2022-2023 NFL Season

[BM1090]

I had the Jags at +2.5.  That was a sweat.

I had the ML. Wrote it off early.

[Hards Alumni]

Pretty sure ewe wur brownin' out yo Haggars at halftyme, doe, hey?

No, at that point I was sure the game was out of reach and had given up.  Luckily Trevor and the Jags didn't.

[The Sultan]

WTF are the Bills doing?

[Uncle Rico]

WTF are the Bills doing?

Losing

[MU82]

When I left the bar where we were watching the Marquette game, Buffalo was up 14-0. I just assumed it would be 38-13 or something.

But when you assume ...

[JWags85]

Chargers should fire Staley.  Not that they can't come back from a loss like that but his track record so far is interesting.  I wonder if the locker room wouldn't like a new voice, even though the players should be held accountable, too.

If I'm Sean Payton, I'm going into a holding pattern

So what's weird about Staley, is I saw a tweet about how the Chargers kicked on 4th and short multiple times yesterday that they went for nearly 100% of the time in that situation last season.  So even more than just blowing a big lead, for me, if he's lost his edge or confidence in the analytics angles that lead him to being successful, it's time to move on and not waste your young star QB.

Those are valid points about Payton that often seem to be ignored in these discussions. 

I was talking to a Saints fans recently about what changed, and we were discussing the Payton/Carmichael Jr HC/OC combo may have gotten stale and/or figured out by the league.  Beyond just Brees aging, you had a high powered offense that reloaded weapons at RB and WR that was held to 20ish points, including OT, in each of their playoff losses.  After scoring heaps of points in the regular season.

Also, FWIW, if not for one of the worst no calls in recent NFL history, that lead to a complete rule change, Payton makes another SB in 2018.

[MU82]

Also, FWIW, if not for one of the worst no calls in recent NFL history, that lead to a complete rule change, Payton makes another SB in 2018.

True. Good point.

But still an underperformer in the postseason.

[tower912]

How do you not get that play in?

[Jockey]

How do you not get that play in?

That one was on the coach. He was talking to the QB with 31 seconds left and took the full 16 seconds talking till the mic turns off. Then it took 8-9 seconds for the QB to call the play on the huddle.

This was a rookie inexperienced QB. Gotta give him time to call the play and run it.

[PointWarrior]

What would be the results of Payton coaching Aaron Rodgers?

The Chargers also are already good, and thus sacrificing a high draft pick or two for Payton wouldn't handcuff them.

Just a word of caution about the Payton hype, though: Since winning the SB after the 2009 season, Payton made it to the NFC title game only once, and he lost that. Other than the SB season, he is 6-8 in the playoffs.

In that respect, he's kind of been the coaching version of Aaron Rodgers -- his teams are almost always highly competitive, so they always have a chance of winning it all. They just don't do it when the lights shine the brightest.

Having said that, yes of course I'd want him to coach my team.

[cheebs09]

I think the Packers win another Super Bowl if Nick Collins stayed healthy.

[Uncle Rico]

I think the Packers win another Super Bowl if Nick Collins stayed healthy.

Secondary post-2010 was always an adventure

[MU82]

And DOWN go the Chokings!

[wadesworld]

Good decision there by Kirk.

[Jockey]

And DOWN go the Chokings!

Is anyone surprised?

[PointWarrior]

Vikings will lose 1st round of playoffs

   Nice fart in the wind season Minnesota !

[mu_hilltopper]

Minnesotan here.

Shocked the Vikings lost .. shocked!

[Uncle Rico]

Lions division moving forward

[GB Warrior]

Vikings swore they got all their regression out of the way in the Packer game

[tower912]

LOL Vikings


Meh, Detroit beat them both.

[MU82]

   Nice fart in the wind season Minnesota !

When almost every game goes down to the wire, you probably aren't gonna win them all. Except the Vikings did. Until they didn't.

[Herman Cain]

Trevor Lawrence celebrated the win at Waffle House

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/01/15/jaguars-quarterback-trevor-lawrence-celebrates-epic-comeback-win-at-waffle-house/

I love this kid.

He is definitely in the right place in Duval

[wadesworld]

https://twitter.com/Giants/status/1614786965630750720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1614786965630750720%7Ctwgr%5Ec509e6d9cb667c87ba64a8e2666f536f2d48669a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.espn.com%2Fcore%2Fstandalone%2Fwebview%3Fpartial%3Darticleappsrc%3Dsclang%3Denregion%3Dusplatform%3Dios

This is well done.

[CreightonWarrior]

That was an awesome TD

[MU82]

Crazy weekend of football!