Topic: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 - page 161. (Read 48777 times)

Yeah, that first scramble and toss on the run he looked like Mahomes, you can't teach that shit!

He's got a chance here that few QB's get, a monster fan base, a great organization and natural talent.

If he fucks it up he can probably look in the mirror.

Not to mention Garapallo is a cool guy and giving him a veterans hand up.
He might be worth grabbing early


BTW, the Ravens D is looking Stellar.

HAHA, the Announcer must have read my post as he just used the same stellar descriptor as well for their D.
Literally 2 seconds after I typed this.

What do you think Belichick would give us for him? 


Lol, yeah he is a rooky.  He's bound to make some mistakes.  Like he just fumbled as I'm writing.

It's his physical attributes where he really stands out.  Learning the offence and avoiding mistakes will come with experience.  He's obviously an intelligent kid, it's just a matter of time.

Garapallo is done stick a fork in him.

LOL just when I was typing this Lance almost got picked then threw one to no-where.

and sacked as I hit send Doh!

He had a rough start, a bunch of dropped balls, was nearly intercepted, lost a fumble, but he finished pretty darn hot.  He's incredibly fast for a QB, and those touchdown runs were a glimpse of his capabilities.

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First attempt; on the money, Aiyuk drops it.
Second attempt; gets sacked.
Third attempt; throws the long ball to Trey Sermon for an 88 yard touchdown play.  Nice.

He's looking pretty darn good for a rooky.  His first series was against the KC's first team defense.  He took sack, which is better than making a stupid mistake.  I don't think it's going to take long before he replaces Garoppolo.  Maybe the steep price they paid to get the third over all pick is justified after all.  I know it's only pre-season, and I am trying to contain my optimism, lol.

Lance about to take his first snap, if you don't have the game here is a link.

http://liveonscore.tv/nfl-streams/san-francisco-49ers-vs-kansas-city-chiefs/30667/

Holy shit the Saints look horrible, I think I can cross hill off my list!

Justin Fields had as good of a debut as Bears fans could have hoped for. I know it's a preseason game and we often overreact, but dude had some great plays, 140+ pass yards, a pass, and a rush TD (106.7 RTG), not bad for the rookie.

I only watched the first half of WAS/NE the other day, and while Mac Jones' stats were not as impressive as Fields today, he appeared to be very comfortable within the Patriots' offense. Rest of the rookie QB class who are set to play today: Lawrance at 7 pm, Zack Wilson 7:30 pm, Trey Lance 8:30 pm, Jordan Love will play for the Packers, so interesting to see him in action as well.

Ravens haven't lost a preseason game since 2015  , i'm 3/3 on my bets this past two weeks. Ravens, please make it 18 in a row. 

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September 3rd sounds good to me, and i have no objections with adding two more players (so we can get to 10).

I would be fine with any draft spot I could get.  Buy-in is no problem. I am also available to draft literally any time, any date.  If I'm being honest, 8 man leagues are pretty silly ( wheelz could back me up on that one ).  8 man means there are tons of great players on the waver wire at all times and it almost completely takes the competition out of it.  Here's just one example of why 8 man isn't fun : you're in a playoff game, you've built a great team and the team you're playing against, who completely lucked their way in to the playoffs, has a good player get hurt/suspended or whatever and now they are able to go in to the waiver wire and get a very good player that shouldn't have even been on the waiver wire in the first place.  You worked your butt off to get to the playoffs, or championship game and then some lesser team who lucked in to it in the first place easily picks up stud on the wire and ends up beating you.  That takes the competition out of it and adds more luck to the equation. In FF, you want to remove as much luck as possible. 10 man is still a little shallow for my taste, because there are still too many good players on the waiver wire, but it's much much better than 8 man.  I say with a ton of experience, you'll be very happy moving to a 10 man vs 8.  I could provide more examples why a 10 man makes a lot more sense too.  I would make 9 and I'm pretty confident we could find a 10th pretty easily.   We are still a ways out from opening day.  Would love to play w/you guys!!

With two members being unable to make it to the Saturday 4th then that date is discarded, what about Friday September 3rd 7PM EST?

I can make the draft Friday September 3rd as well so lets hear the availability for the rest of the members.

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The league had 8 spots and the spots are taken however I have always been open about the possibility of increasing the number of spots if there was demand for it, however there are a few hurdles to overcome.

First I cannot do this unilaterally and we will need the support of the majority of the members of the league.

Second you will have to agree with the 0.0015 BTC buy-in, not a problem for you I suppose.

Third if we add you that will make it a 9 team league so we will probably need yet another player to make it a 10 team league.

And fourth the draft order lottery was already conducted here, so we only have two options, the first is to redo the draft order, something that I doubt will fly as it is becoming more and more obvious to me some of you take this very seriously and they have been planning which players to pick since they knew their official drafting position, the second option is that we do a mini draft order lottery among the two new players for my 5th pick in the draft, I get the 9th and whoever losses gets the 10th, not optimal but it is the first thing that comes to my mind.

Edit: added some words to the last paragraph as without them the meaning changed completely.

Wait, so there is an opening or? No worries, even if I get a spot in the league or not, feel free (any of you) to run questions by me about anything, even if you want some lineup help, have a question between which player to start etc.  I've been playing for about 15 years now, play in 3-5 leagues a year etc, so I've had a bit of practice so far    I am also super obsessed with football and fantasy football...which may be kind of sad but whatever lol. 

@ChiBitCTy. This is a newbie’s league. You are welcome to join, however, please do not make it more difficult for me hehehe.

In any case, everyone, what type of draft are we doing? Is this a superflex or whatever flex? I hope we can have the simplest and most standard draft available. I tried the mock draft again. It is still very confusing! I drafted 6 players with all similar bye weeks. This is bad right?

Damn, well I appreciate you thinking of me.  Ya'll playing a 10 man or 12?  If it's a 10 man any consideration to 12? I would love to play with all you guys!

To be honest you were the first runner-up for consideration, I mentioned you in a PM to other members. Pretty much everybody I invited said Yes and then we were full.

Everybody who hasn't chimed in with a time range for draft availability, please let us know your preference.

Football season is nearing, after all... Can you feel it? There's a certain electricity in the air. Need to stop drying my clothes without a fabric softener.

Hah, o shit didn't mean it that way. Memories shot.


Man First play Cam showed exactly what he is worth, hopefully he'll keep that up and we can start the season with Jones!


Just tried to find a gif of it but the results came up with soo many Cam fumbles I can't wade through them all!

Thats gonna be that guys legacy.

Maybe the ball is made of Kryptonite?

Do you guys need another for the league? I'm sad ya'll did not ask me, and you invited that dodgy wheelz feller?!    Jk, but I would love to play if ya'll happen to have a spot left. I would also be available to draft literally any day or any time.  I make fantasy football drafts an absolute top priority.  

Exciting that the NFL preseason has officially started.  Like you said DWolf, it is certainly meaningless but there are some good things about it.  For instance as a bears fan seeing Justin Fields play on Saturday, our hopeful QB of the future, will be a lot of fun.  Can't freaking wait for the season!

I'm open to any of these suggestions.  I forgot that the Sept. 4th was Labor Day Weekend, I have motorcycle ride planned with a buddy that weekend.  I would probably be able to make it to a hotel room by 4pm (Pacific time equivalent to 7pm Eastern) to participate, but it would be difficult.  Friday the 3rd would be better for me, and I'm also open to the weekend of the 28th.  No pressure to make any changes on my account, I'll accommodate whatever decision is agreed upon.


Lol.  That's probably a safe bet, until it isn't.  I'm very shy about betting on meaningless games, especially preseason NFL with so many unpredictable new players trying to noticed.  Good luck.


Must be nice, braggard! 

Thanks for the reminder, I don't really keep track of the days anymore and totally forgot it was Thursday!

I literally shut off every game except one I think last year and hope its not like that this year but with cam in I doubt it will be any different.

But that's the great thing about fantasy, I watch so many different teams now that I never did before.

I wouldn't have a clue who to bet on in a pre season match up, its like rolling the dice.

I have a draft in another league on September 2nd at 7PM EST, so that window between 7 to 9 is already booked, everything else is fine with me. (in case we opt for September 2nd draft)



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Who's excited about tonight's double-header? I can't watch football and not have a bet, anything to cheer for, even if it's meaningless preseason games. lol

I took the U38.5 on the WAS/NE game. Cam and Mac Jones are expected to play for the Patriots, it's unclear how many minutes they'll each get though. I like both teams' defenses and think the number is a little high here, hence the under, plus i'm not sure which QBs will finish the game.

Steelers' total points O16.5. Steelers scored 16 points in the HOF game against Dallas but missed a field goal, an extra point, and several other good chances to score. Two touchdowns and a field goal don't seem like much, Claypool, Johnson, and JuJu should all be available tonight, so i think i like my chances with their total.

I can do that Friday night the 3rd if people can do that night.  If people can't do the weekday nights then possibly the Friday, Saturday or Sunday the weekend before?  Are weekdays completely out?

Just let us know whats good for you and if anyone has objections to that we can try again, we have more than enough time to get a good date.