2023 NFL regular season thread (no picks)

Oh my god, had to go to Nevada with my wife’s family for a quick trip

they abandoned me in a old school saloon bar cos I was too embarrassing….lol

I can’t believe we won that, All respect to DETROIT, what a team, what an effort, they should of won, we could go over the 4th down stuff forever but that’s how they play, I don’t think it’s smart in playoffs but that’s who they are. Also let’s respect that the niners are talented and would always make a push, you couldn’t expect Detroit to keep up the same game in the second half

Anyway, booking my flights to Vegas right now, letsssss gooooo ( lMahomes will kill us though and go until the very end, he is a winner, it’s going to be intense)

Also, Purdy made some crazy good plays in the second half, fair play, love him, not saying he is Brady but he is proving he is legit

Genuinely feel bad for Detroit, serious effort and if a few plays went their way they would of won, obviously the 4th down stuff is a major factor but Iam sure the niners would of kept of pushing anyway. Just like last week, I think it comes down to experience, niners have the major experience in playoffs, they have been on the opposite side of these games, it does matter in my opinion, that’s why I think Kansas will have a huge advantage with Mahomes, Niners will need to play a perfect game

I've been saying Purdy should be a serious contender for MVP for a long time now but I couldn't stop thinking after the game last night that Christian McCaffrey should be the MVP.

It seems every game he's got 120+ yards from scrimmage. I don't know how many TDs he has but it's well over one per game.

He probably won't get it because he's not a QB but in my opinion he is definitely the best player in the NFL this season.

For me I think Lamar has to take a lot of the blame, he really should have been picked off at least three times. He had huge running lanes that he never took and instead stayed in the pocket to try and find a receiver. I doubt the game plan was severely altered last night.

Lamar is a fantastic player but he has some bad games every season. Unfortunately for him and everybody involved with the Ravens he had one at the wrong time.

Purdy proved me a little wrong last night, but you're correct, McCaffrey is the answer to who is the MVP. And it's not actually close.

just ask yourself one question ... if you're the head coach or defensive coordinator going up against the 49ers' offence, who are you trying to stop first? Is it Purdy? Or is it McCaffrey?

There's your answer.

I wouldn't disagree with that. For me MVP very tight call between Purdy, CMC and Lamar I have been leaning to Brock on his QB numbers with results to back up but CMC of the three really stands out in the NFL that he has been so far ahead of everybody else in his respective position with nobody could comes close to his performance level to anywhere near make a similar difference to one of the top teams

I expect Lamar has it in the bag but I worry that will be because of the thumping the Ravens gave the 49ers at Levi's stadium near the end of the season and because people can't buy into Brock being a legitimate top QB and people can't buy into CMC as an MVP because he is a running back

Lamar always chokes in the crunch games. He turned over the ball last year (I think) in the oppositions end zone and suffered a narrow loss. I couldn't believe they gave him the contract they did with the evidence they had to hand. To me he's a better version of Dak Prescott with similar failings.

Totally agree, CMC is out on his own by a country mile. Only the leagues bias towards QBs means there's even a question over it.