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

I'm not watching the games this year but I am following the Vikings' season record.

I am expecting an implosion at some point but right now... I might feel hopeful?

it's just that the qb situation is so dubious

yeah I don't know what to think but you can't ignore the Rams then going on the road to beat the Falcons

the defense is absolutely great though so they may not have to score that many points

i think it's maybe time to stop expecting keenum to just turn bad suddenly. he knows he's playing with exactly a 1 game rope with teddy in the wings now, great motivation. thielen is so good. vikes are extremely legit.

i mean, keenum's not just getting by, he's playing well. jeff fisher escape velocity.

wish they could've had cook for the full season tho

sean payton having a 3rd string qb play special teams is next leveling belichick, probably keeps him up at night

yeah it's also entirely possible that Keenum was underrated by draft experts because he doesn't really have the physical attributes of a big time qb and then struggled because Fisher sucks

I'm sure Zimmer is loving that aspect since he hates Fisher so much

Friggin Seahawks

ughhh

wow that pass by wentz

ANOTHER ONE

That non challenge cost them a TD and probably the game

the nfc is definitely the fun conference. eagles/rams and vikes/panthers next week, hoo boy

rams is the hardest single game either has left but i think the vikes sched is slightly tougher overall. v good chance the vikes plus the winner of the eagles/rams game will be the 1 and 2.

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.