Week 9 Gamethread

[DeadlySplitter]

NATIONAL BROADCASTS

• Thursday Night: Philadelphia @ Houston (Amazon)
• Sunday Night: Tennessee @ Kansas City (NBC)
• Monday Night: Baltimore @ New Orleans (ESPN)

https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2022&wk=9

 

[BusRaker]

Aside from Titans / Chiefs Henry - Homes heavyweight I'm trying to decide if all of the games are bad or they're all good. Welcome to NFL parity

I don't see the Jets competing with the Bills although it's 6-1 vs 5-3 in the Meadowlands.

In other news SMU_SOX seems quite clairvoyant as thus far the NFC is 2 games up over the AFC

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

The Eagles have the easiest remaining schedule. They could actually pull this off.

 

[Silverdude2167]

The Eagles have the easiest remaining schedule. They could actually pull this off.

I feel like they have also had the easiest schedule so far.

That was what was truly amazing of the 07 team, that was a hard schedule and they just rolled...

 

[Justthetippett]

The Eagles have the easiest remaining schedule. They could actually pull this off.

I think they’ll lose at least one divisional game.

 

[johnmd20]

Michael Thomas out for the rest of the year.

He has absolutely robbed New Orleans. 10 games in 3 full seasons. 0 last year and 3 this year.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Michael Thomas out for the rest of the year.

He has absolutely robbed New Orleans. 10 games in 3 full seasons. 0 last year and 3 this year.

Really sucks. He was such a great WR. Of course, they immediately replace him with another stud in Olave.

 

[Granite Sox]

The BeastMode segments crack me up. He’s a real one, that’s for sure.

”Oh daaaaamn… I’m watchin’ a guy moonwalk on the moon!” (They’re not on the moon; they’re on the ISS.)

 

[Mystic Merlin]

‘Their special back Dameon Pierce.’

Legit had to look up who the hell he was. There is nothing to care about with Houston.

 

[RIrooter09]

I think they’ll lose at least one divisional game.

I think they’ll lose at Dallas.

 

[ngruz25]

Jets kicker slips and falls on the opening kickoff, kicks the ball about 10 yards. Never seen that happen before.

 

[johnmd20]

8 posts for the Thursday night game. Houston.

Anyway, the Jets kicker falls on the kickoff. It was funny. Bills have the ball on the Jets 10.

 

[johnmd20]

And then Allen throws an all time bad INT.

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Horrible INT, which I thoroughly enjoyed

 

[mauf]

I don't see the Jets competing with the Bills although it's 6-1 vs 5-3 in the Meadowlands.

Jets are a good team except for the QB position. They would be a fringe contender if they had an Alex Smith-type game manager. Weakness at QB is obviously fatal to any chances at contention, but the Jets will hang with anyone in games where Wilson doesn’t beat himself.

 

[mauf]

If there are 70,000 people in the stadium in Chicago, then 69,990 of them knew the Dolphins were going to run on that TD. The other 10 were the Bears’ defensive players, minus one LB who correctly read the play and couldn’t make the tackle.

 

[mauf]

Marcedes Lewis is still alive?

 

[johnmd20]

Rodgers INT in the Red Zone. Not unhappy about that.

 

[johnmd20]

Allen scores a TD but they overturn it for some reason. Ball on the inch line.

 

[johnmd20]

Allen sneaks it in.

 

[luckiestman]

Allen too good. Jets D did a decent job and Allen has a 4 pt run (would have been held to fg). Bills had fumble luck in earlier play. Rankings stripped Allen. Rankins and Moseley hurt.

 

[johnmd20]

Bears run, run, 3rd and 10, Fields miracle and unbelievable run for a first.

Bears run, run, 3rd and 10, Fields pass for a first down.

I don't know, maybe, you know, try something else on first and second? Nah, why do that?

 

[luckiestman]

My boy Zach looks like he has a left leg injury. Hope just a sprained ankle

 

[Mugsy’s Walk-Off Bunt]

You're better off. Jets coaching staff forced to STOP THROWING THE BALL WITH ZACH.

 

[johnmd20]

My boy Zach looks like he has a left leg injury. Hope just a sprained ankle

That's good news for the Jets.

 

[mauf]

My boy Zach looks like he has a left leg injury. Hope just a sprained ankle

It’s very rare for me to root for an injury, and Zach Wilson is nowhere near that for me — I could give a fuck that he’s banging his mom’s best friend or whatever. But I think the Jets would be a better team with Mike White under center.

 

[luckiestman]

He looks ok

 

[mauf]

He looks ok

What do you think about Wilson? Does he give the Jets the best chance to win now? If not, has he flashed enough potential that he should be the starter anyway?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Packers running a master class in stupidity right now giving their big back who has been terrible this season multiple tries from the 1 instead of just giving their best player the ball.

Now Kaaron with his second red zone pick of the day, this time o. 4th and 1 lol.

 

[johnmd20]

It’s very rare for me to root for an injury, and Zach Wilson is nowhere near that for me — I could give a fuck that he’s banging his mom’s best friend or whatever. But I think the Jets would be a better team with Mike White under center.

Zach Wilson is a legitimately bad QB. And he's injury prone.

He might have a career as a backup because of the arm. But he's terrible, he's never done anything. At least the other slobs from 2021 have done something at least once.

 

[johnmd20]

Packers running a master class in stupidity right now giving their big back who has been terrible this season multiple tries from the 1 instead of just giving their best player the ball.

Coaches LOVE not using their best players.

It is constantly baffling.

 

[johnmd20]

Lol Rodgers. Lol LaFleur.

Terrible calls on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, bad pass on 4th, INT, Green Bay is hilarious.

 

[luckiestman]

What do you think about Wilson? Does he give the Jets the best chance to win now? If not, has he flashed enough potential that he should be the starter anyway?

Huge talent but plays like he needs adhd medication. That sounds humorous but I’m not really joking. If he can quiet his mind he can be good. I don’t know if he can.

 

[mauf]

Huge talent but plays like he needs adhd medication. That sounds humorous but I’m not really joking. If he can quiet his mind he can be good. I don’t know if he can.

That’s interesting. Sounds like a problem that’s fixable over time.

Trevor Lawrence is playing much better than Wilson, and has made a few critical mistakes a veteran wouldn’t, but he has also shown some accuracy challenges that I’m not sure are fixable. Is a guy who has been throwing a football for so long suddenly going to get better at it?

 

[johnmd20]

Huge talent but plays like he needs adhd medication. That sounds humorous but I’m not really joking. If he can quiet his mind he can be good. I don’t know if he can.

Huge talent? In what regard?

I'm not trying to be a douche but nothing Wilson has done has shown he has any talent. He has no talent on the run, he has no talent in the pocket, and he has no talent under pressure. He has a great arm, but plenty of guys have arms.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Coaches LOVE not using their best players.

It is constantly baffling.

And frankly I’m not sure this particular piece of conventional wisdom makes much sense. Sure, a big back can push a pile but give me the quick guy who can get up to speed quickly and shift to where the spaces are.

 

[luckiestman]

Jets D was playing very well again and then they give up a 36 yard run on an obvious QB run

 

[johnmd20]

The Bears are awesome. Still.

Run, run, Fields miracle run for a first.
Run, run, Fields miracle pass for a first.
Run, end around,(LOL) now 3rd and 10 again.

 

[johnmd20]

And then Fields to Mooney on a really impressive throw and catch for a TD.

 

[mauf]

And frankly I’m not sure this particular piece of conventional wisdom makes much sense. Sure, a big back can push a pile but give me the quick guy who can get up to speed quickly and shift to where the spaces are.

This piece of conventional wisdom lives on because it’s incontrovertibly true at lower levels of the sport. In high school, handing the ball to a 200-pound kid with a nasty disposition in a short-yardage situation instead of handing it to the usual halfback makes all the sense in the world. Unless the “big kid” is someone like Ironhead Hayward, however, this isn’t a winning strategy in the NFL. And I think NFL coaches are more influenced by those formative experiences than they should be.

It’s similar to the persistent belief in baseball that a pitcher should work quickly to keep the defense on its toes, even though there’s ample evidence that pro defenders can handle the delay and that holding the ball is the best way to control the running game.

 

[mauf]

You can dig up any number of posts I’ve made in this forum about clock management being an overrated attribute of a head coach, but damn, that’s an epic fail by McDaniel there. Wasted 20 seconds before calling a timeout that needed to be called immediately, without even attempting a hurry-up.

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

Packers being shut out at the half against the Lions. Hilarious

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

This piece of conventional wisdom lives on because it’s incontrovertibly true at lower levels of the sport. In high school, handing the ball to a 200-pound kid with a nasty disposition in a short-yardage situation instead of handing it to the usual halfback makes all the sense in the world. Unless the “big kid” is someone like Ironhead Hayward, however, this isn’t a winning strategy in the NFL. And I think NFL coaches are more influenced by those formative experiences than they should be.

It’s similar to the persistent belief in baseball that a pitcher should work quickly to keep the defense on its toes, even though there’s ample evidence that pro defenders can handle the delay and that holding the ball is the best way to control the running game.

OK that totally checks out and not something I would have thought about, but makes sense for sure.

 

[johnmd20]

Mixon has 4 TDs in one half.

That's awesome.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Panthers with one of the most pathetic halves of football you’ll ever see

 

[luckiestman]

So weird watching Jets play competitive ball

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Mixon has 4 TDs in one half.

That's awesome.

Unless you’re playing against him in fantasy football

 

[johnmd20]

Unless you’re playing against him in fantasy football

I am starting C Patterson and he just had a 35 yard TD run wiped off the board with a flag. So frustrating.

 

[johnmd20]

Embedded ref for the Football Team takes out the Minny safety and Samuel catches a miracle TD hail mary.

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

Ref in Commanders game just tricked a Vikings defender which allowed Curtis Samuel to catch a long td

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Chargers defender just unmanned Drake London. Technically a fumble but basically ripped the ball out of his hands.