Week #1 NFL game thread

[riboflav]

Nah. I watch him every week. Give him decent protection and he's unstoppable. The Colts' offensive line and running game has been putrid for most of his career.

 
Wait. You're saying he's better than Rodgers, Brady, and Ben?

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Might want to stop comparing Beasley to Edelman.  Edelman is much bigger, stronger, and more versatile.

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

Might want to stop comparing Beasley to Edelman.  Edelman is much bigger, stronger, and more versatile.

Yeah but they're both white guys

 

[Just a bit outside]

And #11. They might as well be twins.

 

[Remagellan]

The Giants defense is as bad as advertised.

 

[cshea]

4.6 YPC on the drive, get a first and goal on the 5 and 4 straight passes and FG time (I think the false start was going to be a pass).

 

[StupendousMan]

Might want to stop comparing Beasley to Edelman.  Edelman is much bigger, stronger, and more versatile.

 
Beasley: 5-8, 180 lbs, age 26.
Edelman: 5-10, 200 lbs, age 29.
 
Beasley returned 10 punts (6.8 yard avg) and 1 kickoff (11 yards) in 2013.    No other returns.
Edelman has returned 132 punts (12.2 yard avg) and 26 kickoffs (21.7 yard avg) over the past 6 years.
 
Bigger, stronger, more versatile.  Yup.  And I didn't even mention Edelman's work on defense or double passes.

 

[Remagellan]

Yes, the Cowboys got too cute there.

 

[cshea]

Elbow may have been down.

 

[soxhop411]

Jesus Giants

 

[cshea]

This game is chaos. ODB just got popped.
 
Dallas is pissing away a TO here.

 

[Dollar]

Stupid, stupid challenge.

 

[Byrdbrain]

 
Beasley: 5-8, 180 lbs, age 26.
Edelman: 5-10, 200 lbs, age 29.
 
Beasley returned 10 punts (6.8 yard avg) and 1 kickoff (11 yards) in 2013.    No other returns.
Edelman has returned 132 punts (12.2 yard avg) and 26 kickoffs (21.7 yard avg) over the past 6 years.
 
Bigger, stronger, more versatile.  Yup.  And I didn't even mention Edelman's work on defense or double passes.

Edelman also much more ruggedly handsome.

 

[kieckeredinthehead]

Why wasn't that ruled unnecessary roughness?

 

[Freddy Linn]

I love Fruity Munch.

 

[bradmahn]

I can't help but agree.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Had control with two feet down, but pretty sure they won't be able to find that OBJ made the ever-elusive 'football move'.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Stupid, stupid challenge.

Crowd cheered, though!

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

I don't know if I'm just looking for it more this year but I've seen way too many people launch with their helmet today. Scary shit.

 

[Remagellan]

Live definitely looked like a fumble; on review, it was clearly incomplete.  

 

[soxhop411]

He shouldn't be on the field

 

[Strike4]

If this was a Pats game, people would be furious about why they got two back to back calls.

 

[P'tucket rhymes with...]

Had control with two feet down, but pretty sure they won't be able to find that OBJ made the ever-elusive 'football move'.

Is having your brain rattle around inside your skull considered a football movement?

 

[Fred in Lynn]

Coughlin doesn't like the non-call. I've learned that makes him a complainer.

 

[Byrdbrain]

"Most afford not to lose"?
 
 
Edit:So between them Fan Duel and Draft Kings have roughly half of the NFL advertising I would say.

 

[pappymojo]

they can most afford not to lose?

 

[soxhop411]

Really? What's the point of coming back if you go straight to a commercial?

 

[DukeSox]

"it gets dry in this stadium"
 
wtf?

 

[soxhop411]

So are we going to be seeing draft kings advertisements every commercial break?

 

[Byrdbrain]

No sometimes they will be for Fan Duel and sometimes we'll get lucky and see both.

 

[Bongorific]

Nah. I watch him every week. Give him decent protection and he's unstoppable. The Colts' offensive line and running game has been putrid for most of his career.

I'm
I'm on board with snowmanny's take. He may get there this year, or next, but he still has a little too much Favre in him. Right now, he's the Evan Longoria of football. Tons of hype coming in, matches the hype for the most part, but hasn't taken that next step or done it for long enough to justify the extent of the ball washing. Longoria never quite got there and then started to regress. We'll see where Luck goes.

It is a shame he plays for the Colts because in all of the long form interviews I've seen he seems like a good dude, comes from a good family, and is smart. Even on the Colts, compared to all of the assholes in the league, i don't have any bad feelings towards him.

 

[soxhop411]

No sometimes they will be for Fan Duel and sometimes we'll get lucky and see both.

I wish I could skip them.

 

[j44thor]

Running parallel to your goal line on a punt return is typically not a great idea. 

 

[Senator Donut]

So are we going to be seeing draft kings advertisements every commercial break?

They're basically saying, our vig is so large we're advertising during the most-watched television program every break.

 

[Greg29fan]

Having Dwayne Harris on a division team is the greatest.  Dude is straight garbage.

 

[ypioca]

They're basically saying, our vig is so large we're advertising during the most-watched television program every break.

 
If the NFL were in Europe, we'd be watching the Draft Kings League right now.

 

[j44thor]

They're basically saying, our vig is so large we're advertising during the most-watched television program every break.

They raised a combined 575M in funding in June/July so safe to say they have some $$ to burn.

 

[shawnrbu]

Another horrible challenge from Opie.

 

[cshea]

Dallas will win this, but not sure I'd agree with burning your final challenge this early in the game.

 

[ypioca]

Referee sounds like Mumbles Menino

 

[Dollar]

Yep, this is what they should have saved their first challenge for.  Using their last challenge here could be a killer if they need one on a game-deciding play later.

 

[Greg29fan]

Fuck the NFL.  That's supposed to be an easy call.

 

[soxhop411]

I don't get the NFL.

 

[radsoxfan]

Catch, 3 steps, tackled to the ground, lose the ball, incomplete.  OK NFL.

 

[soxhop411]

So what's a catch?

 

[shoosh77]

Catch, 3 steps, tackled to the ground, lose the ball, incomplete.  OK NFL.

He's on my fantasy team too

 

[normstalls]

Is vereen active tonight? Haven't heard his name yet.

 

[Greg29fan]

Is vereen active tonight? Haven't heard his name yet.

 
yeah he was in on the last drive

 

[soxhop411]

Drop

 

[Ed Hillel]

Lol