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

[MileHigh]

With the unbelievable pack of losers they have on that show, your problem is with Maria Taylor?

I didn't say she's the only problem. The entire show is an absolute shitshow. But she's certainly near the top since she's leading it.

 

[dixiehack]

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

 

[DanOregon]

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

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Been working all day (got out to the car in time to hear Greg Papa not scream "the band is on the field"), but was Kittle out too? That's a lot of guys not stepping up.

That's a lot of guys legitimately injured.

 

[Liut]

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

 

[Cosmo]

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 forking 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.

 

[qtlaw]

And Niners are shipping the bed

I just finished watching it and the Niners look like the clashic 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).

 

[Batman]

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.

 

[QYFW]

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

 

[Spartan Squad]

That's a lot of guys legitimately injured.

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.

 

[Spartan Squad]

I just finished watching it and the Niners look like the clashic 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).

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.

 

[swingline]

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