Boo Khaki Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 It's not offensive, I just don't understand why you'd actively harm your teams' chances by benching your best QB because of one low-effort play after a turnover that he wasn't responsible for, especially so when it's a player who has already suffered one catastrophic and near career-ending injury. I think it's entirely understandable why starting QB Teddy Bridgewater isn't really of a mind to be throwing his body around trying to tackle people. If his job was a full-time defensive player and he showed that lack of effort, then yes, I'd totally agree with you. It's unlikely a defensive player who had lost interest in that side of the game would be on the field anyway, but how many more tackles are you expecting your QB to have to make this season? Is he showing a total lack of effort at actually QB'ing, because I haven't seen any evidence of that from what I've seen of him so far this season. If he was QB'ing the team 60+ snaps per game with the same lack of commitment and effort shown on that one play then I think you'd be absolutely correct to be calling for his benching if it hadn't already happened. Travis Benjamin is a far more egregious example of a player who is totally stealing a living. I lost count of the number of times he either refused to attempt to catch a pass because of an impending collision, or ran out of bounds with acres of space in front of him because he wanted no part of being tackled while carrying the ball. Somehow, the guy still has a job as an NFL WR, but his total lack of commitment and disinterest in getting involved physically in an inherently physical game used to infuriate Chargers fans every single week. The crucial difference is it's Travis Bnejamin's job to contest catches and move the ball down the field regardless of any potential physical contact, whereas Bridgewater's task is almost exclusively to hand the ball off and throw it downfield. Benjamin doesn't even have TB's injury history to fall back on, so yes, I know how infuriating it is to see one of your team's players sell-out his teammates like that, but it's one singular play which in which he's not particularly likely to find himself in that exact position any time soon, oh, and with the mitigating circumstances. Benjamin doesn't have any excuses, he's simply a coward and totally gutless, but that doesn't lead to him getting benched or ostracised by his teammates for some reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic sign Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I'm not informed enough to get involved in this Teddy Bridgewater disagreement, but today I watched this discussion between 2 Dolphins journalist which centred around Teddy Bridgewater. Maybe a different perspective. Skip to 22mins for the discussion to start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 NFC (After week 11) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lichtie23 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 So in the NFC the Cardinals are back to being the number 1 seed with the Packers dropping to 2. The Panthers drop out all together with the Vikings replacing them in the top 7. In the AFC the Titans stay the number 1 seed even though they lost to the 1-8 Texans on Sunday. The Ravens jump to the 2nd seed while the Patriots now lead the AFC East and are the number 3 seed. The Bills are biggest fallers moving from the 2nd to the 7th seed. The Bengals replace the Steelers in the top 7. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I'm sure the rest of the league will be delighted that the Patriots can potentially enter the number 1 seed by beating the Titans this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 15 hours ago, mrpaddyx said: beating the Titans Have you heard yourself? Only underdogs beat the Titans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Oops. Stumbled in here by mistake... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 7th seed... f**k that, I want the 4th seed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 NFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lichtie23 Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 So in the NFC the top 5 seeds stay the same but the 49ers jump into the 6th seed and Washington are now the 7th seeds after their win on Monday night. The Vikings and Saints drop out. In the AFC the Ravens are now the top seeds replacing the Titans who drop to 3rd. The Patriots jump a place to number 2. The Bills and Chargers swap places. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 18/11/2021 at 11:13, RiG said: Surely the Saints, with Trevor Siemian and no WRs, are going to fall away? From a 49ers perspective this looks a very good shout. Beating the Vikings really puts the Niners back into serious contention for the play offs which is utterly bonkers as I don't think there have been that many good SF performances this season. With just six games left to go there are 3 pretty winnable ones there (@ Seattle, Falcons and Texans), an intriguing matchup against the Rams who are just one game ahead now and two pretty difficult looking road trips to Cinci and Tennessee. It might all come down to the last game @ LA which will be some way to end the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 NFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lichtie23 Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) So in the NFC the Cardinals stay number 1 seed as the top 5 stay the same. Washington jump to 6th seed with San Fran dropping to 7. in the AFC the Patriots take over as number 1 seeds with the Titans now 2nd and the Ravens dropping from 1st to 3rd. Chiefs stay 4th but the Chargers jump from 7 to 5. Bengals and Bills both drop 1 spot. The Houston Texans are the 1st team officially eliminated from playoff contention Edited December 7, 2021 by lichtie23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Some laugh if the Niners get into the playoffs despite having not beaten a team with a winning record this season (I believe this is correct). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Think I might regret not getting on the Patriots to win the AFC at 28/1 a month ago. Couldn’t get EW so decided to leave it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 From what little I've seen of Mac Jones so far I suspect he might be their playoff undoing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Lions, Jets, Jaguars join the Texans in being officially eliminated from playoff contention. Roll on the 1st overall pick sweepstakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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