The NFL Thread

[Gray Fox]

Respectfully as an Eagles fan, no. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stop. Picking. The. Bucs.

I think it will be too much for Daniels.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stroud hasn't been the same since Tank Dell got injured.

Clearly affected him massively.

[thommo]

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Got to be a homer and ride the hope before it crumbles away tonight in Baltimore.

Oh, and go Bucs Ben

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Texans have to thank their defence for this game.

Chargers were looking nifty and the Texans offence were all over the place but they kept them in it.

Edit: What a nutty game.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lamar and Derrick Henry :cool:

Got a little scared in the third quarter but that first half was magic.

[Ben]

Herbert more interceptions yesterday than in the whole of the regular season.

[Giggles]

Love a fake punt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Herbert more interceptions yesterday than in the whole of the regular season.

I saw a betting lad on Twitter suggesting people go big on Herbert under 1.5 picks lol.

[Gray Fox]

Eagles offense not looking too sharp through 3 quarters of this. Defence has handed them several turnovers and they've only made one count. Very much reminds me of the WFT team of the other week.

Hurts has been out for best part of a month so it is understandable. Just hope it gets over the line.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think it will be too much for Daniels.

It was not, fair play to him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Refs gave the Chiefs 3 on that drive.

That is never roughing the passer.

For those who missed it:

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[niko_cee]

Imagine losing on missed PATs. :face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's got money on the Chiefs.

Uber shanked his first field goal, almost missed the second and then fucked the PAT.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Refs are sucking Mahomes dick again.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, flag on that is laughable.

[niko_cee]

Insanely generous spot on that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You could see they were scared to tackle him when he was running there and then the twat still dives trying to get a flag.

He's such a cunt.

[niko_cee]

Aye, it's painful to watch.

Hopefully someone just goes out and murderizes him at some point. Texans needed a FG/stop or probably a turnover there really.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Texans shitting their pants in the Redzone and Stroud hanging in the pocket for 10 minutes on crucial downs has fucked them hard.

Plus the refs ofc.

[Ben]

Jayden Daniels. :drool:

[Gray Fox]

I haven't seen the game yet, but Twitter leads me to believe that the Lions lost what DBs they had left and that just left them unable to stop Daniels at all.

Should be a fun game tonight in quite possibly a lot of snow. For the right to host the NFC title game too.

[Ben]

I need a LA win. If Philly win we might as well not turn up. We’ve never been able to stop Barkley.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wow, Commanders and Daniels are legit.

Fair fucking play.

Ravens/Commanders Super Bowl?

[Giggles]

I'd even stomach the Ravens when it would mean no Chiefs.

[Gray Fox]

Lets not go too far.

[Gray Fox]

A good close first half there. Conditions not helping either team. I'd like to think our defense sees this through, but I will never count out Matty Stafford.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I need a LA win. If Philly win we might as well not turn up. We’ve never been able to stop Barkley.

Might get your wish here.

[niko_cee]

Ain't no snow in LA.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saquon is disgusting.

[niko_cee]

What a catch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bollocks.

I thought the Rams had that.

False start and then the Centre just letting Jalen Carter right through (twice) fucked them.

[niko_cee]

Bad time for a rookie centre fail.

[Gray Fox]

My poor heart. Carter making several teams in the draft look very silly tonight(and all season).

Seems like we won at a cost though. Quinyon likely out and who knows how banged up Hurts is.

[Gray Fox]

The Bills are some team by the way. KC will not want Josh Allen turning up in this mood next week.

[Gray Fox]

That's a sickener for the Ravens. Came in with the right gameplan, but just made too many mistakes. Lamar lead a perfect drive at the end there but Andrews might get left in Buffalo after that.

[Giggles]

I'd have had more faith in Baltimore taking town KC.

[Ben]

Get your money on Philadelphia to win NFC Championship. Barkley 350 yards and 4 TDs against us this year. We can't stop him.

I'm with Giggles, I think Buffalo get outshitted by KC.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mark Andrews, fucking hell.

[Ben]

I was waiting for your reaction before commenting. :D

Hard to blame the guy considering what he's done previously.

[Giggles]

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[Foe]

Barkley should be MVP.

Hopefully it goes to Josh Allen if it does go to a QB.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It wont.

Lamar was the All Pro first team QB. He got 30 first choice votes out of 50 and those 50 are the same who vote for the MVP.

I do agree that Barkley should get it though.

[Ben]

The regular season only stuff irks me. Most Valuable Player should be someone who contributes to success.

Jackson generally played great throughout the season but was part of a team that lost six games and he made two big errors when the stakes were at their highest. Nobody is remembering this Baltimore season.

At this point there should be 5-10 players ahead of him in the reckoning. But the criteria is what it is so whatever.

[Foe]

It just seems a bit baffling really. If he was really that extraordinary, why haven’t the ravens even been in the superbowl?

Flacco got the ravens a Super Bowl, so the organisation is clearly well run.

Barkley has game after game just been unplayable. What more would he have needed to do?

Lamar has had a good season no doubt, and everyone knows he’s dangerous. But everyone knows how to stop him or limit his capabilities and when it really comes down to it, in the games that matters, he hasn’t done it.

Allen hasn’t put up enormous stats but he has that bills team executing, like brady had at the patriots.

At some point Lamar needs to win a Super Bowl or it’s all a bit pointless.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I love that Washington just go for it on every 4th down.

[Foe]

Taking half the first quarter of the clock is one way to settle down the home fans.

I don’t really mind who wins this one, but I really need to bills to turn up in arrowhead.

Saquan or Daniel’s vs Josh Allen is a Super Bowl of interest.

Another chiefs dub, when having a season where they are just grinding games without really blowing them away would be a bit underwhelming.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saquon is just bonkers.

[niko_cee]

Good start for the Redskins defence.

[Gray Fox]

#ThankYouGiants

[Ben]

It's just normal for Barkley to burn us at this point. I'm not even mad.

[Foe]

Remind me again why Saquan isn’t mvp favourite?

He just trucks every team.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dyami Brown reverting back to shitness.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Remind me again why Saquan isn’t mvp favourite?

He just trucks every team.

Because they suck off QBs.

Also, none of the playoffs stuff matters for MVP.

[niko_cee]

Good hustle lads.

Shame they put this one on in the watchable slot.

[Gray Fox]

Remind me again why Saquan isn’t mvp favourite?

He just trucks every team.

There's some running back in Baltimore they keep handing awards to.

[Foe]

Henry is a monster too. Surprised he hasn’t grabbed it at some point.

It’s just a QB award really.

How many TDs and highlights would a RB need to do at this point? Barkley touches close to the all time rushing record, is probably the best player on the field for how many of the eagles games this season? Now smashing in TDs in playoffs.

Super Bowl MVP if they make it there though most likely so at least he’d get an award.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tress Way throwing a DIME.

[Gray Fox]

Henry is a monster too. Surprised he hasn’t grabbed it at some point.

It’s just a QB award really.

How many TDs and highlights would a RB need to do at this point? Barkley touches close to the all time rushing record, is probably the best player on the field for how many of the eagles games this season? Now smashing in TDs in playoffs.

Super Bowl MVP if they make it there though most likely so at least he’d get an award.

I meant the other running back in Baltimore.

[niko_cee]

Shame for Washington that holding was allowed on that play. Felt like a stop would have been big.

[Foe]

Ha, the one who can’t get his team over the hurdle when it matters.

[niko_cee]

Brown fully started that. Could be a big stand there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Refs a bit shit on the drive there.

Missed a clear hold and then on the TD play both should have been flagged not just Lattimore.

[niko_cee]

:face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Washington shooting themselves in the feet.

[Gray Fox]

Well this has been entertaining.

[Foe]

You’d think after the lions imploded with turnovers the redskins would realise that they may want to play a clean game here.

[Ben]

Well this is an implosion of epic proportions.

[Gray Fox]

Daniels is going to keep them in it. We need to grind some clock and keep the scoreboard ticking. These injuries really adding up though.

[Gray Fox]

Thats about perfect.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ekeler :face:

[Gray Fox]

This offense is just letting Daniels down.

He looks ridiculously talented, especially for a rookie.

[Foe]

Turnovers would get you. The eagles stumbling a bit this half, but the defence keeping them on top.

Hand it to Saquan.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Luvu the newest WFT mong.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a second down.

[Ben]

It's no surprise really. We had a wobble mid-season so we knew something like this could be coming. Still, a great season overall. Getting to the Championship game in a rebuilding year (GM, HC, OC, QB all in their first year) is fantastic.

On the other hand, KC again. :facepalm:

This is where Barkley gets injured early in the game. I'm a Philly fan for one night.

[Giggles]

It's probably blown up way more because it's such a thing now, but some of those calls were outrageous.

[Ben]

There was a very blatant Buffalo first down but somehow these refs called it short and didn't overturn.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fly Eagles Fly then.

Fucking Chiefs and the refs.

[Foe]

Josh Allen must absolutely fucking hate mahomes.

At least Lamar hasn’t had that stumble so many times. Losing to the same team so many times must be brutal. Four out five years. Jesus.

[Gray Fox]

Quite unlike the Bills to lose a massive play off game 4 straight times.

A shame it isn't them in the 'bowl as I think the result is near inevitable now.

Interesting thing to note is that 2 years ago the Chiefs and Eagles offensed their way to the big game. Since then both teams seem to have shifted towards a defense first kind of attitude.

[phonics]

Josh Allen must absolutely fucking hate mahomes.

At least Lamar hasn’t had that stumble so many times. Losing to the same team so many times must be brutal. Four out five years. Jesus.

I’d rather be the guy who fights against the generational quarterback than be the guy who racks up seasonal mvps and then blows it in the playoffs.

It’s sad they lost but I think Bills Mafia and Philly fans in New Orleans might have done more damage to the city than Katrina.

[phonics]

So I knew the Browns were in the shit because of the Watson contract. However, finding out that trading their best player in Myles Garrett takes them from 30 million over the cap to 46 million over the cap is truly impressive stuff. To even do the trade requires them to release other starters to offset the cap.

No wonder these Americans don't want relegation when you can run a team that makes 600 million a year this badly and the worst thing that can happen to you is you get to sign a top 3 prospect every year for the next 5 years.

[Gray Fox]

Good to see Josh Allen get his flowers. Guy has easily been the best QB in the league this year.

Id have loved Barkley to have won it, but him getting OPOY is probably fair.

[Giggles]

Finally the Sterling Sharpe crime is rectified.

[Dan]

Predictions for tonight then gents?

Would be nice to see Saquon run wild & get a ring, but it’s hard to pick against KC.

[Giggles]

Can't see anything other than Kansas City. First time in years I haven't booked the Monday off for it so it'll no doubt be a classic.

[niko_cee]

Hoping for Philly, but that's not how it will have been scripted.

[Gray Fox]

A bit of a weird situation. Two years ago both teams made it based on offense. This time the defences are the stars of the show.

I don't think Saquon gets anywhere near as loose as he did against WFT. I believe he only needs about 40 rushing yards to have the best complete season of any RB ever. I think the key is going to be what can Hurts do if/when they shut Saquon down. In the bowl 2 years ago he did everything he possibly could have in that game to win it, but the defense just couldnt get that stop. These days he has a bit of a tendency to hold onto the ball too long. Our kicker has also been on the struggle bus this year. He even missed what would have been a vital XP in the NFC game.

I think the difference will be that KC are used to winning those close games. Nearly all of their wins this year have been 1 score. Most of their squad has also at least 2 or 3 rings already. Whereas we only have the odd few remaining from 2018.

I can see something like 28-21 in favour of the Swifties and lots of Drake being called a pedo.

[Dan]

Been listening to a few preview podcasts while I’ve been out & about this afternoon & there were some themes that kept popping up.

- Slot battle could be important when the Eagles have the ball. Do they put Smith and/or Brown in there more? Does KC put McDuffie in there more? He’s blitzed from the slot a lot the last two times they’ve played so if he’s still on the outside do they send him from there or is Chamarri Conner blitzing instead?
- Could be a Dallas Goedert game

- On the other side of the ball, is Vic going to change the system at all? (probably not)
- Eagles should be targeting Mike Caliendo at LG. Does Jalen Carter move or is this a big Milton Williams game?
- KC should look at using tempo to trap Jordan Davis on the field & make the DBs have to communicate more

General consensus seems to be the Chiefs will nick it because they’re inevitable, but it will probably come down to turnovers & whether Philly can hit a few big plays.

It does feel like a 27-24 / 23-20 kinda game but I think I’m going to be optimistic & say the Eagles will get it done.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I really hope the Chiefs don't win but it seems inevitable at this point.

[Ben]

This will be the first Super Bowl that I’ve not watched live since the year before Helmet Catch.

Test driving a car tomorrow morning then going on holiday. Fuck doing all that on no sleep just to see the Trump-Swift soap opera.

[Ben]

Aaron Rodgers dumped by New York.

[Manc]

When did the Beeb drop this?

[niko_cee]

Haven't ITV got it now, and haven't they had the highlights for a while? Sure I saw J Bell doing a Bourbon Street walk through during the Liverpool game.

[Shindig]

Yeah, it's ITV who have the rights.

[niko_cee]

There aren't words to describe how bad the singing of their anthem always is. Andy Reid looks like he's had a lobotomy.

[Spikey M]

Why was Twitter chimping out about them not singing the national anthem, when they have - in fact - sung the national anthem?

What are those melts boycotting exactly?

[Waffdon]

‘Fletch’ is fucking everywhere :D

[niko_cee]

Why was Twitter chimping out about them not singing the national anthem, when they have - in fact - sung the national anthem?

What are those melts boycotting exactly?

Either they got confused by that other stupid song that trio sung first, or it was that a black guy was singing the anthem.

[niko_cee]

Here we go

[Gray Fox]

This has been the perfect first half so far. I can't quite believe it.

[phonics]

I parlayed both QBs to make an int with the Chiefs to win :(

[phonics]

Mahomes coming back now would confirm Brady level elite stuff.

[Dan]

Well that didn’t go as expected.

[Gray Fox]

He looked like a guy off the street in that half. If he comes back from this, have him crowned the GOAT.

[phonics]

As someone who likes Kendrick and has seen him live. His sound people have once again fucked up his mix. It’s so quiet.

[phonics]

How the same person who did the Compton Pop Up show also did this is so bad.

[phonics]

lol at the NFL saying he can do the song but you can’t call with a pedophile.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Such a shame I'm missing this because I'd be at half mast judging from the score.

:drool:

[Gray Fox]

I never want this to end.

[AJ23]

Absolute mauling. One of the most one-sided Superbowl games of all time.

[Giggles]

Holy shit definitely wasn't expecting to wake up and see that scoreline.

Delighted for that little kermit fucker :drool:

[AJ23]

Chiefs bringing some respectability to the scoreline.

At 40-6, Eagles just took their foot off the gas.

[Gray Fox]

What a game. :cool:

[Ben]

Beautiful.

[Dan]

Neither of them back next year please. Could do with a bit of variety & ideally a really competitive game with some drama.

Just had a look & the last time we had a SuperBowl without the Chiefs, Eagles, Patriots or Rams was the Broncos/Panthers in 2016 - Chiefs and/or Eagles have been in 6 of the 9 since.

Give me Miami/Washington next year.

[niko_cee]

:cool:

Was fearing things when that early OPI call went against Brown, but even from watching the first three drives, which is all I made until going to bed, you could see Philly were very much up for it.

Osi's prediction on the ITV coverage was a thing of beauty.

[Foe]

The chiefs could play 3 more seasons and not manage a poorer performance than that.

Saquan. :cool:

MVP. And a big fuck you to the giants front office.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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