NFL Football 2020

The Ravens will be good for sure.

There are lots of interesting story lines around the league this year, and with no/few fans in the stands it will be interesting to see how that affects the games.

I think the play will be sloppy at first, with no pre-season games and shortened/limited preparation overall, but I am expecting the play to get sharper once the players acclimate, and without the ROARING home fans making life hell for road teams I expect things will be much more equal and the quality of play to get really good around the league by the third or fourth week.

As for my 49ers, I'm seriously bummed not to be able to go to the games this year. They were damn good & damn fun to watch last year, and that should continue this season. I was really looking forward to getting back to it this year, it sucks to not get to go when they've finally built up such a fun team.

Will they go 13 - 3 again? Probably not, especially in their division, but they're still really good, with solid depth at almost every position, so just like this time last season I'm figuring they go somewhere between 10 - 6/12 - 4. That should make for another fun season and a chance for another run at the Big Game, and that's all any fan can realistically hope for.

Now, can these teams keep the plague away?

That's the real question, but the NFL has unlimited resources, and so far the teams have had very few issues with The Crud, and they'll all be in a more consistent, controlled environment now that cuts have been made and the season is on. We will see.

So, FUCK COVID, and...

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parking lot at Levi's?

Eric trump.   True American Patriot 

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Brett Favre won't allow his own child to play football.

I suppose you could call me Captain Obvious that TB Buc's fans are excited to see what Brady/Gronk have left, after being added to an already solid offense. And, yes, the Super Bowl is in Tampa this year to add to the intrigue.

PS The Rays and Lightning are kickin' ass currently, I might add. Thank God for live sports!

Not a snap has been taken and my fantasy team already sucks. I just know it.

I'll root for any damm distraction from the insanity.

Rays rolling, over a depleted division.  Break a leg brady, or a neck. 

Go underdogs !!

Can Brees bring a hall of fame caliber performance one more year?

Now or never, except that one time...

Who Dat?

>>> Not a snap has been taken and my fantasy team already sucks. I just know it.

Who'd you pick? We had our draft Sunday night. I'm fairly happy. But I regretted picking Amari Cooper in the mid-4th round as soon as I said his name. Wish I could redo that.

QB-K. Murray/Brees
RB-Derrick Henry, Kenyan Drake, Phillip Lindsay, Antonio Gibson, Boston Scott, Bryce Love
WR-Chris Godwin, Amari Cooper, Stefon Diggs, Jarvis Landry
TE-Darren Waller
D-Ravens and Eagles

My receivers worry me a little. Cooper no-shows a lot, has a fucked-up foot and the Cowboys drafted a good WR. And not sure how Brady affects Godwin's value. 

Looking forward to cranking up my DraftKings app for the first time in months. I put more effort into daily lineups than my season-long team.

It's going to be a strange season

Cam looks like he's burning some 29% medical. 

>>>Cam looks like he's burning some 29% medical. 

That is probably the only way he gets his body to work these days. 

Vegas Baby! VEGAS!
Just Win Baby!

But I regretted picking Amari Cooper in the mid-4th round as soon as I said his name. <<<

I've had Cooper 2x and he will drive you batty. A huge game here and there, and other weekends almost completely silent. Similar in nature to DeSean Jackson but with less anti-semitism. 

Tua time! Well by The Jacksonville game hopefully. 

I had a draft Sunday am very happy w my team somehow I got Kamara, Julio & Tyreek(all top 15 adp talent) along w Godwin, Ingram II,  Akers, Singletary, Brown, Hurst handcuffed Alvin w Murray and Matt Ryan w Koo as my K and Philly D (I stream my D week to week though) . It's a Falconcentric team but I am good w that. 

Tonight is the Auction draft league draft those are a hoot! Scrubs and studs. 

>>>Vegas Baby! VEGAS!<<<

Their offense has a lot of talent, their defense will tell their tale.

And the Raiders are really getting screwed by the COVID mess. That new place of theirs looks pretty cool and would have been rocking pretty good their first year there. They announced that the entire venue had sold out, which I found suspect until I figured that the casinos likely bought up big chucks of the place to use as perks.

I've been really interested in what the atmosphere at the Vegas Raiders games would be like. I was thinking that with locals who bought in along with Oakland fans traveling and probably lots of ex-pat LA Raiders fans getting back to the games (and that crowd was "lively"!) there would also be lots of away fans at every game, as traveling to Vegas for a weekend is always fun, which would have made the games really "lively", but I also thought there might be lots of lookie-lou's coming with casino tickets, not really fans of either team, much like a Super Bowl.

I've always gone to one or two Oakland Raiders games a year, and as a newly retired gentleman of leisure I was looking forward to doing one or two games this year and seeing the atmosphere first hand. That will just have to be one more thing to keep looking forward to.

So, will anyone have an answer for Mahomes?

Will Mike McCarthy be the one to take the talented Cowboys back to the Big Game, or will Jerry Jones & his ego get in his own way again?

The Saints are loaded, can Brees get to the finish line one more time?

Brady is the GOAT and finally has a full group of great receivers, and the Bucs are talented overall, can HE make it to the finish line one more time?

The Packers are talented, can Aaron Rodgers make it to the finish line again?

The Patriots are the Patriots. Can Cam Newton make it to the finish line? Not as much talent around him and he's not Brady, but he knows how to compete & win and the Pats are never easy to beat.

Are the Bills really for real?

Can the Bungals finally become the Bengals again?

And on & on.

There are so many things to dislike about the NFL and football in general, but god damn it's a great game.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brady vs. Brees will be 2 deservedly hyped-up games by The NFL, with the 1st meeting this Sunday. National TV audiences will get their fair share of Brady/Gronk this year, too, that's fer' sher'. 

TV ratings, baby! 

Answer for Maholmes = Meat Wagon

The dude is pretty amazeballs but he takes a lot of chances, it's gunna catch up to him.

Definitely going to head out next year probably for Chefs or Buncos 

Curious how long the season lasts.....

All that is true Alan, and that fine regular season put them in very good position for a rematch with the 49ers.

But then Jackson & the team laid that massive egg in the playoff game.

Oof!

A team's last game is their lasting image, so matter what the Ravens do this season they'll have to overcome that hooorrible performance. 

The final six minutes of the 49ers last game is what they'll have to overcome.

Cream tends to rise and I think both teams will be right in the mix, but damn it can go bad fast.

GN!

Some cool stat's, Alan, but as a former Buffalonian, I can tell you that the Kelly-era Bills put up some amazing number's back then, too. You know where I'm going...

It's good that people love their team, but is there still any undercover love for the Colts in Baltimore?

(The Colts have a much cooler name & uniforms)

Da Bears!

This opening the season by playing a rivals in your division is terrible for the nfl. Division games should not start until 3 games into the season, and the final games of the season also need to be divisional.

that being said 

Alan, I think my Brown take one from the Ravens this year, and both Steeler games, see you again in the playoffs. 

Fuck Art Modell - Kadaffi style 

And lance there is no love in this Browns fan for the Ravens, no celebrating their super bowl win.

i do love and respect Ozzie Newsome though. He and Harbaugh have down some great things in Baltimore, shows you too what sticking with a good coach can do for a team. 

This opening the season by playing a rivals in your division is terrible for the nfl. Division games should not start until 3 games into the season, and the final games of the season also need to be divisional.<<<

That is true. Opening in-division is a little too much too soon. Ease into it.

Chiefs?    Nice racist showing.  Jfc. Embarrassing 

Chiefs?    Nice racist showing.  Jfc. Embarrassing <<<

I think many people are just tired of mass politicization. It's seeped into almost everything at this point and tough to avoid. They want to escape for a few hours without social commentary. Not sure how many Chiefs fans fall into this category but pretty sure it was at least part of the boo-equation. 

>>I think many people are just tired of mass politicization.

that's people who consider calls for social justice "politicization" but are good with giant flags and military flyovers and worship our heroic troops. 

With the Chief's having already played, today is all about Brady vs. Brees IN a division match-up.  And Gronk back in The NFL for more splash (and ratings). So plan on seeing more TB in prime-time than you ever dreamed possible. 

I'll be feverishly bouncing back and forth with the Lightning playing at 3. (Yes, I'm sure I have picture-in-picture, but no-clue how to pull it up).

>>>>Be choosy how you dress today...

I got three hats to wear today. FDNY, Green Bay Packers, and the NY Islanders. I just put all three on on top of each other and it's not a good look. What to do? What to do?

Earl, looks like we have a series. Pivotal game today, fer sure. 

70% of the NFL is African American, seems to reason they support social justice, that and the fact that out uniform they get pulled over like the common man.

Go Bills!

Jets losing 21 - 0 in the first half.
Another season has begun. Yippee!

Let's go J - E - T - S -!

heard the knuckle draggers were all kinds of butt hurt by the BLM stuff and booed. Not surprising at all.

Middle America. More votes for the decent folk.

Most of the early games pretty predictable, with a couple of notable exceptions.

The Football Team looking like they're going to beat the Eagles. I don't think anyone saw that coming. Side note - despite that name being a Fuck You from the evil bastard Snyder, that name is kind of funny and is starting to grow on me.

The Jaguars beating the Colts is a surprise, but then I've always thought that Rivers is an over-rated bum.

Raiders win a nice game. That offense is going to be good.

I'm nervous about my 49ers. It's hard to replicate the success they had last year. We'll see soon enough.

Despite all the BS and everything that's wrong with the NFL, professional football is such a damn great game.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not a fan of piped in crowd noise. Lame as a laugh track.

Tom Brady ___ What A Tool and a Clown - Yep

Brady n Trump _______ Florida ______FUCK Off Ya _______TOOLS.

Yeah, the crowd noise is the worst. Fortunately I always turn off the sound anyway.

They should just do it like baseball, where at least the phony noise we hear is what's piped into the stadium, but for football the sounds are manipulated from the studio, just like a laugh track.

Amazing how many ways the suits can get things wrong.

WFT 1 and 0 and Chase Young is gonna be a problem for the nfc east for years to come

today was a good day

Seahawks win the super bowl this year. I've got $50 on it if anyone disagrees and wants to bet?

down go the nfc champions.  cardinals look legit 

Bears are 2-0 but not feeling too confident over here.

Russel Westbrook - best NFL quarter back

A devastating win for the 49ers.

Multiple injuries, but Nick Bosa is irreplaceable.

They'll keep playing hard, likely winning more than they lose because they're a very good team, but Bosa is their best player, and more importantly he is irreplaceable at the 2nd most important position for a championship team. 

Injuries are a central part of the NFL and every team has to deal with them. Last season injuries hurt the 49ers big-time, but they weathered them. 

But without Bosa?

Trouble.

BIG trouble for my 49ers.

Fuck 'em all...

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Bills, top passer and top receiver after 2 games, who would have thunk that!

chargers rookie qb looked good. couple of bad mistakes but impressive overall.

they still choke(d) every damn time.

wish phillip r success

Next Monday Baltimore v Kansas City will be interesting. Have to say Baltimore looks like the best team right now. 

Even though the Patriots lost I'm happy they look competitive against one the best teams. If Cam can stay healthy and with $36M in cap space they could be a playoff contender. 

Surprised that it has been very Covid free season so far. 

>>>  chargers rookie qb looked good. couple of bad mistakes but impressive overall.   they still choke(d) every damn time.

they were hurt by a non-call of unsportsmanlike conduct after T. Hill took his helmet off in the end zone after a touchdown.

that would have been a 15 yard penalty added to the extra point. they probably wouldn't have gone for 2 to tie the game.

that means they'd have needed a touchdown at the end of the 4th quarter to win it.

yeah, they should've won by a point...

i don't really like that rule so whatever.

the prevent D or wtf it is they do at end of games is retarded.

The NFL has been great so far. Yay for humanity. 

>>>  chargers rookie qb looked good. couple of bad mistakes but impressive overall.   they still choke(d) every damn time.

they were hurt by a non-call of unsportsmanlike conduct after T. Hill took his helmet off in the end zone after a touchdown.

I knew it was over when the rookie quarterback decided to throw a goose for an interception, instead of running the easy 2 yards for a first down within field goal range. The nfl ain't college. Hope he learns from his mistake. He was fun to watch.

The Chargers look competitive, but what's the deal with Taylor? They thought he was having a heart attack or something?

The rookie did look good, but he's a green rookie while Taylor is a solid veteran player, and it looks to me that in a relatively weak division, if he's playing the Chargers will be interesting.

The 49ers seem cursed. They're not the only team besieged by injuries, but along with taking multiple serious injuries, things in general are weird with them right now. They were ready to leave San Jose on Friday for New York when a maintenance vehicle of some kind smashed into their plane and damaged it, so they had to find a different ride, which got them to the east coast in the middle of the night.

Then after yesterday's game they had six or seven players that needed MRI's and they're staying at some swanky resort back east because they're playing in New York again next week, so they ordered up a mobile MRI truck to meet them at their place, and the truck broke down.

Maybe it's good I can't go to the games this year. It doesn't seem very healthy to be around them right now.

Apparently it's brand new fake turf in that Jets/Giants stadium. 

The 49ers are whining pretty hard about how "sticky" & "spongy" it was, and the Jets took some injuries as well, but the Steelers & Giants didn't complain about it the week before.

The 49ers took their beef to the league, mainly because they have to play in the same place next week, and the league will have people checking it out, but what does anyone really think will happen?

Whatever the deal is with the field, injured is injured, and IMO it's a league-wide epidemic nowadays.

Right now the 49ers just seem to be like 80-year-olds exposed to COVID.

Why they had  to install fake turf in that stadium when it was built is beyond me - WTF  ??

They are even putting real grass in INDOOR stadiums now.

Bring back 3 yards and a cloud of dust.....      ( and mud).

Get that west coast grass vs east coast grass outta hear, constantly with the west coast grass bs. 

Needles to say my sleeper of picking up Emanuel Sanders on my fantasy teams was a hella bad move now in hindsight 

Some of these lines seem crazy to me.

Raiders +6.5 over Patriots in NE. I know the stadium will be empty but still a west coast team flying to the east coast.

Giants +4.5 over 49ers

Jets +10.5 over Colts just because Jets +10.5 over anyone seems crazy.

Packers only +3 over the Saints

Chiefs +3.5 over Ravens

Buffalo Bills still undefeated, but you can add the rams to once beaten.

go Bills

I loved the fake booing piped into their home stadium after the Giants failed on a 4th-&-1.

I suppose it's possible that it was played for the refs and their spot of the ball, but it had me thinking there were fans in the stands for a moment.

In the NFC Seattle looks like Seattle, ALWAYS so tough to beat, and Green Bay looks real good. If those two defenses can rise up and their QBs stay healthy they'll be right there at the end.

Even though they lost today, Arizona is rising fast, and the LAmbs are really good again. It sure looked like they got jobbed by the refs at the end of their game. What's new.

And the Bears? They have a good defense, which always gets overlooked in the offense-obsessed NFL, and now they have a decent QB playing. They'll be interesting to watch going forward.

The 49ers are still a very good, very deep team, and if they can get maybe just 10 - 12 of their starters back (that sounds like an exaggeration, but they played today without 11 of their 22 starters) they should compete for the playoffs again, but Bosa is a brutal, irreplaceable loss and even if they get healthy it's going to be a tough road for them in their division.

The AFC has some really interesting stories as well. The season is shaping up to be really fun all around the league. I hope they can keep the plague at bay and get through the whole thing. So far, so good.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Eagles are buying up tennis ball machines to fire trash onto the field at random intervals.

It's on the internet.

Now.

3-0

(((Foles)))

smh

Oh hi, brian d.  Welcome to NFL talk.  Who is your team?

As always my picks are perfect when I don't put money down. Whole different story anytime I actual add money to the equation

Some of these lines seem crazy to me.

Raiders +6.5 over Patriots in NE. I know the stadium will be empty but still a west coast team flying to the east coast.

Giants +4.5 over 49ers

Jets +10.5 over Colts just because Jets +10.5 over anyone seems crazy.

Packers only +3 over the Saints

Go Bears!

Mahomes is really good, but so is Andy Reid, and maybe just as important, the Chiefs defense seemed to find something in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl that they're continuing to use.

Still, just one game, and for the good of the league it's good to see that even the Great & Glorious Lamar Jackson still has room to grow. Not quite perfect tonight.

So, right now, maybe the endlessly annoying Russell Wilson moves into the early MVP lead?

But even with a few undefeated teams, right now NO team is Just Exactly Perfect.

BTW, I'm pretty much sick of Russell Wilson & the damned Seahags.

Can't SOMEbody SMASH that guy???

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!

one could argue the best third string in the league (ever?)

Here we go 8 positive tests for the Titans. NFL isn't like MLB. It's going to be interesting to see if they can manage missed games for covid along with all the other day to day injuries they deal with. 

know its baseball but rocco baldelli just mentioned the GD and phish on my tv

Fucking Eagles.  

At least Lamar will keep me interested in the rest of the season.  

49ers with another bad loss against a midland NFC team.  those losses pile up when you play in Russell Wilson's division.

I dont think either team tonight is very good actually.  the 49er defense is totally different without Bosa and HC Shanny Jr loves him some passing, even when Nate fucking Mullens is the one doing the passing.  terrible game plan from Shanny Jr and a earned loss all around by the home team

TB12 getting comfy with 1st place TB... OJ Howard out for season should make for more Gronk targets.

Bills 4-0. Get offa' my cloud.

Came in to post when was time the Bills started off 4-0?

The 1-2-1 Eagles win puts them in the driver's seat of the NFC Least with the Cowboys and my Washington Nameless hot on their heels at 1-3.

The Seahawks and Packers aside, the AFC appears to be the far superior conference this year.

The 49ers are most definitely different without Bosa, who is one of the best players in the league, and missing him along with Dee Ford changes the way they approach everything.

Of course it doesn't help when they're also missing other key defensive players and are starting their 3rd & 4th string cornerbacks.

On offense it was surprising to see how bad Mullens was, he has never been that bad before, and that is what really sunk them. It's not surprising to see comments about "too much passing/bad play calling" from the cheap seats today, especially when they're also playing with their 3rd string running back and other than a few reverses their runs were stuffed all game.

Their game plan was fine, their execution of it was not, and of course despite how many fans love to think it's all like a video game, it's the NFL so it's never easy.

They laid an egg for sure, every team usually does, but they're in the toughest division in the league and their schedule is about to get much tougher, so their holes are going to be exploited and the 49ers are in trouble.

After Bosa got hurt I was thinking 9-7/10-6 and squeezing into a wildcard, but now with two losses already it's likely to be closer to 7-9/8-8; 9-7 would be a surprise now. It will likely be a long, tough season for the Niners and the haters will leap on that wagon, but their core is strong, their organization is strong, they'll keep fighting and they'll definitely be right in the middle of it again next year no matter how it goes this year.

Overall though the league is interesting, with some teams looking good, some looking great and a couple of surprise teams fighting early on. It's fun to see the perennial doormat Bills looking good, and the Raiders are close as well. In the end, as always the teams with the strongest defenses will rise and go farthest, but if they can keep the COVID at bay it should continue to be a fun season.

Fuck 'em all...

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Seahawks are better then all your pansy teams. 4-0 with the best quarterback in the league.  Wilson has always been a little too perfect and annoying for me, but have to admit that he is in the prime of his career and on the road to MVP.  

That kid in San Diego played well again. Fun to watch.

My season was over before it began, Giants are roadkill

Did the Bears blow their cover last week?
Will the real Bears please play football tonight!
At least Big Ten football is here soon!

Foles is Brady's kryptonite.

Bears are livin right this year. Brady forgets what down it is...

4-1. Wow. 

​

We'll take it!  

Foles turns into Joe Montana for a night. Oy.

Looks like Dak Prescott is out for the year with a broken ankle.

Football is a brutal sport.

Which is what makes it so compelling to watch.

And how about Alex Smith?

They're going to make a movie about that guy some day.

Atta' boy Alex.

I know I sit in the cheap seats but I think I may just know a thing or two about shanny jr and his team.  

they both stink on ice right now.

from the cheap seats of course.  lance, tell me how it looks from your point of view?

The 49ers season was over the minute they lost Bosa & Dee Ford.

Things have gone from bad to worse because of all the other injuries.

Today they again played without their two top pass rushers and were missing five Dlinemen in all, and were also without all three of their starting cornerbacks as well as two backup corners.

They played with a 4th stringer & two guys off the practice squad at CB today, with no good pass rush. That is ALWAYS going to be disaster in today's NFL, and I honestly was expecting something like this on defense.

On offense, their Oline is struggling to pass protect. That was the one real question going into the season and was going to be an issue if they had been able to stay in the playoff hunt, so really the only truly surprising thing about today is how bad Garoppolo played.

He was getting blasted, and they're saying that his ankle was affecting him, but man he was bad today... FAR worse than he's ever been.

He's making big money and he's got big pressure on him to perform, and if he doesn't play better there could be real trouble there, but still, even if JimmyG was playing well, when a team can't generate a pass rush, cover receivers or protect the QB that team is going to lose more often than win.

They should get their quality CBs back which will allow the defense to be competitive again, the pass protection can be manipulated and with that JG has to play better, but these early losses, their inability to pressure/sack the QB along with the 49ers upcoming schedule means they're in big trouble now.

But to say that "they stink?"

Well yeah, they stunk today and they may well end up with a losing record this season, but Shanahan doesn't stink. His team is dealing with multiple issues, but the team don't stink either, they're just in hell at the moment.

On it goes.

Anyone have contact info for Key?  I would like to ask how he feels about the Jets being 0-6.

Go Niners!  24-16 over LA.

Keyshawn doesn't want to talk with any of us/I mean, YOU PEOPLE!

And a very nice win by the 49ers. They played super conservative, but with their backs to the wall they played with desire, and I for one was rather shocked at how bad the LAmbs played, but the Niners pushed them and a win is a win.

At this point no team in the league looks like a no-brainer. The Seahags are good, but their defense is suspect and if Wilson gets hurt they don't win another game.

It should be interesting.

from the cheap seats, I love the 49ers this week getting 3.  not impressed with Seattle's defense this season and I expect the 49ers to run the ball well and win outright

also love the  Vikings plus the 6.5.  that line is way too low and vegas is begging folks to take the Pack

"From the Cheap Seats" would be a good name for a sports blog.

And I'd like to be as confident as you drkstar, but the 49ers have been hot & cold this year. Even at the 49ers best, Seattle & that little fucker Wilson, who's playing out of his mind right now, have been a rock in the 49ers cleats for a long time.

If the 49ers can cover Seattle's receivers, and their offense (and Garoppolo) play really well they have a solid chance, but even against the Seahags leaky defense it will be difficult without Deebo Samuel & Raheem Mostert.

The 'hags are going to be uber-motivated for this one, and they have a way of winning even when they're being beaten, so I'm prepared to be doing a bit of screaming at my TV and freaking out my neighbors this Sunday. It should be a good game that could well be decided on one mistake (or ticky-tack penalty) here or there.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like that for a podcast or a blog, Lance.  good call.

my message to Shanny Jr is run the damn football and get Mr Dreamboat out on boots and play action stuff.  if JG throws less then 30 passes the game is perfect for the 49ers.  truth be told, my deal with Shanny Jr is he should be coaching the team in DC now if the owner did not suck ass (I digress) and I am envious that my new home team has my first home team's heir apparent top tier HC and I really do like and respect Kyle's chops

The O/U for the SF/SEA game is 54, the highest one on the slate. Should be a fun game. I've adopted the Seahawks as my favorite team this year since the Bears suck balls. How can you not like Russell Wilson?

BTW has anyone told Jerry Jones that Colin Kaepernick is available? HaHa!

>>>How can you not like Russell Wilson<<<

I HATE that son of a bitch!!!

But he's so good, I can't help but like him.

Still...

Beat the 'Hags!!!

GO NINERS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"also love the Vikings plus the 6.5"

who is this sage from the cheap seats?

Despite a grinding & often brutal season for my team so far, I've still found the 49ers & the NFL to be a nice diversion from the madness of the real world.

But at some point it all blends into one.

So now, thanks to massive injury & COVID issues, tomorrow night my boys will be fielding an offense with their 2nd string QB, their 4th string RB, their 3rd string tight end, their 3rd string center, their 2nd string left tackle, and their 4th string & MULTIPLE practice squad wide receivers.

I think that's it, for now.

And their defense isn't much better off.

Right now they're the San Francisco Practicesquaders.

On the plus side, it will be very much like the preseason games we missed out on this year!

I'm not here to whine about it, it's way past whining time.

It's just gotten bizarre, and so consistent with everything else happening in the madness of the real world.

Still, fuck 'em all.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nobody is on the 49ers tonight.  almost 80% of the action is on the Packers which is why I am betting the 49ers plus the 7.5 for my limit

I missed on them last week as I did not see the inability to run the football coming.  I have no idea how the 49ers are gonna cover tonight but I know the house needs them to badly

from the cheap seats, give me the 49ers plus the 7.5 tonight 

and if the Falcons go with a QB in the 1st round next off season and let Matt Ryan go, he would be the most obvious replacement for Mr Dreamboat at QB.  its coming too.  that HC and GM wont play around and dither at the QB position with guys like Ryan and possibly Cousins available to Shanahan to work with again 

>>>Garoppolo has a glass jaw - or leg or whatever<<<

Yeah, that's a bad rap. Guys get hurt in the NFL. The one thing the 49ers didn't do well last year was pass protect, and JG took a massive beating all season, but he played every snap in 19 games. When you get smashed things happen.

And Shanahan knows way more than I or any of us do, but he can be stubborn with his ideas. Many fans have joined the Garoppolo haters club, but the grass is greener crowd, including Shanahan should be careful what they wish for.

Personally I don't believe that Ryan or Cousins, or really any veteran they realistically could replace JG with next season is any better overall. Better at the deep ball maybe, but Garoppolo is a very good QB who does a lot of little things well and makes many of his throws look easier than they are.

We fans always think we know what's going on... "Why did you throw that pass?!!? Why did you run THAT play?!!? Why did you blitz there?!!? This coach/player/GM SUCKS!!!!"

I remember getting pissed at Bill Walsh at times when things weren't going well, and then I'd check myself and think, "Dude. Bill Walsh knows what he's doing, shut up."

I like JimmyG and I hope they stick with him, but I like the 49ers more and I just want to see them win. Fortunately I do have faith that Shanahan & Lynch know what they're doing, which is really all any fan can hope for, so whatever they decide I'll accept that they're very good at what they do and that they know way more than I do.

Anyway...

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if Kyle Shanahan decides that he wants to move on from Garoppolo it wont be because of a glass anything.  sure injuries will play a part in the decision but it will be decided more along the lines of who Shanahan thinks can run his offense more effectively and who the team can fit into whatever cap complications and/or restrictions come with such a move.

I am no Bill Walsh (he gets way better seats then I do) but I have seen Matt Ryan and Kirk, dont call me Kurt, Cousins run a Kyle Shanahan lead offense.  I would take both in a heartbeat over Garoppolo and Coach Shanahan pretty much copped to the fact that his 1st choice when he went QB shopping was Cousins and not Garoppolo

all this to say that if I was a 49ers fan I would welcome a QB change in so far as Kyle is selecting that QB based on who will run his offense the most efficiently.  one thing is for certain, the offense does not have to be dynamic with that defense at full strength.  but you also need a QB who does all the things well that the offensive scheme requires.

I am not the 1st to point out JG throws with no anticipation.  he has an incredible arm and trusts it implicitly but he is a see it and throw it guy and not an anticipation thrower and that is what I believe Shanhan demands 1st and foremost from his QBs

time will tell... 

Marquez Valdes-Scantling?!?  fuck me running I keep losing my shirt on the 49ers

The 49ers are absolutely fielding a 2nd half of a 2nd preseason game offense tonight, and half a defense. They have no chance.

And dstar has seen Cousins run a Shanahan offense well?

Whoo.

He's thrown 10 INTs already this year, and he'd cost almost as much in pay and more in trade to get him.

Ryan? What's he ever done without Julio Jones? Has anyone watched that this season? Not so much, and he's never achieved anything more than JG has.

Chicks dig the long ball, and both those guys rip the long ball, but there's way more to being a successful QB than deep shots.

The 49ers have issues to deal with next year. Those issues are manageable, but if they want to replace Garoppolo it will cost them, and he's better than most of us cheap-seaters love to think (he's definitely better than Cousins); I would be surprised if someone else is at QB next year for the 49ers.

Anyway, FUCK 'EM ALL!!!!

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>>Got any O line to trade for<<<

Sure. They all stink, but sure. Although I don't think Shanahan wants RG3.

>>>This week we have 7 guys out for Covid<<<

I feel your pain Allan. Good luck with that.

And just in case anyone in the cheap seats is interested, here's a pretty good take on the Garoppolo/49ers situation (that happens to jibe pretty closely with mine)...

https://theathletic.com/2177702/2020/11/05/kawakami-keep-jimmy-garoppolo...

If nothing else, it supports that my take isn't coming completely from left field. (Mixed metaphor?)

its an opinion based conversation, Lance.  of course your opinion is valid and not far fetched 

that does not make it right but I digress

Big win for bills today, heading for 12-4 or better season. Josh had 417, threw for 3 tds and ran for one.

Outplayed Russ Wilson big time

I had not watched one minute of NFL this year until last night.

All this political BS spinning around in my head - I needed a distraction, I thought. I'll watch a bit of Sunday Night Football on NBC. Why Not?

I had heard that the Buccaneers were ON FIRE and headed to playoffs for sure, so I was excited when I saw they were playing in the Sunday Night game against the Saints.

Here was a chance to see if Brady still had it.

Then I watched the game.

WTF?

Well, that explains that debacle. The Sixer Jinx. Go back to knitting and indoor shuffleboard, PLEASE.

Earl?  You think I'm that powerful?

Well then, I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
 

Holy Cow! Brady looked like Trump in that game - a real LOSER!!!!!

The Raiders are going to run all over the Chiefs like Rudy's hair dye !

The wheels are starting to come off now.

More & more players (and the public in general) testing positive, more postponements, more games played with many missing players.

And now, Santa Clara County has REALLY battened down the hatches. Starting on Monday and for at least the next three weeks, along with the curfew there will be a county-wide quarantine for those coming into the county from over 150 miles and no contact sports for high school, college and professional, which means the 49ers have no venue to play their home games next week & the week after, and even more problematic, they can't use their facilities to practice.

At the moment it looks like they may try to use good ol' Oakland Coliseum for the games, but is the field even close to playable? Where are they going to meet & practice? Maybe they could play at Oracle Park (SF Giants stadium). Someone even suggested Kezar Stadium, which is still there but like a high school field. That would be cool, but again, no facilities to support two full NFL teams. It's hard to imagine how this is going to work for the 49ers. 

As things get worse around the country & the league, it's getting more difficult to see this season come to it's full conclusion. I wonder what the league's contingency plans might be. Shut down and go with the standings as they are at the shutdown, and then play the playoff games in neutral "bubble" sites & conditions? Postpone everything and try to start up again in January? Cancel the season? Or just force it through and soldier on to the end, using whoever is left? I read today that the Broncos may have to start a running back at quarterback tomorrow. Sure, THAT will be just fine. 

COVID numbers are spiking everywhere, hospitals are filling up and people are dying. Football isn't much of anything in the bigger picture, but it sure has been a good distraction.

Good luck to all of us, and pray for 2021.

Oh, and...

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder how Jerry Jones feels about all of this? 

Broncos don't have any eligible quarterbacks and said they will not forfeit 

Bears vs Packers tonight.  Of course I hope they kick the crap out of the packers but not too confident here.  Bears are a mess.

They'll need it!

The Bears are a joke but I kind of wish St. Mark was still here so he could brag about the Broncos.

Giants are like fucking democrats,, even when they win they lose. Won the game to take division lead at 4-7 (oy fuckin vey),,

and, lost the starting qb to injury

Since there is no hockey and the Bears suck, as painful as that is to say, There is some good football still to be played
I caught the end of the KC TB game, good stuff.

The Phoenix 49ers.

Has a bit of a ring to it.

2020 just keeps getting weirder.

Stay safe everybody.

And...

GO PHOENINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Giants are divisional leaders. Jesus, the NFC East sucks!

Heidi 2020

After ignoring the NFL (and pretty much all pro sports) for quite a few years now - it was cold, windy and pretty raw outside in northern Vermont yesterday and I skipped my usual Sunday afternoon hike to stay warm and have a beer or two and few "hits from the bong" (cue Cypress Hill).

Instead, I sat down again (for just the second time in 2020) to watch an NFL football game - this time between my beloved NY Giants and the Seahawks. I figured I could just fade in and out and perhaps take a nice nap. Well, I'm sure you all know what happened.

Watch out - the Giants defense is apparently FOR REAL. Wow!

"Hits from the bong y'all

Gonna get high..."

Holy G Man D Batman. Best Giant game in about 7 years.

Jesus, Washington!

All of a sudden the NFC East is Upset Central.

Those old Dolphins that are still around get to pop the champagne one more time

How about them Bills! They got the steelers Sunday night, they will be 10-2 by the end.

Just finished the Janis biography and found another reason to hate the cowboys. Jimmie Johnson harassed the shit out of Janis Joplin in HS. Screw him.

He tells about it in his biography, thought it was a gas. 

Anything to get the whole season in, must be weird for the players, no fans that is.

From past experience, Buffalo playoff home games are electric. It was like being plugged into a outlet. I saw four during the super bowl years. 

Huge home field advantage, plus the snow, cold and ice. I was still in my 20's heading into my 30's. 

After the raider blowout in the Championship game we stopped at every bar in every little podunk town, wild time. Almost went home with a couple of floozies at barbills in East Aurora. 

It ain't Buff bro 

It ain't Buff bro 

Quick Bills story:

A few weeks ago in my little town I saw a guy with an old school Bills T-shirt on. It was the day after they lost the game on a last second Hail Mary.

I said, man rough loss yesterday, did you see that?

He shook his head and said yeah, I saw it.

I asked him if he used to live there.

He said, "I used to play for them."

"Really?" I did a quick judge of his age.

"Did you play with OJ?"

"I was his backup."

"Hmmm, I'm guessing you didn't get much playing time."

"Nope."

"Well at that point it's 'pay me don't play me', right?"

He laughed and said "you got it."

Turns out my friend knows him and his son was a couple of years ahead of my buddy in high school.

The son just died of COVID in his early 40's.

Very sad.

I thought i heard a Cumberland some time at the end of the 2nd Quarter as well.

I heard the Cumberland, and we got some good Phish early on.

And we don't get to see Baltimore much here on the west coast, but has Lamar Jackson's passing regressed this year? He looks... a bit "off" with his throws.

Dude can run like the wind though. 

And yeah, Buffalo really handed it to the Niners yesterday.

Fortunately I've always liked the Bills so it wasn't quite as difficult to watch as it could have been.

Oh well. Wait 'till next year!!!!

Lance, that is spoken like a true bills fan for last 25 years, there's always next year

My daughter just met a good friend of Reuban brown former all pro tackle in Savannah. I sent her a pic of my bills flag out front with the snow on the ground here is upstate NY.

Yep Alan, thanks for the "heads" up

Baker has had 4 or 5 offensive coordinators in his short time in Cleveland. Credit coach Stefanski for getting back to central division basics. The OL is pretty bad ass and that also is helping Baker. Harbaugh is one of the best coaches in the business imo. let's go brownies!!!

That was a great game, and I don't usually think non-stop scoring games are great because I like defense, but both of those teams have really good defenses and yet back & forth it went, to the final seconds.

After being injured and the game looking lost for the Ravens, Jackson running back onto the field straight from the locker room just in time to run one 4th down play and he throws a TD? That was pretty NFL epic.

Good stuff Maynard.

These are the dog days now. 14 weeks in with only one week off, every one of these guys is battered, beaten, broken and bruised in a hundred different ways that we mere mortals could never understand (unless we've been in a major car wreck or mugged & beaten with a baseball bat, and even then we don't go out and do it again a week later) and yet they go out there and play with such total aggressive abandon & intensity. 

NFL players sacrifice, and they earn every dime they get.

NFL football has many, many flaws, but god damn it's a great game.

Big game for the Bills this afternoon. A win clinches the AFC East title for the 1st time in 25 years.

Back in the good old days, bills fans were spoiled with all the wins in the AFC and going to the Super Bowl 4 years in a row and losing. 

Back in the 90's, the NFC was the tougher division, now it appears that the AFC is stronger. 

Go Bill!

Bills win AFC East

weird seeing that written

I bet after this year the 49ers are going to have some very good lawyers looking at how to get out of their lease. San Diego 49ers may be coming soon.

Best don't be sleepin' on dem Jets!

>>>>Ravens steamroller over Jacksonville

Jags are in a race to the bottom with the Jets to secure the first draft pick.  Got tix to see the Jaguars next weekend in their final home game against the Bears.

The niners are WAY better than their record

 Bad luck bears or not

i could easily select many players that need to go bye bye

>Jags are in a race to the bottom with the Jets to secure the first draft pick.  Got tix to see the Jaguars next weekend in their final home game against the Bears.
 

I guess no one told the Jets

The whole 'lets lose so that we can win' is the epitome of loser mentality.  I've been a fan of the Jets for 40 years. Losing so that their chances increase to draft the #1 pick -- ultimately to ruin that kids career ---  is plain old moronic.  

Thank you 49ers for beating the Cardinals and opening the door for the Bears to make the playoffs!

If the Bears beat the Jags tomorrow they will be ahead of the Cardinals by way of tie breaker coming down to the final week of the regular season.

Cards have a tough match up against the Rams.

The Bears, well, get the Packers at Soldier Field setting up yet another heart breaking defeat at the hands of Erin Rodgers. Ugh. The Bears are playing well, though, and are overdue to beat GB. Waaaaaay overdue.

Go Rams!

The Cardinals really laid an egg today in a game they needed to win.

The 49ers defense did play really well against a very good offense, but the Cards defense, knowing the Niners were going with their 3rd string stiff at QB, allowed the 49ers to run all over them, never forcing the 49ers to have to pass the ball.

The 49ers are a good running team, but when you KNOW going in that a team is going to run the ball, any decent defense should be able to sell out enough to at least slow it down. Beathard WOULD have made mistakes if he'd had to face lots of 3rd & longs.

It was nice to see the 49ers play with heart in a meaningless game, and yet the win will hurt their draft position significantly. That will bother me later, but today it was fun to see a win.

Good luck to the Bears and all the other teams still in the mix.

GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy cow.

It's uncountable how many times over the years I've been glad I'm not a Raiders fan, but THAT was a massive gut punch for the 3rd World Nation.

And they can't even blame it on their favorite excuse, The Grand Conspiracy.

This one will be added to their Silver & Black crown of thorns for sure.

I LOVE watching Chuckie lose. That Dolphins game was GREAT. What a finish. Last 10 minutes or so was wild.  

Suck a dick Slick

Fitzmagic is real. They gotta start him next week vs Buffalo, no?

LOL. Sorry Sigmund, just dislike Chuckie.  

Love watching Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh lose, too.  

Lots of people questioning the $100 million dollar coach after his decision tonight to eat clock instead of score a TD. 

"NFL fans rightly crushed Jon Gruden after the Raiders' wild loss to the Dolphins"  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-fans-rightly-crushed-jon-gruden...

That was a curious call. 3rd and goal at the 1 and opts for a field goal  when a field goal still beats them. Shoulda jammed Jacobs up there 1 more time then kick the field goal if he doesn't make it, or the dolphins need a touchdown in a minute if he makes it. Chuckie blew this one.

Oh come on. That's just ridiculous after-the-fact fan whining. Running down the clock and kicking the field goal was the right & obvious move.

The Dolphins got the ball with 19 seconds left and no time outs! There was no way they could pull that one out.

Well, I guess there was ONE way. One totally crazy, unbelievable, bonehead way.

Gruden has made some mistakes, as all coaches do, but that wasn't one of them.

The last series the Raiders had the ball 1st and goal. Jacobs ran into tthe line 3 times and fell down short of the goal line.

Not tackled, fell down, three f-ing times. If they score a TD it forces the phins to score one as well. If the phins need something a touchdown, with the amount of time left, they would have had to just chucked up hail Mary. The field goal.made it easier to lose not win.

Gurden must have been hit in the head too many times, what a stupid call.

>>>>>If the phins need something a touchdown, with the amount of time left, they would have had to just chucked up hail Mary.

To be fair, you have to remember Denny, that the time left (22 seconds) was 1:50 on second down when he stopped just short of a TD and 1:05 on third down when they took a knee. They ran off 1:30 by doing those plays so Fitz would've had way more time, like just over a minute, to go down the field if they went in to score on second down. 

Gruden had the recent memory of leaving too much time for Mahommes to beat them in similar fashion with 1:15 left. 

Sitting in an 85% empty stadium on the banks of the St. Johns River, drinking a $12 beer and waiting for kickoff of Jags v. Bears.

Nice, Ken. Have a GREAT time! Bears need this, and the Jags need Trevor Lawrence. Nice weather. "Look for sunny skies, six mph winds, and 60-degree temperatures." Unlike GB tonight. 

Ugh.   We're No. 1 (draft pick).

Just as much orange as teal in the stadium and the Bears fans are much more vocal.

The Browns, did what the Browns do

Fitz ain't mahommes, if he was he would still be playing for any one of the teams he worked his was thru during his career.. Didn't he start with the browns.

Don't get me wrong, I have great respect for Fitz.  Back during the year that he made the cover of sports illustrated, I'm up in buffalo going to a game. Waiting to go in with us is bunch of kids dressed like Amish swilling beer. 

He had grown that crazy beard and earned the nickname the Amish rifle. He would always rip your heart out with a poorly timed interception, usually in the 4th quarter driving for the game winner.

There's a couple of throws he can't make consistently. All we need is for the patsies to sign him next year and he will have played for every team in the AFC EAST. That has to be some kind of record

My Pack looked good tonight. 

I have been a Green Bay Packers fan since the early 1960's and always will be, but I also like the Vikings and the Bears !! Great game for the Packers today 40-14 against Titans ! Next weeks game should be good, Packers vs Bears !! Go Packers !!!

Wait.

Bruce, you're a long-time Packers fan, but you like the Vikings and Bears too?

Isn't that like being a 49ers fan and liking the Rams and Seahawks too??

A Yankees fan liking the Red Sox???

A Giants fan liking the Dodgers????

Damn you 2020!!!!

Up is down!!!

Black is white!!!!

Nothing makes sense any more.