The Official NFL Season Thread

[Brandon]

9 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

We're probably a year away from no more Brady, Brees, Manning, and Rivers.

I gladly welcome the Mahomes, Wilson, Jackson, and Watson era.

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

I gladly welcome the Mahomes, Wilson, Jackson, and Watson era.

Same here. Although I wish Mahomes was in a different division.

[Lou]

21 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

I like when Booger does the easy math for us. You see, if you have a one point game, and you go for two, then you are now up by three.

https://www.12up.com/posts/dumbest-booger-mcfarland-comments-bills-texans-wild-card-game-01dxskm37pr7

[St1ck]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

https://www.12up.com/posts/dumbest-booger-mcfarland-comments-bills-texans-wild-card-game-01dxskm37pr7

I'm surprised they could narrow it down to four. 

[Tank]

eagles . . . sigh.

why wouldn't you just kick the field goal from that yardage with two minutes remaining?

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

That was quick. On the bright side it wasn’t the refs who screwed NO in the playoffs this year it was their defense in OT. Rudolph kind of pushed off but there’s no way they’re calling that on review. 

i had NO going to the super bowl against baltimore. this opens the door for the packers. GO PACK GO!

[Tank]

seattle has been unbelievable on third and long today. absolutely unbelievable.

[Brandon]

8 minutes ago, Tank said:

eagles . . . sigh.

why wouldn't you just kick the field goal from that yardage with two minutes remaining?

Uhhhhh, because of math and time?

They're down by 8 with ~2 minutes left. They haven’t been able to really stop SEA today. What does getting 3 points and not likely to get the ball back get you?

[Brandon]

Side note, good luck thinking you won’t hear about the Pats or Brady the rest of the post season. All the top articles are about whether he’s coming back, Belichecks opinion, Brady not taking a hometown discount, etc.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Uhhhhh, because of math and time?

They're down by 8 with ~2 minutes left. They haven’t been able to really stop SEA today. What does getting 3 points and not likely to get the ball back get you?

3 points

[Keener]

20 hours ago, Tank said:

Tennessee . . . well done, boys. 

I'm glad won't have to listen to anymore Brady love on CBS for the rest of the playoffs. Man, they really go over board. Too bad they couldn't give the Titans very much credit.

As soon as that game ended, did you notice the sad music accompanying photos of brady?  It was like the "these are the people who died this year" montage at the oscars.

[Brandon]

53 minutes ago, Lou said:

3 points

Sweet, so they lose by 5 instead of 8.

Also, it’s just an attempt at 3 points. Not a given this past year the way kickers have gone.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Sweet, so they lose by 5 instead of 8.

Also, it’s just an attempt at 3 points. Not a given this past year the way kickers have gone.

I know, I was just being a smart ass 

[m0nkey]

The one where they went for it with like 6 minutes left I could see why you would Santa to kick a field goal but didn’t think going for it was a bad call. 

[Lou]

31 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

The one where they went for it with like 6 minutes left I could see why you would Santa to kick a field goal but didn’t think going for it was a bad call. 

Still in that Yuletide spirit, I see 

[St1ck]

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2020/01/cowboys-hire-mike-mccarthy

[Angel Oracle]

20 hours ago, Brandon said:

I gladly welcome the Mahomes, Wilson, Jackson, and Watson era.

Goff definitely took himself out of that group with a decent, not great, season.    

Jackson passing for over 3,000 yards and rushing for 1,200 yards is just sick.    Wonder if Jalen Hurts may have some of that in him down the road. 

[Angel Oracle]

15 hours ago, Brandon said:

Sweet, so they lose by 5 instead of 8.

Also, it’s just an attempt at 3 points. Not a given this past year the way kickers have gone.

Yep, even Zuerlein struggled some this season.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 1/4/2020 at 12:18 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Yeah, Jason is one of my home boys.

I found out that Mike Clevinger is, too. I already knew about Howie Kendrick.

[Brandon]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Goff definitely took himself out of that group with a decent, not great, season.    

Jackson passing for over 3,000 yards and rushing for 1,200 yards is just sick.    Wonder if Jalen Hurts may have some of that in him down the road. 

Sorry man, as much as you hope he is the man, he isn't. Goff just isn't the guy that will go out and win your team the game. He's that Alex Smith game manager type that needs a good crew around him to work.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 1/4/2020 at 9:24 PM, Brandon said:

Does kind of have that Jamie Lee Curtis look, doesn't he?

[St1ck]

Panthers To Hire Matt Rhule

January 7th, 2020 at 9:00am CST by Zach Links

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The Panthers have agreed to hire Matt Rhule as their next head coach, according to Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports (on Twitter). The Panthers came to terms with the Baylor head coach shortly after meeting with him. Clearly, they did not want him to get on a plane to New York and risk losing him to the Giants, who reportedly had him at the top of their list. 

The two sides are currently hashing out terms of a deal. Once finalized, the deal will likely place him in the top half of NFL head coaching salaries, even though Rhule has limited pro experience.

Rhule’s sole season in the NFL came with the Giants, where he served as an assistant offensive line coach in 2012.

[St1ck]

Giants To Hire Joe Judge As Head Coach

January 7th, 2020 at 10:14am CST by Zach Links

This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.

The Giants are finalizing a deal to hire Patriots wide receivers coach Joe Judge as their new head coach, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (on Twitter) reports. This news comes moments after the Panthers hired Matt Rhule, who was believed to be the Giants’ top target.

Interestingly, Schefter hears that the deal was in the works on Monday night, before Rhule shook hands with Carolina brass. That was “another reason” why Rhule accepted the Panthers’ offer, according to Schefter, which indicates that the Baylor head coach might not have been the Giants’ first choice after all.

Before agreeing to a six-year deal with the Panthers, Rhule called the Giants and gave them an opportunity to match the offer, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter) hears. When the Giants declined, Rhule 86’d his scheduled interview with the G-Men, and the Giants shifted their focus to Judge.

The Giants considered a whole host of candidates for their head coaching vacancy, as shown in PFR’s Head Coaching Search Tracker. Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale, Patriots OC Josh McDaniels, and Cowboys assistant Kris Richard were also on the radar, and the Giants were reportedly seeking an interview with ex-Cowboys HC Jason Garrett. Garrett, apparently, won’t be interviewing for the top job, however – Judge has been tapped as the Giants’ next head coach.

Judge, 38, was being groomed by Patriots head coach Bill Belichick for an even larger role down the line. He also had an opportunity to return to his alma mater, Mississippi State, as their head coach. Ultimately, he chose to become the new head coach of the Giants, replacing the recently-dismissed Pat Shurmur.

[Angel Oracle]

18 hours ago, Brandon said:

Sorry man, as much as you hope he is the man, he isn't. Goff just isn't the guy that will go out and win your team the game. He's that Alex Smith game manager type that needs a good crew around him to work.

He does have good receiver talent around him with Cooks, Woods, Kupp, and the emerging Higbee.

Next step is to do what they did 3 years ago, bring in two veteran OL to shore up an OL that missed having Sullivan's and Saffold's experience this season.   Plus Whitworth, as important as he was the past 3 seasons, is getting just about to retirement.

Next step after that is re-tooling a little of the offensive strategy, as opposing teams have figured out the patterns enough after 3 seasons.

Hopefully, Gurley can regain just enough health to be effective in the system.

And hopefully, all of that brings Goff back to where he was before the Super Bowl a year ago, a very effective system guy.   That Super Bowl is where his confidence began to wain.  

Edited January 7, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Brandon]

Spin it how you want man