America's favorite Dystopian pastime - NFL 2021-22

lol i mean rodgers

not seeing a bunch of dumb shit on Twitter right now so I assume he's just doing damage control

it was mostly boring football talk but he doubled down and said hes standing by what he said and his 'opinion'. pat got a good zing in tho

Dr. Joe Rogan😂 pic.twitter.com/PxsxhMvGdt

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) November 9, 2021

huh

Minnesota Vikings’ RB Dalvin Cook is the victim of domestic abuse and extortion – there’s pending litigation, according to his agent Zac Hiller.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 10, 2021

wait what

Uhh

Text message between Vikings Dalvin Cook and ex girlfriend who filed assault complaint against him from alleged November 2020 incident. pic.twitter.com/wwjUDoPYRi

— Rochelle Olson (@rochelleolson) November 10, 2021

Yeah it's so clear that they were trying to get in front of it and create doubt about the victim, disgusting

Adam Schefter is such a f'n tool.

Folks NFL is doubling down this year on the crazy.

Players whose career was of similar quality and shape to Odell Beckham Jr.:

Percy Harvin, Stefon Diggs, Amari Cooper, Lance Rentzel, Mike Evans, Keenan Allen, Brandin Cooks, John Jefferson, Al Toon, Tyler Lockett

Not even Kirk Gibson gets more mileage from one play.

Goddamn am I sick if hearing about OBJ.

Great President

wait a sec. was Tua the backup

Yea he's hurt (finger injury) and wasn't ready to return but the only other QB on the roster so they didn't wanna play him so they out him as backup but Brissett got hurt and sucks

COS IT'S THE
MIAMI DOLPHINS
MIAMI DOLPHINS

:-0

Ravens have that weird Madden AI energy in the 4th. you know where the game just decides, fuck it, you ain't winning, and everything goes wrong for you to blow the lead on the last play in the game. would've done it again if they had not completely blown a coverage on defense

well they were completely ref-aided in the first part of their comeback, only one of the four penalties on that drive was legitimate, and it totalled like 30-40 yards.

and the one legit penalty call is ridic. the body weight on the QB rule actually got one of our DEs hurt in 2018 as he fell weirdly trying to avoid putting his entire weight on the QB and tore something, was lost for the season. all to avoid a flag.

yeah Madden does that too

they didn't call it Gladden

Now that Gruden is suing the NFL (lol) I think we're going to see more of those emails.

Love the drama

I think Gruden actually has a pretty good case here

idk, what the NFL did was clearly shitty but was it really illegal?

i'm definitely here for it tho

whether he has a case or not, the end result is him coming out looking worse than he did going in, which was already bad.

the NFL is content with looking bad, they've done it for years.

the NFL, in the person of roger goodell, is content with looking bad, but if this somehow leads to dan snyder's emails becoming public . . . well, it would be awesome

(of course it won't, unless gruden is so bitter as to be immune to a cash settlement)

I could see Gruden wanting to burn it all down.

have no idea about the legality of any of this but it seems pretty clear that someone really wanted Gruden out and selectively leaking someone's emails as a part of an unrelated investigation might not be entirely above board. I mean fuck Gruden obviously but I am guessing what Snyder was up to is probably worse

the jets just got their first interception by a defensive back this season

Now that Gruden is suing the NFL (lol) I think we're going to see more of those emails.

― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Saturday, November 13, 2021 9:54 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

hell prob settle but i hope he doesnt

what a moment for the detroit lions

First team to do 0 wins 16 losses twice still in play

The return of Cam Newton seems to be going pretty well so far

i guess the chiefs are good again

love the fact that cam went 3-for-4 for eight yards and is among espn's top stories

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32633357/detroit-lions-pittsburgh-steelers-ends-nfl-first-tie-week-3-2020-coming-surprise-some-players

^^^ one of my favorite genres of NFL stories

oh my god K'Waun Williams almost made the interception of the century by pinning the ball against his own ass but alas he was flagged for PI on the play

Stafford's made some incredibly weird decisions today. he's thrown to the other team on multiple occasions with nary a white jersey around. on 3rd and goal he scrambled ahead for 2 and then threw it out of bounds (which drew a flag). on 4th and goal he threw it 10 yards out of the end zone. is he alright?

Ok I apologize in advance for telling a fantasy football story but

I came into MNF up by 3.5 points, opponent only has Rams kicker to play. bad situation but hey, I've got a chance

Rams offense totally sputters out, scoring all of one touchdown. Late in the 4th they get to a 1st and goal situation, screw it all up as they've been doing all game, then kick a fucking field goal down 24 with four minutes to play

something that made me less enthused about fantasy football is that for the second year in a row, I autodrafted, and haven't set a lineup and don't even know who is on my team, and I'm playoff bound currently.

(it's a non-money Yahoo league and life just got the best of me, and nobody has seemed to notice due to all of my wins)

Ok I apologize in advance for telling a fantasy football story but

no

I remember one year where our league was kinda wacky & I paid almost no attention, I autodrafted and wound up sneaking into the playoffs with a 6-7 record, playing sitting out players on multiple occasions. THREE of those six wins I got despite having the second-lowest point total for the week. I wound up making it to the finals. The guys I beat were pretty upset.

At least the Raiders just embarrassed themselves on the field this week.

I do love seeing the words 'soviet-style character assassination' associated with the NFL.

None of these teams this year are all that good really. I think the Bucs are just bored at this point and waiting for the playoffs.

Oh I think if Gruden can, he will try to burn it down...dude is toast, he will never be able to get another job in coaching or football media at any level again one would figure.

But hey, somehow someway Bobby Petrino has a job STILL...so I guess one could dream Chucky.

Ain’t this what the XFL is for

crazy that after 28-3 everyone thought it was the end of the Pats dynasty and that the Falcons would be perennial Super Bowl contenders. they won one playoff game the following year and haven't had a winning record since, finishing 4-12 in 2020. meanwhile the Patriots made the next two Super Bowls, winning one, then Brady jumped ship and won another one with the Bucs, and now here we are as the the Pats with their new QB are about to win 5 straight, dropping the Falcons to 4-6 and pushing Matt Ryan one step closer to retirement

Joey Buddaflacco sighting

kick 'im right in the peeshadeel

flags really feeling arbitrary this year.

our corner, Byron Jones, grabs a fistful of jersey while defending a WR, and no flag, Jets rightfully furious (me relieved).

our TE, Mike Gesicki, flagged for not one but two phantom offensive PIs, neither of which were legit. one ended a drive (the other would have ended even if no flag was thrown).