2022 NFL regular season through Super Bowl LVII

[DoctorWhom]

I'm not sure the exact rule, but I've always assumed it was like, they just can't play twice in the same NFL week. 

So if Panthers played on Thursday and he was active, he couldn't play for the 49ers on Sunday or Monday. 

 

But if he played Monday, he could play on Thursday. 

 

IDK maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I've always been led to believe. 

[throwuascenario]

10 hours ago, DoctorWhom said:

https://www.nfl.com/news/debate-between-patriots-mac-jones-bailey-zappe-not-as-close-as-it-appears

Patriots have been making Zappe look good. Of course the fact he played the 2 of the worst defenses in the NFL certainly helps too. 

 

Here's some actual facts about Mac Jones;

Mac Jones rookie ranks in NFL history:

Comp%: 67.6 (2nd)
Passing yards: 3801 (5th)
Passing TDs: 22 (T-8th)
Passer rating: 92.5 (11th)
- Set the NFL completion percentage record for a debuting rookie at 74.4

- Became the first rookie quarterback to convert over 70 percent of 60 passes in his first two starts by obtaining a 73.3 completion rate.

-Jones had 19 consecutive completions, the most for an NFL rookie since 1991 and tying the franchise record set by Brady in 2015

-Jones also became the first NFL rookie quarterback to have a completion percentage over 80 in consecutive games,

-Jones finished the season with 3,801 passing yards, 22 touchdowns, and a 67.6 completion percentage, which were the highest among rookie quarterbacks in 2021.

 

It's absolutely asinine to go ditch your Pro Bowl QB for a third string rookie QB just because he looked great playing some historically bad defenses. 

Zappe could be a starting caliber QB, but going with him just because of such a small & skewed sample size is ridiculous. 

Personally I would like to see Zappe play this week just to see how he does facing a team with something resembling a defense. But I understand Mac is their #1 guy and they'd rather play him. 

 

Literally almost every stat you mentioned had to do with completion percentage. It's very easy to have a high completion percentage when your team asks you to do nothing but throw short passes to open receivers.

 

The Patriots last season showed an inability to come back when losing at any point. That says a lot about the QB.

 

The Pro Bowl is a popularity contest, not a real assesment of players. I'm not saying Zappe is great. I'm saying Mac Jones is a bottom 5 QB who their own coaching staff has barely shown any trust in to go win them games. And the few times they have, he's failed. So why not give someone else a shot?

 

By the way, it's not personal to Mac Jones. I feel the same way about all athletically limited QBs who are drafted early for their "readiness". Kenny Pickett is in the same boat. It's just a bad formula and has pretty much never worked out. Swing for the fences in the 1st round or just wait until later in the draft. Wasting 1st rounders on guys with game manager ceilings is the worst move you can make.

[GDAWG]

Even Al Michaels last night was surprised at the high scoring last night.  

[DoctorWhom]

Just now, throwuascenario said:

 

Literally almost every stat you mentioned had to do with completion percentage. It's very easy to have a high completion percentage when your team asks you to do nothing but throw short passes to open receivers.

 

The Patriots last season showed an inability to come back when losing at any point. That says a lot about the QB.

 

The Pro Bowl is a popularity contest, not a real assesment of players. I'm not saying Zappe is great. I'm saying Mac Jones is a bottom 5 QB who their own coaching staff has barely shown any trust in to go win them games. And the few times they have, he's failed. So why not give someone else a shot?

This is seriously the most ridiculous, nonsensical take I've seen on Mac. 

He wasn't just throwing short passes, his deep ball average  was on par with Mahomes

He came back from a 22-9 deficit to win 25-22. 

 

If you like Zappe I get it, but your take on Mac would even give Skip & Shannon pause. 

[Sec19Row53]

22 hours ago, OnWis97 said:

Perhaps you are a highly successful NFL owner.

Nah. They get enough money from me annually for tickets that I've never felt compelled to spend money on a wall hanging. I don't care that people do or don't like the stock shares. It's a money grab for the team. It's not my cup of tea.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

Benched!

 

 

[TrueYankee26]

9 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Benched!

 

 

Let's ride... the bench!

 

Elijah Moore also benched by the Jets for demanding a trade. The chemistry has been good let's hope it will not be a distraction.

[DCarp1231]

The more I hear about how crappy and egotistical of a person Russell Wilson really is and how horrible he’s been playing this season, maybe there’s a reason why he’s never received any MVP votes

[BBTV]

Eagles were apparently pretty aggressive in trying to acquire him, though they’ll obviously never confirm that. Really glad that they got to keep Hurts and all their #1 picks. That’s one of those signings that could set your franchise back for years if it blows up. 

[DG_ThenNowForever]

Saw on Reddit the other day (so take a grain of salt) that the Bills offered Carolina a 2nd round pick for CMC, but wouldn't go further.

 

Probably smart for them to keep their draft capital; as long as Allen is healthy and good they're going to be a contender, and they need to be able to replenish the cupboard year over year. CMC is a terrific talent (and could be incredible playing with Deebo), but he also doesn't stay healthy.

 

It would be nice if Buffalo had a stud RB, but they're so stacked everywhere else that maybe it's okay they don't have a top 5 player at every position. What a luxury!

[GDAWG]

So how many phone messages has Brady left for Gronk recently?

[FiddySicks]

10 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

So how many phone messages has Brady left for Gronk recently?

I’m not sure why he would bother. Gronk isn’t going to help this team. 
 

I knew that despite having Tom Brady, this whole thing would fall apart in typical, spectacular dysfunctional Bucs fashion. It’s really a testament to how good Brady is that he found a way to get this bottom three in the league trash organization a Super Bowl win. 

[Discrim]

Man...this Packers-Commies game has been sloppy as hell. 

[GDAWG]

7 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

I’m not sure why he would bother. Gronk isn’t going to help this team. 
 

I knew that despite having Tom Brady, this whole thing would fall apart in typical, spectacular dysfunctional Bucs fashion. It’s really a testament to how good Brady is that he found a way to get this bottom three in the league trash organization a Super Bowl win. 

 

ESPN is going to go "Bucs Struggle once again....do they need Gronk back?" on the Get Up tomorrow.  

[TrueYankee26]

Brady thinking RN: "I unretired for this ?"

[Rockstar Matt]

Going out on a huge limb here, but the Packers and Bucs are not good football teams. It's still early in the season but they both have problems everywhere.

 

With the Cowboys, the defense is still ridiculously good; Dak looked a little rusty which was expected, but played better as the game went on. He had some plays that clearly showed the difference between him and Rush and what the Cowboys were missing these last 5 weeks. Tony Pollard is RB1 and the sooner the Cowboys realize that, the better the offense will be. Overall though, it was good to have Dak back and see the Cowboys play their most complete game of the season. 

 

I feel pretty comfortable in stating that the Cowboys are the 2nd best team in the conference. 

[Discrim]

GG Commies...you know what this year's Pack is looking like?  A frickin house of cards, looking good early, but one mistake and the whole thing tumbles down.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

1 hour ago, Rockstar Matt said:

Going out on a huge limb here, but the Packers and Bucs are not good football teams. It's still early in the season but they both have problems everywhere.

 

With the Cowboys, the defense is still ridiculously good; Dak looked a little rusty which was expected, but played better as the game went on. He had some plays that clearly showed the difference between him and Rush and what the Cowboys were missing these last 5 weeks. Tony Pollard is RB1 and the sooner the Cowboys realize that, the better the offense will be. Overall though, it was good to have Dak back and see the Cowboys play their most complete game of the season. 

 

I feel pretty comfortable in stating that the Cowboys are the 2nd best team in the conference. 

 

On the one hand, this time last year the Cardinals were 7-0 and the Chiefs were 3-4.

 

On the other hand, the Chiefs didn't look like they wanted to kill each other and everyone knows Kliff Kingsbury is a first-half coach.

[GDAWG]

Next week, the Packers play Buffalo and Bucs play Ravens on Thursday.  

[DG_ThenNowForever]

14 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

Next week, the Packers play Buffalo and Bucs play Ravens on Thursday.  

 

Buffalo smashing Green Bay is going to be exhilarating.