American Football

[A n d y]

The wheels finally fell off for my fantasy team in the semi's then, brutal honesty I've been one of the lucky teams but I didn't mind it while it lasted, I had just started to write my Budweiser and Papa John's Pizza winning speech as well

Good luck for the rest of the way and thanks for having me.

How bout dem Cowboys.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Only just found out there is a load of NFL on today. What the HELL.

 

[RavenBish]

Mike Brown managing to piss off our best player by not letting him play is so Mike Brown.

 

[kieran_vale]

Some hilarious ineptitude from the Jets. Probably the most since the Butt Fumble game. Anyway Matt Lengel for MVP!!

Speaking of inept how on earth are the Chargers conspiring to trail the Browns? I expect they will still win as Cleveland will Cleveland it up at some point but on the slight chance they don't McCoy should be fired before the plane home takes off.

 

[Bobbin']

Please Jacksonville, don't do a Jacksonville tonight.

 

[.V.]

Fucking Chargers. Just move us to LA with a new name and put us out of our misery.

 

[kieran_vale]

CLEVELAND WIN!!!!!!!!

That was a Cleveland like fuck up at the end by the Chargers though.

 

[Aberstone]

CLEVELAND WIN!!!!!!!!

That was a Cleveland like fuck up at the end by the Chargers though.

THE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH!

 

[kieran_vale]

Did love the way they almost blew it in Cleveland fashion though leaving Antonio Gates wide open on 4th and 10. Only Rivers go to target down the years. No harm done though.

Great game between the Fins and Bills.

 

[Renegade]

BROWNS.

Fair play Dolphins, I can't begrudge you a playoff spot after winning a very tough game in Buffalo. Jay Ajayi was spectacular and the kick to send it into overtime was even better. Would have liked the Steelers to face the Ravens or the Broncos in the wildcard round, as you'll likely get spanked, but kudos nonetheless.

Now Bengals, please save us from Houston winning the AFC South. Absolutely gutted for Mariota.

 

[Bobbin']

BROWNS.

Fair play Dolphins, I can't begrudge you a playoff spot after winning a very tough game in Buffalo. Jay Ajayi was spectacular and the kick to send it into overtime was even better. Would have liked the Steelers to face the Ravens or the Broncos in the wildcard round, as you'll likely get spanked, but kudos nonetheless.

Now Bengals, please save us from Houston winning the AFC South. Absolutely gutted for Mariota.

I beg your pardon?

 

[Anon]

I don't mind Houston winning the division at all, with the play they've had at QB and no Watt all season, despite the division not being the strongest O'Brien's done a sound job there this season.

Pack on a role. When the run game is stuffed we've now got Rodgers in continued excellent form, Nelson now back to his best, Adams and Cook taking big leaps upwards (though Adams needs work on his dodgy hands) and certain players getting healthier as the season goes on. Run the table indeed. Huge game in Detroit next week, and we're peaking at exactly the right time.

Well done Browns - that surely seals McCoy's fate as well. Him, Bowles, Ryan all surely gone in the offseason.

 

[kieran_vale]

So long as it's not the Colts who win that division I'm good with either the Texans or Titans. Be nice if the Colts did win against the Raiders today though to seal HFA for the Pats though.

I feel sorry for Todd Bowles, that team looked today like it has quit. I'd be more looking at their GM, next year they are in cap hell with veterans like Revis who are pretty much bums at this point of their career. May be the kindest thing if he does get let go and can join a competent organisation. McCoy will get away with it I suspect, if it were me I'd absolutely fire him but Spanos is cheap and probably won't want to pay him off.

 

[kieran_vale]

Meh, guess we'll have to do it ourselves against Miami. This Colts team are an abomination, thankfully this should kill them off in the division anyway.

 

[TomPNE94]

Celebrated that game tying field goal like a last minute winner for North End. Come on KC!

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Derek Carr RIP.

 

[RavenBish]

i really want to know the circumstance behind how Dara Kennedy got this gig (and continues to keep it) cos she is fucking terrible. It's genuinely uncomfortable watching her.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

^^^ Me too. As far as Google can tell me she had zero TV experience before this as well.

 

[RavenBish]

Reinebold and Reynolds here spending 15 minutes talking about how indiscipline and penalties have caused the Bengals bad season.

That's right, the Cincinnati Bengals, the least penalised team in the league

 

[Renegade]

Carr and Mariota both have leg breaks, terrible day for the 2016 season, the AFC playoff picture in particular. This probably results in a damp squib of a Divisional round game as the Raiders won't be able to compete without Carr and also subjects us to the Texans probably getting hammered by Kansas City in the Wildcard round as they should dispose of the Titans without Mariota.

Yay.

I beg your pardon?

Not a fan of boring teams mate.

Shame we've been served this as the prime time game this evening. Let's go Cincy.

 

[RavenBish]

Want us to lose for the higher pick but I also feel like we need to take one of the greater good because this Texans team is horrific and appears to be struggling against our back-ups and clearly doesn't deserve to be a playoff team.

Weekly reminder that Jeremy Hill is abysmal.

 

[Renegade]

Enjoying watching the commentators struggle with the special Saturday night Thursday night football. Excellent branding.

 

[RavenBish]

What's the NFL record for number of punts in a game?

 

[RavenBish]

Tank Mode Activated.

The AFC South needs banning from the playoffs for the foreseeable future.

 

[RavenBish]

Can we find a way to get rid of kickers entirely please - the sport doesn't need them.

(Secretly smiled when he missed - top 10 pick baby)

 

[Renegade]

Bullock shit himself, couldn't see him scoring that against his old team to prevent them going to the playoffs, a time when icing the kicker might actually have had an effect. So we're going to have an AFC playoff field with Matt McGloin, Tom Savage and Matt Moore as starting quarterbacks. For fuck's sake.

 

[Bobbin']

Don't get all the Houston hate. It's a poor division granted but we are 5-0 in it, Titans 1-4. Clearly the far superior team in that division with no QB for the first 14 weeks.

I'd say Houston are very deserving.

 

[MagpieBee]

Well, now it's got to the final game, really hope Chicago throw it. Could fall several draft places if we won, and we'll need some serious additions to the team this offseason, so need to be as high as possible. We'll need a couple of new QBs, and with Jeffrey leaving (and Bennett having left last summer) we are left with no targets to hit, so our offense will need a pretty big transformation this off season.

Thankfully, the backroom staff did very well in the draft last year (many analysts rating us as having 2-3 of the top 15 picks last year in Floyd, Howard and Whitehair).

Both the Browns and 49ers should / will likely take QBs with their first two picks, so we'll probably have to trade for one. I'm hoping Cousins makes it to free agency and we put in a winning offer. Draft one (maybe 2) of the many good WR prospects in this draft with our 3rd place position, and a back up QB later in the draft, give Barkley or Hoyer another one year deal, and I think we could be set for a decent year. Well, as long as we don't get hit with as many injuries as we did this year!

 

[Aberstone]

Swear to god we fall apart whenever we play the Ravens. Some awful defensive plays from the Steelers so far.

 

[Renegade]

Steelers in some trouble right now...

Don't get all the Houston hate. It's a poor division granted but we are 5-0 in it, Titans 1-4. Clearly the far superior team in that division with no QB for the first 14 weeks.

I'd say Houston are very deserving.

They are deserving in the AFC South, just a hideous watch every week. It's a shame that superior teams like the Broncos and Steelers/Ravens will probably be eliminated with how the schedule and playoff qualification work out, but unfortunately we have to have an AFC South team in there. The Titans, Texans and Colts are all of similar quality to me, the Titans and Colts are just a lot more fun to watch, particularly the former. You still don't have a quarterback, Savage is better than Osweiler, which isn't really saying much! Had about 250 total yards and it took a last minute field goal to beat a side that have been finished for weeks and were missing their three best players.

Bill O'Brien has done a fantastic coaching job yet again, can't fault the guy, just hope you find a quarterback in the off-season that will allow you to take the next step (winning a playoff game or two). With the skill players you have on offence, that defence with JJ Watt and a useful quarterback, you could be a Superbowl contender by this time next year.