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Who will win Super Bowl LVI?

Kansas City Chiefs 2 9.09%
 
Buffalo Bills 2 9.09%
 
Baltimore Ravens 0 0%
 
Cleveland Browns 1 4.55%
 
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 31.82%
 
Green Bay Packers 3 13.64%
 
Los Angeles Rams 3 13.64%
 
New Orleans Saints 0 0%
 
Other (AFC) 3 13.64%
 
Other (NFC) 1 4.55%
 
Total:22
Farsala on 10 October 2021

Going to be a pretty terrible week for my predictions.



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Angelus on 10 October 2021

I like how Diggs just gave up a sure fire TD cus he decided to get cute after catching it, thinking there was nobody remotely close to him. How about you go actually score and then get cute with whatever little celebration or showing off you wanna do lol.



Shaunodon on 10 October 2021
coolbeans said:

Vikes practically escaped with a W. Holy shit.

Pray for Detroit people. They're cursed.



PAOerfulone on 10 October 2021

Man, the Chiefs have just not been the same this year as they've been the last 3 years.



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KManX89 on 11 October 2021

LOL, the Bills trolling the Chiefs hard on Twitter after curbstomping them on SNF:

ROFLMAO! Talk about waxes poetic. This is why they always tell you to NEVER leave the other team bulletin board material before the game.

And the sad part is: the Chiefs deleted that Tweet after getting absolutely humiliated and having egg in their face, but the Bills' Twitter had it screencapped, so it didn't matter.



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Farsala on 11 October 2021
KManX89 said:

LOL, the Bills trolling the Chiefs hard on Twitter after curbstomping them on SNF:

ROFLMAO! Talk about waxes poetic. This is why they always tell you to NEVER leave the other team bulletin board material before the game.

And the sad part is: the Chiefs deleted that Tweet after getting absolutely humiliated and having egg in their face, but the Bills' Twitter had it screencapped, so it didn't matter.

...

What's the fun in trash talk if you gotta delete it after the game?



KManX89 on 11 October 2021
Farsala said:
KManX89 said:

LOL, the Bills trolling the Chiefs hard on Twitter after curbstomping them on SNF:

ROFLMAO! Talk about waxes poetic. This is why they always tell you to NEVER leave the other team bulletin board material before the game.

And the sad part is: the Chiefs deleted that Tweet after getting absolutely humiliated and having egg in their face, but the Bills' Twitter had it screencapped, so it didn't matter.

...

What's the fun in trash talk if you gotta delete it after the game?

Yep, and not to mention, the Bills were already plenty pissed and motivated enough BEFORE that Tweet. They didn't need the bulletin board material, but they gave it to 'em, anyway.

But yeah, this week has been... cathartic to say the least. First the Pack wins in the most lopsided fashion possible and then the Bills (my AFC team/team I "secretly" root for) kick the shit out of the Chiefs and make them look stupid after rubbing the AFCCG (in which they got away with mugging receivers and holding on BOTH sides of the ball all damn game) in their face with that absolutely classless Tweet.

I like Patty Mahomes (when he's at his peak, there's nobody funner to watch), but I must admit it's getting harder to root for them, and it doesn't help when they do/say shit like this. And having that subhuman piece of garbage, Tyreek Hill on their team.



Shaunodon on 11 October 2021

That Josh Allen hurdle got me out of my seat a bit--

Spoiler!

Can't deny he's entertaining to watch.



Mandalore76 on 11 October 2021

It was nice to see Big Ben (253 yards, 2 TD's, 0 int's) and the Steelers offense (Harris 122 yards rushing, 1TD; Claypool 130 yards receiving, 1 TD)
have a good game even without JuJu Smith-Schuster, after a few weeks of articles trumpeting "Steelers need to bench Roethlisberger and sign Cam
Newton ASAP."  Like seriously, the people who write that kind of nonsense can't possibly actually watch football.  There is a reason that the Panthers
moved on from Newton 2 years ago, and also why the Patriots didn't bring him back this year.  He hasn't had a winning record as a starter since 2017. 
And here's his 2020 stats compared to Big Ben:

Cam Newton:

Year Age Tm G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds 4QC GWD AV
2020 31 NWE 15 15 7-8-0 242 368 65.8 2657 8 2.2 10 2.7 133 50 7.2 6.4 11.0 177.1 82.9 47.0 31 195 1 3 13
Ben Roethlisberger:
Year Age Tm G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds 4QC GWD AV
2020 38 PIT 15 15 12-3-0 399 608 65.6 3803 33 5.4 10 1.6 193 84 6.3 6.6 9.5 253.5 94.1 60.1 13 118 4 4 9

Even when you add in Newton's 12 rushing TD's last year, Big Ben still produced 13 more TD's, gained more yards (even with Newton's rushing stats
factored in), was sacked less, and recorded more game winning drives.  The Steelers have not had a competent running game since 2017, and have a
horrendous offensive line this year, which has led to first round draft pick Najee Harris struggling through the first few weeks of the season until the
Broncos game.  Anyone who believes that Cam Newton is somehow a better alternative to run this offense doesn't know what they are talking about.  

Ben Roethlisberger may be diminishing at age 39, but he remains the best option for this team's success this season.  And his arm strength is far from
gone, contrary to what gets heralded in the "Bench Ben" articles that have proliferated this season.  He is still more than capable of the launching the
ball downfield 45-50+ yards through the air.  In fact, the biggest missed opportunities in the Packer loss a week ago was Ben overthrowing JuJu
Smith-Schuster on deep balls downfield on more than one occasion.  That wasn't the case this week as he was connecting with Claypool downfield in
stride.
Long story short, those articles bugged me, and it was nice to see the good offensive output this week silence them for the time being.  I don't doubt
that it will be a long season for the Steelers this year with probably mixed results, but they are playing the toughest strength of schedule in the NFL,
so I have tempered my overall expectations accordingly.
Other thoughts for the week:  Ouch at Giants losing 70% of their offense in the Cowboys game, but I doubt they would have beaten Dallas anyway. 
Lions can't catch a break, but they seriously need to do a better of job of defending the field for the final 30 seconds of a game.  Glad to see the
Bengals and Browns go down as it pulls the Steelers back to within a game of them.  And, I'm always happy to see the Chiefs get taken down another
peg, as they have gotten way too cocky in the Mahomes era.
*I don't know why part of the first letters of each sentence below the tables are cut-off.  The complete sentences show in all my edits and then disappear after submission.
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LudicrousSpeed on 11 October 2021
KManX89 said:
Farsala said:

...

What's the fun in trash talk if you gotta delete it after the game?

Yep, and not to mention, the Bills were already plenty pissed and motivated enough BEFORE that Tweet. They didn't need the bulletin board material, but they gave it to 'em, anyway.

But yeah, this week has been... cathartic to say the least. First the Pack wins in the most lopsided fashion possible and then the Bills (my AFC team/team I "secretly" root for) kick the shit out of the Chiefs and make them look stupid after rubbing the AFCCG (in which they got away with mugging receivers and holding on BOTH sides of the ball all damn game) in their face with that absolutely classless Tweet.

I like Patty Mahomes (when he's at his peak, there's nobody funner to watch), but I must admit it's getting harder to root for them, and it doesn't help when they do/say shit like this. And having that subhuman piece of garbage, Tyreek Hill on their team.

You do realize that Andy Reid doesn’t make the tweets for the Chiefs tweeter account, right? ? It’s probably some unpaid intern or dude in a suit that isn’t connected to the team at all outside of being on the social media team. Also what was classless about it? Seemed like an innocent tweet meant to stir interest among the fans. If the NYG social media team had tweeted that and showed a picture of Dak with his foot falling off and then him being carted off crying and said “remember last year”, ok, that’s classless. 

And this is coming from a Broncos fan who hates the Queefs. Was very happy to see them lose. Bills look great. They look like they are a level above anyone else in the NFL. If they continue to get that run game going they might be unbeatable. It’s very different than KC because Buffalo has an actual defense. It’s different than Baltimore because the Bills have a QB who can throw consistently. Maybe the Chargers are close but the jury is out on their defense as well.