2019 National Football League Season Thread

[BroadwayBomber55]

BB55's Predictions - 2019 NFL Regular Season: National Football Conference

NFC East
Division Winner: Philadelphia Eagles (3rd seed in NFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Dallas Cowboys (5th seed in NFC Playoff Bracket)
3. Washington Redskins
4. New York Giants

NFC North
Division Winner: Chicago Bears (4th seed in NFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Green Bay Packers (6th seed in NFC Playoff Bracket)
3. Minnesota Vikings
4. Detroit Lions

NFC South
Division Winner: New Orleans Saints (2nd seed in NFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Atlanta Falcons
3. Carolina Panthers
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West
Division Winner: Los Angeles Rams (1st seed in NFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Seattle Seahawks
3. San Francisco 49ers
4. Arizona Cardinals

BB55's NFC Playoff Bracket Picks
1. LAR
2. NOS
3. PHI
4. CHI
5. DAL
6. GB

Sleeper Team to make the NFC Playoffs: Minnesota Vikings

[BroadwayBomber55]

BB55's Predictions - 2019 NFL Regular Season: American Football Conference

AFC West
Division Winner: Kansas City Chiefs (2nd seed in AFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Los Angeles Chargers (5th seed in AFC Playoff Bracket)
3. Denver Broncos
4. Oakland Raiders

AFC North
Division Winner: Cleveland Browns (4th seed in AFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Baltimore Ravens (6th seed in AFC Playoff Bracket)
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
4. Cincinnati Bengals

AFC South
Division Winner: Jacksonville Jaguars (3rd seed in AFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Tennessee Titans
3. Houston Texans
4. Indianapolis Colts

AFC East
Division Winner: New England Patriots (1st seed in AFC Playoff Bracket)
2. Buffalo Bills
3. New York Jets
4. Miami Dolphins

BB55's AFC Playoff Bracket Picks
1. NEP
2. KCC
3. JAX
4. CLE
5. LAC
6. BAL

Sleeper Team to make the AFC Playoffs: Pittsburgh Steelers

[BroadwayBomber55]

Jadeveon Clowney is Pacific Northwest bound: Seattle Seahawks acquire the Houston Texans pass rusher via reports
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ns/2177942001/

[BroadwayBomber55]

The Houston Texans aren't done dealing: they acquire OT Laremy Tunsil and WR Kenny Stills from the Miami Dolphins
https://abc13.com/sports/houston-tex...urday/5504996/

[BroadwayBomber55]

Another trade involving the Houston Texans: the Texans acquire Kansas City Chiefs RB Carlos Hyde
https://news.yahoo.com/texans-carlos...200340330.html

[Yankee Tripper]

Unreal. patriots.

[Jace]

Unreal. patriots.

Definitely kind of kills some of my interest in the season. The guy basically firebombed a (2nd) franchise to get to New England, how wonderful for them. The Steelers didnt want to trade him to a rival, and he manipulates his way into giving himself to them for free. Tampering obviously won’t be proven, but like in the NBA, it’s pretty much implied.

It’s worse than the Anthony Davis/Paul George trade demands of the NBA because in both cases those franchises were able to get a ton of assets in return for being strong armed.

[Donnybaseball72]

Definitely kind of kills some of my interest in the season. The guy basically firebombed a (2nd) franchise to get to New England, how wonderful for them. The Steelers didnt want to trade him to a rival, and he manipulates his way into giving himself to them for free. Tampering obviously won’t be proven, but like in the NBA, it’s pretty much implied.

It’s worse than the Anthony Davis/Paul George trade demands of the NBA because in both cases those franchises were able to get a ton of assets in return for being strong armed.

The Steelers may be playing the Patriots tonight but they are no more a rivalry than Steelers/Raiders. Neither team plays in their division. Just saying. I get trading him to a bad Oakland team instead of a team like the Patriots.

[Tyler Durden]

Definitely kind of kills some of my interest in the season. The guy basically firebombed a (2nd) franchise to get to New England, how wonderful for them. The Steelers didnt want to trade him to a rival, and he manipulates his way into giving himself to them for free. Tampering obviously won’t be proven, but like in the NBA, it’s pretty much implied.

It’s worse than the Anthony Davis/Paul George trade demands of the NBA because in both cases those franchises were able to get a ton of assets in return for being strong armed.

I don't think he had some master plan to throw away $30mil to get $9mil. I think he's just toxic.

[fredgmuggs]

Unreal. patriots.

Of course the Patriots signed him. And my friends who are Patriot fans wonder why people hate that team.

[Tyler Durden]

And my friends who are Patriot fans wonder why people hate that team.

Not surprising. Most of the Pats fans I've met are White Victimhood, personified. They'd be much easier to deal with if they would just embrace the team's WWE-style heel turn without wanting everyone to like them.

[ojo]

I don't think he had some master plan to throw away $30mil to get $9mil. I think he's just toxic.

If the Patriots got word to him they’d sign him should he manage his way out of Oakland, then you have collusion/fraud. If there’s a smoking gun, the NFL would have to act, but yeah, good luck with that.

[philleotardo]

Still the Browns

[EvanJ]

Detroit went up 24-6 at Arizona with 14:47 left. Arizona tied it at 24 with 0:43 left, and both teams made field goals in overtime. In a play that started with 10 seconds left in overtime, Stafford threw a ball through the hands of an Arizona player who should have intercepted it, and Arizona would have been in field goal range if he caught it. This is the second consecutive Week 1 with a tie after Pittsburgh and Cleveland last year. In the 46 years from 1972 through 2017, there were no ties in Week 1.

Baltimore won 59-10 at Miami, which was the first 59-10 score in NFL history.

[Donnybaseball72]

The decision to shorten OT to 10 minutes has led to more and more tie games. WTG NFL.

[Jace]

I don't think he had some master plan to throw away $30mil to get $9mil. I think he's just toxic.

It definitely wasn’t a “master” plan, but it clearly became a real plan at some point. Considering he literally filmed gloating videos documenting it all as it happened. He hasn’t been too toxic when it comes to the patriots, they get basically a free shot whereas it cost the raiders and Steelers assets

The $9m vs $30m comparison doesn’t make that much sense, does it? $9m for one year vs $30m for multiple. Brown will almost certainly make more money in years to come to close that gap.

[YFIB]

It definitely wasn’t a “master” plan, but it clearly became a real plan at some point. Considering he literally filmed gloating videos documenting it all as it happened. He hasn’t been too toxic when it comes to the patriots, they get basically a free shot whereas it cost the raiders and Steelers assets

The $9m vs $30m comparison doesn’t make that much sense, does it? $9m for one year vs $30m for multiple. Brown will almost certainly make more money in years to come to close that gap.

Yeah, it's disturbing how Brown and the Patriots played that. It was the right move for the Raiders to get him off the team, but I wish they would have kept him on their roster out of spite.

Makes you appreciate what Tomlin had to put up with.

Still the Browns

As a Giants fan, that was one of the highlights of the first week.

[Tyler Durden]

The decision to shorten OT to 10 minutes has led to more and more tie games. WTG NFL.

That game would've ended quickly if the old OT rule about field goals was still in effect too.

[Donnybaseball72]

That game would've ended quickly if the old OT rule about field goals was still in effect too.

I think most fans agree that OT shouldn't end on a coin toss and with kickers nailing 55+ yarders it almost assures calling heads or tails will win you the game in OT. I think they should go even further and guarantee both teams get to posses the ball even if the first team scores a TD. Just make it a max 15 minute quarter.

[RhodyYanksFan]

As a Giants fan, that was one of the highlights of the first week.

Yup. Seeing them get smashed in the face after running their mouths for the past month was great.

[Tyler Durden]

I think most fans agree that OT shouldn't end on a coin toss and with kickers nailing 55+ yarders it almost assures calling heads or tails will win you the game in OT. I think they should go even further and guarantee both teams get to posses the ball even if the first team scores a TD. Just make it a max 15 minute quarter.

Coin toss didn't necessarily guarantee a win.

It's true that the team winning the coin toss tended to win OT, but the number of times that actually happened on the first possession (without the opponent's offense touching the ball) was somewhere around 25%.

The NFL changed a rule to fix a scenario which didn't affect 3 out of 4 teams.

I'm in the minority, but I didn't mind the old rule.

[ojo]

The Bucs talked Bruce Arians out of retirement to once again be the Quarterback Whisperer, but I’m not sure he can fix stupid.

[GordonGecko]

Love it ! The Earth turns and the sun still comes up every day and cleveland still sucks

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

Love it ! The Earth turns and the sun still comes up every day and cleveland still sucks

Nothing the Jets can't fix on Monday.

[GordonGecko]

Nothing the Jets can't fix on Monday.

Gase is awful