2020 NFL Week 5

[Leonardfan]

Seattle's Achilles heel appears to be their d-line much like Dallas. It's refreshing seeing Kubiak run the ball down the Seahawks throats and the Vikings actually attempt to establish the running game. Gruden also showed earlier today the benefit of having a run game to control the pace of the game, keep the opposing team off the field rather than try to get into shootouts with teams built for them. The Browns have also found and established their running game which has helped them reel off 4 straight wins. I think this gets more and more frustrating to watch as an NFL fan.

 

[Tannehill17]

Another down to the wire game with Giants-Cowboys. I noticed Mike Gesicki had a 5-91 stat line that I think included a 70 yard catch. Van Ginkel must have played a lot since he ended up with around 6 tackles including a sack mentioned above. Was Van Noy injured because he only had 1 tackle? Van Ginkel needs to play more and obviously Gesicki should always be utilized. Maybe member Tannehill can answer the Van Ginkel question if as I assume that is a game he watched.

Van Noy isn't injured, he just had a quiet day. Van Ginkel was all over the field today. Love this kid!

 

[Freethinker]

Ughhh Plantation Pete’s teams never die, like a slasher film villain....

 

[Leonardfan]

Van Noy isn't injured, he just had a quiet day. Van Ginkel was all over the field today. Love this kid!

What's up with Laird? WSTD?

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Seattle gonna win. Gay.

 

[Freethinker]

Ughh, going to bed pissed off now.

Edit: Vikings are a loser team. Leave the 3 points off the board. Fail to convert a short 4th down. Then proceed to give up two long 4th downs.

 

[Leonardfan]

Ughh, going to bed pissed off now.

Edit: Vikings are a loser team. Leave the 3 points off the board. Fail to convert a short 4th down. Then proceed to give up two long 4th downs.

Now you know how I feel about the Jaguars LOL!

 

[Shadowlight]

Something very strange towards the end. I need to look at the play again though. When Thielen ran and came up short I could have sworn the defender speared him with his helmet. Maybe I am mistaken because no one said a word in the booth and on the field that pea brain Vikings coach wasn't paying attention. Did anyone else here pick up on that? That would have been half way to goal line first down game over.

 

[La France Blanche]

A lot of small school guys have been emerging lately.

Some guy I've never heard of Dennis Gardeck stepped in for the injured Chandler Jones to play the edge. He is tiny for an end - 6' and 230 - but he was manhandling the Jets tackle at times. On one play he straight bull rushed right to Flacco and pulled him down with one arm.

It was an impressive debut for a guy that's pretty much been on special teams his whole career.

The name sounded vaguely familiar to me. I looked back though some Caste Football history and the only reason it popped into my mind was that I had him listed as a backup for the Cardinals when I did their writeup a couple of years ago. Glad to see he's gotten a better opportunity.

 

[La France Blanche]

Funny how none of Barton's black defensive teammates come up to congratulate or high five him after a good play but they have no issue doing that with each other. That is one of the most glaring optics of the racial politics of an NFL locker room and it plays out in every game every week of the season.

I've seen that a few times. I've also seen the other side, where black players have no problem congratulating a White teammate who made a big play. I think the issue in this case is the toxic, anti-white Seahawks locker room culture. A lot of the blame for that should be laid on Plantation Pete for recruiting so many thugs and racial militants. The Seahawks probably have the most BLM-worshipping, anti-white locker room in the league.

 

[Tannehill17]

What's up with Laird? WSTD?

The dumbass braintrust brought in 2 new running backs this offseason (Breida and Howard) thus burying Laird on the depth chart. Neither one of those guys has been able to move the needle as both are speed backs, which Dolphins already had one in Gaskin. None of those guys can bust through the pile. What they should have done was bring in one power back (not 2 speed backs) have Gaskin as the speed back, with Laird as the receiving back. It's pure idiocy that Laird isn't being used. Whatever progress the Dolphins made at the end of last year has been stymied by the influx of "upsiders" that have been brought in via both the draft and free agency.

 

[HaywoodZarathustra]

I agree, but Gaskin's 4.58 40 time is fairly pedestrian.

 

[Shadowlight]

Ughh, going to bed pissed off now.

Edit: Vikings are a loser team. Leave the 3 points off the board. Fail to convert a short 4th down. Then proceed to give up two long 4th downs.

The Vikings had no business losing that game last night. While I consider HC Zimmer a decent coach I could never envision him going all the way. Last night was evidence of that. He has a pea brain quality to him I can't shake. And I have felt for years the Vikings defense is overrated and last night proved that point once again.

The Vikings had the ball most of the game and outgained Seattle 450-341 yards. They had mostly contained the Seattle passing and rushing attack except when it mattered most when they let them drive the entire length of the field in under 2 minutes to secure the win. Another vaunted comeback by Wilson. And some of the worst CB play you will ever see. That long float sideline ball to Metcalf was up in the air for an hour but the CB #27 was lost in space. He could have easily batted that ball down or intercepted it but instead it floated near the top of his head into that steroid freak's hands.

Seattle was playing a prevent D the whole night which is why Adam couldn't bust loose on a long one but he and Cousins adjusted and Adam started to eat them up on short passes. It was working. So why in hell did they decide to design a running play on third down and short for Adam instead of passing it to him where it worked like a charm the previous possessions? I am not a big fan of let's run it right at them every play when it gets down to crunch time. Throw in a pass play or two dammit. You have a WR who was savvy enough to change his routes during the game and instead of passing to him you decide to turn him into a running back? Like I said the coach is a bit of a pea brain. And I still want to see what I thought looked like an obvious helmet to helmet hit on Adam at the end that was completely ignored by everyone.

Like Freethinker said, watching the end of this game was like being caught up in a recurring nightmare.

On Seattle LB Cody Barton led the team with 14 tackles and was immense throughout. I did not notice his teammates ignoring him but then again I wasn't paying attention either. If he is still starting the next time I watch Seattle I will take a look at that.

 

[wile]

The black militant's treatment and the Pete's allowance of that racial bigotry makes me giddy. Not for poor Cody Barton I have sympathy for him but the fact that Pete and his Wakandans have created a weak spot in their defenses and it is to be exploited.

FTR I am not a conservative intellectual who thinks it is my cuck duty to "educate" the "liberals" or to pander to blacks like a combo father/servant, they're men they get what they deserve. I'm the jerk who asks those uncomfortable questions and who questions authority, that is just me.

 

[Don Wassall]

The dumbass braintrust brought in 2 new running backs this offseason (Breida and Howard) thus burying Laird on the depth chart. Neither one of those guys has been able to move the needle as both are speed backs, which Dolphins already had one in Gaskin. None of those guys can bust through the pile. What they should have done was bring in one power back (not 2 speed backs) have Gaskin as the speed back, with Laird as the receiving back. It's pure idiocy that Laird isn't being used. Whatever progress the Dolphins made at the end of last year has been stymied by the influx of "upsiders" that have been brought in via both the draft and free agency.

Have to disagree there. Jordan Howard is a lumbering power back who is now so slow that he's not even used in that role. He supposedly ran a 4.59 at his pro day, which sounds quite generous but at any event he's slowed down considerably since then after several NFL seasons and several injuries, which is why he's already rarely used by the Dolphins.

Unfortunately Breida's running traits are similar to Laird's and he's a better back. Laird likely could be Breida's equal or better if used enough, but getting his small opportunity last year when the team had that absolutely putrid blocking o-line will always work against him.

 

[Warhawk_46]

Yes, Breida is a good running back. Unfortunately for Laird. However, Laird should be getting at least Howard’s carries plus a couple of receptions each game.

Criminal how another talented white running back, one of the few to slip through the caste wall into the NFL, now sits and rides the line while less-talented blacks running backs get carries.

 

[Leonardfan]

Laird can easily be a 3drb and get 5-10 touches a game IMO. Maybe he is an insurance policy if/when injuries hit the Dolphins later in the season at the position.

 

[white lightning]

Laird can easily be a 3drb and get 5-10 touches a game IMO. Maybe he is an insurance policy if/when injuries hit the Dolphins later in the season at the position.

i agree. He also has great hands. If nothing else get him the ball out of the backfield as a receiver more. The kid is too damned good to just sit there every Sunday. Gotta love the NFL right? I wish I could run the league but even
if anyone one of us here did it would be an uphill battle to try to change things. This country is racist. The US and the World are racist against whites more than anyone other ethnicity these days!

 

[Leonardfan]

Rich CiminiESPN Staff Writer

Jets stock report: DOWN — TE Chris Herndon (another big drop), LT George Fant (one sack, 10 first pressures), RT Chuma Edoga (two sacks), CB Lamar Jackson (allowed 9 catches for 148 yards, 1 TD in impossible assignment); UP — WR Jamison Crowder (only consistent source of offense); LB Avery Williamson (INT); DE John Franklin-Myers (1 sack in increased PT). Source: NFL Next Gen Stats.

 

[Leonardfan]

Chargers DE Joe Gaziano has been promoted to the active roster for the game tonight.

 

[Tannehill17]

Have to disagree there. Jordan Howard is a lumbering power back who is now so slow that he's not even used in that role. He supposedly ran a 4.59 at his pro day, which sounds quite generous but at any event he's slowed down considerably since then after several NFL seasons and several injuries, which is why he's already rarely used by the Dolphins.

Unfortunately Breida's running traits are similar to Laird's and he's a better back. Laird likely could be Breida's equal or better if used enough, but getting his small opportunity last year when the team had that absolutely putrid blocking o-line will always work against him.

I figured Howard was a speed back. I'm actually not that familiar with him and the few times he did have his name called, I wasn't impressed. Remember, there was no preseason to evaluate these guys. Breida and Gaskin have been getting most of the calls to run the ball up the middle. That tells me they don't trust Howard. Just another wasted signing by the Fins.

 

[SunWarrior]

Hoping to see taysom hill make some big plays later. Should be used way more then he has been

 

[Shadowlight]

I too want to see more Taysom Hill. They have kept him in a locked chest so far this season. Unleash the dynamo.

Chargers DE Joe Gaziano has been promoted to the active roster for the game tonight.

This could very well mean Joey Bosa isn't playing tonight and that sucks.

 

[Shadowlight]

I think in a last minute decision Joey Bosa will try and play tonight. He has been banged up for a while. I think it is his shoulder?

 

[Leonardfan]

Amazing play by Herbert there! Great TD pass.