HoosierCat

Remember back in the day when we were all praying Jay Gruden would get a HC job? That’s how I feel about Lou this year.

Wait, you mean there are people who don’t routinely scream in wal mart parking lots?

Well, it was fun while it lasted. Hopefully they can get through these last couple games without any major injuries.

Well the silver lining is they’re back to 17 now so the three game winning streak didn’t end up hurting them.

Game

It’s amazing how bad this D has gotten. Need to clean house this off-season.

I see we suck again

Yeah forecast calls for rain in the second half.

Get on the phone Katie! https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/sebastian-joseph-day-landing-spots-chargers-captain-starting-dt-let-go-with-one-year-remaining-on-contract/

Yup, Nippon Steel sucks where labor is concerned.

Behold the power of collective bargaining.

Funny thing is that the main focus for USS hasn’t been in Pitt for years. It’s just down the road from me in Gary.

Speaking of crybaby teams, the Ravens are whining about being road dogs against the Niners. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39157274/underdog-ravens-feel-disrespected-ahead-49ers-showdown Insert rolling eyes emoji x10 here.

Placing my bets: Broncos over Pats, unfortunately. NE is trash. Bucs over Jags. Bucs are on a three game win streak, Jags have lost three straight, I’ll give the Bucs the edge at home. Bills over Chargers. Bolts are a basket case. Happy to be wrong. Texans over Browns. Cleveland is 2-4 on the road this year. OTOH Stroud is still out so… Colts over Falcons. Atlanta is a bad team. Chiefs over Raiders. I know KC seems a little off right now but I they can take the Raiders at home. Running that through the playoff machine, Bengals (assuming they win) stay in but slip to the 7th seed.

Heh. You joke but I do expect this to be a brutal game. Both teams need the win and the Steelers are home and have spent all week hearing how they suck. Plus this is the first time Browning faces a team that’s played him before. I hate this game, it feels like so many others that the Bengals have lost to Pitt with the playoffs on the line. And whoever wins will limp out with a bunch of fresh injuries.

Basically all you need to know about clinching this week is that four of the seven AFC playoff spots could be gone by the end of the weekend. Baltimore has already clinched, KC will each grab a spot if they win, Miami gets in with a win and a Bills loss/tie, and Cleveland will clinch if a bunch of stuff happens that mostly involves them winning and Pitt losing.

Works fine for me, sorry. No clinching possibilities for us.

Clinching scenarios for week 16: https://www.threads.net/@adamschefter/post/C1DBDDHPr-q/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Obviously depends on how FA goes but in that scenario I lean toward Mims.

Yup. One thing I’ve found to be true is that “work smarter not harder” is an acquired skill. I suspect Joe is seeing some alternatives he might not have before.

I’ve idly wondered how much of the offensive improvement can be attributed to Burrow in his new role of junior assistant offensive advisor to the head coach. Apparently he has been talking enough to be worried about talking too much, and Zac very publicly said to keep talking, if he wants him to shut up he will tell him. I can’t recall another example of an injured QB taking this kind of role, though I imagine it’s happened before.

I think if anyone told us in August that we would lose Burrow AND Chase and still be talking playoffs, we would have called them nuts. Yet here we are. The magic will likely run out soon enough but might as well enjoy the show while it lasts!

Ah, looks like they did try to get the DT from Tennessee but Houston claimed him first. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/bengals-claimed-teair-tart-following-dj-reader-injury

He hasn’t caught a ball since Jax. You might be thinking of Iosivas, he had a couple grabs Saturday.

Yeah it’s an absolute mess. All they can do is win the game in front of them and hope for the best.