NFL 2021: Week Eight in the Box

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.

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.

Called it.

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.

Yeah but I love this commercial.

It’s one of the funniest commercials I’ve seen in a while.

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.

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.

I wonder if they’lll ask Nagy to stay home next week as well.

Calvin Ridley announces in the middle of the game that he’s ‘stepping away from football’

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.

Bullshit call on the Bengals to gift the Jets a vital first down.

“You sure, you’re OK, Matt? You look really pale to all of us.”

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?”

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.

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.

I think adversity, along with culture and home run are some the most overused terms uttered by football announcers and analysts.

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”?

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. :thinking:

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.