downhill from here >>> nfl 2017/18 weeks 10 thru 17 thread

gaining 450yds and only scoring 10pts is pretty rough

I expect Vikings will be number 1 in the power rankings?

Seattle has beat the Vikings and Eagles (Vikings was preseason though)

the new england patriots are #1 in the only power rankings that matter, gods

yea but Vikes probably #2 now. their schedule has been kinda brutal but they're killing it. that said they're obviously gonna choke in the playoffs as karmic retribution for breaking Rodgers' collarbone

pats have won 8 straight but probably played 0 playoff teams in that stretch (with atl losing this weekend). the best defensive stretch of belichick career in terms of points allowed too.

the fact that no one can score any points on them including making the ball go through the field goal unit is odd considering theyre clearly not actually that good at defense

i mean, one possible explanation you might consider is that they are actually good at defense?

i think they are good at defense but not that good

afc is pats and steelers plus dark horse ravens (+incredible defense, +collins, -flacco & entire rest of offense). jags as extremely dark horses, barely visible? and then like the titans and a team from the west. p gross.

nfc is vikes, eagles, saints bunched pretty close together and rams probably just a step behind. i don't really believe in the panthers or banged up seahawks. one of packers or falcons could possibly push seattle out but idk about that.

Pats defense, first 4 games: 32 points/game
Pats defense, last 8 games: 12 points/game

god I hate Belichick

several dudes have really elevated their game but the biggest factors are overall just really tightening up from sloppy, preseason-type play and gilmore flipping a switch from total liability to all-pro corner

belichick mustve used his famous magic incantation on him do your job

apparently they simplified their coverage so that he could mostly just stick on one guy the whole time

he was getting confused i guess, lol

nfl is complicated tbf

heh

Ben McAdoo tells me he’s been fired.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 4, 2017

what an odd way to report it

benching eli is against the law

mcadon't

xp apparently. but i will always think on him fondly for fucking up eli's / the manning streak

so, Eli to the Broncos next year?

i find it hard to believe that mcadoo benched eli on his own without consulting his gm/ownership

idk he got fired right after!

i guess well know if eli is starting again next week

would love to think they forced it on him and then fired him for it. somehow extremely plausible!

ha that wld be good too

also...eli to denver? oh man, if eli won a superbowl with denver specifically to break the tie with peyton it would all have been worth it

commas after specifically and peyton

im here for rubbernecking bronco fan excitement over acquiring a new manning boy

the vikings schedule has been so hard saints>lions>falcon>panthers next week

no that's wrong, skins not saints saints were earlier

making fun of ben mcadoo owned. i will miss the big weird guy with awful hair.

he's no Tomsula, but still. all the best ones get canned.

gronk out for one game. feels like the correct call. schef saying gronk will appeal, which would not be the correct call.

gronks roid rage finally boiled over

if his appeal is that he is a very simple minded man and was short circuited by intense confusion at his treatment by officials then i guess i would be on board

obvs none of this is scientific, but giving talib/crabtree two (initially) and gronk one is silly. not to mention the w33d suspensions

NFL suspensions are a joke. I think they just spin a wheel.

league priorities when it comes to player discipline prob couldn't be more fucked up

Gronk deserves to be out longer than a game. That hit was really rough and really unnecessary.

one game is a big suspension imo

for him that's close to 500k

NHL suspensions are messed up because they vary by injury -- slash someone and break a bone, you get suspended; slash someone and give them a bruise, everyone laughs

but gronk actually concussed the dude

yea you'd think that would be worse than the Talib fight, Gronk completely blindsided the dude

oh i didnt know he got a concussion. kick him out for the season them imo.

then*

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--UkNMwkPi--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/u0ij2n65odbxrtixtjug.gif

this is just a shitty move

leading with the elbow into the back of his head...damn. i mean white is very very lucky (and gronk is lucky to be very very white tbqf.)

i mean considering everything we know about this type of injury, what the actual fuck at 1 game, i can only imagine it's subconscious "great white hope funtimes 69 guy" BS that allowed that.

Yeah, he did some kind of WWE move, clocking him in the back of the head with his robo-brace. It's one of the worst hits I've seen.