NFL 2017-18 season

[Cavey007]

Anyone sort of agree with what Cam Newton said?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/41508759

Sort of, I don't think it's sexist, just an unusual sort of funny I guess.   I remember a bit back, 5 Live went through a faze of having a Scottish woman commentating on the cricket - that's funny too isn't it?  Similar sort of thing.

Of course it's sexist.

If a white player had made the same "joke" about a black reporter, would you think that was wrong?

Quite obviously sexist. It's not something that I'm personally offended by, but it is offensive to a lot of people. It's something he might say with his mates for a laugh, but you don't say something like that in public even if it was intended to be a joke. Apparently the lady met up with him afterwards and he said even worse which she didn't want to repeat. Turns out she's posted a few things in her past on twitter saying that her father being racist was hilarious, and her using the N word repeatedly. Everyone makes mistakes. There's quite a few women on NFL Twitter that I follow who know an incredible amount on the sport.

I'm sure losing his main Yogurt sponsor will be killing him though and will lead to a heartfelt sincere apology

[Tal]

Can we get Tony Romo to do Premier League football commentary?

He's the Alan McManus or Peter Svidler of NFL commentary.

[TightEnd]

"Here comes Folk and he misses again this time from 31 yards. Thats 3 in a row tonight and 5 in a row in his last two games"

camera pans to a dejected Folk,aware he's likely to be cut in the morning

"Over to our Kicking expert in the studio Jay Feely. What went wrong Jay?"

"Well he didn't kick it straight"

"Thanks Jay, so Tony...."

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[TightEnd]

Can we get Tony Romo to do Premier League football commentary?

He's the Alan McManus or Peter Svidler of NFL commentary.

He's a combination of a kid excited at watching and nostradamus

late last night the Buccs are scrambling to try to win the game

"Plenty of time left,throw it over the middle,run up and spike the ball with 3 seconds left then one shot at the end zone"

throws it over the middle, team hustles up and yes, the ball is spiked at 0.03

Brilliant

[Sheriff Fatman]

John Cleese's introduction of yesterday's game is worth a watch:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-cleese-explaining-american-football_us_59d7245ce4b046f5ad9753e2

[bobby1]

Can we get Tony Romo to do Premier League football commentary?

He's the Alan McManus or Peter Svidler of NFL commentary.

He's a combination of a kid excited at watching and nostradamus

late last night the Buccs are scrambling to try to win the game

"Plenty of time left,throw it over the middle,run up and spike the ball with 3 seconds left then one shot at the end zone"

throws it over the middle, team hustles up and yes, the ball is spiked at 0.03

Brilliant

I'm surprised how good Romo has proven to be, he's not only good at it he is abs superb imo, deffo sounds like he is a fan watching from the settee with a beer and a cigar it comes that naturally. Instances like the one you have noted here among many others have been well above the usual commentaries.

There was a play in one of the games last week where the ball was snapped before the QB looked to be ready. Almost instantly Romo mentioned to keep an eye on the left guard. On the replay there was a slight inflection in the QB's voice which would usually intimate he wants the ball snapped but on this occasion the crowd noise was so loud he thought he had been unheard so he set up to go thru his read again and was pointing out the guy he thought was the likely blitzer on the defence. The problem was the left guard, who's job in some games when noise can be a problem had already tapped the center to snap the ball.

Was impossible to see from the usual side on view of the snap but Romo spotted it in his various replays instantly. That insight made the play a completely different mistake from what looked like a center snapping the ball before the QB was ready. His comments on picking off Cover 4 D's with short range passes and passes to RB's was great last night too.

[AndrewT]

Pretty bonkers college football game last night.

Western Michigan and Buffalo were 31-31 at the end of the 4th quarter. They were level at the end of overtime, so had another period of overtime. Then another, then another...

Finally, after 7 (SEVEN) periods of overtime, Western Michigan won 71-68.

http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2017/10/07/western-mich-buffalo

[Tal]

Pretty bonkers college football game last night.

Western Michigan and Buffalo were 31-31 at the end of the 4th quarter. They were level at the end of overtime, so had another period of overtime. Then another, then another...

Finally, after 7 (SEVEN) periods of overtime, Western Michigan won 71-68.

http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2017/10/07/western-mich-buffalo

Best part was a player's sister running onto the pitch to celebrate with her brother when he scored in 1st overtime. She gets escorted out, but not before she goes back to her mom to get the car keys

[Evilpengwinz]

Meanwhile, in College Football...

https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/916714957823201281

[Cavey007]

Obj broken ankle. That'll be him done for the season. With his team at 0-5 there's no point rushing him back

[action man]

Bookies still have pats 9/2 favs what do we think?

[Evilpengwinz]

The Saints realised they made a mistake signing Adrian Peterson to play in the least Adrian Peterson friendly system in the league, and have now traded him to Arizona for a conditional pick.

Chris Johnson reached 100 rushing yards last week... For the entire season. They're dead last in the league in rushing with David Johnson injured, so this makes a lot of sense, and if he's anywhere near the Adrian Peterson of yesteryear, forcing an extra defender in the box and having to still cover Fitzgerald can only improve the matchups for their other receivers.

They're a team that could very easily be 0-5 due to their lack of running game, having scraped past two of the worst teams in the league in overtime, but they're 2-3 and this could definitely be the move that makes them a playoff contender again this year.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000859508/article/saints-trade-rb-adrian-peterson-to-cardinals

[Evilpengwinz]

Obj broken ankle. That'll be him done for the season. With his team at 0-5 there's no point rushing him back

Their schedule doesn't get any easier either. They play the AFC West (Minus Chargers) and NFC West, plus 4 divisional games remaining. They've already lost to the Chargers. Tbh, the only winnable games I see there are Arizona and San Francisco, and both of those are road games across several timezones. The 49ers are pretty good for an 0-5 team, and the Cardinals might suddenly become a playoff contender just by picking up Adrian Peterson. Maybe we had the wrong New York team going 0-16 before the start of the season?

It'll be a miracle if Jerry Reese survives the season - For years, he has failed to do anything about the O-Line and lack of running game, and the current injury crisis is going to highlight that worse than ever.

If the Giants get a top pick, which looks very likely, surely they draft Eli's successor with that pick? Pick up some linemen in the next couple of rounds, let the rookie sit for a season while Eli takes a pounding behind a pair of rookies on a still poor OL before shipping him off somewhere else or sending him into retirement, then start the draft pick in 2019 when they've had two draft classes plus free agency to sort the OL out, and a year to get rid of some expensive veterans.

Bookies still have pats 9/2 favs what do we think?

Probably losing home advantage in the AFC to the Chiefs is significant, but it's still Brady and Belichick we're talking about here. As long as they don't go 0-2 vs Buffalo which would mean they have to win 3 games more than Buffalo with tiebreakers, then they'll still win the division. From there, I can't see many wildcard options that would scare New England if they even have to play a Wildcard game - The likes of Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Oakland, who are all probable WC opponents, are too flawed for Belichick to not just exploit their weakness defensively or make them one dimensional on offense - They all look like the kind of teams that get into the playoffs and end up one and done.

It's just having to play the Chiefs that is the big concern, and maybe the Texans if losing Watt doesn't hurt them too much and if nobody's found out how to stop Deshaun Watson by then. I'm not sure I'd have them as favourites over the Chiefs, but I don't think there's a whole lot in it because Belichick - They'll probs at least make their defense half decent by the time the playoffs come around, even if it still ends up being their biggest weakness. They don't need to become the 1985 Bears, just get Brady only needing to put up 28 points rather than 35+ in order to win, and they'll be okay.

The Chiefs are 15/2 with 10bet atm. If I wasn't a Raiders fan I'd be on that for sure It's difficult enough having to hate the Chiefs but also reluctantly enjoying Andy Reid being an absolute genius and having such an exciting offense, without putting money on them.

[arbboy]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/oct/11/nfl-protests-african-american-players

Money talks as usual in US sports.

[The Camel]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/oct/11/nfl-protests-african-american-players

Money talks as usual in US sports.

DAk, Zeke and Dez whould take the knee this weekend.

Then we'll see how serious JJ is about firing players who don't stand for the anthem.