Time to Dynamically Kickoff the Season - NFL 2024/25

Might take a bit getting used to this:
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/new-dynamic-kickoff-rule-explainer/

Thanks. I couldn't think of a title lol

The preseason is so boring.

I did get a ILNFL chuckle out of the fact that book that just came out on Rodgers was called "Out of the Darkness"...we may have a lurker.

well, I let my son draft my fantasy team this year. he was super excited about it. he's now running around the house yelling about how amazing his fantasy team is. it is in fact one of the worst fucking fantasy teams I've ever seen. turns out he only knows players from the highlights videos he watches on YouTube. fuck me

this is awesome and i want a thread dedicated to it and him

i wanted to supervise him but my wife was out so i had to put my daughter to bed. knew shit was gonna be bad when he came into the room to tell me he took Justin Tucker in the 3rd. I was like wtf I told you not to do that! and he says "hes the best kicker ever Dad! did you know he made a 66 yard field goal! the longest in NFL history!! did you?! I had to take him someone else was gonna get him!!"

game recognizing game

my first fantasy football experience was literally 40 years ago, when i spent three seasons finishing a distant second to my little league baseball coach, better known as steelers tattoo guy. dude was insane -- we drafted individual defensive players (andre tippett!) and he knew *everything*

i just bought street & smiths. nabbed jerry rice early. had joe morris and his 20 TD for the NYFG in 1986.

no offense but it sucks deeply if your kid can't translate his excitement into something rewarding that's not essentially gambling. and if he starts rooting against the packers because he's got some TE playing against them, that is the worst

the whole idea is just really appealing to him, I kinda knew once I explained the concept that it was something he could get obsessed with. just watching his eyes light up when I explained like "each player gets his own score, then you add them together and go against the other player", he was way into it. I knew I had to let him do it. he plays this baseball game on the Switch a lot which lets you draft a team and he spends more time doing that now than playing the actual game. its funny too since its one of those games where most of the players are fake but there are some real life HOFers in there. so when I'm doing it with him he's like "you look Robin Yount over Mighty Goat?? what is wrong with you!??"

the idea that he might have to root for one of his players against the Packers has not yet occurred to him, lol

<3

frogbs, you need to get him into ttrpgs instead. Fantasy sports is the worst.

I never did much fantasy sports. I some how did not get in the one my circle of college ‘bros’ did until last season and they have had it going since 96. Last season was the first league turnover they had had since 99. Nerds.

I did play fantasy baseball for a couple years on ILB. It’s way more work.

My thing that I did a ton back in the 80s was playing Statis Pro football that was put out by Sports Illustrated. I had the baseball game for a couple seasons too. I still have two of the football games both of which still had the Street and Smiths NFL previews for like 86, 87 & 88. Those are real fun to look at.

We did actual gambling some when I was a teenager. Those old school football cards where you would have the spread for the weeks games in ncaa and nfl. You e we would like pay $2 Bucks and pick 4 games off the card. Did ok on those. I grew up a bunch of pro sports following knuckleheads as a kid. Funny thing was my buddies dad was a cop that would take in the cards.

They were printed in Red Key In - A little dot in the map outside Muncie and as I understood these betting cards went to Detroit, Chicago etc in the area.

Grew up with…

Fuck. Pearsall shot in Union Square as a victim of an armed robbery over his Rolex. Supposedly fought back and perp was injured with his own gun. Heard Ricky walked himself to the ambulance (what a G), but is now in the hospital. Absolutely sucks

Per SFPD: 49ers Ricky Pearsall was shot through the chest in a robbery attempt over a Rolex. He was headed to a signing event on Geary & Market. There was a struggle for the gun. Both Ricky & the suspect were shot. Both parties stable at SF General Hospital.

— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) September 1, 2024

where is the lie

some background on what exactly the o'keefe media group is might have been useful, tho

ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Commanders have suspended an employee who made comments about the team's players being anti-gay, accused Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of being racist and anti-gay and called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a "$50 million puppet."

The team said it has suspended its vice president of content, Rael Enteen, who has been with the organization for four years, for comments he made to an undercover reporter for the O'Keefe Media Group.

According to a social media video from the media group, Enteen had met the reporter on the dating app Hinge and met with her twice at local restaurants.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41122997/commanders-suspend-vp-comments-players-jones-goodell

Snap

Enteen told the undercover reporter that "most of the fans are high-school-educated alcoholics" and called them "mouth breathers."

Enteen also told the reporter, whose name was not revealed and who can only be heard on the video, that his job is to sell hope. Three years ago, there were videos of pipes leaking. Fans said it smelled like sewage, but Enteen said he tweeted out that it was just water.

"That," he said, "is state-run media."

Damn, he ended up getting fired. What a unbelievable dick move. You really can’t trust anyone.

Bengals 8.5 over NE caught my eye. Vegas must think the PATs are really going to suck.

Cincy has not played well to start the season, so I got to wonder.

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— Kevin Finnerty (@timeimmemorial_) September 6, 2024

Not a fan of this new kick off format, plus starting on the 30 seems wrong as well. It used to be on the 20, 25 was okay.

yeah it just looks silly

oh geez Jordan Love looks like he suffered a real bad injury with 5 seconds left, god damn

As my starting QB in fantasy, I'm heartbroken.

Enteen sounds like he had a date in a 1 party state? There's no way he consented to being recorded, and I'm fairly certain it's illegal to use these types of recordings in 2 party states for reporting purposes? Or is that just as submitted evidence in a court of law? Either way, an absolute slimeball tactic.

For the record, everything he said is pretty on point haha

god the whole thing is just so irritating, for one losing your season in the last few seconds of garbage time, for two because the turf was clearly not great, Packers blew like 7 plays because someone slipped

I mean fine it maybe wasn't garbage time still just when you were about to say "at least no one got hurt"

why did they play in brazil

nfl proselytizing

Lol @ bengals

Total Bears win, last win where offense got under 150 yards the Chicago QB was Sexy Rexy. It is a sign of some type.

Hoping we can finally live in a world where no one thinks Daniel Jones is a starting NFL QB.

First game of the year and I'm already sick of the Cowboys. Glad I'm able to watch Raiders vs Chargers instead.

Deshaun Watson still fuckin sucks

two safeties in one quarter for denver

Aubrey just drilled a 66 yard field goal only to have it wiped off the board due to a delay of game. imagine losing your place in the history books because of that lol

Raiders dominated the first half, it's like Jim Harbaugh was unprepared for the NFL.

Two first downs in the first half and like 17 off-side penalties. Justin Herbert can help you right a lot of wrongs.

Who am I kidding, it was the Raiders being the Raiders.

I'm a Rams fan, so about to be up.

Good game so far, I'm not the only one watching am I? Or is this ILF norm?

I'm watchin now, kinda. Rams OL is totally busted up already? sheesh

I was so disgusted with the Browns’ performance I had was done with football for the rest of the day.

Watson contract really looking like one of the worst moves in professional sports history. Especially since it looks like Baker is gonna be the Bucs’ guy for a while.

Wow, not just Tyreek… Now Deshaun Watson was arrested while on his way to Cleveland Browns stadium. pic.twitter.com/6Ckwmlc0ic

— Zachary Smith (@ZacharySmithPGH) September 8, 2024

Speaking of the trash that Watson is, new sexual assault/rape allegations (from 2020, so unlikely to void his contract):

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/deshaun-watson-is-sued-for-sexual-assault-and-battrey

Genuinely might be the worst move I’ve ever seen a pro sports franchise make:

1) they gave away the picks that turned the Texans from the worst team in the league to a playoff team in one year

2) it also made them get rid of the closest thing they’ve had to a franchise quarterback in 30 years, only to see him become a franchise QB for a different team

3) he’s been legitimately awful, not only has he missed a ton of time (in part due to the suspension they knew was coming) but even when healthy he’s been Mark Sanchez-level, can’t throw deep, can’t really run either like he used to, seems destined for a bunch of 25-40 for 120 yards type games

4) it’s not like the Browns are hopeless, their defense is incredible, if the offense was league average they’d be a contender, as evidenced by the fact that Joe Flacco (who was retired!) took em to the playoffs last year

5) they blew decades of goodwill, their franchise has been so cursed and hapless people started rooting for them on principle, now they’re known as the team willing to blow up everything and pay big money for a serial sex offender

Just a total fucking disaster from every angle, really sorry for anyone who chooses to root for this team

Jimmy Haslam is a real one. Takes a truly special owner and player to make a Niner fan root for the Cowboys on the road against a perennial underdog.

i don't bet but a reigning conference champion, at home, against a 7-10 team with an old guy coming off achilles surgery being only 3-point favorites seems odd

Rodgers looked good on that one drive though the Niners refusal to cover Wilson may have helped

maybe i should bet (no i absolutely should not bet)

hilarious this was billed as THE RETURN OF AARON RODGERS and the Jets got like 15 minutes of possession

Rodgers' arm still has zip but he looks slow. also visibly frustrated already. he's got something with Wilson. Lazard might be washed though

granted the offense wasn't really the problem here

ok maybe Lazard isn't washed

what’s the right opinion to have on the tyreek situation

Driving way too fast in a sports car is silly and dangerous. Cops putting people in cuffs and on the ground is stupid and dangerous. The cops are being investigated for their behavior. Tyreek plays on as he should. Hopefully in the future he doesn’t take his car up to track speed on a public road?

NB, I have a bias against people with too-fast cars blazing down the highway way above the limit.

The Dolphins official response to the posted bodycam video was actually quite direct, and on point. Kudos.

now factor in how he’s an abuser and one of the weirdest most annoying people in sports…

tom landry was born 100 years ago today

i never liked the cowboys, but he was classy

Bills defense looks better than I expected

Tua :(

almost wonder if the NFL's gonna step in here like what was all the Damar Hamlin shit for then

Goddamn Tua, all you had to do was slide.

He's got 90+ million guaranteed at signing in his contract. He should seriously consider retiring or negotiating a buy out for the remainder of his contract. He's absolutely set for life, live it while your brain isn't jelly

Saints moving at will against Jerryboys.

NYFG scored three touchdowns, allowed none, and lost. which can't have happened too often

jayden daniels looks pretty legit

yeah I wonder if that's the first time that's ever happened, 7 FGs has only happened 10 times in NFL history. well I guess 11 now

Well that’s a new one

LaFleur: “I asked Malik why he didn’t throw it on that third down and he told me Josh threw up on the ball.”

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) September 15, 2024

The Browns won!!

typical chieves game

Rams got spanked

kickers are too good and these new touchbacks are too generous imo

everyone starting on the 30 and needing only 30 yards to get a legit field goal opportunity is a little too easy

Chicago vs Houston is not an appealing match up for a Sunday Night.

A match up that would be perfect during the World Series.

not a lot of points so far this year huh

the saints have all the points

will look into it

you know what I am rooting for Caleb Williams to do this

just because I've seen nothing at all to indicate he can

The only other time it happened was in 1989, when the Vikings beat the Rams 23-21. Vikings kicker Rich Karlis hit seven field goals in regulation, while the Rams scored three touchdowns and three extra points to make it 21-21 at the end of the fourth quarter. In overtime the Vikings scored a safety to win 23-21.

also guessing there haven't been too many games won in overtime on a safety

Bryce Young getting replaced by Andy Dalton, lol

i'm so old i think of tonight's matchup as the jaworski-bartkowski game

where have all the polish-american quarterbacks gone

Jason Kelce is pretty fun in the booth I must say

lmao Eagles

if you didn't see it this graph tells you everything

a reverse Falconing? pic.twitter.com/tTtZzsXKGy

— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) September 17, 2024

the notoriously clutch kirk cousins

I dont get how those guys kept getting so wide open like did they not understand what the Falcons had to do

Also that offensive line was STOUT for the entire drive. Wow!

eagles fans are active on wikipedia

https://i.imgur.com/yVVJC2R.jpeg

i don't want to rag on an 84yo man, but . . . patrick maholmes has won three super bowls, and you, fran, famously won zero

From @TheAthletic:

NFL legend Fran Tarkenton, 84, became known as “The Scrambler” or “Scramblin’ Fran” and was, in a roundabout way, Patrick Mahomes before Mahomes. https://t.co/CVi7RSLT5M pic.twitter.com/FpNg8Bg5sX

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 18, 2024

41 first-half yards for the cleve brownies

its not a lot

Brady pretty boring in the booth, dude talks a lot and says nothing

hes dull guy i dont understand why he wanted to be a broadcaster or why anyone wanted him to do it

don't really like his voice either

what game is he broadcasting im gonna check it out

tbf there's probably not much more to say when you're doing the cowboys game for the third week in a row

he sounds weird, how come when anyone becomes a nfl broadcaster they get at least small southern accent

lmao theres nothing like when they cut to a shot of a sad fan wearing an extra large novelty team hat

hahah yeah amazing shot. Cowboys getting absolutely cooked at home

too much!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYHTHbxbEAAx_5B?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZAAX2KXQAE5rfl.jpg

not only are the vikings 3-0 they broke 30 points today something most nfl teams can only dream of

I never doubted Sam "The Man" Darnold

Lmao Tim Boyle is currently out there for the Dolphins, how on earth does this guy keep getting backup QB jobs

Watched the Charger game until they knocked Justin Herbert out. The Steelers defense is no joke.

So glad I don't have to watch the Cowboy game, West Coast is the best!

Rams vs 49ers was a great game

Rams 2024 (so far):

Coin flip with the Lions
Were not ready to play in Arizona and got kicked in the mouth
Should have lost to 49ers but pulled the upset. Had no business winning this game! Still shocked.

And the Cowboys lose, there must be a God

can only assume neanderthal has been absent here because he's working out as the dolphins' next QB up

btw how about andy dalton (goofing on vegas, hey baby)

love this year being a resurgence for discarded franchise QBs

lmao if Kirk Cousins does this again

love this year being a resurgence for discarded franchise QBs

As a Niner fan, that was a frustrating 4th quarter to watch. Our defense is terrible and Aiyuk is completely wilting under pressure. Should have given $30 million/yr to Jennings

Is it too late to get Demeco back from Houston?

idk how the dolphins saw tim boyle throw a pick six on a hail mary against them last year and said, “i like this guy, let’s bring him in”

Tim Krumrie and Corey Dillon going in Bengals ring of honor tonight.

Dillon was so good on many crummy Bengals teams.

Krumrie was an early nose tackle probably remembered by some as he broke his leg in the Superbowl.

jags are getting destroyed

Josh Allen is going Techmo Bowl tonight.

Definitely the most fun dude to watch when he’s on

daniels just threw a sweeeeet deep ball to terry mclaurin, wow

38.55 first half points for Allen in my fantasy league.

Iosivas is the new Houshmandzadeh.

well this is certainly a statement game for....someone

holy shit what a throw

jayden daniels looks pretty legit

― mookieproof, Sunday, September 15, 2024 4:10 PM (one week ago)

btw bengals-hatcats was the first game with no turnovers and no punts since 1940

crazy

amazing that Washington seems to be getting another chance at the RG3 thing

Seems like it may have been a bad decision to rush Jordan Love back

This is insane

5-10 passing for negative 9 yards is an absolutely stunning stat line to witness. It barely seems possible pic.twitter.com/KCJt4KMsos

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 29, 2024

GEQBUS (Grand Emperor QB of the US) Sam Darnold continues his dominance

looool the jets lost at home to a QB who went 12-for-25 for 60 yards

Remember a week ago when everyone on ESPN was insisting the Jets were going to the Super Bowl because they beat the Patriots

Might have to become a warshington fan

80% completion rate and a 11/0 TD/INT ratio in Daniels’ first four games…can’t think of another rookie who had a start like that

he did throw a pick today, but yeah

If only they named themselves The Washington Rumble in honor of local legend and Native American Link Wray. His self titled album cover photo would look good on the side of a helmet https://images.app.goo.gl/B9RvWZUKSsg6CooTA

Josh Allen is such a sicko sometimes

link wray had nothing to do with DC! duke ellington, however

Accokeek, Maryland is about 20 miles away from DC.

Remember a week ago when everyone on ESPN was insisting the Jets were going to the Super Bowl because they beat the Patriots

My Niners looked good beating them at home today too. But yeah - they're so bad this win might almost be a mirage.

GEQBUS (Grand Emperor QB of the US)

*ahem* I believe this is supposed to be GOD Emperor QB of the US.

Accokeek, Maryland is about 20 miles away from DC.

seriously?

you can link wray (get it?) to NC, or portsmouth/norfolk. gtfo with him having anything to do with DC, or suggesting that he'd be a better avatar for a DC football team, than an actual black person who was born in DC

they should be named the clowns after all the clowns in washington

that's an objectively funny team name though like now that they're good imagine coaches having to say "we got a tough matchup with the Clowns next week"

there was a negro league team named the clowns, its the kind of name thats too cool for anyone to come up with today where theres business school guys doing focus groups or whatnot, but 100 years ago if there was just some corrupt local businessman who wanted to fund a team then you could get a good name

they should be named the hogs (although i would also of course accept 'hatcats')

'commanders' is such a feeble attempt, might have just as well named them the 'victory fries'

hogs wouldve been real nice

The Hatcats uniform and colors are still sharp. I like their W helmet.

ok mookie, it was kind of a joke, but i can get to the 3-track shack pretty quickly from my MD/DC border town. anyway it would be badass to come out to "rumble"

If I tried to describe the Dolphins Titans game, I'd have to end it with "THE ARISTOCRATS"

extremely ugly game to watch

Gotta love em

AMON-RA ST. BROWN TD PASS TO JARED GOFF.

📺: #SEAvsDET on ABC
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus and ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/wuVveVDDHw

— NFL (@NFL) October 1, 2024

what a nightmare season for Miami

Gamblers are blowing Twitter up about how that inexplicable landing zone rule on the safety free kick led to bettors suddenly losing an under that seemed safe until then

Those lols are enough to salvage tonight

Goff 16/16, has a shot at getting that perfect completion percentage w/ 20 attempts

awww he won't make it to 20

This flip from Kenneth Walker III was unreal 😳 #SEAvsDET | ABC, ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/Yca5oeMCvt

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 1, 2024

this was nuts

best game of the year so far I think. really had it all. Goff might be the first QB in history to record a passing TD, a receiving TD, and a safety in the same game. not to mention 0 incomplete passes

Goff was 18 for 18 passing, obliterating the previous perfect game record of 10 for 10 by Kurt Warner in 2005.

Really startin to get Andrew Luck vibes from this CMC injury

Last two seasons my fantasy first pick was Nick Chubb and this year CMC. Coincidence?

I think it is safe to say, Baker Mayfield was not the problem in Cleveland.

i had always assumed that the NFL didn't play on fridays/saturdays (until late december) because it didn't want to compete with/cannibalize its free feeder system (high school/college football). which is lol naive; the league might have cared about that 50 years ago but i can't imagine it does now

anyway i turns out that they are prevented by law (for antitrust purposes) from doing so!

the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act effectively bars the NFL from airing a major part of its schedule Friday evenings or on Saturdays between the second Friday in September and the second Saturday in December.

Rodgers looked so miserable out there, almost like he was at a family reunion

had to watch sound off so I didn't hear them gassing on about how great he is, all evidence to the contrary.

Oh my god Stroud

I wouldn’t say Rodgers is completely washed but he’s lookin a bit like Big Ben in his final year, barely mobile and he’s getting hit all the time, also he’s making some real questionable decisions, he only seems to trust Wilson and Lazard. In theory he doesn’t have to do much, I mean they have a good RB and a great defense, but they just keep doing Jets shit

josh allen at the half in houston: 6-for-18, 56 yards

Lmao at him pump faking 15 yards past the line of scrimmage

That east coast emphasis sports talk radio talk of Jets being potential Superbowl contenders is dead for another season.

This bengals and Ravens game has been great.

That last Lamar TD one of the best plays I’ve ever seen honestly

had no idea jerry stackhouse was coaching the texans

giants fumble on the goal line seahawks return it 100 yards incredible stuff

If this isn't the most #Giants thing ever, I don't know what is. pic.twitter.com/3e0H8t3I2H

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 6, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7-komLkBsI

beautiful

kinda miss those enormous shoulder pads -- always remind me of ricky watters running wild

great look for sure also jerseys a lil loose sleeves not tucked into the shoulder pads

the jets are so terrible. is this the year i finally give up on that pathetic franchise?

why stop now

i need them to keep me humble as a yanks fan

wow the rare yankees-jets combo

how did the yankees-jets thing happen? (the espositos of carroll gardens' late lamented espositos pork store were similarly aligned but i never got an explanation from them)

probably inherited from two different sides of my family (one side cares more about baseball, one side cares more about football)

go on, pls

one grandfather who lived on the bronx, one who lived in brooklyn, who loved the dodgers but never took to the mets. he and my great uncle did manage to become jets fans when they lived in queens and the jets played in shea stadium. go figure. my dad is a weirdo who roots for the giants and jets, yankees and mets, while my mom is a diehard yanks fan

ty, this is good stuff

also bless yr mom for being understandable

Caleb Williams may not actually be a bust

this is from the new book by Ta-Nehisi Coates Rules, The Thread which . . . i actually had nightmares about darryl stingley back then. and yet i still follow football

When I was seven years old, my mother purchased a copy of Sports Illustrated for me. She taught me to read before I entered school, and encouraged the practice however she could. And what more encouragement could there be than this issue of Sports Illustrated, which featured my hero, Tony Dorsett, running back for the Dallas Cowboys. This was 1983, an era of American football when running backs seemed as large as champions pulled out of Greek myth. How could a man of Earl Campbell's might move so fast, racing past one defender and then staving in the chest of another? How could Eric Dickerson run so high, against all convention, bounding through holes in the defense, an obvious target that was never caught? These days I will occasionally watch an old clip of Roger Craig, through will alone, breaking off a forty-six-yard run against the Rams, or Marcus Allen reversing field in the Super Bowl. But back then, in an unwired world, stories, words, histories—none of it could be gotten on demand. If you bore witness to such a feat—as I did with Allen—it lived in memory until the broadcast gods decided you could see it again. And so a magazine featuring the exploits of one of these heroes was not just, to me, an assembly of words and stories. It was a treasure.

Because I really did believe that Tony Dorsett was magic. He was five foot eight, built ordinary as one of my uncles. But when he slid the lone-starred helmet over his head, he transformed into something untouchable. I remember him darting through the defense, shifting direction at full speed, dancing, sprinting the length of the field, and outrunning an entire team. But whatever my affinity for Dorsett, this is not what I remember about that issue. In fact, until a few months ago, I'd forgotten that Dorsett was even on the cover at all, because deeper in the magazine, I found a story so unsettling, so horrific even, that it blotted out every adjacent detail.

The story was titled "Where Am I? It Has to Be a Bad Dream." Its subject was Darryl Stingley, who'd once been a wide receiver. I thought of wide receivers as mythical too—contortionists like Wes Chandler, extending back to snag a ball bouncing off into the ether, or acrobats like Lynn Swann, dancing in the air. I absorbed these exploits on Sunday mornings through highlights curated by the NFL itself. But a magazine like Sports Illustrated existed beyond the garden, out in the street where journalism and literature collided. And out there was neither magic nor myth—only the realest of monsters.

And so I read the true story of Stingley, who back in 1978 took a hit on a slant route and woke up in a hospital. The story began there, in the hospital—with Stingley unable to move a single limb, unable to call to his mother or wipe the tears running down his face. In an instant, the contortionist had been rendered quadriplegic. Only a few paragraphs in, I wanted to put the magazine down forever, to escape the story, but I was held fast by forces I could not then understand. I knew that there was something different in the storytelling, something in its style, that pulled me toward it with the gravity of a star, until I was there, I was on the field, yelling, pleading with Stingley to watch out for the incoming hit, and then in the hospital, right next to him, helpless to relieve the horror blooming in his eyes as he realized his fate. And then the star became a black hole, and I crossed an event horizon where I was no longer imagining myself there with Stingley, but was Stingley himself, and it was my body pinned to the bed, and the spokes were drilled into my skull, and it was I crying out to a heedless god.

No way

Wow. What a writer.

His referencing that Sports Illustrated in the pre-internet days reminds me how much my early sports fandom and knowledge is founded in the sports books my parents got for me from the Scholastic Books catalog in probably first through third grades (78-80). These were thin paperbacks recounting famous sports stories of the previous generations: Willis Reed in Game 7, Hank Aaron's 715, Pete Rose's 44, Jim Thorpe, etc. etc. I read these books repeatedly as a kid and the heroes in them sounded like mythology.

God bless the New York Jets

now it's super bowl time, just a brief hiccup

Might’ve called Caleb Williams a bust too early

I think he has good instincts. I like how calm he is under duress, and how he's constantly looking around. That INT was really bad, though. It was all on him.. just a bad throw.

I still think the Bears' coaching is sus, and they've been playing bad teams all season so far.

That’s definitely true, hard to overstate the degree to which the Jags self destructed that game

What an adjustment by Doubs

That was an awesome play gotta say Love has been incredible today

Jim Harbaugh in the tent?

flaccmagic

Lol Cowboys

This game would be pretty dull if not for Brady telling us over and over why it’s bad to be down a lot of points

Oh come on. You gotta give that one to Detroit

Lmao even the Dallas crowd is booing that

feel like if dallas hadn't won in pittsburgh last week, this would get mccarthy fired (it might still)

i mean okay the cowboys defense is being held together by string, but yikes the offense

also drink every time brady says 'vertical'

This game would be pretty dull if not for Brady telling us over and over why it’s bad to be down a lot of points

lol there was that one game where burkhardt prompted him to tell the story of the 28-3 super bowl in incredible detail

Cowboys never had a shot

You could hear the Ja-red Goff and lets go Lions chants all through the game in the home of America's team. It sucks that Hutch got hurt though, probably out for the season. 😢

I started Dak over Baker in my most important FF league and thankfully I'm still going to win, but I am absolutely giving up on Dak. This is going to be a toxic season in Dallas, isn't it.

its wild for a team that went 12-5 three straight years they have suffered a really disproportionate amount of utterly humiliating primetime losses

thats why I wouldn't give up on Dak yet actually I mean they do have a good offense albeit one that just feels completely broken sometimes. they have multiple games like this every year

they do not have a good offense; they have dak and ceedee

they're last in the league in rushing, which, okay, that's because they get destroyed in the first half of every single game

dak is a decent QB! and that's it

Cowboys always seem to have elite personnel that nobody seems to know how to use.

You never hear anybody say the Cowboys are bereft of weapons and yet the ceiling never gets any higher year after year

I have no idea why, if they're limiting Ezekiel's usage because he's 29, which is 67 in RB years, they thought Rico Dowdle was going to be the go-to when his breakout season saw him carry the ball a whopping 89 times

ezekiel has 38 carries for 115 yards. his longest carry is for nine yards

Rodgers is going to have two prosthetic legs by season end

he's having a pretty vintage performance I gotta say, team's kinda letting him down though

but yeah hard to imagine he's gonna make it to the end of the season if he keeps getting pummeled like this

Jesus fuck the penalties

Both teams have been jobbed multiple times

ahahahahhaa oh my god

Neither of these teams are good

maybe so but my god the Jets just cannot catch a break

That's the type of ad lib play Rodgers pulls off in 2011 maybe

I mean he def underthrew that ball but man what a sick interception that was

I feel like he was used to having receivers years ago who would just make the crazy adjustment but it was too much of a reversal of feet to do it

it was fascinating watching him try to get several of his receivers killed by throwing into triple coverage in the middle of the field

My hatred of Rodgers is probably overzealous but man that int was incredible.

xp I thought that was weird too he never really did that in Green Bay

lmao

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every time i see Baker Mayfield these days, I feel terrible for Browns fans.

My hatred of Rodgers is probably overzealous but man that int was incredible.

If you need a QB to hate, look no further than Watson. Makes Rodgers seem almost cuddly in comparison.

xp many Browns fans celebrated Watson's arrival. Don't feel bad for them.

true...i feel for the Snrubs and brownies of the world, at least

I spend a week or two in Akron every year and I do not get the sense these folks like Watson at all

it's genuinely stunning that he's still the starter, I mean yes he's obviously a sexpest and it's probably worse than most people know but he's also been fucking horrible at QB, like this was a playoff team last year with Joe Flacco and now they're sitting at 1-5. and they have a good team!

I think Watson might have just blown out his Achilles.

Now I can root for the Browns again

the giants are so bad

Yeah Watson’s done

No contact injury, but it seems that type of Achilles injury seems to be more common these days.

Fins suck as well

giants had 119 total yards of offense (43 passing yards!)

saquon had 187 total yards against them by himself

and that was the only early game on tv here

Kc is pushing round the Niners.

Raiders vs Rams was a shit show but at least the right team won.

Russell Wilson looks awful why is he out there??

russell wilson clearly a big step up from justin fields

(yes that was sarcasm)

Lmao they gotta keep a camera on Tomlin at all times

Jets finally realizing they should by pass the o line and throw the ball to Breece Hall.

Do you think that special team coach for the Steelers cusses much?

Lmao they gotta keep a camera on Tomlin at all times

saw someone once recently claim that the next commentator all the networks want to get isn't a former player, but tomlin. apparently he's funny as hell

Football media loves Tomlin as he is good copy. Lots of Steelers fans out there seem to think less of him, but hey no great Qb- you don’t win big.

Ouch Sauce…

I kinda would not changed QB but I think the fact that Fields did not throw for 150 yards the last 2 games is probably why they made change.

It’s a risk but Wilson has not played great but he is already up to 145 yards.

Either way this is going to be the game on line, radio and tv being discussed. And thank god the Cowboys are not involved.

Lmao at this thing with the challenge flag, funniest Jets play since the buttfumble

Rodgers is never throwing to Wilson again after that is he

enjoy ESPN claiming 'Browns fear QB Watson suffered torn Achilles' as if they weren't praying for it (and conceivably getting paid for it by insurance?)

Wilson seemed pretty clueless the later seasons in Seattle and Denver. How it all went down even with all that money hurt the ego.

Dudes got to know he has to have a second act if he wants a gold jacket. If it just turns to crud and he does not get that other chapter, he is basically McNabb with a ring.

McNabbs flame out after he left Philly and his post football kinda left his rep in tatters. Wilson was a better stats guy and got the ring, but how many QBs get in?

wilson was actually fine with the broncos last year, despite his coach actively hating him/using him as an excuse for losses

neither fields nor russell have too many options apart from pickens, who has become insane in the way that elite receivers become insane -- every single passing play should target me! -- without actually being an elite receiver

Russell Wilson bullshit definitely still in effect though

Jets struggles have been legitimately funny, like as far as "suddenly unlikeable superstar attempts to create superteam for a cursed franchise" stories go you can't really draw it up better than this. three of their last four have been extremely winnable games and the other they nearly came back and won anyway. not only are they losing but Rodgers is getting his ass beat out there

truly wretched franchise, they will never be good

I would've said that about Detroit too I think you gotta build a likeable team

their owner died in like 2019

even the 0-16 lions didn’t have vibes this rancid

definitely doesn't feel like Peyton's Broncos or the Tompa Bay Bucs at all it feels more like whatever team James Harden is currently playing on

but he's so tuned-in with devante adams (three catches, nine targets, 30 yards)

James Harden line is so true.

I got a chuckle out of that one.

I tend to root for downtrodden franchises like the Jets, but I am so happy that bringing in Rodgers and giving him everything he wanted nuked whatever it was they thought they were building.

Browns and Jets story lines are just *chef's kiss* this year.

curious if we've seen the last of Deshaun Watson, he hasn't had a single 300 yard game with the Browns, he hasn't even thrown for 200 this season. they are 1-6. they were a playoff team last year with Joe Flacco.

Jets have done the QB recycle program a few times before.

Vinny T.
Junk pic
Boomer

Watching the Chargers vs Cardinals as it's also on free TV here in Los Angeles

Chargers couldn't find the end zone tonight, didn't deserve to win.

that helmet to helmet on the final drive looked pretty incidental but I think you gotta call that

horrible chris godwin injury in garbage time

total disaster for them, they started up 10-0 and wound up losing by a ton and getting 2 WRs hurt

Bowles has to be on the hot seat just for that decision alone, honestly.

this sounds so awful lol what an absurd organization

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41926378/dallas-cowboys-fan-tours-fishbowl-jerry-jones-2024-season

Browns go from one QB accused of sexual assault to another.

Nope.

Nope

Factory of sadness good at producing sadness, surprise surprise

LA Rams actually pulled it off and beat the Vikings, good game.

they looked really good actually

LOL JETS

No way lmao

We cut the cable and have no NFL streaming, please paint me a word picture

they should contract the jets and bring in the argonauts or rough riders to take their place

patritos went 12 plays, 70 yards in 2:35, scored on 4th-and-goal from the one with 22 seconds left, *also* made the two-point conversion for a three-point lead

jets on their own 30, no timeouts, 22 seconds left. rodgers throws for about 25 yards but receiver can't hang on. rodgers throws for another 25 yards, complete, can't get to the line in time to stop the clock, game ends, both teams 2-6

was not expecting that from the browns, either

Prolly should’ve fired their field goal kicker and not the coach

ty mookie

amazingly this Jets season has the potential to get even funnier than it is now

what's going on with the nfl's hat situation

a few weeks ago everyone was wearing plaid caps; now they're all wearing hats with those stupid cords across the brims

Jets get Houston on Thursday, I’m sure they will show up present to the game.

Meanwhile Robert Sala is pulling two paychecks and free from the asylum.

The last few seconds of the Bears game were among the craziest seconds of football I have ever seen.

Noooooo way

The Chargers vs Saints has to be the most boring game I have seen this year.

it's fine that the seahawks lost -- they were playing a better team, they can't run the ball at all (32 yards, half of them by geno, on 17 carries!), etc. -- but the vibes were pretty rancid. they were getting booed at home

I don't believe in Brock Purdy

How is he that wide open?

Purdy did almost throw one of the funniest pick 6s ever back there but it was the Cowboys so they dropped it

This game is crazy

its really been a wild day in the National Football League

It seems like the 49ers should easily win but only down 13

Or 6

49ers defense just takin naps out there

how the hell did Purdy hang on to that

Could the Cowboy actually win this?

What is going to happen next?

Almost

Cowboys losing in hilarious fashion

I thought he had it

There should have been a flag

kinda wonder if punting is the right decision there

lmao hilarious non score

I'm so sick of hearing about national tight end day

FWIW the hat Bosa wore whilst crashing the post-game interview with Kittle, Brock and Guerendo was a white and gold MAGA hat.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42080224/jets-aaron-rodgers-says-cayenne-pepper-water-help-heal

Didn’t watch any of Jets-Pats but I read a recap listing off all the pre snap penalties and other dumb mistakes and yeah you probably shouldn’t have fired your coach dumbasses

Jets playin the 6-2 Texans tonight, if they lose to drop to 2-7 they may have to sell the farm lmao

Texans without Diggs, maybe a Thursday surprise

Yeah I would not be surprised if the Jets finally get a win. I'll be rooting for a loss though for the laughs

I mean I thought for sure they would beat the Patriots

On paper, the Jets should lose, but no Diggs plus the weirdness of TNF has me bullish on them.

Even though I want them to lose

I got them covering in my pickem league.

oh my god the most Jets thing ever just happened

in case you're not watching they pulled a Desean Jackson, easy touchdown turned into a touchback since the runner dropped the ball a half yard short of the goal line

Rodgers with 32 yards in the 1st half

team passing 14 yards (with the sacks)

sounds like a time for the legend nate hackett to undemote himself and oc the crap outta that place

this is one of the most obvious trap games in NFL history for the Texans I think if the Jets fuck this up it will mean the franchise is actually cursed

okay this is nuts the Jets managed to replicate the most infamous plays by both Desean and Odell in the same game

undecided whether it's funnier for the jets to continue going all-in on a 3-6 team or to sell whatever they can and risk rodgers' whiny wrath

they'll go all in, of course

they're funny no matter what though

Tom Brady’s smile is really scary. Dude looks like the Joker.

Fuck the Dolphins omggg

Lions with more touchdowns than incompletions over their last 5 games is a truly insane stat

that saquon barkley run from the first half…i’ve never seen anyone ollie a defender before

SAQUON BARKLEY IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.

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On the last 30 attempts to Amon-Ra St. Brown, he’s caught…all 30

Derek Carr is now the first QB in NFL history to lose to 31 different teams

The ultimate marker of a mediocre QB. Just good enough to play just long enough to lose to every team. Lol

the bears and steelers have yet to play a divisional game, and will not do so until november 17

then six of their final eight games are against division opponents

i'm not saying it's good or bad or a conspiracy, but it does seem odd

Chase is fast. That was some acceleration.

Bengals playing some old AFL go deep passing game tonight.

hatcats just committed the most boneheaded offsides penalty i've ever seen

Cowboys and Jets both getting their asses kicked

Rodgers 22/35 for 151 yards and 0 TDs...thats the most backup QB stat line I've ever seen

much like late-stage roffles, he's got like 1.5 seconds to get the ball out or he's fucked. and the cards defense came in ranked like 25th

stunned to realize that daniel jones is only 27; feels like this whole process has been going on for a decade

Eagles whomped the Cowboys but they played pretty fugly themselves for a good part of the game.

Dolphins lose tomorrow, it will be zero for the weekend for all the pro and college teams beaded in Florida.

Texans looking like they are wearing some XFL uniforms tonight.

I like them tbh

uhhh Goff has thrown 5 picks

and yet

holy cow Bates with two long FG to win it both of which were like an inch away from doinking

lol I love this Lions team so much

weird to cheer for a division rival but they're such a fun team to watch

Instead of posting about this game I'm gonna give one word reactions

Woo!

Pow

Stupid

Can you punch a voice? Asking for Joe Buck

This game is bad. Three turnovers in six snaps

this is florid and i enjoyed it: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42348968/aaron-rodgers-new-york-jets-complicated-struggle

The part about Williams was my favorite - gets called out and ostracized then traded only to catch a game winning touchdown on his new team. Not enough emphasis on how this vibe is as much on Woody as it is Rodgers.

Bills need 2 yards for a first down, Josh Allen runs for 26 and a td. What a finish. Chiefs no longer undefeated.

The 49ers lose and are a. 500 team. The Chiefs finally lose. This is the Lions year if they don't blow it in the playoffs.

Glad my Rams won but that Monday Night spanking still hurts.

It feels so incredibly weird to read that

Bengals defense is next level bad

All Herbert has had to do is wait for the receiver to drop into the soft areas of the zone and toss it in, and he's not having to evade any pass rush

Wow, one of the worst roughing calls of all time

Now that I visited Sofi stadium eight days ago these TV shots are so much cooler

feel like a lot of times this season I've been tricked into thinking an offense was really good and it turns out they were just playing the Bengals

alright that was a sick 4th and 2 playcall

Wow

how on earth did Chase hold onto that

Crazy game

Herbert has been dogshit this half

Like the dude was near perfect first half and now he's 15-30

Anybody wanna win?

yea Bengals def figured something out at halftime I think

Herbert 6 for his last 23

this has been a pretty long final 2 minutes, what is this the 4th potential game-winning drive

Bengals have nobody but themselves to blame if they choke this

Burrow suddenly clammed up , missed kicks

Dobbins should have just gone down

wonder if they let him score

damn Tee almost had that

Lions 9 drives today: touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, field goal, end of game

Man the Niners are so frustrating to watch right now. If by some miracle they make the post season, they're gonna lose in the wildcard round on either a muffed point or a 4th quarter comeback.

Jets GM sacked lmao

hard to think of a more pathetic final chapter for a slam-dunk HOFer, even Jordan's Wizards were basically a .500 team, with Rodgers its an entire year lost to injury and then one so bad everyone got fired

hell even the FAVRE year, they almost won the division and just choked it away last minute.

jets were 30-64 with joe douglas as GM so it’s certainly warranted, but

his contract was expiring anyway and ownership fired saleh without his input, so firing him now seems kinda petulant

right what's it gonna do besides make your season look like even more of a disaster

curious where they go from here, no way they take Rodgers for another year even if he wants to come back, right?

the 49ers have a cornucopia of injured players, it's hard seeing them doing anything this season

howard cosell would have said 'a veritable cornucopia'

yes :)

he said a lot of… things

he sure did, and of course i know about the alvin garrett 'little monkey' call, but his record on race was not bad at all

i still periodically think about him calling harold carmichael 'the. angular. one.'

in his place we now have the drippingly obsequious jim nantz insisting on referring to his colleague -- who hasn't been a coach in almost 20 years -- as 'coach cowher' while also increasingly referring to current players by their first names

also get off my lawn

'hello friends!'

fuck you jim nantz

Supposedly the fired him now to begin the search without him in the building "out of respect" after utilizing his services to trade for Adams and get Reddick in the building. Same article had sources state it would be highly unlikely Rodgers is back next year. His money isn't guaranteed.

Good luck Jets. Gonna be a dumpster fire for the next 10 years too. And Woody might take a job with Trump so his brother would be back running the joint.

the->they

This game is so pretty to watch with the snow.

yeah this is like an art exhibition, I'm completely mesmerized by it. at the wide angle the players look like they were superimposed onto the field

seriously they look like ghosts wtf is happening

Browns deserve to win this

gotta be one of the most weirdly coached games I've ever seen too

Just enough time to break some hearts…

alright lets see if Russell Wilson Bullshit is still a thing

Good

guess it is not

Well not this time but had a chance.

Winston got really lucky that one that hit his lineman was not picked off, he obviously just chucked it to avoid the sack.

he's a real Jesus-take-the-wheel kind of QB

I think ‘Fxxk it Chuck it’ is more of a life creedo for Winston.

truly amazing season in the meadowlands

Rodgers has thrown for 2,442 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 starts. His 50.9 QBR ranks 25th out of 32 qualified quarterbacks. He isn't playing terribly, but he isn't elevating the offense, either.

It does speak to the state of the Jets' offensive ineptitude that their 18.5 points per game this season is their highest since they averaged 20.8 points per game in 2018.

Wonder if they can get Daniel Jones back

good to see bryce young playing well

Anthony Richardson is an NFL athlete but he is about as accurate as fellow Gator Tim Tebow. Colts need to start over on the QB front.

Much maligned, but I think Daniel Jones might be worth for some club to buy low as a backup.

Missed the play but watched the missed extra point in the Washington game. Wow

49ers v Packers should be a good game

I’m there and Tom Brady is announcing right behind us…can see the back of his head

I mean the top of his head

Have fun!

Well I think this has been a good game

49ers v Packers should be a good game

lol - not sure why you'd think this with all the injuries and cromulent coaching of late. My pregame score prediction was 31-17 Packers and it's looking like a good call. Pack are going to run away with this.

Unless you're a packers fan... then it's going to be a VERY good game!

Nostalgia got the best of me.

Cardinals lose, so tonight's game is even bigger for my Rams. Not sure they can beat the Eagles tho.

drink every time there’s a shot of nick sirianni spitting

game was really fun except for everyone trying to yell at Tom Brady to get his attention. I'd get it if it was during the commercials, but it was while the game was in progress, what did they think he was doing?

anyway, at one point I yelled "Hey Tom! I lost all my money in FTX because of you!! Can I have 10 dollars?", I think one person laughed

Ugh

good god what happened in the 4th quarter of Cowboys/Commanders

A freak sequence of really bad tackling or insanely amazing luck

lol

Thomas, however, never should have tried to score. He is coached to go down immediately.

Thomas: Man, all I seen was end zone. I ain't going to lie. 'Man, I'm going to score.' ... Listen, it's so funny. I would've [gone down] if they crowded a little bit more. But I just got it and said, 'Six points.'

McCarthy: That's a 'no mas,' situation, so I think those types of things we just got to learn from.

Rush: Pretty exciting. Happy for Juanyeh scoring a touchdown, but at the same time, I'm like, 'Get down.' Good job recovering it, I guess.

Thomas: Next time I'm going to go down.

hahah yeah when I saw the replay of that I thought it was idiotic to try to score then again I feel like the players have given up on the season so why not

lmao at the Ravens doing the typical "try to draw offside" on 4th and 1 from their own 19 and it not working and the players and fanbase roaring with excitement about how they couldn't be drawn off, only for the Ravens to actually go for it on 4th, pick it up, and march down the field for a TD in quick succession

the TD catch was sick too

also there is nothing sadder than listening to Berman try to do his old shtick with hoarse voice destroyed from years of yelling

there are many sadder things tbh.

kind of a bizarre ruling where they ruled incomplete on that last touchdown when he was well inbounds, clearly got two feet down, and had the ball. they reversed it but kinda baffled as to where the confusion was, the back judge had a great view and for some reason said out of bounds

yeah berman's garbage who was in the right place at the right time

otm

lmao this is what the ref ruled out of bounds

https://i.ibb.co/Zc0SCSZ/Gd-R9-Aus-XYAAND6v.jpg

Baltimore's run game is just insane

btw can I just say how much I enjoy those weird CGI animations they do on Monday Night Football, reminds me of those bizarre Taiwanese news reports, they're so dumb I find them incredibly funny

Baltimore Philly Super Bowl would be an awesome Battle of the Bell Cows

Oh shit, they play this Sunday! Well maybe it's a preview. Still a Battle of the Bell Cows

Bears with a robust 11 yards of offense at this point in the game (in the second quarter), 2 rushes for 5 yards, 2 receptions for 6 yards (one of the receptions was for 0 yards).

Unbelievable bad clock management by the Bears. They had this going OT!

Oh my god Chicago

That’s, like, hangable, right

Eberflu was just told to "go home and get his fuckin shinebox", per AP

Came here to say he has to be fired right now

The first two games today I thought would be blowouts weren’t, and the one I thought might be competitive isn’t. I know the Packers are pretty good this season, but man the Dolphins look abysmal.

We are

"I like what we did there," Eberflus said. "Again, once it's under seven seconds, you're going to call a timeout there -- actually under 12 and then really you don't have an option because it's third to fourth, you have to throw it into the end zone then.

"To me it's -- I think we handled it the right way, I do believe that you just rerack the play, get it in bounds and call timeout, and that's why we held it and didn't work out the way we wanted it to."

dogg what

i'm not gonna say that coaching an NFL team is simple or easy but man there are so many bad ones

dude had already fucked up by not fixing his FG unit from getting blocked a lot in the last three weeks

Well it’s not his problem anymore

I think what happened against the Packers was a situation where you would fire him at the end of the season, what happened yesterday was the situation where you fire him immediately so it’s good that they didn’t hesitate.

otm, not only what happened yesterday but his terrible press conference this morning too. I could see him surviving the season if he had taken accountability, said the loss was on him, etc. But he did the absolute opposite of that.

right I mean tbh its kind of understandable, the gameplan changed several times within that last minute. they went from thinking touchdown to lets just get a few more yards for the FG, maybe they can even run 3 plays if they do it right, then Williams gets sacked, they're out of FG range, and the clock is ticking and he just doesn't know what to do. I think he's actually right that you probably don't wanna call timeout right away, you wanna run your best 10 yard play and then call it, but you got a rookie QB out there and a coach who isn't really good at thinking on his feet, they just let a few too many seconds tick off, hell they snap it at :09 they're probably fine. so many moving parts and so little experience, it's kind of natural they might screw it up, might've been refreshing to hear Eberfluss say "yeah we biffed it" instead of offering an explanation which makes no sense

All for the sake of turkey day entertainment to distract us from y’know

Yeah obv Caleb didn't do what he expected, but the Captain Save-an-Eberflus I talked to yesterday (a surprising number!) who basically said his hands were tied, like...your rookie QB just got sacked, there has to be a set point on the clock that Eberflu decides in advance "if the ball isn't snapped by this time, I call timeout and we regroup".

Even if you fuck up and there's too little time to do two plays, wouldn't you want your hail mary to be drawn up and discussed on the sideline rather than haphazardly run?

Lions & Chiefs both escaped with wins by opponent blunders. Raiders center just blew it worse than the bears QB by snapping early when they were in FG range & down by two.

Jets/Seahawks lookin like classic clownball

ain’t no one beating stillers with that bullshit new school look

i do jest

Feeling almost bad for the niners in the snow

it remains a crime that the bills and ravens haven't swapped divisions

with the resulting bills-browns home-and-home games all being scheduled in december

def one of the strongest examples of "home turf" I've seen, the 49ers act like they've never seen snow in their lives

Allen got credited with a passing TD and a receiving TD in the same play lol

that's Having Fun

in other news Rodgers might actually get benched lmao

RIP Niners. It's like 2020 all over again except our starting QB is healthy this time. Curious which remaining teams they actually beat here on out. Maybe it's time to tank

Bears next week is like the battle of the hapless losing streaks. I really feel the Bears pull off the win

yeah its very much not the Niners' year, idk if they've had more injuries than other NFL teams but it does seem to be exclusively happening to Pro Bowl caliber players for them. wonder what the future looks like for them, Purdy gets paid next year right?

I think I’m with Tanier re: 49ers, they were one of if not the healthiest team last season and now regression to the mean is showing all their weaknesses

happy 41st to aaron rodgers!

Buck and Troy seemed really Xanax'd out in the 1st quarter but they're awake now

Jameis threw 6 TDs to a variety of teams tonight

34-for-58 for 497 yards, 4 TDs and 3 INTs is an incredibly fun performance

little upset he didn't get to 500 but if you count the interception returns he probably threw for 700

fitting performance for the league's only 30/30 man in history

yea he's the NFL's own Russell Westbrook, a statistical anomaly onto himself

crazy that was the most entertaining game of the week. great to hear Buck & Aikman tear into the Browns at the end for torpedoing everything for Watson, they really could've been something...maybe not a contender exactly, but they're way more fun to watch now

lmao great timing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew3ewvHGR5E

Oh dear God... So they filmed his Ayahuasca ceremony?

does it have the scenes of him shitting himself

yeah that's the funniest part he had a Netflix camera crew filming his entire spiritual journey which guarantees he was bullshitted the entire way

xp you can watch that every sunday

https://theonion.com/aaron-rodgers-takes-blame-for-parts-of-game-where-jets-were-winning/

The Onion never misses

Dan Campbell going for it on fourth and 1 at end of game to deny the Packers was something.

Incredible game! 4 lead changes in the second half!

Live by the giant balls die by the giant balls. Hope he doesn't gamble it away in the playoffs again

There are scores of football fans trying to seriously argue all over the net that Goff should have been down cos his knee hit the ground.

The first few I ran into in the wild were engagement farming attempts but since then have noticed a huge trickle of earnest arguments trying to argue he surrendered himself by falling

Tbh I thought that was the rule myself

it is the college rule, but under NFL rules Goff was not down by contact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_(gridiron_football)

"In the NFL, if the offensive player is touching the ground with some part of his body other than his hands or feet, then he is down if any defensive player touches him. In the NCAA, an offensive player touching the ground in the same manner is down, regardless of whether a defensive player touches him."

it's like one of these plays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22fPwDMEJc

Loljets

rodgers' first game over 300 yards since 2021!

was wondering if the jets and giants ever both went to overtime on the same day, and then the latter got their game-tying chip-shot field goal blocked. just brutal

Rams demolishing the Bills right now

It has been a great game so far

Yeah, it’s crazy. It’s like a compendium of highlight reel plays.

4th and 5 but delivered

Missed a false start call on that though

On pins and needles

Rams!

Who would have thought they could beat the Bills, wow

They called the false start on the Bills, lol

Should not matter

Should not matter

. . .

Clap, Clap, Clap

Fun game to watch, a lot of points in this one

That was probably the most fun game I’ve watched this season

Hoping for a Chargers upset tonight

Herbert is like the least accurate deep thrower alive. Every week he misses wide open WRs but this one was especially bad cos nobody was within ten yards of the WR

Yeah, rough

Bow howdy this game is a snoozefest

Hopefully some momentum

Chargers are actually doing okay

games good now

What a hit

yeah would've been insane had he held on

They needed seven

dunno Chargers look a bit more unstoppable right now but the Chiefs do win these kinds of games like every week

How stupid is that?

lol even the broadcast is kinda calling KC frauds

yup that is exactly the sort of play they always win with

How fucking lucky

Or

yup that is exactly the sort of play they always win with

. . .

Fuck this team

How do they do it?

AHAHAHAHHA what a kick

Lol but still goes through

How do they do it?

― Bee OK, Sunday, December 8, 2024 10:18 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

gonna be that guy and say they do it by holding a lot on the final drive knowing the refs won't call it

Drew Margary wrote this five days ago (!!) on Defector —

Chargers at Chiefs: You will not know the Chargers had a winning season until Wild Card Weekend arrives and you’re like, Wait a second, the fuck are the Chargers doing here? That’s why they pay Jimmy Harbaugh the big bucks, my friend. Just like this week, they will lose that playoff game 19-17.

https://bsky.app/profile/rodger.bsky.social/post/3lctjuwksbk2a

guess bluesky doesn't embed automatically! but he also nailed the score 15 minutes before kickoff

there is a Simpsons simulcast of this going on right now and it's so incredibly strange I can't stop watching. like a bizarre piece of performance art. the 3D animations are constantly glitching. its mashing together two things that don't go together at all. i'm transfixed by this

I mean lmao wtf is this

https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.lol/post/3lcwetgpxxk2f

I couldn't last more than 5 mins watching it. Thought the concept was interesting but oh my lord did it under-deliver.

it was pretty stupid but did make me laugh on occasion

https://bsky.app/profile/dreyesceron.bsky.social/post/3lcweevznes2n

https://theonion.com/more-parents-say-allowing-child-to-play-football-not-worth-risk-of-being-drafted-by-jets/

Go Rams

They should win but these division games are always different. Plus the niners are not that bad.

wait the score is what now

Strange game, all field goals and both teams are playing like they are stuck in mud

Interception is what was needed

Going from scoring 44 points to three field goals.

Or four in the end.

see that's the sort of Thursday Night Football game I remember, most of them this year have been uncharacteristically awesome

RIP Niners 2024 season officially. Though I mourned after that Seattle game, this is the real nail in the coffin. Dudes walking off the field and quitting on the team is an extra cherry on top of the shit sundae

How does Mike McDaniel have a job

Ugly injury in Dolphins Texans game. :(

Grant Dubose not moving after a hit to head

DuBose's facemask was removed and jersey cut off as he's being attended to. Hard to see exactly what's happening but it's a serious situation

— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) December 15, 2024

Tim Boyle is currently quarterbacking the Giants lmao

Steelers cannot move the ball at all against Philly.

Seems like the injuries are starting to pile up though.

Josh Allen is so good

Both Lions and Bills miss a field goals before the half, last two minutes, wow

Three touchdown lead in Detroit, only a couple of teams could do that

Josh Allen has been absolutely insane these last few games, probably breaking records I’m sure

I hate him

If you're Goff and you've thrown 4 TDs only to be losing by 10 you might be using some colorful language at your defense

Too easy

Why the fuck would you onside it there w the new kickoff procedures, that's the dumbest thing I've ever seen

Like being down 10 points w 12 minutes is doable, and surprise onside woulda worked 15 years ago but now you have to tell your opponent when you're doing it

Down 10 points with 12 minutes left and you go for an inside kick, Dan? Okayyyyy…..

I also think Detroit going for it on fourth down, all the time, is going to cost them.

I know he's a risk taking couch but that was just stupid

Betcha he does it again

Well now you have to, right?

Guess not

Great catch, how did he catch that?

Josh Allen does it again

I don’t actually hate the onside, Bills only punted once, had to steal a possession somehow

Bills have played Techmo Bowl the last two weeks.

Bucs put a thumping on the Chargers, who are pretty beat up with injuries.

What's crazy about the Chargers v Bucs game, I recorded it and went back to it. The Chargers scored all 17 points and were leading at halftime. They seemed in control and then the second half happened. They didn't score again.

So happy with this score, if Seattle loses than the Rams move up into a playoff spot.

hope Geno's OK

yeah huge bummer

Mahomes injury looked fairly serious too

Is Green Bay really going to blow this?

read your comment and was like what do you mean they're doing fine and then saw I was 20 minutes behind

That should finally do it

good god Romeo

lmaoooo

https://i.imgur.com/RovGbXo.png

these vikings uniforms are a fucking crime

if for some reason you need to look like something out of the 'take on me' video at least do it on the road

Kirk Cousins era may be over in Atlanta already

seemed very certain that contract was gonna go bad but I didn't think it was gonna happen in year 1 lol

For those moments when you think Madden's cultural prominence has receded a bit

The Athletic article:

The New York Jets were nearing the finish line on a deal to acquire wide receiver Jerry Jeudy from the Denver Broncos last offseason, but the trade fell apart when Jets owner Woody Johnson nixed the idea over Jeudy’s player rating in the “Madden NFL” video game, according to multiple team and league sources.

Jeudy was eventually traded to the Cleveland Browns instead and became a 1,000-yard receiver there. The Jets, meanwhile, have slumped to 4-10 amid a disappointing season.

Those disappointments have resulted in Johnson orchestrating the firings of head coach Robert Saleh five games into the season and general manager Joe Douglas after Week 12.

In September, Johnson suggested to a room full of Jets coaches and officials that the team bench future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, according to multiple team sources. Instead, a week later Johnson helped pull the strings to land All-Pro wideout Davante Adams to serve as Rodgers’ top receiver, a role that could have been held by Jeudy.

The proposed Jeudy trade wasn’t the only time Johnson cited “Madden” ratings when evaluating players, according to the source. The owner pushed back on signing free-agent guard John Simpson in the offseason due to his “awareness” rating in the video game. The Jets signed Simpson anyway, and he has had a solid season.

To some, the reference to the video game ratings is a sign of Johnson allowing his teenage sons, Brick and Jack, to influence the franchise.

“When we’re discussing things, you’ll hear Woody cite something that Brick or Jack read online that’s being weighed equally against whatever opinion someone else in the department has,” said one Jets executive.

Current and former players and coaches have also said Brick and Jack have brought friends — male and female — into the locker room, where Woody Johnson, his wife, Suzanne Ircha Johnson, and his sons have criticized players.

In another instance, on Halloween night this season, Rodgers entered the locker room with a game ball prepared to be given to interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, who just recorded his first win. Instead, Brick Johnson took it upon himself to award a game ball to wide receiver Garrett Wilson.

Woody Johnson then gave Ulbrich the ball Rodgers had been holding. Multiple players said the energy felt drained out of the room. “It was the most awkward, cringe-worthy, brutal experience,” one player said.

god it'd be easy to sabotage the Jets simply by having a connect in the ratings department at Madden

Brick Johnson

Bricked franchise

sorry but this is all genuinely hilarious. you assume a lot of this shit is down to luck, running a football team must be incredibly hard and you're always gambling on who's gonna get hurt, but seeing how some of these organizations are actually run...just lmao

“At the very least, this is believable. Which is a problem for the Jets” great phrasing by Andrew Bogusch

amazing

Johnson, who was Donald Trump's ambassador to the U.K. during his first term but will not be during his second, requests that team employees address him as Mr. Ambassador.

I don't think I have seen any Bo Nix games this year. I have seen every Charger games tho

Oh, they have already played each other this year

What happened to the Chargers defense?

they're gettin Nixed

Great turnaround in the second half. Fuck Sean Payton.

My comment was in regards to the first half. Chargers going for two and didn’t make it so they had to do it again, SMH. That two point catch was incredible. Good job on the comeback Chargers.

So awesome seeing a fair catch free kick! Had no idea the last one was in 76 or something... I thought it was like 20 years ago

My friends 9 year old called Cleveland the Brown Stains today. Can't disagree

lol ask him to nickname the Jets. I gotta say, as a person who enjoys seeing Rodgers lose, they were astoundingly awful today.

Jets didn't punt once, scored 9 points

I really feel like the Tyreek arrest just fucked him up for the year. He ain't him

Jets went for it on every fourth down until a penalty force them to fourth and nine. Then they missed the field goal. Rams did enough in that second half. Happy camper

In other words, game was close until the end.

Tua looking better today but the amount of behind the LOS throws this year is bizarre. I know the opposing secondaries sell out a lot to take away the deep ball but that shouldn't result in all screens

Can't believe how far the 49ers have fallen this year

Collinsworth and Tirico sound drunk, it’s kind of fun actually

What?

That was one of the wildest plays I’ve ever seen

Tampa Bay really needed this game and Dallas was eliminated today.

its weird, Dallas were playing like their season was on the line which is very much not how they were playing when it actually was

it's gonna be awesome when this 'strong finish' convinces jerry to extend mccarthy

(tbf he is nowhere near the worst coach in the league -- his career .612 winning percentage is just ahead of bill walsh -- but i presume jerry is aiming higher than one playoff win in five seasons)

if I were the Giants I'd be trying to nab Cooper Rush from them

Zero

Can't believe how far the 49ers have fallen this year

It's like 2020 but in some ways worse. This time we have our QB and he's healthy.

Reminder that the Saints scored 91 points in their first two games

the NFLPA really ought to do something about this

Three games in 11 days: How four teams prepared for unusual stretch

Niners collapse seems almost overdue at this point. Opposing teams have figured out Shanahan’s 21 personnel stuff and he hasn’t adapted. Deebo regression, Trent is old and banged up and the rest of the o line is garbage.

the NFLPA really ought to do something about this

Three games in 11 days: How four teams prepared for unusual stretch🕸

the NFLPA really ought to do something about this

Three games in 11 days: How four teams prepared for unusual stretch

― mookieproof, Tuesday, December 24, 2024 10:57 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

it’s funny that they’re launching this during a year where christmas falls on a wednesday, it’s going to be much more natural over the next couple of years.

tho i don’t think christmas is the only time the nfl does these compressed schedules for teams. the jets started the season with a monday-sunday-thursday stretch

Loltexans