Ryan Fitzpatrick now the first player ever to throw over 400 yards in 3 consecutuve games.

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Played like dirt in the first half last night too, but pulled it round. Got to carry on with him for now, surely?

In other news, Jiimy G confirmed as having torn his ACL.Terrible for him and absolutely torpedoes any chance the 9ers had of doing anything or being interesting this year.

There is an ex 49ers qb with a decent nfl record who they could pick up for nothing atm.

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I was rooting for him so hard that my stomach was actually knotted up in the second half! Gutted.

An almost unwatchable amount of penalties in that game, mind.

He’s got to get the nod against a bears team who’ve shown to leave holes for big throws/completions.

Not sure I’ve enjoyed a play as much this season as the McDonald double stiff arm against Conte

I’m sure they will feel that they are best served with the combined skills and experience of CJ Beathard (4 TDs, 6 INTs, career QB rating 69.2), Nick Mullens and Jack Henegan (precisely no experience between them).

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Haven’t commented on the Lions game yet, just been quietly chuckling to myself for the 24 hours. Was quite surreal to wake up to. Watched the game and it made interesting viewing. I don’t think the Lions looked like world beaters by any means - they were iffy in the redzone, their returns team is appalling, the run defence is still gappy as fuck - but the main change is a key one: they actually had a competent running game. They could sustain drives, wind down the clock, take the pressure of Stafford, keep the defence fresh… it’s huge. Even scratching together 150 yards makes all the difference.

I still don’t like their playoff chances, and I have a terrible feeling that they’re really going to regret fucking the dog in the Jets game come crunch time, but at least they showed they could be competitive. Cowboys game should be interesting… don’t want to think about Green Bay yet.

Think that was more to do with the Patriots or getting some gremlins out of the Lions’ system/experience from first couple of games?

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I think the Lions D was definitely flattered by how inconsistent and out of sorts Brady and his receivers looked.

The run game I think is legit though. There were signs through both of the first two games, but falling behind and needing to catch up fast meant they had to abandon the run. If they can avoid falling behind again (no sure thing at all) then I think it will prove to be effective.

Looks like Sean Lee is …injured for the Cowboys? Huh. Guess you can dial up another 100 yard rushing game for Johnson and a 2-2 record

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JFC

Pretty sad stuff about Everson Griffen - hope he gets the help he needs:

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mina kimes has been given her own nfl podcast :+1:t3: :+1:t3: :+1:t3:

I like the sound of this, though I really hope it’s only a one a week type thing. So much content now.

Incidentally, it’s really bugging me how many shows are grouping all of their pods together, eg MMQB putting the ten things, Albert Breer, and another one all on the same feed (I’ve now unsubscribed), and the ringer doing the same - I want to listen to Mays and Clark, but I can’t stand Lombardi, and I like Danny Kelly but I don’t need another fantasy podcast. The one I listen to is mainly because it’s fun.

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It felt like there were an extraordinary amount of serious injuries in the opening weeks of last season, but…

Do the more serious injuries have anything in common? Are they mainly impact or non-impact, are there any patterns in terms of surface, anything like that?

yeah i’m not a fan of the joint feed thing - i’m not gonna listen to a fantasy podcast but i really enjoy clark & mays (lombardi is an idiot but it’s entertaining) - the ringer do the same with channel 33 and it’s also really annoying. just have to go through and pick and choose rather than subscribe.

i actually seem to run out of podcasts but i listen to like 3-4 hours a day so that’s just me i guess.

knees are just a timebomb waiting to happen basically

if darnold goes out with an injury i might give up on the season. will be awful if mahomes or mayfield get injured now as well.