I Miss Sudden Death Overtime. NFL Week 11 Preview

So the Lions tied the Steelers for our first of the season. The way they played overtime, neither of them deserved to win. Especially the Steelers who played down to their competition with Mason Rudolph in for Ben Roethlisberger who caught coronavirus. Like always, there's that one guy who didn't know NFL games can end in a draw. The NFL changed their overtime rules for the 2010 postseason where both teams get possession of the ball unless the first team scores a TD or the defense scores. They later brought the rules to the 2012 regular season and cut overtime to 10 minutes in 2017. It's not surprising that lengthening the game while shortening the game clock resulted in a tied game every season since 2018.

Personally, I feel these "modified" sudden death overtime rules is fucking bullshit. Some whiny little bitches cried that it's unfair that the team that won the coin toss can win the game without the other team touching it by just kicking a field goal. They chose a arbitrary year of 1994 to start their overblown statistics. Since then, teams that win the overtime coin toss won 59.8 percent of the time and 34.4 percent of those teams scored on their first possession. They complained that kickers were too good so they had to change the rules to reduce their impact in the game. That's right, they took the foot out of football. Once the NFL finally win their war against kickers, they should just rename the sport handegg because there sure as hell aint any kicking in it.

Seriously, you had 60 minutes to score more points than your opponent and you're bitching that you didn't get the ball back after your opponent kicked a field goal to win the game? TOUGH SHIT! You should've won it during regulation instead of kneeing the ball and/or playing for overtime like a PUSSY! It always annoyed me when teams give up with seconds left on the clock instead of chucking a Hail Mary. Even if you don't get a TD, maybe you can draw a passer interference or holding call that gets you in field goal range. But no, these coaches PUSS OUT and CHOOSE overtime instead. Maybe it's because I like defense but if the team won the coin toss, just stop them. That's all you have to do. At least one person didn't believe in pussyball back then. Former Broncos WR Brandon Stokley said "I just think that they should keep it like it is. It makes things interesting. Some people don't like the coin toss, but that's just the way it goes. If you're on defense first and you don't have the ball, you've just got to stop them."

TLDR

THE GAMES

New England Patriots  23

Atlanta Falcons            10

Patriots RT Trent Brown talked about the time he nearly died last year as a Raider from a pregame IV fuckup that put air in his bloodstream which led to him staying at the hospital for 3 days. I will never get used to the NFL shrugging off medical incidents against players that would warrant a investigation if it happened to your average Joe Schmo.

New Orleans Saints   16

Philadelphia Eagles   27

The Saints have lost both games Trevor Siemian have started in since taking over for a injured Jameis Winston. You can't really blame him since he's essentially doing the same thing Jameis done this season; throwing to the open guys, minimalizing the turnovers and letting the defense win the game for you. Hell, he's only two Jets QBs away from catching up to Jameis' 1,170 passing yards. Like I said before, the Saints offense have got to step up the production because you're not gonna go far with a 28th ranked offense and a awful 31st rated passing game.

Miami Dolphins   3

New York Jets    41

While Tua Tagovailoa tries to build off that upset victory of the Ravens, Mike White seems to have screwed the pooch as Joe Flacco will start in this game. People were riding White dick saying he's the future of the Jets, not Zach Wilson. He even said he should've been the #1 pick. Then he throws 4 INTs and gets blown out by the Bills. Flacco Flame is by no means the future of this franchise so will it be Zach? Mike? Or someone drafted next year?

Washington Griffins 16

Carolina Panthers     21

While Football Team's DE Chase Young is gone for the year with a ACL tear, Carolina got Cam Newton back and will likely start him Sunday. With Sam Darnold not playing like Ryan Tannehill and P.J. Walker not playing like he's in the XFL, it's understandable why they made this move. We will see how a totally not bitter Ron Rivera gameplan against his former team.

Indianapolis Colts   33

Buffalo Bills             20

Fresh off beating the Jets so bad, Pat McAfee is fantasy booking a tag team match between the Saleh and Ryan brothers, they face a Colts team that beat the team the Bills lost to. So it's only natural to pick Indy to win this game right? Isn't that how we judge who can beat who now?

Detroit Lions            38

Cleveland Browns   24

The Kneebiters finally broke their losing streak but can they actually get a win this time? With Baker Mayfield going all woe is me these past couple weeks, this is their best chance to get a win over a clearly demoralized Browns team. Sure, playing with a injured shoulder and knee is not ideal but everyone is playing hurt in someway. If Baker can't perform, they should just let him get surgery to repair his injuries and start a competent Case Keenum for the rest of the season. They have the #1 rushing attack and are 11th in defense so Case will have some help in getting the Brownies back into playoff contention. As for the Lions, who knows who starts?

Who will start? Steven Montez, Tim Boyle, David Blough or Jared Goff?

San Francisco 49ers    35

Jacksonville Jaguars   24

The Niners beating the Rams came off as a shock until you realize this was their 5th straight win. Makes you wonder why can't their #3 defense shutdown opponents like this every week. Then you see how middle of the road the rest of the team is and you see why they're 4-5.

Houston Texans     14

Tennessee Titans   24

There's nothing new with Deshaun Watson but the lawyer of his accusers is going after Travis Scott, Drake and Live Nation with a $750 million dollar lawsuit. Tony Buzbee is representing the more than 125 families who were impacted by that Astroworld concert that killed 10 people. Tony is gonna have a busy 2022 with these high profile cases that are likely to be settled out of court. Oh yeah, and Texans QB Jeff Driskel is switching to TE. Clearly he was inspired by Tebow.

Green Bay Packers   27

Minnesota Vikings    34

It was a busy week in Packers related news. Aaron Rodgers was misty eyed over coming back from corona to shutout the Seahawks. Packers RB Aaron Jones will miss 1-2 weeks with a MCL sprain. The Packers are selling 300,000 shares at $300 a pop. Danica Patrick talked more about her breakup with Rodgers. And Brett Favre didn't payback the $228,000 in welfare he was given by Mississippi. As for some good news, Vikings OL Dakota Dozier is out of the hospital after battling Covid even though he's vaccinated. Here's to you Dak!

This is a Dakota Dozier appreciation post.

Baltimore Ravens   27

Chicago Bears        23

So the Ravens dumped Le'Veon Bell after only 5 games. What I find surprising is that he's just 29 years old! I understand RBs have shorter careers than other positions but I thought he's at least 30 with the way people talk about him. I wonder how differently his career would've turned out if he stayed with the Steelers. Also, it's bullshit Cassius Marsh got fined for taunting.

Cincinnati Bengals   34

Las Vegas Raiders    27

Clearly the Raiders are distracted by all the off field drama their former employees are in. Speaking of distractions, Bengals safety Jessie Bates didn't get a long term deal and his performance has suffered from it. In a way, he's proving them right to not offer him a new contract so he better get his mind right or might be on a new team next season. 

Arizona Cardinals   13

Seattle Seahawks    38

Week 10 was one to forget for these bird brains. Both of them did absolutely nothing in their games and were promptly embarrassed on national television. Arizona is still optimistic Kyler Murray will return but I don't see Russell Wilson playing 10 more years.

Dallas Cowboys         44

Kansas City Chiefs    14

These Chiefs are so up and down. Maybe their offense and defense being on opposite sides of the spectrum have something to do with it. The Cowboys are more even with their sides of the ball so this might be another blowout win for them furthering doubts on the Chiefs title chances.

Pittsburgh Steelers        34

Los Angeles Chargers   10

Is it safe to say Mason Rudolph isn't the future of the Steelers? Like, he TIED with a winless Lions for God's sake! That doesn't scream Franchise Quarterback to me. And considering Big Ben and his 26th ranked offense is hampering their 7th ranked defense, they have got to figure out who will be THE MAN before this talented defense goes to waste.

New York Giants               17

Tompa Bay Buccaneers   33

I didn't expect the Bucs to lose like that but that's parity for you. But when you don't run the ball, you open up Tom Brady to make dumb mistakes. The Giants don't have the defense to hassle Brady but Tampa still got to do a better job of helping him by RUNNING THE BALL!

LAST WEEK     8-5-1

OVERALL       85-64-1