"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
09/29/2019 at 12:45 • Filed to: living in a world of suck
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"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
09/29/2019 at 12:45 • Filed to: living in a world of suck | 0
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After this week, a quarter of the season will be over. Man, there’s a lot of winl ess teams in the AFC right now.
I don’t think it’s really worth wasting time analyzing my team right now, because they suck. It is interesting that the Broncos and Jags are probably both looking at this game in exactly the same way; “This is a winnable game! The other team is worse than we are! If we win today the next couple games are definitely possible wins and we could get on a roll!” So my bet is that they’ll both fuck it up and end up in a tie.
I have two possible hot takes here, depending on how it goes. If the Broncos win, I think they actually would go on to win the next two games; however they will not go above .500 at any point. If they lose, Elway will be out at the end of the year.
I won’t be watching much today, because when my husband gets off work we’re going to head up to the mountains to flush some money down the toilet gamble for a bit and have a nice dinner. I will get to see an early game and the first half of the Jags-Broncos, and then I’ll be listening to the second half on the drive up. At least I have an ok choice of early games. On CBS we in Denver get the Pats at the Bills and on Fox it’s the Chiefs at the Lions. I’ll be pulling for the underdogs but will probably watch them both lose. And as far as the Broncos, I’m not picking them until they at least show they can actually win a game. SNF will be a fun one, with the Cowboys at the Saints. I know the Cowboys could probably pull off a win but I’m picking the Saints at home. MNF is the Bengals at the Steelers. Gross. They should be able to flex shitty games out of Monday night, too. I’ll say the Steelers should win the dumpster fire bowl, but I just can’t bring myself to care.
The rest:
Titans at Falcons - Inter- conference games can sometimes be really interesting and fun matchups. This is not one of them (at least not to me). Bleh. Neither team seems to be consistent enough to make me say for sure who will win, so I’ll just go with the home team.
New Browns at Old Browns - This is a game the Ravens should win and one they need to. For some reason, it feels to me like the Browns will pull it off.
Panthers at Texans - I will be utterly shocked if the Texans don ’t win this game.
Raiders at Colts - I think the Colts are the better team and will win.
Chargers at Dolphins - The Chargers love to lose games like these. If they don’t beat the Fins, I don’t know how you could possibly take them seriously as a playoff threat this year.
Giants at Redskins - Fuck the Redskins. Go Danny Dimes!
Seahawks at Cardinals - I pick the Seahawks, though they always seem to have trouble playing in Arizona. They are by far the better team here.
Buccaneers at Rams - Meh. Rams.
Vikings at Bears - I don’t have a good read on this game. Both these teams seem pretty flawed. I picked the Vikings in my pick ‘em, but I have no faith in that pick. It’s a toss up to me.
Jets and Niners are on their bye wee k.
I gave you my hot takes for my team, so w hat’s yours for your team at this point in the season ?
PowderHound
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 12:57 |
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Go Bills! Going to be a rough game I’m betting. They need to do better than they have been against the garbage teams to do well today
WilliamsSW
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 13:01 |
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Best case scenario for you today is your husband gets off work early and the radio reception is nil on the drive up.
Somehow my team is 2-1 despite sucking hard. Minnesota seems less flawed, but Cousins is a dumpster fire against good defenses. Cook should get 45-50 carries, but I suspect Cousins will turn it over more than Trubisky, leading to people getting ( wrongly) excited about 3-1 Bear team.
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fhrblig
> PowderHound
09/29/2019 at 13:02 |
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I’d love to see them pull an upset today, but most of the things I’ve wanted to see this season have so far refused to come to pass.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 13:13 |
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I really hope the Lions can end with no more than 6 or 7 wins. Patricia needs to hurry up and leave. Or whoever took a look at Stafford’s short pass speed and accuracy and said “Yes what he NEEDS to do is hurl the ball at least 40 yards every play and be nowhere near the receiver who is also in the middle of coverage”.
It hurts me to see us undefeated so far cause we have only played butt football this season . Or as I call it, buttball.
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fhrblig
> WilliamsSW
09/29/2019 at 13:17 |
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I have satellite radio. I'll be subjected to it no matter what.
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fhrblig
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
09/29/2019 at 13:19 |
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It could be worse. We've played buttball ask season and we're 0-3. I'd much rather be in your shoes right now.
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WilliamsSW
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 13:47 |
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Long tunnel?
Eh, maybe it’s hopeless
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fhrblig
> WilliamsSW
09/29/2019 at 14:05 |
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Not to Black Hawk. There's a couple small ones, but that's it. Sometimes you lose the signal in the canyon, but it's pretty good most of the way.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 14:24 |
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It’s good for comedy, but unpunished buttball leads to Tim Tebows and Buttfumbles and Manziels....
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fhrblig
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
09/29/2019 at 14:44 |
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Say what you want about Tebow, but he made that season a memorable one when it started out as a dumpster fire.
I’ve been watching this game, and the Lions are handling KC well. Mahomes is great, but he’s not unstoppable. But the Lions gotta get touchdowns in the red zone and not settle for field goals.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 14:46 |
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Yes, but.... False starting at 4th and inches thus turning a TD into a FG = classic Lions.
If you need a palette cleanser, feel free to watch 2 minutes of Barry Sanders making clowns of everyone else.
CTSenVy
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 14:54 |
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Watching football is just going to give me Ohio State vs Nebraska flashbacks. You would think I would be used to having the Cornhuskers getting blown out on National TV by now, but it still sucks every single time.
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fhrblig
> CTSenVy
09/29/2019 at 14:58 |
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Oof, it had to be murder to watch them lose to CU the way that they did.
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CTSenVy
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 15:06 |
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Yeah. So far it’s been two losses but man did Colorado’s comeback hurt and the Buckeye’s rolled into Lincoln and had the game in the bag 10 minutes into the game. At this point I think the just need to hang some signs that say “Ye Who Enter, Abandon All Hope” on the entrance of the stadium.
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fhrblig
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
09/29/2019 at 16:12 |
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I’ve watched most of the second half, and I gotta tell you, you need to get off the ledge. Yes they’ve had mistakes (and that one where Stafford pulled a Kyle Orton was bad), but this is a solid team that’s hanging tough with one of the best teams in the league and giving them all they can handle . I admittedly don’t know much about Matt Patricia but I can tell you he’s far beyond what Josh McDaniels was.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 16:21 |
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Lions are the type of team to respond well to reverse psychology. Prasie them, and you end up with blown calls and general tomfoolery. Criticize them and they play actual football instead of buttball.
PatBateman
> fhrblig
09/29/2019 at 18:43 |
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Don’t fuck around and lose this game, now. We need y’all to beat Uncle Rico and the Glitter Kitties.
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fhrblig
> PatBateman
09/29/2019 at 22:33 |
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(narrator) They did end up fucking around and lost the game.
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PatBateman
> fhrblig
09/30/2019 at 17:39 |
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:(