NFL Week 17 - Sunday Games

[Easy 6]

Needs a thread, some decent matchups today

Currently switching between Jets @ Bills and Cowboys @ Eagles

[St. Patty's Fire]

rams clinch if the skins win

[Easy 6]

NGL tonights matchup feels interesting, its not very often these two teams meet... and even less frequent when they both meet with up and coming young hotshot QBs

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

NGL tonights matchup feels interesting, its not very often these two teams meet... and even less frequent when they both meet with up and coming young hotshot QBs

Oh right, Penix is getting the start.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

What if Addison gets hurt like Aiyuk did too?

Then they pivot to the next WR, Sherfield or whoever. The thing you keep missing is that Purdy can't throw down the field anywhere close to what Darnold can, so while Purdy's efficiency tanks when he loses CMC (and to a much lesser extent, Aiyuk), Darnold has the arm to just keep firing.

[wazu]

Great anthem.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Then they pivot to the next WR, Sherfield or whoever. The thing you keep missing is that Purdy can't throw down the field anywhere close to what Darnold can, so while Purdy's efficiency tanks when he loses CMC (and to a much lesser extent, Aiyuk), Darnold has the arm to just keep firing.

He can fire all he wants but all those throws will end up being incompletions or picks in that scenario just like Purdy

Both were elevated by the huge weapons around them

[dirk digler]

I'm no Purdy fan but Darnold is on his 4th team for a reason. He backed up Purdy last year and they never once considered putting him ahead of Purdy. Heck the only reason he is in Minnestoa is because their 1st round pick got hurt and they needed a warm body to throw to the best WR in the game.

[Chieftain]

Fun trivia: Matthew McConaughey happens to be a Washington Redskins fan. For a born and bred texan, this was rather surprising. Just goes to show you how special and unique the NFL is when it comes to team fandom.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

I'm no Purdy fan but Darnold is on his 4th team for a reason. He backed up Purdy last year and they never once considered putting him ahead of Purdy. Heck the only reason he is in Minnestoa is because their 1st round pick got hurt and they needed a warm body to throw to the best WR in the game.

Darnold is probably a poor man's Purdy, I agree.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by Chieftain

Fun trivia: Matthew McConaughey happens to be a Washington Redskins fan. For a born and bred texan, this was rather surprising. Just goes to show you how special and unique the NFL is when it comes to team fandom.

He probably found a way to stay positive with them all these years as well.

[Marcellus]

That was a bad pass sir.

[Monticore]

Because I sat Nabers I need a monster game from Daniel’s to win my fantasy title , Mahomes on the bench hurts too would have won.

[Easy 6]

Who the hell was Penis looking at lol

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

He can fire all he wants but all those throws will end up being incompletions or picks in that scenario just like Purdy

Both were elevated by the huge weapons around them

No, because Darnold is significantly more accurate downfield than Purdy. That's what you're missing.

Purdy's efficiency was completely supported by the fact that CMC is Marshall Fualk. A RB that can run the entire route tree, run option routes, hots, etc. And since he mostly lines up in the backfield or the slot, he's not coverable by any LB/S. So he's open immediately every single time, within 10 yds of the LoS.

Without CMC, Purdy had to try and force passes beyond the sticks, and every defense sat on the sticks this season when they figured out Purdy couldn't throw deeper with any consistency. Purdy is just a more durable version of Tua.


Darnold can throw accurately and with velocity much farther than Prudy, so he'd still be effective without JJ, just not quite as efficiently. But the plays would still be there, and Darnold could still make the throws.

[mr. tegu]

Let’s see how he does without two defensive TDs. Not good so far.