NFL 2017
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Russel Wilson should be the current favourite for MVP after that win against the Eagles. He's got no oline, no run game, not much in terms of receiver talent outside of Baldwin and Graham, but is still putting up some big numbers.
The Vikings were my dark horse team to make the Superbowl, and they're now sitting at the top of the NFC. Not sure they can get past teams like Seattle or the Saints in the playoffs, who both have elite QBs, but they've done well to get to where they are with Keenum at the helm.
It's crazy how bad the Chiefs have gotten. They've now lost 6 of their last 7 games.
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Just a bit from an article by The Ringer about Wilson.
*He is on pace to shatter the NFL record for percentage of yards accrued by a single player in an offense, currently at a staggering 85.7 percent. For every 10 Seattle yards, Wilson is responsible for 8.5. Wilson has 432 rushing yards on the season, more than double anyone else on the roster. (The only other Seahawk to crack 200 yards is Chris Carson, who has been on IR since Week 4.) Seattle’s offensive line is among the worst run-blocking groups in the league, rated 28th by Football Outsiders entering the week, and the Seahawks have to rely on Wilson doing everything himself.
And it’s not like Seattle’s pass-blocking is much better. The team is tied for 26th in pass-blocking efficiency, according to Pro Football Focus, and they’ve allowed 122 hurries this season, second-most in the league. Meanwhile, Philadelphia protects Wentz with the sixth-most efficient group in football, and the 67 hurries they’ve allowed are the second-fewest in the league.*
The Case for Russell Wilson, 2017 NFL MVP
Seattle’s quarterback is carrying a historically heavy load. It’s time we all start paying attention.
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Aaron Rodgers is on track to come back for Green Bay but you have to think it's a lost season now. Minnesota will win the NFC North while the losers of Saints/Panthers and Rams/Seahawks will claim the NFC wildcard spots.
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The Steelers and Bengals engage in a spiteful game, including two bone jarring hits that are considered an absolute no-no in the CTE era. A big part of the problem imho is the heavy pads and helmets that essentially weaponise the players. It occurs to me that if the NFL and football are serious about trying to reduce the physicality of the game why not just take away the armour? You wouldn't drop your head into contact if all you were allowed to wear was a pair of Brian Habana style shoulder pads and a Matt Todd style headgear, similar to the padding gridiron players wore originally
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@canefan not gonna lie, but as an ex receiver, when that wide out laid out that LB and stood over him i cheered like a motherfucker. Fuck those guys. I've been eaten on enough crossing routes to know you get your revenge when you can.
Of course i thought the head leading charge on the receiver as he caught that TD was filth.
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@mariner4life said in NFL 2017:
@canefan not gonna lie, but as an ex receiver, when that wide out laid out that LB and stood over him i cheered like a motherfucker. Fuck those guys. I've been eaten on enough crossing routes to know you get your revenge when you can.
Of course i thought the head leading charge on the receiver as he caught that TD was filth.
I just saw that block today and it was beautiful. I, and many other non-Bengals fans have been waiting for Burfict to get laid out like that. I'm sure Smith-Schuster got a rush of pro bowl votes after that hit.
The receiver that laid the block is Samoan and has a rugby background. He'd be one of the more physical receivers in the league and said his liking for the physical stuff stems from him growing up playing rugby.
Here's another sweet block by him earlier in the season.
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49ers begin their win streak by beating the Texans 23-16. Is Jimmy G the new franchise QB? It might appear so....
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@sneakdefreak Jimmy G is the real deal. 49ers should ink him to a long term deal this offseason. He is only going to get more expensive.
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Apparently Carson Wentz has suffered a knee injury in the Eagles/Rams game and is gooonnnee.
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@sneakdefreak said in NFL 2017:
Apparently Carson Wentz has suffered a knee injury in the Eagles/Rams game and is gooonnnee.
Still waiting on tests but suspected ACL. Eagles to go out in the divisional round? Assume they're still far enough ahead to hold on to the bye.
Packers just about lost to the browns (forced over time after trailing by 14 in the 4th. Rogers may yet play again this season!
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Jags looking likely to be the team no1 wants to play in the AFC playoffs..
Steelers will want to lock up the #1 seed, cos you don't wanna play the Jags (who looks likely for the #3 seed) and then potentially the Patriots.. You'd rather let the Pats play the Jags first -
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@mimic the Jags? The world has gone mad
... not just the Jags, the Jags with Blake Bortles.
They remind me of the Seahawks. Crazy good defence, but instead of a passing game, they have a running game. Bortles only needs to make 200 or so yards and they'll carve up most teams. But if u dont have a good defence against the run, they'll run it all day with no need for Bortles to make plays.
5 picks against Big Ben earlier in the year, and now 3 picks against Wilson.
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@mimic the Jags? The world has gone mad
... not just the Jags, the Jags with Blake Bortles.
They remind me of the Seahawks. Crazy good defence, but instead of a passing game, they have a running game. Bortles only needs to make 200 or so yards and they'll carve up most teams. But if u dont have a good defence against the run, they'll run it all day with no need for Bortles to make plays.
5 picks against Big Ben earlier in the year, and now 3 picks against Wilson.
Did you see the Army-Navy game? Caught some commentary on it, and there were three pass attempts in the game. Three.
Army-Navy was in the snow, so of course the game only had 3 pass attempts
We went 22 minutes without anyone even trying one.
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