Board 8 > NFL Week 17 Discussion Topic

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In which the Titans start Josh "Who" Dobbs

https://twitter.com/JustinM_NFL/status/1608515107339763717?s=20&t=36pNq1q3P-B4dhVqXAH9Tw

As a Vols fan, it makes me really happy to see Josh Dobbs finally get to start an NFL game. Dude has been hanging around on the fringes of several teams for years.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1608402807006318593

Those Cowboys uniforms are slick

Dobbs has more passing yards in the first half than Willis has had in any of his three starts.

whew Burks almost ran out the clock there trying to fight for extra yardage but that was a heck of a job not to go out of bounds initially

Titans have three takeaways in the first half, which is basically what had to happen for this game to be competitive

The best Dallas offense so far has been baiting Tennessee's backup corners into committing DPI

The good ol' 50 yard DPI to set up the touchdown there

Aw yeah first career touchdown pass for Dobbs

Honestly he should probably be the QB next week too

And Lamar Jackson is out again.

Once again his "day to day" injury is actually a few weeks.

Who's ready for the Josh Dobbs vs. Tyler Huntley playoff game

It's looking unlikely Hurts plays against the Saints

Leonhart4 posted...

It's looking unlikely Hurts plays against the Saints

Watch out Giants?

Eagles should be able to beat the Saints without him

But even if they don't, if the Giants beat the Colts, that Week 18 game becomes completely meaningless for New York, so they'll probably take care of business then.

It would just be bad news for Washington because Dallas will actually try to win.

Leonhart4 posted...

Eagles should be able to beat the Saints without him

But even if they don't, if the Giants beat the Colts, that Week 18 game becomes completely meaningless for New York, so they'll probably take care of business then.

It would just be bad news for Washington because Dallas will actually try to win.

Eagles will play their #1 offense for at least little while so Hurts doesn't go into the playoffs having not played since week 15.

And on that note, that possibility is now a likely one since they've already stated he should be good for week 18.

All they needed last time against the Giants was a half!

We could have all 7 spots clinched in one conference or the other today

Dolphins clinch the AFC's last spot today with a win and a Jets loss
Giants clinch with a win (and like a dozen other scenarios even if they lose or tie), and Washington clinches with a win and losses by Seattle, Detroit, and Green Bay

Other than AFC 4 seed, yeah

Jaguars have announced they have no plans to take it easy and are going in with the focus of destroying the Texans.

As they should, they havent won against them in over 5 years

wallmasterz posted...

Other than AFC 4 seed, yeah

Oh right. That's Week 18 regardless.

LiquidOshawott posted...

As they should, they havent won against them in over 5 years

The Jaguars master plan is to lose to the Texans again and kill their #1 draft pick kekeke

The Bears getting the #1 pick wouldn't necessarily hurt them because they don't want a QB

The danger would be Chicago trading that pick to someone else who does.

Leonhart4 posted...

The Bears getting the #1 pick wouldn't necessarily hurt them because they don't want a QB

The danger would be Chicago trading that pick to someone else who does.

If I need as much help as the Bears do, and I can trade back from like 1 to 5-10 and pick up a bunch of extra shit, I go for it.

Unless I'm blown away by a specific OT and I think he just isn't going to make it down there. Bears want to grow Fields, and they want to go OT+WR to start this off.

Ok maybe not a bunch, but the Bears could use an extra third and sixth round pick or whatever it'd be.

Though one thing I've heard is that this isn't a particularly impressive draft class overall among QBs. It's more of a "Unless you REALLY think that QB is 'the guy', don't rush to draft him".

I have no confidence in like half my picks this week

...Though when I DO have confidence, bad things tend to happen.

Eh, I think this is a pretty decent QB class, actually.

The spread in Lions/Bears dropped significantly in the last few hours and I'm not sure why.

How are the Lions only 4 point home favorites against the Bears?

Also I want the Panthers to win but everything inside me says the Bucs are going to actually win a game comfortably for once.

Almost every team I didn't pick just walked down the field and almost every team I did pick just stalled out their first drive.

Neat.

Sharp money might be on Chicago because you saw what the Panthers did to the Lions run defense, so Justin Fields should theoretically be able to have a, well, field day.

And sure enough, Fields ran for 44 yards on the opening drive

Wentz picked already

Crescent-Moon posted...

Wentz picked already

Washington shouldn't have Wentz there

If Carolina goes up 14-0 this might be on the way to another blowout

After Miami stalled out at midfield, the Pats offense effortlessly walks down field for a touchdown.

Uh oh Dolphins.

Fields already has 100 yards rushing

Yeah this is gonna be bad for Detroit

If this keeps up he'll break Jackson's record this game...

The Browns took a good field goal off the board and went for it on 4th and goal from the Washington 3 and they gained 1 yard.

Uh..

Miami went for it on 4th and 1 for their own 34 and got it but oops false start. New England then ran into the kicker. Miami went for it on 4th and 1 again and got it.

That was sure an exchange.

Crescent-Moon posted...

Miami went for it on 4th and 1 for their own 34 and got it but oops false start. New England then ran into the kicker. Miami went for it on 4th and 1 again and got it.

That was sure an exchange.

And there's a pretty good chance one of these teams will make the playoffs

Another pick for Wentz.

The Browns just can't finish drives.

How many picks does Wentz have to throw to get benched?

Another special teams mistake leads to a TD for a Pats opponent

https://mobile.twitter.com/minakimes/status/1609617529709920256

Mac Jones sacked for -9 out of field goal range

Rush for 18 back in

Sacked for -12 back out

Punt on 4th and 13

What a play sequence

Leonhart4 posted...

Fields already has 100 yards rushing

Yeah this is gonna be bad for Detroit

too bad he ran so hard he injured his hip and now can't do anything

Leonhart4 posted...

How many picks does Wentz have to throw to get benched?

Cleveland's play and decision making so far is so bad he could probably throw 5 and still win.

Tampa misses a field goal and it leads to a Panthers TD.

This gets to 17 or 21-0 it's pretty much over.

I think the Saints would need to win and have Tampa lose next week to win the division, right? They can't finish with the same record as the Bucs since they got swept in the season series.

Leonhart4 posted...

I think the Saints would need to win and have Tampa lose next week to win the division, right? They can't finish with the same record as the Bucs since they got swept in the season series.

Don't they have the same record now?

Crescent-Moon posted...

Don't they have the same record now?

Saints are 6-9 and Tampa is 7-8

Also Chiefs are once again playing down to a bad opponent