Sunday games thread.

[Novacane]

Which game are you watching? I haven't settled into one yet. I've been going around to all of them. I'll probably focus on the Browns/Bengals in the 2nd half. The 55 million dollar man is a little shaky so far.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

as someone who lived in pittsburgh for 6 years, i am thoroughly enjoying this ass whipping

[cookie G]

Using the YTTV Sunday ticket multiview. Loving it.

4 screens at once. Switch sound with a click.

Niners are crushing the Steel Curtain.. No one in the NFL has better weapons than the Niners. Their defense got a lil sloppy on the last drive of the half.

[Novacane]

It seems the Steelers have some of the most cocky fans.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

It seems the Steelers have some of the most cocky fans.

thus why i hate them
obnoxious, spoiled, arrogant and absolutely every bounce ends up in their favor it seems

[Novacane]

Browns slapping the Bengals around. Looks like a mismatch. Is this good or bad? Are the Browns a contender now or are the Bengals going to take a step back?

[Woodman]

Anybody else watching the Browns Bengals?

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

Browns slapping the Bengals around. Looks like a mismatch. Is this good or bad? Are the Browns a contender now or are the Bengals going to take a step back?

browns are better, but since joe burrow arrived, the bengals just plays poorly against the browns.

[Novacane]

Anybody else watching the Browns Bengals?

I was. Switching to a more competitive game now.

[Woodman]

Browns slapping the Bengals around. Looks like a mismatch. Is this good or bad? Are the Browns a contender now or are the Bengals going to take a step back?

Damn I hope we are watching how the Browns are playing D. :cheers:

That division is gonna be interesting.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

Damn I hope we are watching how the Browns are playing D. :cheers:

That division is gonna be interesting.
They have a familiar defensive coordinator....

[Woodman]

as someone who lived in pittsburgh for 6 years, i am thoroughly enjoying this ass whipping

100% and it's at home! :D

[Woodman]

They have a familiar defensive coordinator....
Always loved the Power the Swartz provides.

[Woodman]

I was. Switching to a more competitive game now.
Colts Jags for me now.

Bucs Vikes might be next.

or now .... Jags pick Richardson.

[imbondz]

Browns slapping the Bengals around. Looks like a mismatch. Is this good or bad? Are the Browns a contender now or are the Bengals going to take a step back?
The Jim Schwartz effect.

[Woodman]

The Jim Schwartz effect.

Wish we had him.

[Novacane]

Great start to the season with KC and Cinci losing games they were favored to win. And even though I didn't view Pittsburgh as a threat I always enjoy watching them get blown out.

[Novacane]

Go Eagles! Go Chargers!

[Woodman]

Titans lose. :D

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Go Eagles! Go Chargers!
Damn right!!! :mbb:

[Novacane]

How did Miami not score with 1rst and goal at the 2? I was disgusted with the way that one started so I turned over to the Eagles/ Pats. 7-0 Chargers now!

[Woodman]

How did Miami not score with 1rst and goal at the 2? I was disgusted with the way that one started so I turned over to the Eagles/ Pats. 7-0 Chargers now!

fumbled it back around the Charger 6 yardline.

Chargers up 7-0

[Novacane]

Mac Jones with the pick 6 :lmao:

[ParanoidAndroid]

NE fumbled on the first play after the pick 6.

Yikes.

[Novacane]

No one will ever convince me BB is not overrated. He was nothing until he got Brady. He's done nothing since he pushed Brady away.

[imbondz]

Beauuutiful pick 6. Lmao

[Novacane]

I hope the Chargers D is just really really bad because Miami's offense making it look easy.

[sukie]

I hope the Chargers D is just really really bad because Miami's offense making it look easy.
Passes middle of field. It works. That’s all the fins do… timing patterns middle slants.

[sahlensguy]

Stupid PI on Chargers. Gifted Dolphins 3.

[Novacane]

Stupid PI on Chargers. Gifted Dolphins 3.

Some of these players are dumber than rocks.

[Woodman]

Stupid PI on Chargers. Gifted Dolphins 3.
Stupid is alive and well in L.A.

[Novacane]

Tony Romo has gotten as bad as Chris Collinsworth. All he does is gush over the players when they make a play.

[sahlensguy]

Stupid is alive and well in L.A.

Stupid just scored a TD. Chargers lead Dolphins by 4.

[Mace]

Browns slapping the Bengals around. Looks like a mismatch. Is this good or bad? Are the Browns a contender now or are the Bengals going to take a step back?
Coaching. The book on the Bengals was to play aggressively against them on D at the end of last year. Still works.

[sahlensguy]

Tyreek looking like early MVP. Unstoppable.

[Mace]

Tyreek looking like early MVP. Unstoppable.

At least as long as Tua stays on his feet.

[Novacane]

Whoever has the ball last is going to win the Miami/LA game.

[sahlensguy]

Jordan Love 38-14 over Tremaine Edmunds so far...

[OpIv37]

NE and Miami both losing but hanging in there with good teams.

Cincy and Pitt both lost big and KC lost oh Thurs. All good news for us.

[sahlensguy]

Chargers by 4 with 4:00 to go.

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NE and Miami both losing but hanging in there with good teams.

Cincy and Pitt both lost big and KC lost oh Thurs. All good news for us.

All we got to do now, is win.

[Novacane]

Hurts with the killer fumble.

[Billscusey]

F’kn Dolphins.

[Novacane]

How the hell do you only rush 3 and still leave Hill 1 on 1. Chargers should just let Miami score and hope to answer.

[Billscusey]

Eagles just refusing to put the Patriots away. Dolphins leading.

[OpIv37]

Tua is going off. That team is going to be a problem.

[Novacane]

At least the LA gets another shot with the ball. FG needed to tie.

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FG to win I mean.

[sukie]

FG will win it for Chargers

[Billscusey]

Chargers crumbling.

[Novacane]

F'n Chargers.

[Billscusey]

Yeah they’re done

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

Chargers crumbling.
It’s what they do

[Novacane]

I'm not a Herbert believer.

[sahlensguy]

How the hell do you only rush 3 and still leave Hill 1 on 1. Chargers should just let Miami score and hope to answer.

McD moment of the game.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

McD moment of the game.
This team is too talented
Staley is ****ing it all up
chargers will definitely have a new head coach in ‘24

[Novacane]

At least Philly hangs on.

[OpIv37]

NE loses but held their own against an excellent Eagles team.

[Billscusey]

At least Philly hangs on.

That game was closer than it EVER should have been.

[Novacane]

NE loses but held their own against an excellent Eagles team.

Mac Jones doesn't worry me even one tiny bit. Philly backed off into prevent defense when they got the 11 point lead. I'll never understand why teams do that when they'd been dominating on D the entire half. NE defense looked good but as long as Mac Jones in NE's QB they don't concern me. Miami on the other hand? Damn Hill is scary.

[Novacane]

It was still a good week. KC and Cinci lost games no one had them losing. Miami won a game it would have been nice to have them lose but them winning is no surprise.

[sahlensguy]

This team is too talented
Staley is ****ing it all up
chargers will definitely have a new head coach in ‘24

Can't put the Dolphins away. Can't put the Chiefs away. Can't wait for Staley to be gone.

[ParanoidAndroid]

NE loses but held their own against an excellent Eagles team.
Philly's redzone play selection and execution was awful. Give some of the credit to good defense but they looked sloppy.

[Woodman]

Chargers defense was a no show.

[Mace]

Yet another mythical game from Khalil Mack. Time to let go of his potential, and stop wanting us to get him.

[Woodman]

NE loses but held their own against an excellent Eagles team.

I bet Bill's telling the squad that right now.

[Woodman]

Yet another mythical game from Khalil Mack. Time to let go of his potential, and stop wanting us to get him.
His days as an impact player have been over for a little while.

[Mace]

NE loses but held their own against an excellent Eagles team.

They don't play bendy defense, even when outmanned. There is a lesson there, imho.

[sahlensguy]

Cowboys starting off how they played last year. With an undisciplined penalty.

[sukie]

This team is too talented
Staley is ****ing it all up
chargers will definitely have a new head coach in ‘24

Or sooner

[Novacane]

Self destructive Giants.

[Novacane]

Giants suck.

[sahlensguy]

Late game, over early.

[Typ0]

Damn this is a blowout. Overall, pretty boring opening day.

[Turf]

Daboll got really lucky last year. How much are they paying Daniel Jones?

[Typ0]

Daboll got really lucky last year. How much are they paying Daniel Jones?

Too much!

[Typ0]

The sad thing is other than the blocked FG returned for six this has been a pretty close game. If the Giants can muster up a TD here they might still be in it.

[Canadian'eh!]

Edmunds showed off his all pro abilities I see. He was burned on a TD again

[Turf]

Edmunds showed off his all pro abilities I see. He was burned on a TD again

I gotta see that.

[Turf]

I just watched every play in that CHI game and I think I saw which one was referred to. He looks the same as he did here. He shadows the other 10 guys and shows up to throw into the pile. Did he make a couple plays? Yeah. But same old Tremaine.

[Mike13]

I'm not a Herbert believer.

He really isn't clutch.

[sahlensguy]

He really isn't clutch.

He was better before Danna crushed his rib week two last year against KC. Life left Herbert a little on that play.

[sahlensguy]

I just watched every play in that CHI game and I think I saw which one was referred to. He looks the same as he did here. He shadows the other 10 guys and shows up to throw into the pile. Did he make a couple plays? Yeah. But same old Tremaine.

Total, meh.

Against Jordan Love, too. A swing and a miss.

Tramaine got in the backfield one play and hit an off balanced ball carrier straight up. Wrapped him up and the runner still got back to the line. Edmunds is just weak.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

The Edmunds obsession in this group is downright creepy at this point

[Mike13]

Yet another mythical game from Khalil Mack. Time to let go of his potential, and stop wanting us to get him.

Gotta give credit to Lamm and Jackson, they nullified those two.
Along with Tua's excellent pocket presence.

[BuffaloBlitz83]

The sad thing is other than the blocked FG returned for six this has been a pretty close game. If the Giants can muster up a TD here they might still be in it.

What? Outside the openning drive the giants offense was lost. 40-0

[Historian]

What? Outside the openning drive the giants offense was lost. 40-0
Yea, that will probably take some of the luster off of Daboll.

[Forward_Lateral]

Most of the teams yesterday looked, well, bad, IMO. Dolphins offense looked great, their defense not so much. Chargers offense looked great, their defense looked like absolute dumpster fire.

Packers and Bears looked like crap. Saints and Titans looked like crap. Ravens looked meh, and Houston is absolutely terrible, again. Commandos and Cardinals sucked. Panthers and Falcons looked awful. Jaguars looked good. 49ers looked like the best team in the NFL. Steelers LOL. Anyone who picked Pickett to do anything this year is a fool. He's terrible. Raiders and Broncos both suck. Rams looked like the Rams of a few years ago.

[notacon]

This team is too talented
Staley is ****ing it all up
chargers will definitely have a new head coach in ‘24

I was surprised Staley was not fired after the total debacle in the playoffs.

That game was the biggest disappointment this week. They let Tyreek Hill do whatever he wanted. How pathetic!!! Herbert **** the bed when crunch time came along.

I stupidly picked the Chargers to beat Miami (http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php/263759-2023-Weekly-Picks?p=5040331&viewfull=1#post5040331). I had a memory fart from the epic collapse vs Jax.

On the other side, I went with Detroit over KC and Browns over Cincy.


It was very gratifying watching Burrow and the Bengals crap all over themselves. The sack by Garrett on 4th and 4 with 10:32 left in the game which put an exclamation point of the Browns dominance was wonderful to watch.

[notacon]

Most of the teams yesterday looked, well, bad, IMO. Dolphins offense looked great, their defense not so much. Chargers offense looked great, their defense looked like absolute dumpster fire.

Packers and Bears looked like crap. Saints and Titans looked like crap. Ravens looked meh, and Houston is absolutely terrible, again. Commandos and Cardinals sucked. Panthers and Falcons looked awful. Jaguars looked good. 49ers looked like the best team in the NFL. Steelers LOL. Anyone who picked Pickett to do anything this year is a fool. He's terrible. Raiders and Broncos both suck. Rams looked like the Rams of a few years ago.

A fairly typical week #1 in the NFL.

I’m extremely cautious on what to glean, good or bad, for any team in week 1 for the rest of the season.

I suspect much of this is the result of the training camp being more like nursery school than getting ready for a NFL football season....mainly in a response to the 17 game regular season. The last CBA (2020) had these changes for training camp as highlighted by ESPN (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28901832/nfl-cba-approved-players-get-new-deal-how-expanded-playoffs-schedule-work)...


How's training camp going to work under the new deal?

The players got some concessions here as well, although not to the extent that vocal anti-17-gamers (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28789027/aaron-rodgers-no-vote-cba-based-packers-teammates) such as Aaron Rodgers (https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8439/aaron-rodgers) were seeking in last week's meeting with NFL owners. There will be a limit of 16 padded practices in camp, and no more than three in a row. (The previous limit was 28, and no restrictions on consecutive days except built-in days off.) There will be a five-day "acclimation period" at the start of camp with restrictions on the types of activities permitted. After the acclimation period, players can be on the field for no more than four hours per day between their two practices, and no practice can last longer than 2.5 hours. Players are not allowed to be at the team facility for more than 12 hours in any given day, and that number decreases in subsequent seasons. And in any 17-game season, players will get a mandatory "bye week" after the third preseason game.

Teams also are not permitted to add any padded practices in the regular season once the season expands to 17 games.


Couple this with tens of millions of dollars being spent on the best players, they hardly get any game level work before the season starts as teams (smartly) would rather put them in bubble wrap and wait to expose them to real football until the games count.

In today’s NFL, it’s more realistic to judge the first few games of the season as the real “preseason”.

[Novacane]

I was surprised Staley was not fired after the total debacle in the playoffs.

That game was the biggest disappointment this week. They let Tyreek Hill do whatever he wanted. How pathetic!!! Herbert **** the bed when crunch time came along.

I stupidly picked the Chargers to beat Miami (http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php/263759-2023-Weekly-Picks?p=5040331&viewfull=1#post5040331). I had a memory fart from the epic collapse vs Jax.

On the other side, I went with Detroit over KC and Browns over Cincy.


It was very gratifying watching Burrow and the Bengals crap all over themselves. The sack by Garrett on 4th and 4 with 10:32 left in the game which put an exclamation point of the Browns dominance was wonderful to watch.


That was the worst part. He got a huge contract to go get his team a FG and win games like that. If the game had been reversed Tua would have.