Recent content by Wombat

So they decided to remake Be Kind, Rewind* - which already starred Jack Black! - but added a twist of a real snake attacking them while doing so? I suppose I have to give them half credit for something new, but this seems like the sort of thing I watch on a plane and forget by the time I land...

I think its safe to say the Raiders will not Commander and go deep into the playoffs this year. Which raises the question if Carroll will be around once / if the Raiders do get to that stage. As has been mentioned repeatedly, he's already the oldest NFL coach ever.

Add Purdy and amend that to two week stretch. Not sure any of us expect oldsters like Flacco or Rodgers to survive the season (hell, who knows about Stafford either). Part of this is the clear recent trend in the NFL that strong defenses (vs offenses) start well - "Get up there and kill the QB"...

Yeah, going to be hard to have a stupider play this season than the Steelers there.

Re: Burrow, I thought it was just a high ankle sprain on camera, but its being reported as a toe injury - could be looking at another Purdy situation. I didn't think the Bengals were a realistic 7th seed candidate, but that probably ends their chances.

The Dolphins are doing better this week, keeping up with a sub-.500 team, but they're all fired at the end of the year anyway - another appearance or two like last week and they may as well dismantle the team at the trade deadline, fire McDaniel, etc. and start their rebuild during this season.

I was actually thinking the Packers don't have that many points for how lopsided this game has been.

Wearing white (surrender) against a military themed team seems iffy.

As the closest thing to an illegitimate child / revival of Shadow Hearts: Covenant we will ever see, I was rather fond of it, even at full retail. Your mileage may vary depending on your love of (effectively) JRPGs, Active Time Battle systems, and Western Europe.

Eh, I'd honestly prefer the Bears win, they aren't in the Wildcard discussion, the Vikings certainly could be once JJ gets more acclimated.

I can see the Vikings offense being slow with a defacto rookie QB, but what's their defense's problem? Edit: Am I the only one that hates the Vikings' matte helmets?

To be fair, the NFL has done a much better job over the last ~3 seasons of scheduling very competitive matchups the first two to three weeks, before they have to acknowledge the reality that different divisional rotations lead to wildly different Strength of Schedules. Hell, take this year: the...

Yeah, I think most people assumed the Dolphins would be bad with even average injury luck, but I don't know if anyone expected them to be this bad with their full roster.

I just got home myself, these commercial breaks are awkward. I suppose bridges are better than "We'll be right back" placards.

Eh, if Lamb had caught one of those bombs in the fourth quarter, this could have easily gone the other way. The NFC Wildcard hunt will likely be brutal, between the Cowboys / Redskins / Packers / Possibly Minnesota / various NFC West teams with puffed up records from soft competition, but yeah...