OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread XII - Heeeeeeressss JJ! (Percy Harvin Edition)

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I certainly didn't expect this defense to be this much of a buzzsaw.


Love will probably be back. Maybe?
I was liking our defense's prospects the moment we signed Stephon Gillmore. It solidified our secondary to allow our pass rush to be able to hit home.
 

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NFC North is going to be a grind this year. Detroit, GB, and Vikes are all looking above average at least, if not like falt out playoff teams.

Bears, not so much.
 

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I listened to Tom Grossi's livestream of the Packers game today. It was more entertaining than the Packers radio feed imo. I wouldn't make it a weekly thing, but it was new and different.
 

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One of my fantasy teams needs a Kelce miracle for points. Probably like 3 touchdown passes and 50-100 yards receiving.
 

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Rams are a good team, was more surprising they fell so far behind to begin with.
Two good teams and division rivals, strange things can happen.
Have you seen their injury report? The 49ers having an injury rash certainly balanced it a little bit, but the Rams are missing a lot on both sides of the ball.
 

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I’ve seen/heard a couple of Minnesota podcasters reference the Texans as top 5 Super Bowl contenders after the beat down that happened yesterday. Not sure if that is chest beating or what, but I don’t see how that can be after the vikings obliterated them and they only beat the colts/bears by a combined 8 points. The Texans seem like pretenders with a lot of hype due to their quarterback.

I think Minnesota is the biggest contender that Green Bay needs to worry about. The two best teams in the NFC might be in the North and neither team is Detroit. They should flex the upcoming game into a prime time slot.

Last note, any news on Darnold? I saw he was getting an MRI. Hope he and Love are able to play this upcoming week (best on best).
 

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I’ve seen/heard a couple of Minnesota podcasters reference the Texans as top 5 Super Bowl contenders after the beat down that happened yesterday. Not sure if that is chest beating or what, but I don’t see how that can be after the vikings obliterated them and they only beat the colts/bears by a combined 8 points. The Texans seem like pretenders with a lot of hype due to their quarterback.

I think Minnesota is the biggest contender that Green Bay needs to worry about. The two best teams in the NFC might be in the North and neither team is Detroit. They should flex the upcoming game into a prime time slot.

Last note, any news on Darnold? I saw he was getting an MRI. Hope he and Love are able to play this upcoming week (best on best).
He was only out a play? Him getting an MRI is news to me, might just be precautionary.
 

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I’ve seen/heard a couple of Minnesota podcasters reference the Texans as top 5 Super Bowl contenders after the beat down that happened yesterday. Not sure if that is chest beating or what, but I don’t see how that can be after the vikings obliterated them and they only beat the colts/bears by a combined 8 points. The Texans seem like pretenders with a lot of hype due to their quarterback.
They were a preseason darling, which wasn't entirely unfounded. A lot of the NFL stuff I watch and/or listen to had them in the AFC championship/Super Bowl before the season (a lot of those people had the Lions in those spots as well, and they haven't been world killers so far either).

The NFL website itself had the Texans #3 in their power rankings after week 2.

I think Houston has a new OC this year, who now seems to be getting some heat. Or he was new last year. Not sure.
 

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I’ve seen/heard a couple of Minnesota podcasters reference the Texans as top 5 Super Bowl contenders after the beat down that happened yesterday. Not sure if that is chest beating or what, but I don’t see how that can be after the vikings obliterated them and they only beat the colts/bears by a combined 8 points. The Texans seem like pretenders with a lot of hype due to their quarterback.

I think Minnesota is the biggest contender that Green Bay needs to worry about. The two best teams in the NFC might be in the North and neither team is Detroit. They should flex the upcoming game into a prime time slot.

Last note, any news on Darnold? I saw he was getting an MRI. Hope he and Love are able to play this upcoming week (best on best).
Can't see giving up on Detroit this early in the season. They were the frontrunners coming into the season for the NFC North, and until GB and MN show consistency they still are. MN is just an injury or two away from mediocrity(i.e Darnold & JJ). I would have said the same about GB(Love), but Malik Willis has looked vg...certainly starter quality.

Both GB and MN's Defence looks good or better than good.
 

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Good news on Darnold's MRI today....appears to be just a knee bruise and nothing to keep him out of the line-up. KOC also "optimistic" that Addison, Pace Jr, and Turner will be in the line-up this Sunday at GB.
 

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