Why is the NFL playing bad football now?

[mauf]

Mayfield’s career numbers are right about the same as Trubsiky’s and Winston’s

player A: 61% CMP, 87.0 rating, 2.7 INT%, 6.22 NY/A

player B: 61% CMP, 87.0 rating, 3.4 INT%, 6.78 NY/A

player C: 64% CMP, 86.0 rating, 2.5 INT%, 5.88 NY/A

I’d say all of those guys belong in the same group of barely competent NFL QB. Capable of giving you good games and awful games (or good quarters and awful quarters). Just like Mac Jones can look decent against Philly and Buffalo and absolute trash most of the rest of time time.

Mayfield is having a better year (clearly) and has a little more upside but he’s definitely in the same general tier as Winston and Trubisky, even if slightly closer to the top of the tier.

I used ANY/A as a benchmark, figuring that as single-metric approaches go, it’s better than alternatives.

Using that, Mayfield is about as good as Winston in his TB days, and quite a bit better than either Winston now or Trubisky across his career.

 

[mauf]

Some of y’all don’t appreciate good defensive football.

NFL teams are averaging 21.8 PPG this season after averaging 21.9 PPG last year, which itself was the lowest figure since teams averaged 21.7 PPG in 2017, which is the lowest average since 2009 (21.5). So if scoring dips a bit as the weather turns cold, this year will be a 14-year low for scoring. Fumble and interception rates are materially lower than they were back then, so it’s not like the game got sloppy — we’re just finally seeing the pendulum swing back toward defense. It’s about time.

Today was the first Sunday since 1988 with two scoreless first halves (Texans-Jets and Vikings-Raiders). We were at 21.7 PPG entering today; I think we’re going to hit that 14-year low in scoring when the season is over.

 

[Harry Hooper]

20-17 Bills over Chiefs result was unexpected as the over/under was 49 points total.

 

[luckiestman]

Today was the first Sunday since 1988 with two scoreless first halves (Texans-Jets and Vikings-Raiders). We were at 21.7 PPG entering today; I think we’re going to hit that 14-year low in scoring when the season is over.

Stroud looked horrible without Tank. He got injured late but he didn’t get 100 yards. I don’t know if it was the rain, Jets D or what. Houston looked lost.

 

[8slim]

I watched a decent amount of Red Zone today, and I thought Bucs-Falcons, Browns-Jags, Ravens-Rams, Niners-Seahawks and Bills-Chiefs were pretty well-played, entertaining games. Meanwhile the Bears, Jets and Saints all scored 28+ in easy wins, which, while non-competitive, I wouldn’t call bad football.

I’m not saying we’re experiencing peak NFL this season. But some weeks are good.

 

[Justthetippett]

Stroud looked horrible without Tank. He got injured late but he didn’t get 100 yards. I don’t know if it was the rain, Jets D or what. Houston looked lost.

Rookie wall is a thing for these guys too. He's probably mentally and physically spent.

 

[Saints Rest]

Not sure where else to comment about this as no one bothered to make a Week 14 thread, but I found it priceless that after yesterday’s KC/BUF game, both Reid and Mahomes blamed the refs for the offensive (in both senses of the word) offsides call that wiped out their go-ahead TD.

The echoes to the defensive offsides call against KC in the 2018 playoffs were loud.

For connections to this thread topic, do we mention lack of accountability? Or do we lump it in with the surfeit of other dead ball penalties (DOG, too many men, false start, etc)?

 

[johnmd20]

Not sure where else to comment about this as no one bothered to make a Week 14 thread, but I found it priceless that after yesterday’s KC/BUF game, both Reid and Mahomes blamed the refs for the offensive (in both senses of the word) offsides call that wiped out their go-ahead TD.

The echoes to the defensive offsides call against KC in the 2018 playoffs were loud.

For connections to this thread topic, do we mention lack of accountability? Or do we lump it in with the surfeit of other dead ball penalties (DOG, too many men, false start, etc)?

You might have the thread starter on Ignore.(understandable)

https://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?threads/week-14.41263/

 

[AB in DC]

The only guy who is probably not going to be on a roster next year is Flacco. The rest will be backups somewhere. \

That would be Comeback Player of the Year Joe Flacco.