NFL Football

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6-3

Monday, October 23, 2023, 8:15 PM ABC/ESPN
49ers (-6.5) > @Vikings, but I don't hate MN.

17-22, good on the scrappy Vikings and their homefield fans. SF has lost 2 in a row, scoring just 17 both times

6-4

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6-3

Monday, October 23, 2023, 8:15 PM ABC/ESPN
49ers (-6.5) > @Vikings, but I don't hate MN.

17-22, good on the scrappy Vikings and their homefield fans. SF has lost 2 in a row, scoring just 17 both times

6-4

Glad I didn't have money on that one.

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Glad I didn't have money on that one.

35 year old Kirk Cousins:
35/45 378 YDS 8.4 AVG, 2 TD 1 INT 0 SACKS, 107.2 RTG

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Go @Bills (-9.0) > Buccaneers. Sorry, guys.

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Go @Bills (-9.0) > Buccaneers. Sorry, guys.

24-18

1-0 for the week.

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Go @Bills (-9.0) > Buccaneers. Sorry, guys.

24-18

1-0 for the week.

You actually got lucky, this is embarrassing.

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You actually got lucky, this is embarrassing.

https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/ ... 9480140271
https://twitter.com/jdavhill/status/1717744803096465418
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/stat ... 9007669479

I blame Godwin (14), too. Where did he think the Hail Mary would go? 13 got impeded some, but it's iffy whether he could have reached the ball. There's that hand briefly on 14's hip, but it would have been a ticky-tacky interference call. I'm not sure what "tackle" MLFootball is referring to.

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@Bills > Fail Mary Buccaneers 24-18 = 1-0 for the week.

Ewww, lame couple of games on early today.

1:00 PM

CBS here
Falcons (4-3, -2.5) vs @Titans (2-4) Go football.

Kaaronless Jets (-3.0) vs Giants. NJ Bowl, go football.

Monday, October 30, 2023 8:15 PM ABC/ESPN
LV Traitors vs @Lions (-8.0). Go football.

GO:

1:00 PM

FOX here
@Panthers (0-6) > Texans (3-3, -3.5)
My 1:00 PM TV teams are a combined 9-16

Rams > @Cowboys (-7.0)

Saints (-2.0) > @Colts

@Dolphins (-8.5) > Patriots. Go O Really Go.

@Steelers > Jaguars (-2.0)

4:05 PM
@Seahawks (-4.0) > Browns. GoLady OGo.

4:25 PM

CBS here
@49ers (-5.0) > Bengals
Yes, a TV game that I care about.

@Broncos > KC (-7.0)

Ravens (-10.0!) > @Cardinals. Bird Bowl, GoBlackGo. Largest spread this week

8:20 PM NBC
Bears > @LA Traitors (-8.5). Prime time!

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Trubisky is still trubisky.

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Trubisky is still trubisky.

Kenny Pickett was only doing a little better.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401547499
Mitch Trubisky:
15/26 139 YDS 5.3 AVG, 1 TD 1 INT, SACKS 2-15, 69.2 RTG
Stats were improved a little by a useless, scoreless final drive in a 10-20 loss to the Jags.

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@Bills > Fail Mary Buccaneers 24-18 = 1-0 for the week.

Ewww, lame couple of games on early today.

1:00 PM

CBS here
Falcons (4-3, -2.5) vs @Titans (2-4) Go football. 23-28
Ryan Tannehill ankle injury.

Titans rookie Will Levis throws 4 TD passes in first start

... The rookie quarterback joined Minnesota Vikings Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton (1961 vs. Bears) and former Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (2015 vs. the Buccaneers) as the third player in NFL history with four passing touchdowns in his first career game....

Good for him

Kaaronless Jets (-3.0) vs Giants. NJ Bowl, go football.
13-10 OT, Kings of NJ! Zach Wilson had a so-so game:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401547498
Vegas was exact.

Also:

Eagles (-7.0) 38 > @Commanders 31 on a TD with 1:50 left, 21-14 4th. Double congrats, O Really. Vegas was exact again

Vikings (even) 24 > @Packers 10. GOGoCubsGoGO.
Kirk Cousins suffers Achilles tear in Vikings' victory
Awww.

Monday, October 30, 2023 8:15 PM ABC/ESPN
LV Traitors vs @Lions (-8.0). Go football.

GO:

1:00 PM

FOX here
@Panthers (0-6) > Texans (3-3, -3.5)
My 1:00 PM TV teams are a combined 9-16
Walkoff 23 Yd Field Goal by the anemic, heart attack Panthers 15-13 You don't stay YOUNG getting sacked 6 times in the NFL

Rams > @Cowboys (-7.0). 20-43

Saints (-2.0) > @Colts. 38-20

@Dolphins (-8.5) > Patriots. Go O Really Go. 31-17, congrats!

@Steelers > Jaguars (-2.0). 10-20

3-2 in the early games.

4:05 PM
@Seahawks (-4.0) > Browns. GoLady OGo.
Fast start, 17-7 in the 1st.
17-20 1:57 left, Seahawks INT at own 43. Geno Geno! Drive and TD with 0:38 left. 24-20 final.


4:25 PM

CBS here
@49ers (-5.0) > Bengals
Yes, a TV game that I care about.

Christian McCaffrey ties mark for TDs in consecutive games

... McCaffrey made a little bit of history against the Cincinnati Bengals at Levi's Stadium, scoring a touchdown in his 17th consecutive game. That ties him with Lenny Moore, the Baltimore Colts Hall of Fame running back/receiver, for the longest streak in NFL history. Moore's streak stretched over the 1963-64 seasons....

Eat your hearts out, 1-6 Panthers.
Purdy ugly game, 17-31

@Broncos (2-5) > KC (6-1, -7.0). 14-9 at the half, I believe!
Russell Wilson, halftime:
6/12 70 YDS 5.8 AVG, 2 TD 0 INT, 3-6 SACKS, 107.6 RTG
Kinda sucky, except for those 2 TDs. They're the whole point, after all.
Final:
12/19 114 YDS 6.0 AVG, 3 TD 0 INT, 6-27 SACKS, 119.3 RTG
Good enough, 24-9, David > Goliath!

Ravens (-10.0!) > @Cardinals. Bird Bowl, GoBlackGo. Largest spread this week
31-24, Best Birds!

5-3 so far today, Go Bears!

8:20 PM NBC
Bears > @LA Traitors (-8.5). Prime time!
Oh man, that 2 qtr drop in the end zone Will it cost them?
Nope, got the TD and left the Traitors with only 01:47 in the half. So, the drop was probably for the best, 7-17.
Sheesh, defense would be nice, Traitors drive and TD with 0:04 left. 7-24. What else is on TV?

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Da Bears didn't show up today?

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Da Bears didn't show up today?

They never show up in L.A. The lights are too bright.

Seahawks need to keep those unis as their primaries.

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5-4 today, 6-4 for the week counting the Fail Mary Buccaneers game. Could be worse.

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Change is in the air here. The bigger undereported story here is the change in backup QB.

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1708422190427725918

... In addition, there will be a new backup quarterback behind Justin Fields. Sources say Tyson Bagent, a former undrafted rookie free agent, will assume the role of No. 2 QB moving forward. The decision has nothing to do with Fields' standing, but it does have to do with a young, promising QB deserving a promotion from No. 3 to No. 2.

... Division II school Shepherd University.

Should have gone with Kap.

FWIW, he did some really good things in preseason and looked like the best QB on the roster (which says a lot and nothing at the same time).

I mocked Division II, but I guess there was more than a little basis for that:

Bears' Tyson Bagent has shot at redemption in third start

... the fourth D-II quarterback in the past 20 years to start an NFL game.

That narrative gained national attention in Week 7 when Bagent helped lead the Bears to victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. Bagent will get his third start at the New Orleans Saints on Sunday (1 p.m. ET, CBS). Justin Fields, who continues to recover from a dislocated right thumb, is week-to-week and will return as the starter when he's healthy.

... he was the best player on the team for four years, with a work ethic ingrained by a larger-than-life father who won 17 world arm wrestling titles. Bagent was the only D-II player invited to the Senior Bowl and one of three invited to the combine. He has faced long odds before. But maybe not quite like this.

The Bears, who have lost 16 of 18 games, need to find out what they has in Fields because if they get the No. 1 pick next spring it would mean a chance to draft USC QB Caleb Williams or North Carolina QB Drake Maye. So Bagent will play just when needed.

When was the last time you saw "No. 1 pick" and "North Carolina" in the same sentence?

... Bagent passed on a chance to walk on at West Virginia, choosing instead to follow in the footsteps of his mother, Casey, and father, Travis, and attend Shepherd.

He won the starting job as a freshman and threw a school-record 518 yards in his first start against Notre Dame College (Ohio), the reigning champions of the Mountain East Conference.

"No one had ever heard about Tyson Bagent, especially in Ohio," said Tyler Haines, Shepherd's former offensive coordinator. "Everyone immediately went to that film and said 'Who is this kid? What is going on?' And the rest is history. An 18-year-old kid taking over this conference."

... In four seasons, Bagent set 27 school and NCAA passing records. As a junior in 2021, he won the Harlon Hill Award -- the Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.

... PERHAPS NO ONE was more influential in exposing Bagent to NFL representatives than Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Senior Bowl, who came to Shepherd to hand deliver the quarterback's invitation to the annual college all-star game.

What Nagy had seen reminded him of another small-school quarterback who went on to make it big: Eastern Illinois' Tony Romo....

Bagent joked that his paycheck would look different because of all the money he used to purchase tickets for 55 family members and friends in (Raiders) attendance. He ended up spending $9,010....

Interesting article, GoTysonGo!

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Wtf?

Why bother? He's a free agent at the end of the year.

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When was the last time you saw "No. 1 pick" and "North Carolina" in the same sentence?

Apparently never, but there have been several notable #2's including GoCubsGo favourite Trubisky.

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Wtf?

Why bother? He's a free agent at the end of the year.

https://twitter.com/Suntimes/status/1719383197748801563

Bears fire (running backs coach) David Walker over workplace behavior, source confirms

I was going to be snarky about no great loss for the 2-6 Bears, but they're 6th in the NFL (3rd NFC) in rushing.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/stat/rushing

Aggressive butt-slapping?

Mark Davis on firings: Raiders were heading in 'wrong direction'

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis had given himself the NFL's Oct. 31 trade deadline as his personal deadline to decide whether to make a switch not only at head coach but at general manager.

Davis ultimately fired Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler from those positions Tuesday night, less than two years after he hired them away from the New England Patriots....

McDaniels was 9-16, .360, not enough time to decide if he was building a team or not. This also happened to him in Denver 2009-2010. He was 11-17 there, .393.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_McDa ... ing_record
If 47 year old McDaniels ever gets another shot he's learned to sacrifice everything in order to get 1st or 2nd year wins.

Will Mark Davis have the same legacy for being an erratic asshole as daddy Al? Does he already?

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McDaniels was 9-16, .360, not enough time to decide if he was building a team or not. This also happened to him in Denver 2009-2010. He was 11-17 there, .393.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_McDa ... ing_record
If 47 year old McDaniels ever gets another shot he's learned to sacrifice everything in order to get 1st or 2nd year wins.

Fwiw,

The 2011 season ... was the first of five consecutive AFC West titles for the Broncos....

Was that because they dumped McDaniels or because of what he built? Ftr, Denver was only 8-8 in 2011 in what was a really sucky year for the AFC West. San Diego and Oakland were also both 8–8 while KC was 7–9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_West#Season_results

8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO
Go @Steelers (4-3, -3.0) > Titans (3-4)
6-2 Ravens don't need no TN help.

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8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO
Go @Steelers (4-3, -3.0) > Titans (3-4)
6-2 Ravens don't need no TN help.

20-16, 1-0 for the week