NFL

[Go the Biff 3,423]

Bears, Pats, Steelers

[Gorgoroth 12,954]

Packers, bears, Pats.

[Macca 16,970]

New page so here are the games again ...

Leaderboard in the Comp

0 - Take a wild guess (we are all 'leading' so that is some consolation!)

1 point only on offer this week (and next week as well) but points are hard to come by in this comp!  Not sure it gets any easier this week either ?

 

Guess the Lines Week 3 With Cousin Sal | The Bill Simmons Podcast (Ep. 415)

 

[Macca 16,970]

New England,  Packers & Oakland. 

Another tough week ... there were 7 road winners in week 1 and just the 4 in week 2.  But any given week can deliver 6 - 7 road winners.

Edited September 20, 2018 by Macca

[layzie 33,805]

For anyone who has seen The Replacements, Joel Smith is the Shane Falco of this week.

[layzie 33,805]

Although some would say Fritsch is. I didn’t really think this through ?

[Clintosaurus 7,847]

Browns win!!!!!! Have to say Baker Mayfield looked pretty impressive.

[Gorgoroth 12,954]

22 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Browns win!!!!!! Have to say Baker Mayfield looked pretty impressive.

He looked very very good. The Jets D early on looked amazing, then he slung a few cracking passes and they dropped back giving him more room and he took it. His numbers should be better but for a few drops by the receivers.

[layzie 33,805]

On 9/21/2018 at 2:38 PM, Clintosaurus said:

Browns win!!!!!! Have to say Baker Mayfield looked pretty impressive.

I’ll admit I didn’t rate him as high as others in College but he really looked the part in that game and the Jets are very much a solid football team.

[Macca 16,970]

On 9/18/2018 at 8:38 PM, layzie said:

Packers,  Bengals,  Patriots. 

 

On 9/18/2018 at 11:37 PM, Dappa Dan said:

Packers,  Pats and Raiders.

 

On 9/19/2018 at 12:03 PM, JV7 said:

Packers,  Chicago,  Pats

 

On 9/19/2018 at 3:19 PM, Clintosaurus said:

Bears,  Patriots,  Raiders.

 

On 9/19/2018 at 11:18 PM, Dee Zephyr said:

Bengals,  Cowboys,  Patriots.

 

On 9/20/2018 at 6:01 PM, DemonDave said:

Broncos,  patriots,  niners

 

On 9/20/2018 at 6:11 PM, Go the Biff said:

Bears,  Pats,  Steelers

 

On 9/20/2018 at 6:19 PM, Gorgoroth said:

Packers,  Bears,  Pats.

 

On 9/20/2018 at 7:39 PM, Macca said:

New England,  Packers & Oakland.

 

9 lots of tips in so far ... a shout-out reminder to @titan_uranus  @Dr. Gonzo  & @DeeSpencer 

 

Sports IIlustrated ( MMQB) Week 3 Preview (Andy Benoit)

And if you want to view the following videos you'll have to follow the links to youtube. 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 23, 2018 by Macca

[DeeSpencer 25,709]

New England, Green Bay, Dallas

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

KC, Minnesota, Pats

[titan_uranus 25,020]

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

KC, Minnesota, Pats

Just checking, we have to pick three road teams, right?

Assuming so: Packers, Patriots, Bears

[Macca 16,970]

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

KC, Minnesota, Pats

Yeah they've all got to be road teams Gonzo and the Vikes & KC are at home. 

If you don't get this message in time I wouldn't be too concerned ... we're all still sitting on zero points and tomorrow's games are tough.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

My god. Some of these results.

[Macca 16,970]

1 hour ago, Dappa Dan said:

My god. Some of these results.

Yep ... and the niners look like losing Garoppolo to an ACL injury.  Non contact too.  I'm surprised there aren't more ACL injuries on the artificial surfaces that have no give in them.  You've got to feel for their fans,  all the same. 

The Buffalo win is an absolute surprise ... and to a lesser extent the Giants & Tennessee wins.  Bears leading the NFC North although any of the 4 teams could win that division.  I'd like to be confident in questioning the Pats chances but they'll bounce back as they always do. 

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

47 minutes ago, Macca said:

Yep ... and the niners look like losing Garoppolo to an ACL injury.  Non contact too.  I'm surprised there aren't more ACL injuries on the artificial surfaces that have no give in them.  You've got to feel for their fans,  all the same. 

The Buffalo win is an absolute surprise ... and to a lesser extent the Giants & Tennessee wins.  Bears leading the NFC North although any of the 4 teams could win that division.  I'd like to be confident in questioning the Pats chances but they'll bounce back as they always do. 

Miami 2 games clear of all the other three teams in their division will have that city humming.

[layzie 33,805]

Whoops, there goes the season.

[Macca 16,970]

16 minutes ago, layzie said:

Whoops, there goes the season.

Have you 3 back-ups ... Mullins,  Beathard,  Heneghan?

Any of them any good layz?

Shame about what happened to Garoppolo ... if it's any consolation the Packers season went South last year and in 2013 when Rodgers broke his collarbone in both years. 

Like no other sport,  your season is suddenly over without warning when the QB is such an important fixture in a team and then goes down.  Hopefully one of your back-ups can perform.

[layzie 33,805]

3 minutes ago, Macca said:

Have you 3 back-ups ... Mullins,  Beathard,  Heneghan?

Any of them any good layz?

Shame about what happened to Garoppolo ... if it's any consolation the Packers season went South last year and in 2013 when Rodgers broke his collarbone in both years. 

Like no other sport,  your season is suddenly over without warning when the QB is such an important fixture in a team and then goes down.  Hopefully one of your back-ups can perform.

Man I’m so gutted right now. Can’t even watch any other games I’m too ticked off. Maybe tomorrow after I’ve slept on this.

Yeah it’s unfortunately a very annoying thing about this sport but it does happen unfortunately. I remember the 2013 Rodgers one pretty well, Flynn did a good job till he came back but it hurt the Packers a lot that year.

Beathard isn’t too bad, he’ll get the gig. He’s definitely limited but he’s at least got a decent understanding of the playbook already.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Have you 3 back-ups ... Mullins,  Beathard,  Heneghan?

Any of them any good layz?

Shame about what happened to Garoppolo ... if it's any consolation the Packers season went South last year and in 2013 when Rodgers broke his collarbone in both years. 

Like no other sport,  your season is suddenly over without warning when the QB is such an important fixture in a team and then goes down.  Hopefully one of your back-ups can perform.

This is why I wrote Eagles off last year after Wentz. It's simply too big of an injury to come back from. Different circumstances of course, and timing... Most of the heavy lifting had already been done by Carson... But it felt like it was over.

Speaking of Wentz... He didn't exactly set the world on fire, but I have to say, I forgot how good he looks when he's on. Eagles season has started.

[Macca 16,970]

4 minutes ago, Dappa Dan said:

This is why I wrote Eagles off last year after Wentz. It's simply too big of an injury to come back from. Different circumstances of course, and timing... Most of the heavy lifting had already been done by Carson... But it felt like it was over.

The reason I thought you could do ok without Wentz was that Foles had had a very good year under Chip Kelly (27 TD's and only 2 interceptions) and Pederson had a chance to tap into that.  I thought you could still win a playoff game but Foles went 2 steps further of course.

Plus it was late in the year and you only had to win 1 more game to secure the 1 seed with a week off and a home final.

With Rodgers twice and now Garoppolo,  nothing was secured team wise so writing off the season was the logical conclusion given the strength of both teams otherwise.  Plus the Eagles were a far better all round team than what the 49ers are now or what the Packers were in both those years. 

The circumstances were vastly different although I don't believe anyone could have foretold what Foles went on to do.  He was 'Eli-like' for a month!

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

2 minutes ago, Macca said:

The reason I thought you could do ok without Wentz was that Foles had had a very good year under Chip Kelly (27 TD's and only 2 interceptions) and Pederson had a chance to tap into that.  I thought you could still win a playoff game but Foles went 2 steps further of course.

Plus it was late in the year and you only had to win 1 more game to secure the 1 seed with a week off and a home final.

With Rodgers twice and now Garoppolo,  nothing was secured team wise so writing off the season was the logical conclusion given the strength of both teams otherwise.  Plus the Eagles were a far better all round team than what the 49ers are now or what the Packers were in both those years. 

The circumstances were vastly different although I don't believe anyone could have foretold what Foles went on to do.  He was 'Eli-like' for a month!

Yeah the question was always can Foles hold down his spot. As it turned out just holding his spot wouldn't have been enough. He needed to be a superbowl MVP to beat Brady, as he ended up having a great game himself.

But it's still a fair point to make. Making playoffs was almost certain by the Rams game, but I was worried about superbowl wins... and without the main player who got the results... I had to pick Eagles to not go far. It's still unbelievable even 6 months later.

lol... Not gonna dignify that Eli comment.

[Macca 16,970]

1 minute ago, Dappa Dan said:

Yeah the question was always can Foles hold down his spot. As it turned out just holding his spot wouldn't have been enough. He needed to be a superbowl MVP to beat Brady, as he ended up having a great game himself.

But it's still a fair point to make. Making playoffs was almost certain by the Rams game, but I was worried about superbowl wins... and without the main player who got the results... I had to pick Eagles to not go far. It's still unbelievable even 6 months later.

lol... Not gonna dignify that Eli comment.

Ha ha ha!

I know he plays for a rival of yours Dappa but Eli was simply great twice in 2 playoff series.  He was superb.  A big occasion player who has never been much better than B grade in nearly all his regular seasons.

In swimming he would be regarded as a negative-splitter ... some players are like that - they need the brightest lights shining on them to perform at their best.  Foles was like that too and I hope he gets another shot at that glory. 

You've got a more than handy back-up to Wentz but I'm betting that the 49ers wouldn't mind him on their roster right now. 

Apart from tomorrow's game ( Pittsburgh @ Tampa) there's a beauty coming up this Friday - Vikings @ Rams.  A big big game for more than a few reasons.

And no one scored a point in the comp so we're all still in the Gold medal position!

[Gorgoroth 12,954]

Massive results... what a start to the season in terms of upsets.

Could not believe the Bills the the Lions spank the Pats...

 

onto to my boys, another bloody good show but at a massive cost, Talib with an ankle, hope he plays thur night, Peters our 2-4 weeks, and whitworth also might miss. Eeek.

Peters should be back for the hard run of Packers, Saints, Seahawks then chiefs. Will need him for those.

only given up 199.3 yards in the air so far this year.