the league status. prob safe for best ghanaian status still tho

omg dak is already having fun

making plays with his feet

Victor Cruz salsa <3 <3 <3

Lol cowboys

thank you nfl for first annual loooool @ dallas

Luck is looking good! Hope I didn't just jinx it.

lol colts

FREE BRADY

just sayin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvHpqbVcwB8

this is on tomorrow night

omg must-see tv

jfc how does this keep getting worse

what was eli doing? someone control eli

every time someone says "jimmy garoppolo" i think they're saying "janeane garofalo" and it makes me nostalgic/confused

ARE WE GOING TO WATCH REALITY BITES???

bill belicheck's lips look wicked chapped

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsHRHUAXYAETQUD.jpg

martellus bennett and mccourty!

brady out

WOW!

marty, the imagination agency

bruce arians reaction shots tho

janeane garofalo having a pretty decent game so far

now THAT's the truth about cats and dogs

lol

i don't even feel motivated to hate the patriots right now who am i

Jimmy G. looking sharp!

he....looks like brady

nice drive.

i miss chandler jones in new england

Hightower injured.

Meanwhile, remind me about that awesome Cardinals offense...

right now looks like the receivers skipped preseason but by the end of the game we will have been reminded i am pretty sure. especially if hightower actually hurt.

longest rush of white's career

So infuriating that the pats don't miss a beat when they lose their hall of fame QB.

Belichick is game planning the shit out of this one, and Jimmy G is making enough throws

that was a bad throw. in madden that would've been an auto pick 6

i don't see anything special in the game plan. they're running their normal stuff.

that whole series felt like disaster waiting to happen

Two players in a choreographed demonstration

4 weak running plays in a row

Plus 2 with penalties

I get that they just want to get to halftime, but they should trust Jimmy G. a bit more.

blount looks fantastic, it's like night and day compared to last year

pats d looks really good

Srsly

Uh oh

fuck's sake dudes

re: defense, in the past few days i've heard/read scouting comments to the effect of average-at-best line, middling secondary, and yet they just methodically make good plays

i guess you can question the depth of the secondary but the starting unit is great, even if chung is an occasional liability. line is good and also deep.

i'm thinking the problem is that they run such an unglamorous scheme it's hard to tell that it's working until you see the w-l record

well it is definitely a scheme that does not always show the individual players in the best possible light. haven't seen as much of those super soft zones tonight at least

Heartwarming Chandler Jones montage. NBC is really pushing those twitter synergies.

shouldn't ever be PI when the pass is that wobbly

Wow

wow david johnson

kid is so good

motherfucker. tackle was knocked off by other pats players coming in. has looked like johnson had a big run in him.

his balance and body control was insane on that run

that was just a sick catch. can't do anything about that.

yeah these are great plays by the cardinals.

larry is just the best dude.

100 TDs now for fitz

boy done good there

time to stop running

no blocking at all now whenever they call a run

ok i was wrong

They have a lot of faith in Blount

belichick loves him; it doesn't really make sense

every single set of downs this drive they have had to get more than 10 yards

not exactly how you draw it up

blunt hit the juice eh

he just looks like he lost weight

He does

sprint verizon guy is a fogle waiting to happen. they should just raid him now, get it over with.

lol yes

three and out would be good now bill, just a suggestion

Cards with no TOs

Might not need them

fuckin guy

coleman has shown up today, looked bad last year

there's still a carson palmer int in this game, it can happen

sprint verizon guy is a fogle waiting to happen. they should just raid him now, get it over with.

― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:19 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have this same thought every time i see him

Yikes, they can just run down the clock

ne has timeouts tho

Tru

lol CAD almost otm

Nailbiter

fit that into a pretty tight window

w00t

ha good game nice

Holeeeey sheeeittt!!!

OH YEAH

that sucks

belichick avoids heat for burning those 20 secs

EVIL PATS 4EVA

jimmy was pretty good. couple of v nice plays, no real bonehead throws. needs to speed up his reads maybe but that's the kind of thing that can come with game experience

he seemed p poised

yeah i see the potential. his reads weren't always crisp but this was a tight game throughout and he didn't do anything egregiously dumb

this #fakebrady guy lmao

lol someone asked bill a question and used the word "storyline," you can imagine how well that went

Every Belichick grimace conveys its own storyline

i watched two games this week and both ended on missed field goals

Like some of the Bears, I kinda napped through part of the game but from what I saw Houston looked pretty decent. Texan's D-line looked pretty good, Clowney was a menace a few plays and they seemed to get a big push in the middle even though Watt until the end was kind held in check. Cutler gets some time, he seems to do ok. Bears could be middling, they don't look as terrible as a couple years ago.

Indy's D isn't that hot as they got little pass rush and they were down to like 5 DBs by the end of the game. Got to figure even as a low key guy, Caldwell probably enjoyed winning. Colt's had a couple TEs that were new to me looked pretty good. Detroit looked a bit more talented to me, but both clubs are probably pretty middling. That RB for the Lions played pretty well.

onyl one double digit win so far this week, crazy

wow RG3 was shaky

should i stop trying to make janeane garofalo happen

hold on to that feeling

https://brobible.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/randy-moss-trent-dilfer.jpg?quality=90&w=650

rg3

fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder. Although surgery is not required at this time, Griffin’s left shoulder will be re-evaluated in 3-4 weeks.

RIP

Poor, poor Browns.

hah my family in Akron all say they expected him to be out for the season by Week 4, can't believe they were actually being too optimistic

well...josh mccown was not really the reason the browns didn't win games last season. so the situation is bad but that's because it was already bad.

yes but RGIII had like a 5% shot at maybe resembling what he was that one year in Washington while John McCown is 100% Josh McCown

Josh "Raven Killer" McCown is back, baby

lol

o lord what a fall from grace

while John McCown is 100% Josh McCown

this is a p funny typo

also would be a good wk 2 thread title

I had to read it a couple times, I thought I typed "Josh McClown"

"Joe is as tough as a $2 steak," coach John Harbaugh said. "My brother didn’t come up with that, either. It’s from an old western, just for the record."

do... do we not have any other plan than leaving breeland on antonio brown here

cousins looks terrible

gorams?

Well, this is going to be a slog.

is bnw around? is he still gorams or are they dead to him now?

sidebar: I like that there's some raised fists during the anthem to complement taking a knee but some of these dudes look hella uncomfortable. keep yr head down, throw that fist high: just like the 68 Olympics.

never sleep again

https://twitter.com/deadspin/status/775539510641844224

Gabberts gotten away with like 4 throws that shoulda been picked

even the niners want to go home

Trent Brown: 6'8", 355lbs!

Could the Niners possibly be good, or are the Rams really that bad?

case keenum is a septic tank of a qb with no one to throw to anyway. the niners defense played like they knew it and worse the rams offense played like they knew it. it's going to be impossible for them to move the ball when the defense knows it only has to defend 10 yards from the LOS. niners offense seems like it is probably bad also but they played a conservative game vs a good defense and were able to score with it.

top response is perfect

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/775694796174295040/photo/1

this is the best thing

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/kevin-harlans-play-by-play-radio-call-of-the-mnf-idiot-1786562558

kevin harlan needs to call football games on the national stage more often

the growl is a good look

http://deadspin.com/trent-dilfer-should-consider-sitting-this-one-out-1786605611

Dilfer appeared on radio station KNBR on Tuesday to clarify his comments. He said he had prepared all week to refine his Countdown takes in a way that would be thoughtful, but not give in to the “politically correct police.” (His words.) Dilfer believed that too many people focused on the part of his spiel where he said the role of a backup quarterback is to shut up. Then, in a bizarre twist, Dilfer invoked the time when he was a backup on the Seattle Seahawks and kept his mouth shut about child slavery, because he didn’t want to derail the team.

“My wife and I had been introduced to some really disturbing stuff and other social injustices: Childhood slavery in our country. And I’d gone to a couple seminars and presentations where we got really deep in the weeds about this issue. It became a passion of ours to help fight this battle of childhood slavery around the country and I had a very big platform in Seattle and I could have leveraged being a Seattle Seahawk, being an NFL quarterback, done a lot to get that message out there, but I chose not to at the sake of not wanting to disrupt the team and I never want to draw attention to myself, and take it away from Matt, the rest of our team and our preparation to win.”

jfc what a dipshit

roll eyes all the way back in my head

i was going to mention that earlier but didn't want to be a distraction to ilx

i was gonna free my child slaves but i didnt want to be a distraction to the team