That didn't take long. The play that got them to the 10 was so bad from New England.
That didn't take long. The play that got them to the 10 was so bad from New England.
How can it matter if the ball moves when he hits the ground but AFTER it's broken the plane?
Some of these rules are absolute garbage.
He didn't have possession before he broke the plane.Originally Posted by Ian
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.
Pittsburgh made a hash of managing that.
Behave yourself, the ball only moved when his elbow dug into the turf.
Either way that's not really what I'm arguing. The reception rules themselves are a convoluted nonsense.
The throw on the int was a state too, mind.
Had he been a bit further out, able to take a step before breaking the plane and then bobbling it after he hit the ground then it would have been good.
Going to the ground was part of his 'footballing move' and as such he had to keep possession of it when he hit the ground.
I'm not a fan of it but I understand it.
Robbie Gould
Brown has partially torn his calf and is out for the rest of the regular season.
Panthers are going UP FOR SALE at the end of the season.
That the Seahawks pretty much out of it now? This is all shaping up to be a walk to the Superbowl for those fucking Vikings
The NFC is pretty much decided, assuming the Falcons win tonight. The Lions, Seahawks and Cowboys are the only 8 win teams. Given that they can't replace a divisional champion, they are hunting the two wildcard entries. Currently that's the Falcons (assumed 9-7) and the Panthers(10-4). With 2 games left the Panthers are out of reach. Both Atlanta and Carolina hold a tie breaking win over the Lions, so Detroit can only catch Atlanta with 2 games remaining.
Seattle have also lost to Atlanta this season, so that leaves them needing to win both games (@ Dallas, vs Arizona) and hope Atlanta lose both (@ NO vs Carolina). The Cowboys are in the same boat as Seattle. They've also lost to Atlanta so need to win out(vs Seattle @ Philadelphia) and hope Atlanta lose both.
Was just looking at the standings there. The Saints at 10-4 is a massive surprise to me, I thought they were having a shit year.
If you’d only seen the first two weeks & the last three you’d been absolutely correctWe absolutely have to step up & play against the Falcons next week, otherwise we’re probably going to end up in a three team, one week shootout for the NFC South title
Puff daddy is some dickhead.
Is it a serious offer?
Diddy, Curry, Kap.
The dream team of owners.
I thought hiring Kaepernik as top of the agenda was quite funny.
Move over more black incumbent QB . . .
The idea that he can't even start for a team he/his mate owns is pretty lol.
Davis has been given two games, though he didn't mean it
Are you lot getting Game Pass blackouts yet? I notice the past few weeks they've tweeted about the Sky games being blacked out but they haven't actually been here.
Tampa having half a team for the Carolina game isn’t exactly the greatest thing ever. Doug Martin being a healthy inactive last night means he’s probably out the door in he offseason.
Expect them to take a RB in the first few rounds of the draft. Might be picking a bit early in R1 unless Saquon somehow slips past the Browns twice, but I like the idea of them doing the Chubb double with Bradley in R1 & Nick in R2.
As expected, Rodgers is gone back on IR.
Hunter Henry & Tom Savage too.
James Connor, Shane Ray, JR Sweezy & TJ Jones as well, but they're not as newsworthy.
Chris Boswell AFC Pro Bowl kicker.
An image of Mahow's gaff this morning:
I’ve never really followed the pro bowl but one look through the teams tells me it’s just “who is the most famous player”. Julio Jones and AJ Green amongst the WRs? Fuck off.
It’s shocking really. We’ll be having our own awards at the end of this week though, so we can do a proper job of it.
Oh looking forward to that, shall see if I can come up with some controversial selections 🤔
Jay Cutler for best QB. He did beat the Patriots, after all.
The return specialist is always lol as Matthew Slater is always picked. He's not even played in half the games this year and he's done nothing. It should have have been Chris Moore who has done so much but everyone who votes is clueless.
And I've just seen that Sam Koch was shunned too, lol.
What a shambles all round.
Jeff Fisher is eyeing up another coaching job for next season
Pick'em time, and this week it comes down to a couple of good predictions.
@Sir Andy Mahowry - 22pts
@Limoutsonik - 18pts
Me - 16pts
@Gray Fox - 13pts
@Pleb - 10pts
@Browning didn't do the full list this week, but assuming he picked Gurley, Jags & Rams as anticipated that would've been 7pts just from those & his Denver pick, so he probably would've had a shot. Ultimately though, Mahow comes through in the best way he could imagine - thanks to the Ravens DST. Both Mahow & Limoutsonik got 5pts for Gronk, but the 5pts for Baltimore ensured 'how leapfrogged his way to glory.
I'll probably do the week 16 pick'em later, and I might try to knock together an awards list at some point too.
Alrighty then, here we go for what will be the last pick'em of the season, and to mark the occasion I've completely ignored how the phrase 'Game of the Week' is meant to be interpreted!
Game of the Week: Browns v Bears. Over/under 34.5pts.
Seahawks v Cowboys
Eagles v Raiders
Saints v Falcons
Patriots v Bills
Panthers v Buccaneers
Chiefs v Dolphins
Broncos v Redskins
Cardinals v Giants
Texans v Steelers
49ers v Jaguars
Vikings v Packers
Ravens v Colts
Lions v Bengals
Titans v Rams
Chargers v Jets
#1 QB:
#1 RB:
#1 WR:
#1 TE:
#1 DST:
Ezekiel Elliott will score:
Game of the Week: Browns v Bears. Over/under 34.5pts. Over. Browns. It's their last chance to avoid another 0-16 really. We've got to believe!
Seahawks v Cowboys - Dem Boys
Eagles v Raiders - Eagles to win and claim home field advantage
Saints v Falcons - Falcons. Very close game like last time, but again the Falcons D is slightly better so I go for them.
Patriots v Bills - Pats take the winning streak 1 further
Panthers v Buccaneers - Panthers to lol while pounding the Bucs
Chiefs v Dolphins - Dolphins in surprising upset
Broncos v Redskins - Redskins
Cardinals v Giants - Cards. Surely the Giants just want a better draft pick by now?
Texans v Steelers - Steelers
49ers v Jaguars - Jags. Jimmy G meets his match this time.
Vikings v Packers - Vikings to also lol while taking the Packers apart.
Ravens v Colts - Ravens.
Lions v Bengals - Lions
Titans v Rams - Rams
Chargers v Jets - Chargers
#1 QB: Dak
#1 RB: Zeke
#1 WR: JuJu Smith-Schuster
#1 TE: Walker
#1 DST: Ravens
Ezekiel Elliott will score:[/QUOTE] 25.5 points
Game of the Week: Browns v Bears. Over/under 34.5pts.
Seahawks v Cowboys
Eagles v Raiders
Saints v Falcons
Patriots v Bills
Panthers v Buccaneers
Chiefs v Dolphins
Broncos v Redskins
Cardinals v Giants
Texans v Steelers
49ers v Jaguars
Vikings v Packers
Ravens v Colts
Lions v Bengals
Titans v Rams
Chargers v Jets
#1 QB: Stafford
#1 RB: Bell
#1 WR: Hopkins
#1 TE: Kelce
#1 DST: Ravens
Ezekiel Elliott will score: 19 points.
Game of the Week: Browns v Bears. Over/under 34.5pts. Jordan Howard to go off(3rd time saying that) and the Bears to get the W.
Seahawks v Cowboys=If you can't stop Carlos Hyde from dropping 120+ yards,what are you going to do with Zeke?
Eagles v Raiders= Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Saints v Falcons=Julio is silenced and Kamara drops 150+ scrimmage yards.
Patriots v Bills=Next.
Panthers v Buccaneers=The Dab returns and SuperCam wins again.
Chiefs v Dolphins=Next.
Broncos v Redskins=The Lobster can't drag the Broncos carcass so Captain Kirk wins it.
Cardinals v Giants=Next.
Texans v Steelers=Oof,Houston ready thy anus.
49ers v Jaguars=Could be a UFC PPV,49ers will the shit beaten out of them.
Vikings v Packers=Could be ugly.
Ravens v Colts=Scary Ravens picking up steam.
Lions v Bengals=Lions are hunting that Wild Card spot so they have to ball out.
Titans v Rams= Next.
Chargers v Jets=They still have a shot so they are in the same spot as the Lions.
#1 QB:Roethlisberger
#1 RB:Zeke
#1 WR:Robert Woods
#1 TE:Gronkowski
#1 DST:Ravens
Ezekiel Elliott will score:20 points
Lots of love for the Ravens DST so far. Can't imagine why
Was that over or under?
Apologies,that will be over 34.5 points my good sir.
Thank you muchly.
Working my way though the awards list & it's so long I'm going to have to break it up into two posts
The TTH NFL Awards!
That's right, today we will take a look back on the 2017 NFL season & cast our picks for the players & teams that rose stood out this year, both for good reasons and bad. We have a number of categories to vote in, so many in fact that I'm splitting this into two parts. Today will feature the positional awards, with the rest of the awards - including MVP & Rookie of the Year - coming in part two.
There will be a list of nominees for each category, however I will also accept submissions outside of those listed, so consider the lists more of a guideline than an exclusive list of who should be considered. If you feel Andrew Luck should be MVP then by all means vote for him, but he's not going to be on the shortlist.
I would like all votes to be submitted to me by PM in order to avoid having all the winners spoiled before the voting even closes, and I will set a provisional deadline for votes to be sent to me of NEW YEARS EVE, in order for the winners to be announced before the first set of wildcard games.
Now all the boring stuff is out the way, let's get to the awards!
Best Quarterback
We'll kick it off at QB, of course. It's the most important position in the game, and these guys all showed that they're among the best, putting in numerous impressive performances to help lead their teams towards the post-season. Nice and simple, vote for the quarterback who played the best this season.
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Best Wide Receiver
It's not been a great year for WRs, and yet we still have a nice list of contenders for this one, featuring a good mix of perennial studs, comeback players & breakouts. As above, pick the guy who had the best season.
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Best Running Back
We lost a few of the top guys this year, but fortunately there were plenty of guys ready to take their place, whether they were guys who stepped up & proved their doubters wrong, or guys who exploded onto the scene in their first year in the league. We've had some monster numbers put up at RB this season, and these guys were responsible for a lot of them. Here's the list of nominees. Pick one.
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Best Tight End
Not a great year for TEs, with almost everyone falling into the quagmire of being good one week & terrible he next. On the bright side, the top guys that survived the year all performed fantastically, so we've ended up with a short but strong list. Pick your winner.
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Best O-Line
We're hitting the positions nobody really pays attention to, so it's time to start clumping! It's hard to judge an offensive line properly, but sometimes you can just tell that the guys up front are playing well when you see how easy it is for everyone else around them. That's how it was with these lines this year. Vote for the best performing offensive line this season.
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Best Front Seven
More clumping, this time on the defence. A good front seven can cause mayhem for an opponent, and that's certainly the case when you have talent likes these teams do. Whether it's a couple of monsters, a whole team of monsters or a whole team of guys just playing really fucking well, these teams proved to be an offensive co-ordinators worst nightmare. Vote for the best defensive line & linebacker group of the season
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Best Secondary
Almost there now. This one was actually really hard to compile a list for, as it's hard to separate the performance of the secondary from that of the rest of the defence, but there were a few teams where the guys in the back showed that they have what it takes to shut opposing teams down & win their team some games. Pick the cornerback & safety group that performed best this season.
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Best Kicker
Don't worry, I'm not doing punters! It's been a pretty good year for kickers, I'd say, with lots of guys winning their teams multiple games with great kicking performances. Here are the best of the bunch. SPOILER - both Roberto Aguayo & Younghoe Koo were unfortunately ineligible for the list. Pick the best of the rest.
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Best Kick Returner
Out final positional award goes to the best kick and/or punt returner of the season. While we haven't had anyone go full Hester & break off a load of monster TDs, we have still had some strong performers establish themselves as legitimate threats in the return game this season. Vote for the player who best helped their team flip the field this year.
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That'll do for now, but I'll be back before Christmas with part two of the TTH Awards, where we'll not only cover the big awards, but we'll also take aim at some of the biggest flops of the year, and cast an eye forward to next season.
Best QB:Quite a homer pick but it's undeniable that Russell Wilson is the whole Seattle offence.For that reason alone and the fact that without him,we would be a 5-6 win team at best,proves he is MVP worthy
Best WR:I will go against the grain and vote for Deandre Hopkins because in spite of the revolving doors of QBs in his career,he has been playing lights out year in year out and this year he is the best WR not named Antonio Brown.
Best RB:My vote is Kamara because despite a slow start in the first 3 weeks,he exploded into the scene with top tier pass catching ability and dazzling speed which i think transformed the Saints offence to a 2-headed monster.
Best TE:I will go Kelce on this partly because i think he is fun to watch,very consistent and can take over a game in a good day.
Best O-Line:Rams and they are second to none.Goff has centuries to throw the ball,Gurley is trucking people left and right and they rightfully have the best offence.
Best Front Seven:Sacksonville.'Nuff said.
Best Secondary:Sacksonville x2.'Nuff said.
Best Kicker:Apparently Zeuerlein's nickname is Legatron so judging solely on that,i have to vote for him.Plus,putting 10+ fantasy points with an injured back last week shows his grit.
So the Browns hopes of not finishing 0-16 are beating the bears in Chicago or hoping the steelers have a bye and decide to play backups (badly) at Heinz field.
Does not look good.
They're super fucked. On the bright side, Houston have been so shit that the Browns could end up with picks 1 & 3 in the draft this year
Yep. And then 33 and 35. Great.They're super fucked. On the bright side, Houston have been so shit that the Browns could end up with picks 1 & 3 in the draft this year
And waste them all.
It's great to see so many Eagles in lists like this after Chip Kelly.
I would say should we have a best Rookie category but it might be redundant.
It's in the next set. I was going to do OROTY & DROTY but there are really only two candidates for each so I've just done the overall ROTY award.
Probably not going to have time to do my full pick'em for this week today, but I'll be going with Baltimore & Minnesota, of course.
Best QB - I feel this can only go to two of the nominees. 4 of them have had one or two bad games this year, whilst Wentz and Wilson haven't really. Wentz has guided us to the play-offs but as we saw last week, it wasn't all him. He has some great help on the team.
I give it to Wilson. He quite simply is the Seattle offence. He has dragged a team that, bar Graham, is awful player-for-player, to play-off contention.
Best WR - This again can only really go to one of two. Antonio Brown deserves a mention as he's a first ballot HOF guy. However he's also on a team with a 2x Superbowl Winning QB. The two for my consideration are Thielen and Hopkins. And for me it's Hopkins. He's looked great under garbage backup QBs. Under Watson he looked even better. I expect he'll get paid big in the off season to keep him in Houston.
Best RB - I think it has to be Gurley. He's not had a single bad or slow game. He also hurts you in both the pass and rush game
Best TE - I have to pick one Eagle right? Probably our biggest receiving threat. Hasn't put up a mental game, but has been very consistent.
Best O-Line - Rams. They've given Gurley and Goff a great chance this year. They're in the play-offs for a reason and they've done it with relative ease. Show me another team that could go to Seattle and lead by 34 points at the half.
Best Front 7 - This is close between the Eagles and Jags. However the Eagles has been given much more freedom by the fact the team is usually up a score or two in most games. Easier to line up for a go at the QB then. The Jags haven't had the offence to blow teams away for the most part, so I go with them.
Best Secondary - Surprised not to see a Steelers mention here. But this has the be the Vikings. They have the ability to shut down WRs at will and they know it.
Best Kicker - Has to be Zuerlein. The amount of points he's put up himself is lol worthy. Gould has also been very good this season, but the Ram takes it for me.
Best Returner - The only one who sticks to mind was the mazy, back-on-himself return by Cohen. So I'll give it to him.
Doing well with sending them by PM so far
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