People who say never discuss politics at the Thanksgiving dinner table are clearly not fans of sad NFL teams.
I’ll do my best to find a few more worthy of a short chuckle.
Here are some more sad stats for NFL Week 12.
Each mark is a game in chronological order from left to right.
Green means that team gained 400+ yards and red means they didn’t.
Again this shows all teams for every week Matt Canada was the Steelers OC.
it’s possible for you to think of this as a macro-level offensive pulse rate for teams.
Let’s check in on a few teams' state of health.
Bills / Cowboys / Eagles / Chiefs:Everything looks great.
These teamsjust ran a marathan and feel alive.
It’s almost too perfectly regular in it’s inefficiency.
Like a real airplane, this team was built for delays in action.
Raiders:They were doing OK but then coded, got brought back by AED, then coded again.
That’s the Josh McDaniels experience.
Texans:Was apparently only… MOSTLY dead, but they are coming back to life now under Stroud.
Apologies to these three teams for selling them short on them falling short.
I will say the Jets absolutely EARNED that streak-breaking first down by converting on alongthird and inches.
They didn’t even bother bringing out the chains as Tim Boyle snuck it up the middle.
Great to see him in his element of doing something that doesn’t include passing the ball.
Since that didn’t cheer Memes up I have one more Jets stat that might.
It’s a Hail Mary, but I’m hopeful it won’t end in a pick-six.
That has to be the ultimate blow.
The drive lasted 7:01 which was 35% of the Jets total time on offense.
But it wouldn’t stay that way for long.
Only one team was capable of such a “hold my beer” moment.
You know EXACTLY what team I’m talking about.
CHHHHHHARRRRRGEERRRRRRRRSSSSS!!!!
Never underoverestimate the Chargers.
Last being Andrew Luck and the Colts in Week 3, 2016.
One of these seven was actually convereted in Week 8, 1999 by the Vikings.
Must have been a Hail Mary or crazy lateral play, right?
They just went Hoard up the middle.
And poor Leroy Hoard.
He wasn’t wrong.
Hoard was turning around waving his hands at defenders like hailing a rush hour cab in Manhatten.
This game was a chess match between two teams doing all they could do to lose.
The Giants started off meaning business with a deep drive ending in a lost fumble.
A seven-punt rally would ensue only to be interupted by one Mac Jones interception.
That would prove costly.
In desperation, the Giants came out swinging in the second half.
The plan worked as the Patriots tied the game on that drive.
But Belichick would counter by relieving starting interceptioner Mac Jones for closer Bailey Zappe.
Zappe through a pick that led to the game winning Giants field goal.
That’s it for Week 12.
- Jeffro
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