2018 NFL Game Thread - Week 11

[54thMA]

+1.

And depending on others to lose is a loser’s game.

I played that game too many times in the 1980's as a Patriots fan, it never ended well.

The Patriots have the #2 seed right in front of them, run the table for the #2 and get some help for the #1.

Worst case scenario, just take care of business from here on out, get a bye and go from there.

 

[speedracer]

I have no idea why Sean Payton think Taysom Hill should be taking snaps away from Brees.

 

[Ale Xander]

GJGE Jags

 

[Ale Xander]

GJGE Jags

Noooooooooo

 

[Ale Xander]

Ouch. Not disciplined.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Odd of FOX to focus on Philly's secondary injuries. Their secondary hasn't really been a strength to begin with.

Their biggest issue on defense has been the loss of depth at DL, whether to injury (Barnett) or cap cuts/FA (Beau Allen/Vinny Curry).

Their drop in efficiency on offense has been pretty amazing. Even when Foles was out there early on this year, they weren't great.

 

[dcmissle]

We’re not on the team.

For sure. We just hugely emotionally invested.

 

[speedracer]

Eagles OL looks like total dogcrap.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Eagles OL looks like total dogcrap.

Lane Johnson is enjoying himself, that's all that matters.

 

[johnmd20]

SHHH...….they're 7-3, it doesn't matter, you'll see.

You said the Pats losing to those teams was inexcusable. Literally, there is no excuse, as if they were playing a Pop Warner team. Was Pitt tying Cleveland inexcusable? Or do things sometimes happen in the NFL?

I recall the Pats beating KC. So that was just excusable and you only focus on the losses? And this is a team that is 7-3 and in first place.

 

[staz]

Nantz doesn't party. Shocking.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

The Chargers should be contracted. You can’t have a team with no fans.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

That's a remarkably stupid throw by Wentz.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Solid "punt" from Wentz---ball inside the 20.

 

[staz]

QB CONTROVERSY IN PHILLY

 

[speedracer]

Oh if Brees floats that a tiny bit that's a TD

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

Brees is too nice to shove Taysom Hill back to the locker room.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Anyone hear from Lane Johnson recently? Perhaps he's started the obscure radio career he's clearly positioning himself to launch into post-football.

 

[pappymojo]

Nantz doesn't party. Shocking.

Nantz can't dance.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Anyone hear from Lane Johnson recently? Perhaps he's started the obscure radio career he's clearly positioning himself to launch into post-football.

Lane is having fun---that's all that matters.

 

[heavyde050]

Matthews with the nice catch.

 

[speedracer]

Payton's fascination with Taysom Hill is going to bite the Saints in a big spot sometime this season.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Sometimes I try to imagine how we’d feel around here if we had David Johnson at RB and Josh Rosen at QB behind a patchwork OL but saw the offense spend most of its time trying to throw the ball to Not David Johnson.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Payton's fascination with Taysom Hill is going to bite the Saints in a big spot sometime this season.

I suppose.

I think their issue is they lack depth at WR/TE, forcing them to get creative in terms of getting the ball to players other than Ingram, Kamara, and Thomas. Their Dez and now Marshall signings exude desperation on that front. Kamara and Thomas are marvelous players but you will be hard-pressed to get to the Super Bowl without more options.

 

[luckiestman]

Sometimes I try to imagine how we’d feel around here if we had David Johnson at RB and Josh Rosen at QB behind a patchwork OL but saw the offense spend most of its time trying to throw the ball to Not David Johnson.

Pats haven’t had that type of bad coaching since 19 FUCKING 92! At worst, Pete was mediocre.

 

[speedracer]

I suppose.

I think their issue is they lack depth at WR/TE, forcing them to get creative in terms of getting the ball to players other than Ingram, Kamara, and Thomas. Their Dez and now Marshall signings exude desperation on that front. Kamara and Thomas are marvelous players but you will be hard-pressed to get to the Super Bowl without more options.

But with Hill under center, they stick Brees out wide and waste an offensive option.

It'd make a lot more sense to put both Brees and Hill in the backfield and forced the defense to have to worry about defending both the pass and various forms of Hill-related chicanery.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

But with Hill under center, they stick Brees out wide and waste an offensive option.

It'd make a lot more sense to put both Brees and Hill in the backfield and forced the defense to have to worry about defending both the pass and various forms of Hill-related chicanery.

Agreed on this one. He goes to that well too often.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Just wanted to pop in and say that Jacksonville is an embarrassment. Have a great day!

 

[johnmd20]

An unbelievably clean hit by Philly, shoulder to shoulder, avoiding the head completely. Flag.

 

[heavyde050]

Brees is amazing, but his receivers are playing out of this world.

 

[shawnrbu]

You can't even play defense anymore. Make it 2 hand touch.

 

[speedracer]

An unbelievably clean hit by Philly, shoulder to shoulder, avoiding the head completely. Flag.

Yeah, no idea what #24 is supposed to do there.

If this were 10 years ago, receiver and/or defender would have to be carted off the pitch.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Not a penalty

 

[shawnrbu]

Pop up kick done to perfection. BB approves.

 

[heavyde050]

Yeah, that was a bad call on Philly.

 

[BaseballJones]

Yeah, no idea what #24 is supposed to do there.

If this were 10 years ago, receiver and/or defender would have to be carted off the pitch.

So even if the penalty was wrong, the rule is having an effect on player safety then?

 

[BigJimEd]

Yeah, that was a bad call on Philly.

It's the right call now. He's defenseless. Need to get there before the ball and knock it away

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

I suppose.

I think their issue is they lack depth at WR/TE, forcing them to get creative in terms of getting the ball to players other than Ingram, Kamara, and Thomas. Their Dez and now Marshall signings exude desperation on that front. Kamara and Thomas are marvelous players but you will be hard-pressed to get to the Super Bowl without more options.

Tre'quan Smith is good.

 

[Seels]

I can't believe this team beat the Pats.

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

Dan Fouts calls for a targeting penalty every week despite that not being a penalty in the NFL.

 

[shawnrbu]

I can't believe this team beat the Pats.

Foles was throwing dimes. Unlikely Wentz plays as well as Foles did on Black Sunday III.

 

[RedOctober3829]

I can't believe this team beat the Pats.

Frank Reich was a heck of an OC.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

I can't believe this team beat the Pats.

This isn't the team that beat Minny and the Pats in January/February, much less the team that tore through the regular season last year.

 

[johnmd20]

This isn't the team that beat Minny and the Pats in January/February, much less the team that tore through the regular season last year.

It's not even in the same galaxy. They have lost a lot of players, the injuries have been especially bad.

 

[E5 Yaz]

It's not even in the same galaxy. They have lost a lot of players, the injuries have been especially bad.

You don't understand ... they are wearing the same uniforms, ipso facto they are the same team

 

[johnmd20]

You don't understand ... they are wearing the same uniforms, ipso facto they are the same team

I need to get things better.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

It's the right call now. He's defenseless. Need to get there before the ball and knock it away

No, it's not the right call. You can hit a defenseless receiver, as long as you don't do it with your helmet, and you don't hit them above the shoulders. He planted his shoulder right in the guys chest, which is legal. It was just a bad call. The ref clearly thought he made contact with the receiver's helmet, which he didn't.

If that were the rule, then Julio Jones should have gotten called for a personal foul on his hit on a defenseless receiver, when he broke up an interception earlier today.

 

[dcmissle]

It's not even in the same galaxy. They have lost a lot of players, the injuries have been especially bad.

And as usual, the expectations for a key player not named Adrian Peterson coming off a serious knee injury were ... unrealistic.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Rivers is such a moron.

Screen play thrown right into Von Miller’s arms. Didn’t even take a great play. Literally the only thing you can’t do with a 12 point lead against a struggling opponent. Broncos turn it to 6 immediately.

 

[heavyde050]

Just wow with these receivers