Road To The Superbowl 2025

[Bird]

I feel bad for Fields as he's played well enough to remain the starter.

The Jets defense is their strength " not Rodgers " and now you insert a rusty Russ into the lineup ???

Just last week Fields had 2 rushing TDS. Idk

[Eric 26]

WOW I thought for sure Minnesota was going to block that one😮

[12poundbass]

Good game in Minnesota. The Lions are pretty solid, their D isn’t as good without Hutchinson but they’ll be fine.

 

My Bills won too!

[gim]

9 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Good game in Minnesota.

I thought it was entertaining too.  The Vikings showed some resilience being down 21-10.  Inability to convert a 2 pt conversion was the difference.

[Darren.]

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Good game in Minnesota. The Lions are pretty solid, their D isn’t as good without Hutchinson but they’ll be fine.

 

My Bills won too!

 

Go Bills! We have to be better in first halfs! Can't have

a half like that against the better teams and expect to

win. Love the addition of Cooper, and Keon had some

fantastic catches/runs.

 

[throttleplate]

Where are all the armchair quarterbacks who were questioning the steelers coach about wilson starting over fields.🤐

[Eric 26]

@throttleplate I’ll speak on behalf of myself here as I stated “if they don’t win they take the chance of losing the locker room” nothing more nothing less. I personally don’t care who they start but as a Bears fan I’m obviously hoping Justin Fields plays the 51% needed for the Bears to receive the Steelers 4th round pick instead of the Steelers 6th round pick.

[gim]

4 hours ago, throttleplate said:

Where are all the armchair quarterbacks who were questioning the steelers coach about wilson starting over fields.🤐

I can admit when I’m wrong. I questioned it, and others did too (for obvious reasons).

 

Clearly Tomlin seems to have made the right decision even if nearly everyone else thought it was the wrong one.

 

Last year the Jets were 4-3 through 7 games with Zach Wilson at QB. This year they are 2-5 with Rodgers at the helm. Maybe it’s time to go back to Zach Wilson.

[throttleplate]

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

I can admit when I’m wrong. I questioned it, and others did too (for obvious reasons).

 

Clearly Tomlin seems to have made the right decision even if nearly everyone else thought it was the wrong one.

 

Last year the Jets were 4-3 through 7 games with Zach Wilson at QB. This year they are 2-5 with Rodgers at the helm. Maybe it’s time to go back to Zach Wilson.

isnt Zach on the broncos? I watched the jets just to see Rodgers play and actually hoped he would have a good run but the jets are still the jets from the Rich Kotite years.

[12poundbass]

Anyone see the zoomed in slow motion video of Deshaun Watson injury? I’ll bet that didn’t feel good. 

[BrianMDTX]

If the Ravens can figure out what’s happened to their defense, they are going to be a force to be reckoned with in February. Buck and Aikman were questioning why Henry had so few carries and yards in the first half against the Bucs, and the next thing you know, he off for 81 yards. He’s on a pace to go over 2,000 yards this season, with way less carries than he did previously with the Titans. When Henry has been in the backfield, you knew he was getting the ball, and still was almost unstoppable. This year, he’s sharing a backfield with a 300 lb. FB and a QB who is a threat to break off a huge run at any time. Who does the defense queue on? If Henry, you free up Jackson to throw or take off. If Jackson, you risk Henry taking it to the house. 
 

This offense is potent. Starting off 10-0 in the hole, they scored 34 unanswered points and the 41-31 final doesn’t tell the whole story. The Bucs are a good team and the Ravens scored on them at will. 

[gim]

Makes you wonder how they lost to the lowly Raiders at home in week 2.

 

And even though we all can't figure out how the Chiefs continue to win, the Ravens are still trying to figure out how to beat them (as is everyone else).

[Eric 26]

I sure do hope they can figure out their defense as it truly is fun to watch their offense. I will add my wife who is a big Chiefs fan said when asked about the above question that even she is growing skeptical of the bias the referees are seemingly showing for the Chiefs this year. I get the fact they’re only human but some of the missed calls are pretty disheartening. 

[BrianMDTX]

On 10/22/2024 at 9:37 AM, gimruis said:

Makes you wonder how they lost to the lowly Raiders at home in week 2.

 

And even though we all can't figure out how the Chiefs continue to win, the Ravens are still trying to figure out how to beat them (as is everyone else).

I attribute that to A- a new DC and B- the OC was still figuring out how best to incorporate Henry into the offense. And C- the Ravens basically sat all their starters in the preseason so the first two games were essentially preseason games, so-to-speak. 
 

The DC still has problems to solve. The offense has solved them. The past OPOW winners over the last 4 weeks have been Henry-Jackson-Henry-Jackson. It’s likely to be one or the other this week against the Browns. 

[Jig Man]

And where is Deondre Hopkins heading?

[Bird]

Just like last season, the Ravens look like the best team in the AFC and the Chiefs look boring.

But just like last year the Ravens will have to go through Andy Reed and the Chiefs.

I'd love to see Ravens vs Lions in the SB but have my doubts.

[gim]

14 minutes ago, Bird said:

But just like last year the Ravens will have to go through Andy Reed and the Chiefs.

And last year they had the AFC Championship at home too. That doesn’t look likely this time around given that KC has a 2 game lead and has the head to head tie breaker.

[BrianMDTX]

23 hours ago, gimruis said:

And last year they had the AFC Championship at home too. That doesn’t look likely this time around given that KC has a 2 game lead and has the head to head tie breaker.

True. But Baltimore has a history of playing well on the road in the postseason. 
 

Keaton Mitchell is back to practicing. Highly doubtful he plays against Cleveland, and perhaps the Bengals as well. But if he returns to form and is healthy, he may be ready for the first game against the Steelers. A backfield with Lamar, Henry, Hill and Mitchell will be unreal. 
 

Imagine incorporating the wishbone with that lineup, with 300 lb. Ricard as FB. 

[gim]

Sometimes you just scratch your head and try to figure out this league.

 

The vaunted Ravens lose to the lowly Browns led by Winston and the Commanders beat the Bears on a last second Hail Mary to the end zone.

 

Meanwhile, the Lions continue to toy with their opponents. They dropped 52 on the Titans today.

[12poundbass]

51 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Meanwhile, the Lions continue to toy with their opponents. They dropped 52 on the Titans today.

Goff is playing out of his mind so far this year.

 

The Bills beat up on the Seahawks too. Go Bills!

[detroit1]

Another example that stats  don't always tell the story. Goff had 80 something pass yards, the Lions didn't get 300 yds. of offense, way less time with the,ball etc. etc.  They get the job done. Most entertaining team out there.  Watch them if you get the chance...

[Glenn]

Well, to be fair, the Seahawks aren't much of an opponent this year. They're very much a below average team.

 

They looked like they were in pre-season - individuals vying for jobs instead of playing as a team while racking up rookie penalties.  And Geno once again threw his predictable interception - a sure bet in Vegas for every game.

 

I've said it before and will continue to say it, "There's no way the 'Hawks will be a playoff contender as long as they have Geno at the helm."

 

They might win 2 more games this season. .....maybe.

[bowhunter63]

Bears found a new way to loose again . That was crazy

[BrianMDTX]

The Ravens simply cannot catch interceptions or stop offenses passing the ball. Hamilton’s “pick” would have won the game. 

[gim]

Not sure if there's any Colts fans here or not.  Indy has benched Richardson in favor of 39 year old Joe Flacco for Sunday night's game in Minneapolis.

 

Apparently Richardson just kind of "giving up" towards the end of last week's game because he was tired didn't sit too well with the coaching staff.

 

Indy is still in a division race with Houston so I can't blame them for trying to do what they can to keep up.  If they were further back, I think they would stick with Richardson and continue to try and develop him.