Your Sunny (Somewhere, Not Here) Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

Gotdamn, this has been the dreariest autumn that recent memory can recall. My Completed Hikes percentage is down 45% and Adjusted Alcohol Intake is at an all-time high. Not good numbers.

TO THE GAMES!

Bucs/Raiders:

It probably has more to do with “I love it when a plan comes together ” but with Henri Ruggs Le Trois on the field the Raiders points per drive leaps from a pedestrian 1.86 to a sprinter 3.04. The Bucs should put all kinds of points on the board in this one but the Raiders should be able to match. This is an under-rated tilt.

Chiefs/Broncos:

Toques off to Drew Lock for doing just enough (despite 2 intercepts) vs the Pats to get the W. And the way he did it was by increasing his league-leading aDOT to 13.9. You’d think that number would belong to Mahomes or Herbert but there he is, stretching the field with the best of them, keeping opposing D’s guessing, off-balance and backpedaling. Nicely done-now clean up your short game.

Niners/Pats:

This is a great spot for Edelman given that slot receiver D is a problem for San Franny. When qb’s attack there they put up a sensational 120.4 passing grade and have the third best TD percentage at 10.3. As we’ve seen when Stidham and Hoyer have the floor, the Pats are a below average squadoo. It’s pretty much all on you, Cam.

Jags/Chargers:

Expect Minshew to play poorly today as he struggles when he doesn’t have a clean pocket. The Chargers don’t blitz often but Bosa and Co. don’t really need to as they get quick pressure 27% of the time with a regular 4 man rush. You can probablt get away with starting either Jackson or Kelley if need be given that the Jags incredible D of 2017 is a distant memory. Their run D has given up the 4th most fantasy points to rb’s.

Get going, goobers.

 

 

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Doktor Zymm

The NFC East has been crappy before, but this year they are HISTORICALLY crappy!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Well, it’s been a pretty historical year, so I guess it fits.

ThePirateSloth

No, they are BATTLING IT OUT over CONTROL of the NFC East. There are no losers in the NFC East, just teams BATTLING.

Gumbygirl

Buttling.

SonOfSpam

If his nickname isn’t Rainbow then what are we even doing

Doktor Zymm

He had a 19.7 GPA!

Gumbygirl

What should I make for dinner? I need ideas.

Horatio Cornblower

Reservations.

Gumbygirl

Not unless I want to kill Gumby with the ‘rona, and at the moment, I don’t!
But that could change…

Fronkenshteen

This fucking KILLED me.

Gumbygirl

One word. Fronk’s ded.

SonOfSpam

Lobster Thermidor au Crevette with a Mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Or Mac’n’cheese with cut up hot dogs.

SonOfSpam

Too much prep work.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I hate waiting for water to boil.

Horatio Cornblower

The trick is not to watch it.

Viva La Tabula Raza

It’s hard to resist, though.

Doktor Zymm

Nah, you gotta stare it down till it breaks and boils

SonOfSpam

STILL FUNNY

Gratliff

Brinner

Gumbygirl

That’s a maybe. Peanut butter french toast with bacon!

Gratliff

You could use all that time you’re gonna spend on the french toast making more bacon

Gumbygirl

What was I thinking? Bacon, with bacon in a bacon sauce.

Doktor Zymm

pour some beer into the fancy glasses and bust out the peanuts

Gumbygirl

Sadly, Gumby’s drinking days are over, but I have peanuts! Goobers and weed for the win!

herodotus450

Roasted Swiss Chark with Shenault sauce and a side of Minshew potatoes.

Gratliff

Jesus christ Chad Henne still plays football. I’ve been saying this since his last year at Michigan

Mother Puncher

Oh fuck Chad Henne is going to get a Super Bowl ring

SonOfSpam

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Doktor Zymm

Chad Henne!?

SonOfSpam

That’s why I started him this week.

Recovery Whiskey

Minshew was always going to be a one year wonder. Plus he’s a Coug. The college that gave the world Ryan Leaf.

ThePirateSloth

I hate you Cris. You are absolutely NOT the voice of the Seahawks.

That’s Steve Raible, you no talent fuck

Recovery Whiskey

Who the fuck is trying to usurp Steve Raible?

ThePirateSloth

Collinsworth of course.

Recovery Whiskey
Horatio Cornblower

More importantly, who the fuck is Pirate Sloth, and where the fuck has he been!?

HOW THE FUCK YA DOIN’, SLOTH!?

Doktor Zymm

Has anyone ever been injured by an overly enthusiastically thrown penalty flag?

Recovery Whiskey

That lineman in the 1990s. Orlando Brown? Anyway ref threw the flag and hit him in the eye. Missed half a year.

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herodotus450

And missed 3 seasons because of the flag to the eye (careful with that spelling!)

herodotus450

And his career went Browns-Ravens-NuBrowns-Ravens. WEIRD.

Doktor Zymm

“The league suspended him indefinitely for assaulting Triplette but lifted the suspension after it was found that the flag had temporarily blinded Brown.”

Unsurprised

How benevolent

herodotus450

Yeah, that one Cleveland guy.

Recovery Whiskey

Does Carr have an eyeliner contract

Doktor Zymm

Maybe he’s born with it

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Cam Newton, you are fucking up my day

SonOfSpam

He can’t hear you, his ears are packed with gauze.

Recovery Whiskey

— Bill B, Foxboro MA

Recovery Whiskey

Carr wreck

SonOfSpam

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Doktor Zymm

NFC West desperately compensating for everyone in the NFC East being under .500

Recovery Whiskey

Looks like “the Faithful” will be able to climb back off the ledge this week.

Recovery Whiskey

29-all is not a normal score, glad Herbert fixed it

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Doktor Zymm

I’m glad Mathieu is still around and doing well

hippofant

The fuck, did we just have a turnover in EACH GAME all at the same time?

Recovery Whiskey

Nelson “off the hands of” Agholor

Gratliff

Welcome back, Nelson

Doktor Zymm

Is this Stibbons kid reminiscent of the shitty 80’s Patriots?

Recovery Whiskey

Shitty 80s Patriots? I approve — Mike Ditka

SonOfSpam

It’s Spiddums

Petronel

Oh, Pats…

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ThePirateSloth

LOOKIT THAT FOOTWORK

/nowhere near out of bounds

Doktor Zymm

I kinda miss snow. At least it’s a proper CA fall day today, not too hot, cloudy, breezy. And thin skinned Californians wearing puffy jackets in 67/19 which is just ridiculous

SonOfSpam

And tomorrow (down here anyway)? 50 mph Santa Ana winds!

Doktor Zymm

We’ve got high wind warnings, but not in my particular microclimate

Petronel

In SF, I really only needed anything heavier than a denim jacket in the evenings (breezes off the Bay and ocean could get kinda chilly) or if it was raining in winter. Didn’t even own a puffy jacket or any serious winter wear until I moved to MA.

Doktor Zymm

Yeah, that’s reasonable. I’m not quite sure what’s up with the heavy jacket the moment the sun goes behind a cloud, but hey, good for them supporting the winter weather gear industry

SonOfSpam

likky boom boom yeah

Recovery Whiskey

Full respect for Canada’s rap industry early 1990s

Recovery Whiskey

Yeah, but I like how the West Coast puts the snow up in the mountains where its pretty to look at. Not down in the town.

Doktor Zymm

I wonder if there’s a new type of soft porn now where it’s dudes with giant faces wearing skimpy masks

ThePirateSloth

Face shields are the new dental dams

Gratliff

But people use face shields

Gratliff

At the 3:11 mark since the time doesn’t pass through the link here 🙁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWffzNm0jiM&t=191

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Recovery Whiskey

Borat mankini for the face

The Maestro

Very nice!!

Recovery Whiskey

Theres the Agholor we know

SonOfSpam

May need you to reverse-jinx them again later thanks.

Recovery Whiskey

Cam got benched

SonOfSpam

Sounds about white.

Recovery Whiskey

Hashtag LetCamCook

Doktor Zymm

I’m in a shitty mood for no particular reason (I think it’s just accumulated shitty mood from days I was too busy to deal with it) so I didn’t really need to immediately turn on Red Zone and see an injury. On the bright side, if Dak makes an incredibly strong recovery he now has an AMAZING argument for why Ol’ Double J should pay him several banks.

Unsurprised

Ron Howard Narrator Voice: JJ will never pay him shit

Doktor Zymm

It’s gonna be such a weird draft considering the patchwork college seasons. Are they gonna modify the combine somehow, or are they just gonna give the entire draft class Covid?

Gratliff

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The Maestro

I’m not sure who I’m looking at here, but I’m guessin it’s Agholor?

Gratliff

Oh, yeah. DIdn’t notice his name wasn’t listed in there. Anyway, 10 catches on 11 targets after last year’s bullshit.
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SonOfSpam

Gratliff’s just happy to see him succeed after leaving Philly.

Gratliff

See, now in hockey, there’s a tradition of leaving Philadelphia and winning the Stanley Cup almost immediately, and I’m always very happy to see it happen. However, when it comes to football, I hope they experience zero success and retire wishing they’d stayed. I’m not sure what the disconnect is.

SonOfSpam

(shrug) I mean, Philly fan gonna Philly fan I guess.

To be fair, I still have erotic fantasies about Georgia Frontiere being tortured in hell for eternity.

Recovery Whiskey

Pretty big bump for LVR. Limited sample size though.