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Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore

Houston vs. Indianapolis

Tampa Bay vs. Carolina

Atlanta vs. New Orleans

NY Jets vs. New England

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati

Jacksonville vs. Tennessee

Minnesota vs. Detroit

Philadelphia vs. NY Giants 

Dallas vs. Washington 

Seattle vs. Arizona

LA Rams vs. San Francisco

Chicago vs. Green Bay

Kansas City vs. LA Chargers

Denver vs. Las Vegas

Buffalo vs. Miami

3 minutes ago, the admiral said:

The Bears could get a first for Justin Fields from an idiot if they try, but then again they're kind of idiots themselves and may have talked themselves into keeping him. 

I don't see any way in hell some team would give the Bears a first for Fields. Not at this point.  If Chicago puts him on the market they're basically telling everyone they plan to draft a new QB, which kinda kills their leverage. You'd think they might get a 2nd rounder for him, tho I'm not really sure from who. Maybe some team that missed out on a QB in the first round might give a Bears a two for him.

But I think you're right about Chicago keeping him.  After all they seem intent on keeping that coach. 

25 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

We’ve seen guys opt out of big games before, but I think this year is probably the breaking point for opt outs. Mentality seems that if I’m not playing for a National Championship, why would I bother risking injury in ANY other meaningless game to make this school that isn’t paying me even more money? I can’t say I disagree with that. I’m starting to get the feeling that the bowl committee leaving out FSU was the final straw for a lot of these guys, and I’m pretty sure it’s gonna ruin the bowl game setup. 

Yeah, next year, with the top 12 teams going to the playoffs, the old bowl system will be true and completely dead. As a general rule, the playoffs will eat up the top 3 or 4 SEC teams, the top 3 Big Ten teams, the top 2 or 3 Big 12 teams, and probably 2 from the ACC.  Throw in Notre Dame most years, and the other bowls will mean even less than they do now.   

NY Jets vs. Cleveland

Detroit vs. Dallas

Tennessee vs. Houston

Atlanta vs. Chicago

Miami vs. Baltimore

New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay

New England vs. Buffalo

Arizona vs. Philadelphia

Carolina vs. Jacksonville

Las Vegas vs. Indianapolis

LA Rams vs. NY Giants

San Francisco vs. Washington

Pittsburgh vs. Seattle

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City

LA Chargers vs. Denver

Green Bay vs. Minnesota

Does SMU always wear those “Dallas” uniforms now?   I haven’t been paying much attention to them for a while but I feel like they used to have better looks.  

1 hour ago, the admiral said:

D.J. Moore, who is very good, and Cole Kmet, who is no slouch.

 

Don't sell him short... he's a tremendous slouch.

1 hour ago, the admiral said:

 

Fields 4th quarter stats: 41/80, 463 yards, 3 TD, 6 INT, 8 sacks

Purdy 4th quarter stats: 54/83, 849 yards, 9 TD, 3 INT, 5 sacks

 

I don't think they'd go 16-1

I'm not trying to say Fields is some kinda hidden gem or anything, but those stats are calculated with Purdy throwing to Deebo, Aiyuk, and McCaffrey, while Fields is throwing to... I don't even know... you and me, maybe? 

14 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

Indeed, this is the AFC’s Super Bowl to lose.

14 hours ago, infrared41 said:

 

It's one game.

What @infrared41said. 

Yeah, so the 49ers are just going to give up 5 interceptions every week now?

Seems unlikely. And without those interceptions, I wonder what the score would be?

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

Was rooting hard for the Vikings today - remind me not to do that again.  What a lame duck by Nick Mullens.  Now I see why the Eagles cut him in favor of not having anyone.

Mullens is an absolute turnover machine.  The Vikings season was over when Cousins’ achilles blew up… it just took a while for them to figure it out.  

Have the Lions worn their standard blue jerseys and gray pants together yet this season?

What a bunch of morons.  

13 minutes ago, gothedistance said:

 

It doesn't look like teams care or give mind about their opponents. But there are teams who do. The ones who do are outnumbered by the ones who don't.

Can you give any specific examples?

7 hours ago, gothedistance said:

 

Except if they play a team who also has yellow pants. In which case I prefer a contrast. And also an opponent who has gold pants. I think that's why LAR is going with the combo they chose when they host the Saints who might bust them out. I also didn't mind the Rams wearing blue over bone against the Commanders or some of the other opponents they've worn them against.

This idea imagines a world in which a team knows and/or cares what their opponent is wearing and makes decisions based on that knowledge.  In all my (way too many) years of paying attention to sports uniforms I’ve never seen the slightest piece of evidence that any team give two seconds thought to what the other guys are wearing. 

2 hours ago, Unocal said:

Hot Take- SF is going to go 1 and done

 

Kyle Shanahan until proven otherwise is basically this era's Marty Schottenheimer

 

And who do you have taking them out?  Especially in their first playoff game?   Every other team in the NFC (Lions?  Cowboys?  Especially the Cowboys) have a much harder time when playing without an early lead.  And the other NFC wildcard teams are likely to be an embarrassingly bad collection of undeserving pretenders 

2 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

"hopefully just has covid" is out of context.  

It is, definitely.  .  Comedy?  (Debatable). 
 

You have to admit, to the rest of us whose fraudulent teams can barely string two wins together, 10 and 3, however you get there, seems hard to complain about.  

I come into this thread and read that @BBTV says that Jalen Hurts (hopefully) just has Covid, and the Eagles’ OC has no idea what he’s doing.  So naturally I decide to turn on the game to see this apparent disaster as it unfolds. 
 

Eagles up by a touchdown that Hurts ran in.  

If you run right at this Dallas defense they just kinda crumble.  
 

Seems to me that even if you don’t have an especially good run game, you should still just plow right at them.  Even the Cardinals did it.  

LA Chargers vs. Las Vegas

Minnesota vs. Cincinnati

Pittsburgh vs. Indianapolis

Denver vs. Detroit

NY Giants vs. New Orleans

Chicago vs. Cleveland

Atlanta vs. Carolina

Tampa Bay vs. Green Bay

NY Jets vs. Miami

Kansas City vs. New England

Houston vs. Tennessee

San Francisco vs. Arizona

Washington vs. LA Rams

Dallas vs. Buffalo

Baltimore vs. Jacksonville

Philadelphia vs. Seattle

1 hour ago, ruttep said:

 

Maybe this is just pessimism from a jaded sports fan, but I can absolutely see Dallas winning that game in the right circumstances. I think they'd come into that game pissed off knowing how the last two seasons ended, and how the Niners were the only team to make Dak look truly mortal this season. I still have confidence in the Niners against anybody, but no game in the NFL is ever a guarantee (besides Joe Namath), especially in the playoffs.

The Niners and (checks notes)... the Cardinals.

4 hours ago, BBTV said:

Continuing the Eaglejack, just heard that if they get the #2 seed, which they would by them and SF winning out, then Dallas would play in SF, thereby eliminating one of them, and then if Eagles win their home games, Dallas (if they beat SF) would play the NFCCG in Philadelphia.  So while they look like one of the worst teams in the NFL right now, there's still a chance that they can get right "enough" to end up in a good spot.

 

So in this scenario, you’d have the Cowboys beating the 49ers.  In San Francisco.  In the playoffs.  While coached by Mike McCarthy.   
 

Ummm …

Refs are working hard for the Cowboys so far. 

2 minutes ago, Cujo said:

 

So tell us.. How much did you enjoy it?

I was lucky... it wasn't televised here.

The Vikings and Raiders have set football back 100 years.

31 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said:

Jets offense comes back to life in the rain and with Zach Wilson at QB

And no one cares.  

For some reason, I find the fact that the Titans always use he word "britches" to be super annoying. 

And those "britches", like every other piece of their uniforms, suck.