Board 8 > NFL Discussion Topic - Week 14

(+) Yeah! (+)

Hopefully featuring less dirty hits.

As well as a Thursday matchup that might actually be entertaining!
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Shazier had spinal stabilization surgery
Browns "czar" gone
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hoping Amazon lets me stream the game this week
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Fantasy playoffs start this week for most leagues, which means it's time to get annoyed every time one of my opponent's players touches the ball.
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Devonta Freeman giving me issues. Need to activate him from IR for playoffs. League has a 4 RB rule. 4 RBs on my roster now are McCoy, Zeke, Henry and Jamaal Williams

Figure it has to be Williams now Packers starting RB is healthy I think?

davidponte posted...

Fantasy playoffs start this week for most leagues, which means it's time to get annoyed every time one of my opponent's players touches the ball.

This is a good reason why I don't do fantasy.

With my level of OCD I'll drive myself insane with it and it'd probably interfere with actual work.
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ShatteredElysium posted...

Devonta Freeman giving me issues. Need to activate him from IR for playoffs. League has a 4 RB rule. 4 RBs on my roster now are McCoy, Zeke, Henry and Jamaal Williams

Figure it has to be Williams now Packers starting RB is healthy I think?

I believe Williams is good to go this week from what I've heard.

Though the better question is can the Packers ever run the ball with anyone.
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So drop Henry? Ugh, this sucks.

Projected to win by 14 but not sure I want to risk it

Overlooked fact about Cleveland: Run defense is actually pretty solid considering their record.

Henry's matchup doesn't look that great either though considering he shares with Murray.

(Both Cleveland and Arizona have top 10 run defenses in yards allowed)
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I'd 100% drop Henry of the four. He's not even the #1 back on his team, and i'd be surprised if other playoff teams picked him up
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Also the Browns are 6th in rush defense, and 17th in pass defense (10th in total yards), yet 26th in points given up

Which leaves me to wonder just how many points their offense has handed opponents
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go saints
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Kamara might already be out.

I feel like that was a very important stop for Atlanta.

To have let the Saints walk 93 yards downfield and score without Kamara would have been demoralizing.
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give me more Brees
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pretty good effort to get the TD there.
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That drive was pretty easy

Saints might've figured out how to adjust

No idea why Atlanta didn't call timeout with two left and 20 seconds.
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Atlanta is so lucky that wasn't a pick 6 because dear lord that was awful

Probably turns 3 for the Falcons into 3 for the Saints.
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Or that happens
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https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski/status/938973819838005248
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it's a good thing I'm just in the losers bracket or I'd be majorly boned by Kamara's injury

hope he'll be okay though because he's fun to watch and I always root for former Vols
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How many free first down penalties are the Saints going to take here

...And injuries.
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Brees pls throw another touchdown to Thomas

I only net +2 off it but that's fine
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And another Saint goes down

This is reminding me of when Seattle got destroyed in that Thursday game against Arizona.
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the balls to make that call there on 4th and 1
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Atlanta was kinda begging him to with the decline

Surprised they didn't just run that on 3rd.
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yeah I wasn't sure if Atlanta should've declined that penalty or not

I know 3rd and 11 is a favorable situation for the defense but Brees and the Saints offense is so good
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If you said you saw that coming, you're a liar.

Ok that entire ending was WTF.
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god dammit Brees
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that was hilarious
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Falcons almost Falconed so hard

instead the Saints Sainted
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So how many mistakes did both teams make in the final 3 minutes of that game because it feels like a lot.

Also Payton should damn well know better than to be caught halfway onto the field like that.

I feel like Atlanta is absurdly lucky to have won this game.
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http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21705974/cleveland-browns-fan-raises-money-host-potential-winless-parade

ALSO THE DREAM

IT'S ALIVE
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this same guy tried to do this last year too and the Browns ruined it as they ruin everything
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Bears will lose to the Browns. Book it.
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The Bears do certainly seem capable

The final tally is the Saints lost 6 for the game due to injury and 4 others got injured but stayed in the game. That's ridiculous for one game. Just another mark against Thursdays.

And if Brees of all people didn't goof it up at the end they probably still win
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Dont die
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Not even death can save you from him
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In European football being played in Canada news, Toronto FC just won the MLS cup and capped off the greatest season in MLS history.

I'm very excited and had nowhere else to share my excitement.
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Looks like Peterman's starting for the Bills tomorrow.

R.I.P. playoff chances
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Good luck to everyone in their fantasy playoffs today.

Unless you've got players on my opponent's team.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Looks like Peterman's starting for the Bills tomorrow.

R.I.P. playoff chances

they're still favorites. it's still possible! and Tyrod should be back next week.
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I want to take the Colts now.

There is one problem though. They are still the Colts. Am I really going to pick the Colts on the road?

It seems to be snowing in Buffalo... This could be a "first team to 10 points wins" game.

Maybe they'll just give the ball to McCoy 40 times.
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https://twitter.com/salmaiorana/status/939907919549747203

Doesn't look so bad.
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The game is effectively in a blizzard all of a sudden. It will go down to the running games.

The weather favors Buffalo I think. Better running game and they are more used to it.

I had no intention of watching any of that game, but I might have to now just to see how it goes.
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Ya go my J-stew
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Josh Gordon picking up right where he left off.
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if we lose to the browns, I hope we at least give up like 50 points to them so Capers can get fired

in a perfect world, we win while giving up that much and still fire him though
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The Panthers are just running the Vikings D over so far

That's, uh... Unexpected.

(Also Oakland looks like the team that hasn't been able to win a game for a month, not KC.)
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