NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[Far Cough]

"Anyone got a spare kicker? 3 fucking FGs and 1 PAT missed, that's a potential 10 fucking points gone out of the window"

[southbankbornnbred]

"The standard of kickers and punters seems to have gone down a bit - across the league - from a highpoint a few years ago. I read something a few weeks back suggesting it was because the new training drills tend to prioritise kick length above accuracy a little more than in the past. Which seems a bit odd. Don't know how true it is, but the former NFL coach was saying that teams seem to want a kicker who can make a 64-yarder once every blue moon, above somebody with a 95% success rate. I think the guy writing the piece was getting a bit carried away, but I'm sure training drills have changed a lot recently - especially with the distance changes for PATs etc."

[Far Cough]

"Useless fucking Viqueens and get a new kicker, I hear Carlton Cole is looking for a job?"

[southbankbornnbred]

...

[ironsofcanada]

Hermit Unfortunately/fortunately my family has a couple birthdays and a couple anniversaries in the middle of this month so we often do our extended family Christmas/celebration of those on the second Sunday in Dec. So I was zooming pretty late - again probably lucky in the end. From what I am reading playing one half of football was not enough but congrats and Hurts deserves a ton of credit.

[Hermit Road]

...and then Hurts rushed for 100 too. 2 in one game.

[Hermit Road]

"Here's your stat of the day. Miles Sanders just became the first man in 56 games to chalk up 100 yards rushing against New Orleans, ending the longest streak in NFL history."

[crystal falace]

I did see an interesting stat the other week that only mahomes and anrew luck have more passing yards through their first 12 starts than nick mullens

[Takashi Miike]

"no panic grumps, but it was poor from alex who looks like he may have had a leg injury early in the game. we usually get better as the game goes on, chase young is unstoppable at the moment"

[Grumpster]

"Wouldn't stress it TK, I'd fancy the jets to beat our 2nd stringers as we're not an attacking threat without all of our offensive weapons. Mullens is abysmal and any receivers who could make plays are all dead. Reckon we should put a bid in for the QB who the broncos used a couple of weeks ago :o)"

[Joe C]

Absolutely mullering the Jets here. Did wonder if the worst defence in the league vs the worst team in the league would be an open game - it is not!

[Hermit Road]

Where's Irons? The Eagles just opened up a can of whip arse on New Orleans

[Takashi Miike]

"alex smith playing like he had twelve pints of stella before the match, awful so far"

[Takashi Miike]

"our defensive ends are struggling here to get pressure on the SF tackles, also far too many penalties"

[Hermit Road]

"Sorry, 10 point"

[Hermit Road]

Vikings kicker from 40 yds to make it a one score game aaaaaaaaand. He chokes. Again. 12 points in a game where they are 9 behind.

[Takashi Miike]

*or*

[Takashi Miike]

"derrick henry unstoppable again today, if they get a lead of start the game well, he's going to rack up yardage and tds"

[Far Cough]

"Shame that, we've had some good kickers in the past, Rich Karlis and Morten Anderson to name a few"

[Takashi Miike]

"hermit, same here. I've been watching them most weeks this season. really entertaining team & love howell & the two running backs"

[Hermit Road]

The Vikings kicker is killing them. Which is a shame because I have got the Vikings to win. He has cost them seven points so far.

[Hermit Road]

Watching N Carolina for second time in a few weeks. Sam Howell has got some arm on him.

[cockney hammer]

fine result last night mr b go rams

[El Scorchio]

southbankbornnbred 1:38 Valid question. Brady is an enormous hole. ;)

[southbankbornnbred]

"Darnold has talent. His mechanics are solid, his arm is decent and his drop-back/pocket method indicates he is a potential long-term NFL starter. He has been wasted by the worst franchise in the NFL coached by the worst minds. So his reads have not improved enormously over three seasons and his check-downs need work. But they are exactly the wort of things that Belichick and McDaniels coach superbly. Darnold is a good fit for the Patsies. Unfortunately!"