2024 NFL Thread

[Mdot21]

I didn't see it coming, but when I saw how it was happening, I wasn't surprised that the Chiefs couldn't turn things around. 

Utter domination on the lines is something I'm more accustomed to in college than the NFL, but occasionally it happens.  Only other SB I recall that in was the Seahawks over Denver for the 2013 season.  Mahomie, like Peyton back then, never had a chance to try to get a play going.  Their lines were just utterly whipped forwards and backwards. 

Mostly backwards. 

2020 Bucs-Chiefs Super Bowl was similar albeit a little bit different because they did blitz a bit- but Mahomie was running for his life that game and the Chiefs OL that game was basically all backups and scrubs cause their entire starting OL was basically injured. 

2007 Patriots-Giants Super Bowl was similar as well. Giants DL with Strahan, Tuck, and Osi obliterated the Patriots OL, completely shut down their run game and were destroying Brady all game long basically without having to blitz at all.

Teams that have redunkulous front 7's with depth usually win a lot of games. Which is why I'm praying Lions do whatever it takes to get Myles Garrett to pair him with Aidan Hutchinson. Maybe draft or sign a DT to pair with Alim McNeil as well bring back Marcus Davenport who is always fucking injured on an extremely cheap prove it one year deal.

[Mdot21]

The way the NFL is now, I think the running game has clearly made a comeback.  but in the sense that you can't be a great team without a great running back, but a great running back is wasted on a bad team.  He's not going to elevate them

well I think that was basically always the way it went. a great RB on a team with shitty coaches, shitty QB's, OL's, and defenses isn't going anywhere except maybe the playoffs every now and again and then bounced very quickly. see: most of Walter Payton's career before he got Mike Ditka and an all-time defenses and well Barry Sanders' entire career. And it literally doesn't get any better than either of those guys at RB. 

[ELA]

well I think that was basically always the way it went. a great RB on a team with shitty coaches, shitty QB's, OL's, and defenses isn't going anywhere except maybe the playoffs every now and again and then bounced very quickly. see: most of Walter Payton's career before he got Mike Ditka and an all-time defenses and well Barry Sanders' entire career. And it literally doesn't get any better than either of those guys at RB.

But Barry Sanders was still great on a bad team.  I think thats almost impossible now

[847badgerfan]

Almost. JT bucks the trend in Indy.

[Riffraft]

25 carries, 57 yards,  2.3 avg,  0 TDs, Long 10

didn't need him vs the Chefs

This is saquon.  2yds, 5yds, -3yds, 70yds, 3yds, -5yds, 1yd, 50yds.  Makes almost all his yards on big runs, rest of the time nothing.

[FearlessF]

so, he just needed 3 or 4 more carries to get to 120 yards and up his average and add a TD?

[Mdot21]

https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/1889374704290459653

[utee94]

If it said "Bears Still Suck" it would have actually been funny.

[FearlessF]

yup, the cowboys are just sad

[utee94]

True story

Could be worse though.  Could be the Vikings.

[FearlessF]

true

[Mdot21]

True story

Could be worse though.  Could be the Vikings.

or the Browns.....they pretty much screwed themselves for the next decade with that DeShaun Watson trade.

[847badgerfan]

Chiefs Fire Their Refs | Babylon Bee

[Mdot21]

Dan Marino was incredible man. Even with no achilles and all the knee injuries at his old age he could just rip it. Greatest arm the league has ever seen and will ever see. Young Peyton was actually light on his feet and could move around a little bit.


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