2016 NFL Season

[GhostMachine]

Over at another board where we do weekly picks for fun, I had the Colts picked to beat the Steelers. But after Luck was put on concussion protocol I changed my pick, and added "No Luck = no luck for the Colts."

I expected the Cowboys-Redskins game to be close, but the officials let Washington get away with pass interference a few times.  And I'm still not convinced that the incomplete pass call wasn't really a fumble recovery by Dallas. 

 

 

[Meacon Keaton]

I wasn't a fan of what looked like an attempted helmet-to-helmet when Dak was already in the act of sliding either. 

But that could just be the man-crush talking.

[DFF]

So, I'm slightly hanging after our Thanksgiving/NFL party. 

Go Lions!

[Lint]

John Madden talks Thanksgiving, his health, Raiders rise, 49ers fall, NFL TV ratings

Best part

Quote

 

On if he ever thought he’d be on a podcast:

“I never would have thought, and I’m still not sure what a podcast is. Anyone who listens to this and says: ‘That guy sounds like he doesn’t know what the heck he’s doing.’ You’re right.”

 

 

[Alex.]

If the NY Giants lose this game, they should go down to D-3 college football

[Your Mom]

Fellow Bears fans do I want us to lose? Is it better to tank now? I am conflicted  

[The Buscher]

I could never root for tanking, even if it makes theoretical sense.  The NFL season is relatively short and the offseason just takes an eternity to sit through.  It wouldn't ruin my day if my team lost in that situation, but I'd still be hoping to see them play well and win.

Draft picks are such a crap shoot nowadays anyway, I think getting a higher draft pick is overrated.

[Your Mom]

Fuck man we have nothing! Barkley isn't great but he didn't deserve the shit everybody on our team gave him today. The Bears were dropping passes like they were in the shitty new Madden game

[The Buscher]

Giants, as expected, made it a closer game than it should have been but that's par for the course for them.  8-3.

Tough slate coming up though:  at Pit, vs. Dal, vs. Det, at Phi, at Was.  The good thing is I think even 2-3 would be enough to grab a wild card berth.

[Lineker]

Looks like Carr just dislocated a finger.

[Meacon Keaton]

Orange you glad you started Big Benjamin?

[Lineker]

 rather! Yes!

[The Buscher]

I'm really not sure what team I dread watching more - Alabama or the Patriots.

[Alex.]

I only root for the Patriots twice a year. Its always against the Jets

[The Buscher]

I laugh because my Pats fan friends always freak out whenever the Pats don't play a particularly good game - but it seems like they forget that when they're down a touchdown late and are giving Tom Brady 4 downs to play with there is a very high probability that he's going to do what he needs to to get the game tied or won.  And when he doesn't, he's still going to come really close.

In some horrible alternate universe, Randy Moss and Rob Gronkowski haul in those last second Hail Marys that barely missed in SBs 42 and 46 to give the Pats 6 rings and a perfect season.

[Alex.]

seeing revis get burned never gets old. 

Ill #NeverForget all the shit Jets fans would say during the Rexy era and they still think winning in the preseason against the Giants is a big deal

[DMN in the House]

So, I'm going to preface this by saying that I know there's a long way to go, and Oakland could easily collapse and somehow miss the playoffs, but...

I've been around here long enough that some of you guys know that my father is in really ill health. I don't talk about it a lot because it's basically been a fact of life for me since high school...

Anyway, my father (and my grandfather on my mother's side, who got my dad into football), are the people who made me into a Raider fan. I've taken it much farther, but they started it. Well, my father has been getting much worse lately, and, fuck it, it's just nice for Oakland to be respectable again. It's nice to be able to be happy when talking about them with him, and it's nice to be positive about it.

I'm not sure they'll make the playoffs, and I'm not sure he'll make it to see it, so, in some small way, tonight just means so, so much to me...

Sorry for rambling, I just had to talk about it. I never thought a regular season win over a 4-7 team would bring me to tears, but here we are. I'm not even sure a Super Bowl Championship would mean as much as this does right now.

[Alex.]

I like seeing the Raiders doing well! It changes up the status quo of things in the past decade and they are the team I will be rooting for in the AFC. Sorry about your dad, I hope he gets to see them go into the playoffs. That would be great to see.

[gunnar hendershow]

I don't see the Raiders missing the playoffs. I'm wary of their defense in a playoff game, but it's such a crapshoot in January. I'm real glad the Raiders are doing well, a great fanbase that's been treated like absolute shit from all angles for the past decade. Everything's coming together nicely for them now, and it's very deserved.

[Meacon Keaton]

This has been a hell of a game so far. We looked like we had more interest in diddling ourselves in the first half, but the offense finally woke the hell up in the second half. We really, really miss CJ Anderson though. That's ultimately going to be our downfall this year.