It’s a pretty miserable display of offensive ineptitude. Under a minute left in the first quarter there was a pass interference call in the end zone which resulted in a 30-yard penalty spotted at the 1. Yes that was the very first first down by either team all game, and no, the Jets were not able to punch it in from the one with three tries.
In a bit of fairness, it is being played in the rain.
Nix is now 7-15 for -7 yards.
I flash by the Indy - Steelers game. JOE FLACCO??? Did I enter a time warp, back to the future scenario? Weird.
Anthony Richardson, Colts starting QB, left the game with an apparent hip injury in the second quarter. Flacco replaced him for two plays, then Richardson came back in. On his first play after coming back in, he ran the ball (why?) and took a hard hit. This time he left the game for good.
That almost sounds like he retired.
Not quite, but he’s injury-prone, it seems to be, so I wouldn’t be shocked to see it soon.
Why does it seem like Indy can’t keep a QB? Peyton Manning’s time there ended after a bad neck injury, when he eventually recovered it was to go to Denver. Andrew Luck was an extremely talented QB who was basically a human piñata until he had to retire early. Now it seems like Richardson is continuing the theme. Is this just me making something out of nothing, or bad luck in Indy (no pun intended) or a systemic problem in their organization?
As a Colts fan, let me just say:
whew!
Luck’s problem was he had no O-line. Richardson’s problem is probably just on-the-job training. He only had like 20-some games between high school and the NFL. He was drafted on raw talent, and forced to start because they don’t have anyone better. He could really stand to ride the bench a season or two but the Colts can’t afford to do that.
So I know commentators always soft-ball everything and try to make the league look good, but did the NFL sit down every fucking commentating team and give them a PR seminar on how they can make every fucking excuse in the world for Deshawn Watson? I could see avoiding his crimes since that’s not something you want to dredge up as a game commentator, but holy shit it’s like they’re all his own personal excuse squad. The NFL doesn’t give a shit about Cleveland and shouldn’t give a shit about Watson and if they think he’s a black mark on their brand they should’ve just suspended him for life. I don’t get the sycophantic commentary.
The Browns are painful to watch and on offense look like a college team trying to play in the NFL, similar to the expansion and 0-16 years. They’d never keep Watson in there except for Jimmy Haslam’s ego. But it’s so bad they might fake an injury soon so they can give Jameis a chance. Not that Jameis is great, but 1) he’s gotta be better than this and 2) I suspect the ambivalent at best feelings his teammates have about Watson are affecting their play too so it’d be addition by subtraction.
Refs took away a 95 yard Browns TD on a ticky tacky not really holding call, but Myles Garrett is held worse than that every fucking play and apparently everyone got the memo that that’s fine.
I’m scared. Could it be that the Commanders are actually…good
Very efficient and well managed game from Caleb today. That Rams defense is really undermanned so I’m not exactly doing a victory lap after that one.
The running game was working and Caleb was quick with the check downs. Seems like the OC was making a very conscious decision to protect Caleb and keep him clean in this game as the ball was pretty much always coming out quick. We also lost LG Jenkins in the first half so the shaky OL was even more shaky. I don’t recall him taking a single deep shot today. There was one end zone throw where Moore seemed to run a bad route, but that’s it. He made one amazing throw to connect with Moore on a TD under the goalposts which was encouraging.
All in all it felt like a step forward, not a leap, which is okay.
Was just joking with my friends that we may never lose again. Schedule is pretty favorable. They could realistically win 8-9 games, threaten 10 even.
Thank you, Ravens.
What’s with kickers this year? It seems like there are several 60+ yard field games made pretty routinely every week and the punters are bouncing off the moon.
Rules question:
MNF just a few minutes ago. 1st and Goal on the one foot line. Can the offensive line line up on one side of the center so he is in effect the end. He hikes the ball but the quarterback merely touches it and the center takes it back and falls forward for the touchdown?
I’m digging the Lions’ black jerseys and deep blue helmets. They should stick with that look.
Seahawks fan here
Waiting for the Lions Choke™
It looks really slick.
Same here.
From your lips to Goff’s ears. 
But Seattle’s defense is so depleted it’s practically a different team on that side of the field. I follow Seattle pretty closely but half of the names on defense getting called out are people I’ve never heard of.
I’ve been hearing for a week that this is Seattle’s real test, but I’m not sure it is with all of these replacement guys. Unless these are long-term injuries in which case, I guess we got to rent a good defense for a few weeks at least.
I really feel bad for the long-suffering Lions fans, but they’re really showing their ignorance by chanting “Bullshit!” on a clearly correct officiating call is annoying.
That’s homerism which is really common in fandom; some of it is inevitable for everyone (including me).
Goff looking decent in this game; very efficient and no incompletions if I’m remembering correctly.