# NFL Week 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 25, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873 "2012-10-25T21:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 25, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/1 "2012-10-25T21:53:37Z")
TNF TB @ MIN Sunday early MIA @ NYJ SD @ CLE IND @ TEN NE @ STL JAX @ GB ATL @ PHI WAS @ PIT SEA @ DET CAR @ CHI Sunday late OAK @ KC NYG @ DAL SNF NO @ DEN MNF SF @ ARI Byes: BAL, BUF, CIN, HOU I hate the late crowding of early games. Just go ahead and crush the MLB. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/2 "2012-10-26T00:38:14Z")
Which would be the better use of a Mike Mayock cell donation; stem cells for Jon Gruden’s brain or sperm cells for his wife? Pole to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/3 "2012-10-26T16:22:39Z")
I’ll be honest: as a Bucs fan, I thought our run defense was a mirage and AP would have 150 by halftime. I also thought our passing offense was a mirage. I was wrong. Incidentally, Josh Freeman will become the franchise’s all time leader in TD passes this season - his fourth. That really says something about how weak our QB play has been historically, but also how solid Freeman is. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/4 "2012-10-28T15:51:47Z")
Freakin’ Comcast (OK, maybe it is NFL who dictates this, dunno. I like to blame Comcast anyway) is not showing my Steelers - so I guess I’ll have to go to a bar if I want to watch. I don’t mind, but my house has a much nicer TV and the beer is much cheaper! Steelers are mostly picked, but RGIII is a mover and a shaker and I am nervous. My boys pulled it out in the second half last week, but the first half did not look pretty! ---
**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 28, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/5 "2012-10-28T16:35:23Z")
OH GLORIOUS DAY Owen Marcecic is inactive today. Best fucking news this season. 10 game winning streak starts today if they keep that shit up. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/6 "2012-10-28T16:38:52Z")
Help! Last Sunday CBS announced that it was broadcasting the Pats/St L game in London… but of course I was home in New England when I saw that. Now that I’m in NJ, they are putting on the Jets game. Anyway to see the Pats?? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/7 "2012-10-28T16:43:04Z")
Have a friend with Sunday Ticket or go to a bar that has it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/8 "2012-10-28T16:58:29Z")
Rob Riggle piece on FOX NFL Sunday was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/9 "2012-10-28T17:05:26Z")
With Pittsburg in their prison issue it’s like The Longest Yard III. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/10 "2012-10-28T17:10:51Z")
Okay, I get it, it’s going to rain a little bit. Do you really need to have the entire bottom quarter of my screen giving nonstop updates on whether Sunday night bingo is cancelled? I’m not exaggerating, it’s fully 25%, and it’s looping the same stuff. On the plus side, I also have the WAS-PIT game on Fox with a normal size screen and big fantasy implications. And those _ridiculous_ uniforms. Also, the Pats pass D is horrible. ---
**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 28, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/11 "2012-10-28T17:28:55Z")
Richardson looking better thank god. Hopefully no reaggrivation. Sat him in my fantasy leagues though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/12 "2012-10-28T18:17:13Z")
Are the Steelers uniforms new and stupid or just stupid? ---
**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 28, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/13 "2012-10-28T18:26:37Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Are the Steelers uniforms new and stupid or just stupid? Old and stupid. They’re based on the team’s 1934 uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/14 "2012-10-28T18:37:48Z")
Looks like Atlanta is all over the Eagles. Is this the end for Andy Reid and, yes I know he is 13-0 after the bye. I only heard that stat 6,000,000 times this week. How bad does Vick look? The stats show that Vick isn’t the problem, but i haven’t seen any of the game. ---
**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 28, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/15 "2012-10-28T18:39:29Z")
Packers playing poorly, yrt still winning at half against a bad team. They really have to pick it up in the second half. It’s nice to see the Panthers beating the Bears. I’m guessing they’ll self destruct in the second half, but Cutler has been just awful, which is fun to see. ---
**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 28, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/16 "2012-10-28T19:02:55Z")
Ha. A decisive drop in Cleveland not by the Browns. I forgot what it’s like to be on the right side of that. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/17 "2012-10-28T19:13:11Z")
What the hell is that awful noise coming from the game in London? It’s like an electronic vuvuzela. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/18 "2012-10-28T19:28:22Z")
Real bad feeling about this Packers game. ---
**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 28, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/19 "2012-10-28T19:40:09Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Real bad feeling about this Packers game. That TD sure helped me. Plus, it’s Blaine Gabbert and the Jaguars. ---
**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 28, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873/20 "2012-10-28T19:47:05Z")
Cam Newton throws a pick 6, giving the Bears tbe lead. Heh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/638873.md?page=2)