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FMQB: Gardner Minshew, the Enigma

Posted by fmquarterback on October 4, 2019
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FMQB: Minshew, the Enigma

Quick Hits:

  • The Rams and Cowboys were sure brought down to earth in a heartbeat.
  • In Lions vs. Chiefs, there were 5 straight possessions that ended with a fumble. 2 of those were back to back possessions by the Lions where they fumbled within the 3 yard line.
  • I know they seemed to have made nice, but I have a feeling that Adam Theilen and Kirk Cousins don’t get along…From the sounds of it, Diggs is unhappy too
  • Tampa Bay and Cleveland are essentially a play away from being 3-1, Detroit basically 2 plays away from being undefeated.
  • The Browns tried a play in which the 4th player to touch the ball threw a pass, 5 technically if you count the Center.
  • Only 3 home teams won this week
  • The Bills hung with the Patriots
  • The Lions hung with the Chiefs, and if it wasn’t for fumbles they would have won by a minimum of 2 and possibly 10 points.

 

 

Stat of the Week:

Frank Gore became only the 4th player to rush for 15,000 yards

 

Stat of the Week #2:

Kyle Allen is 3rd in the league in Passer Rating, has thrown for the same or more TD’s than Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Kirk Cousins, and Josh Allen despite starting half the games. Kyle Allen was also undrafted

 

Stat of the Week #3:

Even after an “off” week, Patrick Mahomes is still on pace for 6000 yards and 40 TD’s.

 

Stat of the Week #4:

Larry Fitzgerald is only 223 receptions behind Jerry Rice. At 36, it’s doable to catch him if he has 3 solid seasons in him yet. Yards are a bigger issue though, and he’s back 6,316. Makes you appreciate Rice even more. Jason Witten is the next closest active player in yards, and he’s over 10,000 away!

 

Stat of the Week #5

The Bills gave Tom Brady a fit on defense, making him go 18 of 39 for 150 yards in Buffalo. A rating of 32.2

 

Stat of the Week #6:

Buccaneers scored the most points in franchise history, most points ever against a team that was 3-0 or better, and tied the most points scored against a team that was in the Super Bowl the year before. Sure you can blame Goff, he had 3 INT’s and a Fumble with the chance to win. But he threw for a career high 517 yards and the defense gave up 55 points. Goff also tied the NFL record for most completions in a game with 45.

 

Stat of the Week #7:

Leonard Fournette had 225 yards rushing. You don’t see a lot of 200+ yard games anymore

 

Stat of the Week #8:

There are 4 first year head coaches in the league, and they are a combined 0-15-1

 

For the Record:

  • If you lose a game to a team who’s backup QB comes into the game on the 1st drive and outplays your $84M QB. AND if you have a receiver who is excited about the potential of joining the Bills, you might be in trouble
  • Thursday Night Football has produced two excellent games in back to back weeks. In fact, the lineup for Thursdays is looking more promising than Monday Night’s Bears vs. Redskins or Bengals vs. Steelers.
  • Burfict was suspended the entire season for his hit on Sunday (well deserved in my book). Burfict has been fined $469K and given up $3.7M in game checks in 6 years.
  • I think we’re crowing Gardner Minshew too early, but he had a play where he dropped the ball, got hit (and dang near broke his ankle) but still completed a pass for a first down. He also had a play where he made 3 lineman whiff on tackling him and scored.
  • That being said, the fact that Gardner Minshew is turning into this enigma of a being is absolutely hilarious to me. If he has any sort of success in the NFL, this is what the new Chuck Norris-like comparisons are going to be. There are literally legends about his life coming out already!
  • The Browns are leading the AFC North for the first time since October of 2014. If you would have asked me the last time they led the division, it would have been a hell of a lot longer ago than 2014!
  • QB Depth is the key to this season. These players are keeping their teams relevant when in the past you used to say “Maybe next year.” Bridgewater has won 2 games, Kyle Allen 2, Gardner Minshew 2, Jacoby Brissett 1, Chase Daniel and Mason Rudolph has kept their teams a game out of 1st place in their division. This year has been brutal among QB injuries, earlier in the year than a few other years.

 

 

Quarter pole:

Hard to believe the season is already 25% over. Some teams have distanced themselves from the rest of the field, while other divisions are wide open for the taking.

 

AFC: Patriots have a 2 game lead, Chiefs have a 3 game lead, AFC South is tied across the board, and the Browns are winning the division after starting 1-2.

 

NFC: The 49ers lead the division while the Rams are in 3rd. NFC North is the most competitive division in football. Wild card race will be most competitive in the NFC, with no mediocre teams creeping in at 9-7 or anything.

 

Updated Playoff Predictions:

  1. Patriots
  2. Chiefs
  3. Texans
  4. Ravens
  5. Browns
  6. Bills

 

  1. Cowboys
  2. Rams
  3. Saints
  4. Bears
  5. Packers
  6. 49ers/Seahawks/Lions

 

If the Playoffs Were to Start Today:

Browns, Bills and Raiders are the last 3 in the AFC. The Rams are out and the 49ers have the #1 seed in the NFC. Denver would have the #1 pick in the draft.

 

College Note:

I don’t follow or talk much about College football, but it will be incredibly interesting to see what happens with this Fair Pay to Play act that California is signing into law. It essentially makes it illegal for the NCAA to tell athletes that they can’t collect endorsement money, or potentially other money. Does this trickle to other states, does it completely upend NCAA rules, or does every top ranked athlete now choose a California school so they can make money as they work.

 

2pt Tracker:

 

Jaguars: -1

Texans: +1

 

Memes of the Week:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FMQB: Welcome to the Bold North

Posted by fmquarterback on February 2, 2018
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FMQB: Welcome to the Bold North

 

This football on the field is from the Super Bowl LII style guide for useage of logo.

The city is abuzz, the game is 48 hours away, and much like our last election you’re basically going to be upset with whoever wins! It’s pretty sweet to have the Super Bowl in my own town, I live 4 miles from the festivities and it’s neat to actually have Minneapolis put on the map for once. More info next week, but I got to work at the Super Bowl experience!!!

 

Welcome to Minneapolis:

Despite me wanting nothing more than winter to be over, we’ve actually had a surprisingly mild January for Minnesota. Have had at least two 40 degree days, probably four other 30+ degree days. But the football gods laughed and laughed when they sent down single digit weather for all the tourists at the end of this week. This will look great for scheduling another Super Bowl here… For the record, Minnesota has a tendency to overuse slogans. My main pet peeve is the “State of Hockey,” but the “Bold North” slogan is really starting to inch up there for me.

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FMQB: Super Bowl Set!

Posted by fmquarterback on January 26, 2018
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FMQB: Super Bowl Set

 

As what seems to be the norm in this year’s playoffs, we had one super exciting game followed by a game where it was over in the first half hour. Somehow with a wild playoff year, we still have both #1 seeds going at it again. The Super Bowl is set, and we’re ready for the big game in 9 days!!!

 

Will be weird to have a “bye” week in football, but per usual I’ll do a short post on the Championship round this week, and a post on the Super Bowl next week.

 

Patriots vs. Jaguars:

 

From the little I saw the Jaguars this year, and if you don’t count the Bills game, they were an interesting team when it came to leads. Even though their offense can be suspect, their defense was able to hold while they put up a considerable lead. Then come the 2nd half or 4th quarter, it would slowly be whittled away. For the Steelers game, had the game been 4 minutes longer the Steelers would have won that game easily. The same thing happened on Sunday, getting up 20-10 in the 4th quarter and holding Brady to 0 TD passes in the first 51 minutes of gametime. Gronk’s injury was huge, yet the Patriots only scored when he was off the field.

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FMQB: The Minneapolis Miracle

Posted by fmquarterback on January 19, 2018
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FMQB:

 

Don’t worry, I’m getting there, I’m getting there.

 

Let’s take it one game at a time, since in reality the weekend was just a big crescendo to one of the best plays you’ll ever see in playoff history. I would first like to point out, that I didn’t see any of this coming, and went 1 for 3 on my picks. To be fair, there were 4 QB’s who have made it to and/or won Super Bowls against QB’s with extremely little playoff experience, and somehow the New QB’s went 3-1 in this weekend’s matchups.

 

Falcons at Eagles:

Little bit of a weird game, didn’t really seem like either team could get much going. The Eagles defense looks legit though. I was also surprised at with how much Foles seemed to be struggling early, he ended up going a respectable 23-30. The Falcons had a shot, drove down 74 yards and had 4 plays from 1st and Goal. But it was painfully obvious who Ryan wanted to go to, throwing 3 of the 4 passes to Julio. It came down to the final play from the 2 yard line, but they couldn’t punch it in. Good ending to a defensive game.

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FMQB: Midway Point

Posted by fmquarterback on November 10, 2017
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FMQB: Midway Point

 

Hard to believe we’re already halfway through the season! The best part of there being no true powerhouse in the NFL this year, is the playoff picture is already looking like a close, muddy mess. In the AFC, the top 6 teams are either 6-2 or 5-3. Meaning the Bills are currently the last team in, but just 1 game back from having home field advantage. The NFC is the same (minus the Eagles securely in the top seed). One week could completely change the orders of numbers 2 through 6.

 

 

Season Surprises

  • Jared Goff has to be #1. This isn’t 1 or 2 good games, he has proven he can be a franchise QB in this league
  • Carson Wentz to a certain extent. He had a better rookie year, but he is looking like he’ll be a playoff contender every year
  • Where did the Jaguars come from? Remember the QB controversy with Bortles in the preseason? Not that he’s playing great, but he’s not losing games for them either. Their defense has them at 5-3
  • What happened to the Giants and Buccaneers? The Ben McAdoo looked like a coach of the future last year, and he could easily be out of a job in a few weeks

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FMQB: In Pagano’s eyes, the 49ers are 1-0!

Posted by fmquarterback on September 15, 2017
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Kind of a rough week, only 2 games were within 3 points (Steelers and Broncos), otherwise every other matchup was at least a TD difference. But Week 1 is always about getting the kinks out, and we’ve got some good divisional matchups coming up as well as an NFC Championship rematch.

 

 

Quick Hits:

  • Carson Wentz’ evasion of the sack and TD toss to Nelson Agholor was insane.
  • Watching Matt Ryan slip, nearly get sacked, and toss an 88 yd TD to slow as molasses Austin Hooper was also insane.
  • Get ready to see more Tarik Cohen in Chicago, wow was he impressive!
  • The Bears really hung in there against a Super Bowl caliber team. In fact they should have won
  • Felt like I noticed the Cardinals were handling the Lions, and then the next time I looked the Lions had scored 28 points
  • Feel bad for Houston, so much energy to start the game, but they fell completely flat
  • Cole Beasley’s catch behind back. Not catch of the year material, but still have never seen anything like it before

 

For the Record:

  • Had the Bears completed their comeback against the Falcons, the media would have had a field day!
  • The look in Adrian Peterson’s eyes behind Sean Payton. Scary
  • For all the talk the Patriots had about their Super Bowl comeback, they sure emptied the stadium quick with the game not out of hand.
  • On the same wavelength, there sure was a lot of 19-0 talks about the Patriots this offseason, that was quieted in less than 3 hours.
  • 3 points for offensive genius Kyle Shanahan’s debut.

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FMQB: Game of the Ages

Posted by fmquarterback on February 10, 2017
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FMQB: Game of the Ages

In a season of comebacks, who could have asked any more with this game!!! A 25 point comeback in the 2nd half is un-HEARD of! This was the 3rd largest comeback in post-season history, and it happened in the Super Bowl! The old record for Super Bowl comebacks was 10 points, also held by the Patriots.

 

1st Quarter:

I did call it in saying that in Super Bowls, the 1st quarter is always a “feeling out” time for both teams. But I was a bit surprised that it ended at 0-0. It’s also crazy to think that in 6 of Brady’s 7 Super Bowls, he’s failed to score in the 1st quarter. Meaning he’s basically won those games in 3 quarters of play.

 

2nd Quarter:

As much as Atlanta fell apart in the 2nd half, one could easily argue the Patriots did the same in the 2nd quarter. The first score is usually critical, and the Pats were headed towards that before Blount fumbled the ball. Atlanta turned around and got the first 7 points. New England then went 3 and out, and Atlanta turned around and got another TD with 5 huge plays. Then Brady drove them all the way down the field only to throw a pick 6, and all of a sudden, in 10 minutes of game time it was 21-0. The Patriots would tack on a late FG to avoid being shut out.

 

3rd Quarter:

In 2 successive drives, I thought the game was over. First, the Falcons drove down and scored to make it 28-3 (remember that score!). I thought “game over.” And the following drive the Patriots actually answered back with a TD, but then missed the extra point! I think everybody here was thinking “jeez, nothing is going right for the Patriots at this point!” They’re still down by 19 but there’s 2 minutes left in the 3rd.

 

4th Quarter:

Believe it or not, my tune of the game flipped once they kicked the field goal (that neither announcer agreed with) to come within 16 points. You start doing the math, looking at the time, and realizing that the Patriots will still get the ball 2 or 3 times, and are down by 2 TD’s (and two 2pt conversions). Three plays later the Falcons fumble and soon it’s a 28-20 with 6 minutes left! After a punt, the Patriots get the ball at the 9 yard line with 3:30 left in the game. This is what Tom Brady is known for, game winning or tying drives at the end of the Super Bowl. The Patriots longest drive of the season was 91 yards, and they’d have to match it for a chance. At this point, I truly thought they would score and tie it up. Sure enough they marched down the field in 10 plays and set up the most anticipated 2 pt conversion in NFL history! And Amendola barely got in!

 

OT:

The first OT game in Super Bowl history!!! Woooo! Glad it came with the new-ish OT rules, it would have sucked to see a team win via Field Goal under the old format. Not a ton of drama to be honest here. Patriots marched down the field with the help of a couple flags. However having a walk-off Super Bowl winning play pretty much cemented the fact that this was one of the greatest games of all time!

 

The Case for White:

James White had 2 rushing TD’s, a receiving TD, a 2pt conversion, a Super Bowl record 14 receptions (Deion Branch won the MVP by breaking the previous record). I don’t think you can understate Brady’s 466 yards (Super Bowl record) and 2 TD’s, but White theoretically outperformed him. Either way, Brady got his record 4th Super Bowl MVP.

 

Legacy:

I find my tune on Brady and the Patriots changing. There’s still a part of hatred that runs deep in my veins, but at the same time I’m to the point that I really respect what Brady/Belichick are doing, and almost happy that I got to witness NFL history. I have no problem saying that with 5 Super Bowl titles in 7 appearances, that he blows past the “Best of All Time” status for me.

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Drive Recap:

The Patriots played the eighth-highest-scoring team in NFL history, and started punt, punt, fumble, punt, pick-six, field goal, punt… then went touchdown-field goal-touchdown-touchdown-overtime touchdown. New England scored 31 unanswered points

 

For the Record:

  • I re-watched the Super Bowl on Wednesday (a nerdy tradition I have). Even knowing what was going to happen, I still couldn’t put together how the Patriots were going to win in the 3rd
  • Brady has trailed in the 4th quarter for all 7 Super Bowls he played in. He won 5 of those games. This is impressive enough as it is, but keep in mind that this happened against the 2nd best team in the league!
  • Fitting that there was a missed extra point in this game.
  • Dan Quinn has to be sick for losing to the Patriots twice in the last 3 years, both terrible ways to lose a game
  • Edelman’s catch will go down with Tyree’s as one of the greatest/craziest of all time
  • Wow, the Boos for Goodell were deafening! Wonder how he kept it together
  • I did have the Patriots winning by a TD in my prediction

 

Why Atlanta Broke Down:

The Atlanta defense simply ran out of gas, and you can’t blame them. ATL had 41 plays with the ball for 23 minutes, vs the Patriots 88 plays in 40 minutes. It’s the 2nd half and Overtime of the 19th game of a long season, and your offense scores TOO quickly on every drive. 3 of their 4 TD’s took less than 2 minutes off the clock.

 

Stat of the Week:

Atlanta had a 99.5% chance of winning the game deep into the 3rd quarter. In fact, they had over a 90% chance to win for over half of the game.

 

Stat of the Week #2:

Patriots’ margins in their seven Super Bowls played under Bill Belichick: 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6.

 

Stat of the Week #3:

There were 24 Super Bowl records set on Sunday, and another 7 records tied

 

Stat of the Week #4:

Atlanta scored 21 points on 19 plays in the first half. They then went 1 hour and 8 minutes of real time without seeing the ball again.

 

Stat of the Week #5:

The Patriots threw 64 passes in the game!

 

Stat of the Week #6:

In fact, a 25 point comeback is tied for 5th most of all time! Regular or post-season

 

Stat of the Week #7:

Only 34 players played every single snap this season (or about 1 per team). 26 of those were offensive lineman, 4 were QB’s.

 

 

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FMQB: Super Bowl Edition

Posted by fmquarterback on February 3, 2017
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FMQB: Super Bowl Edition

 

This is always a bittersweet time of year. The bad news is we only have 1 more football game to watch for the next 7 months. The good news is it’s the penultimate game of the year! As most readers know, this has turned into my “Christmas,” and likely the most excited I get in the year. This season is a bit different though, as I made a bet with a coworker that the Patriots would win, despite my Rams grudge I still have against Tom Brady and the Patriots which allows me to root for whatever team is playing them. But as I have been telling folks, “I’d pay $50 to see the Patriots lose.” So GO FALCONS!!!

 

Divisional Recap:

 

Packers at Falcons:

The Falcons had their foot on the gas from the first drive, and the Packers truly looked outmatched at every position. Going down 17-0 early and having the Falcons score with 3 seconds left to make it 24-0 at halftime, the game was already over. The image of this game was the one of the first plays of the 2nd half when Julio Jones broke 2 tackles and sprinted 73 yards for the TD, you could see the look of despair on Rodgers’ face. No matter how good the Packers offense was, they could not stop any aspect of the Falcons. The Falcons looked like they belong with that trouncing.

 

Steelers at Patriots:

The turning point in this game was the fact that LeVeon Bell was out after 6 rushes. It also doesn’t help when Belichick can turn an undrafted free agent into a 180 yard, 2 TD receiver. Being down 17-9 at halftime wasn’t that bad for Pittsburgh, but letting up 19 unanswered points after that was their downfall. The Patriots also kept piling it on, almost to show that they could score as much as Atlanta.

 

Quick Hits:

  • I know playoffs don’t count, but it only solidifies Matt Ryan’s case for MVP
  • What happened to the Steelers offense? 7th in offensive yards, 24.9 points per game. Yet they didn’t score a TD against the Chiefs, and only scored 1 when it mattered during the Championship game
  • If Tom Brady wins, he’ll be the second oldest QB to win (several weeks younger than Manning was last year). Manning looked like he limped to the finish line, Brady looks like he’s got another 4 years in him.
  • I really want to see Goodell hand the trophy to Brady, merely for the “awkward” factor.
  • The Patriots are undefeated since losing Gronkowski for the season

 

Super Bowl Stats!

  • The NFC South (Bucs, Panthers, Saints, and Falcons) is the only division since re-alignment (in 2002) to have all 4 teams make the Super Bowl.
  • No team has more former players on the two Super Bowl rosters than the Cleveland Browns.
  • Brady has 24 playoff wins, only 6 other FRANCHISES have more wins than that. He’s playing in his record 7th Super Bowl (team record 9th), going for his record 5th
  • To put this in perspective, the Bears have only won 17 playoff games and 9 championships (most pre-Super Bowl but it counts in this stat), and their first playoff appearance was in 1932
  • 11 of the last 12 Super Bowl winners were wearing White jerseys. Only the Packers won in their solid color. I blame Trump…
  • Bill Belichick has coached in 18% of the Super Bowls
  • Dan Quinn is appearing in his 3rd Super Bowl in 4 seasons
  • It’s Dan Quinn’s first matchup against Belichick as a head coach. All time record for first time matchups against Bill, new coaches are 3-22.

 

Super Bowl Preview:

 

Despite growing up and watching the ’03 Bucs and ’00 Ravens win their Super Bowls, I’m still biased by flashy offenses. I got burned 3 years ago when the Broncos record offense got absolutely demolished by Seattle’s staunch D. It worked last year when I said that the Broncos would beat the Panthers despite them being favored to win. The stat that does it for me is that this is the 6th time that the team that scored the most points has met up with the team that allowed the least points. In the other 5 games, the team that allowed the fewest points won 4 of those games. This proves that defense still wins championships. On top of that, the Patriots have a TON of Super Bowl experience on their side, and know how to manage the big game. In fact, Tom Brady has more Super Bowl appearances (6) than the entire Falcons roster combined (5). Matt Ryan on the other hand had a losing record in the playoffs until this year. The Patriots also have an uncanny ability to “take a player out of the game.” Not literally, but figuratively. They did it with Marshall Faulk, Terrell Owens, Stephen Davis, Kearse/Baldwin; they limit the stars to next to nothing. Julio Jones is a beast, but if they can figure out a way to do that, I think they win easily. Another thing to point out, the Falcons have historically struggled getting into the redzone. Granted it’s hard to look back 4-5 years, but the reason they didn’t play in the Super Bowl against the Ravens (instead of the 49ers) was because of 2 goal line stands. The following year they only won 5 games because they had another 4 that they lost having to kick field goals or getting stopped on 4th down.

 

 

Georgia Dome:

What a way to close out a new stadium! Final home game at the Georgia dome, fans got to watch their team punch their ticket to the Super Bowl. Win or lose, that’s also a heck of a way to open their new stadium next year.

 

Stat of the Week:

Justin Tucker hit a 75 yard field goal http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18555466/justin-tucker-baltimore-ravens-connects-75-yard-field-goal-attempt-pro-bowl-preparations, only to be outdone by Matt Prater hitting a 76 yard FG http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/01/nfl-pro-bowl-detroit-lions-matt-prater-justin-tucker-76-yards-wow-video . It’s so far that it’s tough to see if it made it!

 

Stat of the Week #2:

At the beginning of the season, more people placed bets on the Browns to win the Super Bowl than the Falcons

 

Stat of the Week #3:

Matt Ryan hasn’t thrown an interception since Dec 4th; 6 full games ago

 

Prediction of the Year:

I had Green Bay and New England in the Super Bowl this year, from day 1 (it’s in writing). Probably the closest I’ve gotten to being correct!

 

Prediction of the Year #2:

Before the season, CBS ran a Madden simulation of the season and had the Falcons beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl. They were also dang close!

 

Super Bowl Prediction Recap:

FMQB is 2-3 in predicting the last Super Bowl winners, but surprisingly have nailed the winning score on the nose 3 of 5 times!

 

AAANNNDDDD, the final score:

Patriots 27, Falcons 20. There’s a chance of it being a high score affair, but Super Bowls always seem to be a bit lower scoring, teams try to feel each other out the first quarter.

 

Swan Song?

Any chance Tom calls it a career if he wins? He apparently wants to play until 45, but he’ll turn 40 during next year’s preseason. Peyton just went out that way. I wouldn’t call it unfeasible, but still be surprising.

 

Quote of the Week:

“Almost by every barometer, the quality of the game is better on Thursday night.” Roger Goodell…and then we all laaauuggghhhheeddd and laughed

FMQB: Know from Wentz you came

Posted by fmquarterback on September 23, 2016
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Bradford’s Back:

I’m going to start off by saying, it was one game people. But wow did Sam Bradford look like the #1 overall draft pick he should have been all along! This has to have been the highest pressure situation in a Week 2 game in NFL history. New stadium, bitter rivalry game, new team, he has been studying the offense for 15 days, first start with the team. It’s so dire, you almost can’t blame him if he loses! But instead he thrived. He found a favorite target in Stefon Diggs, who now leads the league in receiving yards. He is famous for his injuries, and being skittish in the pocket. But he held strong and got crushed several times, only to sit up and see that he completed the ball. Bravo Bradford, on your best day as a pro. I think if you ask most Vikings or Packers fans after Teddy’s injury, very few TRULY thought that the Vikings would be alone in 1st place after 2 weeks. On a side note, that defense is starting to look a little scary.

 

Stat of the Week:

Browns are starting their 5th QB in 5 games. Only the 2nd Team since the merger to ever do this. They should make a jersey for this!

 

Stat of the Week #2:

Rams have yet to score a TD this season, but are in a tie for 1st in the division

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FMQB: Playoffs? Don’t talk about Playoffs

Posted by fmquarterback on January 8, 2016
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Week 17

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We’re to playoff time! The season is always fun, but the final 11 games always ramp up the pressure and drama. But first, a few Week 17 notes.

 

Week 17

The Jets controlled their destiny and missed out on the playoffs, losing to nemesis Buffalo with only revenge to play for. Feel bad for Ryan Fitzpatrick, who sort of revitalized his career this year and played solid football, but has never seen the playoffs.

 

Still shocked that the Patriots laid an egg against the Dolphins, and gave up the #1 seed. It’s a good thing that Brady has a BYE, because he looked severely hobbled after the game.

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