2017 NFL season thread

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Flacco with his 7th game this season under 200 yards... and the Ravens are in a playoff spot..... AFC is weak this season

Outside of the Steelers and Pats, I wouldn't take any of the AFC playoff teams over a single one of the NFC playoff teams. I also feel like I'm jinxing myself here but I think the Eagles, Rams, and Vikings are probably better than the Pats and Steelers.

[d_phaneuf]

How does Crabtree and even Talib get 2 games

AJ green and Jalen Ramsey got nothing

I could have seen 1 but 2 is crazy

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Flacco with his 7th game this season under 200 yards... and the Ravens are in a playoff spot..... AFC is weak this season

Ravens have been really lucky with the QBs they have faced, including backups

These are the QBs they have beaten

- Tom Savage
- Brett Hundley
- Matt Moore
- EJ Manuel
- DeShone Kizer
- Andy Dalton

Savage, Hundley, and Manuel could have been Watson, Rodgers, and Carr

They don't win all 3 of those with those QBs healthy

[Hockey]

Originally Posted by d_phaneuf

How does Crabtree and even Talib get 2 games

AJ green and Jalen Ramsey got nothing

I could have seen 1 but 2 is crazy

Plus they got ejected early, so basically got 3 games.

[Hockey]

Originally Posted by rubecube

You know I disagreed with this at first but now I think you might be right. Played around with ESPN's Playoff Machine and came out with this:

AFC:
1. Pittsburgh (14-2)
2. New England (13-3)
3. Jacksonville (12-4)
4. LA Chargers (9-7)
5. Tennessee (10-6)
6. Baltimore (10-6)

NFC:
1. Philadelphia (14-2)
2. Minnesota (13-3)
3. LA Rams (12-4)
4. Carolina (11-5)
5. New Orleans (11-5)
6. Atlanta (11-5)

I like how this model has Jags running the table the rest of the year...

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Hockey

I like how this model has Jags running the table the rest of the year...

Salty much? Look at the Jags remaining opponents:

vs. Colts
vs. Seahawks
vs. Texans
@ Titans

I could see them losing to the Seahawks but they are at home and Seattle looks pretty vulnerable at the moment. Who else do you see them losing to? The Titans gave them a pretty good thumping in week 2 but since then the Jags have been the better team by pretty much every measure.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

6 teams at 11-5 or better in the NFC would be nuts.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

6 teams at 11-5 or better in the NFC would be nuts.

I think it happened a few years ago in one of the conferences. I know the Eagles missed the playoffs as a 10-6 team in 2014 I believe. Mind you that was also the year a 7-8-1 Panthers team got in for winning an atrocious NFC South.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Salty much? Look at the Jags remaining opponents:

vs. Colts
vs. Seahawks
vs. Texans
@ Titans

I could see them losing to the Seahawks but they are at home and Seattle looks pretty vulnerable at the moment. Who else do you see them losing to? The Titans gave them a pretty good thumping in week 2 but since then the Jags have been the better team by pretty much every measure.

Except 1......

[Erick Estrada]

Mariota has been pretty bad this season. Only a 79.1 rating and 9/12 TD/Int ratio. Not much to pick between him and Bortles this season.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by d_phaneuf

How does Crabtree and even Talib get 2 games

AJ green and Jalen Ramsey got nothing

I could have seen 1 but 2 is crazy

It was the NFL's fault there was a fight in the first place as if they fine Talib last season for ripping off the necklace this doesn't become an event again. They basically enabled Talib as he was going to do it again and again until they stepped in.

[transplant99]

Yeah...where is this narrative coming from that Mariota is anything but a mediocre or average at best QB?

The media seems to have glommed onto the thought as well. There is no evidence he is anything but "a guy" who is the same as a bunch of other guys.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Yeah...where is this narrative coming from that Mariota is anything but a mediocre or average at best QB?

The media seems to have glommed onto the thought as well. There is no evidence he is anything but "a guy" who is the same as a bunch of other guys.

Almost any other QB on the Titans this year and they are a 4 win team. Sadly the only time non Titans fans watched him was on MNF (when he played on 1 leg and won) and on TNF where he pooped the bed

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Yeah...where is this narrative coming from that Mariota is anything but a mediocre or average at best QB?

The media seems to have glommed onto the thought as well. There is no evidence he is anything but "a guy" who is the same as a bunch of other guys.

Another Chip Kelly-sized bullet that the Titans helped us dodge thankfully. I think Mariota is probably better than his stats this year but give me Wentz + the myriad of draft picks and Fletcher Cox any day.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

Almost any other QB on the Titans this year and they are a 4 win team. Sadly the only time non Titans fans watched him was on MNF (when he played on 1 leg and won) and on TNF where he pooped the bed

Their 7 wins IMO are a little deceiving as they have a cupcake schedule. They face one legit contending NFL team in their entire 16 game schedule in the Seahawks and maybe another in the Rams.

[Senator Clay Davis]

McAdoo benches Eli in favor of Geno Smith, if you were wondering if he could become even more of a disaster as a head coach. He might be permanently done in the NFL for doing a respected vet player like this. Based on the fierce fan backlash he might get fired tomorrow.

[devo22]

WTF

[transplant99]

That is.....remarkable.

The NFL is the weirdest business anywhere.

So how long will it take after the season for Eli to join Tom Coughlin in Jacksonville?

[Jason14h]

If you bench him for the rookie ... OK

For Geno Smith ..... Hahah

I hope Smith gets hurt and Eli refuses to play

[Senator Clay Davis]

Florio from PFT suggested the Giants should release Eli right now out of respect. Obviously he'd walk right in and start in Jacksonville. That'd be something if he got released and then ended up leading the Jags to the Super Bowl.