Week 7 NFL Thread: The Insuffra-Bowl!

Geno is back!

 

That is not an unreasonable assumption considering regular-season NFL games routinely beat postseason baseball in the ratings.

Royals Wins World Series, But Can’t Beat NFL in Ratings Battle

NBC Gloats About NFL Victory over World Series in the Ratings Game

 

Yeah. While I'm sure that postseason baseball doesn't help NFL ratings, it probably doesn't hurt them as much as football probably hurts baseball, when it's the only game on.

 

The conflicting reports about Roethlisbergber are going to be fun. Now CBSsports.com has a report that it will be four-to-six weeks.

Ben Roethlisberger could reportedly miss more than a month with knee injury

If that turns out to be true, maybe the Steelers will finally get past the delusion that Landry Jones is a viable backup.

 

Vontaze Burfict fined $75K for unnecessary roughness

The NFL fined Vontaze Burfict $75,000 for stomping on the ankle of LeGarrette Blount Sunday, but did not suspend him. The league office continues to show no consistency at all regarding player discipline. It was a malicious act intended to hurt another player and it was carried out by a repeat offender. How does that not warrant a suspension?

 

In Goodall's tiny mind, Burfict doesn't attempt to show him up personally. So he gets the light sentence.

 

It's not like he deflated a football or destroyed a cellphone.

 

Or lied to league investigators. Or took any other actions to obstruct an investigation

Maybe that was why Burfict got away with this one. He stepped on one of the Patriots and the league is clearly out to get them.

 

NBC's triumphant press release doesn't bother to note the difference between a broadcast network, available in all homes by law, and cable outlets like B plus level TBS and D plus level FoxSports 1.

 

All that fat he wasn't supposed to have anymore must have snapped the bone straight in two.

Eddie Lacy (ankle surgery) placed on injured reserve

 

Giants: Brown won't travel with team to London

What the hell were the Giants thinking sticking by Josh Brown?

 

He was never convicted of anything. That's your kind of guy!