NFL 2022 Season

[Isgrimnur]

Fuck, no, I'm not watching Philadelphia @ Indianapolis!

Mr Smee, hoist the colors!

[Zaxxon]

Holy wow, the replies on this tweet... Specifically, the number of people who apparently believe that when a clock hits 0, that's 0.9...

[Isgrimnur]

Holy wow, the replies on this tweet... Specifically, the number of people who apparently believe that when a clock hits 0, that's 0.9...

Lost hockey fans, apparently.

[Isgrimnur]

NBC Sports, 2018

“The back judge is responsible for keeping track of the play clock,” NFL spokesman Michael Signora told PFT via email. “Officiating mechanics dictate that once the back judge sees the play clock expire, he then looks immediately to the ball. If it is being snapped, then there is no foul for delay of game.”

So even if the back judge is locked onto the play clock, the flag doesn’t come out simply because the play clock gets to zero. He still must then look to the center to see if the ball was snapped.
...
It’s a process that applies to every offense, on every team. And if the NFL wants to change it, the NFL should require the back judge to essentially hold the flag in air and insert whistle in mouth as the clock gets under five seconds. Better yet, whether the snap came before the play clock struck zero could be subject to replay review.

[Zaxxon]

I understand the rationale. It's still stupid.

[paulbaxter]

I don't know what the Lions have been eating for breakfast lately, but I want some.

[Jeff V]

I don't know what the Lions have been eating for breakfast lately, but I want some.

Last week it was Gummy Bears.

[LordMortis]

a process

Say no more.

[Jaymann]

My results for Week 11

Titans at Packers...Loss, bad pick
Panthers at Ravens...Win
Browns at Bills...Win
Eagles at Colts...Win
Jets at Patriots...Win
Commanders at Texans...Win
Rams at Saints...Loss
Lions at Giants...Win
Bears at Falcons...Win
Raiders at Broncos...Loss both teams out of it, yay.
Cowboys at Vikings...Win
Bengals at Steelers...Win
Chiefs at Chargers...Win
49ers at Cardinals...Win

11-3 Cumulative 94-69

[Unagi]

My results for Week 11

Titans at Packers -- win
Panthers at Ravens -- win
Browns at Bills -- win
Eagles at Colts -- win
Jets at Patriots -- win
Commanders at Texans -- win
Rams at Saints -- win
Lions at Giants -- lose
Bears at Falcons -- lose
Raiders at Broncos -- lose
Cowboys at Vikings -- lose (wow, they were crushed)
Bengals at Steelers -- win
Chiefs at Chargers -- win
49ers at Cardinals -- win

This week: 10 - 4
Cumulative: 41 - 29

[Unagi]

Bears at Falcons -- lose

Also, I got the feeling this week of "a quarterback if you can keep it".

[Pyperkub]

Niners starting to get healthy and incorporating McCaffrey well... (and don't forget that Colt McCoy destroyed them 31-17 in SF last year...)

[Jaymann]

My picks for week 12:

Bills at Lions
Giants at Cowboys
Pats at Vikings
Bucs at Browns
Bengals at Titans
Texans at Dolphins
Bears at Jets
Falcons at Commanders
Broncos at Panthers
Ravens at Jags
Chargers at Cards
Raiders atSeahawks
Rams at Chiefs
Saints at 49ers
Packers at Eagles
Steelers at Colts

[Kurth]

Niners starting to get healthy and incorporating McCaffrey well... (and don't forget that Colt McCoy destroyed them 31-17 in SF last year...)

Niners are going to be dangerous down the stretch. CMC trade was a genius move.

[Unagi]

My picks for week 12:

Bills at Lions
Giants at Cowboys
Patriots at Vikings
Ravens at Jags
Broncos at Panthers
Falcons at Commanders
Bucs at Browns
Bengals at Titans
Texans at Dolphins
Bears at Jets
Raiders at Seahawks
Chargers at Cardinals
Rams at Chiefs
Saints at 49ers
Packers at Eagles
Steelers at Colts

actually in complete agreement with Jaymann it would seem. Accept - wait

[Unagi]

My picks for week 12:

You are missing Bengals at Titans pick.

[Unagi]

I'm very tempted to pick the Lions... they are on such a great run... but it's hard to make that pick.

[LordMortis]

I'm very tempted to pick the Lions... they are on such a great run... but it's hard to make that pick.

As much as I'd want to, the Lions strength has been in their OLine (who'd ever thunk? Finally!) but...

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2022/11/jon ... iving.html

Jonah Jackson’s brain injury means Lions likely without top 4 guards on Thanksgiving

[Jaymann]

My picks for week 12:

You are missing Bengals at Titans pick.

Thanks. That's the toughest pick of the week so I went with the home team.

[Unagi]

The Lions are looking pretty good. Those 4th down conversions are everything for them - so it's precarious.


Also, Bill Cowher's outfit is invoking the spirit of Ralph Furley, to me.

[Jaymann]

Tremendous game by the Lions. I knew Bills -9.5 was complete BS.

[Jaymann]

What's this? The Chargers score a TD in the waning seconds to keep their wildcard hopes alive? That two point conversion may have just saved Staley's job.

[RunningMn9]

Tremendous game by the Lions. I knew Bills -9.5 was complete BS.

I was shocked at the line, given that the Bills were unable to practice more than once in the 10 days preceding the game, and it was on a short week on the road, after an unexpected road game, against an unfamiliar opponent, with a shit ton of starters out, and the Stallion’s elbow compromised.

And despite all of this, and more injuries incurred in the Lions game, they are favored by 5.5 on the road against the Pats?

[El Guapo]

Tremendous game by the Lions. I knew Bills -9.5 was complete BS.

I was shocked at the line, given that the Bills were unable to practice more than once in the 10 days preceding the game, and it was on a short week on the road, after an unexpected road game, against an unfamiliar opponent, with a shit ton of starters out, and the Stallion’s elbow compromised.

And despite all of this, and more injuries incurred in the Lions game, they are favored by 5.5 on the road against the Pats?

My first instinct, without really knowing the extent of the injuries on the Bills, is that them being favored by 5.5 isn't unreasonable, given that this Patriots team really isn't all that great. One caveat on that being that in the last game vs. the Vikings the Patriots offense finally came to life (and Mac Jones turned in his first good game of the season). Was that an aberration from the offense, or have the Patriots managed somehow to right the ship on offense?

[RunningMn9]

I never know. Right now we are down our down:

DE1 (Miller)
DE2 (Rousseau) - might play
DE3 (Epenesa)
MLB1 (Edmunds) - might play
CB1 (White) - might be full go
FS1 (Hyde)
SS1 (Poyer) - sick
C1 (Morse)
LT (Dawkins)
RG (Bates)
WR4 (Crowder)
WR5 (Kumerow)

We had 11 players miss practice yesterday due to illness.

Every game day it feels like we are playing roster roulette. And Bills fans are crabby that they didn’t look dominant in their last two wins. They haven’t been able to practice for almost two weeks (until yesterday.

It’s a miracle they beat CLE and DET.

[RunningMn9]

I strongly suspect that this team is exhausted and is in real danger of coming out flat.

[Jaymann]

My results for week 12:

Bills at Lions...Win
Giants at Cowboys...Win
Pats at Vikings...Win
Bucs at Browns...Loss
Bengals at Titans...Loss
Texans at Dolphins...Win
Bears at Jets...Loss
Falcons at Commanders...Win
Broncos at Panthers...Win
Ravens at Jags...Loss
Chargers at Cards...Win (Feels so good to be right)
Raiders atSeahawks...Loss
Rams at Chiefs...Win
Saints at 49ers...Win
Packers at Eagles...Win
Steelers at Colts...Loss

10-6 Cumulative 104-75

[Unagi]

My results for week 12:

Bills at Lions -- win
Giants at Cowboys -- win
Patriots at Vikings -- win
Ravens at Jags -- loss
Broncos at Panthers -- win
Falcons at Commanders -- win
Bucs at Browns -- loss
Bengals at Titans -- win
Texans at Dolphins -- win
Bears at Jets -- loss
Raiders at Seahawks -- loss
Chargers at Cardinals -- win
Rams at Chiefs -- win
Saints at 49ers -- win
Packers at Eagles -- win
Steelers at Colts -- loss

This week: 11- 5
Cumulative : 52 -34 (started week 7)

[Jaymann]

Picks for week 13:

Bills at Pats
Steelers at Falcons
Packers at Bears
Jags at Lions
Jets at Vikings
Commanders at Giants
Titans at Eagles
Broncos at Ravens
Browns at Texans
Seahawks at Rams
Dolphins at 49ers
Chiefs at Bengals
Chargers at Raiders
Colts at Cowboys
Saints at Bucs

[Hrothgar]

I don't expect the Texans to win or even be competitive against the Browns. My one hope is that Watson suffers a minor groin pull. I want to hear the announcers try to deal with that. Is the groin slowing him down? Will he need treatment? He's trying to keep warm, stay loose. The training staff is very concerned about his groin. He's been in the blue tent a long time.

On a more serious note, I believe there will be protests outside the stadium.

I can only imagine the scrutiny the potential top QB's in the draft will be under. Teams always talk about drafting 'character' guys, but the Texans really need one. Everyone thought that Watson was a high character guy. Hopefully, he's learned from his therapy and will turn things around.

Hey Ken, is DeMeco Ryans ready to be a head coach? We may need one sooner than expected.

[Unagi]

My picks for week 13:

Bills at Patriots
Jets at Vikings
Broncos at Ravens
Steelers at Falcons
Jaguars at Lions
Titans at Eagles
Browns at Texans
Commanders at Giants
Packers at Bears I'm pretty sure Packers are going to clean up, but I can't pick them
Seahawks at Rams
Dolphins at 49ers
Chargers at Raiders
Chiefs at Bengals
Colts at Cowboys
Saints at Buccaneers

[El Guapo]

I strongly suspect that this team is exhausted and is in real danger of coming out flat.

Not as flat as the Patriots! #1 baby!

[RunningMn9]

Not as flat as the Patriots! #1 baby!

I have not watched enough Patriots games to realize their offense was that putrid. Really could have used that 41-yard TD pass to Diggs though. And I'm still a little steamed about the safety getting ejected. Like, I understand that by the rules that's probably a flag, but the man's job is to stop that TD, so you gotta stop that TD. I dunno. Insta-ejection just didn't seem to match anything I've seen in games this year.

[Isgrimnur]

Defenseless receiver, and, despite visible intentions, primary contact was made with the receiver's head.

[Jaymann]

That was a pretty bad hit, but probably did not warrant ejection.

BTW, thanks to the Bills for elevating the Chargers to the top of the "In the Hunt" teams.

Edit: If the Chargers can somehow get past the Raiders, you have the 7-4 teams:

Jets at Vikings

Titans at Eagles

Chiefs at Bengals

All lose-able games.

[naednek]

Defenseless receiver, and, despite visible intentions, primary contact was made with the receiver's head.

still not bad of a call compared to what happened to Greenlaw a few weeks back.

[Unagi]

I'd rather the Bears not play Fields on Sunday. Let the kid heal.

But they will play him. And I'm worried he will just get hurt more.

[RunningMn9]

The hit was certainly unpleasant, and as soon as I saw/heard it, I knew the flag was coming. Just surprised at the ejection. Minkah does that like three times a game and doesn’t get ejected.

[El Guapo]

Not as flat as the Patriots! #1 baby!

I have not watched enough Patriots games to realize their offense was that putrid. Really could have used that 41-yard TD pass to Diggs though. And I'm still a little steamed about the safety getting ejected. Like, I understand that by the rules that's probably a flag, but the man's job is to stop that TD, so you gotta stop that TD. I dunno. Insta-ejection just didn't seem to match anything I've seen in games this year.

Who could have foreseen that hiring a defensive coordinator and terrible head coach as (de facto) offensive coordinator wouldn't work out well?

[naednek]

With Jimmy out for the season due to broken foot, I'm trying to figure out if they are done for the season. Then comes Mr. Irrelevant and with the Defense led the team to a win!