Week 5 Other Games Thread

[Joemailman]

5 Thu 2024-10-03 7:15PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons

5 Sun 2024-10-06 8:30AM New York Jets @ Minnesota Vikings

5 Sun 2024-10-06 12:00PM Buffalo Bills @ Houston Texans

5 Sun 2024-10-06 12:00PM Carolina Panthers @ Chicago Bears

5 Sun 2024-10-06 12:00PM Cleveland Browns @ Washington Commanders

5 Sun 2024-10-06 12:00PM Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars

5 Sun 2024-10-06 12:00PM Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots

5 Sun 2024-10-06 12:00PM Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals

5 Sun 2024-10-06 3:05PM Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers

5 Sun 2024-10-06 3:05PM Las Vegas Raiders @ Denver Broncos

5 Sun 2024-10-06 3:25PM New York Giants @ Seattle Seahawks

5 Sun 2024-10-06 7:20PM Dallas Cowboys @ Pittsburgh Steelers

5 Mon 2024-10-07 7:15PM New Orleans Saints @ Kansas City Chiefs

[Joemailman]

Thursday, Oct. 3

Buccaneers at Falcons (-2.5, 43.5)

Sunday, Oct. 6

Jets vs. Vikings -- in London (-2.5, 41.5)

Panthers at Bears (-4, 42.5)

Ravens at Bengals (+2.5, 50.5)

Bills at Texans (+1, 46.5)

Colts at Jaguars (-2.5, 46)

Dolphins at Patriots (+1, 36.5)

Browns at Commanders (-3.5, 44)

Raiders at Broncos (-2.5, 37)

Cardinals at 49ers (-7.5, 49.5)

Packers at Rams (+3.5, 48)

Giants at Seahawks (-6, 42)

Cowboys at Steelers (-2.5, 43)

Monday, Oct. 7

Saints at Chiefs (-5, 42.5)

[King Friday]

My best bets…
OVER NYJ MIN
BAL -2.5
UNDER BAL CIN

[Joemailman]

NATIONAL BROADCASTS
Thursday Night: Tampa Bay @ Atlanta (Amazon) Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit with the call.
Sunday 9:30 AM ET: NY Jets vs Minnesota in London (NFLN) Rich Eisen and Kurt Warner with the call.
Sunday Night: Dallas @ Pittsburgh (NBC) Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth with the call.
Monday Night: New Orleans @ Kansas City (ESPN) Joe Buck and Troy Aikman with the call.

CBS Early - Most of midwest and southeast will get Baltimore at Cincinnati. Kevin Harlan and Trent Green with the call. The west, including Alaska will get Buffalo at Houston. Ian Eagle and Charles Davis with the call. Parts of Illinois, Indiana, Florida and Georgia will get Indianapolis at Jacksonville. Spero Dedes and Adam Archuleta with the call.

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Fox Single - Midwest will get Carolina at Chicago. Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma with the call. Much of the south and west will get Arizona at San Francisco (Late) Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady with the call. Much of plains states will get Las Vegas at Denver (Late). Kevin Kugler and Daryl Johnston with the call.

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[MadtownPacker]

Mayfield getting disguised and joining the fan stadium tour was an awesome bit. :lol:

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Finally, white folks doing the lame “SKOL” chant, and it ain’t cultural appropriation. There are Vikings in the UK, right?

Anyways, fuck the Queens!

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Butte throws pick-6 to Vanilla Ice.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

2nd pick, Butte. :x

[King Friday]

Aaron Rodgers is no longer an impact QB. The Packers, while it took awhile, eventually made the absolute correct decision.

[bobblehead]

If the Jets QB doesn't pick it up the vikings will be 5-0 and we'll never fleece the jets 12 years from now....and TD as I type.

[Teamcheez1]

Aaron Jones hurt and out of game. No surprise there.

[bobblehead]

Aaron Jones hurt and out of game. No surprise there.

Annnndd....I rest my case. I shouldn't be too cocky or jacobs will get hurt.

[Patler]

If the Jets QB doesn't pick it up the vikings will be 5-0 and we'll never fleece the jets 12 years from now....and TD as I type.

Not a stellar first half for the Jets QB; 10/20/95/1/2.

[bobblehead]

Braelon Allen is so smooth. He woulda looked better in green and gold than Lloyd did for like 4 snaps.

[King Friday]

Aaron Jones hurt and out of game. No surprise there.

Of course it isn’t. Those who lament that Jacobs isn’t as good as Jones are right in a simple comparison of both players when healthy.

Nevertheless, in the NFL, availability is the best ability. Jones never was any good at staying healthy due to being undersized, and it will only get worse as he pushes to the other side of 30. We saw first hand last year what happened when he was out for an extended period and our offense struggled to gain traction. It was the right move to go toward someone with a larger frame who is more dependable from an injury standpoint.

[Fosco33]

ARodg down 6 w/ 3min and timeouts. Can jets help us out??

[Patler]

Looks like the real Sam Darnold showed up today: 14/31/179/0/1.

[Patler]

ARodg down 6 w/ 3min and timeouts. Can jets help us out??

Nope. Interception #3 on the day.

[King Friday]

Rodgers is who we thought he was. Old.

[King Friday]

Looks like the real Sam Darnold showed up today: 14/31/179/0/1.

There is always a team that comes out of the box smoking. They usually wind up stumbling later in the year. Darnold isn’t a bad QB, but he’s not an MVP candidate either. He will regress to the mean at some point.

[Joemailman]

Rodgers throws pick 6 to Andrew Van Ginkel. Will that guy get drunk and wake up 20 years later?

[King Friday]

Maybe, but his father woke up today and was shocked that Aaron Rodgers was still playing.

[Patler]

I didn't watch the game, but, apparently, Rodgers was in full spoiled and pampered athlete form? Reportedly was seen screaming at Hackett, ignoring Saleh's attempts to talk to him several times and rebuffing teammates??

Gee, does that sound like the Aaron Rodgers we knew for so many years? Yes, yes it does.

[smuggler]

Vikings employed the Seattle defense strategy. Mugging receivers on basically every play because it's impossible for the zebras to punish them on every play. Can't be too upset at Rodgers for not being happy about it.

[MadtownPacker]

Bobble your boy Rasul just got smoked for a big TD.

[Patler]

Vikings employed the Seattle defense strategy. Mugging receivers on basically every play because it's impossible for the zebras to punish them on every play. Can't be too upset at Rodgers for not being happy about it.

But that's not an excuse or justification to ignore or take it out on coaches and teammates who are experiencing the same "unfairness", if that's what it was. That's just childish.

[King Friday]

Rodgers is now leaning on the “injury” crutch.

Unfortunately for him, it has been a season and a half worth of games where he hasn’t hit 300 yards passing. He’s starting to look washed up. That’s why he’s a little bitch to everyone, because he knows the truth.

[ThunderDan]

So Balt calls time out just as the play clock is exspiring. Refs give them the TO. Lamar doesn’t see that and slams the ball down in disgust.

Isn’t that a personal foul for unsportsmanlike conduct?

Refs didn’t call it.

[Fosco33]

Houston’s kicker nails a 59 yr for the W

[MadtownPacker]

Houston’s kicker nails a 59 yr for the W
Damn. I was watching it and never seen one curve so much and land! Badass ending. Hope we don’t need that.

[red]

Damn. I was watching it and never seen one curve so much and land! Badass ending. Hope we don’t need that.

hold my beer


https://youtu.be/WLgMRyRjVrI?si=nXtZDi_4jnNfAsat

[King Friday]

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[Fritz]

I didn't watch the game, but, apparently, Rodgers was in full spoiled and pampered athlete form? Reportedly was seen screaming at Hackett, ignoring Saleh's attempts to talk to him several times and rebuffing teammates??

Gee, does that sound like the Aaron Rodgers we knew for so many years? Yes, yes it does.

I thought I read that Lazard dropped a few passes too.

I don’t miss Rodgers one bit. Aside from the NE game, Rodgers has not played well. Still knocking the rust off, or deteriorating skills?

[Joemailman]

Greg Auman
@gregauman

NFC teams are 15-9 against AFC teams in 2024.

NFL divisions by non-division record so far:

NFC North: 13-4
AFC West: 8-4
NFC East: 8-6
NFC South: 6-7
AFC North: 7-10
AFC South: 5-8
AFC East: 5-9
NFC West: 5-9

[MadScientist]

Time to make targeting an ejection penalty. That hit on Fields was brutal.

[Guiness]

It was absolutely pouring in Pittsburgh before the game. Watched a bit of it at the start and the field seems to be holding up quite well. Does anyone know what the playing surface is there? Wikipedia entry is hard to decipher, it might be sod on top of Grassmaster? I don't think it's sod, no one seemed to be making divots.

[MadScientist]

It was absolutely pouring in Pittsburgh before the game. Watched a bit of it at the start and the field seems to be holding up quite well. Does anyone know what the playing surface is there? Wikipedia entry is hard to decipher, it might be sod on top of Grassmaster? I don't think it's sod, no one seemed to be making divots.

Grassmaster is basically the same thing that Green Bay has - natural grass with fibers to keep it in place. That would fit what we are seeing in this game.

[Guiness]

Looking at the Steeler's depth chart, Wilson is still listed as the first string QB. I can't see him having a very solid hold on that position :!:

[Fritz]

Bears fans popping boners all over Chicago this morning.

[bobblehead]

I didn't watch the game, but, apparently, Rodgers was in full spoiled and pampered athlete form? Reportedly was seen screaming at Hackett, ignoring Saleh's attempts to talk to him several times and rebuffing teammates??

Gee, does that sound like the Aaron Rodgers we knew for so many years? Yes, yes it does.

Like most absolutely elite world class anythings, when you perform you are eccentric, when you fail you are a douche.

[bobblehead]

Bobble your boy Rasul just got smoked for a big TD.

And your boy Romeo is sitting on the couch! :)

I didn't see the Rasul play, but they all get smoked from time to time. I'd still take him back for Hopper? Hooper? (who we drafted with the pick) in a beat.

[MadtownPacker]

And your boy Romeo is sitting on the couch! :)

I didn't see the Rasul play, but they all get smoked from time to time. I'd still take him back for Hopper? Hooper? (who we drafted with the pick) in a beat.
Yeah but he caught the tv remote when his Momma threw it to him. Unlike your man on offense Wicks.

[run pMc]

Aaron Jones hurt and out of game. No surprise there.

Am not surprised by this. In fact, I might have called it after last week's game given his workload. He'll be fine thought - Vikes have a bye to get healthy.

All the same, consider he left the (Game 2) SF game with sore ribs with 14 touches, then had 24 and 26 touches vs HOU and GB... for Jones that's a lot of work. The Vikes are a different team without a good run game, and they don't have much without Jones. When the snow flies we'll see he is healthy.

As for Rodgers, he cracked 200 yards but 3 picks is a LOT for him. He looks creaky out there, but he's a quick processor and can shift around in the pocket enough to be effective. He still has a handful of throws per game where he looks like a top 10 QB, but he is a far way from MVP level. One Vikings fans joked that every time he got sacked it looked like part of his soul left his body. He got hit a LOT and Hackett's scheme didn't help him: they couldn't run the ball with Breece Hall and freaking Brealon Allen, and are asking their ancient QB to throw 40-50 times each week. A recipe for schaudenfruede perhaps, but not success.