NFL 2020

[DYSI]

Are the NFCs TEs that bad that Evan Engram made it?

[VerbalPuke]

Damn, cool to see Hockenson, Ragnow, and Fox make it for Detroit, well deserved.

And fucking Quandre Diggs made it. Fuck you Patricia.

[gunnar hendershow]

If the good Steelers team from the first part of the season could show up for one of their next two games to help the Ravens out that would be great. Because tonight they don't even look like a team deserving of a spot in the playoffs.

[LL!]

Holy fuck. What the fuck was that? I actually almost lost in fantasy because Ben just... Wtf. 

[Pooker]

Seriously, if I didn't know any better, I would have assumed that Big Ben was a third string QB on those last couple drives.

[The Buscher]

4 hours ago, DYSI said:

Are the NFCs TEs that bad that Evan Engram made it?

Kittle and Ertz were perennial guys but they were hurt.  Otherwise it’s a weak group.

Even in the video the Giants posted, Engram was like WTF

 

[Chris2K]

I knew 11-0 was too good to last, but I didn't expect it to be this bad so soon afterwards. First round play-off exit is all but confirmed methinks.

Sad to hear about Kevin Greene, he was before my time but from what I've seen he was a true phenom on the field.

[DFF]

There's been a long running story this season about how the Steelers were a bit of a paper undefeated team. A number of poor opponents (or half decent opponents playing beneath themselves) and a couple of tight games were either the officials or their opponents threw. 

Be interesting to see how they fare in the last two games. I think they have a tie breaker on Cleveland even if they finish level and lose to them on the final day. But considering the Browns have the Jets next, Pitt's next game (against the Colts!) is a massive one. 

From a neutral perspective, I'm hoping Indy beat Pitt and Cleveland beat the Jets to set up a winner take all finale in Week 17. 

[gunnar hendershow]

21 minutes ago, DFF said:

There's been a long running story this season about how the Steelers were a bit of a paper undefeated team. A number of poor opponents (or half decent opponents playing beneath themselves) and a couple of tight games were either the officials or their opponents threw. 

Be interesting to see how they fare in the last two games. I think they have a tie breaker on Cleveland even if they finish level and lose to them on the final day. But considering the Browns have the Jets next, Pitt's next game (against the Colts!) is a massive one. 

From a neutral perspective, I'm hoping Indy beat Pitt and Cleveland beat the Jets to set up a winner take all finale in Week 17. 

So my understanding is they do have the tiebreaker if they finish with the same record by virtue of Pittsburgh having a better division record. But if the Steelers lose next week and Cleveland wins week 17 has the chance to be a game for the division. Funny also it has the chance to be a game for Cleveland's playoff life as right now if they lose they're out by virtue of tiebreaker with Baltimore.

Going to be a ton of chatter this week about what Pittsburgh does to address the future of the QB position. Do they draft someone like Kyle Trask? Trade for someone like Darnold? Go all-in on Wentz? Lots of questions but Ben being adamant about coming back next year puts them in a bind. He's likely not going to take kindly to them trying to push him out but it's almost exactly what they need to do, defenses have adapted for his inability to throw it deep.

[Lowerdeck]

 

Bills fans win a contest, troll Patriots fans with a billboard a couple miles down the road from Gillette.

[Meacon Keaton]

I get being excited, but one division title in 25 years and no Super Bowls ever, and you’re gonna do that to the team that’s dominated you for two decades? Ok, USA.

[The Buscher]

The Bills do have some excellent fans tbf.  Seen so many December games on RedZone where the stadium is packed in the middle of winter even as the team is way out of it.

It’s a bummer that their best team in a quarter century arrived during a year where none of their fans can attend.

[Maxx]

3 hours ago, Meacon Keaton said:

I get being excited, but one division title in 25 years and no Super Bowls ever, and you’re gonna do that to the team that’s dominated you for two decades? Ok, USA.

Patriots fans (Lowerdeck excluded) deserve any and all trolling that can happen to them, forever.  Or until the team takes a prolonged downturn and they claim they were never really interested in football.

[Lineker]

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The Washington Football Team said it was aware of pictures on social media showing quarterback Dwayne Haskins at a strip club Sunday night while not wearing a mask, but will handle the issue internally.

Haskins tweeted an apology for his actions and said he spoke with coach Ron Rivera Monday and "took full responsibility for putting the team at risk. It was irresponsible and immature and I accept responsibility for my action." He also issued an apology to his teammates for "creating a distraction during our playoff push."

I also want to apologize for creating a distraction for my team during our playoff push. I will learn and grow from this and do what's best for the team moving forward.

— Dwayne Haskins, Jr (@dh_simba7) December 22, 2020

The team also said it has made the league aware of the picture that was on Instagram, which was taken hours after he had started in Washington's 20-15 loss to Seattle. Handling it internally likely means Haskins will be fined, as he was earlier this season when he violated COVID-19 protocols by making reservations for a family friend to stay at the team hotel the night before a game at the New York Giants.

The breach was caught before the person arrived, but Haskins was still fined $4,833.

It's uncertain what this means for Haskins when Washington hosts the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. However, one source said the team is optimistic that quarterback Alex Smith will return after missing one game with a strained right calf muscle. Smith suffered a strained calf in a Dec. 13 win over San Francisco, causing him to miss Sunday's 20-15 loss.

Washington coach Ron Rivera wants to prevent this storyline from overtaking what's at stake for the team: A chance to clinch the NFC East. Washington (6-8) can win the division if his team beats the Panthers and the New York Giants lose to the Baltimore Ravens.

On Monday, before the picture came to light, Rivera said about maintaining protocols: "That'll be the thing that we will most certainly talk about as we get up into this. Where we are right now this late into the season, everything has gone so well. Let's continue to focus in on staying clear of everything and staying healthy. Hopefully, we can maintain that and continue. We most certainly will talk about it.

Washington has not lost any players from its active roster to the reserve/COVID-19 list this season.

The latest situation with Haskins will cause the team to take a hard look in the offseason regarding his future with the organization. Washington drafted him with the 15th pick in the 2019 draft, a move spearheaded by owner Dan Snyder and not the scouts or coaching staff. Rivera's staff inherited Haskins, but multiple sources said they felt they could make it work by challenging him.

With no preseason games, Rivera decided to give all the first-team reps to Haskins during training camp to fully prepare him for the season. He named him the starter in late August. Rivera said at the time had it been a normal offseason he would have had Haskins compete with Kyle Allen for the job. At the time, they weren't sure what Smith would be able to do and had strongly considered placing him on injured reserve.

Haskins was benched after four games as multiple sources said they wanted to see better preparation from him during the week, among other things and to take a more mature approach. He was demoted to third string for four weeks but became the No. 2 quarterback after Kyle Allen suffered a leg injury on Nov. 9.

 

If he wasn't done there before, he is now.

[gunnar hendershow]

Yeah this is a bad look.

 

 

[DYSI]

Hopefully this justifies the ridiculous thought of the Giants being racist for choosing Jones over Haskins a couple years ago. He just wasn't ready to be a QB and his immaturity was a big factor in their reasoning.

[livid]

Because of the injury to Nick Mullens on Sunday and Josh Johnson being put on the Covid list, the 49ers were down to just CJ Beathard at QB so they made a move...

 

[Meacon Keaton]

Wussies. Get tough and sign a wide receiver from your own practice squad like a real team would. 

[VerbalPuke]

3 minutes ago, Meacon Keaton said:

Wussies. Get tough and sign a wide receiver from your own practice squad like a real team would. 

If your team was so tough they would have fired John Elway by now. 

[The Buscher]

I still think Elway should’ve played the week they lost all their QBs.