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TD Browns!

and a freeking missed PAT, wow.... 20-19, damn.

 

And when you think that's the worst thing that can happen to them the rest of the game happens.

 

Sunday Night Football: Packers upset Chiefs 27-19 to move to 6-6

The Packers were left for dead after a 3-6 start, but back-to-back-to-back wins over the Chargers, Lions and now Chiefs have them back in the playoff race.

Green Bay moved to 6-6 with a 27-19 upset of the Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. None of the Packers’ remaining opponents currently has a winning record.

The Chiefs fell to 8-4, putting a dent in their hopes of winning the No. 1 overall seed yet again.

The Packers, who were 6-point underdogs, never trailed. They led 14-6 at halftime and took a 21-12 advantage into the fourth quarter. Still, Kansas City had a chance.

The Chiefs’ final three possessions ended in a punt, an interception by cornerback Keisean Nixon and a Hail Mary that fell incomplete.

After Nixon’s interception with 5:14 left, the Packers burned off 4:05 and got a 48-yard field goal from rookie kicker Anders Carlson. That left Patrick Mahomes trailing by eight with 1:09 left.

The Packers gave the Chiefs an additional 5 yards on the kickoff with an offsides penalty before madness ensued. Officials blew three (or four) calls and replay overturned a Rashee Rice fumble that Corey Ballentine returned for a touchdown. Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco was ejected for throwing a punch during Ballentine’s run for naught.

Kansas City received a gift with an unnecessary roughness penalty on safety Jonathan Owens, who hit Mahomes legally in bounds. But officials disregarded Packers defensive back Carrington Valentine’s blatant pass interference penalty on Chiefs receiver Marquez Valdez-Scantling inside the 10-yard line. Officials also erroneously stopped the clock with 19 seconds left when Valdes-Scantling went out of bounds toward the line of scrimmage after a 9-yard gain to the Green Bay 33.

From the 33, Mahomes threw three incompletions, including a Hail Mary on the final play that saw Travis Kelce pushed in the back out of the play.

The Packers, though, outplayed the Chiefs, outgaining them 382 to 337. Jordan Love completed 25 of 36 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns. Christian Watson caught two touchdown passes, including a highlight-reel 12-yarder. But he was injured on a 10-yard reception with 3:08 left, immediately grabbing the back of his leg.

Mahomes went 21-of-33 for 210 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Pacheco had 18 carries for 110 yards and a touchdown, and Kelce caught four passes for 81 yards.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur now is 16-0 in December in his career as a head coach.

NBC

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH

 

The Browns can't get off the west coast soon enough.. They haven't won on the west coast in 11 years, now that the trip is over, it will go to at least 12 years.

I'm starting to think Myles Garrett means more to this defense, than a really good defense means to Myles Garrett. They have looked mediocre at best since his shoulder injury.

 

The Patriots are playing a brand of football unseen in the NFL in 85 years.

New England has lost its last three games by scores of 10-6, 10-7 and 6-0. That makes the Patriots the first team since the 1938 Chicago Cardinals to lose three straight games while allowing 10 or fewer points in all three of them.

That’s a rare type of offensive incompetence. Usually, if your defense can hold the opposing team to 10 or fewer points, you’re going to win: NFL teams are 54-0 this season when allowing 10 or fewer points, other than the Patriots in the last three weeks.

Low-scoring slugfests in which teams won by scores like 10-6, 10-7 or 6-0 used to be commonplace in the NFL. But that was a long, long time ago. A student of NFL history like Bill Belichick can surely appreciate the significance of his team doing something unseen since the 1938 Chicago Cardinals. Even if he doesn’t like it.

Stolen from NBC

 

Buccaneers WR Mike Evans hits 1,000-yard milestone for decade straight to start career

Mike Evans' monster Sunday added up to a decade of a statistical splendor.

Evans surpassed 1,000 yards for the season in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 21-18 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, marking the 10th straight year to start his career in which he's hit the benchmark.

"I don't know what more you can say. He's done this for 10 years now," head coach Todd Bowles said of Evans. "Over 60 catches 10 years in a row. Over 1,000 yards 10 years in a row. You know he's getting the ball and everyone is trying to stop him, and he makes plays over and over. It's a credit to him and his work ethic. The way he approaches the game, it's unbelievable."

Evans extended his unbelievable record, as Hall of Famer Randy Moss sits at second with six consecutive 1,000-yard seasons to begin his career.

"I'm happy we got the win, most importantly," said Evans, who finished the game with seven catches for 162 yards and a touchdown. "I'm happy with the record, obviously. I had a lot of great quarterbacks and offensive coordinators who believed in me. So, I really appreciate them. Hopefully I can keep that streak going for however long my career goes."

As Evans, who needed 150 yards in Week 13 to get to 1,000, has been stellar every year since entering the league in 2014, he's tied Moss for the second-most 1,000-yard receiving seasons in a career and continues to close in on Hall of Famer Jerry Rice's record 14 in a career.

The 30-year-old Evans is also one 1,000-yard campaign away from tying Rice for the longest streak at any point in a player's career, as the former San Francisco 49ers great hit the milestone mark for 11 years running from 1986-1996.

While Evans' career has been marked by consistent excellence, his 2023 campaign has been under-the-radar outstanding, having built an instant chemistry with quarterback Baker Mayfield.

On an 11-yard reception in the fourth quarter Sunday, Evans crossed the 1,000-yard barrier once again, extending one of the greatest starts in NFL history and continuing to build a Hall of Fame argument.

NFL.com

 

I had an idea when reading the post above that mentioned Rice... Did he ever get called 'the San Francisco treat'?

 

@Willie . . .

 

I saw that too. You beat me to it. Does Willie need concussion protocol?

 

That’s the third time in a week I’ve seen Willie put the wrong helmet with a player. You can’t pick logos from the bottom of a beer bottle.

 

Dammitt, I did that twice (maybe 3 as Gid said) in a week now. See what happens when I quit drinking!

 

Might take a bit more than that.

 

I dont drink beer, just whiskey and Vodka, but im dry now.

 

1 year deal.

 

Is this a penalty?

 

Of course not. Because there is no way that the refs didn’t see it. 6 refs on the field and all were watching the ball float through the air and the receiver got mugged. What were they watching?

 

I'm a Saints fan. We all remember that non-call in the NFCCG in Minnesota. There's no doubt. Throw a flag. At least this wasn't a playoff game. Your season is over on one call/non-call?? That one still hurts.

 

It’s not one call, it’s one freaking obvious missed call. And none of the refs saw it?

 

To be fair it balanced out the chiefs got the benefit of a stopped clock (player going out of bounds was not moveing forward) and an unnecessary roughness penalty for a hit on Mahomes where he was still inbounds.

I just to.some degree as yes that was pass interference but it was far from the only wrong/missed call. Now it could just be because it's easier than ever to see missed botched calls but it does seem like NFL officiating is getting worse. A lot of it could be fixed by a zebra in the booth watching replays and to be honest most of the time it wouldn't slow the game down much. None of those three calls would require more than one quick look today oops it should have been this not that. For whatever reason though they hesitate to go this route.