back by not particularly popular demand: NFL 2016-7 week 1 thread

lol someone asked bill a question and used the word "storyline," you can imagine how well that went

Every Belichick grimace conveys its own storyline

i watched two games this week and both ended on missed field goals

Like some of the Bears, I kinda napped through part of the game but from what I saw Houston looked pretty decent. Texan's D-line looked pretty good, Clowney was a menace a few plays and they seemed to get a big push in the middle even though Watt until the end was kind held in check. Cutler gets some time, he seems to do ok. Bears could be middling, they don't look as terrible as a couple years ago.

Indy's D isn't that hot as they got little pass rush and they were down to like 5 DBs by the end of the game. Got to figure even as a low key guy, Caldwell probably enjoyed winning. Colt's had a couple TEs that were new to me looked pretty good. Detroit looked a bit more talented to me, but both clubs are probably pretty middling. That RB for the Lions played pretty well.

onyl one double digit win so far this week, crazy

wow RG3 was shaky

should i stop trying to make janeane garofalo happen

hold on to that feeling

https://brobible.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/randy-moss-trent-dilfer.jpg?quality=90&w=650

rg3

fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder. Although surgery is not required at this time, Griffin’s left shoulder will be re-evaluated in 3-4 weeks.

RIP

Poor, poor Browns.

hah my family in Akron all say they expected him to be out for the season by Week 4, can't believe they were actually being too optimistic

well...josh mccown was not really the reason the browns didn't win games last season. so the situation is bad but that's because it was already bad.

yes but RGIII had like a 5% shot at maybe resembling what he was that one year in Washington while John McCown is 100% Josh McCown

Josh "Raven Killer" McCown is back, baby

lol

o lord what a fall from grace

while John McCown is 100% Josh McCown

this is a p funny typo

also would be a good wk 2 thread title

I had to read it a couple times, I thought I typed "Josh McClown"

"Joe is as tough as a $2 steak," coach John Harbaugh said. "My brother didn’t come up with that, either. It’s from an old western, just for the record."

do... do we not have any other plan than leaving breeland on antonio brown here

cousins looks terrible

gorams?

Well, this is going to be a slog.

is bnw around? is he still gorams or are they dead to him now?

sidebar: I like that there's some raised fists during the anthem to complement taking a knee but some of these dudes look hella uncomfortable. keep yr head down, throw that fist high: just like the 68 Olympics.

never sleep again

https://twitter.com/deadspin/status/775539510641844224

Gabberts gotten away with like 4 throws that shoulda been picked

even the niners want to go home

Trent Brown: 6'8", 355lbs!

Could the Niners possibly be good, or are the Rams really that bad?

case keenum is a septic tank of a qb with no one to throw to anyway. the niners defense played like they knew it and worse the rams offense played like they knew it. it's going to be impossible for them to move the ball when the defense knows it only has to defend 10 yards from the LOS. niners offense seems like it is probably bad also but they played a conservative game vs a good defense and were able to score with it.

top response is perfect

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/775694796174295040/photo/1

this is the best thing

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/kevin-harlans-play-by-play-radio-call-of-the-mnf-idiot-1786562558

kevin harlan needs to call football games on the national stage more often

the growl is a good look

http://deadspin.com/trent-dilfer-should-consider-sitting-this-one-out-1786605611

Dilfer appeared on radio station KNBR on Tuesday to clarify his comments. He said he had prepared all week to refine his Countdown takes in a way that would be thoughtful, but not give in to the “politically correct police.” (His words.) Dilfer believed that too many people focused on the part of his spiel where he said the role of a backup quarterback is to shut up. Then, in a bizarre twist, Dilfer invoked the time when he was a backup on the Seattle Seahawks and kept his mouth shut about child slavery, because he didn’t want to derail the team.

“My wife and I had been introduced to some really disturbing stuff and other social injustices: Childhood slavery in our country. And I’d gone to a couple seminars and presentations where we got really deep in the weeds about this issue. It became a passion of ours to help fight this battle of childhood slavery around the country and I had a very big platform in Seattle and I could have leveraged being a Seattle Seahawk, being an NFL quarterback, done a lot to get that message out there, but I chose not to at the sake of not wanting to disrupt the team and I never want to draw attention to myself, and take it away from Matt, the rest of our team and our preparation to win.”

jfc what a dipshit

roll eyes all the way back in my head

i was going to mention that earlier but didn't want to be a distraction to ilx

i was gonna free my child slaves but i didnt want to be a distraction to the team