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Week 4 Discussion (Other Teams)

Will The Dolphins Get their First win in New England Since 2008?

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • No

    Votes: 13 76.5%

  • Total voters
    17

JO_75

Hall of Famer
After this Monday, we will be a quarter of a way through the 2018 season and we still don't know anything about who is and who is not a contender. The Vikings thought to be a contender, just got destroyed by a bad Buffalo Bills team. The Dolphins are off to a 3-0 start and lead the AFC East heading into Sunday's game against the 1-2 Patriots. Oh and the Browns have won a game in 2018... so get some Bud Lights and enjoy Week 4!

Vikings @ Rams: Thursday Night Football takes us to LA where the Rams host the Minnesota Vikings. After a shocking upset by the Bills, the Vikings look to rebound against a banged up Rams secondary who just placed Aquib Talib on IR and Marcus Peters being a game time decision. The Vikings OL allowed 29 QB pressures and now they face a D-Line consisting of Suh, Donald and Brockers. Will the Vikings get back on track or will the Rams move on to a perfect 4-0 start to the season?

Bengals @ Falcons: The Falcons banged up secondary gets a tough two week stretch against the AFC North starting with the Bengals this week. Only Billy Price and Joe Mixon ended up on the final injury report meaning AJ Green is good to go. Matt Ryan will have to be a busy passer this week keeping up with the Bengals offense Sunday, and the Double B's in Pittsburgh next week.

Buccaneers @ Bears: The Bucs travel to Chicago looking to rebound after Fitzmagic ran out against Pittsburgh. They will get a boost from a depleted Bears secondary who will be without top CB Prince Amukamara. Should be interesting to watch how the Bucs O-Line holds up against Khalil Mack who has been a real difference maker in the Bears 2-1 start.

Lions @ Cowboys: The Streak is over.... The Lions finally had a 100 yard rusher for the first time since 2013. The Lions also have the worst run defense in the league facing Ezekiel Elliott on Sunday. Dak Prescott hasn't had a 200 yard passing game in 5 games and its understandable considering his weapons, *Cough Cough* Dez Bryant is still available *Cough Cough*. If Detroit can use momentum gained from last week's win over New England, there may be enough time to turn things around.

Bills @ Packers: Will the Real Buffalo Bills please stand up? The first two weeks of the season they get blown out by the Ravens and Chargers, and the next they blow out the Vikings. The Packers defense took a big loss in DE Muhammad Wilkerson being done for the year, and that may allow the Bills to continue the offensive onslaught if the Packers can't get to Josh Allen.

*There is a Foul on this post. Roughing the Passer number 52, just thinking about sacking Josh Allen. 15 yards added to the Bills first drive, automatic first down.*

Eagles @ Titans: Philly heads to the music city for a showdown with the Tennessee Titans coming off a huge win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Marcus Mariota will play Sunday, and gets a boost in protection from the returning Jack Conklin. The Titans run game hasn't gotten going so far this season and facing the number one defense against the run won't help it improve. Something to think about, the Eagles are 17-3 at home since 2016 allowing only 13.8 PPG. On the road under Jim Schwartz? 24.3 PPG and a 7-10 record.

Texans @ Colts: The Coaching Carousel welcomes its first rider in Bill O'Brien who leads the 0-3 Texans to Indianapolis against the Colts. Watson is struggling, Andrew Luck can't throw a ball more than 33 yards(longest passing play he's thrown all year), and this just seems like an ugly football game from the beginning. Would an 0-4 by Houston start lead to our first firing of the 2018 season?

Dolphins @ Patriots: This is my upset of the week right here, Dolphins win their first game in 10 years(2008, Wildcat Game) against the Patriots in Foxboro. The Pats roster may be the weakest it has been in years, and this time slow starts in September may bite them later on as they sit 1-2 heading into Sunday. The Dolphins could get out to a huge divisional lead with a win over the Patriots.

Jets @ Jaguars: The Jaguars look to rebound after a loss to the Titans against a Jets team that gave the Browns their first win since 2016. The Jags have rebounded very well after a loss under Doug Marrone and I don't see no difference here. Then again, the Bills beat the Vikings last week and I was giving the Jags the number one seed last week.. Yay for Parity!

Browns @ Raiders: Grab your Bud Lights and head to Oakland as the Browns look to win back to back games since 2014 when they won three games in a row. The Raiders meanwhile look to be fully poised with the Gruden disease as they look to avoid their first 0-4 start since also 2014. Can Baker Mayfield overcome the Black Hole and get his first official win(Tyrod was credited with the win against the Jets) against a reeling Raiders team?

Seahawks @ Cardinals: Rookies everywhere this week as Josh Rosen gets his first start at home against the Seahawks...........

Saints @ Giants: The Giants ended their winless season last week, but the Saints may be too much for them to win this week. The Saints are coming off a big road Overtime win over the Falcons and look for another road win this week in the Meadowlands.

49ers @ Chargers: Jimmy G was fun while he lasted, and now the 49ers revert back to their previous form prior to trading for him. The Chargers seem to once again be under performing after having so much hype and Joey Bosa remains sidelines until mid season. Chargers should walk away with this win and 49ers fans must wait until next season to see how this all turns out.

Chiefs @ Broncos: The Patrick Mahomes Air Show makes its way to Denver as the Broncos are the next team looking to put a stop to this show.
 
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rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
haha im watching on amazon prime - ive got a choice of 3 different audio tracks for commentary:

i can listen to buck and aikman (the default)
a uk commentary team (i didnt even know there was a proper one lol)
or storm and kremer

of those storm and kremer seems most appealing just because im interested but it looks like they dont have a producer and it sounds like they are calling the game from a tv monitor and the sound levels are all wrong which is frustrating
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
dammit - on the rams score its clear that these broadcasts really arent meant for anything other than the buck, aikman audio track because no one else seemed to really comment on the yellow lines that got drawn on the play lol - the UK commentator had no idea what the lines really meant (just said something vague about being 1v1), and storm and kremer mostly ignored the yellow marks lol

its not their faults but it does seem a little incongruous and means ill probably have to listen to the buck aikman track
 

Dom McRaven

Hall of Famer
I know the Chargers get a lot of shit (and rightfully so) for having their home crowd being overran by fans of the opposing team, but the Rams aren't much better in this department.
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
Rams are legit the best team in the league right now. There shouldn’t be a debate until they prove otherwise. They’re winning like this WITHOUT talib and Peters.
 

Dom McRaven

Hall of Famer
from what ive seen so far this year the rams have had a pretty noticeable homefield following... it's nothing special but its pretty significant given that this is only year 3 in LA
They do okay when they're going up against a less popular team, but more popular teams like the Eagles and Vikings will take that crowd over for sure.
 
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