NFL Open Thread

by "fhrblig" (fhrblig)
Published 12/17/2017 at 10:09

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Week 15. The only way for this season to redeem itself in my eyes is for there to be a Super Bowl matchup that pisses off 95% of the country. That’s right, I’m pulling for Lions-Jags. Or Vikings-Jags. Or Vikings-Chargers, since even people in LA don’t seem to want that. Just please, not the Pats again. We get it. Tom Brady is a pretty good QB.

Today in Denver on CBS we’re starting with Bengals at Vikings (my emergency backup team is the Lions, so GO BENGALS) and the Pats at Steelers. I hate both those teams equally, but damn that will be a fun game to watch, eh? Over on FOX we only get an early game but it’s Aaron Rodgers’ return against the Panthers. Again, I want the Lions to get in so GO PANTHERS. Sunday Night Football is not bad either, with Cowboys at Raiders. It figures that we’d get a good slate of games when I have so much shit to do. No Monday Night game this week.

The rest: Cards at Redskins (yawn), Dolphins at Bills, Eagles at Giants, Jets at Saints, Ravens at Browns (I’d love for the Browns to get their first win here), Texans at Jags (pouring one out for PatBateman), Rams at Seahawks (I wish we were getting this one), and Titans at Niners which no one will be watching because Pats-Steelers. And the Broncos, Lions, and Chiefs all won their games already.

What nightmare Super Bowl matchup are you secretly hoping for?

Replies (39)

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 10:55, STARS: 1

BROWNS/49ERS 2017 SUPER BOWL

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
12/17/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0

So I’m a Pats fan, but the Lions are always my emergency backup, and I would 100% be in the Lions corner for a Lions/Pats Super Bowl...the Patriots would win the game 100-4 (both safeties intentional), but still.

At this point I think I route against teams more than for the Pats. I loathe the Steelers and Ravens, so anybody but them really.

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 11:01, STARS: 0

No, I mean a matchup that could actually happen.

OMG, what if it was Bills-Vikings? Can Super Bowls end in a tie?

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 1

giants/patriots. 3li

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0

Maybe if he comes to the Broncos he’ll become 3li. I know, he won’t come here, but I can dream.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0

actually that’d be pretty sweet. defense is still good, they have a solid running game. Eli wins #3, retires... Rivers comes to the Broncos and gets his ring, retires... then Matt Ryan, etc.

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 11:09, STARS: 0

Followed by Matthew Stafford... I think I could be ok with that.

I doubt Eli will come here because of Peyton, though.

"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/17/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 1

So Denver is like the Florida of the NFL? QBs come for one last hurrah before they disappear

I’m okay with this

"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
12/17/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 0

No falcons/pats rematch?

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0

I don’t think I could take it if the Falcons teased us like that again.

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/17/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 2

Chargers - Rams.

Loser has to go back where they came from

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 1

Oof. The Rams would have to go back to Cleveland. I can’t support that kind of cruelty.

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/17/2017 at 12:56, STARS: 1

Play the game at the Coliseum.

And it’ll be subject to local blackout.

Would be a perfect cap to this season.

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/17/2017 at 13:06, STARS: 1

Oh and we would have to send the loser back to their previous home not the origin - because that would mean sending the Chargers back to... Los Angeles...

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
12/17/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 1

I don’t get it, how do they do pit stops?

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 15:43, STARS: 0

You and me both. Let’s get Drew Brees in here for next season!

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
12/17/2017 at 15:54, STARS: 1

I still don’t get it, real racing drivers piss their pants!

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 15:59, STARS: 0

So do most football players, so I’m told. But he’s a kicker and they’re delicate.

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
12/17/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 2

Believe me you’re not missing much. Rams are getting payback with interest for last time

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 18:18, STARS: 0

Lawd. Bunch of blowouts today.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 19:26, STARS: 1

lol steelers

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 19:36, STARS: 0

It was painful to watch them apparently forget that Gronk exists, but I’m sorry. No one will ever convince me that that was not a fucking touchdown.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 19:38, STARS: 1

regardless, that rushed play by Ben was so stupid. Spike the ball and take the 3, live for another few minutes

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 19:41, STARS: 1

Yeah, that was dumb. It was hilarious how half the guys on each team weren’t sure if it was an actual play or not.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 19:42, STARS: 0

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 19:45, STARS: 0

How long did they leave the camera on an obviously peeing player this time?

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 19:46, STARS: 0

hopefully from start to finish

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 19:48, STARS: 0

With commentary.

“And he shakes it off to put it away...”

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 19:51, STARS: 1

It landed out of bounds so this will be an incomplete piss. Luckily he will have 3 more tries to get it right.

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
12/17/2017 at 19:53, STARS: 0

Jesus. Steeler implosion. Plus the typical Pats miracle dust.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/17/2017 at 19:55, STARS: 0

They don’t always have the miracle dust

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
12/17/2017 at 19:56, STARS: 0

The NFL has had its own idea of what a catch is when going to the ground for years. It is ridiculously strict, but they’ve done that for years.

It’s a crap definition, but it’s happened plenty. They got Dezzed.

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 20:00, STARS: 0

HOLY SHIT. Richardson is putting the Panthers up for sale.

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 20:05, STARS: 0

It’s horse shit and needs to be changed, and that’s all I have to say about that.

But, that last drive by the Pats... I swear, the Steelers ignored Gronk as if the mob told them to or else.

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
12/17/2017 at 20:57, STARS: 0

It’s always there, sometimes it just lands on the wrong dude(s stickum covered helmet)

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
12/17/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 1

Change to what though? If they’re falling with the ball, do you give it to them as soon as both feet hit the ground? Then you get refs making judgment calls on guys making one handed catches away from their body, falling out of bounds. So then everything’s a catch?

"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
12/17/2017 at 22:08, STARS: 0

I don’t think my heart could take it. Them last year and UGA in the playoffs this year. I need someone to win something.

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/18/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 0

I like the solutions in this article, especially the one suggested by Larry Fitzgerald:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21798623/three-options-fix-nfl-catch-rule-2017