NFL Open Thread

"fhrblig" (fhrblig) 09/20/2020 at 13:00 • Filed to: None

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Week 2! The thought of the Browns winning on Thursday night was apparently too much for my brain to handle, because when I went to ESPN.com to check the score I saw 28-13 or 28-16, and I read it as the Bengals winning. I didn’t have any strong feelings about it; honestly, I think my brain saw a game between those two teams and just went “IDK, Bengals I guess LOL”.

The next paragraph is me ranting about my team, so if you want to skip it, feel free.

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Well, I thought the Broncos had a better defense than THAT. They just could not get off the field in the second half. And apparently Vic Fangio has a degree from the Andy Reid School of Time Management. I get it, he’s a defensive coach, but COME ON. Leave your offense some time to at least try to get in field goal range, goober. Oh, and t he best part is they get a short week AND have an early road game against the Steelers. So, my guess is they start 0-2 for the second year in a row. The only nagging feeling I get is that everyone I’ve seen is picking the Steelers. When everyone thinks something is going to happen, things tend to get wacky. That’s probably the only thing going for them, but I doubt it’ll be enough. Barring a major starter going down to injury in this game , I still think the Broncos beat the Bucs in week 3, though.

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I may have mentioned before that I hate when my team plays early Sunday games. Still do. They throw off my whole Sunday. Our CBS schedule will be Broncos-Steelers early followed by Chiefs-Chargers, with the Chargers having their first home game at Sophie Ellis-Bextor Stadium. I think the Ch efs are probably too good for the Chargers to handle right now. Our only Fox game is the Football Team at the Cardinals. Hmm. That might actually be a fun one to watch. I think I’ll take tiny QB for the win. Sunday Night Football is the Cam-Patriots at the Seahawks. I’m leaning toward the Seahawks, but I could see this game going either way. Wow. I think I have a pretty decent slate of games to watch today, which probably means I’ll get called into work. Then on Monday Night the Raiders get to open the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! against the Saints. I’d be shocked if the Saints don’t win.

The rest (remember, if I pick your team... be afraid) :

Bills at Dolphins - Bills. How long before we see Tua? Or is this supposed to be one of Fitzpatrick’s good weeks?

49ers at Jets - Niners, but can you imagine what would happen if the Jets win and the Niners start 0-2? Oy.

Vikings at Colts - Vikings if Rivers throws a bunch of picks again, otherwise I think it’s a toss up.

Jags at Titans - Gardner Minshew is like if Old Milwaukee Beer were a person. I think I’ll try to come up with a new one every week. It should be a fun game, but I think I have to go with the Titans.

Falcons at Cowboys - Wow, three of the games today are people vs. birds. Can birb s sweep all three games? Nah, I think the Cowboys win .

Rams at Eagles - The Eagles were struggling to protect Carson Wentz last week, and now they have to face Aaron Donald? Double oy. Give me the Rams.

Giants at Bears - Is Mitch Trubisky a real boy? Is Daniel Jones? Are any of us, really? REALITY IS A MEANINGLESS CONSTRUCT TO DISTRACT US ALL FROM THE VOID!! *clears throat* Sorry. I’ll take the Bears.

Lions at Packers - Packers, because the Lions barely ever win at Lambeau unless the Packers’ coach is about to be fired.

Panthers at Bucs - I think the Bucs are in for a rough few weeks. I honestly believe they might go 1-4 before they start to click and go on a run. I am leaning toward them in this game, though.

Ravens at Texans - I don’t think it’ll be as lopsided as last season. I guess I’ll take the Ravens again, though I think I’d like to see the Texans bring them back down to earth.

So, after one week... does your team need to fire the head coach immediately and burn it all down or are they going 16-0 and SUPER BOWWLLLLLLLL!!!!!? No mild takes, dammit!

fhrblig > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 13:39

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Okay, this year can stop being an enormous bucket of shit any minute now.

boredalways > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 14:00

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2020 refuses to stop. I just wish it would throw us a bone and take a day off.

fhrblig > boredalways 09/20/2020 at 14:05

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Hey, Drew Lock may have gotten hurt, but at least Jerry Jeudy just got hurt also. Fuck.

WilliamsSW > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 14:12

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THE CARNAGE!! BODIES EVERYWHERE.

FFS this is nuts. 

boredalways > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 14:18

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Damn

boredalways > WilliamsSW 09/20/2020 at 15:21

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This could be the results of no preseason games. Or players that didn’t take their preseason workouts seriously.

Or 2020 just slowly picking us all off one by one.

fhrblig > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 15:32

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I fully expect to see this headline from the Onion soon:

“BREAKING NEWS: Every NFL player out for the rest of the game”

WilliamsSW > boredalways 09/20/2020 at 15:33

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Or D) all of the above

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 17:41

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Sorry about . At least you're not a 49irs fan 

fhrblig > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/20/2020 at 18:59

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Looks like Lock is out 2-6 weeks, which is about what I expected because he wasn’t in agony going off the field. I don’t know about Sutton, and Jeudy came back in the game.

Driskel played about as good as you can hope for your backup to play except for taking those 2 dumb sacks. The play on both sides is so uneven, though. Letting the Steelers rattle off a huge run like that to ice the game was inexcusable by the defense.

How bad is Garoppolo’s ankle? I haven’t heard yet.

AestheticsInMotion > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/20/2020 at 19:02

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Ooof. Losing Nick Bosa is brutal. But  do the niners get better or worse without Jimmy..? 

(sorry)

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 19:38

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You guys did better than I expected against the Steelers. Lock and some of your other young guys look promising.

Jimmy is unlikely to start next week, maybe even a week or two after that . Bosa is out for the season. That makes for DL starters down. Kittle, Sherman, Deebo are all still out. Looking rough.

f86sabre > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 19:39

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Are crowd noises piped into the stadium?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > AestheticsInMotion 09/20/2020 at 19:41

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Good question the way Jimmy looked last week. Fans are all up in arms saying we should tank and go for Trevor Lawrence in the next draft. A bunch of our players are saying the turf is what caused the injuries. The field was just redone before the season and caused a handful of injuries last week too, multiple torn ACL's; as in at least one with no contact by an opposing player.

fhrblig > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/20/2020 at 20:21

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In this game alone, I would go from “Hey, these guys look really talented” to “Did you guys forget how to play football?” in the space of a couple of plays. They’re all just inexperienced and it’s going to take the whole season to get them going right. Lock is pretty good, but he needs to take the time to set his feet and he needs to know when to throw the ball away so he doesn’t get hit like he did today. I’m excited by the receivers, and the secondary flashed sometimes but they gave up some big plays that were brutal.

I know how you feel with Bosa . Von Miller had a killer training camp only to go down in the eve of the season.

fhrblig > f86sabre 09/20/2020 at 20:49

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I can’t tell if they are pumping it into the stadium or if they’re just adding it to the broadcast.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 20:55

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I wouldn’t be surprised if you guys end up at .500 or a little better, with more hope for next season.

Both of those guys are fantastic. Absolutely devastating injuries and I hope they make full recoveries. Ooh, we also lost Mostert today! So that's fun 

fhrblig > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/20/2020 at 21:33

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I think that’s about right, I’m leaning towards 7-9 or 8-8. This feels like one of those seasons where close situations won’t go their way but they keep fighting and then have a breakout year next season.

Let’s hope there’s a lot of healing this month. They’re dropping like flies.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > fhrblig 09/20/2020 at 22:56

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Unfortunately we have to play MetLife stadium again next week. Our players hate the new turf there and think it's responsible for a lot of injuries, not just ours. So I'm worried our remaining 3 starters will all go down.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > fhrblig 09/22/2020 at 14:45

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CHIEEEFS

What a terrible game, and an incredible comeback win.