I completely forgot it was even on until my wife turned it on the game.
Took a nap during the first half in time to wake up & see Watson rushing in a TD
Yeah that's how interested I was.
I can't remember the last Thursday night game I watched and thought, "that was a really good game". Other than maybe a few Thanksgiving games 25 years ago....
Last night's game was a mixed bag for me. It was a close game, and it was interesting to see the QB Watson start for the first time. But the downside of the game was that both team's offensive lines are probably in the bottom 5 of the NFL right now which allowed the defenses to dominate.
It wasn't high quality football to say the least, but it probably wasn't the worst Thursday Night game I've ever seen. It makes you realize just how tough the NFL is, because both those teams have some legit talent, but their weaknesses undermine the talent they have.
The real issue is the stress that's put on teams like Houston and Cincy. They are young teams with glaring weaknesses. That makes it tough on staffs to adequately prepare teams on short weeks. It's hard for good teams to prepare and game plan and practice over two days (plus travel). Next week is Rams vs. 49ers. That game is going to look horrible.
Football was never meant to be played on a compressed schedule like Thursday nights on an ongoing basis. Teams can't fully prepare to put their best product on the field. And none of this takes the stress it puts on players bodies. If GB had to play last night its very likely they play without either starting tackles, Brooks, Brice, Adams, and possibly Daniels (hip).
Everything about Thursday night football is a bad idea. It's bad product. It puts stress on coaches. It puts stress on players who need a week to fully recover from the previous Sunday.
As bad as their OL were, they're still not as bad as Seattle...
That wasn't football. There are High School teams better than that. Marvin Lewis has been there qt least 5 years longer than he should have been and Dalton needs to find the bench. They should find out what they have in AJ McCarron.
I would guess they know what they have in A J, or at least they are pretty sure.
Brainwashed Boris posted:
Took a nap during the first half in time to wake up & see Watson rushing in a TD
You woke up before I did. When I woke up Irvin was yelling about Micheal Jordan or something. Now that was a nightmare.
ChilliJon posted:I can't remember the last Thursday night game I watched and thought, "that was a really good game". Other than maybe a few Thanksgiving games 25 years ago....
Oh? I don't know. I did like the Jets / Bills game on Thursday in Week 2 last season