The 2017 NFL Season Thread

[MartyS (Gromit)]

It was close at halftime, but a route in the second half.

Eagles lose their kicker in the 2nd quarter, no field goal attempts or extra point tries, they needed to go for it on 4th down and go for 2.  That seemed to work out great, they got touchdowns and 2 point conversions a couple of times when they might have settled for field goals.

[RVR II]

It was close at halftime, but a route in the second half.

Eagles lose their kicker in the 2nd quarter, no field goal attempts or extra point tries, they needed to go for it on 4th down and go for 2.  That seemed to work out great, they got touchdowns and 2 point conversions a couple of times when they might have settled for field goals.

According to stats from last nights game, Dak's Passer Rating vs Eagles Would've Been Higher If He Threw Every Pass Straight Into The Ground

Throwing every pass an incomplete would have resulted in a 39.6 rating, the staple metric achieved by calculated using a player's passing attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns, and interceptions. Prescott finished with a passer rating of 30.4.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Thinking about that rout of the cowchips there is something that has happened several times this season that I haven't seen before, at least not consistently.  When the momentum shifts to the other team the Eagles just go and take it back, it was so obvious in the middle of the first half Sunday night that the momentum had shifted big time, but then the Eagles took it back and ended up scoring 30 unanswered points....


And the game last night, had it on in the background, Falcons tried real hard to give the game to the Seahawks but bad play calls and awful clock management at the end of each half cost them.  It made the game interesting but it wasn't great play by either team.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

And Chip Kelly is back coaching college ball (at UCLA).

He had zero ability to manage adult players, and never took any responsibility for any mistakes, always blaming failure on "execution" (in other words it was always the players fault).   I'm sure he will do fine back where the players tend to treat the coach as a god.

[RVR II]

Watched Thanksgiving games then went in to work that night from 11pm-6am and now I'm ready to watch the Panthers take on the jets in Jersey.
The Bills have been a sorry looking bunch 2 weeks in a row and now play the Chiefs in KC.. If they can't get their act together today, I think their playoff chances are done along with the rest of their season
I'll try to find a live stream of the Bills game but will stop searching if the Bills look like they are getting a 3rd beat down by half time

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Eagles destroyed the Bears, it's going to be disappointing when the Eagles score less than 30....

What has happened to the Chiefs?

[RVR II]

What has happened to the Chiefs?

I dunno but the Bills saved their Playoff hopes for another week
And the Panthers as sloppy as they've played vs the Jets look to pull out the Victory

[RVR II]

Now we just need the Rams to beat the Saints in LA and the Panthers are tied for 1st place in the NFC South

[RVR II]

Now we just need the Rams to beat the Saints in LA and the Panthers are tied for 1st place in the NFC South

AND THEY DID IT!!

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Most Eagles fans were also wanting the Rams to win, to reduce the chances of meeting the Saints in the playoffs.

[RVR II]

Is it really Eli's fault here or the coaching I think it's the latter
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000884762/article/giants-to-start-geno-smith-over-manning-vs-raiders?campaign=fb-nf-sf174608721-sf174608721&sf174608721=1

[RVR II]

ESPN Stats & Info
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Every NFL team has utilized at least 3 different starting QB since Eli Manning's first NFL start in Week 11 of 2004, and every team in the NFC East has used at least 10. The Browns have utilized 24 starting QB in that time.

Wow!!

[MartyS (Gromit)]

ESPN Stats & Info
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@ESPNStatsInfo

Every NFL team has utilized at least 3 different starting QB since Eli Manning's first NFL start in Week 11 of 2004, and every team in the NFC East has used at least 10. The Browns have utilized 24 starting QB in that time.

Wow!!

Every team in the NFC East using 10 is the only number that surprises me.

The Browns number is just hilarious, especially since they could have been the team to draft Carson Wentz.  It must be awful for fans in Cleveland seeing what Wentz is doing in Philly, the geniuses in the Browns head office said Wentz wouldn't be a top 20 QB, they obviously have no idea how to evaluate players.

[RVR II]

Perfect timing!
Right before the big game vs the Saints for #1 in the NFC South
http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Charles-Johnson-suspended-four-games/c1ccfa72-12ff-444d-a019-b15b1f5978a1

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Perfect timing!
Right before the big game vs the Saints for #1 in the NFC South
http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Charles-Johnson-suspended-four-games/c1ccfa72-12ff-444d-a019-b15b1f5978a1

You would think that with the number of times this stuff happens coaches would be constantly reminding players not to take any kind of pill or supplement without checking with the team doctors...  Happens in baseball all the time also.