Yeah, Darnold had a bad game but Thursday games are just sloppy in general.
After the first quarter, I wouldn’t have though regulation would end in a 14-14 tie and go into OT but Thursday will do Thursday things
In the second half, ISTM that Denver played not to lose rather than trying to win the game. And it almost cost them.
Seattle ran 77 plays last night (51 passing, 26 rushing), while Denver only ran 56 plays (27 passing, 28 rushing). Seattle also led in TOP by about six minutes.
Darnold had a bad game, but Bo Nix also didn’t play very well.
Ryan Fitzpatrick says Bo Nix is “almost disrespectful to the quarterback position”:
I have to think he’s not wrong.
There’s a reason Sean Payton was in demand.
I was surprised to learn his average pass yards per attempt is so low, and a significant amount of that yardage is coming after the catch. Fortunately for him, he’s still on his rookie deal, so the rest of this year and next season will be the ‘prove it’ years.
Jeez, look who’s talking.
Hey, he was a perfectly serviceable QB and a Harvard graduate to boot
He holds two quarterback records in the NFL:
He started at quarterback for nine different teams, most in league history.
He is also the only NFL player to have a passing touchdown with eight different teams.
Link to his wiki page.
I had forgotten how long his playing career was.
He was good enough to be a viable starter for a QB needy team but never quite good enough to be a legitimate franchise QB for any of them. Those kinds of QBs are really valuable, even now.
I’m unconvinced it was that he wasn’t good enough. I think it was more than he wasn’t tall enough.
EDIT: Wait, he’s 6’2. Am I thinking of a different journeyman quarterback who went to a bunch of teams and was relatively successful but never got a shout because he was so short? Or did I just dream that?
[Googles “short journeyman quarterbacks”] Did I mix him up with Doug Flutie?
According to his wiki page, he is 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Patrick Mahomes is 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Jalen Hurts is 6’1".
Russell Wilson is 5’11".
All 3 of them have won Super Bowls.
ETA: Ninja’d by @EllisDee!
Either way, I remember watching him and before each game, it was like flipping a coin.
You’d either get hero Fitzpatrick who would throw 10 TDs for 1000 yards or the goat Fitzpatrick who’d throw 5 picks in the first quarter (numbers exaggerated for effect - but not by as much as you’d think). And you would frequently see examples of both in back to back games.
Looking up some stats, he’s got 18 games - more than a season’s worth - of 3+ INT games, including a 6 INT game against KC. On the other hand, he’s got a 6 TD game playing for Houston, which was a team record at the time (but has since been surpassed by two 7 TD games). Or that game in Tampa when he threw for over 400 yards, they only punted once, but somehow only scored 3 points.
Just weird, weird stats
But that all supports why he’d call Nix “disrespectful to the quarterback position”. Whatever you can say about Fitzpatrick, he certainly wasn’t taking the job easy, like he’s accusing Nix of doing.
No arguments from me on that score.
He’s not Canton bound but he does understand the position and never took his roster spot for granted
Also Drew Brees, 6 ft nothing and won a Superbowl.
Not to defend Bo Nix who I thought was way overdrafted, but Fitzpatrick’s comments were the typical hyperbolic bullshit made to get attention. Nix definitely had a incredibly boring game, but he was running the offense Sean Payton called against one of the best defenses in the NFL, and they won.
Nix is who he is, a relatively pedestrian NFL game manager who protects the ball when playing great defenses and runs the offense the Asshat-in-charge is calling. And that, along with a great defense (thanks to Vance Joseph), is what they need to win.
You don’t need to throw him roses or pretend he’s somehow better than he is, but he’s doing what the HC wants, he’s limiting mistakes, and he’s helping the team win games. He doesn’t need to take shots from a guy with a 3.3% career interception rate.
That said, I love watching Fitzpatrick as a player and a commentator, but he doesnt need to be throwing shade like that. Be better.
They both sucked. Darnold’s sucking was partially the offensive line sucking, and partially from poor decisions on his part. Seattle also needs a running back; Emmanuel Wilson would be an amazing second RB but he was not meant to take on the bulk of the load. No Charbonnet yet, and Price getting hurt doesn’t help. Ball security is also a big problem; not just Darnold but the RBs. Every game has had a rushing fumble except the week 4 game against the Chargers. Shaheed had the fumble last night, and even though he’s not an RB he was acting as a rusher. Also, Price’s fumble in week 1 against the Patriots was recovered by Seattle so it wasn’t a turnover but that was luck as much as anything. (Shaheed also fumbled at one point in a game during a return, but it was scooped up by a teammate for a long gain and was extremely lucky.)
The Seattle offense has a lot of problems for sure, and I have a feeling that if things don’t change fast they’re missing the postseason.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was diagnosed with a “superficial” blood clot in his leg last Saturday, a week after suffering a leg injury during a game. He played against the Jaguars in London last Sunday, but additional tests this week have indicated that the clot had moved, which was a more serious situation.
After more examinations and consultations with doctors, the Eagles placed him on IR today, with no firm timeline for his return. Blood clots are typically treated with anticoagulants, and NFL rules prohibit a player from playing while on anticoagulants. Depending on the specifics involving the clot, and if it moves more, the treatment could range from weeks to months.
The biggest drama in the Bears-Commanders game is if the Commanders can get more total yards of offense than the Bears’ penalty yards. Nearing the end of the 3rd quarter, the Bears lead with 118 yards on 11 penalties against the Commanders with 100 yards of offense.
Bears-Falcons, you mean?
D’oh! Of course.