Week 1 NFL Game Thread

Big McCorkle

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I guess I'm bad at math, I was under the impression that giving the other team more possessions and more time would give them more opportunities to score points.
Running the ball ineffectually (which is often a tautology) and going three and out does the exact same fucking thing. Regardless, it would only actually matter if it caused you to give up more points on a per possession basis, which, no, not at all.
 

Captaincoop

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How are they moving the ball better against the Tampa run defense on the ground than they have been in the air? Zeke is really good, but that run defense grinds run games into dust and the mid-10s Dallas OL ain’t here.
They don't need to be the 1983 Redskins, but you have one of the most dynamic talents in the league and you're voluntarily removing him from the equation.
 

Cellar-Door

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They don't need to be the 1983 Redskins, but you have one of the most dynamic talents in the league and you're voluntarily removing him from the equation.
You really don't. Elliott is a good RB, but he hasn't significantly outplayed his backups, because as always, running the ball is far more about your line winning than your RB's skill
 

BigSoxFan

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Going to be interesting to see how the Pats attack Tampa given that the OL is the strength of this team but doing so is basically running into a brick wall.
 

Dollar

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Going to be interesting to see how the Pats attack Tampa given that the OL is the strength of this team but doing so is basically running into a brick wall.
I could see it going a lot like the Cowboys tonight, where Mac just sits in the pocket and finds the soft spots in the coverage for short gains and ends up throwing 60 passes.
 

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From what I'm seeing today, just spread them out and throw short.
Problem is our WR aren’t nearly as talented as Dallas’ so not sure how well that would work. Jonnu and Henry will probably need to be heavily involved in passing game
 

Dollar

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It was only a matter of time. Dak has been throwing up some ducks tonight.
 

luckiestman

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Bob Quinn thinks Tom fucking Brady can’t beat a blitz. Glad I’m not rooting for the Boys