NFL 2023: WEEK FIVE will get you ten

The Washington uniform colors are giving me “badly misplaced” Steelers vibes.

The Bears have no RBs and can’t tackle a slow ass QB. lol.

Chicago D looking kinda porous now

The in-play odds at halftime implied that the Bears up 27-3 were 95% to win. Looks like they might well hang on, but haven’t these punters been watching the Bears this season?

So I got the hang of watching an Amazon Prime game as a “shorty.” The 10-second skip feature is more like 12 seconds, but they don’t buffer. Meaning if you hit it twice in rapid succession, it only skips once. But if you wait like a half a second in between, two taps takes you from whistle to around 16 seconds left on the play clock in around 4 seconds. Commercial breaks around 3 minutes, halftime 12 minutes, I got through the entire game watching every play in 71 minutes. That’s faster than I can shorty using my DVR, but not quite as fast as pausing live TV. In other words, excellent. I’m very excited about figuring that out. The only mildly annoying part is that when you come to the game late and choose “Watch from Beginning” it starts 77 minutes before kickoff. Fast forwarding is pretty quick, though.

How 'bout them Bears, huh?

Sounds like you might want to watch condensed games on nfl+, it cuts them down to about 40 minutes

I’m happy enough doing the poor man’s version. I’ve been doing it with cable and my DVR for years; I just hadn’t figured it out with Amazon Prime until tonight. I didn’t even think it was possible, but it turned out pretty smooth.

He gets around doesn’t he? He’s like the Josh Johnson of head coaches. (Okay, actually Wade Phillips is the Josh Johnson of head coaches.)

Getting back to Butkus for a second, as a youngster I saw him play his final three seasons. # 51 was a legend.

RIP, Dick Butkus.

The redzone broadcast said that the Dolphins broke the 2000 Rams record for the most yards put up in the first 5 games of the season.

Not a good sign that Mac Jones’ mother was angrily screaming “We want Zappe!” at halftime.

Apparently, Minnesota is the only team that Mahomes has never defeated. Because he’s never played them before-- the last time Minnesota and Kansas City met (2019), Mahomes was out with a knee injury.

People in this house tend to root for Minnesota anyway, and I think we generally like Mahomes, but we’re rooting for Minnesota being the only team Mahomes hasn’t beaten for a little longer.

After getting shellacked by the Buffalo Bills, Miami needed a game to right the ship.

And they certainly won handily.
But it was sloppy; they had 3 turnovers, including a pick 6.

So, even though they had more than 500 yards in total offense, a quarterback who threw for more than 300 yards, a wideout with more than 150 yards receiving, a runner with more than 150 yards rushing, and a defense that only gave up 1 touchdown, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

On one hand, that’s a great reflection on Miami’s talent and potential. On the other hand, it shows that they aren’t quite ready to beat the best of the best in the league.

Nevertheless, the Dolphins should be pleased. At 4-1, they are back on top of the division, and a home rematch against Buffalo later this season should be huge.

5-0!! 5-0!! Let’s hope the Niners do us a favor and knock down Dallas a game like we did with Rams! :eagle::eagle::eagle:

Technically, he’s never beaten the Chiefs before, either.

Along that same vein, and also ignoring the fact that they didn’t beat their own team, Eli suffered some karma in that I believe the only team he never beat was the Chargers. I know for a fact he never beat them, but I can’t guarantee he beat every other team.

A quick google reveals that the only other team Eli never beat (again ignoring the Giants) was the Colts. That’s almost poetic.

Only 4 have beat all 32: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, and Brett Favre.

Cousins actually had a chance to hit 32 this season, but he needed to beat the Chiefs (along with the Bengals).

Niners are looking pretty good.

I was happy to see the Jets not only beat the Broncos, but also troll Broncos head coach Sean Payton on social media. Couldnt happen to a bigger prick.