2024 NFL Season Thread

posted by friendfromlowry

I was wondering after Zuerlein had his attempt blocked last night where the fault lays with that. It’s not necessarily his fault right? Offensive line doesn’t hold the defensive line back enough? Or D-Line player just makes a hell of a play that also combines a lot of luck? 

He technically had two blocked but the iffy call for leverage gave the Jets a 2 point attempt from the 1.

Both kicks looked like they came out super low, but the line kinda sucks as well so probably a combo of the two. He's sucked pretty much all season, which is a big letdown because he was great last year. He was apparently shaky in the pre-season, and the Jets had Seibert who was making everything, but they cut him and now he's one of the best kickers in the league for the Football Team.

Seibert.....another former Browns kicker that's gone on to success with another team.

posted by Heretic

Break out the trivia to throw him off mentally and then use the combo of golf club and baseball bat to take advantage of that.

I’ll throw Barry Larkin cards at him

About the Steelers game….

This move had to be explored. Wilson was indeed Rusty early BUT simply throwing down field changes the Steelers look….and completing some opens up everything. Diva receiver looked energized, the crispness of the timing and the snaps looked improve. Wilson ad libs better but doesn’t move nearly like he used to.

Wilson had a 1st down ridiculously dropped early to kill the 2nd drive and was booed in the 2nd qtr…..but he showed resilience and the final product was a top 8 team, which I haven’t been convinced they were.

What I was surprised about…..

They simply doubled Watt all night and he barely did anything….and when teams keep Watt from dominating, you beat the Steelers. Jets kept Watt down but got thrashed.

These nothing calls have to stop soon. Bring on December where they’ll let them play

Championship team: Chiefs

Championship contenders: Ravens, Lions, Vikings, Packers

Maybe contenders: Bills, Steelers, Texans, Commanders

Upper Middle: Eagles, Bears

Middle: Buccaneers, Chargers, Bengals, Colts, Seahawks, 49ers, Cowboys, Falcons

Lower Middle: Broncos

Teams that aren’t good: Cardinals, Rams, Jets, Saints

Bottom 8: Dolphins, Raiders, Giants, Browns, Titans, Jaguars, Patriots, Panthers

I can confidently say it’ll be KC vs Baltimore in the AFC championship again

Power rankings late Tuesday Ironman fyi 

posted by friendfromlowry

Power rankings late Tuesday Ironman fyi 

1-3 are obvious…don’t mess it up

posted by Ironman92

1-3 are obvious…don’t mess it up

1. Chiefs

2. Lions

3. Dolphins because Tua is coming back

posted by friendfromlowry

1. Chiefs

2. Lions

3. Dolphins because Tua is coming back

*For a limited time before he gets his head knocked off again, since that's what happened the last time he got a concussion and then came back.

It’s pretty late.

Bengals are #17

1. Chiefs. Defense and coaching bails out bad QB play!!!!! Jk, kind of. 
2. Lions. Still think they're best team in NFL potentially.
3. Ravens. Everything humming.
4a. Steelers. May have something figured out with the offense.
4b. Bills. Continue looking solid. Tough game this Sunday at Seattle.
4c. Vikings. Cant drop them too much for barely losing to the second best team.
7. Packers.  Beat a top ten last weekend. Now they get the poor Jags this weekend. 
8. Commanders. But they may be missing Jayden Daniels for a game or two. Too bad, they have Chicago this weekend so the Daniels/Williams showdown could have been fun.
9. Texans. Not living up to the hype so far.
10. Seahawks. Thought they could have been toast but they stomped the Falcons.
--First dropoff--
11. Bears. Still wonder if they crash back to earth soon.
12. Eagles. Still giving them benefit of doubt for the talent they have
13. Falcons. 
14. Colts. Weekly who cares team. Barely beat Miami without Tua.
15. Broncos. Panthers this week, Baltimore in two weeks. 
16. Bengals. Coaching will never let this team have a complete, good game.
17. Cardinals. Good win vs Chargers last night.
18. Buccaneers. Lost Evans for a while and Godwin for the season. Not looking great going forward.
19. Chargers. Herbert threw for well over 300 yards, but no touchdowns and they lost. I thought a couple weeks ago they could start climbing these rankings but they dont want to.
20. 49ers. Injuries injuries injuries.
21. Rams. 
22. Cowboys. Hopefully a bye week got them right. 
23. Jets. Is there anyone else they can trade for or fire?
24. Giants. Steelers get to beat them by 30 on MNF. 
25. Saints. Is Carr coming back anytime soon hopefully?

-- Second drop off. Honestly, any of these teams could be #32.--
26. Jaguars. Woo another win. 
27. Titans. Another who cares team. Idk who the QB even is. Is it still Levis?
28. Dolphins.  Seriously Tua, don't do it. 
29. Browns. Their QB got hurt and everyone is happy. 
30. Raiders. I'm sick of watching Minshew. He sucks. And he was benched for O'Connell who is hurt, so Minshew has to play. 
31. Patriots. Terrible. 
32. Panthers. Lost by 33 points to Mariotta basically. 

DeAndre Hopkins to the Chiefs

Miami is in a no win spot. wild card at best this year, but only because the AFC divisions are top heavy (like aside from the North, there is only 1 good team per division) but next year we are cap poor, Tyreek, Tua and Chubb are 1/3 of our cap each with 2+ years left, and we are bad on both lines with a less than healthy QB that drives everything offensively. 

posted by friendfromlowry

1. Chiefs. Defense and coaching bails out bad QB play!!!!! Jk, kind of. 
2. Lions. Still think they're best team in NFL potentially.
3. Ravens. Everything humming.
4a. Steelers. May have something figured out with the offense.
4b. Bills. Continue looking solid. Tough game this Sunday at Seattle.
4c. Vikings. Cant drop them too much for barely losing to the second best team.
7. Packers.  Beat a top ten last weekend. Now they get the poor Jags this weekend. 
8. Commanders. But they may be missing Jayden Daniels for a game or two. Too bad, they have Chicago this weekend so the Daniels/Williams showdown could have been fun.
9. Texans. Not living up to the hype so far.
10. Seahawks. Thought they could have been toast but they stomped the Falcons.
--First dropoff--
11. Bears. Still wonder if they crash back to earth soon.
12. Eagles. Still giving them benefit of doubt for the talent they have
13. Falcons. 
14. Colts. Weekly who cares team. Barely beat Miami without Tua.
15. Broncos. Panthers this week, Baltimore in two weeks. 
16. Bengals. Coaching will never let this team have a complete, good game.
17. Cardinals. Good win vs Chargers last night.
18. Buccaneers. Lost Evans for a while and Godwin for the season. Not looking great going forward.
19. Chargers. Herbert threw for well over 300 yards, but no touchdowns and they lost. I thought a couple weeks ago they could start climbing these rankings but they dont want to.
20. 49ers. Injuries injuries injuries.
21. Rams. 
22. Cowboys. Hopefully a bye week got them right. 
23. Jets. Is there anyone else they can trade for or fire?
24. Giants. Steelers get to beat them by 30 on MNF. 
25. Saints. Is Carr coming back anytime soon hopefully?

-- Second drop off. Honestly, any of these teams could be #32.--
26. Jaguars. Woo another win. 
27. Titans. Another who cares team. Idk who the QB even is. Is it still Levis?
28. Dolphins.  Seriously Tua, don't do it. 
29. Browns. Their QB got hurt and everyone is happy. 
30. Raiders. I'm sick of watching Minshew. He sucks. And he was benched for O'Connell who is hurt, so Minshew has to play. 
31. Patriots. Terrible. 
32. Panthers. Lost by 33 points to Mariotta basically. 

I think the Vikings have to be #4. If Lions might be the best team….Vikings aren’t far off and 5-1.

I have the Steelers at #8

Buccaneers have played a tough schedule….they’ve earned higher than #18 but with those guys out they’ll earn 18 sooner than later

We go back and forth liking Seattle too much….I think they are around 13

More and more getting known each week.

Ravens look unbeatable right now. Lamar is run/pass threat, Henry has been a monster and he and Lamar can feed off each other getting keyed on. Andrews a great TE but now two great receivers. They are dangerous.

That missed face mask is indefensible. Cannot happen.

Ruined the ending

In the pool report, the refs kept saying they didn’t see it. When does someone of importance say that’s not good enough? 

Couldn’t see the facemask

Refs will be #33 in my power rankings

Good lord, he's staring right at Darnold's helmet.