2023 NFL regular season thread (no picks)

You're describing the history of the bears in a nutshell. Always changing one piece at a time and so very often addicted to the idea of a strong defensive side, which is where most of the resources continue to go even as they let go of homegrown stars like roquan.

As for the main question, whether Fields is good enough, I dunno. Sometimes I think he's getting hamstrung by a bad play caller. He does have plenty of skill and can make amazing throws. But he is a little slow to make his reads and that gets him in trouble (not helped by the constant rotation of mediocre centers I admit but he has had a serviceable o line most of this year). He doesn't throw many interceptions but he's not a safe pair of hands when he's hit either. I dunno, I think you have a situation now where we have lucked into an incredible draft pick and if you like a QB you go for him but it's also a unique chance to build a really strong roster if you have faith in Fields going forward.

The word going around is we are moving on, although some think that's a screen to drive up the price of the first in a trade.

If I'm betting, I think we do take Williams, drop Fields, keep eberflus and fire getsy. Whether that's the right path I don't know. If Williams is as good as everyone thinks he is (when I watched him this year he absolutely wasn't, looked a shambles against ND, but I know **** all about it) then it's obviously the right move. If not it's just another round of the rollercoaster we've been on since Trubisky was drafted.

I didn't have the Dolphins as Superbowl contenders all season long but their defense, which is very talented, seems to be getting it's act together. They have the best offense in football, if that D does it's thing they won't be stopped. They are my pick at this stage.

Obviously too early to be sure about anybody. Tagovailoa has had his injuries in previous seasons, same with Lamar. The 49ers have been cursed with QB injuries for a long number of years now.

Obviously if the Eagles get back to where they were at for most of the season they can go all the way. I still think the Lions are dangerous. Having Javonte Williams to compliment St. Brown and I thinks it's now called Rhythm and Bruise in the backfield they are very balanced on offense and have a much improved defense too.

The Bills are back to their best, that mid-season slump has likely cost them big. It's very hard to go all the way on the road.

I like Collingsworth and all but why are they so loud and the crowd and game noise so faint?

or is just because I’m in Now Tv?

its hard to engage with the game

Bills got very lucky tonight. They were poir but the Chargers were worse

Jesus the Packers nearly made a mess of our number one pick. That's our job.

Looking forward to this late game. Two great teams. This game could decide the MVP.

Unbelievable stuff earlier. Patrick Mahomes looked like a poor QB, never thought I'd ever see that. It's not in him, awful group of wide receivers. I hear them talking up Rashee Rice, he doesn't look in anyway special to me.

Eagles looked really good in the first half before nearly blowing it up. Got it done but there's still big question marks about them.

Kittle potentially going to have his biggest receiving yardage in a game. He's got 91 at the end of the first quarter. 5-3 49ers

Three picks on Purdy now. 10-5 Ravens and they have the ball at the San Fran 20.

TD Ravens, Agholor. 23-12 Ravens. Looking like the race for no.1 in the NFC is wide open again.

And pick no. 4 by Purdy. He's having an awful night.

And a Flowers TD, 30-12 Ravens.

Shocking QB performance, he is the most up and down QB in the league

This Joe Flacco thing is great fun to watch, give him the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

The bookies still have Hamlin as the favourite, even though he’s only featured in a couple of games. I understand the sentiment but for actually playing football, it’s Flacco for me the way things are going.

TD Montgomery to give the Lions a 10-7 lead. I'm all in on the Lions with my team out of the picture.

I hope they win this, still a chance of the no. 1 seed for them.

Very quiet first half, 7-3 Cowboys at halftime. Jimmy Johnson was celebrated as the newest Cowboys hall of fame inductee, don't know how it took so long for him to get in there. He's already in the pro football hall of fame.