# NFL WEEK 7: Minutes in Heaven **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 17, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911 "2019-10-17T18:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/41 "2019-10-20T21:42:57Z")
The good news is the Bills won again and are 5-1. The bad news is they were threatened by the Dolphins. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/42 "2019-10-20T21:43:35Z")
If you love 4 yard passes and special teams touchdowns, the Bears/Saints came is for you. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/43 "2019-10-20T21:58:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The good news is the Bills won again and are 5-1. The bad news is they were threatened by the Dolphins. Not surprising, though. Miami’s winless but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be a pushover. Bills are looking good - good to see football back in Buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/44 "2019-10-20T21:59:38Z")
I guess it might be time to get out the stopwatch to see how long Dan Quinn lasts. I think he’s a good coach, but he’ll probably never recover from blowing a 28-3 lead in the big one - at least not while he’s in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/45 "2019-10-20T22:01:21Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Anyone else notice how assistants who leave Bill Belichick are never nearly as good as Bill Belichick? You can say the same about Pete Carroll. Gus Bradley was head coach of the Jaguars for a few years after being the DC for Carroll, went 14-48 and got fired. Dan Quinn is another former DC who became head coach of the Falcons. He had more success than Bradley, even getting to a Super Bowl (which was lost in epic fashion) and has an overall winning record, but rumors are that he will be fired this year in the midst of his 5th year as head coach. (Likely in the bye week.) The point is that having long-term success in the NFL is difficult, as the league is designed to support parity and to try to prevent a team from being too dominant for too long. The deck is stacked against every head coach. The ones that manage to do it are exceptional and you shouldn’t expect their protégés to have the same success. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/46 "2019-10-20T22:23:33Z")
Great player quote of the day: _“It’s not good enough that we haven’t won a single game.”_ - Preston Brown, linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/47 "2019-10-20T22:24:04Z")
Holy crap! An offensive touchdown and a pass that went more than 15 yards in the air. Living large in the Bears/Saints game now. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/48 "2019-10-20T22:50:30Z")
I’m not a Ravens fan but I’m liking their defense. Kinda tired of seeing pretty boy Wilson get the benefit of roughing the passer calls. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/49 "2019-10-20T22:51:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Great player quote of the day: > > _“It’s not good enough that we haven’t won a single game.”_ - Preston Brown, linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals. Man, the Bengals are back to bein the Bungals. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/50 "2019-10-20T23:21:01Z")
Not sure that holdout was a good idea for Melvin. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/51 "2019-10-20T23:29:45Z")
I do enjoy Tarik Cohen jawing after a 9 yard gain on dump off, when his team is down 26 late in the 4th quarter. That’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/52 "2019-10-20T23:35:43Z")
Saints playing awfully well without Brees. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/53 "2019-10-20T23:36:48Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I guess it might be time to get out the stopwatch to see how long Dan Quinn lasts. At this point I’ll be shocked if he lasts the rest of the season. > [@asahi](#): > > I think he’s a good coach, but he’ll probably never recover from blowing a 28-3 lead in the big one - at least not while he’s in Atlanta. Funny, Dave Wannstedt on the _Pro Football Weekly_ show has, more than once, commented: “I don’t think Atlanta has recovered from losing to New England.” ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/54 "2019-10-20T23:38:42Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > First weekend in a while I’ve had a chance to just watch NFL Sunday and I’m impressed. Rainy weather along the East Coast makes for real football weather conditions. Those games in Washington and New York were beautiful, and I’m not being sarcastic. I told my wife more than once while watching SF @ Wash: “Now THAT is football weather over there!” ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/55 "2019-10-20T23:42:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Aaron Rodgers is having a pretty good day so far. At the moment, his stats are 24/29 passing, 355 yards, 4 touchdowns, no interceptions, plus a rushing touchdown. > > On the other hand, it also looks like the Raiders have been solving the Packers’ defense. Carr isn’t often getting pressured, receivers are open, and Jacobs has been rushing well. Aaron Rodgers is unbelievable. How often do teams have the luxury of having one future H.o.F. QB take over for another? The Packers have REALLY lucked out in that regard over the last 25+ years. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/56 "2019-10-20T23:45:23Z")
I predicted a Seahawks loss today. Despite their 5 - 1 record going into today I just haven’t been that impressed. Baltimore took it to 'em because these Seahawks aren’t good enough to make the kinds (and number) of mistakes that they did in today’s game and in the game against “Nawlins” and still come away with the “W” (at least not against _good_ teams). ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/57 "2019-10-20T23:49:31Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Man, the Bengals are back to bein the Bungals. And here I thought the fact that they played the Seahawks so tough in Week 1 meant that they’d made the right choice in changing head coaches. Now it looks more like that game said more about Seattle than it did about Cincinnatus. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/58 "2019-10-20T23:52:52Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m not a Ravens fan but I’m liking their defense. Kinda tired of seeing pretty boy Wilson get the benefit of roughing the passer calls. I’m a HUGE R.W. fan. I’ve got stuff with his likeness on it all over my house. But I have to agree with you that at least some of the “roughing the passer” calls made when opponents have tackled him are the kinds of calls that a guy like Jack Lambert would be steaming mad at (and with good reason, in my opinion). ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/59 "2019-10-20T23:54:04Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Saints playing awfully well without Brees. I think they’re playing with purpose after they (in my opinion) got JOBBED out of a trip to the Super Bowl last season. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911/60 "2019-10-21T00:22:01Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > I predicted a Seahawks loss today. Despite their 5 - 1 record going into today I just haven’t been that impressed. Baltimore took it to 'em because these Seahawks aren’t good enough to make the kinds (and number) of mistakes that they did in today’s game and in the game against “Nawlins” and still come away with the “W” (at least not against _good_ teams). It’s telling that they gave up 14 points to turnovers (a pick-six and a fumble) and lost by 14 points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-minutes-in-heaven/841911.md?page=4)