AJ Green caught a 61 yard TD on a second half drive that ended up netting the Bengals only 3 points after it was called back. Gio Bernard was called for holding TJ Watt, and it was extremely minor. Like yeah technically he held him, but holding happens on every play - you really only expect it to be called when it's blatant. There was barely anything there.
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I mean isn't that expected?
I didn't think Thielen was this good. I also didn't think their o-line would be this much better.
Honestly I think it's been a fine season with some good games. Not great football all around but it's not like it was like that last year either. Hell, last year's NFC Champion Falcons didn't really look like a powerhouse until they were actually in the playoffs.
I think the issue has been the storylines. It's hard to accept things like Vikings dominance without Bridgewater or Bradford or Cook. It's hard to look at the LA Rams lead by a terrible rookie Goff, that is a legit power house. It's hard to see the Eagles run away with the east while the super power rookie combo in Dallas has issues and NFC East superstars like Dez, Eli and Odell all struggle, get benched, or are out for the year. On the AFC the failures of the AFC West removed the story lines of potentially great Chiefs and Raiders and replaced with a trio of .500 Chargers, Chiefs, and Raiders. It's just yuck. The hype of AP in NOLA was a bust, but NOLA has the superstar duo of Ingram and Kamara. It's still pretty good football, it's just not the story lines we were fed going into the season. I think that failure of storylines has sunk a bunch of fantasy teams as well which has made it seem flukey.
Like look at our TAO league draft:
Aaron Rodgers - IR
David Johnson - IR
Le'Veon Bell - slower start than usual
Tom Brady
Antonio Brown
Julio Jones - slower start than usual
Devonta Freeman - Concussion issues
Drew Brees - very good, but the TD's have shifted to their RBs this year
Odell Beckham Jr. - IR
A.J. Green - Suspended for a fight during close playoff races, but good
LeSean McCoy - Bills retardation has limited him
Jordy Nelson - Rodgers on IR
Matt Ryan - something like 12th best QB after MVP year
Jay Ajayi - traded to Eagles and has had limited carries there
Melvin Gordon - TDs have made good games, but yards aren't there
Rob Gronkowski - Suspended for playoff game
Dalvin Cook - IR
Jordan Howard - Some really bust games and Cohen stole the show early on
Mike Evans - Suspended a game, I don't think he's had a 100 yard game.
Ezekiel Elliott - Suspension
A lot of the earlier round guys too have been pretty rough, and although unknowns or underrateds like the Vikings pair of WRs, Kamara, Alex Smith, Carson Wentz, Josh McCown, Watson pre IR, and Evan Engram have stepped up it's kinda an okay year at best in terms of the guys you root for have jerseys for that superstar class and the hyped teams have underwhelmed.
I think the storylines are fine. Just because they aren't what you were expecting doesn't make them not compelling.
Kamara is the most exciting young player in the NFL
The Vikings could get a home superbowl
Jaguars
NFC South is super competitive
LA Chargers could finally be putting it together
NFC East turned upside down again
I really don't see how the Rams storyline "isn't compelling" just because it's such a big turnaround. Doesn't make sense to me
doesn't bother me. i thought they would be the sleeper team from that division and its kinda cool to see it possibly coming true. i did predict the broncos correctly, so maybe i had a good beat on the afc west this year
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