Like it or not, ready or not - it's NFL 2017 Week One

this is so terrible, why isn't there football yet

collinsworth just called tyreek hill tyreek jones? good start cris

good start everyone

cooooooks LET'S GO

holy shit cooks is going to be hard to deal with

this team is too good

it's unfair

gillislee not even touched either time

he's going to score a million tds this season. he'll be like blount but actually talented

if they already have back-shoulder timing throws to cooks down to the point where you have to hold him or let him catch it......that's just a problem.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS

f it go deep

cmon gronky

that's a real good strip, he had a good grip on that

who stripped it? early season nbc utterly useless

camp disappointment jordan richards

What a catch

LASER

aw not actually a catch

Eh, incomplete

lol this poor goober who has to hold the surface

ah i forgot how much i missed football

penalty
review
reversal
penalty

NE D seems to be asleep at the wheel

coverage is constantly in the wrong place, pats were clearly expecting them to be doing something else

weird decision to kick there. also really looked like white made it live, would like to see a single reply of a close redzone 3rd down play, maybe?

it bears repeating nbc has just sucked tonight

yes let's look at beautiful downtown boston uh.. what do you get to see from gillette anyway? scenic north attleboro or something?

scenic route 1. the ~3 mile stretch to both the north and south of the stadium is still remarkably shitty.

Gillislee can't be stopped!

had a nice cut on that first run in this drive

he looks really good

seemed like there was a lot of concern over him in the preseason (nb i don't watch or follow the preseason) but yeah looks great to me

he's going to score a million tds this season.

have to wonder when the rest of the afc east will stop being the pats' farm system

xpost i feel like in preseason belichick/pats coaches are more concerned that players do exactly what they are asked to do vs whether it 'looks' successful on the field

it's so funny b/c i think a LOT of the patriots pro scouting consists of "that guy killed us, let's sign him" yet it seems to work fairly well.

the secret ingredient is the other teams having zero ability to evaluate their own players

mahomes time

lol what the hell was the gunner doing

kc don't mess around on special teams, that guy is prob already cut

most random unwarranted catch interference penalty i've ever seen

same damn guy fucking up on special teams!

Didn't realize Marsh came over from Seattle. He's a big Magic: The Gathering fanatic!

lol for real?

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new favorite player

that was a v good drive

lol how did they let that happen

tyreek the freak

looks like kc knew they would get that. pats seem to be fielding nickel and dime safeties every play, where the hell did they all go

Bears D was hanging with Atlanta but just gave up the big one and probably put the game out of reach.

On the Andy Reid coaching skills comments from Thursday, he's a great coach until his club needs to run 2 minute drill. His teams have always seemed to be bad in those situations.

what the heck is going on with cincy?

Bears making it interesting. Howard dropped the potential winning TD. One play to go.

Romo debuted on CBS commentary team for Titans v Raiders today with Jim Nantz...he's not bad! Shades of Chucky, v excitable :D

damn sight better than Ronde Barber but tbf that is an incredibly low bar

i honestly didn't realize tony romo retired

eagles-racists was a bad game but a good outcome :)

josh mccown threw 4.8y/attempt and 2 ints and somehow there were at least 2 other qb starters today who were clearly worse than him

presumably automatic ejection for any player committing a foul that wipes a big guy td

seahawks running at < 1y/play in first quarter. that pick 6 would've been p helpful

Hekker is incredible.. he just attempted a punt that folks only do in practice #RespectTheArt pic.twitter.com/PYjrn3y8P9

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 10, 2017

that is p sick

very weird use of "folks" in that tweet

mcafee was a punter so i think he's using that to include himself

Like those rams unis

"you'll forgive us tonight if we just talk about him as a football player."

it's hard for me to believe the dallas defense is shut out good this year. otoh it is quite easy to believe that the giants offense is trash without OBJ

holy shit @ that Beasley catch. never seen one quite like that.

this game totally blows by the way. probably not great for the NFL to have two consecutive primetime duds in Week 1

this is one of the worst offensive performances i've ever seen, like people should be fired over this

there's been like half a dozen truly abject offensive performances today. nfl will have to shrink to an 8 team league to match the available qb and o line talent.

too bad there aren't any Super Bowl-caliber quarterbacks just sitting on their hands this week

this game totally blows by the way. probably not great for the NFL to have two consecutive primetime duds in Week 1

― frogbs, Sunday, September 10, 2017 8:05 PM (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

which other one? the thurs night game was awesome

Jason Witten played with Casey Clausen and Travis Henry at Tennessee and was drafted by Parcells. Witten has now had very long career.

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http://deadspin.com/yes-here-is-a-market-that-needs-two-nfl-teams-1803098565

I've said it before but i don't think i've met a single person in L.A. who has ever expressed interest in either NFL team, let alone even mentioned them.

which other one? the thurs night game was awesome

Seahawks/Packers was thoroughly lame, though I'm happy with the result obviously

naw the hawks/pack game was great, mostly high level play and plenty of incident. the only really bad thing about the game was the seattle offensive line, pictured below

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related: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJdQrMHVwAAjBPu.jpg

lol

that looks like a videogame glitch

might as well just run with like 8 wideouts and see what happens

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I cant figure out whats going on there but its funny

David Johnson could be out for most of the season :(

and how has seattle not addressed their O line, it's been their weakness for like five straight years.

sucks about johnson. that doesn't leave az with much of an offense. jags' allen robinson also probably done for the season and bears' kevin white dead again. on top of eric berry that's a pretty crappy first week for season ending injuries.

achilles injury is the pits. it's zapped my already limited athleticism by like 25%.

sam bradford is throwing lasers

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BY6jQaCg_Dc/

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can't make MEs and expect to win in the national football league

can't spell team without ME