NFL Week 3 -- Winding your way down on Baker Street

Samuel L Jackson did the impossible and made me almost like the Falcons.

 

If players were tanking games, shaving points in the NFL today, could you even tell?

 

That's a lot of guys legitimately injured.

 

I.E. Maria. Just like looking at those legs.
I.E. this game ... have always loved the Chiefs all-white road unis.

 

Week 3 panic meter...
Dolphins (1-2) -- Going nowhere if Tua is hurt. HIGH.
Ravens (1-2) -- Somehow snuck out the win in Dallas but have Buffalo at home and Cincy away up next. MEDIUM.
Browns (1-2) -- You just lost to the fucking Giants at home. BLAZING.
Cowboys (1-2) -- Defense is a sieve. Next seven -- at Giants, at Steelers, vs. Lions, at Niners, at Falcons, vs. Eagles, vs. Texans. Season could completely unravel. BLAZING.
Niners (1-2) -- Quite banged up but there's a get-right stretch coming with the Pats and Cards at home. LOW.

 

I just finished watching it and the Niners look like the classic overrated team, especially on D.

Purdy played fantastic. I understand a young player dropping one ball but Bell looks like he doesn't even know how to catch a ball, his hands are completely off.

But I'm most disappointed in the D, through 3 games, they look like they can't make a key play when needed. Of course making penalties instead of playing sound D is worse. Their D Line got whipped all day, especially in the middle, Hargrave and Collins could not shed a block on a running play. Add in awful special teams plays (beat on fake punt, beat on punt return).

I very much enjoyed the ride up the elevator to the near peak; thank you Niners but you've got to show more grit and less champagne slaps. (Is there anyway to get another Justin Smith??, that guy's grit is what is needed).

 

Dolphins already lost Tua, and Skylar Thompson (for better or worse) also went out in the second half with a chest injury. Third-stringer Tim Boyle finished the game. They signed Tyler Huntley off the Ravens' practice squad last week and he's had some moments here and there, so he might be the next man up for them. He's probably a better option than Thompson.

 

I still expect Tannehill to end up there. But Huntley would be a massive upgrade. That's how bad today's two quarterbacks were.

 

Bell catches that ball inside of 2 minutes that would have allowed the Niners to bleed clock and kick a field goal to win, this is a different calculation. But he had his hands together to catch it and it bounced off his hands. Just dumb.

 

I thought after the punt with 50 something seconds that the defense just needed to hold for a brief bit and they would be fine. But first play 50-yard bomb and game over. That can’t happen.

 

Who is that weird-looking chick on the iPhone 16 commercial? She creeps me out.