NFL 2021 Regular Season Thread

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by sabotai

Well that was maybe the dumbest thing I've ever seen on a kickoff before.

Not sure how the hell a vet does that in a playoff game. That's a middle school mistake.

[spleen1015]

Haven't seen much of the Bengals this year. That Burrow kid might be pretty good. I'm a fan.

[Carman Bulldog]

While I appreciate that Burrow was not out of bounds when he made that throw, there was clearly a whistle there. Can't believe that was not addressed.


Edit: Well someone on the broadcast eventually caught it.

[bhlloy]

I wish I could be as shit at my job as Jerome Boger and still be employed

[JPhillips]

I'm not saying the calls are bad, but the game is really being decided by official calls right now.

[JPhillips]

dola

I do not like the way this game is paying out.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

dola

I do not like the way this game is paying out.

paying or playing?

[Galaril]

Wow good thing for the Bengals that the Raiders didn’t figure out they were allowed to throw in the end zone and score TDS.

[NobodyHere]

Dear Bengals,

Don't rough the passer.

ETA:

That was considered roughing?

[JPhillips]

Smells like 2015.

[NobodyHere]

Bengals!!!!!!!

[JPhillips]

Uncomfortable, but they got it done. Now I hope everything goes chalk as I think they have a better chance against the Titans than the Chiefs, given the D-line injuries.

[stevew]

My wife was all excited that the Bills beat the Pats. I get home and realized she was watching the replay from last year lol

[stevew]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

I wish I could be as shit at my job as Jerome Boger and still be employed

depends. Is your name Angel Hernandez?

[Lathum]

I don't ever recall seeing a BB coached team so ill prepared.

[Atocep]

Can the Pats opt out of the 2nd half?

[Solecismic]

You can hear the Cobra Kai calling for a body bag, only this time, young Daniel LaRusso doesn't have a Crane kick ready for deployment.

[larrymcg421]

Belichik has essentially played these past two seasons like FOF with house rules. (Can I win the Superbowl with a washed up veteran QB?/Can I win with a limited rookie?) Clearly had more success with the latter, but we're seeing the limitations now.

[spleen1015]

Fake spike sack. Love it.

[Atocep]

The only thing that would make this game interesting is if Josh Allen changed uniforms at halftime and tried to see if he could bring the Pats back.

[Jas_lov]

A fake spike turned into a sack after letting 30 second run off the clock with 2 timeouts. Bellichick must have left early.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by stevew

My wife was all excited that the Bills beat the Pats. I get home and realized she was watching the replay from last year lol

I think she can get excited again, Hard to imagine NE coming back from that

[Solecismic]

Maybe... the most impressive thing about what Allen has done today is that these two teams are 1-2 in the NFL in pass defense according to my quarterback metric. I figured this would be a very low scoring game.

[sabotai]

6 possessions, 6 touchdowns, Bills just absolutely curb stomping the Pats.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Uncomfortable, but they got it done. Now I hope everything goes chalk as I think they have a better chance against the Titans than the Chiefs, given the D-line injuries.

Though I would have preferred the Steelers ,Raiders or the Pats to come to play the Titans I am not all that concerned by the Bengals. I am not following the reasoning with them losing some Dlineman and thus the Titans being a better match up. With Derrick Henry coming back and Foreman playing well that bodes well for the Titans. Also their Oline has been playing well for the last quarter of the season.

[sabotai]

Make that 7 for 7.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by Galaril

Though I would have preferred the Steelers ,Raiders or the Pats to come to play the Titans I am not all that concerned by the Bengals. I am not following the reasoning with them losing some Dlineman and thus the Titans being a better match up. With Derrick Henry coming back and Foreman playing well that bodes well for the Titans. Also their Oline has been playing well for the last quarter of the season.

The big problem with the line, if the injuries affect next week, is the pass rush. They'll be okay, though not great, against the run with Reader, Hubbard, et. al. They had zero pass rush, though, after Hendricksen and Ogunjobi left.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Belichik has essentially played these past two seasons like FOF with house rules. (Can I win the Superbowl with a washed up veteran QB?/Can I win with a limited rookie?) Clearly had more success with the latter, but we're seeing the limitations now.

Without Brady, he has been Jeff Fisher.

[Ksyrup]

Apparently that was the first time in NFL history a team went an entire game without punting, kicking a FG or turning the ball over.

[Kodos]

It was an impressive and enjoyable display.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I bet the maximum allowed at my online book on the Pats to win the superbowl at 20-1.

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Is the max allowed in the 10s, 100s, 1000s?

Just wondering how much money you wasted.

Originally Posted by Lathum

only $300.

I wanted to do 1K. If they get past the Bills I think they have a great chance. Plus if they make it to the superbowl I can bet the other side and lock in a profit.

Feels good to win $700

[Thomkal]

Nice Lathum So how much have you bet on the eagles beating the bucs today?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Nice Lathum So how much have you bet on the eagles beating the bucs today?

ha, nope. Thinking of taking the Niners at 17-1 to win the Superbowl.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Lathum

ha, nope. Thinking of taking the Niners at 17-1 to win the Superbowl.

Well that would mean my beloved Cardinals did not make the Super Bowl, so I'm afraid I can't allow that bet

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Feels good to win $700

How did you win $700 after betting $300 on them to win the Super Bowl and they lost last night?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

How did you win $700 after betting $300 on them to win the Super Bowl and they lost last night?

Because I wanted to bet a thousand

[spleen1015]

Ah, I see.

[thesloppy]

Gambling logic is the best logic.

[Thomkal]

Well thanks Tampa Bay for the quick start-at least I don't have to watch the rest of the game now

[albionmoonlight]

This is a really long last minute of the first half (that will almost certainly end w no points for either team)

[albionmoonlight]

And I’m not saying that most of the flags aren’t warranted, but between this game and the Bengals game, it feels like the refs huddle up pregame and say, “Now, remember, everyone is here to see US! Let’s give ‘em a show!”

[AlexB]

The Eagles are really poor today. Hurts looks…. limited

[bhlloy]

Yeah, this is a good exercise in why it doesn’t make sense to spend all that capital to draft a top 10 receiver if you don’t have a QB who can actually throw it to him. Some of the basic reads that Hurts has missed are just absolutely brutal.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by AlexB

Hurts looks…. limited

Hurts, Tia, and Baker all fit in that “Good if you build an offense to suit them. But . . . “ box

It will be interesting to see where all of them are in 5 years.

[Ksyrup]

The expanded playoffs suck. Bring back the BCS.

[JonInMiddleGA]

narrative: "Hurts is so limited"
gameplan: Hurts controls the ball on 39 of the first 46 plays

So either
a) the staff doesn't think he's limited
b) the staff thinks the rest of the roster REALLY sucks
c) the staff doesn't have a tiny microscopic clue wtf they're doing

And those choices are not mutually exclusive

[cuervo72]

No, no they definitely are not mutually exclusive.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The expanded playoffs suck. Bring back the BCS.

Yeah, I mean in this case, you bring in a #7 -- which really doesn't belong there -- and they play a #2, making an even bigger mismatch. Time will tell, but I don't think that makes for good games.

[JonInMiddleGA]

This might actually be one of the most inexplicable gameplans I can recall in a while.

Reverting back to what you did poorly, when your results sucked doing it, against the team they last sucked oh so terribly against.

Either the coaching staff should be let go en masse before midnight OR this was done under direct orders from upstairs.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

I think Philadelphia could have been a particularly tough out in these playoffs, but by bad luck of seeing they get placed against the one team in the whole league best suited to handle their run-first attack. The Bucs are not invulnerable, their defense is basically a pass funnel and some team might be able to overwhelm them that way, but I predict an easy win-and-cover for TeamTB, and then a week of the insiders all saying "here we go again" as they suddenly look unbeatable (but are not, in reality).

I hope the back end of this is as true as the front end proved to be.

I backed off from most DFS plays in this game, but ended up using both Gronk and Bernard in my main thing, and both of them paid for their oats, more or less. Need a solid game from Dak and no slate-breakers elsewhere.