NFL 2023-2024: Hail to the Chefs... great googly moogly

[JadeHellbringer]

Same is true for the Cowboys and the Dolphins just off the top of my head.  Neither have beaten a +.500 team that I'm aware of.  There's also just the factor of just any given Sunday.  A bad team has a really good game and a good team has a really bad game.  If these two teams happen to be playing each other weird things happen.

Miami beat Denver, which has BECOME an over-.500 team, but at the time were lunch meat.

[Sartris]

Good
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PHI

Good?
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SF
KC
MIA
BAL
DAL
DET

Hey, you ok?
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BUF (current 15% chance to make the playoffs)

Interchangeable Chaff
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PIT (and yet overachieving)
CLE
IND
HOU (qb excepted)
JAX (current win total feels like some kind of cheap illusion)
DEN (climbing!)
NO
SEA
LAR

Bad
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NYJ (vomit offense, good defense)
CIN
TEN
LV
MIN (why aren't you tanking, you fools)
GB (JLove ain't it)
ATL (division leader!)
TB

Vomit
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LAC (demoted because of coach)
NYG
WAS
CHI

Clearly Tanking
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NE
CAR (lmao)
ARI

[Jim1701]

You can question mark the Chiefs if you want but I'm full confident that barring catastrophic injury there will be a 6th annual Arrowhead Invitational come this January.   

[Sartris]

they have a good path to the #1 seed as their remaining schedule is mostly a parade of lame. but they have too many close games for me to not think they're going to ****** around and find out somewhere playoffs.

@GB
BUF
@NE
LV
CIN
@LAC

they should go no worse than 5-1

Miami's finish ends a lot rougher.
@WAS
TEN
NYJ
DAL
@BAL
BUF

if you're a football sicko like me, you may be rooting for jacksonville to backdoor this if the Real Contenders™ trip on themselves

CIN
@CLE
BAL
@TB
CAR
@TEN

[Jim1701]

Alex Smith was 2-0 against Tom Brady yet for some reason no one ever said those Patriots better watch for the very good reason that other than seeding the regular season means jack squat.  Mohomes and Reid also adhere to this principle.  Plenty of people have doubted the Chiefs for the last five years yet they have 2 SB rings regardless.  I won't be shocked at all when they get their third come this February.

[Sartris]

i often don't talk to nfl fans that are fans of specific teams and forget they're either completely confident to the point of delusion or the most pessimistic ****** on planet earth.

[Scotty]

I will believe the Chiefs do not host the AFCCG the moment two teams that aren't the Chiefs walk on the field to start that game and not a moment sooner.

[Fat Guy]

On December 18th Monday Night Football will have its first ever flex. The scheduled Chiefs-Pats matchup will be replaced by Seahawks -Eagles.

[Jim1701]

I don't have the ability to watch MNF so I don't care.  If I did though I'd be pretty hot.

[Sartris]

On December 18th Monday Night Football will have its first ever flex. The scheduled Chiefs-Pats matchup will be replaced by Seahawks -Eagles.

the nfl has performed a public service by take the patriots out of prime time

[rebs]

the nfl has performed a public service by take the patriots out of prime time

It was enough that Old Yeller was shot, no one needed to actually see it happen.

[JadeHellbringer]

It was enough that Old Yeller was shot, no one needed to actually see it happen.

*Robert Kraft hefts a shotgun and motions for Bill Belichick to come on behind the barn*

[Fat Guy]

*Robert Kraft hefts a shotgun and motions for Bill Belichick to come on behind the barn*

If only...

[monbvol]

Depends on how good the necromancer they hired to bring his career back from the dead is.

But at least Thursday night's game wasn't completely horrible last night.

[Moonsword]

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[Jim1701]

At this point in the season I equally expect Flacco go bonkers and have the best season of his career and to completely stink up the joint or maybe both.  It's been that kind of season.

[Kit deSummersville]

please continue with your previously scheduled commentary on Joe Flacco's skills.

His QB skills were good enough for a hot streak but man his contract negotiation skills are like a poor man's Kirk Cousins.

[Sartris]

[DOC_Agren]

so has the NFL every swapped a mon night game before? 
And I know if I had tickets and planned around a monday event, which might have had hotel room, etc..  I would not be impressed.

That being said they made the right call, because the Pats look horrible.  Matt Jones.. 

[rebs]

At this point in the season I equally expect Flacco go bonkers and have the best season of his career and to completely stink up the joint or maybe both.  It's been that kind of season.

Anecdotally, I was in on a conversation on FB about the "worst QB to win a Superbowl".  Flacco and Trent Dilfer were commonly thrown out there.

But a lot of us older guys had to make sure to let people know how bad Jeff Hostetler actually was back in the day. 

So there's that.

[Fat Guy]

so has the NFL every swapped a mon night game before? 
And I know if I had tickets and planned around a monday event, which might have had hotel room, etc..  I would not be impressed.

Not Mondays, but they've been flexing Sunday night games since they became a thing.

[Øystein]

I think it's a shame. Just imagine the wonderful spectable of Pats going towards the alltime loosing streak on primetime monday night Tv.

[Sartris]

i have to imagine they gave up on winning another game weeks ago. they're starting a quarterback named bailey zappe. bill probably likes drake maye out of north carolina.

but GM bill isn't coach bill. if he wiffs on this next qb, it's retirement time.

[Øystein]

(I just watch the NFL highlights on youtube since my local sports netword dropped NFL):

Wow, Pats vs whoever.. Wow... what a sad sad game.

[Sartris]

In light of the swamp booty officiating in Green Bay:
 
https://x.com/cjzero/status/1731531907614101753?s=20

[JadeHellbringer]

Russ, you're in white today. WHITE. Throw to the guys in WHITE.

[rebs]

Lions piled on early then held on to come away with the W, despite the Saints putting up a better fight than was reasonably expected.

[DOC_Agren]

(I just watch the NFL highlights on youtube since my local sports netword dropped NFL):

Wow, Pats vs whoever.. Wow... what a sad sad game.

here was all the good part of the Pats game

#Lewiston Strong

[Fat Guy]

Just my luck I passed on last night's game thinking it would be a blowout. It wound up being arguably the best game of the week.

What a week for upsets!

[Sartris]

big game for miami as they are now on the inside track for the first seed. based on their season, i'd say they need homefield throughout more than most other teams. jacksonville is probably the same in that respect but i don't think many take them seriously as a contender.