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Detroit is the biggest favorite they’ve ever been in the playoffs since 1949, we’ll see if the Lions are the SOL
The Raiders have hired Antonio Pierce as their permanent HC, he was 5-4 as the interim HC, I wish him the best of luck, seems like a great leader and good dude.
Behind the bullshit ESPN paywall head coaching predictions: HC predictions, BB to ATL, Brian Callahan Ben Gals OC to Panthers (good luck with that dipshit owner), Raiders, Pierce (correct before they named him), Harby to Chargers, Vrabel to Seattle, Aaron Glenn to TN, and Ben Johnson to Washington.
The 49ers and Ravens are both 9.5 point favorites this weekend over GB and Houston. The Lions are 6.5 point favorites over the Bucs. For the first time in his career Pat Mahomes will play an actual road game and is an underdog as the Bills are 2.5 point favorites over the Chiefs. I hope the game ends with another stupid Chief player making horribly stupid penalty to lose. Also, if you were to ask which #1 seed was most likely to lose, its Baltimore. Houston is legit and Stroud can strait up ball.
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This is hilarious… CBS article on Diggs last night, and the picture in the article shows him in a Vikings uniform. WTF?
https://new.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/bills-stefon-diggs-drop-highlights-rough-end-to-2023/
Diggs had 3 catches on 8 targets for 21 yards. Any interviews with him after the game?
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Josh Allen after Bills’ loss: One play doesn’t define a game or season.
It does to the fans. Especially the guy crying in the stands 20 mn after the game.
Almost feel bad for Buffalo, then I remember what a diva Diggs is, and I am fine with this outcome.
So Allen is a loser?
I am not saying that.
He has a 5-4 playoff record, so already 4 more playoff wins than your favorite QB.
I am saying that to the fans, sometimes one play does define the season.
Taking a knee in 1998. Favre throwing an INT instead of running for the first down, FG wide left vs Seattle, and last season’s 4th and 8.
To the fans, especially fans that paid to attend games all season, if the last playoff game is close, the last major play will be remembered and will define the season.
OK, well I guess fans have to accept reality, or live in persistent misery. Every season “ends badly” for all but one team.
Yes, and the finality of a close playoff loss does actually define the season for most fans that I know.
Josh Allen is a very good qb, but the team has holes.
I expect both home teams to win next weekend, and would not label any of the 8 QBs that played this weekend losers, and that includes Baker, the worst of the 8 by a decent margin.
I’m sick of KC. I’ll be cheering for Baltimore next week.
Careful, the Swifties will be after you.
Down goes Buffalo.
Let the Diggs meltdown/rant begin.
Ugh.
Sorry still here, Bills gifted BIG TIME. Homer call. He was down.
Bills missed tying FG.
Chiefs ball 90s left.
Commenting closed, logged out WTF is with this site? Fine, i’m out.
It happens to all of us.
Check the little box where it says “Remember this account” or something like that when you log in next time, could take care of this problem.
Kelce grabs, cut to Swift. Kelce scores, cut to Swift.
Sick of it.
Here’s a good idea… let’s not cover Kelce at all…
Chiefs get the stop…
KC D needs to step up.
Bills have had the ball for 5 minutes longer than the Chiefs already…
Chiefs can’t run stop. Keeps Mahomies on bench.
I have been told here (repeatedly) wins and losses are on the QB.
LOL. Think Bills got this one. Bills@Ravens. Book it.
Doing that Jinxing thing again?
Think 9er game is late game next week. Make sense? That be like a 830 kickoff out east. About 330 AM for poor Hun.
Yeah, that’s a game I probably will not watch.
FFS, now Travis is in the booth. Hope they show some game.
Meant brother, forgot name.
Looks like Lions gonna win, good for their fans, they’ve had to endure like 30 years of sucktitude.
Baker buckled
Baker pulls a Love,
2nd Int with 90s left to kill last chance drive.
I’m telling you, Baker can only make one read…
Think he only makes 3-4 mil, would you take as a fill for our QBOTF? Granted, Bucs prob resign at higher price.
Naw,
we already got Mullins, Baker isn’t much of an upgrade.
This is true.
Doesn’t matter. No one we bring in will be anywhere near Cousins level. We’re about to regress at QB no matter what KAM does.
Always liked KC. Never liked contract but this qb insanity is everywhere. 2 years perhaps at something reasonable? FFS, he has like a 102.1 QBR since being a Vike and getting his lunch handed to him for shit O-line play.
He has been an excellent QB for the two teams he’s played on. He wanted to stay with the Redskins, but Bruce Allen didn’t want him. He wants to stay with the Vikings but KAM just isn’t going to make him an offer he can accept. So he’ll move on and do well somewhere else.
How many Swift shots tonight boys? Got a over/under?
Why the heck did Tampa feel the need to go for 2 there??
Campbell-itis?
That would make sense for the Loins.
Not sure that Tampa has been infected with it.
Was thinking they outsmarted themselves a bit.
Done with this game.
Liked Tirico call on Campbell. Dan Gamble. Hope it bites him in the ass with a loss.
Bucs D can’t do shit.
Lions can’t either
Actually, i think Bucs really suck.
Not sure who best match is for Ravens. Lamar with 100 yds rushing? WTF? Cheer for Bills.
I want the Bills to lose in dramatic fashion so Diggs can have another meltdown.
LOL. I thought of that!
Me too – Bills got to much media BS about them.
Is Mayfield making any reads today? Or is he still just going to the first guy?
Lions pass defense is trash – as bad if not worse than ours.
Well, i’ll feel better if kitties get crushed by 9ers. See their fans cry. Am i heartless?
I would just as well that they got beaten by the Bucs in the last seconds at home.
Both work but sooner rather than later for me.
I’m worse. I want to see division foes lose. And Rub salt in the wound too.
Just noticed a new feature on this blog. The word underlines purple now for auto correct instead of blue.
Good job Ben
Justin Thomas has hit the ball into the water twice on second shots on par 5’s. Two huge mistakes.
Zebras ain’t doing the Lions any favors.
Lions with 134 total yards of offense in the first half. Goff threw for 99 yards, and took one sack for 4 yards. Baker with 181 yards and 2 sacks for 17 yards.
Watching the golf tournament on TV.
‘Watching the golf tournament on TV’
BD activities for old folks?
My condolences.
#snicker
Laughing… my wife took me to lunch at the Capitol Grill yesterday for my BD. This morning she made me a nice breakfast in bed. Made me a hot pastrami sammich for lunch, and roasted chicken is on the menu for dinner tonight. She bought me two new golf outfits too. I’m having a great day!
Damn – and that’s just the stuff you can tell us about.
Laughing
Spoiled brat.
Yes, but I’m self-aware.
Reminded again how Mullens threw for over 800 yards in two games against Lion’s defense.
If I was the Bucs, I’d throw every play at #1 Detroit CB.
How many picks he throw?
1 so far, but he has a chance at a 2nd here in the last 2m ala Love.
Bucs tie it up with 15 seconds to go, should be an entertaining 2nd half.
10 all into the half.
Shut kittie fans up for now.
Ragnow rolled up on, can’t lose him.
Mayfield likes to through high heat. Bucs eff up, time left for kitties. Ugh…
Goff throws down, Baker throws up.
I hate throwing up, leaves a terribad taste in my mouth.
Agreed 😂
Stick to beer then and lay off the hard stuff.
Right, cuz nobody spews beer, ever!
Na – never. just clensing ale. Good for tummy.
Doesn’t look too promising for the Bucs so far.
Think they had their SB.
Kind of The Puckers at Dallas?
Correct.
Bucs need at least 3, ball 2nd half.
FTL.
I can agree with that.
Zero pressure on Goff. Won’t work.
That is true of about any NFL QB.
Even Dobby/Hall/Mullins.
And covering TE’s, not to mention WR’s, with LB’s just won’t get it.
Have to blitz more iguess. Risky but the last series pretty bad.
Yeah, TE’s using them.
Yup.
Yep. I want the Bucs to win.
They won’t though.
My NFCN hatred shows it’s ugly head once in awhile.
INT, penalties. Bad Bucs start.
Held them to a FG despite the Refs help.
Could have been worse.
Should’ve had that pick.
Baker ends opening drive with an Int,
Almost like watching the Vikings.
Watching a bit remotely from computer, looked like receiver didn’t help much.
Bad luck for Baker. Threw the ball a bit too hard probably, but the receiver sure didn’t help.
Read an article about Devante Adams wanting Kirk as a Raider…I don’t see it….
The Falcons I see.
Probably more likely answer a question.
‘Would you want KC as your QB in LV??’
And he answered ‘sure, love to have him’.
Political answer more likely than not.
True…might be a political answer.
Nope. Adams was asked which quarterback in the NFL he would like to play with and he gave this response.
“I like a Kirk Cousins,” Adams said. “I think Kirk Cousins is a really good quarterback”.
‘Kirk Cousins is a really good quarterback’
Must have been ‘sarcasm’ as we have been informed here multiple times a day how bad KC is.
Pillocks gonna pillock…
I could see that from a football perspective, but I don’t see Kirk wanting to live in sin city.
Are any cities attractive in The New World?
I like Boise.
They have a NFL franchise? Hangin SoCal, getting closer.
Nope, Boise St (aka Blue Football Field) is the biggest football game in town.
Yeah!!
You had your chances.
Puker nation……
Losing is suppose to ‘sting’/hurt/be painful.
It is easier to get past/over a blowout than a tight loss. So hopefully the pain of this loss sticks with them a long time.
Kind of how all the coulda/shoulda/woulda games we have lost over the last couple of years.
Think they were close to perhaps going to SB.
You were predicting that last night.
Just to jinx them of course.
Pull out all the stops baby. I would have favored them over lions/Bucs.
Would have meant 3 consecutive playoff road game underdog wins.
Even I would have had to give them credit for pulling that off.
Glad that it is not required of me.
They lost, all i care. Glad Love shined last half of season. Think he can be a FA 2025. Pukes will try and low ball extend him this off season. Hope he holds out and milks them.
QB threw two picks, and the Packers failed on a 4th and 1 in the RZ, that’s the difference in the game.
Not to mention to missed FGs.
HBD NVF, didn’t know. (i’m to the point i hate to be reminded)
BDs were never big in my family growing up, 1 family present and got to choose the menu for dinner. Now it is just a number to remember when asked.
But other people get into it and think it is important so I try not to judge.
Same. To me it was just another day at the office.
My current family has 3 BDs close together, mine included, so we combine them into a family dinner/get together. Closest thing I ever had to a BD Party.
And even then I consider it’s for the Niece/Nephew and just put up with my part.
Thanks Norseman… I have a calendar on my computer that keeps me straight. Too old to rememberize anything anymore.
Someone smart said this earlier this week and was called a dumdum. Hes actually a smart smart.
so we should trade all of our 5-7 round draft picks to try to get a 4th?
I like it.
We’ll trade our 11th for 5 7’s and a 8th.
I think we should trade all of our draft picks for some quality vets.
That way we don’t have to worry about KAM screwing up the picks.
Solid point.
Not opposed to that at all.
Happy Birthday NLNVF,
Remember Government Studies have shown that the more Birthdays you have the longer you live. So have as many as you can.
(didn’t want to post way down there where no-one would see it)
Hey SoCal, thanks! I attribute my many years to the fact that I haven’t died yet!
Appreciate the well wishes for sure!
Staying alive becomes a habit.
One only needs to break that habit once though in order to move on, as we all must eventually.
I hope to be killed in my 90s when caught in the act by a jealous husband.
#grin
My favorite death plan at one point, was to have a heart attack at climax with Raquel Welch…
So coming and going at the same time??
#chuckles
Laughing… indeed.
Welch is getting old…make sure you bring lube.
He did say ‘at one point’ so I doubt it was recent.
And Raquel was ‘all that’ back in the day.
Game was tighter than i cared for last night until Love did a Favre. All well, result all that matters. Wonder if any hangovers in Wisc today?
Did Love choke? Or just just tried to play “hero ball” at the wrong moment?
Forgot down and distance but there was time to get in FG range.
Seemed to do it a few times over the last few weeks and got away with it – but not yesterday.
First pick was a standard throw across the middle about 6 yards downfield that he threw high and behind. The second pick was, IDK, just trying to force something that wasn’t there. The throw wasn’t accurate and the decision was absolutely terrible.
5 games left til mock hell.
Lots of mocks already spinning… do you have any draft “favorites”?
My knowledge (amongst other things) of college players non-existent. Perhaps that’s why they bore me more than most.
Same. I watch very little college football. I don’t “follow” any college players. So, no knowledge whatsoever to draw on, and I have found listening to pundits is a complete waste of time. Remember that chick that asked Bowles what he was doing to prepare the Bucs to play in the bad weather in Detroit? Yeah… that’s why I don’t don’t put any stock into what the media says. Those people don’t know anything.
LOL. Maybe she was talking about bus ride to Ford stadium.
Bowles is nothing if not classy, his could have completely roasted her, but he actually gave an answer that wasn’t meant to completely embarrass her. More than likely she isn’t a sports reporter to begin with.
I have to give it to Bowles in that regard, I might have said, “if you’re that dumb, you need to go find something else to do for a living, instead of bothering me with idiocy like that”. Grin.
If I was a smart guy, I might be able to come up with something better than ‘mock hell.’
Not so, so that is a great term for expressing it. Makes watching schuffle board enjoyable.
Justin Thomas shot 11 under yesterday, and lost ground to the leader, who shot 12 under. Tough times for the Justin… grin.
FTP lose last night. They we’re playing pretty well, especially offensively where they moved the ball pretty easily ftmp, but they had a couple stalled drives in the red zone, otherwise the game could’ve gotten out of hand early. Thankfully for the 9ers though, it was only a 7 point game late in the third when Love started to suck. He threw a bad pass high and behind Kraft that got tipped and picked, leading to the 3 points that we’re ultimately the difference in the game. Then on their final drive down by 3 with plenty of time to get in FG range, he inexplicably threw a pas late, across his body and across the field downfield that had no chance of being caught and was ultimately picked and sealed the loss for FTP. GBs defense played pretty well, outside of one big play by McCaffrey they made SF earn everything. It helped GB that Deebo played like one series before he was lost for the game with a shoulder injury, that’s a huge loss, especially when he’s a big part of their game plan and there’s literally no one else who can do all of what he does. It was an entertaining game and I enjoyed the result.
I also greatly enjoyed last nights game – I was stoned to the bejeezus and sharing veggie straws with the Goose.
sounds like a perfect night.
LOL, I was a bit tipsy and eating some breadstick taco things my wife made, you take a tube of pizza crust cut them into strips around the size of a breadstick and put a string cheese in it and on top of that taco meat, then wrap it up and bake it, they were delicious. I did share a little with Chester, whose actually laying next to me right now asleep and growling, must be a dream about squirrels or something. Dogs are the best.
Perfect snack there Ben. And yes, dogs are the best!