Board 8 > NFL Discussion Topic - Week 3

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Before this week I might've said the Falcons but they won their loserbowl with the Giants so Jets it is.

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Uh oh I jinxed the raiders

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smh brady getting his team injured so he can stat pad in garbage time

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Yeah I wouldnt be worried if I was a Bucs fan as they can just get healthy and be better.

Although I guess I might be worried that the Rams are actually really really good with Stafford and theyll likely be facing off in the playoffs sometime.

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so close to having a tie yet so far

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Raiders taking a big ol dump on that spread

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https://twitter.com/_adamhess/status/1442220698345353217?s=20

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Passed out after the first quarter I wonder how my lionz did

OHHHHH NOOOOOOO

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MooglesRUs posted...

The Ravens are winning the AFC this year. No question. The NFL is absolutely terrible at showing who their handpicked ref team is every year, and in the last 7 days there is no debate anymore, its the Ravens.

not a Detroit fan, but Im sorry you ran into Refans today. You wont be the last.

Just watched highlights and started reading through the thread, and thought it beared mentioning that even if the on-field refs were out to get the Lions, someone must have forgotten to inform the league office.

The Lions benefited in the first half off what was quite likely the worst overturn on replay of a called fumble in NFL history where Swift tried to throw the ball backwards to Goff on a flea flicker when his arm was hit from behind and the ball came loose which all but certainly cost the Ravens points.

Packers looking good so far

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It'd be nice if the 49ers somewhat put up a fight here so that Rodgers can keep throwing the ball.

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waiting for the other shoe to drop...

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Niners actually making our defense look good

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thought that was gonna be a score

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Refs doing their best to keep my '9ers pick alive

these refs are fucking dog shit

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it's clear who the NFL has chosen to win the Super Bowl this year

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https://www.newyorker.com/sections/culture/the-ancestral-burden-of-being-a-detroit-lions-fan

still relevant

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Man that hit was bad

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that was a dirty hit

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actively getting screwed out of the game nice

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that's a flag-worthy hit huh

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ball dont lie

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watch them overturn this

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There's no reason adams should be back in this game. There's no way they checked him for a concussion properly.

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scored too quickly

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Running prevent defense has cost teams so many wins in NFL history that I have no idea why people don't just get instantly fired for running it.

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sorry refs not today

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/577692156366553099/891889796799160370/2e96352d-f187-4476-aafd-a2829754aa75-packerscowboys2017.png

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woof that was close

definitely had this one penciled in as a Packers L, so I'll take this

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LeonhartFour posted...

it's clear who the NFL has chosen to win the Super Bowl this year

Both of them?

They sucked for GB and 49ers this game. At least 5 game changing errors.

LeonhartFour posted...

sorry refs not today

Nah, both teams were clearly in on this. Jimmy G isn't so bad he'd pass the ball backwards by complete accident!

Looking forward to the Packers/Ravens regular season rematch in the Super Bowl officiated by Jerome Boger.

Crescent-Moon posted...

Running prevent defense has cost teams so many wins in NFL history that I have no idea why people don't just get instantly fired for running it.

I had 42 points + Aaron Jones vs Rodgers/Adams with no monday night players on either team

I squeaked by with a 4 point victory

Second week in a row I've escaped Rodgers by less than 5 points

Hey that's back to back 3-0 weeks in fantasy! Makes for good vacation vibes

Prevent defense is like the ultimate example of trash conservative playcalling. Almost everyone runs it because it's considered the "safe" defense because you aren't going to give up a 70 yard TD pass and the media will roast any coach who loses because they give up a big play but for some bizarre reason will just chalk up getting carved up on easy consecutive 20-25 yard passes because it's a trash defensive concept up as "Damn, that opposing QB just had an incredible GW drive" without acknowledging that the defense basically gave up all the completions on that drive without a fight.

I have to assume the analytics bear it out too, but just like how going for it on 4th and short to seal a game is considered "gutsy" the actual "guts" is media-driven not game-driven. It's why I always respected Belichick's infamous 4th and 2 against Peyton all those years back even though it failed - but you basically had to have the cred Belichick built up to actually make that play call and not end up in the hot seat which is just crazy. Same with the Ravens last week against the Chiefs. Like to me, that's just the obvious call but it's treated like a ballsy playcall and it's like, "Why?"

Edit: Like the only place the prevent defense belongs is on a last play of the half type of deal. If there's time for the offense to complete a pass inbounds and either call timeout or spike it then it's the wrong defense. Period.

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Josh Gordon to the Chiefs.

This should help the weakness at D.

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The best defense is a good offense

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Tua's hip- whoops I mean James White's hip injury has him out indefinitely

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How many times do we have to do this josh gordon thing

Dude has had more than enough chances

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As long as he's good at football

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I mean I'd say it's debatable he is still good at football.

True enough, he wasn't particularly good in 2019, but he had a fairly good year in 2018.

But there's always that one team that has the ego to believe they can help him recapture that one year he had with the Browns.

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https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1442542444680146949

if you placed a bet on Matt Nagy being the first coach fired this year you've got to be feeling pretty good right now

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I honestly thought they were going to give him and Pace one more year after this one since ownership gave them the green light to move up for Fields but after that abomination of a game yesterday I can't believe he still has a job.

Actually I can since the Bears have never fired a coach mid-season but that was easily the worst Bears game I've ever watched.

Honestly the fact he's considering starting fields is enough damnation. They are going to get him killed out there. The franchise needs to not give an f what the fans think and just have him sit the year no matter how bad they are, or else it'll be david carr all over again.

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I dont see too many fans clamoring for Fields to start this year, but I guess I could be just not listening to the right places. I do hear plenty of fans clamoring for Nagy to be fired though!

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GranzonEx posted...

Tua's hip- whoops I mean James White's hip injury has him out indefinitely

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So, is Hurts better than Tua?

doesn't seem like it!

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