Survivor Pool Round 2 Update:
Everyone is out except
yuyukos so now we all have to say something nice about the...Giants??? Help.
Tis the season for injuries everywhere. Is there an actual player available in the FA?
I'm surprised that DeAngelo Williams wasn't claimed on waivers last week before me. Only FA available will be the unheralded guys like Jonas Gray last year, production not long enough to benefit any team.
And with that, I have officially beaten all of you.
Raise your hand if you clinched a playoff spot! :V
And Kilga's lost to all of us, and doesn't play Arashi's Abandoned Team so the pressure is on for our reigning champ. Also, Fakk u Edible >=|
Oh man, it's possible a 4-10-2 Jaguars could host a 13-3 Jets team in the first round of the playoffs. I want to see this shit happen lol
With Hasselbeck in for the next 2-6 weeks (for a lacerated kidney it's gotta be longer than that right?) I actually like the Jaguars going forward. The Colts may have beaten the Broncos in Indy but let's all acknowledge what that game actually was: Peyton Manning formally ceding his status as Indianapolis Colts legend to Andrew Luck before the people of Indy. The Texans are lol and the Titans are lmao and just fired their head coach.
Mid-season reflections! I definitely didn't expect the Panthers to be 8-0 by this point. I didn't think 4-0 was outrageous given the very soft opening we had, but I thought the only win we'd have in this second quarter was against the Eagles, so they're crushing my expectations right now. Looking ahead to the next 4 weeks we play at the Titans, host Washington, at Dallas for Thanksgiving, and finish that stretch at New Orleans. The Titans will not be an easy win, but I think their win over the Saints took a lot of expectations off their shoulders to not only win but also score an "upset" over a "better team". Had they lost to the Saints I would actually be more nervous about playing them, but this is probably the most likely loss in this stretch. Hosting Washington with inept Kirk Cousins at QB should allow the defense a chance to shine and put on a show. Dallas on Thanksgiving looked like a very difficult game before the season: Tony Romo in a game he plays every year, Dez Bryant doing Dez Bryant things, Greg Hardy looking for "revenge" against his former team (who paid him an entire season's salary to sit on the bench so come the fuck on he should be fucking thankful if anything). Now Romo is likely still going to be on the bench, Dez is going to be covered by Norman all day and have to fight to catch passes from.....some crappy backup, and Greg Hardy might be cut by then! This will be a tough game, especially with the short week, but a Panthers win seems a likely outcome. Playing New Orleans in the Superdome that next week in a game that will test this secondary (playing so far above their pay grade somehow) that could very easily be a Saints win because ~*~division game~*~ but Panthers should come away with a victory. WITH THAT SAID: the Panthers MUST lose a game somewhere in this stretch, and preferably before the Saints game. Why? Take the pressure off the team a little. Heading into the Superdome at 11-0 is just a set-up for tragedy, and if they somehow made it out to be 12-0 I would be fully expecting to see them lose out because playing with a chip on their shoulders is better for this team than lofty expectations. They've been behind the 8 ball this entire season, and flipping the script right now would be inviting disaster. For their sake I think they'd play better for this stretch if they lost in Nashville. Then again, I thought they'd be not that great this year so what do I know?
I whiffed badly on the Chiefs as my choice to win the AFC West; I didn't have any faith in Manning and his arm this season and for the most part this belief has held up! However, Denver's defense is way better than I anticipated, so they're still going to win that division. Not only that, but the Raiders are coming along nicely and are playing very well, better than I thought they would be in year 2 of Derek Carr. Amari Cooper looks like the real deal and Crabtree gives him a legitimate threat as a WR2. Both the Raiders and the Jets may have been jokes last year but there's a real chance they both make the playoffs as wild cards this year.
My team has been putting it together pretty well for a few weeks and I now have a glut of running backs so I will probably lose out from this point because NEKOARCS FOOTBALL!!!
