the nfl 2016-7 week 11 thread is a dark place, probably the darkest it’s ever been

watched more football yesterday than i have in years and was amazed at how many injuries -- serious, season-ending ones -- there were, even apart from concussions. is it worse than it used to be or am i imagining it?

xp i guess that prob is pretty rare, i searched back to 1990 and didn't find anything

I'm noticing a distinct uptick in players getting carted off the field while crying because they got conked in the head so hard

this weekend seemed like a bad one but i don't think either representative of the season or unprecedented in prior seasons. afaict anyway

I just looked at the standings for the first time this year and omg fucking lol @ the Browns

The Browns are upsetting league parity.

blake bortles is playing literal football these days

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wait what the hell lolololol

guy has gotten worse with every pro snap he has taken. painful to watch.

wouldn't expect any less out of a guy named "Blake Bortles"

brock osweiler trying to be worse than bortles, might be getting there

just completed a pass to himself on the goal line and lost 4 yards

via deadspin

Steve Smith has now successfully gotten under the skin of two rookie cornerbacks. He riled up the Jaguars’ Jalen Ramsey so thoroughly during their Week 3 matchup that Ramsey went on an anti-Smith rant after the game. This past Sunday, Smith talked so much shit to the Cowboys’ Anthony Brown that the rookie declared after the game that he had lost all respect for Smith.

How does Smith feel all about all of this? He addressed these rookies’ feelings during a conference call with reporters today (via ESPN):

“I can really give a flying fuck,” Smith said.

“I’ve had two rookies that unfortunately, they have lost all respect for me, so it’s been really keeping me up at night. It’s tragic. I’ve been losing sleep. With all the lack of sleep, I know we lost, but I was almost unable to send my cleats and gloves all the way to Canton because of the lack of the sleep thing.”

Hero