2021 NFL Season - Adults Arguing About Matt Stafford

[Crabcake]

Yeah my family and I were lambasting the call initially by Harbaugh but after cooling down a little bit I completely understand why.  The defense allowed 17 points in the 4th quarter.  They were gassed and almost certainly would've given up a TD on the first Steelers possession.  Marlon Humphrey also got injured so we had no corners.

 

You won't find many bigger Lamar fans than me, but he cost us that game.  Took six sacks and by my memory almost every single one of them were a result of him holding the ball too long.  And that INT was inexcusable.  That honestly is what cost us the game, it's at least a three-point swing in a game we lost by one.  Tough scenes.

 

The offense has not looked good since Miami.  Roman and Lamar need to find a way to beat the blitz or it's curtains for this offense in 2021.  A combination of Lamar getting the ball out quicker and Roman scheming up quick passes to the middle of the field (or at least letting Lamar hot route/audible at the LOS) will be a huge help.

 

When Pittsburgh wins, America loses.

[ManillaToad]

Baltimore having 8 wins despite how poorly they've played in some of their wins is a testament to their good coaching

[Crabcake]

Absolutely. It’s been a combination of good coaching, high-end talent bailing us out of awful situations (that we largely put ourselves in), and pure luck. It was bound to run out at some point. 
 

With Humphrey now confirmed out for the season, if we manage to sneak into the playoffs we are the biggest one and done lock you can have. Sometimes injuries ruin your season, it sucks but that’s football. At least I get to enjoy Lamar Jackson being my quarterback (although even that hasn’t been very fun the last few games). 

[GDAWG]

Arizona is the first to 10 wins with the Bucs and Packers possibly getting there next week.

[DoctorWhom]

I don't know what to make of the Chiefs. That defense has gotten better but the offense has been mediocre. 

Are they actually good? Or are they just lucky to be where they are like the Ravens?

[leopard88]

12 hours ago, Crabcake said:

Yeah my family and I were lambasting the call initially by Harbaugh but after cooling down a little bit I completely understand why.  The defense allowed 17 points in the 4th quarter.  They were gassed and almost certainly would've given up a TD on the first Steelers possession.  Marlon Humphrey also got injured so we had no corners.

 

You won't find many bigger Lamar fans than me, but he cost us that game.  Took six sacks and by my memory almost every single one of them were a result of him holding the ball too long.  And that INT was inexcusable.  That honestly is what cost us the game, it's at least a three-point swing in a game we lost by one.  Tough scenes.

 

The offense has not looked good since Miami.  Roman and Lamar need to find a way to beat the blitz or it's curtains for this offense in 2021.  A combination of Lamar getting the ball out quicker and Roman scheming up quick passes to the middle of the field (or at least letting Lamar hot route/audible at the LOS) will be a huge help.

 

When Pittsburgh wins, America loses.

 

I'll second almost all of this.  My wife and daughter were second guessing the decision before they ran the play.  My son and I were completely fine with it as soon as we saw the offense was still on the field.  As you said, the defense hadn't stopped the Steelers since the 3rd quarter . . . and we didn't even know about the Humphrey injury.  At that point, there was a very real chance the Ravens would never have seen the ball if the Steelers won the coin toss.

 

I also have no problem with the actual play call.  If T.J. Watt wasn't T.J. Watt, Lamar doesn't have to step forward and throw a flatter ball almost parallel to the line of scrimmage.  In that case, he could have pretty much lobbed it up for a walk-in.  As it was, the difference between victory and defeat was probably 6-12 inches.

[CS85]

I hope the Packers put up 50 points before halftime this Sunday night.  I hope everybody in green and gold in the stands is rolling in laughter.  I hope the broadcast team are wiping tears from their eyes, cracking up that such a lousy team exists, only to be fed to the Football God here in Green Bay.

I hope they run the typical "here's how many quarterbacks each franchise has had" reel.  I hope the Bears have a dozen mismanaged timeouts, illegal formations, and ineligible receiver penalties, and just as many dropped passes.  I hope they show Virginia McCaskey up in some booth, frail and miserable, her bug-eyed son George walking around nearby, and Matt Nagy screaming from the sidelines as his team has the wrong personnel on the field for the umpteenth time.

 

I hope they show shots of Akiem Hicks, Allen Robinson, Danny Trevathan, and Khalil Mack on the sideline in street clothes, getting paid millions not to play.  I hope we see Nick Foles sipping Gatorade, wondering why he's even there, but loving that he's getting paid so much to do so.  I hope it's a wake up call for a franchise that like it's owner has needed to go to Jesus for years now but simply refuses because that would mean progress.

 

 

[Sec19Row53]

1 hour ago, CS85 said:

I hope the Packers put up 50 points before halftime this Sunday night.  I hope everybody in green and gold in the stands is rolling in laughter.  I hope the broadcast team are wiping tears from their eyes, cracking up that such a lousy team exists, only to be fed to the Football God here in Green Bay.

I hope they run the typical "here's how many quarterbacks each franchise has had" reel.  I hope the Bears have a dozen mismanaged timeouts, illegal formations, and ineligible receiver penalties, and just as many dropped passes.  I hope they show Virginia McCaskey up in some booth, frail and miserable, her bug-eyed son George walking around nearby, and Matt Nagy screaming from the sidelines as his team has the wrong personnel on the field for the umpteenth time.

 

I hope they show shots of Akiem Hicks, Allen Robinson, Danny Trevathan, and Khalil Mack on the sideline in street clothes, getting paid millions not to play.  I hope we see Nick Foles sipping Gatorade, wondering why he's even there, but loving that he's getting paid so much to do so.  I hope it's a wake up call for a franchise that like it's owner has needed to go to Jesus for years now but simply refuses because that would mean progress.

 

 

I'll try to do my part.

 

On the serious side - the old saying about 'you can't fire the owner' is true in both Chicago and Detroit. Does Ted Phillips have pictures of someone, or is he related?

[CS85]

23 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said:

I'll try to do my part.

 

On the serious side - the old saying about 'you can't fire the owner' is true in both Chicago and Detroit. Does Ted Phillips have pictures of someone, or is he related?

 

Phillips worked for the Bears for a long time before emerging as a loudmouth pain in the ass that was willing to take on the Daley machine on behalf of the Bears in the late 90s during a tenuous exercise over Soldier Field.  They ultimately reached an unsatisfying conclusion that left everybody looking stupid, but the McCaskeys, fishbellied and ignorant as they are, virtually adopted Phillips and he's a co-owner in all but title.

 

Even when Virginia dies, they almost certainly won't sell, and Phillips will too only leave when he dies.

 

So basically being a Bears fan is waiting for all the right people to die so that hopefully  someday someone who owns the franchise won't be utterly, brazenly incompetent.

 

 

[DoctorWhom]

Speaking of, why are we getting a Green Bay blowout for Sunday night football instead of a real game like Bills vs. Bucs? 

[gothedistance]

Tonight's Patriots vs Bills game is very windy and possible snow. This is going to be fun to see and who will prevail in the harsh weather conditions.

[jamesizzo]

This must be what football looked like before the forward pass

[Dynasty]

I've been saying this since the start of last season. The Bills have no run game and that is why they won't win the Super Bowl. If your QB is constantly the leading rusher, you have a problem.

 

NE won with practically no passing. They're the best team in the AFC and it sucks.

[DoctorWhom]

Interesting game plan tonight by Belichick.  A win's a win though. 

 

Patriots on top of the AFC one again. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[GDAWG]

2 hours ago, Jamesizzo said:

This must be what football looked like before the forward pass

 

it's basically what the Service Academies run in college football.  

[TrueYankee26]

Pats had the least pass attempts in a game in franchise history and by any team since 1974 Bills.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

13 hours ago, Dynasty said:

I've been saying this since the start of last season. The Bills have no run game and that is why they won't win the Super Bowl. If your QB is constantly the leading rusher, you have a problem.

 

NE won with practically no passing. They're the best team in the AFC and it sucks.

 

I hate this season now.

[BBTV]

It would be funny (to at least me) if Belichick got one without Brady, one year after Brady got one without him, again throwing into doubt who was more responsible.

[Sec19Row53]

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

It would be funny (to at least me) if Belichick got one without Brady, one year after Brady got one without him, again throwing into doubt who was more responsible.

Most definitely not the outcome I am rooting for, but wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. 

[DEAD!]

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

It would be funny (to at least me) if Belichick got one without Brady, one year after Brady got one without him, again throwing into doubt who was more responsible.

.... and what if it was a Pats-Bucs super bowl?