Football season is here!!!

[KarateKen]

The Chiefs have removed Mahomes from the injury report and he will be starting on Saturday.  Not a surprise. 

[bushido_man96]

15 hours ago, KarateKen said:

The Chiefs have removed Mahomes from the injury report and he will be starting on Saturday.  Not a surprise. 

I just saw this and wasn't surprised either.  Sounds like he had three full practices.  He's too much of a competitor to sit these games out.  If KC can win all three of these games, that'll be a monumental task.  Playing 3 games in 11 days is a bit crazy.  I believe Pittsburg is still first in the AFC North, and Houston is first in the South, and Denver, although just losing to the Chargers, have turned into world beaters and will be a tough out.  Bo Nix has worked himself into the OROY conversation.

In other good news, Hollywood Brown will make his season debut against Houston on Saturday.  Things may be coming together at just the right time for KC.

[sensei8]

On 12/18/2024 at 8:50 PM, KarateKen said:

If I was a Raiders fan, I would want them to keep losing at this point and lock up that #1 draft choice.  The team might as well clean house and rebuild anyway, so no better way to do that than with the #1 overall pick.  I agree with your previous comments; coach Pierce will be fired. I don't know if you consider this a positive or a negative, but the Raiders have a chance to end their losing streak this week when they host the hapless Jaguars who are 3-11 and without Trevor Lawrence.  Filling in for Lawrence will be former Patriots QB Mac Jones, who has a couple of losses in Las Vegas already.  

I wholeheartedly agree with you!! Raiders might as well implode against the Jaguars this Sunday because it’s destined to be that way the way they’ve been playing this season!! I see a Jaguars win this Sunday!!

My poor wife!!

[sensei8]

Well, well, well!! To the victor belongs the spoils.

The Raiders finally snapped their losing streak, 10 games stro, and they did it at home against the Jaguars with a final score of 14-19.

Both teams share similar records of 3-12. Jaguars drew blood first, but the Raiders became victorious in their back and forth game. My wife was blessed that the Raiders ended their downhill run with a win.

 

 

Edited December 23 by sensei8

[KarateKen]

An ugly loss for the Patriots on Saturday and after the 40-7 blowout at home against the Chargers some of the players echoed that there needs to be changes made.  I question how long Robert Kraft will tolerate these embarrassing performances and lousy seasons.  This is an owner that is used to winning and in the last two seasons the team has seven wins.  They were competitive against the Bills but then imploded in the 4th quarter, having four turnovers in the second half.  They have a first year head coach and a rookie QB, so this is the first year of a rebuild for this team after 24 years will Belichick, that is why I think Mayo's job is safe for now, but he won't survive next season if they don't improve. 

Big game on Sunday between the Vikings and the Packers, the Packers need to prove they can beat the top teams in the league.  While Green Bay has a good record, 11-4, the four losses are twice to the Lions, at home to the Vikings, and against Eagles. 

On Christmas day the Ravens beat the Texans 31-2.  In all my years of watching the NFL I don't recall ever seeing a game end 31-2.  I did not watch any of the games on Christmas, from what I heard they were not great games and Netflix had streaming issues again.