2024 NFL Season Thread

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Hah. Where are you sitting, we’ll try find you!

Well I'm now in the rideshare lot waiting for my ride.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

I'm happy for you! But also ...



What a difference a month makes. Maybe he'll be good, maybe he'll suck, maybe he'll be in the middle. But this is exactly why I call hogwash when people do the 'eye test' or 'when I know, I know' stuff.

Nobody knows until you give them time.

Second play of the game he threw a panicky ball at the feet and after that not only was in control but more importantly was accurate.

[miami_fan]

It sucks for my team but I am so happy Sean McDermott and the Bills organization never took away or restricted Josh Allen's running instincts. That last TD looked so natural and decisive and the exact opposite of some QBs that look like they have been placed in a invisible electric fence and face a lifetime in jail if they dare when nothing is open and there is a gaping hole to run through.

[bhlloy]

This Bengals team seems like the poster child for having an elite QB and WR room doesn't make a damn bit of difference if you can't keep him upright.

[JPhillips]

They have maybe 3 all-pros and the rest of the roster is closer to pick #1 than the Super Bowl.

[bronconick]

Chargers blowing leads might be a chronic illness thing rather than a Brandon Staley infection that they got vaccinated with Harbaugh.

[bhlloy]

You haven't watched the Chargers for long enough if you think that started with Brandon Staley.

[bronconick]

McPherson trying to give the game back now.

[Brian Swartz]

They've been good enough this year, held onto enough leads, etc. that I feel, like with the Lions stuff, 'Chargering' can safely be put to bed as a persistent meme.

[sovereignstar v2]

Bengaling

[Swaggs]

It’s weird seeing Justin Tucker and Evan McPherson hovering around 70% accuracy this season. Those guys have been automatic for awhile now. Tucker, in particular has/has been the most accurate in history and has been missing in close games.

[albionmoonlight]

Herbert looks like when you make a Madden create-a-player and make him unrealistically tall and give him unrealistic Throwing Power.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, it never really registered with me how large he is. NBC showed the clip of Harbaugh psyching him up and I though "woah, he makes Harbaugh look like a little old man!"

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

It’s weird seeing Justin Tucker and Evan McPherson hovering around 70% accuracy this season. Those guys have been automatic for awhile now. Tucker, in particular has/has been the most accurate in history and has been missing in close games.

yeah they are just human kickers now, not super-human. Tucker has a serious case of the Yips.

[miami_fan]

Daniel Jones demoted to 3rd-string QB as Giants turn to Tommy DeVito - ESPN

The important part.

Although the Giants' record and Jones' play were key factors in the move, ownership and general manager Joe Schoen also had to consider that there is a $23 million injury guarantee in his contract for 2025 that becomes fully guaranteed if he gets injured and is unable to pass a physical in the offseason.

So we can expect Jones to get run over on the sidelines suffer a severe injury and end up with the guarantee anyways right?

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Daniel Jones demoted to 3rd-string QB as Giants turn to Tommy DeVito - ESPN

The important part.



So we can expect Jones to get run over on the sidelines suffer a severe injury and end up with the guarantee anyways right?

Saints' McPherson hurt after run-in with Titans mascot - ESPN

[albionmoonlight]

Sometimes you draft a guy or sign a guy to an extension and for whatever reason, it does not work out. But at the time you did it, it made sense.

The weird thing about Daniel Jones is that even as the Giants were committing big money to him, we all knew that he wasn't worth it. The podcasts at the time were all talking about how this was going to cripple the Giants.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Sometimes you draft a guy or sign a guy to an extension and for whatever reason, it does not work out. But at the time you did it, it made sense.

The weird thing about Daniel Jones is that even as the Giants were committing big money to him, we all knew that he wasn't worth it. The podcasts at the time were all talking about how this was going to cripple the Giants.

Agreed. The right call was always franchise tag him instead of giving him the extension. It's, also, not a great look to spend $5M on a back-up QB in Drew Lock and then go with Tommy Cutlets.

Joe Schoen has not been a great GM.

[bhlloy]

Agreed. Remember watching the offseason Hard Knocks where they were talking about the data driven decisions they made in the front office and wondering if the people saying that to the camera actually believed it or how they could keep a straight face given what they’d done the year before.

This is not hindsight. 99% of football fans and pundits would have put their house on this ending exactly like this

You’d think that teams will now stop committing big money to poor to awful QBs just based off one decent season and a perceived ceiling of making it to the playoffs and getting lucky to win a few games, but it’s possible a lot of these guys just aren’t very good at this.

[RainMaker]

The Jones signing was also weird because no one in the league was going to pay him anywhere near that amount.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Yeah, it never really registered with me how large he is. NBC showed the clip of Harbaugh psyching him up and I though "woah, he makes Harbaugh look like a little old man!"

He is a little old man. There is very little distinguishing him from his dad at this point. The glasses, his aging face, and the mouth hanging open all scream "old man!" to me. He seems to have aged pretty quickly over the past few years.

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

He is a little old man. There is very little distinguishing him from his dad at this point. The glasses, his aging face, and the mouth hanging open all scream "old man!" to me. He seems to have aged pretty quickly over the past few years.

Yikes. He was my classmate at one point in junior high. I hope people don't see me that way these days.

Now, back to my stamp collecting and preparing for this week's big bridge tournament.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Yikes. He was my classmate at one point in junior high. I hope people don't see me that way these days.

Now, back to my stamp collecting and preparing for this week's big bridge tournament.

All before the early bird special.



Another reason Nick Saban is pretty amazing. Coaching at level has to be so overwhelming stressful. I'm not saying Saban looks young, but he doesn't look his age.

[Ksyrup]

Well, that assessment comes from a guy with a full white beard, silver hair, and the recipient of an unsolicited senior discount in his mid-40s, so...