#70

They won’t get past the first round anyway so meh

#72

Yeah, same as Pats, next week would be either teams first real challenge if they weren’t both already in

#73

According to ESPN only the Steelers and Bills had easier schedules past week 8

#74

Everyone’s being a real ray of sunshine in this thread huh

#75

Would be celebrating but the two teams I have affiliation with are either hated or disparaged on here so feels a bit pointless.

Plus Derek Carr’s end really does put a damper on the whole shebang. Was definitely the feel good story of the season.

#76

???

#77

Which two teams?

#78

lol at “hated/disparaged” teams but, I severely doubt that’s actually true and even if it is who cares?

#79

Well the team I support is… The New “Evil” England Patriots (totally understand why everyone hates them, but I got introduced to NFL by my extended family in east Connecticut and Tom Brady is a fucking Adonnis)

My girlfriend’s from Houston and her family has season tickets to the Texans, and whilst I don’t really believe in second teams I end up watching them on game pass than I do my team, so I kind of root for them now. They’re not really mentioned much on here, but every time they are it goes down like a lead balloon. Seems to be a perception that they’re the most boring team in football.

Didn’t mean to sound needlessly_defensive, I’d just rather take part in other conversations in the NFL thread rather than start to talk about the Pats or the Texans! :+1:t2:

#80

Has anyone seen this yet or was it a cheese induced dream…?

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#81

That was amazing. Watched the highlight this morning and the commentators were like “what is happening…” :joy:

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#82

Worked brilliantly. Just lucky it was the end of the game and Kansas didn’t get the ball back… the way the defence were looking they were gonna kick the fuck off :smile:

#83

TBH the “don’t embarrass us” entitlement of losing teams in US sports is one of the most frustrating things about watching the NFL.

I did love watching it though: the point when you see Talib realise what’s going on and desperately try to get back :ok_hand:t2:

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#84

Well, outside if JJ Watt the Texans aren’t that exciting, but they are in the playoffs so they’re still relevant. No one else supports them here (to my knowledge) but I don’t think anyone really minds.

Pats, sure, but they’re always gonna be relevant

#85

Hmm Idk I kinda feel outside of the perennial QB graveyard the Texans have had really great players to watch. Arian Foster was probably the most pleasing running back in the league to watch during his prime, and Andre Johnson followed by Hopkins have been regularly thrilling (at least before Drying Pan Osweiller came alongside). Plus this year Clowney and Mercilus have more than made up for the absence of JJ. Totally get why people don’t want to watch them (they’ve been horrendous at points this year) but I can think of plenty of teams that are more boring (to these biased eyes at least)

Think I must have come off as a lot more bitter than I really felt in the post. I’m really fine with people not really liking the teams i like: it’s more just a case that the standard response to anything Patriots is “ugh cheaters/ oh god I’d rather have a nuclear trumpocalyse than Pats-Boys Super Bowl.” So I’d rather just not bother? Not really one those Pats fans that revels in the amount everyone else hates us. Just don’t see much point in bringing them up :slightly_smiling_face:

#86

I really wouldn’t read this much into it :wink:

And yeah Texans have had great players in the past but this current team isn’t too exciting. Doesn’t mean they can’t be spoken about though.

#87

I have nothing against the Texans, in fact I think JJ Watt is probably the most annoying aspect of the team, outside of that they seem like a decent bunch of lads, and the recurring QB disaster is plenty entertaining.

Pats I respect/hate, I do get a kick of seeing Brady be Brady, because why wouldn’t you want to watch the GOAT do his thing? He’s obviously a massive pranny off field, but so are plenty of them.

Anyway, it’s all friendly rough and tumble, it’s good to have more teams represented!

#88

======= Reading too much closed ======

Ok, so we’ve discussed who might plausibly stop Big D from attending the Super Bowl of nightmares, let’s talk the other side now! Who realistically has a shot at stopping Toma and Bill, everyone’s favourite evil couple, in the AFC?

As a Pats fan the two teams I’d be most afraid of is the Pittsburgh Bells and Kansas City. I hear Marshall Faulk has denied the possibility that KC could win in the playoffs in Foxborough, but honestly think they’re a lot stronger this year than the team we beat last year.

Obvs would have loved a Carr-led Raiders to go deep in the playoffs. An AFC Championship snow game where some obscure and frankly ridiculous rule getting unveiled would have been a fresh and exciting prospect

#89

THe state of the fucking spelling in that post. I should have kept my MO of silently observing for another 7 years

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#90

As you say, would have been raiders, now Kansas or Pittsburgh