NFL 2021 Regular Season!

[babyblob]

To be honest if Rodgers comes out on Sunday and does lights out this whole mess will be forgotten and it will be back to kissing his ass.

[Kirby101]

To be honest if Rodgers comes out on Sunday and does lights out this whole mess will be forgotten and it will be back to kissing his ass.

True, look at how they applaud child abuser Adrian Peterson.

[Kirby101]

In the Im a Biggest Baby News.

Rodgers is reportedly very upset that his teamsates and coaches have not stuck up for him or made public statements wishing him well. he feels crucified and all alone.

Christ, you know it ain't easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me


The Ballad of John and Yoko

[Scott Taylor]

The anti-vaxxers like Rodgers seem to be of the mindset that one day all will become clear, everyone will see that they were right all along and they will be vindicated as the heroes for freedom that they are and who everyone should have followed in the first place. The martyr stuff just goes along with it.

[BeastieRunner]

Randy Moss says OBJ should take the pay cut and go to NE.

“Real quick, you talked about this is his last chance. I remember them talking about me, going into my 10th year, this is my last chance. That’s the reason why I’m talking about the New England Patriots. They have a young stud in Mac Jones. Josh McDaniels, Bill Belichick, and being able to keep his mind right.”

[worstblogever]

WEEK 10 "WHO'S COOKIN' ON THE HOTSEAT?/FIRE THIS COACH!" DISCUSSION
ALREADY RESIGNED/FIRED BEFORE WEEK 6: Jon Gruden (Raiders) , [/B] RESIGNED/FIRED! THEY’RE FIRED!

GUYS WHO WERE ON THE HOT SEAT THIS SEASON, BUT FOR THE MOMENT LOOK SAFE: Kliff Kingsbury (Cardinals) , Mike McCarthy (Cowboys), Zac Taylor (Bengals)

YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR *** AND GET SOME WINS LIST: Nick Sirianni, Eagles; Kevin Stefanski, Browns; Matt Ruhle, Panthers; Vic Fangio, Broncos: : [/B]


10. Kyle Shanahan, 49ers: The 49ers were supposed to be a Super Bowl contender, given the weapons they have on offense for Jimmy G to work with, and a defensive front the envy of most of the league. Well… much like last year, injuries at the RB position, to TE George Kittle, and here and there along the offensive line have meant Garoppolo has not returned to the form he had when he took this team to the Super Bowl just a couple years ago, and meanwhile the defense is somehow 25th in Points per Game, and in spite of the defensive front that respected… they’re a pathetic 26th in rushing yards per game allowed. It’s almost like Nick Bosa is only back there trying to get sacks and doesn’t want to play against the run, y’know?

The 49ers needed a win against Arizona this Sunday to get back to .500 and make a statement that they would very much factor into the playoff picture. They had multiple starters returning from injury, including Kittle, and faced an Arizona team that would be without Kyler Murray, AJ Green, DeAndre Hopkins, and in the first series, would lose RB Chase Edmonds to a high ankle sprain and LG Justin Pugh to another injury. Without all those players, backup QB Colt McCoy put up 31 points against the 49ers defense, and San Francisco turned it over 3 times to Arizona’s 0.

That’s one game. At home. But let’s back away to point out… at Santa Clara, this team has gone 1-8 in its last 9 games at home under Kyle Shanahan. It could go to 1-9 this week, because they’re gonna have a pissed off L.A. Rams team coming to town who just lost to the Titans (sans Derrick Henry, at that).

Why Shanhan won’t be fired… he has five years left on his contract.


9. Ron Rivera, WFT: We hate putting his name on this list, whenever we’ve had to over the past few years, because for f***’s sake, the guy is risking Covid-19 while coaching through fighting cancer. And that battle is probably the only positive news story you can find about the Washington Football Team from the past two years. The front office absolutely wants a guy they can champion who’s up against something as reviled as cancer, because it’s only slightly better regarded than a scumbag like their owner Daniel Snyder (whose dirty deeds managed to get the RAIDERS COACH fired).

We cannot, however, ignore that Washington is 2-6, with their only wins being a squeaker 1 point victory against the Giants, and a close win against Atlanta. Rivera’s record as WFT coach is now 9-15 in a year and a half. This team was beat by the Broncos in a game where they had two field goals blocked in the same game, and a third was blocked in Week 7 against the Packers. Maybe the sign they were going to have problems at kicker was the fact that the guy’s surname was literally BLEWITT. (They have released him during the BYE week to replace him with Joey Slye.) This team had Chase Young wrecking opposing offenses last year and a top tier defense to win a terrible division, but now? This defense is 29th in the league. They’ve been running out Tyler Heinicke at QB until they can get Ryan Fitzpatrick back, as if that’s a hero who changes a team’s fortunes completely.

We’re rooting for Riverboat Ron, but we know Daniel Snyder is also the exact kind of motherf***er who would fire a guy who risked death to coach his team. And while they are coming off a BYE week, on Sunday they have to play the Bucs... who also got a BYE week to prepare for them.



8. Robert Saleh, Jets: Look, we’re gonna say it… we thought this was a solid hire. It probably still is… but the Jets lost 54-13 in a lopsided loss that is one of the worst in recent history for the Jets… and that’s saying something. This week they gave up 45 points to the Colts, and remember, Saleh is a defensive coach. After one stellar game, Saleh immediately was putting faith in Mike White, the guy who hadn’t started a game or taken a snap since he was a Hill Topper at Western Kentucky University (they still have one of the best Muppet-lookin’ mascots you’ll ever see). White torched the Bengals for 415 yards passing, and led the Jets to an upset victory that the New York media immediately started to ask… could this be the missing piece? Mike White and NOT Zach Wilson? And NOT Joe Flacco, redux? Hmm… Well, as nice as an underdog story as it might have been, White injured his throwing hand on the Jets’ first series on Thursday night football against the Colts, and Gang Green fielded Josh Johnson (Flacco wasn’t ready with the new playbook yet), and I can’t even believe Josh Johnson is still in the NFL.

A first year head coach usually doesn’t end up on the chopping block… But it can happen. Steve Wilks went 3-13 in one year in Arizona and the locker room knew his OC was a joke, and they just gave up on him. So no matter how fired up people were to play for Saleh in San Francisco, if things don’t reverse course with the Jets, he could end up a “one and done” guy if he can't start doing better than 2-7.

7. Joe Judge, Giants (LUKEWARM SEAT) : We don’t believe Joe Judge should have ever been a head coach. His prior experience before getting the gig in the Meadowlands with the G-Men was serving as special teams coordinator/wide receivers coach in New England (a team not regarded well for its WR corps during his tenure). His QB is living blooper reel Daniel Jones (who fumbled again this Sunday, his 37th in 34 career starts). His team’s preseason was marred by a massive brawl with THEMSELVES where the pileup of players throwing haymakers tumbled onto their starting QB who ended up at the bottom of the mound of humanity, enraging Judge so he made his players run gassers like they were back in high school JV, and resulting in one veteran filing to retire immediately, rather than play for him any more. Two other veteran players announced their retirement before the preseason was over.

This guy’s team loathes him, and the New York media are salivating at all the ink they can lay out simply by getting his players to throw him under the bus. His only hope for any job security was that he’s coaching in the worst division in the NFL right now, where there's always potential wins vs. the WFT or the Eagles.

The Giants are now 3-5, because they had the luck to get to face the Las Vegas Raiders after a series of PR disasters that has left them without Jon Gruden at head coach, without promising young receiver Henry Ruggs III after a DUI where he killed a woman and put him in jail, and oh yeah, their other first round pick from 2020, Damon Arnette put up an online video where he was threatening people with a gun that got him cut. Like… that’s a team in complete disarray from a depth point of view, and emotionally… just… holy f***. The Giants got that on their schedule, and still got the win after forcing 3 turnovers out of Derek Carr. They now get a BYE week to prep for… oh s***. The Buccaneers in Tampa Bay the week before Thanksgiving. Don’t see another upset coming this team’s way.

6. Urban Meyer, Jaguars (LUKEWARM SEAT) : Jacksonville’s preseason was filled with self-inflicted wounds caused by decisions from Meyer, from hiring coaches without vetting them properly (strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle), bringing in Tim Tebow as a possible TIGHT END option that was nothing but a media distraction, and acting like he’s the smartest guy in the NFL because of his college success.

The Jags lost their opener to… the Houston Texans, regarded as many as a candidate to be the worst team in the NFL this year… the Jags got blown out by THAT team. One that doesn’t have a first or second day draft pick until 2022. One that doesn’t have DeShaun Watson, and keeps letting Arizona poach its Pro Bowlers. THAT Texans team wiped the floor with Urban Meyer’s squad, and to their 16th consecutive loss. They’d continue to lose 20 straight as a franchise, including #19 n Week 4 they blew another double-digit lead to the Cincinnatti Bengals, and more importantly… Urban Meyer trended on Twitter for lying to his team about “visiting his grandkids” and not flying back to Jacksonville to instead, go out to get free lap dances in the bar of his Cleveland restaurant because… well, I guess that’s what happens when you got a title with Ohio State. THAT… is not what you want to make headlines for after a month into the season… zero wins, poor development on Trevor Lawrence, and having someone rub their ass on your junk in your own dive bar.

Urban Meyer has moved up a bit on our “FIRE THIS COACH” list this week, because, first of all, his team inexplicably upset the #1 seed in the AFC, the Buffalo Bills 9-6 (not a surprise they got help to 9 points, the surprise was it was enough to win), and second, other, juicier embarrassing stories have dropped courtesy of the Las Vegas Raiders’ clusterf*** rollercoaster drama, and Aaron Rodgers’ going full lunatic anti-vaxxer with the Packers’ franchise apparently letting him do whatever he wants for fear he might sit out.

“Urban Meyer ditches his team for a lapdance in his bar” is… not as spicy a tale right now. Unless he takes a big detour back to Ohio after his team plays the Colts in Indy next week, of course.

[worstblogever]

5. Brian Flores, Dolphins (LUKEWARM SEAT) : The Dolphins are 2-7, and that one win came in Week 1 against the Patriots by a single point. In Week 6, they lost to a Jags team that was previous winless, with Tu’a back under center. I cannot begin to tell you how much I sat in disbelief is Miami went from being in control with a 10 point lead at one point to choking away this game in London… just the last six minutes alone… In Week 7, they got the Falcons, and Tu’a managed to pass for 4 TDs against the porous Atlanta defense. The problem was, Miami’s own defense gave up 336 yards passing, nearly half of which was to rookie TE Kyle Fitts, who gave their linebackers exactly those. They had to travel to Buffalo to play the Bills on Halloween, and managed all of 11 points in yet another loss.

Miami had to field Jacoby Brissett again this past Sunday, which is the bad news… the good news was they were playing the hapless Texans and got a win to move Flores to 17-23 as a coach. So hey, they snapped a 7 game losing streak. That’s good. The bad? They have a short week and have to play the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night Football… and they might not have Tu’a back in time for that game, either.

The ‘Phins can still screw up their chances of getting a Top 5 draftic pick as they have two games left against the Jets, and one against the Giants, so he should be able to at least get this squad back to some level of mediocrity that their fans are used to, rather than, “Holy s***, how did we lose to the JAGS?”

We’ll note there are stories out there about Brian Flores saying “I’m not worried about my job security,” which usually is what coaches who are about to get fired say. In this instance, he might not be worried about it, because it’s a fait accompli at this stage of the game.


4. David Culley, Texans: Houston is sitting at 1-8, with the one win coming from when they beat lowly Jacksonville in Week 1 before they’ve rattled off eight straight losses. Those seven L’s have been, frankly, a series of games where opposing coaches have utterly dismantled a team led by rookie 3rd string QB Davis Mills, so much so that the Texans currently have the worst point differential in the league… They aren’t even scoring 15 points a game and their offense ranks 32nd in yards per game. Their defense isn’t much better, allowing 28 yards per game. That won’t be helped much since they shipped Mark Ingram off before the trade deadline, falling back on David Johnson (who hasn’t had a good season since… what 2016?) as their main offensive weapon. Brandin Cooks is pulling his hair out that he couldn’t managed to get himself traded to an actual football team before the trade deadline. It doesn’t look like anyone is going to manage to take serial sexual predator DeShaun Watson out of Houston in a trade, either, a move that’s hovered over this team’s fate for over half a year now. Everyone thought things would get better when Tyrod Taylor came off of the injured list, and he went out and threw 3 INTs.

So… we’ve covered that the Texans are BAD right now. We’re going to say that their misfortunes are not a product necessarily of bad coaching, but a TON of bad front office decisions, because obviously, that’s the case. It sucks that a guy who’s considered such a nice dude like David Culley, who’s waited his whole life for a head coaching gig, could get the blame if he couldn’t turn the chickens*** roster he was given into chicken salad. But that can be the cruel nature of NFL coaching gigs…

The good news? The Texans play Miami this week, in what should be a game to decide draft position, and whether or not they’ll be kicking themselves for not trying to get Tu’a back in a trade for Watson after seeing him in person.



3. Mike Zimmer, Vikings: The Vikings were supposedly "just a QB away" from winning a Super Bowl a few years ago with the impeccable defense they had, and they spent BIG for Kirk Cousins. Then they traded away Stephon Diggs (BIG MISTAKE), and their defense officially "got a case of the olds" going into LAST season. This season, they’re just a year older than that. Minnesota’s biggest off-season free agent signing was CB Patrick Peterson, who age has not just proven to be “no longer an elite corner”, he’s arguably “not even a starting corner” in the league, admitting on his podcast he struggles at covering any receiver who’s simply PUT IN MOTION. That’s the top free agent addition to an aged defense. What was once an elite unit now is simply medicore, and Kirk Cousins has been widely inconsistent game to game (certainly not deserving of what he gets paid).

Minnesota dropped to 3-5 after an overtime loss to the Ravens where again, their defense failed them to the tune of giving up 500 total yards. Should this team recover and make the playoffs (we don’t think so) Zimmer’s been here for awhile and is most famous for playoff let downs. If he fails to even return to the playoffs, that might be cause for him to get a pink slip, especially because his comments to the media when the team loses throws his players under the bus. More importantly, “just got back to .500” doesn’t mean the ship will stay in steady waters… the Vikings next four opponents are… the LA Chargers, the Packers, the 49ers on the road, and then finally a mercy game against the Lions the first week of December. The way they’ve been playing, they’ll be lucky to go 2-2. Zimmer began this season on the hot seat, and until he has a playoff spot locked up, he should remain on it. Maybe even if he gets into the postseason and exits early, the Wilfs might decided to move on.


2. Matt Nagy, Bears: Matt Nagy was considered one of the hottest young coaches in the league before the Double-Doink happened like 3 years ago, but it made something snap in the guy. He spent that entire off-season talking about it, and making his players relive that trauma, and they responded by getting worse afterwards. The Bears have been shy a QB this whole time, finally giving up on Mitch Trubisky to draft Justin Fields… but Nagy kept insisting he would go with Andy Dalton. If you’re going with the Red Rifle at this stage of his career, you’re pretty f***ed. Their defense? They still have DPOTY candidate Khalil Mack. It’s statistically still a Top 10 defense the NFL. Truly, this is a team that can live up to the Bears’ legacy in the Windy City…

Matt Nagy caved to the pressure of fans and put Justin Fields in at the start of October, and got two wins in his first two games… however, in Week 6, they got handled by Green Bay, and Aaron Rodgers barked at fans, “I STILL OWN YOU!” And nobody is questioned the validity of that statement, because it’s true.

In Week 7, they got blown out 38-3 by Tom Brady and the Buccaneers, and the story out of Chicago is that Justin Fields is getting sacked at a rate not seen for any rookie QB since David Carr was getting his brains bashed in for the expansion Texans. Nagy at least had a week where his job security wasn’t questioned as hard when he tested positive for Covid-19, and then they had the indignity of losing the the Steelers on MNF after managing to put up 21 points in the 4th quarter but still lose on some questionable calls from officials. They’re now 3-6, and will likely be 3-7 unless Nagy can use the BYE week to prepare to host Baltimore on 11/21 before they have the good fortune of playing the Lions on Thanksgiving. That broadcast will have a lot of talk about who might be getting a pink slip on Black Monday this year.


1. Dan Campbell, Lions : To paraphrase a cleverer poster than me, , “The Lions continue their 60 year process of rebuilding…” They’re 0-8, the last winless team in the league. They opened the year getting handled by the 49ers and Packers in the first two weeks, the latter on MNF where they got outscored in the second half 21-0. They lost to a Ravens team ravaged by injuries for their matchup on a record 66 yard FG at the final gun. In Week 4 they handed Justin Fields his first win, with Jared Goff having a big hand in that by fumbling away to the Bears twice.

We always say that first year coaches are not usually on the hot seat, but Dan Campbell is a former Tight Ends coach who yells about getting up again and again to bite your opponents’ kneecaps, which starts out like some inspiring Captain America speech but ends up sounding like a meek little chihuahua. He’s close to motivating… but not close enough. In Week 5 they coughed up a lead with 45 seconds left to the struggling Vikings, in Week 6 they just got handled by the Cincinnatti Bengals, and in Week 7, they actually had people looking at out-of-town scoreboards and going, “No wayyyyy…” while they were, at points, leading the Rams before remembering themselves and blowing it.

Some thought this past Sunday was their best chance to win a game, what with an Eagles team coming to town without their starting RB Miles Sanders… and then the Eagles just dominated the line of scrimmage, got over 200 yards rushing, and got nuked 44-6 by Philly. AT HOME. They avoided losing this week by having a BYE week, and starting Sunday they have to play at Pittsburgh, at Cleveland, and then host the Bears on Thanksgiving… in the span of 11 days.

They’re only hope to avoid another 0-16 is that they can go 0-17 this time. Minnesota and Chicago are always ready to stumble and get tripped up for a division win in one of their four games against them (Beating Chicago on Thanksgiving seems like their best remaining chance to get a win, given the Bears’ current trajectory). But is Dan Campbell good enough to capitalize? After he went 5-7 as an interim coach with the Dolphins?

It’s Detroit. And were it anywhere else, if this guy bombs in his first season, he’d be fired. But they’re used to 3 and 4 win seasons, so he might get a pass.

[Kirby101]

wbe, where do you get the Giant's loath Judge. Outside of one or two ex-players, the reports here in NY are the team supports him.

[inisideguy]

I am a Steelers fan but that was the worst officiated game I have ever watched in my life last night.

[worstblogever]

wbe, where do you get the Giant's loath Judge. Outside of one or two ex-players, the reports here in NY are the team supports him.

Guys retire and get out of there, guys who left (locally, Markus Golden has not stopped talking about how glad he is to be back here), guys fighting on the sidelines. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen NFL reporters put out Tweets about Judge pissing off players during training camp.

Nobody's going to out-and-out say it in a direct quote. But I keep seeing comments about how he's a disciplinarian who can't get results, and has lost the locker room.

[Scott Taylor]

Randy Moss says OBJ should take the pay cut and go to NE.

“Real quick, you talked about this is his last chance. I remember them talking about me, going into my 10th year, this is my last chance. That’s the reason why I’m talking about the New England Patriots. They have a young stud in Mac Jones. Josh McDaniels, Bill Belichick, and being able to keep his mind right.”

Randy's my man! I think OBJ would thrive there. At least until they stop tossing the rock to him, that is.

[BeastieRunner]

OBJ's new #1 team he wants to play on (he's over the Seahawks already) is ...

Green Bay.

Sorry Packers, your drama is just not going to stop.

[worstblogever]

OBJ's new #1 team he wants to play on (he's over the Seahawks already) is ...

Green Bay.

Sorry Packers, your drama is just not going to stop.

Whether or not he goes there and returns to form or is a bust as a signing... Green Bay is a lock to win their division and host a playoff game, at the very least. Chicago, Minnesota, and Detroit are not going to catch them.

I will say I like the idea of OBJ "getting open" and Rodgers not throwing to him, and OBJ's dad posting another video about it online only to have Rodgers, the thin-skinned wanker he is rage about it to Pat McAfee. It almost writes itself.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I'd say the Raiders will sign the guy since they haven't had enough insane chaos this season.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Randy Moss says OBJ should take the pay cut and go to NE.

“Real quick, you talked about this is his last chance. I remember them talking about me, going into my 10th year, this is my last chance. That’s the reason why I’m talking about the New England Patriots. They have a young stud in Mac Jones. Josh McDaniels, Bill Belichick, and being able to keep his mind right.”

I don’t see Beckham taking a pay cut to go ANYWHERE. That’s not how narcissistic wideouts like OBJ think.