Around the League Week 16

[stuvian]

Baltimore is playing smart by not being greedy even when they have the opponent by the throat 

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

A Ravens loss & they are both 11-4 next week playing for 1st place, which motivates them. Makes next week more meaningful for both teams.

 

Huh? It's the same situation. Are you dense? If the Ravens lead by a game going into it and Miami wins head to head they are even but Miami wins the tie breaker.

 

Also this isn't really how it works in pro sports.

[stuvian]

3 minutes ago, BRH said:

An MVP isn’t asking his kicker to kick a 24-yard FG. . 

It was his coach 

Getting tired of Shanahans nepo baby face 

[Roundybout]

Oh no did Brock lose one of the 54 pro bowlers on his team?

[Comebackkid]

Wonder how confident Miami fans are feeling now

[stuvian]

A little surprised as to why the 49ers went with a pass first game plan when they have a healthy McCaffrey 

[BRH]

11 minutes ago, stuvian said:

It was his coach 

Getting tired of Shanahans nepo baby face 

I was talking about Lamar.  Harbaugh kicked on 4th and 1 from the 7.  I don’t think we would do that. 

[dakrider]

Right now Baltimore and Cleveland are looking like 2 best teams in NFL, followed by Miami and Buffalo.

[CincyBillsFan]

4 minutes ago, stuvian said:

A little surprised as to why the 49ers went with a pass first game plan when they have a healthy McCaffrey 

Sometimes Shanahan outsmarts himself.  He put the game in the hands of Purdy and we can see the result.

 

 

Just now, dakrider said:

Right now Baltimore and Cleveland are looking like 2 best teams in NFL, followed by Miami and Buffalo.

Until next week or the week after.  I've never seen such a topsy turvey NFL season like this one.

 

 

[stuvian]

3 minutes ago, BRH said:

I was talking about Lamar.  Harbaugh kicked on 4th and 1 from the 7.  I don’t think we would do that. 

We wouldn't be up by 19 against a #1 seed so I would agree 

[BeastMaster]

5 minutes ago, stuvian said:

A little surprised as to why the 49ers went with a pass first game plan when they have a healthy McCaffrey 

Shanahan buying into the Purdy hype and not realizing that McCaffrey is the heart and soul of their offense

 

It backfired tonight

[stuvian]

1 minute ago, CincyBillsFan said:

Sometimes Shanahan outsmarts himself.  He put the game in the hands of Purdy and we can see the result.

 

 

Until next week or the week after.  I've never seen such a topsy turvey NFL season like this one.

 

 

Wondering if he's holding McCaffrey back for the playoffs 

[BRH]

Ouch, Kyle Hamilton hurt.  Get him one of those shots the Dolphins give Tyreek and Waddle. He needs to play next week. 

[stuvian]

2 minutes ago, BeastMaster said:

Shanahan buying into the Purdy hype and not realizing that McCaffrey is the heart and soul of their offense

 

It backfired tonight

I think he's holding back on McCaffrey. He saving him for NFC opponents while Purdy gets to test himself against the best AFC defense which he wouldn't have to worry about until the Superbowl 

[BigDingus]

14 minutes ago, stuvian said:

I think he's holding back on McCaffrey. He saving him for NFC opponents while Purdy gets to test himself against the best AFC defense which he wouldn't have to worry about until the Superbowl 

 

I think we're just being unfairly harsh to Purdy. We've seen fans of other team criticize Josh for similar games, claim "he only got good when Diggs got there" (Trayvon even suggested the same thing), had analysts mock the idea that he was as good as Mahomes (after people hyped him up), blah blah blah.

 

Purdy was taken as the 262nd pick overall, playing in his 2nd year... No matter what anyone says, no matter the talent around them, few QBs have been as successful as he's been while also putting up those numbers. We've seen "game managers" do well, even winning Super Bowls, but Purdy's done more than that. 

 

MVP? Hell no. But he deserves credit, bad game aside.

[stuvian]

One serious thrashing. If this is a Superbowl preview the game will be a blowout 

[CincyBillsFan]

1 minute ago, stuvian said:

One serious thrashing. If this is a Superbowl preview the game will be a blowout 

Three of the four 49's losses have been to AFC teams.  Unless the 49's were in the AFC South would they be playing for a wild card in the AFC?

 

 

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, stuvian said:

One serious thrashing. If this is a Superbowl preview the game will be a blowout 

 

Not too sure about that.

SF was clearly unfocused tonight all over the field and up and down the sideline.

I think you'll see a very different team mentally when they're not playing with house money on Christmas night.

[BigDingus]

3 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Not too sure about that.

SF was clearly unfocused tonight all over the field and up and down the sideline.

I think you'll see a very different team mentally when they're not playing with house money on Christmas night.

 

I tend to agree. I also think this preview helps Shanahan more than it helps Harbaugh. 

The Ravens made a lot of great plays, but they "only" won by 14 with a +5 turnover differential. I don't expect that to happen often, and you can't count on those bobbled/dropped/tipped passes to all land perfectly in your defenders' hands like they did tonight. 

 

Just think of how many would-be INTs Dak could've had against the Bills. I can remember at least 3 times a defender had a play on the ball but dropped it, and that's not counting tips/drops that landed safely on the ground. The Ravens caught em all! 😅

[UKBillFan]

1 minute ago, BigDingus said:

 

I tend to agree. I also think this preview helps Shanahan more than it helps Harbaugh. 

The Ravens made a lot of great plays, but they "only" won by 14 with a +5 turnover differential. I don't expect that to happen often, and you can't count on those bobbled/dropped/tipped passes to all land perfectly in your defenders' hands like they did tonight. 

 

Just think of how many would-be INTs Dak could've had against the Bills. I can remember at least 3 times a defender had a play on the ball but dropped it, and that's not counting tips/drops that landed safely on the ground. The Ravens caught em all! 😅

 

Mahomes had a very similar tip ball against the Raiders, but it bounced back to him rather than to a Raider. The Ravens made their own luck, but they were lucky tonight. I just hope they haven't used it all up, nor is next week a come down game from them.