Week 11 NFL Game Thread

[McBride11]

The Rams/Chargers really have no home field advantage.

So usual LA fans?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Popeye arms on Ekler

 

[Al Zarilla]

Footsteps

 

[E5 Yaz]

Footsteps

Had to be. On the replay, his arms were drawn in for that "don't hit me" pose

 

[McBride11]

New retirement plan - name future kid Mike Williams and he will make the NFL

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Gonna be a long night for the depleted PIT D.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Gonna be a long night for the depleted PIT D.

Awww...

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Collinsworth’s Papa Roethlisberger routine is….something?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Ben's "parental" advice: Do as I say, not as I do?

 

[McBride11]

So beyond hating the Stillers

Are we rooting for SD because we have h2h and if Pitt wins they are now 6-3-1?

I mean we are winning the division, but hypothetically

 

[E5 Yaz]

So beyond hating the Stillers

Are we rooting for SD because we have h2h and if Pitt wins they are now 6-3-1?

I mean we are winning the division, but hypothetically

The Stillers are on that short list of teams that can't lose enough

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

So beyond hating the Stillers

Are we rooting for SD because we have h2h and if Pitt wins they are now 6-3-1?

I mean we are winning the division, but hypothetically

From a pure playoff seeding perspective, it hardly matters. Only thing I can think of is we have tiebreaker vs chargers no matter what; we currently have tiebreaker (conference record) vs Steelers, but that could change, so maybe root for chargers? Hard to say it really matters tho

 

[MuppetAsteriskTalk]

Yikes, not a good look for Jr.

 

[ngruz25]

About as bad a pair of 3rd and 4th down plays from the 2 yard line that you could possibly draw up.

 

[Dollar]

It's close but I think Asante Samuel Jr still makes me feel older than 60-year-old Steve Young does.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

That was pretty ugly there by Pitt.

 

[mr_smith02]

If either of Ben's passes to Claypool had been on the mark the Steelers score there.

 

[McBride11]

Chris - it is REALLY hard to letter in 3 varsity sports in HS. Not everyone can 'just do it' - in fact most people cannot

 

[McBride11]

The Stillers are on that short list of teams that can't lose enough

They get 2 left vs Bal - will be fun to see who has the horseshoe more firmly up their ass

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

I always think it’s funny when QBs pumpfake during a scramble ten yards past the line

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Crazy that this is only the fourth drive of the game and there is five minutes left in the half.

 

[k-factory]

From a pure playoff seeding perspective, it hardly matters. Only thing I can think of is we have tiebreaker vs chargers no matter what; we currently have tiebreaker (conference record) vs Steelers, but that could change, so maybe root for chargers? Hard to say it really matters tho

Theres an argument for rooting for the Chargers and maintaining a shot at the division and having the Chiefs drop to a lower seed and taking away their potential home game

 

[mr_smith02]

QB scramble killing the Steelers

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Herbert looked amazing on that drive.

 

[mr_smith02]

Herbert looked amazing on that drive.

And, Steelers back up defense looked horrible.

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

Theres an argument for rooting for the Chargers and maintaining a shot at the division and having the Chiefs drop to a lower seed and taking away their potential home game

Also true. Thing is, arguments based on stuff like that, or based on Steelers maybe ending up with a tie breaker against us, are kind of ridiculous this early in the season. I want the Chargers to win because I hate the Steelers, and that’s pretty much it

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Tiebreakers with PIT also won’t be relevant because of the tie.

 

[McBride11]

That was pretty ugly there by Pitt.

Followed by the easiest 98 yd drive in NFL history

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

Tiebreakers with PIT also won’t be relevant because of the tie.

Good point

 

[Ralphwiggum]

It's close but I think Asante Samuel Jr still makes me feel older than 60-year-old Steve Young does.

100%. I was already a parent when Samuel was drafted for fucks sake.

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

100%. I was already a parent when Samuel was drafted for fucks sake.

To be fair, Asante Samuel is still only 40

 

[mr_smith02]

Ben has become an average QB at best and the Steelers are not prepared at all for replacing him.

 

[E5 Yaz]

100%. I was already a parent when Samuel was drafted for fucks sake.

Jr was 3 years old when Sr was drafted

 

[Mystic Merlin]

The Steelers don’t have a good rushing offense, but they seem to be a franchise that media types reflexively assume can always run the ball and rush the passer.

 

[kartvelo]

That was a heck of a run by ekeler

 

[mr_smith02]

The Steelers' backup defense is looking very much like a backup defense.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Chargers have had four drives and 315 yards.

 

[mr_smith02]

Chargers have had four drives and 315 yards.

The Steelers are missing five defensive starters: Watt, Fitzpatrick, Dotson, Loudermilk, Haden; It is truly showing tonight.

 

[E5 Yaz]

The Steelers are missing five defensive starters: Watt, Fitzpatrick, Dotson, Loudermilk, Haden; It is truly showing tonight.

... and I don't care

 

[AB in DC]

Andre Roberts is still playing?

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Just a little bit wide...

 

[mr_smith02]

... and I don't care

Yeah, that vibe has been clear from you.

 

[bigq]

Steelers defense is crap.

 

[mr_smith02]

Steelers defense is crap.

The offense is actually worse.

 

[BaseballJones]

For those of us who could not recall holding ever being called against the defense on a running play when it was called on ATL on Thursday, it was just called on LAC a few plays ago.

The Pats got called for it a couple of years ago. Can’t remember the game though.

 

[luckiestman]

That was a really weird third down

 

[moretsyndrome]

Yeah, that vibe has been clear from you.

It’s the correct vibe. Fuck Pittsburgh.

 

[Euclis20]

The Pats got called for it a couple of years ago. Can’t remember the game though.

2017 in the closing seconds against Carolina. Helped set them up for a game-winning FG.

 

[E5 Yaz]

uh-oh

 

[ernieshore]

Damn. Just when I was about to switch over to Curling.