Board 8 > NFL Discussion Topic - Week 12

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I'm posting this early because I'll be at my placement all day due to being Canadian.

woo not my Thanksgiving football
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Go Pats!
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ya go my Cowboys
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whew Tyron Smith is playing today

good news for Dallas
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No Sean Lee though

I'm optimistic about the offense with this news, but I still don't have Dallas as the favorites there.
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I predict Philip Rivers down 8 with 1:30 left and no timeouts with the length of the field to go

what happens from there is anyone's guess
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LOL Lions
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oh ya go my Rudolph
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Vikings have already exceeded their point total from the first game against the Lions.
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lions looking a lot worse than I thought they were
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Typical lionz first quarter letting the opponent go up double digits so lionz can come back later

Vikings might not be the team to do that against though
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Reg posted...

oh ya go my Rudolph

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whoops guess I played the wrong TE this week
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Looks like I'm not going to hit the under here.
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4th quarter Stafford time
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Vikings knew they couldn't stop Stafford so they had to injure him
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1 legged Stafford not able to get a drive going
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What a Lions way to finish
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Just got home from Thanksgiving dinner and turned on the Cowboys game

'welp'
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aaaaaaaand that's ball game

Chargers might make the playoffs in the AFC at this rate and I'd be okay with that

they seem like a fun team
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the cowboys without zeke may in fact be sub-browns tier
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although Chargers might want to get a new kicker since they've missed two straight XPs
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FFDragon posted...

the cowboys without zeke may in fact be sub-browns tier

Does he really have that much of an impact, or are they just mediocre this year in general?
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They're definitely not as good as they were last year, but they were good enough to be a Wild Card contender.
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he forces defenses to respect him, which allows the passing game to succeed more

now they don't have a run game worth respecting, which makes the passing game nonexistent as well
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is it too late to sign Romo
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Zeke wouldn't have thrown that pick
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The return of Smith made me seriously think about this game because I thought that his loss was potentially just as big for the Cowboys as Zeke.

I haven't been able to watch much of this game live, but Dak just seems completely lost without him. This was the Cowboys' last stand and.. They weren't even a threat. If the Chargers don't screw up repeatedly in the red zone this could be a 40 point difference right now.
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Dak has almost as many turnovers in the three games without Zeke than in literally every other game he's ever played with Zeke.
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I feel like it might be a mental thing with Dak. Something about Zeke not being there is throwing him off.
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Morris is okish

Theyve just been playing a lot from behind and dont have any good receiving playmakers other than Dez
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And Dez isn't really the playmaker he used to be either.
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I feel like Dez and Dak have never really connected the way he and Romo did, dunno if it's Dez declining, playcalling, or just no chemistry
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P.S. Missing 3 extra points and an extra point length field goal wut

davidponte posted...

I feel like it might be a mental thing with Dak. Something about Zeke not being there is throwing him off.

I think Dak's confidence is screwed.
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I've only watched bits of this game but I'm pretty sure the Chargers kicker got injured and they have the punter doing all kicks which is the reason for the misses.
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doesn't seem to matter against Dallas

that'd be the second week in a row the other team's kicker got hurt and they still got blown out

Not sure why the Chargers just don't go for 2 every time like the Eagles did
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davidponte posted...

I've only watched bits of this game but I'm pretty sure the Chargers kicker got injured and they have the punter doing all kicks which is the reason for the misses.

Novak missed a pat-length field goal on their first drive and the pat on their first touchdown. I assumed he got benched or something.
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The state of Chargers kicking:

https://www.clippituser.tv/c/rvmdxd
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LeonhartFour posted...

Dak has almost as many turnovers in the three games without Zeke than in literally every other game he's ever played with Zeke.

This is alarmingly true.

With Zeke: 8 interceptions, 4 fumbles
Without Zeke: 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles
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Meow1000 posted...

davidponte posted...

I've only watched bits of this game but I'm pretty sure the Chargers kicker got injured and they have the punter doing all kicks which is the reason for the misses.

Novak missed a pat-length field goal on their first drive and the pat on their first touchdown. I assumed he got benched or something.

I couldn't clearly hear what happened, but they showed him laying on the ground (or maybe not the ground, perhaps on the sideline, but visibly in distress) and said something about him being injured after the first field goal miss I thought.

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KommunistKoala posted...

Wut
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this has been a dreadful game so far
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Cousins is the worst QB at taking sacks in situations where you absolutely cannot take a sack
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LeonhartFour posted...

this has been a dreadful game so far

Yeah, I gave up.
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So is the Giants new strategy to make the opponents look like poop too
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A combined total of 9 halftime points over two games

This game is borderline unwatchable, but seriously, how did this defense get absolutely destroyed by San Francisco

Of note is the egg bowl is on and Ole Miss has been holding up well so far on the road. They need to win to get into a bowl game.
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That Fitzgerald injury was ugly in that game
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Yeah and State's just done now.
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Janoris Jenkins thanks you
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