# NFL 2021: Week Seven Deadly Sins **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [October 21, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909 "2021-10-21T14:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/21 "2021-10-22T16:36:13Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I do believe Nick Chubb did that exact same thing for us last season. That’s smart football! Indeed. The opposite of that happened two Sundays ago when the Browns visited the Chargers. Austin Ekeler just stopped running, but remained upright at about the two yard line. The Browns defenders escorted him into the end zone. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2qmLSpeFwTE/maxresdefault.jpg "Browns defenders carried Austin Ekeler into the end zone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qmLSpeFwTE) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/22 "2021-10-22T21:44:22Z")
my thought would be to nix the Thursday games until week 6 or so. ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/23 "2021-10-23T11:04:11Z")
TNF games don’t have to start so early in the season - they didn’t used to. But even if they do have to, then you can start at least putting teams on bye during the weeks where byes happen. That’s better than doing nothing. That reduces flexibility to get the matchups they want, I realize, but having 3 days of recovery after a football game is just brutal and probably impacts the quality of those TNF games. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/24 "2021-10-23T12:29:43Z")
And a London trip right before the bye if you’re going to London. London =\> Bye =\> TNF ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/25 "2021-10-23T16:37:06Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > TNF games don’t have to start so early in the season - They do, because the NFL wants more money. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/26 "2021-10-23T16:39:51Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > but having 3 days of recovery after a football game is just brutal and probably impacts the quality of those TNF games. No doubt. Less time for the players to recover, and less time for the coaches to install a game plan. Compared to Sunday games, TNF likely gives an outsized advantage to teams that are well-coached and healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/27 "2021-10-23T16:57:21Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > TNF games don’t have to start so early in the season - they didn’t used to. But even if they do have to, then you can start at least putting teams on bye during the weeks where byes happen. That’s an excellent idea. This season, byes started in Week 6 and will continue through Week 14. But, as @AlsoNamedBort stated, it is all about the money. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/28 "2021-10-23T17:23:49Z")
At least for the first TNF game this season, it was Washington vs NY Giants, divisional foes who know each other. But, I’ve never liked Thursday night games, definitely screws up fantasy and pick ‘em for me ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/29 "2021-10-23T19:25:01Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > And a London trip right before the bye if you’re going to London. > > London =\> Bye =\> TNF Wouldn’t that mean the same matchup in London and the next Thursday? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/30 "2021-10-23T20:19:36Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Wouldn’t that mean the same matchup in London and the next Thursday? It would. It’d work if the two games were in the same division, but the NFL usually tries to not schedule teams to play each other in back-to-back games (even with a bye week in between). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/31 "2021-10-23T23:33:38Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Wouldn’t that mean the same matchup in London and the next Thursday? Well, shoot. That wouldn’t work. This is a nice example of a fan POV of how to minimize the hurt to my team versus the schedule maker POV of how to make it fair for everyone. Like, if just the Giants were always assured London then bye then Thursday, I would be fully satisfied. heh. (Plus of course the London game would always be an away game for the Giants.) Does everyone in the league get a Thursday game? And what are we up to now, like half the league doing a London game this year? ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/32 "2021-10-23T23:40:08Z")
Every team gets some sort of primetime game, but not guaranteed a Thursday game. But Thursday games are often given to teams that are generally bad/unpopular who would not merit a Sunday/Monday night game in order to give them a primetime game. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/33 "2021-10-23T23:41:17Z")
Actually, MNF could help: Home London =\> Bye =\> TNF Away London =\> MNF =\> Bye =\> TNF ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/34 "2021-10-23T23:48:26Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > And what are we up to now, like half the league doing a London game this year? Just two games, actually; it just happens to be on consecutive weekends. [This page on NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-returns-to-london-with-two-games-in-2021-press-release) indicates that 28 games (counting these two, I think) have been played in London. [The Packers are the only team in the league to not yet have played a regular-season game outside the U.S.](https://www.nbc26.com/sports/nfl/green-bay-packers/packers-to-play-1st-international-game-sometime-this-decade), though as part of the new 17-game schedule, there is an agreement that each team will play at least one international game every eight years, so the Pack will be playing in London (or Mexico, or somewhere) before the decade is out. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/35 "2021-10-23T23:50:25Z")
Well for just a handful of games my revised schedule above could actually work. In other news, I saw a commercial yesterday for the Manning brothers’ MNF commentary show on ESPN2 returning this week. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/36 "2021-10-24T17:58:03Z")
2 blocked FGs in WFT-Packers game, one apiece, mid-2nd quarter. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/37 "2021-10-24T18:54:50Z")
An absolute bonehead play by Taylor Heinicke, he was ruled to be giving himself up just short of the goal line and cost Washington a TD. ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/38 "2021-10-24T19:19:41Z")
I was quite wrong about how good the Bengals would be this year, this is all quite a surprise. Beating Baltimore would make them scary. I would say the AFC North and NFC West are far ahead of all other divisions in strength but I think the edge goes to the North. ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/39 "2021-10-24T19:38:47Z")
How is Kansas City so bad this year? I thought they had a shot at going undefeated. Mahomes getting carried off the field but it doesn’t look that bad. Incidentally apparently only 3 members of the Browns starting offense were playing the game on Thursday without significant injury. Even though Denver isn’t great, that’s actually a pretty impressive victory on a short week with the most injured team in the NFL. ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909/40 "2021-10-24T20:17:11Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > And what are we up to now, like half the league doing a London game this year? It seems like it’s always Jacksonville. Maybe there’s been some years where they don’t play in London, but it seems to me like they get the short straw every year. Maybe Londoners are Jags fans for some reason? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seven-deadly-sins/952909.md?page=3)