Saints won their 4th straight. What’s most encouraging to Saints fans like me is that their defense has been the biggest part of it – yesterday, Brees threw 2 1st quarter interceptions, but the defense made sure neither pick turned into points for the Packers. Sure, it probably would have been different if Rodgers had been there, but he wasn’t, and the defense took care of business. Sitting alone in the lead of the NFC South right now, with an easier schedule going forward.
If that’s true, it means the problem was they were using cornerbacks. Or that they didn’t have the fog machine turned on (where are the Patriots R Evil conspiracy theorists? 
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That. They got their hearts ripped out in the Super Bowl and the team isn’t going to recover from it any time soon. Example: They’d have had a good chance after intercepting Brady in the end zone if they hadn’t roughed the passer. That’s just lack of focus, and the subsequent Pats TD was effectively the dagger.
I thought the Browns were damn lucky to get Hue Jackson as their coach, but I have to question him lately. Declining the 15 yard penalty yesterday because you thought they’d just kick the FG and not go for it on 4th and 1 is amazingly dumb. And if you’re going to say Kizer’s our guy and we’re gonna stick with him, then do that. Yeah, he’s been bad. He’s a rookie on a team with by far the worst talented roster in the NFL.
It was both, along with a few things breaking the wrong way for the Falcons. Failing on two field goals and from the 1 yard line left them with no points, when a more usual result of those situations would give them 10 or 13. That’s not to say that they were the better team, but the score wasn’t really representative.
If he did indeed tear his triceps, it’s the end of his season. I wonder how much longer he is going to put with busting his butt on every play and they still wind up 0-7. It’s been a hell of a run, but all things have limits.
Regards,
Shodan
How’d that work out?
Obviously he should do what he wants, but there would be a kind of poetry to retiring now and having his entire career being that single unbroken streak of plays.
I’m a bit exhausted of the meatballs on Reddit who don’t understand situational football and complained that there weren’t enough pass plays. When you’re up 17-3 and the opposing team is 0 for 2 in the red zone, being conservative works. The real concern is the o-line, who seem to have seriously regressed this year. 4 sacks allowed on 13 play is not good. I’m not sure what the stats were on pressures.
I think the Browns wanted to trade him and he didn’t want to leave. Hard to say why, but apparently the guy just likes consistency.
I didn’t see the previous Atlanta game but apparently did the same thing that week too; negated a turnover by hitting the QB illegally. They have a lack of discipline in their defense which is sabotaging a good pool of talent that Quinn has put together. You saw them do a good job in the early part of last year’s SB before Brady ate his spinach or whatever he did to gain superpowers. They need to sort that out if they want back in the championship.
LOL, not too well. The Bengals not giving Mixon the ball in the second half after he averaged 7 YPC in the first was just criminal. So was Dalton throwing the ball away on a crucial 4th and 2 with four minutes to go, and taking a knee with time left (37 seconds) in the fourth instead of going down fighting was the most submissive, show your belly to the alpha dog bullshit I have ever seen.
Then Mixon comments to the media why he didn’t get the ball ONCE in the second half while Bell had 35 carries at 3.8YPC for 100+ yards and his coach roundly criticizes him for it.
Then good old Marvin, he of the worst playoff record in the HISTORY of the league, is yukking it up with reporters in his press conference today like we were 6-0 or 5-1 instead of 2-4. Where’s the accountability? Where’s the heart/passion/anger over losing?
Oh yeah, cuz Mike Brown.
I have no problem with the Bears handling of Trubisky in this situation. If you decide to start him, you do what they do: run the ball alot, move him around to help the Oline (and take advantage of his mobility), and don’t challenge him to win the game. Limit his exposure while he learns the pro game, and let him do what he is good at already. All very good ways to help him adjust to the NFL, especially since he’s a one year starter at North Carolina.
But it’s the hype he’s getting, as if handing the ball to Howard or completing a flare pass to Cohen makes him Joe Montana (yes, that was a comparision made), that I find annoying. It’s much like looking at wins as a measure of a pitcher; he’s getting credit for the Bears scoring two defensive touchdowns and Cam Newtonsucking. And not being Mike Glennon. That’s his big credit so far.
Don’t get me wrong. I think he’ll be a fine NFL QB is he develops. But the Hosannas he’s getting for not sucking, and the fact they’re already calling him a franchise QB is a bit over the top for me.
Is that his new nickname? Because I’d be okay with that.
Say it with me, Eagles fans… SIX AND ONE!
Wentz is for real, and he’s 24. Franchised for sure, especially after the holy-crap-what-was-that-escape play! A major sack followed by a TD pass.
But we also lose Hicks then Peters. A crazy season for every team this year, no matter who you root for.
I absolutely agree with you. OTOH, given the Bears’ incredibly weak history at the QB position, especially over the past 25-30 years*, “not sucking” is, frankly, enough to get Trubisky into the list of top Bears QBs. 
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- Jay Cutler (who was roundly reviled by Bears fans, and not without justification) holds most of the Bears’ career passing records. On most of those records, the man he supplanted was Sid Luckman, who retired 67 years ago. It’s as though the Bears have quietly ignored the entire passing revolution of the past 40 years.
- Jay Cutler (who was roundly reviled by Bears fans, and not without justification) holds most of the Bears’ career passing records. On most of those records, the man he supplanted was Sid Luckman, who retired 67 years ago. It’s as though the Bears have quietly ignored the entire passing revolution of the past 40 years.
He was declared a (I think the term is) “franchise player”, where he will never be traded. The Browns want to keep him pretty badly.
I never asked him why he stays - I think he must be sick of talking about football. His kids or his garden, on the other hand…
Regards,
Shodan
Sure, the Browns like having Joe Thomas. But rumor at last year’s trade deadline was they were close to sending him to Seattle (I think) but he really, really wanted to stay. Fine with me, as a Browns fan I know they couldn’t have truly got equal value. They would have blown yet another draft pick.
I’d rather have had him than Nate Solder protecting Brady’s blind side the last few years. Thomas is the kind of guy Belichick likes to go get, so I suspect he did try.
And Joe is done for the season, and perhaps forever. Maybe I will break tradition, and ask him at Thanksgiving.
It was a hell of a run anyway.
Regards,
Shodan