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  • barbarianB Offline
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    The Texans loss is a big one. They just looked limp and Stroud missed a few targets at crucial times late.

    They will still win the division but they don't look up to Superbowl standard. The Lions on the other hand continue to look dominant, clearly the best team at the moment.

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      oh yeah, i did raise my eyebrows at that one, and i saw a couple of the Stroud misses on the gram and they were awful.
      Yes they'll make playoffs but that's mainly because the AFCS sucks.

      Denver currently making hard work of the Raiders isn't making my day.

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        Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

        Cards looking insipid against Seattle. I thought they were really building nicely but this is a step back.

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          Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

          Cards looking insipid against Seattle. I thought they were really building nicely but this is a step back.

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          @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

          Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

          i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!

          Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.

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          • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

            @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

            Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

            i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!

            Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.

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            @mariner4life said in NFL 2024:

            @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

            Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

            i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!

            Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.

            Yeah I get that, I wasn't trying to be condescending. Have watched a few Raiders games, they hang in the fight well, good teams have struggled with them.

            Denver look good. Nix is a genuine starter. Feel like the run game is still a bit stagnant but that can be fixed. Draw isn't easy but they are all winnable games. Good coach too, which helps... You feeling optimistic?

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            • barbarianB barbarian

              @mariner4life said in NFL 2024:

              @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

              Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

              i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!

              Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.

              Yeah I get that, I wasn't trying to be condescending. Have watched a few Raiders games, they hang in the fight well, good teams have struggled with them.

              Denver look good. Nix is a genuine starter. Feel like the run game is still a bit stagnant but that can be fixed. Draw isn't easy but they are all winnable games. Good coach too, which helps... You feeling optimistic?

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              @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

              @mariner4life said in NFL 2024:

              @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

              Raiders aren't horrible. Take a win however you can get it.

              i haven't had any expectations around Denver since old man Peyton was doing just enough to let our defence win us a SB. So no, i will not take the win, i want to be good!

              Not least of all because now that the Chargers have a real coach, even getting a wildcard spot out of our division is a shitfight.

              Yeah I get that, I wasn't trying to be condescending. Have watched a few Raiders games, they hang in the fight well, good teams have struggled with them.

              Denver look good. Nix is a genuine starter. Feel like the run game is still a bit stagnant but that can be fixed. Draw isn't easy but they are all winnable games. Good coach too, which helps... You feeling optimistic?

              for the future? yes. Especially considering this was supposed to be the shit year we we just ate our cap hits from Wilson.
              We know Payton can coach. We look like we have a good enough QB. Our defense has been bloody good basically since that Miami massacre last year.

              It's just being in our Division sucks. The fucking Chiefs are inevitable. The Chargers are rising. And the Raiders are the toughest 2-9 team around (Crosby is an absolute menace).

              We are in a far better position than most teams in the league.

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                The next two games are absolute "must wins".
                Then it's try to beat the Chargers, and hope the Bengals have packed everyone away for the season.

                And that's just to try and get a Wildcard spot!

                oh, wait. it's 3 WC spots now aye? Okay then yes we should, barring a disaster, make the first week of playoffs

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                  #203

                  The NFC West is a total joke

                  49ers are a tyre fire and are still only 1 game out of the division (not accounting for tie breaks)

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                    Yeah that's bizarre considering how strong that division has been in previous years.

                    And the AFC West looks wholly different now the Chargers and Broncos have competent coaching. If Belichik goes to the Raiders then it will get very interesting indeed.

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                    • barbarianB barbarian

                      Yeah that's bizarre considering how strong that division has been in previous years.

                      And the AFC West looks wholly different now the Chargers and Broncos have competent coaching. If Belichik goes to the Raiders then it will get very interesting indeed.

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                      @barbarian said in NFL 2024:

                      If Belichik goes to the Raiders then it will get very interesting indeed.

                      oh absolutely FML

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                        The ‘luck’ the Chiefs have had this season…. Let’s hope it runs out before January.

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                        • ACT CrusaderA ACT Crusader

                          The ‘luck’ the Chiefs have had this season…. Let’s hope it runs out before January.

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                          @ACT-Crusader said in NFL 2024:

                          The ‘luck’ the Chiefs have had this season…. Let’s hope it runs out before January.

                          they may heat up and start playing of course. Kelce has been super quiet - wonder if they are keeping him fresh for a late season run... or if he's just cooked.

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                            The next two games are absolute "must wins".
                            Then it's try to beat the Chargers, and hope the Bengals have packed everyone away for the season.

                            And that's just to try and get a Wildcard spot!

                            oh, wait. it's 3 WC spots now aye? Okay then yes we should, barring a disaster, make the first week of playoffs

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                            @mariner4life said in NFL 2024:

                            hope the Bengals have packed everyone away for the season.

                            they had a sweet run home, except playing the Steelers twice. Some of the Cowboys, Titans, Browns, Broncos started to play!

                            I think they are probably done, but ya never know. The loss to the Pats early in the season killed them.

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                              did anyone watch the end of the Lions v Bars this morning? The last drive was meme-worthy.

                              Bears make an error on the punt and allow it to go to the 1 yard line. There are flags all drive long, which bailed the Bears out (the last PI was bullshit). And then at the death, down 3, in field goal range, first Williams takes a sack, there's a penalty, and then they are out of field goal range. Run a play, incomplete, they try to run another play for some ungodly reason (they had a fucking timeout) and Williams takes an age to call the snap, and then release the ball, and the clock runs dead while the ball is in the air. Just an appalling piece of game management by all involved.

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                                #210

                                Yeah that was egregious on so many fronts. Eberflus and Caleb bailed out the refs for that horrible PI call.

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                                  I was shocked Eberflus kept his job in the summer, i will be even more shocked if he has a job tomorrow.

                                  Today's fun fact. 221 coaches have 20+ games decided by 7 points or less. Matt Eberflus's record in those games is 221st

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                                    It gets worse with Eberflus

                                    Check this for a quote

                                    https://twitter.com/CourtneyRCronin/status/1862256955005276374

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                                      And he's toast - OC to act as interim for the remainder of the season. Second HC casualty of the year I think? Utterly unforgivable to not use the timeout after the sack.

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                                        The Chiefs get away with it AGAIN

                                        The Texans beat the Jags after the dirtiest hit of the season takes TLaw out.
                                        Chargers win again, pretty much sewing up a WC spot.
                                        The Steelers beat the Bengals in a high scoring entertaining game. Burrow with another 300-yard/3-TD game in a loss.
                                        Eagles beat the Ravens on another night when the previously damn near perfect Justin Tucker misses two field goals.
                                        Unsurprisingly the Niners fail to deal with the blizzard in Buffalo

                                        Bills have clinched their Division, the first to do so. The Chiefs are guaranteed a WC spot at least.

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                                        • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                          The Chiefs get away with it AGAIN

                                          The Texans beat the Jags after the dirtiest hit of the season takes TLaw out.
                                          Chargers win again, pretty much sewing up a WC spot.
                                          The Steelers beat the Bengals in a high scoring entertaining game. Burrow with another 300-yard/3-TD game in a loss.
                                          Eagles beat the Ravens on another night when the previously damn near perfect Justin Tucker misses two field goals.
                                          Unsurprisingly the Niners fail to deal with the blizzard in Buffalo

                                          Bills have clinched their Division, the first to do so. The Chiefs are guaranteed a WC spot at least.

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                                          @mariner4life Bengals would be doing very well if they could defend.

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