2022 NFL Thread (Chiefs win Super Bowl 57)

[pg1067]

Bart, I have no idea how you're up on any of this. It's amazing actually.

I just googled their retail price on release.

I remember the graphics being pretty terrible though.

Compared to the 2600? It was far superior in terms of graphics.

I remember that George Plimpton ad.  To the 14/15 year old me, he came across as a pompous, insufferable ass - especially after I had played Intellivision with that horrible disc controller (which they tried to pimp up by pointing out that it had 8 points of contact, instead of the 2600's 4 points).

did I see that Ozzy is playing at halftime?  Ive read hes doing well after the surgery but.....

"Playing" = (I assume) waddling about on stage while lip-syncing.  I may have to tune in for that just for unintended entertainment value.

[KevShmev]

Good first half.  This could easily be the Super Bowl.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Josh Allen is a special player. He has everything you could possibly want in a quarterback, including the will to win that a team can rally around. It’s hard to root against him and the Bills, even as a fan of a division rival.

[King Postwhore]

I remember how bad he looked early on. Once it clicked for him, he looks unstoppable now. He's fantastic.

[TAC]

The Pats are in trouble.

[TAC]

Holy shit what a throw!!

[King Postwhore]

Duh. 

[faizoff]

Amazing game to begin the season.

[KevShmev]

They have 4 turnovers, yet the Bills are still beating the Rams 31-10 (no extra credit for the road thing since Rams home games in LA are never really home games ).  It is always best to not overreact to week 1, but the Bills look fantastic.  Their D looks much improved.  I know it was number 1 last year, but they feasted on a lot of average to below average QBs.  Shutting this Rams offense down like this is a statement.

[El Barto]

Good first half.  This could easily be the Super Bowl.

This was my pick for the super bowl (and outcome). Which is funny because I've thought all along that LAR isn't a repeat kind of team. I've actually got them backing into the playoffs with a WC, and turning it on from there.

[KevShmev]

Good first half.  This could easily be the Super Bowl.

This was my pick for the super bowl (and outcome). Which is funny because I've thought all along that LAR isn't a repeat kind of team. I've actually got them backing into the playoffs with a WC, and turning it on from there.

Same here.  IIRC, my pick was Buffalo over GB in the SB, with Rams getting in as a wild card team and then winning two road games before losing at GB in the NFCCG. 

What's scary for the league is that a) Buffalo's number 1 D got even better, and b) Josh Allen looks better at pre-snap reads.  He made a few mistakes (that 2nd INT was totally his fault as he threw behind the receiver), but the Rams D is legit, so those will happen. Most defenses they will face won't be as good as LA's, and they still put up 31 despite 4 TOs.  If I am a Bills fan, Allen's health is my biggest concern.  He looks to run and initiate contact, and I get that he's a big guy, but all it takes is one wrong hit to his shoulder or something, and their season tanks.

[Stadler]

What on earth is a PS5 console?

Listen, Triceratops, it's PlayStation 5. Which I, being a fellow Jurassic era guy, do not have.

Ah gotcha. 

I never made it past Intellivision. My stepson played Nintendo when he was a kid. I also know of Atari and Colecovision.

Owned all of them as well as the Atari 5200, 7800, 1200xl computer. Sega, Genesis, Dreamcast. Nintendo Nes, SNes,  64, Gamecube & Wii.

I use my PLayStation as a Blu-ray player.

The 5200 and the 7800 were holy grails for me.  I had the 2600 and the Nintendo.  I never got the advanced Atari consoles.  I thought about going back and trying to find one, but never did.

[El Barto]

Good first half.  This could easily be the Super Bowl.

This was my pick for the super bowl (and outcome). Which is funny because I've thought all along that LAR isn't a repeat kind of team. I've actually got them backing into the playoffs with a WC, and turning it on from there.

Same here.  IIRC, my pick was Buffalo over GB in the SB, with Rams getting in as a wild card team and then winning two road games before losing at GB in the NFCCG. 

What's scary for the league is that a) Buffalo's number 1 D got even better, and b) Josh Allen looks better at pre-snap reads.  He made a few mistakes (that 2nd INT was totally his fault as he threw behind the receiver), but the Rams D is legit, so those will happen. Most defenses they will face won't be as good as LA's, and they still put up 31 despite 4 TOs.  If I am a Bills fan, Allen's health is my biggest concern.  He looks to run and initiate contact, and I get that he's a big guy, but all it takes is one wrong hit to his shoulder or something, and their season tanks.

Yup, even after the game was well in control (technically Buf controlled the game from the opening kickoff, even when they kept turning the ball over). In the 4th quarter of a game they were in complete control of he was still looking to initiate contact, and that idiot Collinsworth kept talking about it as a strength of Sean McDermott.

Another possibility, perhaps not this year, but soon, is that because he's so freakishly good Allen inherits Mahomes' messiah complex. Dude had an air of smugness about him, and I can see him becoming a bit too confident in himself.

[pg1067]

First of all, I thought this game was supposed to be on Amazon Prime.  I got home and went to watch (since the Dodgers were off yesterday), but it was nowhere to be found.  By complete happenstance, I saw that it was, in fact, on Peacock, so I was able to tune it in.

Unfortunately, I didn't get home in time to see Ozzy.  How bad was he?

I also didn't see any of the game because my kid needed my help assembling the military grade gaming desk that he ordered.  By the time we got it built, the game was over.   

[Stadler]

First of all, I thought this game was supposed to be on Amazon Prime.  I got home and went to watch (since the Dodgers were off yesterday), but it was nowhere to be found.  By complete happenstance, I saw that it was, in fact, on Peacock, so I was able to tune it in.

Unfortunately, I didn't get home in time to see Ozzy.  How bad was he?

I also didn't see any of the game because my kid needed my help assembling the military grade gaming desk that he ordered.  By the time we got it built, the game was over.   

Yeah, I was watching another group of geriatrics so I missed Oz. What's the what there?

[King Postwhore]

They said NBC showed 10 seconds of him only.

[El Barto]

Yeah, he sounded real good for ten seconds, and then they went back to silly people talking about pointless shit. Overall, the presentation of the game last night was a miserable failure. I know I'm a grumpy old man and all, but listening to those people drone on and on about what we just saw is nauseating. When I'm watching from home I'm going to start listening to the SAP in Spanish. I don't speak it, but that's why it'll work.

[Dublagent66]

Teams need to play for 60 minutes a game.  Rams didn't get the memo.

[hunnus2000]

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!     

[TheCountOfNYC]

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!     

Yes, but also no. Life as a Jets fan is confusing and often difficult.

[KevShmev]

[King Postwhore]

[TheCountOfNYC]

This Jets O-line is gonna be a problem yet again this season.

[KevShmev]

TJ Watt and that Steelers D has Burrow and his team looking like the Bungals.

[TAC]

Fucking Pats WTF??  This is going to be a long season.

[King Postwhore]

No surprise though.

[El Barto]

Fucking Pats WTF??  This is going to be a long season.

Perhaps, but not really based on anything we've seen today. The Pats D gave up one ugly play but have otherwise played decently. The offense has looked much better than expected, honestly, and were it not for a shitty call on the first drive the game's very different. That non-call was a 10 point swing. The only thing that's particularly concerning are the injuries to Duggar and Phillips.

[TheCountOfNYC]

The Jets need to seriously consider putting Mike White in. The team actually looks pretty good but Flacco’s lack of mobility combined with the reshuffled O-line is killing them.

EDIT: Also the Bills must be licking their chops watching the other three AFC East teams play right now.

[TAC]

Fucking Pats WTF??  This is going to be a long season.

Perhaps, but not really based on anything we've seen today. The Pats D gave up one ugly play but have otherwise played decently. The offense has looked much better than expected, honestly, and were it not for a shitty call on the first drive the game's very different. That non-call was a 10 point swing. The only thing that's particularly concerning are the injuries to Duggar and Phillips.

I agree Bart. But this is against Miami, and it's frustrating that today is gonna be not good enough.
Duggar was having a good game too.

[King Postwhore]

I think he was hit in the rocks.

[KevShmev]

Patriots fans when they realize what life is like after TB12:

[El Barto]

I think he was hit in the rocks.

First thing I thought, but he wasn't racked. He wasn't in enough pain, and the trainers were feeling around for a bruise to the abdomen.

Fucking Pats WTF??  This is going to be a long season.

Perhaps, but not really based on anything we've seen today. The Pats D gave up one ugly play but have otherwise played decently. The offense has looked much better than expected, honestly, and were it not for a shitty call on the first drive the game's very different. That non-call was a 10 point swing. The only thing that's particularly concerning are the injuries to Duggar and Phillips.

I agree Bart. But this is against Miami, and it's frustrating that today is gonna be not good enough.
Duggar was having a good game too.

Miami's an improved division rival. They're always going to be competitive. And at the moment McCorkle is 17/21-149 1-1 and the one pick was on the refs, not him. That could easily be 2-0. Like I said, they're not playing as bad as the score suggests, at all.

[hefdaddy42]

New season, same shitty Panthers.

[TAC]

@ Bart, I'm glad you're encouraged by today's game, but I did expect this game to be competitive. They are simply not making the plays that need to be made.

I'm quite discouraged by it, honestly.

[King Postwhore]

Patriots fans when they realize what life is like after TB12:

Nah.  It's been doom and gloom all preseason because of the coaching staff.