The 2019 NFL Discussion Thread

[moecurlythanu]

^ Horrible secondary? 3 out of 4 starters are out and didn't play, and for all that, they played pretty well, especially Whitehead. The Browns started playing a "Prevent" defense with 11 minutes left, which is ridiculous.

[Jerjo]

Vikings now have the inverse of Denny Green - all defense and no discernible offense

[NogbadTheBad]

What the hell happened to the Rams?

[3LockBox]

What the hell happened to the Rams?

Goff whilters under pressure

[3LockBox]

Kamara has been nonfactor so far

[Shadow]

^ Horrible secondary? 3 out of 4 starters are out and didn't play, and for all that, they played pretty well, especially Whitehead. The Browns started playing a "Prevent" defense with 11 minutes left, which is ridiculous.

It should have been easy pickens today, but they play a quarterback who can't throw the ball. For some reason the Ravens secondary just doesn't communicate.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

well... that sucked

[Shadow]

My pick em page looks like a bingo card marked with red X's.

[Painter]

And I love to point out the utter ineptitude of the Danny Snyder-era Redskins:

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https://twitter.com/Eric_Edholm/stat...-peter-king%2F

[progmatist]

I hope the Seahawks lose.

Your hopes are sure to be dashed whey they play the whipping boys from my home town.

Vikings now have the inverse of Denny Green - all defense and no discernible offense

It was under Denny Green's tutelage the Bears beat the hell out of the Cards without scoring a single offensive point. After the game, Denny angrily said on live TV, "They're who the f*** we thought they were!"

[MudShark22]

And we let em off the hook.

[rcarlberg]

Here's my question: Are plays like this legal in pro ball? They'd make the game a lot more fun to watch, instead of 2 yards up the middle almost every damn play.

[NogbadTheBad]

Have the Bengals got money on this game? They're making the Steelers look like a real team.

[Lou]

Have the Bengals got money on this game? They're making the Steelers look like a real team.

[MudShark22]

I was up by 7.5 pts in my fantasy game, going against Dalton and Ross. No players of my own.

I won.

Thank you BenGals.

[Yves]

New team, same results. It only took 14 quarters this season for Assclown Burfict to get his first ejection as a Raider.
Another shot to the head of an opposing player. Why is he still in the league?

That may have been his last game..

I did see a Pats player put an almost as vicious hit on a Bills player, but no call....

[Yves]

In other news, I managed to pick 5 games on the over/under to parlay $5 into $83. This means I break even for the season already, since I only bet $5 a week and this win has just paid for the next 16 weeks.

[NogbadTheBad]

That may have been his last game..

I did see a Pats player put an almost as vicious hit on a Bills player, but no call....

Harmon has none of the history of Burfict and of course he's a Patriot.

[Yves]

You said it, not me...

[Sputnik]

"I did see a Pats player put an almost as vicious hit on a Bills player, but no call...."

Harmon has none of the history of Burfict and of course he's a Patriot.

It was actually Jonathan Jones who made the hit, Harmon was making the perfectly legal tackle from behind. The play actually was penalized, 15 yard personal foul. But no ejection. The play was reviewed by the league and they upheld that there should be no ejection/suspension. He may still get a fine.

Had the league suspended him, I'd have supported it. I don't think the hit was intentional, but I don't think Jones did enough to avoid helmet to helmet on a player that was going down. I think he was trying to keep him shy of the first down marker and wound up hitting him high. I wouldn't call the hit "viscous," but it was clearly high and he led with his helmet. The league had their rationale for not suspending him, and I think that has zip to do with him being a Patriot, but may have something to do with his history (i.e. no history of chronic illegal hits).

Burfict's hit was on a player already on the ground. There was no reason to hit him at all, let alone that hard, and let alone by leading with the helmet. Burfict's history likely factored into not only the ejection, but also the suspension. But I think at heart, the circumstances of the hits were very different, and even foregoing the histories of the players involved, the league should rightly treat them differently. They weren't the same.

Bill

[Yves]

I expect the Raiders to part ways with Burfict, even though he was their defensive captain. Next man up...

[Lou]

It should have been easy pickens today, but they play a quarterback who can't throw the ball. For some reason the Ravens secondary just doesn't communicate.

What the hell is up with the D ? They gave up over 500 yards in consecutive games.

[Shadow]

What the hell is up with the D ? They gave up over 500 yards in consecutive games.

The officials killed them in the Chief's game, but they totally shit the bed against the Browns. Maybe they should try and get Ramsey from the Jags. Earl Thomas really isn't doing as good a job as expected.

[Lou]

The officials killed them in the Chief's game, but they totally shit the bed against the Browns. Maybe they should try and get Ramsey from the Jags. Earl Thomas really isn't doing as good a job as expected.

You got that kinda cap space?


How do you pick a game like Arizona at Cincy?

[3LockBox]

Earl Thomas really isn't doing as good a job as expected.

He may not be fully recovered. It seemed to take Sherman a full year and a half to recover.

Where Sherman and Thomas also exceeded (in Seattle) was run defense. Seahawks new defensive backfield is getting burned in the air and on the ground.