# NFL Week 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 30, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272 "2011-10-30T12:03:52Z")\ **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 31, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/41 "2011-10-31T02:26:27Z")
Double win for Buffalo. The Bills won and the Patriots lost. ---
**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 31, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/42 "2011-10-31T02:29:30Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > … and always against the Eagles. You amuse me. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/43 "2011-10-31T02:44:34Z")
So who is everyone’s candidates for ROY so far? I’m going to have to be a homer and say AJ Green…dude is just lights out. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/44 "2011-10-31T02:52:48Z")
Defensively, the 49ers’ Aldon Smith has 6½ sacks and has a four-game sack streak going. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/45 "2011-10-31T02:55:31Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Defensively, the 49ers’ Aldon Smith has 6½ sacks and has a four-game sack streak going. And on offense? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/46 "2011-10-31T03:25:47Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > So who is everyone’s candidates for ROY so far? I’m going to have to be a homer and say AJ Green…dude is just lights out. Certainly a strong candidate. Von Miller is probably the leader in the clubhouse for Def-ROY. I suspect Cam Newton will get the Off-ROY but if he doesn’t get any wins for all those stats it’s going to open the door for someone like Green, Dalton or a late blooming RB to slip in. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/47 "2011-10-31T06:44:39Z")
[Pro football focus rookie of the year](http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/10/26/race-for-rookie-of-the-year-holding-steady/) has Von Miller on top at the moment, with Jabaal Sheard (who’s been quietly pretty good especially against the run) in second. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/48 "2011-10-31T11:12:45Z")
I was at the Panthers - Vikings game yesterday. Typical 2011 Panthers game. The offense does enough to win, but the defense and special teams are just atrocious. Cam completed a beautiful 4th and 15 to keep the final drive alive. They had a their chance to force OT and Mare misses a chip shot. That was a tough walk down the ramp. Ponder looked decent even though he over-threw his receivers a lot. He looked pretty poised most of the time. They killed the Panthers over the middle. Linebacker play is hurting without Beason out there. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/49 "2011-11-01T01:21:21Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > Even when things are going great, you can always count on the refs coming in and calling something completely inexplicable. Something that not even a single other person on the planet would have called, and always against the Eagles. What a joke. Oh, bullcrap. Don’t turn into a freaking Raiders fan. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/50 "2011-11-01T01:41:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Double win for Buffalo. The Bills won and the Patriots lost. +1. This morning I started yelling at Mike and Mike on the radio because Golic said “technically the Bills are on top of the AFC East.” Technically? The tiebreaker is not a technicality. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/51 "2011-11-01T03:09:31Z")
Flea flickers for 3 yards are the best kind. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/52 "2011-11-01T03:43:32Z")
Is there something wrong with Ryan Mathews? Edit: Just as I ask that, they say he’s on the sideline without his helmet. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/53 "2011-11-01T03:53:55Z")
Well that was unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/54 "2011-11-01T03:55:02Z")
No shit. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/55 "2011-11-01T03:57:24Z")
And to think I almost didn’t watch this game. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/56 "2011-11-01T03:57:52Z")
two turnovers in the last two minutes. Looks like OT ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/57 "2011-11-01T04:25:54Z")
Wow. Rivers channeling Tony Romo against Seattle from years ago with that one. Excellent camera work…his left hand came up too soon. Then they win the toss in overtime, and he fumbles again…but manages to recover so they can punt, at least. Chiefs drive it down for the game winning FG. Wild game, but fun–especially since I did not care who won. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/58 "2011-11-01T04:30:18Z")
Some of my favorite plays in football are those that throw some egg on the announcer’s faces. Watching the MNF game near the end of regulation, they’re talking about “Superstar” Philip Rivers and how he’s one of the elite QB’s of the game, leading the Chargers on yet another fourth quarter come-from-behind victory… only to have Rivers fumble the snap. Oops. Now Rivers is a fine QB, no doubt about it, and I’m sorry for his sake that the Chargers lost that way, but damn it was sweet seeing the ESPN guys get shut up like that. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/59 "2011-11-01T04:32:42Z")
Dammit, I keep hoping the Chargers will pull one off, and they keep failing me. _Sigh_ ---
**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:** [November 1, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272/60 "2011-11-01T04:32:51Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > +1. This morning I started yelling at Mike and Mike on the radio because Golic said “technically the Bills are on top of the AFC East.” Technically? The tiebreaker is not a technicality. Yeah, they beat the Patriots in Week 3 because technically 34 is a higher score than 31. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/601272.md?page=4)