NFL 2023 - Week 1

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:15 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:15 am Literally, as a miserable Bengals fan this AM, taking solace in sharing the misery with others. What a fucking shit show for the Seahawks, Steelers, Bengals, and Giants fans in particular. Just...fuck. Bears fans too, I suppose. Vikings fans. Especially for Seahawks, Bengals, Giants and Bears fan - getting rolled by a hated division rival makes it extra shitty.

Hell, even in winning the Ravens offense wasn't great (to be expected) but losing Dobbins and two lineman and a S makes that victory kinda pricy.

Browns v. Dolphins for the AFC title and Cowboys v. Niners for the NFC title. Don't even need to play the rest of the season...

As odd as it is for me to try to cheer up a Bengal fan...

Just looked it up - Cincinnati were 0-2 and 2-3 last season which included losses to Pittsburgh and Baltimore. And they fell to 4-4 after being blown out by the Jacoby Brissett led Browns.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:47 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:15 am Literally, as a miserable Bengals fan this AM, taking solace in sharing the misery with others. What a fucking shit show for the Seahawks, Steelers, Bengals, and Giants fans in particular. Just...fuck. Bears fans too, I suppose. Vikings fans. Especially for Seahawks, Bengals, Giants and Bears fan - getting rolled by a hated division rival makes it extra shitty.

Hell, even in winning the Ravens offense wasn't great (to be expected) but losing Dobbins and two lineman and a S makes that victory kinda pricy.

Browns v. Dolphins for the AFC title and Cowboys v. Niners for the NFC title. Don't even need to play the rest of the season...

Perfect Bengal front page "The Morning After" post.

Derrik Klassen, formerly of Football Outsiders, had a very good scouting look at Justin Fields' performance yesterday. Some snippets...

Fields needs to check three boxes this season to earn the Bears’ trust: prove he can handle more of the offense, make quicker decisions and throw with accuracy. Even checking two of those boxes could be enough to get him over the hump, considering what he offers as a runner.

Fields didn’t check any of those boxes against the Green Bay Packers in Week 1.

We don’t even need to look into Fields’ individual play to understand how he’s struggled to take the next step so far. Getsy’s play-calling says it all.

For one, Fields was barely asked to throw the ball down the field. Fields’ average depth of target (3.7) and average yards to the sticks (-6.7) were the second-lowest in the league through the afternoon slate of games. Only Desmond Ridder was worse in both categories, and it was painfully obvious watching him play how little the Atlanta Falcons trust Ridder right now.

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Getsy also didn’t trust Fields to throw on a third-and-7 from the Packers 28-yard line in the first quarter. He called a screen for Chase Claypool, which was tipped and dropped.

Right or wrong, Getsy wanted to guarantee three points instead of seeing what Fields could do. It says a lot about the quarterback when a play caller effectively surrenders on a gettable third-down situation within scoring range.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:40 pm

Anyone catcht he Exorcist commercial on during the evening game last night? It was prime time, I guess, but it was pretty intense for 915 or so.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:57 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:40 pm Anyone catcht he Exorcist commercial on during the evening game last night? It was prime time, I guess, but it was pretty intense for 915 or so.

Didn't see it, but we caught the trailer a few weeks ago before "Oppenheimer", and thought "WTF"?

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:41 pm

Watt in game one last year and now

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:14 pm

Appropriate joke for today.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:16 pm

How many fans in attendance tonight voted for Trump?

This jingoist bullshit is too much.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:23 pm

Jets fan base is concentrated on Long Island sooo … all?

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:25 pm

I can forgive the “USA!” chants this one day a year.

Rodgers is down!

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:26 pm

Uh oh A-A-Ron!

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:26 pm

I’m fine with them decking the field out for the New York teams. It would’ve been better if they had a longtime Jet carry out the flag instead of a a guy who only came there this year. Like get Curtis Martin to bring the flag out. Or Revis.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:30 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:32 pm

Did he pop an Achilles? Like, that was a fairly pedestrian tackle.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:32 pm

Hilarious. So jets.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:35 pm

Didn’t even make it to 9:11 of the 1st quarter.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:47 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:35 pm Didn’t even make it to 9:11 of the 1st quarter.

Never Forget.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:07 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:32 pm Did he pop an Achilles? Like, that was a fairly pedestrian tackle.

Sure looked like Achilles.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:11 pm

I can’t stop giggling every couple of minutes. Sorry.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:17 pm

Hot take: they should encourage taunting and poor sportsmanship. At least a few times a year, anyway.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:17 pm

Saw one site with 60% odds of playoffs for jets with Rodgers and 6% with Wilson.

That 6% feels high…

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:21 pm

Four more prime time games for the jets on the schedule - and the new Black Friday game - and five additonal games in the 4:25 window.

That’s a LOT of Zach Wilson exposure…

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:24 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:21 pm Four more prime time games for the jets on the schedule - and the new Black Friday game - and five additonal games in the 4:25 window.

That’s a LOT of Zach Wilson exposure…

Nothing his mom's friend isn't used to.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:24 pm

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:29 pm

Flaco is still available in the free agent market

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:35 pm

WFAN is going to be phenomenal listening tomorrow.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:36 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:29 pm Flaco is still available in the free agent market

Fresh off a bicep injury but might be better than Wilson.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:38 pm

cerranoredux wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:35 pm WFAN is going to be phenomenal listening tomorrow.

Yankees game was rained out, might be phenomenal right now.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:45 pm

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:49 pm

The best laid plans of mice and men…

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:00 pm

Oh my. Zach Wilson almost took a 35-yard sack. No exaggeration.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:02 pm

Schatz and Tanier YouTube show/podcast is back this year, for those interested. 11am Eastern for the live on Monday (review of Sunday) and Thursday (preview of the upcoming week), comes out in podcast form a couple hours later.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:05 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:02 pm Schatz and Tanier YouTube show/podcast is back this year, for those interested. 11am Eastern for the live on Monday (review of Sunday) and Thursday (preview of the upcoming week), comes out in podcast form a couple hours later.

Aw nice. Thank you for the heads-up.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:08 pm

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:41 pm

Holy hell what a catch by Wilson.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:42 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:41 pm Holy hell what a catch by Wilson.

What a celebratory leapfrog too!

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:51 pm

Cmon man, the butt push is still legal.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:09 pm

That field goal going in off the upright… it just keeps Jets-ing

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:16 pm

Very fun game.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:17 pm

Oh shit. That was actually fucking entertaining.

Nice little walk off there.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:17 pm

Unbelievable