# NFL 2021: Week Eight in the Box **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409 "2021-10-28T17:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/21 "2021-10-30T12:20:47Z")
Also, Terry Crewes. I really like those Baker Mayfield commercials – my favorite is the one where he’s trying to find the beeping smoke detector. ---
**Author:** ![opiewan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/opiewan/32/3566_2.png) [@opiewan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opiewan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/22 "2021-10-30T13:46:14Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Every time I see Mahomes schilling something I cringe. He’s not a good actor. I largely agree with you, but I do get a chuckle out of the Jake from State Farm commercial where Jake walks into the sneaker shop and sees Mahomes working there ‘in disguise’ as a typical sneakerhead, working here for the employee discount. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/23 "2021-10-30T22:27:02Z")
Called it. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/24 "2021-10-30T23:06:38Z")
Rob Gronkowski is the guy who seems to have managed to get into like 9 commercials this year and most of the time the tone on them is off. He’s a big dumb lovable himbo which is the vibe they should be going for, but instead they portray him like he has a real mental handicap. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/25 "2021-10-31T03:58:00Z")
Yeah but I love this commercial. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5L6juLUkwuw/maxresdefault.jpg "Tom Brady & Rob Gronkowski | Big Game Ad | #TheGOATin5G | T-Mobile") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6juLUkwuw) It’s one of the funniest commercials I’ve seen in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/26 "2021-10-31T18:05:10Z")
Fields looking much better this week. A lot of quick, easy throws keep the chains moving. More moving pockets and chances to run into openings. Good play calling. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/27 "2021-10-31T18:29:00Z")
Lions down 17-0 at the half. This Lions season is getting exciting. I didn’t think it was possible, even though they did it before in 2008, but I’m beginning to think a perfect season is possible! It’s hard to believe in this day and age of NFL parity where supposedly the worst teams in the league are not much worse than the best, but I think the Lions might actually have it in them. And thanks to the 17 game regular season, they would even surpass their 2008 record! Go Lions! I mean it, just go. Don’t care where. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/28 "2021-10-31T19:36:20Z")
I wonder if they’lll ask Nagy to stay home next week as well. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/29 "2021-10-31T19:49:02Z")
Calvin Ridley announces in the middle of the game that he’s ‘stepping away from football’ > ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/30 "2021-10-31T19:51:17Z")
Baker is being held together by some duct tape but playing his dick off. His receivers are letting him down big time. Bad officiating all game but mostly favoring the Browns, which is a very rare occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/31 "2021-10-31T20:15:14Z")
Bullshit call on the Bengals to gift the Jets a vital first down. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/32 "2021-10-31T20:16:17Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I wonder if they’lll ask Nagy to stay home next week as well. “You sure, you’re OK, Matt? You look really pale to all of us.” ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/33 "2021-10-31T20:32:12Z")
Announcer: “Say what you want about Carson Wentz, but he’s really fought through some adversity and is showing that he belongs …” Wentz throws an interception Announcer: “How about that Titans defense?” ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/34 "2021-10-31T21:10:04Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Lions down 17-0 at the half. This Lions season is getting exciting. I didn’t think it was possible, even though they did it before in 2008, but I’m beginning to think a perfect season is possible! It’s hard to believe in this day and age of NFL parity where supposedly the worst teams in the league are not much worse than the best, but I think the Lions might actually have it in them. And thanks to the 17 game regular season, they would even surpass their 2008 record! Go Lions! It’ll be interesting to see it, in a train wreck kind of way. They have a few games where they have a decent chance (Chicago, Atlanta), and several where they might win if the other team is having a bad day (Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minnesota, Denver). I predict 1-16 or 2-15. Or maybe the ultimate in failing at a perfect season, 0-16-1. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/35 "2021-10-31T21:15:44Z")
Well the Texans were tanking 38-0 by by the end of of the 3rd then I guess the Rams put their 4th string backups on and it somehow ended 38-22. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/36 "2021-10-31T21:22:37Z")
I think adversity, along with culture and home run are some the most overused terms uttered by football announcers and analysts. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/37 "2021-10-31T21:34:54Z")
Just saw a replay of the hit on Steelers kicker Chris Boswell as he was passing on a fake field goal play. How is that not roughing the passer? Or has this penalty transmogrified into “roughing the quarterback”? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/38 "2021-11-01T00:48:28Z")
Jaguars were one 4th down late game TD away from being shut out for the first time since 2009. They still got absolutely destroyed, but it was almost a total blowout. The funny thing is, the last blowout also happened in Seattle. Urban Meyer’s status in Jacksonville seems uncertain. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/39 "2021-11-01T00:54:01Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Urban Meyer’s status in Jacksonville seems uncertain. I predict a tearful resignation, prompted by “health reasons,” and reappearing a fortnight later as a co-host on ESPN’s college football pregame show. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409/40 "2021-11-01T01:01:09Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I predict a tearful resignation, prompted by “health reasons,” and reappearing a fortnight later as a co-host on ESPN’s college football pregame show. With some big name openings in college football, there’s no way he stays in the NFL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409.md?page=3)