NFL Week 9 - Halfway Done

Post by **brian** » Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:41 pm

That Eagles schedule for the next six weeks is brutal.

And it would have to have been done by today but kind of stunned they didn’t flex out that Week 10 Sunday night game between the Jets and Raiders. That is going to be a dog of a game.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:27 am

Jets games are getting good TV ratings and the Week 11 game is likely going to get flexed (Vikings-Broncos)

the top contender for a game to get flexed would seem to be 49ers-Jaguars, but I wonder if they're waiting on using the last 49ers game somewhere else. after that, it'd be Browns-Ravens, but Ravens play Thursday night in Week 11 and Browns-Steelers looks like the top flex candidate then anyway

tl;dr I think it's simply because the schedule didn't work out well

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:30 am

Not a GREAT game to swap into. Browns/Ravens or Jags/Niners? Maybe they just wanted to go to Vegas again.

ETA - I had dog issues or would have beaten bronto

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:52 am

That's great and all but the Jets are absolutely unwatchable and unless the Raiders hire Jeff Saturday they aren't interesting either. The under on that game is gonna be like, 19.5.

Zach Wilson was dueled to a near stalemate by the Giants not passing.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:47 am

a game could be 3-2 and if lots of people tune in and ratings aren't significantly down from a week/month/year ago, it's a win for the network

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:22 am

But will the next game after the 3-2 game still have the same ratings, is the question. We just had the 3-2 game.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:25 am

Do you guys think there's a correlation between a team being on Hard Knocks and ratings... or is this just a function of a team sitting in the NYC market kind of always is going to pull good numbers?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:49 pm

My numbers like the Steelers tonight. My head though thinks the Titans will run all over them, and QBs like Levis absolutely kill this team. They haven't stopped any variation of Blake Bortles in like 30 years.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:10 pm

Kenny can’t hit an open receiver and Levis doesn’t have time to throw (but made a least one nice pass when he did).

The Holcomb injury didn’t look good.

Post by **brian** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:20 pm

Levis seems a worthy heir apparent to Tannehill. They seem to share each others faults and strengths

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:22 pm

The backwards throw where he was saved by being sacked first was something

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:15 pm

Damn, it didn't really look like Burks took that hard of a bump. That really sucks.

Post by **brian** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:27 pm

Al Michaels is a pathetic shell of himself. It’s obvious he just wants this game to be over.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:27 am

I guess I have had a more favorable impression of Levis in the first few games than "he's another Tannehill". I mean, he might be, and that has been a very decent NFL qb type, but he makes some really hard throws look easy and hasn't been overmatched at all. And primetime short week in Pittsburgh is a nasty assignment for any qb much less one making his second ever start and I thought he was pretty damn good.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:53 am

Yeah, Levis looks good, especially when compared to Pickett spraying short outs 10 feet over the WR's heads.

I would note though that while he had a lot of great throws, I don't think he hit a single guy who wasn't wide tf open and that kinda showed in the 2nd half. I don't have All-22 to confirm but I can't imagine he needed to take all of those hits.

EDIT: Did anyone notice Pickett pausing mid-scramble to adjust the ball in his hands to throw? I don't notice any other QBs doing that.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:55 am

The Steelers meanwhile are addicted to the 1995 model of setting up an offense entirely to convert 3rd and 2.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:59 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:15 pm Damn, it didn't really look like Burks took that hard of a bump. That really sucks.

He slammed his head hard as hell on the ground...there's gotta be something they can do to stop this from happening so often. Bring back neck rolls!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:20 am

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:27 pm Al Michaels is a pathetic shell of himself. It’s obvious he just wants this game to be over.

He is maligned, at a minimum.

If anyone gets this, god bless you.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:10 am

Even as a Steelers fan, I find it hilarious and amazing that they are 5-3. They never look good.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:15 am

It's sadly what the Patriots aspired to be this year but haven't pulled off. I blame the schedules.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:22 am

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:27 pm Al Michaels is a pathetic shell of himself. It’s obvious he just wants this game to be over.

I don't think it helps that Herbstreit is basically a tourist in the NFL, showing his general unfamiliarity with the league, specifically the players.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:48 am

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:22 am
brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:27 pm Al Michaels is a pathetic shell of himself. It’s obvious he just wants this game to be over.
I don't think it helps that Herbstreit is basically a tourist in the NFL, showing his general unfamiliarity with the league, specifically the players.

Fair, but I did like the note that Herbstreit hosted Vrabel for his official visit to OSU.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:34 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:10 am Even as a Steelers fan, I find it hilarious and amazing that they are 5-3. They never look good.

Best record through 8 games for a team that has been out-gained every game. It's not even like they're disciplined or anything...in fact the opposite.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:33 pm

George Pickens, who had 2 catches for -1 yard wrote "Free Me" on IG today and unfollowed the entire Steelers offense. This is a player that somehow managed not to score a TD on this play...

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:41 pm

They could trade him for Davante Adams!

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:58 pm

Can someone do jlo a solid and double check that it was really Pickens?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:23 pm

Yup. It's legit.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:38 pm

thanks Johnnie

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:42 pm

Redeemed again. Go pick on some other Boomers, buddy.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:02 pm

Anyway, I can get being frustrated but yeah after that play it’s maybe the wrong week.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:13 pm

And maybe not after a win.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:57 am

And not when you live in the greatest country in the world and everyone is jealous of our freedom

Post by **brian** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:36 pm

It’ll never stop killing me how much Jerloma hates Tomlin. Just wait until the Steelers eventually have an actually bad head coach.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:50 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:36 pm It’ll never stop killing me how much Jerloma hates Tomlin. Just wait until the Steelers eventually have an actually bad head coach.

So, so spoiled.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:55 pm

Three coaches since the year before I was born (1969).

Think about that.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:57 pm

I'm old enough to remember when he hated Bill Cowher. That was funny.

Post by **Shirley** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:55 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:55 pm Three coaches since the year before I was born (1969).

Think about that.

And Tomlin has the highest Win% of those 3. I think he has the 12th best winning percentage of any NFL coach with at least 10 years. And a bunch of those guys ahead of him finished coaching over 45 years ago.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:57 am

Good lord in Germany at the moment.

Post by **brian** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:58 am

I was told really good teams never get blown out.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:17 am

It seems to me that Tua absolutely led Hill into that strip-six TD by the Chiefs. If you’re not going to look off the DBs, then you at least have to recognize the ones that are poised to bury your WR in the flat.