The time has arrived. Six months has flown by and kick off week is here. Some news just breaking that Travis Kelce has hyperextended his knee and is being examined and his status for Thursday is unknown.
when are we getting our j predictions
I started typing them up earlier but decided to take a nap instead. Last free day before going back to work.
Maybe tomorrow!
im looking at your picks from last year:
afc east/north nailed
afc west got kc/lac wrong but lv/den right
afc south was off
4/7 playoff teams, 2/4 division winners, 3/4 divisional teams...but bills/chargers was not the afcccg
nfc east nailed, south messed up 2/3rd place
nfc north/west were off
5/7 playoff teams, 1/4 divisional....but the packers and the rams didnt even make the playoffs
called sauce gardner droy and matt rhule being fired. i guess you get credit for the most obvious things in the world.
decent regular season calls but couldnt hack it when it counted. gotta do a better job. lets go.
"the Kansas City Chiefs believe All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce's ACL is intact" - not exactly a ringing endorsement for him playing on Thursday
Mahomes may have some heavy lifting to do. They're counting on Toney to become something he's never shown...skills to pay the #1 WR bills. And he's hurt, too.
As much as I think Reid is a zesty parent, he dragged McNabb to four straight NFCCGs while having him throw to Todd Pinkston and Chad Lewis. One legged Kelce or not, pencil the Chiefs in for the AFCCG until they actually lose on the playoffs.
Kelce is out tonight
Onto the predictions. A lot of tough calls this season!
AFC East
1. Buffalo
2. New York
3. Miami
4. New England
Is the Jets hype real? Maybe somewhat. But to be claiming the defense is like the 85 Bears? Blasphemy. I think they'll be good but the Bills stay atop the division. But the Bills better do something because their staying power is wilting a bit. Miami could be in the WC mix too. Pats? Most of those fans up there are experiencing suck for the first time. Because you know they weren't fans during the pre-Brady days.
AFC North
1. Cincinnati
2. Baltimore
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cleveland
Another hard one to pick. Pittsburgh is going to be decent. Anyone else sick of Baltimore and Harbaugh? I am. But they have some weapons at receiver now. Weaknesses in the secondary keep them behind Cincy. Would not be shocked if they finished behind Pittsburgh. Cleveland is bringing up the rear because Watson hasn't shown anything close to being what he was prior to his creep days.
AFC South
1. Jacksonville
2. Tennessee
3. Indianapolis
4. Houston
Doug and Trevor are the class of this division. Which isn't hard to do. Tennessee's QB situation could hinder them. I'm rooting for Steichen to do well for Indy but can Richardson be that guy? I probably would've gone with Minshew for awhile. Ryans is the guy for Houston and maybe Stroud is too. But too early for them. I like their safety Pitre and a few other pieces they have.
AFC West
1. Kansas City
2. Los Angeles
3. Denver
4. Las Vegas
The Chiefs remain on top despite some cracks in the foundation with Jones and Kelce and the energy it takes to be so good for so long. But they stay until knocked off. Can Herbert do it? I know they better or else Staley is gone. Can Payton revive Wilson? Not sure. They'll be better but not good enough. Vegas is a poverty franchise.
AFC PLAYOFFS
Chiefs
Bengals
Bills
Jaguars
Chargers
Ravens
Jets
Bengals over Jets
Bills over Ravens
Chargers over Jaguars
Chargers over Chiefs
Bengals over Bills
Bengals over Chargers
NFC East
1. Philadelphia
2. Dallas
3. New York
4. Washington
The Eagles schedule is hard. If they can make it through that gauntlet they're set up nicely. Dallas has to rely on Dak and his picks and McCarthy and his playcalling. Washington is on the come up but is Sam Howell that guy? Likely not. So they remain behind the Giants. Who still have that goofball turnover machine at QB.
NFC North
1. Minnesota
2. Detroit
3. Green Bay
4. Chicago
Another tough one to pick because of the hype trains. Green Bay is the only one not getting pumped up by fans and media. Chicago is getting love but is it worthy? Lions have been pimped the entire off season but can they put it together? They still have Goff. Minny with Cuzzo and JJ along with Flores running their defense sets them up top for me.
NFC South
1. New Orleans
2. Atlanta
3. Carolina
4. Tampa Bay
I think Carr landed in a good spot for him. The Saints could be pretty good. If Ridder is half decent the Falcons have some weapons. Did someone tell The FedEx Heir that Kyle Pitts is on his team over the off season? The Bucs are going to probably challenge the Cards for the top pick.
NFC West
1. Seattle
2. San Francisco
3. Los Angeles
4. Arizona
Total wish pick but rooted in some logic. I'm not sold on Purdy. Could he be legit? Maybe. But he was a 7th rounder for a reason and teams have film on him. Plus I want SF to fail. Geno has some good weapons and if he plays like he did last season they could unseat SF. Rams stink. So do the Cards. But while I want Gannon to be embarrassed ideally they win enough to miss the top pick. Or Caleb Williams says farg off and stays in school.
NFC PLAYOFFS
Eagles
Vikings
Saints
Seahawks
Niners
Cowboys
Lions
Lions over Vikings
Saints over Cowboys
Niners over Seahawks
Eagles over Lions
Niners over Saints
Eagles over Niners
SUPER BOWL
Philadelphia Eagles over Cincinnati Bengals
MVP - Jalen Hurts
OPOY - JaMar Chase
DPOY - Myles Garrett
OROY - Bijan Robinson
DROY - Jalen Carter
COY - Nick Sirianni
Comeback Player - Damar Hamlin
Coaches Fired - Not sure if we see any in season firings but the leaders to get whacked would be Kevin Stefanski, Ron Rivera and Todd Bowles.
the chargers aint happenin, bub
As long as the Birds are partying on Broad I don't care if I miss the others by a mile
you just dont come back from 27-0
plus even in a vacuum i cant see a team with no fan base and no home games ever winning
Joe B caked off by cheapskate Mike Brown
A record deal: Joe Burrow has reached agreement with the Bengals on an 5-year, $275 million extension that includes $219.01 million guaranteed and makes him the highest-paid player in NFL history, sources tell ESPN.
Fake punt and they get it inside their own 20!
Eat it, Chiefs
I still hate that CJGJ is gone
Mahomes could throw TDs to lil guy
Detroits fumble is gonna kill them. Also accepting that holding call probably hurt too but then again you'd like to think you can stop a 3/17
we watchin coco fam
I had her on the iPad
Brian Branch!
ok now its time for football
hot take: the chiefs aint it without a healthy kelce
Toney back to being a bum. Too bad he couldn't have that punt clang off his hands back in February
Lions are Lioning
Play calling stinks and they're not using Gibbs at all
jared goff is a stiff, why do they roll him out
he makes nick foles look athletic
What in the world, Andy.
He goes for it on 4th and 20 with the two min warning and three timeouts.
Finally a false start on the RT is called. Saves Andy from going for it right?
Nope. He still goes.
And they almost converted. Chiefs have had a million drops tonight.
Wow
it was the right call, they shouldve gone for it on the previous 4th down too
they shouldve tried to catch a ball or two. womp womp kc
It was a super arrogant play call. Reid doesn't do that without a couple Lombardis in his pocket. 4th and a mile on your end of the field, down 1, with over 2 minutes and a full complement of timeouts. That's where you gotta put it on your defense, even if your QB is Mahomes and your defense is the Chiefs defense.
if i had mahomes id basically never punt
im not sure of the math, but in that spot giving up a 1st ends the game. ok. so you get a stop with a TOD, a missed fg, or they hit the fg and you are down 4 with 100 seconds left. you punt, get a stop, they punt, its 100 seconds and the length of the field down 1.
the stop % there was low enough and mahomes is good enough that im rollin it with
Even if he was thinking
The Lions score and we get the ball back to win (assuming a FG by DET) — what happens if they score a TD? 28-20 and now you drive the field to score a TD and have to get a two to force OT. That is dumb.
You punt and hope the Lions blow it and can't convert and punt it back. Then you let Mahomes do his thing and Butker wins it 23-21
in that spot there was 1 set of downs left, so the td didnt matter. i thought it was worth it on the previous 4th down, which was 3yds with about 5 mins left. the td was in play there.
punting is basically like bunting to me. dont do it unless you really need to.
the Toney at #1 experiment is off to a horrid start...could he have been worse last night?
Ridder and Stroud both completed passes to themselves early on.
Niners are cooking
Panthers driving too. Weird seeing Miles in that uni
Doodoo QB play so far
Lamar picked
Pickett picked
Cuzzo fumbled the snap
Sloppy ass play
Cleveland missed TD and then fumble
Bryce Young picked
Gannon's Cardinals look as expected
Lawrence had a great throw to Ridley
Bijan is nasty. What a juke
And thanks for nothing, Pickett and Pittsburgh. Slipping all over the field gives me SB flashbacks
Cuzzo fumbled again!
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 10, 2023, 01:19:34 PMDoodoo QB play so far
Lamar picked
Pickett picked
Cuzzo fumbled the snap
Purdy is dealing though
Yeah he is.
17-0 is likely game over
More sloppy turnovers sheesh
Jacksonville picked bc of a drop
lol Steichen tried the butt push with a non Hurts QB. Did not work.
Skins or whatever that racist team is calling itself looks like shtein against Arizona in spite of leading
Impressive circus catch by Zay Jones
Yeah that catch (and throw) was outstanding
Yinzers still don't have a first down! They have one yard.
NFL refs are back on their shtein
That was a fumble by Carr. He was empty handed.
Ron Torbert calls a fumble an incomplete pass, laughs and blows the play dead when the TEN player returns the fumble for a TD, TEN challenges, and Torbert upholds his own bad call.
Watson is still way off target. I haven't seen him throw a good ball since he came back.
He's getting booed by the Browns fans
Another brutal pick - this time by Tannehill
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 10, 2023, 02:19:04 PMWatson is still way off target. I haven't seen him throw a good ball since he came back.
He's getting booed by the Browns fans
Worst game so far, both teams are out of sync
Yep.
And people who have Wash and Bal'mer in suicide pools are sweating bullets.
Haha Sam Howell...brutal
And love seeing Gannon win. Win enough to get out of the first pick convo, ya crumb bum.
Cuzzo picked in the EZ!
Turnover king
Ridder looks like shtein.
Wonder if they'd look to trade for one
Miles just fumbled
Woof
Watson with one of the worst picks you'll see
The QB play today is appalling.
Tannehill again picked
Lamar fumbles again
And Lawrence got smoked for a sack fumble where the Jags recovered and everyone was standing around - Colts whacked the ball from his hand and then returned it for a TD
JK Dobbins is snake bit - likely tore his Achilles
And Doug tries a sneak at midfield and Lawrence is stuffed
Omg Tannehill missed a dude wide open for a tying TD on a beaut of a play
Burrow is pulled for Browning since they're getting whipped
Etienne is so smooth
Jags pulled away
Bucs upset Minny
Wash struggled with Zona
Cincy looked like ass
Steelers never woke up
Seattle is getting cooked by Tutu Atwell and some dude named Nacua
man i kill tua but he was on fire today and made a gorgeous pass to win it, dropped it right in the bucket
j's chargers, who i backed -3, with another horrible L
rams -5.5 was the lock of the day. stafford still slinging it, mcvay is the best coach in the world and most importantly fraudulent seattle getting theirs
Yeah same old Bolts eh? Tyreek and Tua roasted them fools.
Rams were a shocker for me simply bc of their OL and WRs. Props to them.
4-0 to start the bullet (CLE, TB, GB and PHL)
everyone was on tampa and cleveland and it felt like the ol' okie doke...rare public W
i had bmore in survivor and stupid gannon couldnt finish it and knock of the wash people
I used the Ravens in the bullet survivor but Seattle in the one where a loss doesn't disqualify you.
Minny and Cincy had John Q Public's bets - their ticket percentage was high. But the bigger money we're on the dogs. I look for reverse line movement and percentages when considering bets.
I got through my survivor with Baltimore also.
You got a problem if you went anywhere near that Rams-Seahawks game, the line was fishy as hell to me. Massive overreaction to last season. Seattle isn't that good and the Rams isn't that bad. 49ers will curb stomp that whole division easily.
Yeah didn't bet that one - just took Seattle to win in that season long pool.
10 road teams won yesterday
Aaron Rodgers hurt on the first series
His foot got caught in the turf on a sack. Wow.
That didn't look good. And now leaving the bench area on a cart.
Looked like a lis franc to me when they showed the replay
Breece Hall is on fire. Too bad he couldn't house that
X-rays negative so
High ankle sprain or torn Achilles
And GB needed 70% play time to get the 1st rounder
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 11, 2023, 09:22:04 PMHigh ankle sprain or torn Achilles
I don't see why it couldn't be a low ankle sprain either. Or something in the calf. Just gotta wait for news instead of playing remote doctor.
there was no reason for them to keep zach wilson as the backup
you cant control injuries, even to a 40 year old. but you can control having a competent backup.
maga doofus josh allen still a turnover machine
bills dont appear to be a whole lot different than they were last year
That was one of the better TD catches I've seen
Credit to the Jets defense and Josh Allen
your boy mcdermott boutta be someones DC next year
Sloppy play galore this weekend
He fumbled!
That's his 4th turnover tonight and 83rd since 2018
i hate the coin toss
what an idiotic way to determine possession
Holy shtein!
The hard knocks kid!
jets +2.5 !!
fun game. jets D cant play like that for 17 weeks, but zach wilson can. need covid toe to not be out for the year.
Saleh says they do fear the Achilles tear and the mri is tomorrow but that it's "not good"
Now do they roll with Wilson? If they do then it'll get bumpy.
Tannehill
Jameis
Wentz lol
Mariota
Any other legit options to trade for?
davis mills
2017 nccfg loser case keenum
eagles legend gardner minshew
tannehill
russ wilson
heinicke
matt stafford
lol wentz
matt ryan
to varying degrees, the guys the jets can go get (a few maybes on this list). wilson is abysmal. they cant win a title now, but the right move can get them to 9/10 wins and at least a playoff game.
Phil Rivers maybe needs more money since he's on track to field his own 53 man roster at home
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 11, 2023, 11:39:43 PMSaleh says they do fear the Achilles tear and the mri is tomorrow but that it's "not good"
If they say that, they know it. Means he failed the Thompson Test. Same way they knew with Dobbins right away.
Quote from: MDS on September 11, 2023, 11:45:34 PMdavis mills
2017 nccfg loser case keenum
eagles legend gardner minshew
tannehill
russ wilson
heinicke
matt stafford
lol wentz
matt ryan
to varying degrees, the guys the jets can go get (a few maybes on this list). wilson is abysmal. they cant win a title now, but the right move can get them to 9/10 wins and at least a playoff game.
Flacco says hi
nick foles?
and 4 plays, that's crazy man. feels like some shtein that would happen to a philly team. I was looking forward to him getting hurt but just like hit hard a lot not injured.