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Post #2 » by **shackles10** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:34 pm

Could barely suffer through NFL game day listening to Marc Ross who sounds exactly like Donny Marshall. I thought it was him napping in and out of coverage and wondered how he switched to football.

Joshyjess · Post #3 » by **Joshyjess** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:55 pm

Not going to lie, havent' really been into the Patriots this year, but seeing them beat the Bills is such a Belichek thing to do (especially for his 300th career win). Would like to think that this game today will be the turning point of their season - but I doubt it. They'll probably go back to stinking next week.

KamikazeK · Post #4 » by **KamikazeK** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:11 am

Joshyjess wrote:Not going to lie, havent' really been into the Patriots this year, but seeing them beat the Bills is such a Belichek thing to do (especially for his 300th career win). Would like to think that this game today will be the turning point of their season - but I doubt it. They'll probably go back to stinking next week.

12-5 is coming. Don't fight it. :thumbsup:

Fierce1 · Post #5 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:39 am

Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

makubesu · Post #6 » by **makubesu** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:39 am

Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Pats will be lucky if they get the first pick :wink:

Green89 · Post #7 » by **Green89** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:10 am

Anyone know why they are starting the season and opening night with two Western Conference games, as opposed to 1 of each??

Fierce1 · Post #8 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:09 am

makubesu wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Pats will be lucky if they get the first pick

True.

But the Pats are not that bad.

Joshyjess · Post #9 » by **Joshyjess** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:40 pm

Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Yeah, I see them with more like 5 (maybe 6 wins) by the end of the season.
Not good enough to get more than a handfull of wins, but not bad enough to get a chance at a top pick.
TBH, I'm kind of surprised that Belichik actually signed that new contract. At this point in his career, I just don't see him signing on to a rebuilding project. Maybe he just really, really wants to get the #1 spot in all-time regular season wins?

Fierce1 · Post #10 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:53 pm

Joshyjess wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Yeah, I see them with more like 5 (maybe 6 wins) by the end of the season.
Not good enough to get more than a handfull of wins, but not bad enough to get a chance at a top pick.
TBH, I'm kind of surprised that Belichik actually signed that new contract. At this point in his career, I just don't see him signing on to a rebuilding project. Maybe he just really, really wants to get the #1 spot in all-time regular season wins?

Bill wants to win a SB without Tom Brady.

Bad-Thoma · Post #11 » by **Bad-Thoma** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:58 pm

Joshyjess wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Yeah, I see them with more like 5 (maybe 6 wins) by the end of the season.
Not good enough to get more than a handfull of wins, but not bad enough to get a chance at a top pick.
TBH, I'm kind of surprised that Belichik actually signed that new contract. At this point in his career, I just don't see him signing on to a rebuilding project. Maybe he just really, really wants to get the #1 spot in all-time regular season wins?

Maybe he just still loves football and money.

Joshyjess · Post #12 » by **Joshyjess** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:01 pm

Fierce1 wrote:
Joshyjess wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Yeah, I see them with more like 5 (maybe 6 wins) by the end of the season.
Not good enough to get more than a handfull of wins, but not bad enough to get a chance at a top pick.
TBH, I'm kind of surprised that Belichik actually signed that new contract. At this point in his career, I just don't see him signing on to a rebuilding project. Maybe he just really, really wants to get the #1 spot in all-time regular season wins?

Bill wants to win a SB without Tom Brady.

Most likely, I just don't see that happening ANY time soon! Right now the Pats are so far from a SB win, that it would take a miracle to get them there within the next 4 or 5 seasons (unless another Brady-like player is picked). I don't see a SB win in Mack Jones' future.

Floody23 · Post #13 » by **Floody23** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:45 pm

makubesu wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Pats will be lucky if they get 8 wins.

Pats will be lucky if they get the first pick

Caleb Williams might be the most overrated prospect we’ve ever seen with how much their talking him up that It’s actually a blessing in disguise to not get the first pick in my opinion.

zoyathedestroya · Post #14 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:16 pm

These are nice. Added to my wishlist for my fans who want to buy me stuff.

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Memokerobi · Post #15 » by **Memokerobi** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:24 pm

Green89 wrote:Anyone know why they are starting the season and opening night with two Western Conference games, as opposed to 1 of each??

No its weird, Bucks-Sixers or Celtics-Knicks followed by Lakers-Nuggets would have been better

Post #16 » by **bisme37** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:01 pm

Yahoo has been doing a player ranking series but it's 4 tiers rather than exact rankings.

Tier 1: Giannis, Steph, Luka, Durant, Jokic, Tatum.

Tier 2: Butler, Embiid, SGA, Lebron, Kawhi.

Jaylen is in Tier 3 and Jrue is in Tier 4.

Not terrible imo.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-levels-full-list-ranking-top-40-players-160052115.html

Post #17 » by **bisme37** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:31 pm

New "City" jerseys...

KillahGhostface · Post #18 » by **KillahGhostface** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:04 pm

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Green89 · Post #19 » by **Green89** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:09 pm

bisme37 wrote:New "City" jerseys...

At least we can say the Lakers one is uglier than ours. Most of these are not good.

Post #20 » by **canman1971** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:18 pm

Why just city jerseys? Boston should have a town one.