2023 NFL regular season thread (no picks)

21-10 patriots HT.

Apologies, I missed that.

I've said all along that I rate Purdy highly, I think he should be a serious contender for MVP but I guess the powers that be don't want Mr Irrelevant winning it early in his career. That's the only reason I can think of for him not being one of the strong favourites.

I firmly believe the 49ers line is a good bit better but it's not the whole reason for Purdy's great play. His movement in the pocket, his great footwork, buys him a lot more time. He reminds me of Tom Brady in that way.

My only point is that in the situation that Mac Jones finds himself you just cannot profile him.. Even Patrick Mahomes would struggle in that situation, not to the extent Jones has but still I couldn't see him having a winning season. Mahomes is unbelievable but he's struggled this year because of the poor quality of receivers. He's got a great one in Kelce but nobody else.

I'm pretty confident that Mac's time in New England is done. If he finds himself as a backup on a team with a good offensive line and the starter gets injured it wouldn't surprise me if he comes in and shows he has it.

As you know I'm a huge Patriots fan, I don't walk away when times are tough. I experienced tough times before we turned into the dominant franchise we became for twenty years.

A lot of Patriots fans have awful opinions of Jones but I don't. I'm not one that goes against a player just becaise things aren't going well. You have to look at the big picture and for me when you look at the dreadful offensive line and the poor quality of receivers then you can't put it all on the QB.

The one time the offensive line did their job this year Mac had a good game with no ints.

Zappe got a great performance from them last night and looked decent.

Cowboys are all over the Eagles. The Cowboys have improved over the last six weeks but I feel the Eagles are struggling for the last while. 49ets will lead the conference after tonight.

The Cowboys are improving all the time, the Eagles have been below par for a couple of weeks now.

Offensive line isn't as good as it was before then.

The defense has fallen apart, giving up 33 points last night, 42 last week and 37 the week before.

NFC is very top heavy. The few teams that are in with a chance are incredibly strong on their day.

Ravens and Dolphins are leading the Afc but have bigger question marks but there are 11 Afc teams with winning records.

Right now it feels like the Afc has more depth but the top teams in the NFC might be better.

Not sure I ever expected to see a 3-0 scoreline in the nfl with modern rules.

Yep it also doesn't look like Toney checked with the line judge that he was good (only saw the replay and not the pre snap so could be wrong). I didn't hear them saying the unnecessary roughness penalty shouldn't have been called last week for them against the packers when Mahomes was hit clearly inbounds.

Easton Stick v Aidan O'Connell on TNF. Tempting.

I expect at some stage tomorrow to read that Brandon Staley has been fired.

I think he was on the verge of it but this should be the end of him.

The fact that they were bad with Herbert, Allen and Ekeler out him on the hot seat. What happened last night puts it over the top.

He is not only responsible for a playbook that will work for the starters, he's also responsible for drafting replacements too.

They were already bad heading into last night. There's no way a roster with that talent such have been 5-8 before that thumping.

I did say might save him and given the news that’s breaking I was too optimistic.

The cowboys returned to their natural form. And I love to see it.

I really fancy the Ravens to beat the Jags comfortably.

Looking forward to the game.

Tomorrow night is very interesting too. The Eagles seem to be just treading water at the minute. Seahawks coming off a decent enough performance in defeat to the 49ers. It could be a close game unless the Eagles get back in top gear.

McCaffrey was unreal again today, I mean just in a different level, I know MVP is always QB strong but my god McCaffrey has been out of this world. I just wish Shanahan would not use him as much, give him some rest and take him out earlier when you know you are going to win, typical Shanahan though, he just pushes guys hard, it will hurt him eventually this year when one of the main guys gets a dumb injury at a time of the game when they shouldn’t be in, I just know it 🤦‍♂️

As I said last night, Eagles treading water and they couldn't stay up tonight.

Seahawks only got in front for the first time late in the fourth quarter. Huge win for them, massive loss for the Eagles. No chance of the no.1 seed now and they can't make a mistake over the final three games or they could lose the division.

The eagles are like a slow motion car crash. It’s not good. Even the offense which was something that could be relied on is just fucked up now.

Bills when at their best are no.1 in the AFC, that's because Mahomes doesn't have good receivers.

The Bills are back to their best. Their problem is they will be on the road all through the playoffs.

Ravens currently are the no.1 seeds but it's not certain. They have the 49ers, Dolphins and Steelers, with Pickett, in Pittsburgh to finish the season.

The Dolphins defense, which is packed with talent, seems to be getting it's act together. They are one hell of a scary outfit if their defense starts to perform.

Rams go 8-7, Giants next week should put them 9-7, the the niners come to town in the final week. They could already have the no.1 seed in and you wouldn't know if that could mean resting their best players.

I think if they make it to the playoffs they are very dangerous. The offense is humming and I think that defense is one that'll keep improving.

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The debate in bears fanland is getting very heated on that question. It's related to the question of whether to fire eberflus too. Some people want both gone, others want one or the other gone. The GM has a tough decision. The one thing everyone agrees on is that the offensive coordinator is gone. Personally I would be ok with eberflus and Fields staying (absolutely wanted flus gone earlier in the year but he's built a good defense since) and a trade back in the draft, but I can see the temptation to go with a new QB with huge potential on a rookie contract. I just don't know. But we have a hell of a draft coming up.