NFL Football

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I guess that the first week's Monday Night Football has been a doubleheader since 2016. I never noticed.
New York Jets at Detroit Lions, 7:10 PM. Go Lions, but I don't hate the Jets.
Los Angeles Rams at Oakland Raiders, 10:15 PM. Go Raiders.

Edit 7:14 - Lions pick 6 on the very 1st Jets play.

Good thing I'm not betting on pro football, too.

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Bettor turns $5 NFL parlay into $84,565 with Bears win Monday night (and 14 out of 14 wins on Sunday)

A few years ago we instigated a rule change in our college football pool such that a weekly winner of all games would win the entire weekly pot rather than share it with second place. Several years x 14 weeks per year x 15-18 players = more than 1120 opportunities. No one has ever collected.

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Cool watching the Panthers Seahawks win and the Cowboys lose without changing the channel.

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Detroit's first 100 yard game since 2013.

Kerryon Johnson

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Detroit's first 100 yard game since 2013.

Kerryon Johnson

. . . on just 16 carries, and that was more yards than all of the Pats. Plus, Matthew Stafford had a QB Rating of 101.9 while Brady only managed 65.1. Then, it's also ancient Drew Brees setting lifetime NFL records. More on the weird week:

FMIA Week 3: A Sunday of Surprises? Nah, A Vet Says, ‘This Is The Normal’

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Meh, it's been a long time since I was a "real" Iggles fan, even though I (like most everybody else outside of New England) jumped on their bandwagon for the Super Bowl. Once you get past the 'Hawks and the Panthers, everybody else is situational fandom.

Graham Gano, wow!

Vikings' Adam Thielen - 5 straight 100+ yard receiving games, an NFL 1st! He passed Randy Moss and Isaac Bruce.

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Gano is phenomenal - 63 yards is one off the record of 64, which was kicked at Mile High. Whether the air makes any difference or not, I don't know, but wow.

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Gano is phenomenal - 63 yards is one off the record of 64, which was kicked at Mile High. Whether the air makes any difference or not, I don't know, but wow.

His previous long was 54 yards. In contrast:

Packers (Former?) K Mason Crosby misses 5 kicks in 8-point loss to Lions

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Sit down, Beast Mode - we're going to pass it on the goal line - again.
(And we all know how that turns out, don't we?)
Arggggh!
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/marshawn-l ... 11591.html

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Drew Brees breaks record for career passing yards

... It also was appropriate that the pass that put him over the top was a touchdown.

Tre'Quan Smith caught a 62-yard touchdown pass from Brees with 2:36 remaining in the first half, giving the Saints quarterback 71,968 career passing yards.

Brees entered Monday night’s game against Washington needing only 201 yards to top Peyton Manning’s record of 71,940 passing yards. It didn’t take Brees long to get that.

He has completed 13 of 15 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns thus far, leading the Saints to a 26-6 lead.

The game briefly was paused to honor Brees. Pro Football Hall of Fame president David Baker took the record-setting ball to display in Canton as Brees celebrated with his family and Saints owner Gayle Benson.

Brees setting the record on Monday night was almost a forgone conclusion considering he now has thrown for 201 or more yards in 12 consecutive games.

Brees already owns the all-time completions record, now with 6,357. He ranks second in attempts (9,470) to Brett Favre (10,169) and fourth in passing touchdowns (498) behind Manning (539), Favre (508) and Tom Brady (500)....

Early in the 4th it's now NO 43, DC 13.

Brees is 23 for 26! 88.5%, 337 yds!, 3 TDs!, 0 INTs.

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Detroit's first 100 yard game since 2013.

Kerryon Johnson

. . . on just 16 carries, and that was more yards than all of the Pats. Plus, Matthew Stafford had a QB Rating of 101.9 while Brady only managed 65.1. Then, it's also ancient Drew Brees setting lifetime NFL records. More on the weird week:

FMIA Week 3: A Sunday of Surprises? Nah, A Vet Says, ‘This Is The Normal’

Too bad he was too hurt to play in our sec championship loss to uga and in our bowl loss to the wannabees.

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Who to bet on in a shootout? Brady-Gronk, of course.

43-40 Pats over KC. Trivia: 1st time ever for that NFL final score.

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Who to bet on in a shootout? Aaron Rodgers, of course.

Sort of. The GB "INT" with 1:07 left obviously hit the ground. SF had a timeout remaining, I don't know why it wasn't challenged or reviewed by the officials. Still, great drive then by Rodgers.

Packers (Former?) K Mason Crosby misses 5 kicks in 8-point loss to Lions

4 for 4 FGs tonight, including a 51 yarder, 3 for 3 EPs, 27 yard game winning field goal as time expired. How's that for a turnaround?

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Seahawks rookie punter Michael Dickson ices win with impromptu run from his own end zone

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Good to see Pittsburgh win for the 2nd time since the synagogue massacre.

Go Seahawks!

Brady vs Rodgers tonight. Go GB!

There's a new Gymnastics post if anyone cares.

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Good game. The defenses won the 1st 3 quarters, then Brady won the 4th.

At one point the announcers said that Brady's 7th incomplete in a row was a record for him. They rapidly corrected themselves saying that he'd in fact completed a short pass 2 plays before. No biggie that they flubbed, but it's amazing that at 41-years-old Tom Brady has never once thrown 7 incompletes in a row. I wonder how many times he's completed 7, 14 or maybe even 21 in a row.

Meanwhile, the other GOAT, 39-year-old Drew Brees, just threw 25 for 36, 69.4%, 346 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs, not sacked once, and ran 4 times for 16 yards to beat the formerly unbeaten Rams 45-35.

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Seahawks! Fightin' for a wildcard slot.

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Effin' Terps! Gave it their best shot and made it a good game, but they're just like the damn 'Heels and will break your heart if you believe in them.

Panthers just did the same exact thing except in regular time. I'm not crushed, I like the Lions, too.

DC could have beaten Houston with a 53 yard FG at the end. Their kicker is a Florida State grad. Short.

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(DC's) Alex Smith suffers Joe Thiesmann-esque leg injury 33 years to the day of Lawrence Taylor's tackle

That's a tragic coincidence. I can still see Thiesmann's broken leg.

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(DC's) Alex Smith suffers Joe Thiesmann-esque leg injury 33 years to the day of Lawrence Taylor's tackle

That's a tragic coincidence. I can still see Thiesmann's broken leg.

And Lawrence Taylor's frantic waving to the sidelines...