Let's chat about the National Football League. This week's schedule (all times Eastern):
Thu 2024-11-07 8:15PM Cincinnati Bengals@ Baltimore Ravens
Sun 2024-11-10 9:30AM New York Giants@ Carolina Panthers
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM Atlanta Falcons@ New Orleans Saints
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM Buffalo Bills@ Indianapolis Colts
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM Denver Broncos@ Kansas City Chiefs
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM Minnesota Vikings@ Jacksonville Jaguars
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM New England Patriots@ Chicago Bears
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM Pittsburgh Steelers@ Washington Commanders
Sun 2024-11-10 1:00PM San Francisco 49ers@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sun 2024-11-10 4:05PM Tennessee Titans@ Los Angeles Chargers
Sun 2024-11-10 4:25PM New York Jets@ Arizona Cardinals
Sun 2024-11-10 4:25PM Philadelphia Eagles@ Dallas Cowboys
Sun 2024-11-10 8:20PM Detroit Lions@ Houston Texans
Mon 2024-11-11 8:15PM Miami Dolphins@ Los Angeles Rams
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Week 11 thread now live: https://www.themotte.org/post/1250/weekly-nfl-thread-week-11
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It's a rough week for anyone playing Fantasy Football and going into Sunday against a player who started Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase, both of whom scored a total of about 80 points, at least on the ESPN metric.
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The single most amazing play I've ever seen live.
Eagles managed what should have been a comfortable win against the Jags, quite possibly ending Doug P's career as a head coach. It was a game with amazing moments, and weird ones, and lots of iffy or bad calls, but probably came out in the wash in the end. People are back to calling for Nick to get fired. His decision making wasn't bad so much as inconsistent, sometimes playing aggressively sometimes playing scared.
The most frightening thing for the Eagles was the Brotherly Shove being stuffed multiple times. If that play isn't automatic, Hurts loses his single biggest weapon as a QB. On the other hand, this was the most encouraging performance I've seen from Hurts all year in terms of his biggest weakness: targeting multiple receivers. Hurts isn't all that bright or a quick processor, and under pressure he tends to default to his favorite WR, either Brown or Smith depending on the day, and ignore the rest of the team. This week, Smith, Brown, Barkley, and Calcaterra (TE2) all got involved, and Dotson, A. Smith, Wilson, Gainwell, and erstwhile FB Van Sumeren all got a target. If Hurts can learn to spread the ball around and trust his receivers, this offense will hum, especially with Dallas Goedert expected back from injury soon.
Rookie Johny Wilson had his first TD reception, which was one of his first if not his first NFL reception, called back on a soft OPI call. Which marks back to back weeks that an Eagles rookie has had a solid TD called back on a soft penalty: Will Shipley broke off a long TD run in garbage time against the Bengals only to have it called back on a hold that was mostly unrelated. If the pattern keeps up, expect Ainias Smith to score a TD on a beautiful jet sweep only to have it called back for illegal formation against Dallas next week.
Speaking of Dallas: did you know that if you fake a punt and try to pass the ball, that the gunners on the outside can't benefit from DPI calls, because under normal circumstances they're blocked? Everyone I know didn't know that, but instantly said "gee that makes sense." Apparently, the Cowboys didn't know it either. If your intended receivers are the gunners, they are never gonna get the ball. Dallas falls to Atlanta, and might lose Prescott for multiple weeks as well.
The Eagles are entering the most crucial week of their season. Dallas in Arlington on Sunday, followed by a quick turnaround to the Redskins at home on Thursday. Dallas might be giving up on social media, but a couple cheeky wins under Cooper Rush and they're back to .500, and they'll play the rivalry game hard. Meanwhile the Redskins are rolling behind rookie Phenom Daniels, and getting them on a short week is gonna be a big test. Win both games, and the Eagles are likely carrying the NFC East. Lose one, and they're fighting for a wild card but likely to make the playoffs. Lose both, and we're back to fans making lettuce-vs-Nick Sirianni jokes. At their best, both games are winnable. At their worst, both games will be thrown away. Should be exciting either way, go birds.
Great play. The Patriots' last-minute touchdown to tie its game against the Titans exhilarating. Unfortunately, that was the last good play The Pats had and eventually lost the game.
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