NFL 2021 Season

Street · 26 Sep 2022 at 22:28

No one watching the new season?
It seems like the Bills are getting pretty banged up at the moment. Last night against the Dolphins was brutal. We were already missing a few key players from the previous week then last night they were dropping like flies! The temps in Miami were about 35C so I'm hoping it was "just" heat exhaustion and cramps for a lot of them and they'll be back ready for next week, although it sucks Micah Hyde is out long term as he's a massive loss. I didn't realise how much of a home advantage the Dolphins have when it's hot either as their players can all rest up in the shade while the opposition cook.

I've just seen they're going to have an investigation into the concussion protocols as well as it was pretty shocking they let Tua back on the pitch in the second half when he could barely stand up!

GIBURROWS · 26 Sep 2022 at 23:27

Titans fan and they started like the Titans of old so not much to enjoy!

Street · 27 Sep 2022 at 00:09

GIBURROWS said:
Titans fan and they started like the Titans of old so not much to enjoy!

Yeh, you guys weren't great last weekend! :cry:

Got the win last night though.

AndyCr15 · 27 Sep 2022 at 06:49

I feel like some people were posting on here a few years back 'what are Miami doing, they're letting their talent walk away' etc. Wow, they have to be near the top of power rankings right now...

GIBURROWS · 27 Sep 2022 at 06:55

Street said:
Yeh, you guys weren't great last weekend! Got the win last night though.

Yeah but yet again Vrabel doesn't want to use Henry as the workhorse he is.

ThundyCat · 27 Sep 2022 at 06:56

Another poor start by Washington.

I still can't get used to the new name.

GIBURROWS · 27 Sep 2022 at 07:30

ThundyCat said:
Another poor start by Washington.

I still can't get used to the new name.

The old name should have been a term of endearment and not negativity.

Street · 27 Sep 2022 at 10:14

AndyCr15 said:
I feel like some people were posting on here a few years back 'what are Miami doing, they're letting their talent walk away' etc. Wow, they have to be near the top of power rankings right now...

They struggled to beat us with a lot of our starters missing. Also, give it a few weeks and they'll start to lose their home advantage when the weather is cooler!

AndyCr15 · 27 Sep 2022 at 15:48

I think Tua, like Hurtz, is really coming into his stride. I think Miami are genuine. Sure, they'll lose plenty of games, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they win 12 or 13 this season. (Tbf, I've not watched them in detail, just what you see on RedZone)

Timber · 27 Sep 2022 at 22:14

Watching as ever. As a Bears fan I'm under no illusions with this rebuild. Whether Fields has it or not is the main question to be answered this year. And right now it isn't looking good...bit like my fantasy teams. 0-3 this weekend

GIBURROWS · 27 Sep 2022 at 22:21

Timber said:
Watching as ever. As a Bears fan I'm under no illusions with this rebuild. Whether Fields has it or not is the main question to be answered this year. And right now it isn't looking good...bit like my fantasy teams. 0-3 this weekend

I'm 2-1 in fantasy football and it's been years since I've had a winning record!!

AndyCr15 · 28 Sep 2022 at 07:33

I'm 2-1, carried by Lamar (although I left him on the bench last week and still won!) I'm also defending champion this season. We have quite a history now, entering our 19th season that CBS are keeping a record of, but I'm fairly sure we had 2 or 3 seasons before they started keeping a history.

Street · 30 Sep 2022 at 11:42

Like I said last week, absolutely shocking by Miami! It was obvious Tua had a head injury against us, but they had him back on for the second half. Then last night he takes another hit and ends up in hospital after being out cold for nearly 10 minutes. Fingers crossed he's OK, but there needs to be some serious investigation as it could have been much worse for him!

AndyCr15 · 30 Sep 2022 at 13:34

Yeah, for sure. It was amazing he was let back in the game last week. Then to get slammed like that so soon after, I hope he doesn't pay for that in the years to come...

GIBURROWS · 30 Sep 2022 at 21:14

Surely someone at the organisation would have said "hold on this isn't right"?

tom_nieto · 4 Oct 2022 at 11:17

Concussion is a huge issue in the NFL. This looks really bad!

In other news, I can’t believe the Jets aren’t bottom of the standings!

AndyCr15 · 4 Oct 2022 at 17:22

I understand the independent neurologist (or whoever they are) that was in charge at that first Miami game, has been let go by the NFL!

Washington are as embarrassing as usual. It's so frustrating when we've had some really good lineman, but we let them move on (or they just don't want to be in the organisation) and then it's open season on our QB's!

robfosters · 9 Oct 2022 at 14:48

This must be the warmest most packer fans have been watching their team. Isn’t it usually 0-3 degrees this time of year in Green Bay?

AndyCr15 · 9 Oct 2022 at 19:27

I like how the London games seem to have evolved to be mainly fans of the teams that are playing, rather than just random NFL fans.

Street · 9 Oct 2022 at 19:43

AndyCr15 said:
I like how the London games seem to have evolved to be mainly fans of the teams that are playing, rather than just random NFL fans.

I'm not a fan of any of the teams this year and tried to get tickets, unfortunately they'd all sold out when I looked. I'd love the Bills to be in London next year as the last time they were over here was 2015 which was the year before I started following them.