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  • BillJones
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    Giants vs. the Cowboys. As an Eagle’s fan, is there any way that BOTH of them could lose?

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  • bgr
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    When I have to choose between the cubs and the cards I use distance and become a fan of the team closer to me.

  • Basebal21
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    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    Its all analytics. They say 4th and 2 or less go for it every time. Play calls in those situations are a different story

    Fire AJ Preller

  • perkdog
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    @Basebal21 said:

    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    Its all analytics. They say 4th and 2 or less go for it every time. Play calls in those situations are a different story

    It's like they force themselves to let the analytics run the game, take the coaches out and let AI run it then

  • perkdog
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    Watching Dallas and the Giants and the Giants have a bunch of pretty decent players on offense, I didn't realize how different this team is

    Skattebo might be the most physical and angry runner in the NFL lol

  • Basebal21
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    @perkdog said:

    @Basebal21 said:

    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    Its all analytics. They say 4th and 2 or less go for it every time. Play calls in those situations are a different story

    It's like they force themselves to let the analytics run the game, take the coaches out and let AI run it then

    Its like in baseball where a lot of teams dont let a starter face a lineup the 3rd time in a game, I dont always agree with it, but the front office are their bosses and really you kind of deserve to come up short if you cant come up with a play to get 1 yard,

    The funniest was the Browns being down 31 and kicking a fg from the 8. That made no sense

    Fire AJ Preller

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    @Basebal21 said:

    @perkdog said:

    @Basebal21 said:

    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    Its all analytics. They say 4th and 2 or less go for it every time. Play calls in those situations are a different story

    It's like they force themselves to let the analytics run the game, take the coaches out and let AI run it then

    Its like in baseball where a lot of teams dont let a starter face a lineup the 3rd time in a game, I dont always agree with it, but the front office are their bosses and really you kind of deserve to come up short if you cant come up with a play to get 1 yard,

    The funniest was the Browns being down 31 and kicking a fg from the 8. That made no sense

    Didn't want to get shutout.😀

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  • galaxy27
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    all offseason long the talk was how good the revamped Cowboys' D with their new hot shot DC was going to be

    they are pathetic

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    @perkdog said:
    Watching Dallas and the Giants and the Giants have a bunch of pretty decent players on offense, I didn't realize how different this team is

    Skattebo might be the most physical and angry runner in the NFL lol

    Lots of NYC/ 9/11 karma at work tonight

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  • Darin
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    That’s called instant karma!
    Player taunts, kicker misses the long extra point. 🤣🤣

  • Darin
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    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    @perkdog said:
    Watching Dallas and the Giants and the Giants have a bunch of pretty decent players on offense, I didn't realize how different this team is

    Skattebo might be the most physical and angry runner in the NFL lol

    Lots of NYC/ 9/11 karma at work tonight

    Looks that way!
    Blue jay, I didn’t even know you used the word karma before I posted. But it appears you are correct.

  • Steven59
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    @Basebal21 said:
    The funniest was the Browns being down 31 and kicking a fg from the 8. That made no sense

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    What have the Browns done in the last 20 years that has ever made sense?????? B)

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Basebal21
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    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    @Basebal21 said:

    @perkdog said:

    @Basebal21 said:

    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    Its all analytics. They say 4th and 2 or less go for it every time. Play calls in those situations are a different story

    It's like they force themselves to let the analytics run the game, take the coaches out and let AI run it then

    Its like in baseball where a lot of teams dont let a starter face a lineup the 3rd time in a game, I dont always agree with it, but the front office are their bosses and really you kind of deserve to come up short if you cant come up with a play to get 1 yard,

    The funniest was the Browns being down 31 and kicking a fg from the 8. That made no sense

    Didn't want to get shutout.😀

    Lol that might actually be the reason

    Fire AJ Preller

  • Basebal21
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    @Steven59 said:

    @Basebal21 said:
    The funniest was the Browns being down 31 and kicking a fg from the 8. That made no sense

    .
    What have the Browns done in the last 20 years that has ever made sense?????? B)

    Doing that NIL deal with that terrible movie Draft Day thats even more unbelievable in a bad way than Moneyball lol

    Fire AJ Preller

  • craig44
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    who are you guys picking tonight?

    I cant believe Patrick is able to play only 9 months after ACL surgery

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • perkdog
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    KC 27
    Denver 24

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    @craig44 said:
    who are you guys picking tonight?

    I cant believe Patrick is able to play only 9 months after ACL surgery

    I need 44 total points to cover the over for my parlay. I had the the Giants in my other parlay with the Texans.

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  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    So all 3 NY teams won yesterday. Was there a full moon or a major planet alignment?

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  • perkdog
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    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    So all 3 NY teams won yesterday. Was there a full moon or a major planet alignment?

    Jets fans must have been so confused yesterday lol

  • SanctionII
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    Broncos v. Chiefs tonight in MNF.

    Broncos by 7.

  • Darin
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    @craig44 said:
    who are you guys picking tonight?

    I cant believe Patrick is able to play only 9 months after ACL surgery

    Craig what I can’t believe is his injury happened because his cleats got stuck in the turf.
    Imagine this scenario….. its 2025, you’ve got a franchise QB who is earning a billion or so per year, and you trot him out in shoes with these huge cleats in which if he takes one misplaced step can get stuck in the turf. Hasn’t cleat technology advanced enough from 100 years ago to prevent this from happening. It’s ridiculous, a pair of $200 shoes can cause an injury like that. Isn’t it enough that you have 350 lb. linemen coming after you with bad intent.
    I know the player usually wears a shoe which he can plant and not slip but a shoe with cleats like Patrick was wearing shouldn’t be an option. I saw a picture of them the cleats are huge.

  • craig44
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    @Darin said:

    @craig44 said:
    who are you guys picking tonight?

    I cant believe Patrick is able to play only 9 months after ACL surgery

    Craig what I can’t believe is his injury happened because his cleats got stuck in the turf.
    Imagine this scenario….. its 2025, you’ve got a franchise QB who is earning a billion or so per year, and you trot him out in shoes with these huge cleats in which if he takes one misplaced step can get stuck in the turf. Hasn’t cleat technology advanced enough from 100 years ago to prevent this from happening. It’s ridiculous, a pair of $200 shoes can cause an injury like that. Isn’t it enough that you have 350 lb. linemen coming after you with bad intent.
    I know the player usually wears a shoe which he can plant and not slip but a shoe with cleats like Patrick was wearing shouldn’t be an option. I saw a picture of them the cleats are huge.

    i didnt know it was an equipment problem, it makes sense though. i just assumed it was the tackle and couldnt be helped. that must be really frustrating for chiefs fans that this could have been avoided.

    it is still pretty amazing to me that he is ready just 9 months later! i am not a mohomes fan, but i want him to stay healthy. i hate it when good players miss time due to injury. the games are not as interesting without them

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • perkdog
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    It's too bad the players union can't fight for all grass fields, I wonder how many of them would prefer grass over turf?

    Skill position players or at least some of them probably prefer the turf because they are faster on it idk

    The owners I'm sure prefer turf because it's cheaper I'm guessing and it's far less upkeep

  • toadstrangler
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    @perkdog said:
    It's too bad the players union can't fight for all grass fields, I wonder how many of them would prefer grass over turf?

    Skill position players or at least some of them probably prefer the turf because they are faster on it idk

    The owners I'm sure prefer turf because it's cheaper I'm guessing and it's far less upkeep

    I feel like there were a lot less injuries back when artificial turf was a parking lot with cutouts for a pitchers mound and bases. A single with a bit of heat turned into an inside the park home run in baseball and in football was probably the reason players were padded from toe to helmet unlike the near basket ball unis many have now haha. There was no such thing as a shoe getting caught in the turf because that stuff could only be compromised by a jackhammer.

    COPPER is gutter !

  • perkdog
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    @softparade said:

    @perkdog said:
    It's too bad the players union can't fight for all grass fields, I wonder how many of them would prefer grass over turf?

    Skill position players or at least some of them probably prefer the turf because they are faster on it idk

    The owners I'm sure prefer turf because it's cheaper I'm guessing and it's far less upkeep

    I feel like there were a lot less injuries back when artificial turf was a parking lot with cutouts for a pitchers mound and bases. A single with a bit of heat turned into an inside the park home run in baseball and in football was probably the reason players were padded from toe to helmet unlike the near basket ball unis many have now haha. There was no such thing as a shoe getting caught in the turf because that stuff could only be compromised by a jackhammer.

    Very true but take your pick, less knee and foot injuries but more concussions

  • toadstrangler
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    @perkdog said:

    @softparade said:

    @perkdog said:
    It's too bad the players union can't fight for all grass fields, I wonder how many of them would prefer grass over turf?

    Skill position players or at least some of them probably prefer the turf because they are faster on it idk

    The owners I'm sure prefer turf because it's cheaper I'm guessing and it's far less upkeep

    I feel like there were a lot less injuries back when artificial turf was a parking lot with cutouts for a pitchers mound and bases. A single with a bit of heat turned into an inside the park home run in baseball and in football was probably the reason players were padded from toe to helmet unlike the near basket ball unis many have now haha. There was no such thing as a shoe getting caught in the turf because that stuff could only be compromised by a jackhammer.

    Very true but take your pick, less knee and foot injuries but more concussions

    I think concussions are probably the same my friend. They just weren't classified as such back in the day except for the worst of cases.

    COPPER is gutter !

  • perkdog
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    @softparade said:

    @perkdog said:

    @softparade said:

    @perkdog said:
    It's too bad the players union can't fight for all grass fields, I wonder how many of them would prefer grass over turf?

    Skill position players or at least some of them probably prefer the turf because they are faster on it idk

    The owners I'm sure prefer turf because it's cheaper I'm guessing and it's far less upkeep

    I feel like there were a lot less injuries back when artificial turf was a parking lot with cutouts for a pitchers mound and bases. A single with a bit of heat turned into an inside the park home run in baseball and in football was probably the reason players were padded from toe to helmet unlike the near basket ball unis many have now haha. There was no such thing as a shoe getting caught in the turf because that stuff could only be compromised by a jackhammer.

    Very true but take your pick, less knee and foot injuries but more concussions

    I think concussions are probably the same my friend. They just weren't classified as such back in the day except for the worst of cases.

    Fair point, so many undocumented concussions back in the day it's impossible to tell which was worse

    Concussion? Eh shake out the cobwebs and get back in there!

  • VikingDude
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    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    This was definitely the turning point of the game

  • bgr
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    @VikingDude said:

    @perkdog said:
    Matt Lefeur takes 3 points off the board to go for it on 4th and 1 to get stopped

    Another example of coaches outcoaching themselves, I'm confident I'd make better game time decisions than most of these morons

    This was definitely the turning point of the game

    I think it was the next drive where the Packers had them stopped on 3rd and there was a mysterious roughing the passer call followed by 3 more gifts to keep the ball moving.

    For what it's worth I picked the Vikings to win that game, but that series was ridiculously bad. The refs took over the game.

  • Basebal21
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    @perkdog said:
    It's too bad the players union can't fight for all grass fields, I wonder how many of them would prefer grass over turf?

    Skill position players or at least some of them probably prefer the turf because they are faster on it idk

    The owners I'm sure prefer turf because it's cheaper I'm guessing and it's far less upkeep

    They basically all want grass fields and the stadiums all showed they could from the World Cup who will not allow turf. It really just is a money thing. Playing on turf sucks and the non contact injury rate is higher. It really makes no sense. You give guys the contracts they get and then dont want to spend a million or two on a grounds crew and grass especially in stadiums that arent in a dome

    Fire AJ Preller

  • galaxy27
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    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

  • Darin
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    Denver was supposed to have one of the best defenses in the NFL. 🤣
    Especially against the run!

  • ElMagoStrikeZone
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    Wait a sec. The CHEFS have a running game? No frikking way. :o

  • craig44
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    wow, i conked out at halftime last night. i didnt think KC would do that to Denver. their new RB looked great last night!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • perkdog
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    I said this before and I'll say it again, Kenneth Walker was striking gold for the Chiefs, this is without question the best RB Mahomes has ever had helping him out

    The Chiefs might be back honestly

  • perkdog
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    @galaxy27 said:
    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

    Bo Nix will fool us with some great games but overall he is not that good imo

  • craig44
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    as great as walker looked last night, I wonder if he can hold up under that kind of a workload? i checked out his stats and other than his injury season, he averages about 220 attempts/season. at 23 carries per game like last night he would be at 397 carries through the regular season. it looks like they gave him a break with the backup RB, but his production was junk.

    a positive would be that it seems walker doesnt have a ton of miles on his legs so far in his career.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • VikingDude
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    @galaxy27 said:
    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

    I had to look up "poleaxing"

  • perkdog
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    @VikingDude said:

    @galaxy27 said:
    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

    I had to look up "poleaxing"

    He is on a roll, I had to Google check another word he put in play the other day that I've not heard before 😂😂😂

  • perkdog
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    A couple of cupcakes this week
    Philly vs Houston, SF vs Miami and
    Tampa vs Cleveland

  • galaxy27
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  • perkdog
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    @galaxy27 said:

    Chargers and Broncos are waaaaaay too high

    I think my Pats are as well

    And I cannot understand how Detroit is next to the Bears

    Week 1 but that's what we are going by at the moment

  • craig44
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    i think it is too early to tell who is what right now. a month should give us a pretty good idea about who is for real

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • ElMagoStrikeZone
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    The last time the Bears were a juggernaut on offense was when their punky QB was mooning helicopters.

  • Basebal21
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    @perkdog said:

    @galaxy27 said:
    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

    Bo Nix will fool us with some great games but overall he is not that good imo

    Same thing he did at Auburn. One play looks like a HOF QB then hell do stuff where its like how are you on the field

    Fire AJ Preller

  • Darin
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    @VikingDude said:

    @galaxy27 said:
    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

    I had to look up "poleaxing"

    Is that how galaxy gets all the great autos at golf tourneys he goes to? Threaten them with a medieval weapon? 😂😂😂

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    @Darin said:

    @VikingDude said:

    @galaxy27 said:
    did anyone foresee the Chiefs poleaxing the Broncos ?

    i certainly didn't

    Denver is making Kenneth Walker look like Jim Brown out there

    I had to look up "poleaxing"

    Is that how galaxy gets all the great autos at golf tourneys he goes to? Threaten them with a medieval weapon? 😂😂😂

    Gets those autos with his "scintillating" repartee with the pros.

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  • Steven59
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    @craig44 said:
    i think it is too early to tell who is what right now. a month should give us a pretty good idea about who is for real

    .
    Except for the Browns - we know exactly who they are right now............. :#

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • galaxy27
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    yes

    i ask Scheffler nicely one time, and then..............................

  • perkdog
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    I love seeing Detroit lose now, Detroit's window has all but slammed shut and it's all on Dan Campbell for his stupid coaching decisions