2017 Week 7 Thursday Game Ball

Could you get any crazier than two un-timed downs to end the Thursday night game. Last night’s thriller was what Roger Goodell envisioned when the NFL dawned Thursday night football to the NFL Network. Last night was a divisional matchup that meant something, was exciting, and will affect the playoff seeding down the road.

From Marshawn Lynch’s ejection for pushing a referee, to Kansas City losing its second straight game, and Oakland gaining some life back into the season with Derek Carr’s bounce back performance.

This game had everything you wanted from a mini brawl, to a shootout between two young quarterbacks, and two good defenses trying to stop two dynamic offenses’. Alex Smith had 342 yards, no picks, and three touchdowns, Derek Carr had 417 yards, no picks, and three touchdowns as well. On the defensive side of the ball Terrance Mitchell had seven total tackles, with NaVorro Bowman validating his contract with the Raiders (at least for one week).

None of this was up to par with the night that Oakland Raiders Receiver Amari Cooper had last night. Cooper came back from West Cape May (shout-out to Michael Lombardi of The Ringer) for 11 catches, 210 yards, and two touchdowns. Yes, Michael Crabtree had the game winner, but Cooper is the reason why the Raiders won the game.

There would have been lines of text crawling across the screen on the ticker on ESPN that would read “what is wrong with the Raiders” for the rest of Week 7 if the Raiders lost this game.


Instead, the Chiefs are getting those questions because they have lost two straight games, and just further my theory of there being no good teams in the NFL. But again, take a deep breath, and enjoy the craziness. Let’s just wait and see what the hell happens on Sunday this week. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 MLB Preview

  Opening Day is about 24 hours away and the Shohei Ohtani gambling story has stole all the headlines and fleeting moments of baseball conversation over the past few days, many have now forgotten about the exciting marathon ahead of us! Even with the ever-evolving Ohtani story clouding the beginning of the Los Angeles Dodgers season, that doesn’t change the fact that L.A. is still the team to beat in baseball. The Dodgers have put their chips at the center of the table, no pun intended, for 2024 to show they can raise another World Series trophy after sending upwards of a billion dollars in free agency. In division however, the surprise Arizona Diamondbacks are capitalizing on their newfound championship window with a fantastic offseason that will have them in the mix to get back to a second straight fall classic. The San Diego Padres are done shopping for superstars, sort of, following a massively disappointing season that saw them move on from one of the games generational talent...
Read more

Dan Hurley Saved College Basketball

When you think of Men’s College Basketball, the names of Wooden, Dean, Krzyzewski, Williams, Thompson, and Calipari shoot to mind right away. All the memories of the great teams from UCLA, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, the Big East, UNLV, and even the Fab Five start to rush back. Nostalgia of a time when the sport meant something different. For all those longing for the days when great teams didn’t dissipate into the transfer portal after one disappointing year—Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies are here to save the day! UConn has done something that only seven other programs have done in the history of college basketball, repeat as champions. Forget all the talk about “best team of all-time,” even though if you look at point differential (like it truly matters), this UConn team is the best team to ever play in the NCAA Tournament. This team means much more to the game of college basketball than that. Coach Hurley has given college basketball what it has been missing since the in...
Read more

Last Year the Season was one game long, it's different this year

  It took 363 days, but Jets fans finally got the debut from Aaron Rodgers they waited for. This time around that debut ended in a blowout loss on the road to the San Francisco 49’ers. Last year the Jets won the battle but lost the war following their overtime walk-off win against the Buffalo Bills. This year, the Jets hope they lost the battle but because they have Rodgers they will win the war.   Of all the ways the game could have gone last night, having the Jets defense get thoroughly dominated on the ground by a third year running back, Jordan Mason, who wasn’t a household name until last night, wasn’t on the bingo card. The trademark for Robert Saleh has been his defense. That’s what got him hired from San Francisco. The defense is what Jet fans have pointed to as a reason for optimism heading into this year with Rodgers. The defense was finally supposed to get the complimentary football they have been dying for since Robert Saleh walked in the doors at Florham Park...
Read more