NFL 2024
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Giants released Daniel Jones. And look, they still suck.
Carolina had a crack at the Chiefs, but gave Mahomes a minute 46 to get a field goal, so you know what happened.
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The Texans loss is a big one. They just looked limp and Stroud missed a few targets at crucial times late.
They will still win the division but they don't look up to Superbowl standard. The Lions on the other hand continue to look dominant, clearly the best team at the moment.
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oh yeah, i did raise my eyebrows at that one, and i saw a couple of the Stroud misses on the gram and they were awful.
Yes they'll make playoffs but that's mainly because the AFCS sucks.Denver currently making hard work of the Raiders isn't making my day.
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Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.
Cards looking insipid against Seattle. I thought they were really building nicely but this is a step back.
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@barbarian said in NFL 2024:
Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.
i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!
Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.
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@mariner4life said in NFL 2024:
@barbarian said in NFL 2024:
Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.
i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!
Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.
Yeah I get that, I wasn't trying to be condescending. Have watched a few Raiders games, they hang in the fight well, good teams have struggled with them.
Denver look good. Nix is a genuine starter. Feel like the run game is still a bit stagnant but that can be fixed. Draw isn't easy but they are all winnable games. Good coach too, which helps... You feeling optimistic?
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@barbarian said in NFL 2024:
@mariner4life said in NFL 2024:
@barbarian said in NFL 2024:
Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.
i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!
Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.
Yeah I get that, I wasn't trying to be condescending. Have watched a few Raiders games, they hang in the fight well, good teams have struggled with them.
Denver look good. Nix is a genuine starter. Feel like the run game is still a bit stagnant but that can be fixed. Draw isn't easy but they are all winnable games. Good coach too, which helps... You feeling optimistic?
for the future? yes. Especially considering this was supposed to be the shit year we we just ate our cap hits from Wilson.
We know Payton can coach. We look like we have a good enough QB. Our defense has been bloody good basically since that Miami massacre last year.It's just being in our Division sucks. The fucking Chiefs are inevitable. The Chargers are rising. And the Raiders are the toughest 2-9 team around (Crosby is an absolute menace).
We are in a far better position than most teams in the league.
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The next two games are absolute "must wins".
Then it's try to beat the Chargers, and hope the Bengals have packed everyone away for the season.And that's just to try and get a Wildcard spot!
oh, wait. it's 3 WC spots now aye? Okay then yes we should, barring a disaster, make the first week of playoffs
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The NFC West is a total joke
49ers are a tyre fire and are still only 1 game out of the division (not accounting for tie breaks)
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Yeah that's bizarre considering how strong that division has been in previous years.
And the AFC West looks wholly different now the Chargers and Broncos have competent coaching. If Belichik goes to the Raiders then it will get very interesting indeed.
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@barbarian said in NFL 2024:
If Belichik goes to the Raiders then it will get very interesting indeed.
oh absolutely FML
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The ‘luck’ the Chiefs have had this season…. Let’s hope it runs out before January.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NFL 2024:
The ‘luck’ the Chiefs have had this season…. Let’s hope it runs out before January.
they may heat up and start playing of course. Kelce has been super quiet - wonder if they are keeping him fresh for a late season run... or if he's just cooked.
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@mariner4life said in NFL 2024:
hope the Bengals have packed everyone away for the season.
they had a sweet run home, except playing the Steelers twice. Some of the Cowboys, Titans, Browns, Broncos started to play!
I think they are probably done, but ya never know. The loss to the Pats early in the season killed them.
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did anyone watch the end of the Lions v Bars this morning? The last drive was meme-worthy.
Bears make an error on the punt and allow it to go to the 1 yard line. There are flags all drive long, which bailed the Bears out (the last PI was bullshit). And then at the death, down 3, in field goal range, first Williams takes a sack, there's a penalty, and then they are out of field goal range. Run a play, incomplete, they try to run another play for some ungodly reason (they had a fucking timeout) and Williams takes an age to call the snap, and then release the ball, and the clock runs dead while the ball is in the air. Just an appalling piece of game management by all involved.
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Yeah that was egregious on so many fronts. Eberflus and Caleb bailed out the refs for that horrible PI call.
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I was shocked Eberflus kept his job in the summer, i will be even more shocked if he has a job tomorrow.
Today's fun fact. 221 coaches have 20+ games decided by 7 points or less. Matt Eberflus's record in those games is 221st
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And he's toast - OC to act as interim for the remainder of the season. Second HC casualty of the year I think? Utterly unforgivable to not use the timeout after the sack.
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The Chiefs get away with it AGAIN
The Texans beat the Jags after the dirtiest hit of the season takes TLaw out.
Chargers win again, pretty much sewing up a WC spot.
The Steelers beat the Bengals in a high scoring entertaining game. Burrow with another 300-yard/3-TD game in a loss.
Eagles beat the Ravens on another night when the previously damn near perfect Justin Tucker misses two field goals.
Unsurprisingly the Niners fail to deal with the blizzard in BuffaloBills have clinched their Division, the first to do so. The Chiefs are guaranteed a WC spot at least.
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@mariner4life Bengals would be doing very well if they could defend.
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Both 49ere running backs McCaffrey and Mason headed to Injured Reserve. McCaffrey (PCL strain) and Mason (high ankle sprain).
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NFC North looking like a three way dog fight, Packers and Lions H2H next week going to be interesting
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Mike Tomlin in his 18th year has still never had a losing season.
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It's insane. And he's doing it with a pretty average squad. Some nice pieces on defence but hardly the Harlem Globetrotters.
He's got the best out of Russ, he's rejuvenated Najee Harris, and used Pickens and Jaylen Warren really well.
It's yet more evidence of the importance of good coaching.
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@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2024:
Both 49ere running backs McCaffrey and Mason headed to Injured Reserve. McCaffrey (PCL strain) and Mason (high ankle sprain).
We are cooked. Injuries started early and never stopped. A combination of multiple deep playoff runs and failure to retool in some areas, like the O line. Time to shut it down and regroup next season
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@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2024:
Both 49ere running backs McCaffrey and Mason headed to Injured Reserve. McCaffrey (PCL strain) and Mason (high ankle sprain).
We are cooked. Injuries started early and never stopped. A combination of multiple deep playoff runs and failure to retool I'm some areas, like the O line. Time to shut it down and regroup next season
Yep the signs were there in the offseason and then as early as Week 3 on the field.
Need to make some coaching changes too. New defensive coordinator and new special teams coach badly needed.
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@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2024:
@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2024:
Both 49ere running backs McCaffrey and Mason headed to Injured Reserve. McCaffrey (PCL strain) and Mason (high ankle sprain).
We are cooked. Injuries started early and never stopped. A combination of multiple deep playoff runs and failure to retool I'm some areas, like the O line. Time to shut it down and regroup next season
Yep the signs were there in the offseason and then as early as Week 3 on the field.
Need to make some coaching changes too. New defensive coordinator and new special teams coach badly needed.
We are a victim of our own success. Losing DCs to the Jets and the Texans hurt us. I still have faith that Shanahan can do it, but he does need to have a look in the mirror
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Yeah hard to sustain success as long as the 49ers have. Don't think they need a wholesale rebuild but the issue is the end of Purdy's rookie deal. Now they enter the big money QB era and have to make the compromises that every other team has.
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@barbarian said in NFL 2024:
Yeah hard to sustain success as long as the 49ers have. Don't think they need a wholesale rebuild but the issue is the end of Purdy's rookie deal. Now they enter the big money QB era and have to make the compromises that every other team has.
But for the Chiefs I think we would have won a SB during this window. Purdy has played well, but he'll have to justify a big deal playing with fewer or lesser weapons
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I'd rather they load up the offensive line and defence anyways
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Yeah I think that's where the need is. And Purdy is good enough to get production out of a lesser lineup.
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Enterntaining MNF game for the neutral, but not either Bronco nor Browns fans.
Jameis Winston of all QBs has shredded the excellent Bronco defense to the tune of 476 yards and 6 touchdowns. Problem for the Browns re 2 of those TDs are pick-6s.
Jerry Jeudy revenge game in Denver has been ridiculous.Bo Nix has done alright himself as well.
Game is not dead yet either
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Denver defence did enough in the end. Unsure why Payton was getting Bo Nix into a shootout with Jameis - some of those deep balls were questionable at best.
Nix looks the goods though. A lot of poise and can really sling it. No reason to think they can't win a playoff game.
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did you see the throw for the 93-yarder? a fucking missile with zero margin for error
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Yeah that was a work of art. He’s very good.
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Even when 49ers are having a down season they are never dull
With their season on the line in the 3rd quarter and their starting linebacker Greenlaw getting hurt backup linebacker Campbell refused to play when he was needed and went to the locker room.
Absolutely insane
If we decided to quit before the game they could have made another linebacker active - instead he quits mid game.
The final nail in the coffin. Deebo is a complete shell of himself and Purdy's limitations were all on display. Was pleasing see Greenlaw look like his old self in the first half though.
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Definitely a flush the toilet season. The 9ers will have to decide whether to pay Brock or not
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Saw a theory that this season is basically where you're seeing the cost of the Lance bust. Because they were a good team getting good QB play from Purdy they'd been able to wear the damage but this is the point where they'd probably have another couple of contributors (from the traded away firsts) starting to establish themselves as part of the core, but instead you've got the same guys trying to do it year after year.
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@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2024:
Even when 49ers are having a down season they are never dull
With their season on the line in the 3rd quarter and their starting linebacker Greenlaw getting hurt backup linebacker Campbell refused to play when he was needed and went to the locker room.
Absolutely insane
I'd have told him to keep walking out to the car park. DCM.
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