Week 9 Discussion Thread

[revo]

Gruden just said about Reuben Randle "they gotta get him some relief to help him get off." I swear to god.

[Pogues]

Gruden just said about Reuben Randle "they gotta get him some relief to help him get off." I swear to god.

So....Gruden was the true players' coach?

[Pogues]

LOL...nah. He's just a typical rich guy who thinks that just because he has money, he's smart and everything should go his way. Not the true evil that is Belichick...

I'm with Erik on this one...Snyder is scum.

[Judge Jude]

PLAYOFFS

AFC
Patriots 7-2
Bengals 5-2-1
Colts 6-3
Broncos 6-2
Others .500 or better: Steelers 6-3, Bills 5-3, Dolphins 5-3, Chiefs 5-3, Browns 5-3, Chargers 5-4, Ravens 5-4

NFC
Eagles 6-2
Lions 6-2
Saints 4-4
Cardinals 7-1
Others .500 or better: Cowboys 6-3, Packers 5-3, Seahawks 5-3, 49ers 4-4

CHASING No. 1 PICK
0-8 - Raiders
1-8 - Jaguars, Jets, Buccaneers
2-6 - Falcons, Titans
3-6 - Redskins

[Judge Jude]

WEEK 10

BYE: Patriots (7-2), Colts (6-3), Chargers (5-4), Texans (4-5), Vikings (4-5), Redskins (3-6)

THURS
BROWNS (5-3) at BENGALS (5-3)

SUN EARLY
Dolphins (5-3) at Lions (6-2)
Chiefs (5-3) at Bills (5-3)
49ers (4-4) at Saints (4-4)
Titans (2-6) at Ravens (5-4)
Steelers (6-3) at Jets (1-8)
Cowboys (6-3) vs Jaguars (1-8) in London
FALCONS (2-6) at BUCCANEERS (1-8)

SUN LATER
RAMS (3-5) at CARDINALS (7-1)
Giants (3-5) at Seahawks (5-3)
BRONCOS (6-2) at RAIDERS (0-8)

SUN NITE
BEARS (3-5) at PACKERS (5-3)

MON NITE
Panthers (3-5-1) at Eagles (6-2)

[Judge Jude]

epic disasters across the board for the entire NFC East this past week or two

Eli must be a great fantasy QB, though - down 23 with 5 minutes left, still padding the stats with another TD. what the heck - he never gets hurt

[revo]

Should have said "they gotta get him a new brain to help him be worth a shit." Randle is pretty much just stealing a paycheck at this point (like much of the rest of the Giants offense). He looked like an embarrassment out there.


Edit: As terrible as Randle looked (and has looked pretty much all year), Odell Beckham has looked equally good.

Just saw that Randle is on pace for 76-740-4 with a whopping 134 targets. I can't even remember a less efficient effort than that.

I agree. It's like him and Preston Parker have no idea what the playbook is or what play they're running. Manning is having a very good season despite these boobs.

[Erik]

Gruden just said about Reuben Randle "they gotta get him some relief to help him get off." I swear to god.

Jon Gruden: The Tobias Funke of announcers.

[Erik]

I agree. It's like him and Preston Parker have no idea what the playbook is or what play they're running. Manning is having a very good season despite these boobs.

Jernigan looked equally clueless before going on IR. Do the Giants have a penchant for drafting dumb WRs, or is the playbook overly complicated and confusing?

[Erik]

epic disasters across the board for the entire NFC East this past week or two

Eh, I had penciled in @ARI as a loss for the Eagles, and they were in control for most of the game and would have won it if not for boneheaded plays by Nick Foles, Josh Huff and Nate Allen. If they can go 2-2 over the four-game stretch of @ARI, @HOU, vs. CAR and @GB, I'll be thrilled.

[Judge Jude]

I was thinking of the Eagles QB getting hurt, out for weeks, months?

[Erik]

I was thinking of the Eagles QB getting hurt, out for weeks, months?

He wasn't playing that well. Ryans is the much bigger loss.

[Erik]

ElD, it's totally doable, but plenty of equally dreadful teams have pulled one win out of their ass. Remember the 1980 Saints, whose fans invented the bag-on-head-out-of-embarrassment thing.

[revo]

CHASING HISTORY:

The Oakland Raiders are in beast mode, attempting to become only the second team in NFL history to lose all their games in a 16 game season.

Here's the rest of their schedule:

vs. Denver
@ San Diego
vs. Chiefs
@ Rams
vs. 49ers
@ Chiefs
vs. Bills
@ Denver


You see any wins in there? I see a sliver of hope here or there (Bills? San Diego?) but generally a sea of losses and a steady march toward ignominy and history.

They also have the second worst Rushing yards per game in almost 70 years.

[Judge Jude]

Peyton Manning is used to sitting out Game 17s