Thursday, October 27, 2022

Another Week, Another Rushed Post. NFL Week 8 Preview

Man late for work


I can't seem to get out of my own way. I wanted to talk about Halloween but other shit got in the way and here I am typing out this random foreword during the TNF opening. Since I got nothing, here's a gif of Iowa State cheerleaders swaying in unison in dinosaur costumes for Halloween. 



THE GAMES



2022 NFL season week 8 Baltimore Ravens vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baltimore Ravens            34
Tompa Bay Buccaneers  20

The way they played against Carolina and up to this formerly midway point of the season, the Bucs are so goddamn lucky this whole division is trash. With a net point of 0, they "lead" the NFC South even though they're tied with the Falcons at 3-4. It's too early to say no one will reach .500 but can you confidently say any of these teams will win 9 games? These Buccos are allergic to running the ball and would rather have their 45 year old QB throw 49 times than hand it off for half that. This has been a issue since he got here but now it's catching up with them.


2022 NFL season week 8 Denver Broncos vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Denver Broncos   10
London Jaguars   20

The latest cornball thing Russell Wilson did was do leg lifts in the aisleway on their flight to London to play the Jags. I'm starting to think he gets off on people mocking him all the time.


2022 NFL season week 8 Carolina Panthers vs Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers   20
Atlanta Falcons       10

Firing Matt Rhule may be the shot in the arm the Panthers needed. This division is up for grabs and even after trading away their best player, they still ran the ball down Tampa's throat with D'Onta Foreman running 1 less time for 72 more yards than their division rival. A win here makes it a threeway tie for first and puts them in a interesting situation on whether to tank or not.


2022 NFL season week 8 Chicago Bears vs Dallas Cowboys
Chicago Bears      9
Dallas Cowboys   24

The Bears made Bill Belichick question who should be his starting QB going forward. Then they traded Robert Quinn to the Eagles in the middle of Roquan Smith's press conference. That don't sound like the actions of a team that thinks it can nab a wildcard spot. Or maybe they're doing him a solid of trading him to a team that's a legitimate Super Bowl contender.


2022 NFL season week 8 Miami Dolphins vs Detroit Lions
Miami Dolphins   34
Detroit Lions       20

Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp still believes in head coach Dan Campbell and GM Brad Holmes despite them being 4-18 so far. It's qwhite interesting how they have such a long leash while Jim Caldwell was ran out of town with a winning record. Something that wasn't done by a permanent head coach since HOFer Joe Schmidt went 43-35-7 from 1967-72. The Lions have sucked extra hard since Jim and they will continue to suck with this family owning the team.


2022 NFL season week 8 Arizona Cardinals vs Minnesota Vikings
Arizona Cardinals    19
Minnesota Vikings   27

The Cards showed they can score points but their defense is the weak link. Don't be fooled by them feasting on Andy Dalton's turnovers, he's good for handing out a bunch every year.


2022 NFL season week 8 Las Vegas Raiders vs New Orleans Saints
Las Vegas Raiders     30
New Orleans Saints   35

Which is why it annoyed me that they hyped Dalton over Jameis Winston on TNF. Since 3 of those 7 TDs were to the Cardinals. There's a reason why he's been a backup since Cincy. 


2022 NFL season week 8 New England Patriots vs New York Jets
New England Patriots   42
New York Jets                23

When you have 2 QBs, you have no QBs. I never thought I would say that about the Patriots but that's the situation they're in now. Belichick said he planed to swap in his QBs from the start which is why he subbed Bailey Zappe in for Mac Jones. But when the game got out of hand, he left Zappe in to eat the blowout loss to the Bears. Of course, this was a surprise to some of his players. Mac will start again but there's no word on if they will do the Mike Riley offense again.


2022 NFL season week 8 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers   12
Philadelphia Eagles  41

Mike Tomlin is in danger of having his first losing season with the Steelers and these rankings don't give me hope they will turn it around. Especially with Kenny Pickett's 7 INTs in 4 games.


2022 NFL season week 8 Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans
Tennessee Titans    28
Houston Texans       3

The Titans revealed designs of their new stadium. It has a translucent roof like SoFi Stadium and looks like a box. Of course, since politicians are crooked bastards who only care about filling their pockets while fucking over citizens, $1.2 billion in public money would be used to build the 60,000 seat stadium. I'm against using public money to build ANY stadium, especially for billionaires. And the notion that cities benefit from paying for these stadiums is BULLSHIT!

The OWNERS are the main benefactor of these new stadiums because they rake in the tickets, parking, concessions, jersey and other income generated by games, concerts and other events. And it's even more ridiculous that cities bend over for these owners when the relocation boogiemen of LA and LV are taken. Where else they gonna move their team to?

Austin? Jerry Jones would block that.

St. Louis? San Diego? Oakland? Those fanbases are still pissed at the NFL.

Birmingham? LOL NO.

London? Only if 3 other teams join them to make a European division.

In summary, I hope these owners do push out ole Danny Snyder so he can go scorched Earth and bring them down with him. Cause these politicians don't have the balls to say no to them.


2022 NFL season week 8 Washington Commanders vs Indianapolis Colts
Washington Fleet     17
Indianapolis Colts    23

Speaking of Washington, this should be a interesting meeting of the owners after Jim Irsay's comments. Almost as interesting as the young backups of Skins Taylor Heinicke and Colts Sam Ehlinger taking over at QB for the injured veterans of Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan.


2022 NFL season week 8 San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers   20
Los Angeles Rams      13

Wow, the Rams offense fucking sucks! Almost as much as my time management!


2022 NFL season week 8 New York Giants vs Seattle Seahawks
New York Giants      21
Seattle Seahawks    41

As weak as the rest of the NFC West has looked, the Seahawks has a chance of running away with the division. It's still rather shocking that they are in a far better spot than the Broncos.


2022 NFL season week 8 Green Bay Packers vs Buffalo Bills
Green Bay Packers    20
Buffalo Bills               34

If all the elder statesmen lose this week, maybe I will write about them being cooked next week.


2022 NFL season week 8 Cincinnati Bengals vs Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati Bengals   24
Cleveland Browns    17

Joe Burrow is tied with Matt Ryan behind Justin Fields in times sacks (27) with 24. 🙏🙏🙏 


LAST WEEK     8-6
OVERALL      57-50-1

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