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superjawes · Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:08 pm

Week 9

Thursday Night Football, 11/2
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Sunday, 11/5
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans
Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints
Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants
Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
Denver Broncos at Philadelphia Eagles
Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers
Washington Redskins at Seattle Seahawks
Kansas City Chiefs at Dallas Cowboys

Sunday Night Football
"Oakland" Raiders at Miami Dolphins

Monday Night Football, 11/6
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

DancinJack · Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:10 pm

Texans QB Deshaun Watson tears ACL in practice, done for season

Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:39 pm

DancinJack wrote:
Darnold Tankers QB Deshaun Watson tears ACL in practice, done for season.

The only other QB on my team's roster is Teddy Bridgewater, who is not quite fully healed from his own horrific non-contact ACL injury (August 2016).

superjawes · Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:32 pm

Injuries seem especially bad this year. Also at QB, Carson Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck, and Ryan Tannehill are out, too. At this point I'm basically just kicking back to see what storylines play out. (Are the Eagles for real? Will the Browns/49ers win games this season? Will ATL, DEN, or CAR snap to their senses and put on another SB run?) Otherwise I'm just looking for Chuck Pagano to (finally) get fired.

Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:02 am

Injury rates are similar this year to the past two decades. What's unusual is that so many elite marquee players are injured.

The Cleveland Browns have changed quarterbacks again, but not because of injury. Here's a ranking of their 27 starting quarterbacks since 1999:
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/list/br ... rfx9avlpli

superjawes · Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:39 pm

Week 9 - Results

Thursday Night Football, 11/2
Buffalo Bills 21 at New York Jets 34

Sunday, 11/5
Indianapolis Colts 20 at Houston Texans 14
Cincinnati Bengals 7 at Jacksonville Jaguars 23
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 at New Orleans Saints 30
Los Angeles Rams 51 at New York Giants 17
Atlanta Falcons 17 at Carolina Panthers 20
Denver Broncos 23 at Philadelphia Eagles 51
Baltimore Ravens 20 at Tennessee Titans 23
Arizona Cardinals 20 at San Francisco 49ers 10
Washington Redskins 17 at Seattle Seahawks 14
Kansas City Chiefs 17 at Dallas Cowboys 28

Sunday Night Football
"Oakland" Raiders 27 at Miami Dolphins 24

Monday Night Football, 11/6
Detroit Lions 30 at Green Bay Packers 17

Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:43 am

We're more than halfway through the NFL season and two teams still have perfect records.
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-power-rank ... 40090.html

ALiLPinkMonster · Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:18 am

Been a good year for my Saints so far. This is why I don't pay much attention during the off-season and drafts. Makes the season a nice little surprise when things are going well, and I'm not cursing management's name for picking so and so or trading such and such when they're playing like crap. Really great to see Mark Ingram making some awesome plays, he had been stuck in a weird spot of not-fully-realized-potential for a while. Our defense is back to being competent which just makes me oh so happy.

superjawes · Tue Nov 07, 2017 9:45 am

JustAnEngineer wrote:
We're more than halfway through the NFL season and two teams still have perfect records.
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-power-rank ... 40090.html

That author is overrating several teams, IMO. The 49ers have real chances against the Seahawks (in-division), Jaguars (overrated overall, plus a late-season game), and the Rams (also overrated, plus in-division, plus late-season). The Browns could possibly beat the Jaguars (see above), the Packers (who are bad all-around without Rodgers), the Chargers (who lost to the Browns last year and have zero home field advantage), and anyone in the AFC North for divisional chances.

I will concede, however, that both of these teams have been bad for several years with little signs of improvement. The 49ers are on their 4th coach in as many years, and the Browns draft worse than chickens. Still, solid likelihood that each team wins at least one game, and no one should be surprised if they win more than that.

idchafee · Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:43 pm

Me, on facebook wrote:
The Packers front office and Mike McCarthy should really be ashamed of the "work" they've done to surround a Hall of Fame QB with talent. As in, they haven't surrounded a Hall of Fame quarterback with any talent at all. Instead, they've muddled along, relying on Rodgers to cover up their failures. And for the most part, he has. But both this time and the last time he had a long term injury, the team has been exposed as not just not being very good, but as being very very bad. If not for one really hot streak in the 2010 playoffs, Aaron Rodgers would rank up with JJ Watt in terms of a career wasted by an inept front office.

Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:35 pm

I'm going to give the 49ers a chance to pick up their first win of the season against the Giants this week. The G-men got pounded by the Rams last week. The Browns could get a win against the Packers, Ravens or Bears later in the season.

superjawes · Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:53 pm

idchafee wrote:
Me, on facebook wrote:
The Packers front office and Mike McCarthy should really be ashamed of the "work" they've done to surround a Hall of Fame QB with talent. As in, they haven't surrounded a Hall of Fame quarterback with any talent at all. Instead, they've muddled along, relying on Rodgers to cover up their failures. And for the most part, he has. But both this time and the last time he had a long term injury, the team has been exposed as not just not being very good, but as being very very bad. If not for one really hot streak in the 2010 playoffs, Aaron Rodgers would rank up with JJ Watt in terms of a career wasted by an inept front office.

Basically agreed. I do think his receivers are solid, but the team is an absolute mess on defense.

The difference between Watt and Rodgers, of course, is that Aaron does have a ring from 2010. Deserves a couple more, but I don't see Watt getting a real chance unless he leaves Houston.

superjawes · Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:26 pm

Week 10

Thursday Night Football, 11/9
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals

Sunday, 11/12
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions
Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville Jaguars
New Orleans Saints at Buffalo Bills
New York Jets at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Houston Texans at Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers

Sunday Night Football
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos

Monday Night Football, 11/13
Miami Dolphins at Carolina Panthers

Detroit and Pittsburgh should have easy wins this week, but they are still must-wins. The Steelers are playing for home field during the postseason, and Detroit have a real chance at winning the NFC North if they can pass the Vikings. Denver have an important game, too. I still believe that their defense is solid, but that means very little when the offense can't put points on the board. This is Osweiler's best chance at cleaning up his reputation, so let's see if he can do it.

Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:29 pm

superjawes wrote:
Thursday Night Football, 11/9
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals

Take the Seahawks, without question. Drew Stanton is going to have another bad outing.

superjawes wrote:
Sunday, 11/12
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

Da Bears.

superjawes wrote:
Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jaguars' defense will win this game.

superjawes wrote:
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans

The Titans are better than Cincinatti's terrible offense.

superjawes wrote:
Sunday Night Football
This game pits strength against strength. New England Patriots at Denver Broncos

New England's terrible defense against the Broncos' terrible quarterback? New England's terrific quarterback against the Broncos' terrific defense? I'm going to go with the ageless TB12 and the evil genius Belichick.

superjawes wrote:
Monday Night Football, 11/13
Miami Dolphins at Carolina Panthers

Take the Panthers.

superjawes · Sun Nov 12, 2017 5:55 pm

Week 10 - Results

Thursday Night Football, 11/9
Seattle Seahawks 22 at Arizona Cardinals 16

Sunday, 11/12
Green Bay Packers 23 at Chicago Bears 16
Cleveland Browns 24 at Detroit Lions 38
Pittsburgh Steelers 20 at Indianapolis Colts 17
Los Angeles Chargers 17 at Jacksonville Jaguars 20
New Orleans Saints 47 at Buffalo Bills 10
New York Jets 10 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15
Minnesota Vikings 38 at Washington Redskins 30
Cincinnati Bengals 20 at Tennessee Titans 24
Houston Texans 7 at Los Angeles Rams 33
Dallas Cowboys 7 at Atlanta Falcons 27
New York 21 Giants at San Francisco 49ers 31

Sunday Night Football
New England Patriots 41 at Denver Broncos 16

Monday Night Football, 11/13
Miami Dolphins 21 at Carolina Panthers 45

EDIT: With the 49ers winning today, the Browns are now the only team in the league without a win this season.

Sun Nov 12, 2017 10:54 pm

On Tuesday, I wrote:
I'm going to give the 49ers a chance to pick up their first win of the season against the Giants this week.

Today, John Breech of CBS Sports wrote:
San Francisco 31-21 over N.Y. Giants
Giants: F
If you lose to an 0-9 team you get an 'F.' Ironically enough, "fired" starts with an F, which is what the Giants should do to Ben McAdoo after Sunday's disastrous performance. Although several players have insisted that the team hasn't given up on McAdoo, their play on the field seems to suggest otherwise.

49ers: A
C.J. Beathard channeled his inner-Joe Montana in this game and gave San Francisco his best performance of the season. The rookie quarterback finished 19 of 25 for 288 yards with two touchdowns for a 49ers offense that scored more points against the Giants (31) than they did in the past three weeks combined (30). If Beathard loses the starting job to Jimmy Garoppolo this week, he'll know that he went out on a high note.

superjawes · Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:32 pm

Frankly, Mcadoo should lose his job just by how he (mis)handles the NY media. That's a storied franchise in a huge TV market, so being able to handle the media should be in the job description.

I saw a rumor that Mcadoo was going to get fired if he lost yesterday, but it appears that was just a hopeful rumor spread by Giants fans.

superjawes · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:59 pm

Week 11

Thursday Night Football, 11/16
Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers

Sunday, 11/19
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
Jacksonville Jaguars at Cleveland Browns
Baltimore Ravens at Green Bay Packers
Arizona Cardinals at Houston Texans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins
Los Angeles Rams at Minnesota Vikings
Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints
Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Chargers
Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos

New England Patriots at "Oakland" Raiders in Mexico

Sunday Night Football
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys

Monday Night Football, 11/20
Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks

Still a must-win situation for the Lions (to steal the division) and Steelers (to get home field in playoffs). I've been saying that the Rams and Jaguars are frauds since Week 1, and I think one of them is going to be exposed this week, so I'm going with the Browns surprising everyone with their first win of the season (admittedly, this is a wild prediction).

And since I'll be gone for the week of Thanksgiving...

Week 12

Thanksgiving Football 11/23
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions
Los Angeles Chargers at Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants at Washington Redskins

Sunday 11/26
Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs
Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts
Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles
Carolina Panthers at New York Jets
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers
New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams
Jacksonville Jaguars at Arizona Cardinals
Denver Broncos at "Oakland" Raiders

Sunday Night Football
Green Bay Packers at Pittsburgh Steelers

Monday Night Football 11/27
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens

Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:43 am

On 11/20, Vegas Insider wrote:
Odds to win 2018 Super Bowl:
2.5 :1 New England Patriots
4.5 :1 Philadelphia Eagles
5 :1 Pittsburgh Steelers
7 :1 New Orleans Saints
12 :1 Minnesota Vikings
14 :1 Seattle Seahawks
16 :1 Kansas City Chiefs
16 :1 Los Angeles Rams
25 :1 Atlanta Falcons
25 :1 Carolina Panthers
25 :1 Detroit Lions
25 :1 Jacksonville Jaguars
50 :1 Baltimore Ravens
50 :1 Dallas Cowboys
50 :1 Los Angeles Chargers
50 :1 Tennessee Titans
66 :1 Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders
100 :1 Houston Texans
100 :1 Washington Redskins
125 :1 Cincinnati Bengals
125 :1 Green Bay Packers
125 :1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
200 :1 Denver Broncos
250 :1 Arizona Cardinals
250 :1 Buffalo Bills
250 :1 New York/New Jersey Jets
500 :1 Chicago Bears
500 :1 Indianapolis Colts
500 :1 Miami Dolphins
500 :1 New York/New Jersey Giants
2500 :1 San Francisco 49ers
OFF Cleveland Browns

DancinJack · Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:59 am

I'd watch Philly vs NE in the the Super Bowl.

Also, wtf is going on with the AFC West? No one wants to win there lately. Here you take it! No, you take it!

superjawes · Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:01 pm

Week 11 - Results

Thursday Night Football, 11/16
Tennessee Titans 17 at Pittsburgh Steelers 40

Sunday, 11/19
Detroit Lions 27 at Chicago Bears 24
Jacksonville Jaguars 19 at Cleveland Browns 7
Baltimore Ravens 23 at Green Bay Packers 0
Arizona Cardinals 21 at Houston Texans 31
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 at Miami Dolphins 20
Los Angeles Rams 7 at Minnesota Vikings 24
Kansas City Chiefs 9 at New York Giants 12
Washington Redskins 31 at New Orleans Saints 34
Buffalo Bills 24 at Los Angeles Chargers 54
Cincinnati Bengals 20 at Denver Broncos 17

New England Patriots 33 at "Oakland" Raiders 8 in Mexico

Sunday Night Football
Philadelphia Eagles 37 at Dallas Cowboys 9

Monday Night Football, 11/20
Atlanta Falcons 34 at Seattle Seahawks 31

The Browns did...okay. Not great, but not the stunning upset I was looking for. Week 11 did prove that the Eagles are super legit, though. Right now, they only have to worry about New Orleans and Minnesota, but that has more to do with home field advantage than actual threat. Philly has a complete package that they've been working on for several years.

DancinJack wrote:
Also, wtf is going on with the AFC West? No one wants to win there lately. Here you take it! No, you take it!

Seattle will end up taking it. Like I said, the Rams are frauds, and Minnesota proved that. Seattle is the only team I can see herding enough cats for a legitimate playoff run, and they've got the experience to do it.

DancinJack · Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:44 pm

superjawes wrote:
DancinJack wrote:
Also, wtf is going on with the AFC West? No one wants to win there lately. Here you take it! No, you take it!
Seattle will end up taking it. Like I said, the Rams are frauds, and Minnesota proved that. Seattle is the only team I can see herding enough cats for a legitimate playoff run, and they've got the experience to do it.

AFC, not NFC

superjawes · Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:17 pm

DancinJack wrote:
superjawes wrote:
DancinJack wrote:
Also, wtf is going on with the AFC West? No one wants to win there lately. Here you take it! No, you take it!
Seattle will end up taking it. Like I said, the Rams are frauds, and Minnesota proved that. Seattle is the only team I can see herding enough cats for a legitimate playoff run, and they've got the experience to do it.

AFC, not NFC

Doof! Apparently I have travel brain from waking up at 3AM home time.

AFC West will probably go to the Chiefs. The Chargers got a freebie from the Bills being buffoons (which was partially intentional?), the Raiders have lost all of their promise from last year, and if you look closely at their losses, things aren't THAT surprising in KC. The Steelers are in contention for the #1 AFC seed, the Raiders are in the division, the Cowboys had a running game that week, and the Giants always win games that they should lose (with the opposite frequently being true, too).

If nothing else, the Chiefs are the only team with a combination of talent and high-mediocre coaching to make the playoffs (and lose in the first round).

superjawes · Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:28 pm

Week 12 - Results

Thanksgiving Football 11/23
Minnesota Vikings 30 at Detroit Lions 23
Los Angeles Chargers 28 at Dallas Cowboys 6
New York Giants 10 at Washington Redskins 20

Sunday 11/26
Buffalo Bills 16 at Kansas City Chiefs 10
Tennessee Titans 20 at Indianapolis Colts 16
Cleveland Browns 16 at Cincinnati Bengals 30
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 at Atlanta Falcons 34
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots 35
Chicago Bears 3 at Philadelphia Eagles 31
Carolina Panthers 35 at New York Jets 27
Seattle Seahawks 24 at San Francisco 49ers 13
New Orleans Saints 20 at Los Angeles Rams 26
Jacksonville Jaguars 24 at Arizona Cardinals 27
Denver Broncos 14 at "Oakland" Raiders 21

Sunday Night Football
Green Bay Packers 28 at Pittsburgh Steelers 31

Monday Night Football 11/27
Houston Texans 16 at Baltimore Ravens 23

Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:23 am

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace
The Cleveland Browns (0-11), San Francisco 49ers (1-10) and NY/NJ Giants (2-9) have been eliminated from the playoffs. The Philadelphia Eagles should clinch the NFC East this weekend.

To ensure that they tank the rest of the season for a high draft pick, and as a sign of the toxic situations that develop in losing franchises, the Giants have benched Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith, bringing Eli's 13-year record of 210 consecutive games started (second-longest in NFL history for a QB) to an end.

Ben McAdoo wrote:
I think a lot of Hall of Fame quarterbacks who have done a lot for a lot of teams haven’t been able to choose the way that they get to move on.

Since the Giants have decided to move on from Eli Manning, one wonders why they didn't try to trade him to the Jacksonville Jaguars before the trade deadline.

David Carr wrote:
They’ve lost their collective minds.

superjawes · Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:05 am

I've felt that Chuck Pagano is #1 candidate for firing among HCs...until his point. Doing a full benching of Eli Manning is madness. They could at least nominally keep him the starter and more to a "QB council" to "develop talent" in the last few weeks of the season. That would be more fitting of their 2-time Super Bowl MVP.

Anyway...how about some playoff predictions?

AFC East: New England (obv.)
AFC North: Pittsburgh
AFC South: Doesn't matter, they're going to lose in the first round
AFC West: Kansas City
WC1: Baltimore
WC2: West #2

NFC East: Philadelphia
NFC North: Minnesota
NFC South: New Orleans
NFC West: Seattle
WC1: Carolina
WC2: LA

The realistic contenders to win the Super Bowl are New England, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, and the NFC South...yeah, I think NO has the experience, while Carolina and Atlanta have something to prove (if they make it). KC miiiiiiiight have a chance considering their Week 1 upset, but postseason in NE is a very different animal.

superjawes · Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:09 am

Week 13

Thursday Night Football 11/30
Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys

Sunday 12/3
Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons
Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans
Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets
Denver Broncos at Miami Dolphins
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Chargers
New York Giants at "Oakland" Raiders
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals

Sunday Night Football
Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks

Monday Night Football 12/4
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

Lots of big games this week. Philly is working on securing a playoff spot, and the Saints/Panthers are fighting for #1 in the NFC South.

Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:08 am

superjawes wrote:
Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Chargers
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
New York Giants at "Oakland" Raiders
Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals
Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

You should probably add the Chargers, Jaguars, Rams and Titans to your list of locks.

superjawes · Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:24 pm

Week 13 - Results

Thursday Night Football 11/30
Washington Redskins 14 at Dallas Cowboys 38

Sunday 12/3
Minnesota Vikings 14 at Atlanta Falcons 9
Houston Texans 13 at Tennessee Titans 24
Kansas City Chiefs 31 at New York Jets 38
Denver Broncos 9 at Miami Dolphins 35
Indianapolis Colts 10 at Jacksonville Jaguars 30
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 at Green Bay Packers 26
Detroit Lions 20 at Baltimore Ravens 44
New England Patriots 23 at Buffalo Bills 3
San Francisco 49ers 15 at Chicago Bears 14
Cleveland Browns 10 at Los Angeles Chargers 19
New York Giants 17 at "Oakland" Raiders 24
Carolina Panthers 21 at New Orleans Saints 31
Los Angeles Rams 32 at Arizona Cardinals 16

Sunday Night Football
Philadelphia Eagles 10 at Seattle Seahawks 24

Monday Night Football 12/4
Pittsburgh Steelers 23 at Cincinnati Bengals 20

idchafee · Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:48 pm

JustAnEngineer wrote:
To ensure that they tank the rest of the season for a high draft pick, and as a sign of the toxic situations that develop in losing franchises, the Giants have benched Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith, bringing Eli's 13-year record of 210 consecutive games started (second-longest in NFL history for a QB) to an end.

And now both the coach and the GM are gone, and Eli is back. What a train wreck. If they had wanted to bench Eli for a rookie who they wanted a look at since they were 1-10, I could see that. Benching him for Geno Effing Smith made 0 sense, and it cost Macadoo his job, as it should have. Ridiculous.

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