I sure hope not. They have to beat the Falcons. The Falcons have defense this year. Defense wins championships they say.
Falcons are ranked 9th, the Rams are ranked 19th in total defense. Falcons played 11 opponents with .500 or better records, Rams played 9.
Now, the Rams with Goff and Gurley are a force to be reckoned with, no doubt. And I respect their game and they scare the appropriate amount of shit out of me. But if ATL comes in firing on all 8 cylinders, it’s going to be a tough battle.
Still, I gotta go with my team. Everybody doubted we’d make it, but here we are. So let the games begin!
We’ve had to hear about that shit for 17 games now. Every single fucking time we play, it’s mentioned several times.
It sucked, but it’s a new year and our star is rising right now. I’ll take it.
Great game. Problem for me is I am both an Alex Smith fan and a Mariota fan. The TD pass to himself was the signal of doom for the Chiefs by the football gods…
Now they play a pissed off Patriots team. So they had a great season. Tom Brady is still the GOAT and when he’s pissed, he mauls people. That SI story pissed him off. Poor Titans happen to be their next victim. Probably not even worth watching, but I will anyway.
The Jags were taking a lot of cheap shots to the head, not just to Taylor. Did anybody else notice that? Late hits, exta head kicks when getting off the ground, etc. I didn’t have a dog in the fight until I saw the dirty hits keep coming. Then I was all in for the Bills. They didn’t deserve to go out that way and ‘Targeting’ is a needed NFL rule.
I only have a problem with after the whistle hijinks. You want to go out and murder each other between the whistles go right ahead. The best defenses in the league always plays with an edge (big hits, subtle DPI every single play etc…).
The refs called it pretty loose and “let em play”. That was an all defense 10-3 slug fest. Just one example of why the NFL is shifting rules to allow for more offense. It’s more entertaining.
This headline from the NOLA Times-Picayune is not going to quell animosity in what is rapidly becoming one of the more heated divisional rivalries in the NFL:
It helps when both teams are competitive, ha. I dislike it when they bill a game as a “rivalry” game, but one team just consistently gets the brakes beat off of 'em.
Refs at Gilette: “False start to force the punt deeper, or encroachment for automatic first down? What’s the difference? Why don’t we just change the call a minute after the flag is thrown?”
That was a really bad look from the refs. Ignoring Gronk’s blatant OPI and the same crackback block Juju got suspended for… if you’re going to beat the Pats this season, it better be by 5 touchdowns.
Bye steelers. Let Blake friggin Bortles hang 45 on ya. Score 42 and still lose, no way you’re beating the Pats anyway. Hapless secondary. Hapless vs the run. Bortles wasn’t even pressured once. Defense wins championships.
Coaching made at least 4 criticle errors. Onside kick, no field goals on 4th downs, no timeout, Haley calling screens and reverses trying to be cute.
Refs swallowed their whistles on DPI. Both AB TD catches the corner had his hand inside the shoulder pad the entire play. Juju got drug down by his jersey on 3 targets.
Vikings, No matter ho hard we tried we just couldn’t finish ourselves off.
Keenum continues to deliver, hit a lul mid game but started to put things together at the end. I think we have a better shot at philly than we did against the saints.
