NFL Week 5 was a doozy.
From rescheduled games to this (watch at your own peril) –
All you need to know about the warrior Dak Prescott is… he has what is later diagnosed as a compound fracture of his ankle.
— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) October 12, 2020
…and he slams his foot on the ground, trying to knock it back into place.
The man has absolutely zero quit in him. Full stop.https://t.co/hLbJ5NXCKB
Let’s not forget the ever looming COVID-19 presenting itself pretty heavily on a week-to-week basis. Not only is it not going away, it’s becoming increasingly more disruptive.
With that, on to the overreactions!
PAUSE THE DAMN SEASON
Yes, I mentioned this just last week, but I’m going to pound this into the ground.
The NFL season will end prematurely if drastic action isn’t taken now because waiting will only allow the ‘rona to fester and spread. It’s not like the NFL is holding their players in a bubble. They are free to wander as they please, which is completely fine because they are grown ass men, but so many of them are clearly not responsible grown ass men.
I say, put the season into a hiatus and gather up all your smart NFL employee’s and doctors and figure this out. Losing the football season prematurely because you thought you were too big to fail is nonsense.
San Francisco 49ers
It’s got to be tough to be a Niners fan these days.
Ah, remember back to this past seasons Super Bowl when you started the 4th quarter up 20-10 over the Kansas City Chiefs? Glorious times.
Then they got steamrolled 21 to zip in the 4th and it hasn’t gotten much better so far this season.
Look no further than their Week 4 annihilation to the Miami Dolphins when they lost 43-17.
Coming off that embarrassing performance they will get no respite as their next seven games looks like this –
At least they have a bye week in there? I guess?
Atlanta Falcons
Not only do they stink, horribly, but now they’re contributing to the demise of the NFL season as their facilities have been closed as the result of a personnel official testing positive for COVID.
What they need is to forfeit their season. Get whatever you can get for Matt Ryan and just stick a fork in this season it’s a wash.
Outside of Todd Gurley II and Calvin Ridley they looked dead inside during their 23-16 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
When the one good thing to happen to your team all season is your head coach being fired you know it’s time for a reset.
Las Vegas Raiders
How ’bout dem Raiders?
I assumed that the Raiders would coast along to another 7-9 season, but the eye test is telling me they are a different team this year.
The upset of the season (so far) over the Chiefs in NFL Week 5 was a fun game to watch and one that the Raiders pulled away late in and won 40-32.
The stars of the show was the offense (as they are wont to be when you score 40 points). They have a hell of a trio in quarterback Derek Carr, running back Josh Jacobs, and wide receiver Henry Ruggs III. When you throw in tight end Darren Waller you can count on Vegas scoring with the best of them.
We could be looking at a 10 or 11 win season.
Derrick Henry
Derrick Henry forcibly removed Josh Norman from himself. It’s like Norman existed in two places at the same time.
It’s as if Henry tore a hole in the space time continuum.
Derrick Henry just DESTROYED Josh Norman. Holy cow!pic.twitter.com/iB62PMDSCH
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) October 14, 2020
If that tweet had Jim Ross’s BAH GAWD HE KILLED THAT MAN it would be perfect.
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