Week 8 Late Games Open Thread
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The winner of Eagles-Cardinals will get to tie Dallas with the best record in the NFC for a day, or perhaps longer if the Cowboys are upset by the Redskins (lol j/k, isn t it funny when you treat impossibilities like they might actually happen?). For Philadelphia, it s the first of three road games in four weeks following their bye. Darren Sproles had the bye week to rest up after sustaining a knee injury two weeks ago against the Giants. He was limited in practice this week and is questionable for today. Arizona got a two-week vacation against the likes of Washington and Oakland, but now they play the NFC s two other one-loss teams, with a trip to Dallas coming next week.
The Steelers restored a little bit of hope for their season with a victory over the Texans last Monday night that was basically secured in a three-minute explosion of points before halftime and not much else. That s the sort of thing that can beat Houston but it will take a more sustained effort against a Colts team that absolutely embarrassed the Bengals last Sunday. The Steelers defense finally got a few turnovers against the Texans, but for the most part the unit looks really vulnerable. Dick LeBeau will have to as inventive as he s constantly described to get pressure on Andrew Luck, who has already nearly matched his career high touchdown total seven games into the season.
Finally, . It would only be fair if both teams could lose. Nevertheless, the real loser is who happens to tune in with two other good games on.
Your late game slate, as rated by KSK’s not-at-all subjective, rigorously scientificated five-star system:
Philadelphia at Arizona ****
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh ***
Oakland at Cleveland *
