All the Other Games Thread

[froot loops]

Are the Ravens good or is it the Bengals just can't handle dual threat quarterbacks?

[Cody_Russell]

lol that headline sounds familiar. Ravens have scored 30+ points in 5 straight weeks!

Hopefully Burrow didn’t suffer a wrist fracture as that would end the Bengals season… We will likely find out later today.

[chemiclord]

Are the Ravens good or is it the Bengals just can't handle dual threat quarterbacks?

I dunno. Have the Bengals given up thirty to all of them and shut down every one else? You can stop pretending that it isn't a trend with the Lions any time, because it is.

[edindetroit]

No doubt. It's weird - I am watching a stream from the UK it seems. Just saw a Xmas commercial for tools, and the name of every item had me going.... "A What?". Definitely not terms used here.;

Could you hand me a spanner please?

UKBB

[klondike]

If you only saw the last half of the Chargers game and the whole of the Ravens game, you'd think the Lions would be lucky to reach .500. They will, but doesn't make me feel overly confident going foward.

[edindetroit]

If you only saw the last half of the Chargers game and the whole of the Ravens game, you'd think the Lions would be lucky to reach .500. They will, but doesn't make me feel overly confident going foward.

Uh, the Lions are 5 games over. 500

[chemiclord]

If you only saw the last half of the Chargers game and the whole of the Ravens game, you'd think the Lions would be lucky to reach .500. They will, but doesn't make me feel overly confident going foward.

The Lions are a very good team with a potentially fatal flaw in the secondary that's going to be a massive problem for them in the playoffs without some positive changes, either in scheme (which is doubtful), or in talent level (which is possible, if Ceedy Deuce can return and quickly find his form in the time he'd have), or some combination of both.

As Froot likes to say, "Sometimes you have to win games 17-13" and it doesn't look likely they'll be able to do that against the sort of teams they'd run into come playoff time. A great defense can shut down their offense. Their defense right now can't shut down a good offense in the same way, especially offenses with dual threat QBs that can exploit both their DL containment and the soft zones they have to run.

But ya know, "enjoy the ride" I guess.

[froot loops]

If you look at most of the contenders this year, they all have crap halves or games that give you pause. Even the the last two Super Bowl champs had some clunkers. My Rams got their ass kicked by the Cardinals and had a 3 game losing streak where they gave up at least 28 points in each game. Of their 5 losses, they lost by double digits 3 times.

The Chiefs last year only lost 3 games but they had a middling defense and had to rely on the offense.

The Lions are 7-2 and hopefully they stay healthy.

[El Axe]

There's a reason why there is only 1 team in the Superbowl era to go undefeated.

Playoffs will be about matchups and that 1st seed will have a huge advantage. It's really hard to play great games for 3 straight weeks. The 1st seed only has to play great for 2 straight weeks and has an easier draw.

Because of the easier schedule, 1st seed is on the table. We'd need to go at least 13-4 and maybe 14-3. The last 3 games against the Vikings x2 and the Cowboys will be huge for seeding since they are NFC and common opponents with the Eagles.

[ghandi]

It's just difficult to stay healthy for any length of time....That bye week with the #1 seed is absolutely huge this year.

[mjsmithz]

I'm just hoping to win the division and/or a playoff game.

[edindetroit]

LOL, three Jets defenders take themselves out!

[edindetroit]

Tim Boyle in the game as Zach Wilson gets benched.

[CGVT]

Hopefully Russ will be cooking tonight.

[ghandi]

Seahawks up 2 with a little over 7 mins to go and Rams have the ball