NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
Jacksonville
Jacksonville has now lost 20 games in a row.
The question in my mind at the moment is: when does Urban Meyer get fired?
Next Sunday, Jacksonville plays Miami in London. Miami is 1-4, so this might be Jacksonville’s best shot at a win. After Sunday’s game, Jacksonville has a bye week: it makes sense to fire Urban at the start of the bye week, to give whoever steps in two weeks to adjust.
Detroit plays the Bengals, who are 3-2.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
Jacksonville
So as soon as I call out both New York teams, both of them win – in overtime, no less.
Always bet against my picks. I guess that’s the moral here.
Lawrence made a point to me the other day that I had totally missed: Jacksonville is now on a 19 game losing streak. They’re playing Tennessee next week, so it isn’t impossible that they’ll run the streak to 20. The only other teams that have lost 20 straight games are the 1942-1945 Chicago Cardinals (29 straight) and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (26 straight).
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
New York Football Giants
New York Jets
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Still a little early, and I apologize to Infidel de Manahatta, but I’m starting to think there’s a good chance of at least one New York team going winless this year.
Maybe both: it doesn’t look like the Jets and the Giants play against each other this year.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Atlanta
Minnesota
Detroit
New York Football Giants
New York Jets
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Still early enough in the season that I don’t have much to say yet. Perhaps by next week the picture will come into greater focus.
We’re back, baby!
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Atlanta
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
Green Bay
Dallas
Washington
New York Football Giants
Baltimore
Cleveland
New England
Buffalo
New York Jets
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Since many asking: no Tuesday Morning Quarterback this season either. But I haven’t forgotten how to do it! Am keeping notes (“saving string,” to writers). If my new book out in a week https://t.co/uABXN0D3L7 is a hit that will put me in a TMQ mood for ’22. pic.twitter.com/rgBwow56yP
— Gregg Easterbrook (@EasterbrookG) September 4, 2021
But that’s not going to stop TMQ:
Hell’s Sports Bar about to reopen! No curbside service, you enter all Hell’s-branded properties.
Sunday in Hell’s Sports Bar, Texas and Florida see Houston v. Jax (2020 combined record 5-27) not Steelers v. Bills (2020 combined 27-9). https://t.co/1ffz3pVh6l
— Gregg Easterbrook (@EasterbrookG) September 8, 2021
Yes. Because two teams that had bad records last year, and turnover in the off season, will automatically be playing a bad game to start off the new season.
In other news, the loser update returns Tuesday.
The Rams and the Jets each had one job:
The Rams’s job was to beat the Jets.
The Jets’s job was to get the top first round draft choice.
Both teams blew it. Jacksonville is now the favorite to get the first round draft pick (if both teams go 1-15, Jacksonville wins out on strength of schedule).
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
None.
That’s a wrap for this *season, folks. We plan to be back in 2021.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
New York Jets
Next week, the Jets play the Rams in LA. The Rams are 9-4, so I kind of like their chances here. After that, the Browns play at the Jets: this would worry me in an ordinary year, but the Browns are actually kind of good this year. (9-3 currently, and the Browns play Baltimore tonight.)
So it pretty much comes down to week 17: the Jets play at the Patriots. New England is about average this year, and I’ve seen speculation that, if they’re not playoff eligible, the Patriots may bench their starters and write this game off. On the other hand, do they want to be the only team to lose to the Jets this year?
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
New York Jets
I was concerned about this game: as it turns out, probably rightfully so. It sounds like the Raiders pulled this one out at the last minute.
Next week: Seattle in Seattle. I’m feeling good about this one.
(Edited to add: Sorry about the weirdness with this. I started a draft of this in advance, published it this morning because I was distracted yesterday afternoon, but WordPress for some reason published this with a date of December 5th.)
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
New York Jets
Next week: the Raiders.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
New York Jets
Next week: the 6-3 Miami Dolphins.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
New York Jets (bye week)
Next week: the worthless Los Angeles Chargers.