2021-2022 NFL Thread

[xskarma]

It makes me laugh. Nobody wants to win this one.

Till the very end when the Steelers, on the cusp of being able to kick a game winning FG, fumble the ball with a Lions recovery to secure the tie.

Amazing.

[ProphetFlume]

the lions best win this season will be a tie

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

Looks like OBJ took Rams #3 .. which was apparently very important to his signing and was going to be Cam Akers number lmao

[plz delete account]

When is Sky Judge being implemented?

[Breccia]

Who had Tampa losing by 10 to the WFT?

I dunno, why are the Eagles up? Holy shit the third quarter has been all over the fucking place.

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

I dunno, why are the Eagles up? Holy shit the third quarter has been all over the fucking place.

I mean did anyone have the Panthers up over the Cardinals? I don't know, wild couple of weeks.

[Grube]

I dunno, why are the Eagles up? Holy shit the third quarter has been all over the fucking place.

Denver is a very bad team most of the time, last week was just a fluke and Mike Shula is as garbage a play caller as Pat Shurmur.

The Eagles offense is also doing whatever they want.

[Breccia]

The Eagles offense is also doing whatever they want.

I am giving their defense and special teams props too. Blocking a FG is no easy feat.

Of course...where was this the rest of the season? The Eagles have a loooooooooooooong history of only stepping up when it doesn't matter anymore. Well, I guess a lot of people say that about their team, don't they?

I don't want to use the term "mathematically impossible" but the Eagles are nowhere near the playoff position. I don't follow the Cowboys, but I haven't heard any reason the Cowboys would just start sucking all of a sudden right now. The Bills/Patriots will probaby take one wild card. It would take a miracle for the Eagles to pull ahead of (checks standings) the six contenders with 5+ wins each.

[Kyanion]

I don't want to use the term "mathematically impossible" but the Eagles are nowhere near the playoff position. It would take a miracle for the Eagles to pull ahead of (checks standings) the six contenders with 5+ wins each.

No where near? I dunno about that. 4-6 isn't far off from the current 7th seed 5-5 Panthers, the Saints are are only 5-4 and the Eagles play them next week. They also beat the Panthers and Falcons who are currently ahead of them.

[Breccia]

No where near? I dunno about that. 4-6 isn't far off from the current 7th seed 5-5 Panthers, the Saints are are only 5-4 and the Eagles play them next week. They also beat the Panthers and Falcons who are currently ahead of them.

Again, the concern my math-based brain has is that the Eagles have to pull ahead of all of them. Considering their sheer number, and yes the "protection" that some of them play each other which means they can't all lose, I just don't like those odds.

There's six weeks left, a lot can happen, but I'm not expecting any postseason for them.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

I am giving their defense and special teams props too. Blocking a FG is no easy feat.

Of course...where was this the rest of the season? The Eagles have a loooooooooooooong history of only stepping up when it doesn't matter anymore. Well, I guess a lot of people say that about their team, don't they?

I don't want to use the term "mathematically impossible" but the Eagles are nowhere near the playoff position. I don't follow the Cowboys, but I haven't heard any reason the Cowboys would just start sucking all of a sudden right now. The Bills/Patriots will probaby take one wild card. It would take a miracle for the Eagles to pull ahead of (checks standings) the six contenders with 5+ wins each.

If a wild card emerges from the NFC East the NFC Least meme would officially be dead. Unless one of these teams has a mericle bounce then I am with you, highly unlikely.

The only problem with the League is its best aspect though. Pretty much anyone can beat anyone.

This year also seems to have really good teams sleeping on really bad teams as a norm.

[draynay]

Again, the concern my math-based brain has is that the Eagles have to pull ahead of all of them. Considering their sheer number, and yes the "protection" that some of them play each other which means they can't all lose, I just don't like those odds.

There's six weeks left, a lot can happen, but I'm not expecting any postseason for them.

Not that it will change your assessment much, but there are eight weeks left.

[Northern Goblin]

There's nothing that suggests Alex Leatherwood won't develop into an excellent lineman.

But ugh are rookie O lineman years painful to watch

[draynay]

I've rooted against him his whole career, but it was kinda nice to see Cam Newton back with the Panthers. Last time I saw him in that uni he was a ghost of his former self and barely able to play.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Like I said the Patriots are starting to sneak up as legitimate AFC contenders, I think the Packers are starting to sneak up as legitimate NFC contenders. They don't play the flashy poppy offensive Football of the Rams and Cardinals, but that Defense is become an absolute monster.

In the last three weeks they held down the unbeaten Cardinals, were a handful of special teams mishaps from beating the Chiefs with Jordan Love, and now shut out the Seahawks. And this is a team who can't get much more injured than they've already been, so their only direction to go is up from where they are now, which is 8-2, in the 1 seed, and if that holds I don't see why they shouldn't be the Super Bowl favorites.

[ProphetFlume]

If a wild card emerges from the NFC East the NFC Least meme would officially be dead.

Not at all; it happens every few years.

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Like I said the Patriots are starting to sneak up as legitimate AFC contenders, I think the Packers are starting to sneak up as legitimate NFC contenders. They don't play the flashy poppy offensive Football of the Rams and Cardinals, but that Defense is become an absolute monster.

Strange to see a game where the packers are more physical than the Seahawks.


TIL if you want to piss off a hardcore raiders fan, call the guys with the spikey shoulderpads and face paint in the stands cosplayers.

[eschatological]

There's nothing that suggests Alex Leatherwood won't develop into an excellent lineman.

But ugh are rookie O lineman years painful to watch

Our rookie RT Spencer Brown is wrecking people: CF today: https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1459975749725609988 He's #79 and he makes plays like this goddamn always.

Also @Grube thought you might like what McDermott had to say about Isaiah McKenzie today. Best pickup off a practice squad I can recall in a long time: https://twitter.com/Matt_Bove/status...19358328147973

[Grube]

Denver has more double-digit losses in the last 2 seasons than any 2 year span in their history, including the 60's when they lost 10-11 games almost every year in a 14 game schedule. They are also 1-20 while trailing at halftime under Fangio. That is actually impressive.

Also @Grube thought you might like what McDermott had to say about Isaiah McKenzie today. Best pickup off a practice squad I can recall in a long time: https://twitter.com/Matt_Bove/status...19358328147973

Glad he was able to rebound after his very rough rookie season. Every time he was back to return a punt it felt like he either fumbled or had a good return.

[downnola]

I am giving their defense and special teams props too. Blocking a FG is no easy feat.

Of course...where was this the rest of the season? The Eagles have a loooooooooooooong history of only stepping up when it doesn't matter anymore. Well, I guess a lot of people say that about their team, don't they?

I don't want to use the term "mathematically impossible" but the Eagles are nowhere near the playoff position. I don't follow the Cowboys, but I haven't heard any reason the Cowboys would just start sucking all of a sudden right now. The Bills/Patriots will probaby take one wild card. It would take a miracle for the Eagles to pull ahead of (checks standings) the six contenders with 5+ wins each.

Normally I'd say playoffs are completely out of the question, but it is the NFC East...

I'm just hoping the coaching staff and players pull a 1999 and mature with their coach so we have something to look forward to in 2022. I'd much rather them use those three first round picks for defensive players (Kyle Hamilton pls) instead of a quarterback.

[eschatological]

Dallas is going to win the NFC East, no doubts in my mind about that. And getting a wild card from the NFC East will be tough at this point considering the NFC West where either the Cardinals or Rams are going to swallow up one WC, and possibly a second WC for Seattle.