They'd be a really strong team overall if not for Blake Bortles. They seriously need to get someone better under center. Anyone.
Eagles are looking real impressive, with Wentz having one heck of a solid season. Philly at 5-1, how long can they keep it up? The Panthers meanwhile are real unlucky to have lost first Olsen and now Kuechly. That's two of their three best players.
As a Texan fan, I'm against this. Titans have a good o-line but no QB, Texans have a crap o-line and a good QB, it's certainly made a difference. If Watson actually had a decent o-line in front of him, the Texans would be hell to stop. As it is, with rookie QBs being what they are, I don't know what to predict for the rest of the season for the Texans, except that they will score more than they used to.
Aaron Rodgers is out with a broken collarbone. That changes the balance of power in the NFC considerably.
It certainly helps the Lions and the Vikings chances at the division. The Bears won't be able to take advantage. The Bears blew an 11 point lead with 3:00 to go and pulled off an OT win, but they're still the Bears.
My skins squeaked one out against SF. Should never have been that close, honestly. I think they went into the game underestimating how pissed off SF is about having been 0-5 and they were looking to shit on someone's rug in their own house. They almost succeeded and the Skins almost let them. Scares me for the rest of the season. Skins better have their act together soon, they're going back to MNF against NFC-E leaders in Philly. Going to be a tough game next week. A shame about Rodgers, though. I really like him. That probably knocks him (and Green Bay) out for the rest of the season.
Surprised that the 0 - 5 Giants beat the Broncos in Denver tonight. Thought it would be a rout. Mike Sullivan calling plays instead of Ben McAdoo did a fine job. Now what?
Everyone in Denver was surprised, including probably the Giants! And much like SF's attempted performance in Washington (albeit the Skins pulling out a squeaker of a win), Giants were pissed about being the dregs of the league and were determined to shit on someone's rug in their own house. Giants spectacularly succeeded where SF failed. Broncos likely went into it with a not-too-healthy respect for the former multi-Superbowl champions and thought it would be a rout, too, without having to break much of a sweat. They won't make that mistake again!
The Raiders are a good example of the value of coaching in the league. They went from one of the bet offencses in the league last season to one of the worst this season after losing their offensive coordinator to Denver in the off season. But our defense is playing a bit better because Del Rio made John Pagano a kind of "assistant" DC to Ken Norton. Promoting Todd Downing to OC is looking like a big mistake that is not likely to get rectified in the off season unless this season gets a lot worse. We need to get rid of Norton in the off season, promote Pagano, and spring for a quality corner and middle linebacker. I think offensively it is a coaching issue rather than personnel. Four losses in a row. No one anticipated this.
Colts blow it in Nashville. Why am I surprised? They're the worst second half team in the league. Their record this season at the end of first halves: 4-1-1. Second halves? 0-6. We become the Browns as soon as that second quarter finishes. It's almost like we're playing with some handicap where the other team is allowed to make tactical adjustments at halftime, but we're not. What is Pagano telling these guys?
Surprisingly, the Bears won again. No real contribution from Trubisky, but 2 defensive TD's from Eddie Jackson and an otherwise inept Carolina offense.
I picked the Bears in my office pool this week. Had a feeling.... My Rams played just about a perfect game today in London. The most complete and dominant performance in many years.
Still reeling from the Raiders' rather shocking win against the Chiefs on Thursday night. Got so caught up in the Dodgers' game, I forgot about the Raiders. Had to rely on highlights. Looked like the offense rediscovered Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree. Defense looked the same -- not ready for prime time. O line played better as well. The placement of this game had the Raiders complaining during the off season. Ironically, getting the Chiefs on a Thursday night at home gave the team a reason to get fired up for the first time this season.
Poor Broncos. 21-0 shutout against the Chargers. It seems to be the Peyton Manning curse. The wheels fell off the Colts wagon after he left and now we’re seeing the same thing with the Broncos.
So Justin Timberlake is confirmed as the halftime act for Super Bowl LII. I guess it's not that hard to change the channel for 30 minutes or so...