It’s Thanksgiving! And the NFL holiday-schedule means we get 2 big bites at the week-11 cherry, resulting in a veritable glut of games. We have 3 games on Thursday: Houston Texans at Detroit Lions (1730 – Sky Sports); an iconic game for Thanksgiving, Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys (2115 – Sky Sports); and an AFC East rivalry for the ages, New England Patriots at New York Jets (0120 Fri am – Sky Sports). Then on Sunday watch out for RB Adrian Peterson busting through the Chicago Bears’ D as they play the Minnesota Vikings (1800 – Sky Sports). Up second, will new ‘superstar’ QB Kaepernick get a bigger role (if not the starting gig) for the 49ers when they travel to play the New Orleans Saints (2125 – Sky Sports)? The late-KO sees two teams both top of their respective NFC divisions, New York Giants host the Green Bay Packers (0120 Mon am – C4). Finally on Monday night expect a tight game when the Carolina Panthers play the Philadelphia Eagles (0130 Tues am – BBC).
NFL Week 12
Published by Will Davies on
Anyone out there?
Hey there. Currently following this one via GameCenter. Watching the Cowboys vs Indians later.
Cool. I had a late meeting at work, but will be home in 10. Then it's NFL until my eyes shut :-)
Overtime in Detroit...
Tuned into this for the final showdown - now we have another 15 :)
Texans recover?...
I'm not there yet.
Yes, that will be Texans ball. Next score wins.
Delaying comments now :)
I am always a bit behind, because I'm always watching online :-)
Aaaannnd we play on!
So am I, but maybe my source has less delay.
Ooooooo.
I'm on Gamepass
I am not ;)
And it's Colin Jackson on the field of play
...!!!
(Something has happened... but what?!)
Pretty sure that could've stayed not overturned.
This OT has everything (apart from any scoring)!
Seriously?!
Oh dear.
Maybe I should remind you of the curse of the November tie?
This. To win it...
Blimey, don't make it by too much. Might look comfortable.
Right, I need a shower, then I'll be back for Washington hosting Dallas.
since their kickoff was delayed by OT anyway.
Seriously close game... Bring on the main event!!
Nice play.
First big offensive move on either side.
Oops/
Dez-Dez-Dez *shakes head*
That was a bit unnecessary
I am not a fan of the huge numbers on the Cowboy's jerseys
That's gotta be an unneccessary roughness penalty on the Cowboys
Those Indians are currently torching the Cowboys.
RG3 has a QB rating of 156. I have never heard of a QB rating that high. A perfect rating is 150something (158/159?)
158.3
Oh, it's not incredibly difficult to get the max rating, does happen every now and again. It's 158.3
I achieve it often in Madden :D
Hi guys. I'm full. On the couch for football. Good stuff.
Haha, I was gutted last week when I completed 24 successive passes, then made a stupid play on the 25th to equal the record!
Yay. We have people :-)
I'm so happy to see a thread for these games, too. Nice surprise.
Hi Kai :)
I have never played Madden but I occasionally play http://www.quickhit.com . It's a nice little online game that has taught me more about formations and tactics than watching the game for 30 years
If you complete 1 of 1, for 13 yards (TD), you have a perfect passer rating :-)
But 1 of 1 for 12 (TD), is not :-)
Looks like we have a crowd gathering. I assume the score is to your satisfaction?
YES! Go Redskins!
It is a weird system
Yep! :)
I sort of guessed that from your previous comment
And Tony Romo has been reasonable at not throwing INTs recently.
hehe
Yeah, the timing was pretty good, as usual. Glad to see the SPC intuitive connections are still intact.
'Skins trying for another score before the half?
i'm lurking, but don't fancy watching dodgy streams. just following via your comments.
TD Redskins!
If you complete c.80% of your passes, for an average of 12.5 yards per attempt, and about 15% of throws are touchdowns, with no interceptions, you have a perfect passer rating.
Fact. Aren't you lot glad for my stats?
Great catch. Thrown just behind him, feet right on the line and then falls over out of bounds.
really? was that in?
And they got it.
Looks like Jerry Jones needs to interfere more in the coaching because it has worked well so far
man, that was nice feet there. TD/
Where else am I going to get info like that
:44 - I was thinking of a couple of knees and then running off for a break - that's why I'm not paid the big bucks.
Of course - numbers are the best.
Of course if you want to impress with stats on this site you need graphs. The management love graphs
*and pie-charts
and pie.
Thanksgiving pie?
If the management want to make graphs for QB ratings, I'm all for it, but I think Mr C might die of a fit from the QB formula. It's insane.
Or pies
Or pies
Commenting hint
It works a lot better of you quote the right comment
:) :)
It's ((Competion % - 30 * 0.05 [max value 2.375]) + Yards/attempt minus 3 * 0/25 [max value 2.375) + (Touchdown % * 0.2 [max value 2.375) + (2.375 - (Interception % * 0.25 [min value 0])) / 6) * 100.
Simples.
I didn't make it up, honest. But someone was having a really slow day when they made it up!
That was my thought. What a pain to have to find that 2.375, I bet.
it's like moneyball, only the ball is bigger.
I think this is one of those numbers where they made it look like it had to be right because it was so accurate. If they had just used 3 everyone would question it
Yeah, like that divide by 6? Huh. Yeah, right. #suspicious
Shoulda made it 5.974
I'm sure that's right.
Ok, what shall we do during this country music halftime extravaganza?
Those constants don't seem really to do much other than normalise what the range of outcome scores is. If they were different then the max would just be a different value and distribution would be altered. #takingthistooseriously
I can see a guest post explaining the implications of changing 2.375 to 2.376
I actually get what you're saying. I wish you had been my math teacher.
hehe
Earplugs
Have you ever played a country record backwards
*mute*
no, (insert clever one liner here)
The singer gets his house, his job and his dog back
ha! I like.
That joke is older than you are
I'm doing things I've put off, like starting a maintenance journal for my GTi. It's handy to keep everything in one spot.
You are so organised.
Tomorrow night I am going bowling for the first time in 20 years. I was hopeless then so I am not optimistic that I will be any better now. I wonder if I can find a bowling coach between now and then
When someone told me to make my arm go straight back and to follow through in the direction you want the ball to go, that helped me.
In his last 6 quarters RG3 has made 25 of 29 attempts
I'll try that.
But bowling is just supposed to be fun and it doesn't matter if people aren't good at it, right?
It's a game and the object is to win. Winning and having fun is OK though
It's all about the style with which you knock the pins down. People get incredibly jealous when you can a) knock a lot of pins down and b) put wicked spin on the ball too :-)
If the ball stays out the gutter 75% of the time I will be happy.
I have a competitive streak that comes out when I play games, too. #takingthistooseriously
:) :)
You can't be too serious about destroying the opposition
Umm... so no one cares that those guys are slapping each other on the sideline?
It was pretty light. Can't really throw a flag for that.
oh, it's all hugs now.
No coverage on 5LX - shock,
I'm off for the night. I'm still suffering after watching only half of Monday's late one.
(Samuel L Jackson voice) I WILL STRIKE DOWN UPON YOU WITH GREAT VENGEANCE.
#takingthistooseriously
G'night Will.
Good night
Except with me and bowling it is more
I would like to strike down upon you with great vengeance but it just isn't going to happen unless I get you drunk
barkeep!
:)
SACK.
:)
Massively off topic but guaranteed to warrant a guest post if it works.
BIG BIG Mars news soon. I hope it is better than something in a lake that has one atom different in its DNA which was leaked in a way we thought extra-terrestrial life had been discovered
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/21/curiosity-rovers-secret-breakthrough
I hope it's this: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Marvinthemartain.jpg/200px-Marvinthemartain.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Martian&h=282&w=200&sz=18&tbnid=wejlTQ0L0xr7tM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=64&zoom=1&usg=__2zJh-BZA40-03lfp7ThSjkBxzY4=&docid=6TM-Y52gm0LQsM&sa=X&ei=nbquUIjeEoSt0AHsyoGADg&ved=0CF4Q9QEwAQ&dur=532
I would settle for that. Cartoon life on another planet has never really been forecast
What do you think it is, really?
Tony Romo undefeated on Thanksgiving? hm. Hopefully that ends tonight.
Only the Cowboys would be inept enough to mistake 1st down for 3rd down.
2nd most penalized team. Oy.
ha! Intercepted again. Boy oh boy.
Listen to that crowd.
Oops.
I was so far out on their last big announcement leak that the chances of me getting this right are zero. But that won't stop me taking a punt. It could be simple hydrocarbons like methane which would prove there are organic chemical reactions happening. The next step up from that is some kind of organic compound with oxygen in it. Even better than that would be amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins and would prove that the basics for life existed. The only thing better than that would be proof of life. Either a fossil of a beastie or a McDonald's wrapper
Great visual on that one. XD
They love fries. And don't get them near water after midnight.
TD Cowboys
If they discover McFlurries on Mars the only reason I would not be on the next rocket is that I can get them here and I would have to go without for moths on the flight
I'm actually glad for that bc I was going to have to turn it to something else. I was starting to feel embarrassed for them.
Good job grabbing the guy's fist who's trying to give you a bump, not a handshake, Jerry Jones. haha
Fluke
Yawn.
Does that mean you are tired or are you bored with something?
Lazy. And this isn't a close game, so it's hard to get into it fully.
You want another Cowboys TD?
Plus the sheer number of commercials is testing my patience. But I'm happy to be here on Thanksgiving eve. :)
No, one of those is good. :D
TD Redskins
35-13 Redskins
12:48 to go in the 4th
:)
I haven't noticed many commercials here
Are we on the same feed this time?
Nope. I am watching on TV
Nice run
oof. Tried to make that guy into an owl.
An owl?
rotating his head around 180 degrees.
I like seeing some life in the Cowboys.
TD Cowboys
I see
You want them to have a little hope then watch as it is knocked out of them
hehe
I want them to do as well as they can.....and for the Redskins to do a little bit better. I don't enjoy watching blowouts. I start feeling bad for the losers - even for the Cowboys, which is hard for me to believe.
Competitive matches in any sport are better
Commenting this game reminds me of the old days when we'd watch the Sunday night games. I miss that. Pesky round planet/timezones.
I have missed those this season too. We can go back to doing that once I win the lottery and stop working
ok, deal. And I can stay up and watch the whole thing if you share a little bit with me so I can stay home on Mondays during the season.
Seems like a plan. Some lucky Frenchman won £136 million last week.
Cowboys intercepted Redskins.
That would solve a lot of things for me.
TD Cowboys
35-28 Redskins
7 point game.
The Cowboys can simmer down now.
And a lot of time left
*shifts in chair with apprehension*
Be careful what I ask for, huh?
Someone's head came off!
Oh...
That is rarely a good thing
It's always disconcerting to see a helmet rolling around on the field.
Field goal made. That makes things difficult for the Cowboys
Phew! Good job, Kai. :)
I think we should have a Cowboys field goal next
I agree that for a young kicker, that was a big kick.
Interesting fake blitz
Romo sacked, 11 yard loss.
Wow, that was close!
Soooooooooo close
Shoulda made it
Great throw, great catch. Knocked out by a great tackle.
I'm glad this is ending with some excitement.
Dunbar has not been good today.
Made the field goal
That was a long kick.
Why not take the TD? Craziness.
To avoid giving the Cowboys another possession?
What difference does that make if he scores a TD. Imagine the Redskins had messed up that snap and the Cowboys had got the ball and scored
And that's it. 38-31 Redskins.
Yeah, I don't know. It was weird. That was the only reason I could think of.
Turned out to be a closer game than I expected
Me too. The middle was a bit lackluster.
Thanks for watching the game.
It was fun to watch one together again. We need to do something about time zones
I agree.
We have the Jets and Pats game now but I need to get to bed since I am getting up in 5 and a half hours
Yes, I was just thinking how late it is there.
Sweet dreams. See you around this weekend.
The Pats boat-raced that one 49-19.
Currently Bears 25-16 most of the way through the 3rd.
Sky are doing a rookie show on December 9th. They will cover a game but instead of the normal commentary they will have lots of explanation of what is going on for newbies.
Now that is a good idea.
We need to plug it in the week before it goes out
I've put it in my phone so I remember to write it in :)
Hey there - what are we watching tonight?
Chuck Pagano the head coach of the Colts has Leukemia. All his players have had their heads shaved to support him and now the chear leaders hare having their down live on TV.
'9ers-Saints is the 'featured game', and I will have the (Ravens-)Chargers on as per usual (for my sins)
Bears-Vikings on just now but I am not really watching that. Saints-49ers just after 9pm
OK, I'm just watching Falcons-Bucs. Bucs just missed a FG to take the lead with 3:35 to go.
PS, I've missed everything. Still only seen half of the Thursday late-late game.
I'm still yet to find time (/be bothered) to iPlayer the 2nd half of last Monday's game. As well as anything from this week. Ooops.
Ravens KO in San Diego.
There's a strange punt review in Cleveland at the moment.
Looks like the Steelers signed a new quaterback - or is it their 3rd string? Charlie Batch
didn't their backup end up injured last week?
They only had 2 on the roster, so signed Batch back (he played for them last year). Essentially 3rd choice yes.
Leftwich injured his ribs by falling on the ball after a scramble into the endzone
Ah, ok. So should I watch Baltimore-San Diego, or St. Louis-Arizona?
I'm watching the Ravens-Chargers game...
He is third choice. 38 years old according to Sky
Saints/49ers game on, doing laundry, and making dinner.
Eating dinner
I've opened the GameCenter to keep a track as well :)
Sky Go just doesn't work today.
Saints have pinched the Giants OMAHA call
What does that correlate to?
It means the play clock is almost at zero so we are going now
Ahha - I was wondering if it was a more complicated audible.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap2000000100359/Colts-cheerleaders-shave-heads-in-honor-of-Pagano
hehe
I thought the same thing when I heard it.. OMAHA!
Why does 4:45 feel like 9pm? I guess 'cause it's pitch black out.
It IS 9:45pm
TD 49ers
I remember the first time I ever heard it. We were watching a late Sunday game when the commentator mentioned it. Then it turned upabout 6 more times that game
oh, I'm on UK time again/still.
yeah, I remember when you first said something about it. Now when I hear it I feel like I have some inside info.
Once you have spent more than two hours on SPC time zones have no meaning
boo. Don't like to see the injury mobile in his first pro game.
Raiders - Bengals involved in a stand up fight
Haven't heard of one of those happening in a while. What's going on?
They only cut to it briefly. One of the Raiders hit one of the Bengals who was most displeased then one of the bigger Bengals came in to protect him and there was a bit of a scuffle
TD Chargers! 7-0
Possible TD Saints
TD given
Evenin'
Dolphins and Bengals both won, gah.
Is that a Steelers' reaction?
HD is great. I can almost see all of his tattoos.
No, it's a Texans reaction. Means we have to wait another week to secure our play-off spot.
"CLINCHING SCENARIOS: Houston has two playoff clinching scenarios for Week 12: 1) HOU win + losses by TEN, MIA, NYJ, CIN and SD; 2) HOU win + losses by TEN, MIA, NYJ, CIN AND PIT."
Ahha yes, but you do have quite a lead - only a matter of time.
Titans, check.
Jets, check.
Pittsburgh, check.
Miami and Cincinnati letting the side down :p
SD will dutifully lose at some point between now and FT.
There are not many Texans fans around. Nice to be different
ouchy
Although we did our best to scupper it ourselves on Thursday. Got lucky with the TD that wasn't.
My father lives in Houston. Although his family are all Cowboys... >_>
No love for the Cowboys from me! Bleck.
And originally the Cowboys were the Dallas Texans
Niner QB making the universal sign for "I CAN'T HEAR DIDDLY SQUAT!"
Looks like we were the only team able to clinch a playoff spot this weekend if results had gone our way. We'll get it next week though, hopefully.
Assuming our games at the Titans doesn't turn into a hot headed excuse for fisticuffs which we come out the wrong side of... >_>
lol
I am sure that it is very helpful for everyone to know he can't hear. It can't come as a surprise to any of them
Chargers actually making hay right now (shock)
It comes with the territory. I think they're right to be concerned about a younger, less experienced QB dealing with it.
They have to try to help him deal with it. Don't know why they don't just put a little electric shock device in all the playes socks and buzz them to start the play
Their turf is very shiny.
4th and 30, yeouch...
ooops
He's lucky that didn't go for a TD
What, like that?
Looks like the '9ers are gifting the Saints right now
TD Saints.
Point is good.
Another TD for the Saints
I'm a minute behind everything, as usual.
I'm on Sky Go so also a minute behind. 7-14 as far as I'm aware :p
I need to check. I wasn't watching for a few minutes and looked up as they scored a TD. May be a replay. Will check after the ad break
Game Centre says 7-14 so it must have been a replay
14-7 NO 2:30 left
10-0 SD - Half
Clock is passing that for me.... now.
2:00 on Game Centre
Yeah, just hit the 2 min warning.
Now reaching 2:30 on Sky
You're about level with me
Just realised that I rewound earlier for something. No wonder I am way behind and that 'replay' looked live
Intercepted!
Re-intercepted for a TD
AH! (aware of timing for you guys... won't say more)
never mind. :) Glad I didn't spoil anything.
i've not even got to the first one yet :-(
I'm just seeing the TD now.
err, did anyone see there was a TD?
Aw...
don't spoil the PAT ;-)
As stated earlier, neither of these are my team so I'm not bothered by spoilers. Spoil away :)
Delays are always a problem. If you comment live the person with the biggest delay gets a load of spoilers. If you hold off to avoid spoilers by the time the last person sees anything everyone else has moved on and forgotten about it so you get no comments.
yeah, it's a pain. On Monday night, it was just me and Mr C, so he paused the TV until we were synced :-) Not so easy when > 2
Is the magnitude of delay worse with NFL than F1?
Sky Go is just awful. It's completely arbitrary.
Gamepass, on the other hand, is awesome. Always on time, never buffers, full HD, 4 streams at once.
oh, and cheaper.
It's difficult especially when there is something like Game Centre that people look at too.
But lacks F1 :p
I'm tempted to get Gamepass, but won't be this season.
I might if they make another price offer for later in the season/post-season.
I don't tend to work Sundays (1 in every 4) so if they do an offer, I may trial it... (Go Texans **cough**)
I work too many matchdays for my soccer team's video feed to be worthwhile even if it did work well...
Well, F1 don't sell rights directly to fans. #silly
i think it's a short term issue though. things like gamepass are where live sports are going. if it becomes the norm, everyone will be on the same page. hopefully
Great run.
TD 49ers
Just made it
**reading up on lore**
Hope so. Think we're about 4-5 years away with F1 though.
Is it just me, but are the '9ers more likeable with Kaepernick at the helm?
With me, it's just you.
agreed. all depends on tata and what crazy deals bernie has done. am relying on nfl/nba/mlb to lead the way.
wow. haha
Think all of those already do, don't they? Plus Moto GP too!
Unbelievable couple of plays. What a turn around
Pcik
oh, and a TD
MLB... Don't start me...
ooh, glad Colston is ok. Landed on his neck/head.
Mr C is an expert on baseball
Looked like it nipped a bit
Saints offence letting them down today.
That slow mo zoom stuff is incredible.
I'm not, but it was becoming habitual to watch it each day when I was visiting family in the US in April... and I kinda kept track of the team since.
Brees has now thrown 2 TDs for both teams.
lol, nice one :)
We have live commented a few games but the first one we did was a total dud so a lot of people who could have become interested just decided baseball was boring
Oh, and our team was going so well... until the last week of the season.
**puts on Rangers cap**
I think we should have another go at introducing sidepodcast to baseball next season.
I don't understand the appeal of Baseball. Thus, I think it's boring.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Man oh man, what a CATCH!
The first time I tried to take an interest I thought it was incredibly dull. Next time I tried I got a few good games in a row and was hooked
WOWSERS...
for me it wasn't the game, just lack of time. i could watch more baseball, but only at the expense of nfl. nba has free coverage on the apple tv, but i can't even keep up with the highlights.
I would implore you not to watch less NFL!
That is always the problem. I would love to see a lot more baseball than I do but I don't have 162 lots of 3 or 4 hours to spare
don't intend too. there's just so few hours and so many sports :)
Baseball is played most days as well during the season. Which days do you pick... :/
Know that feeling!
crashed ice is the future. 5hrs per year :)
There is another speed sporting event we need to add to the SPC schedule. I only ever saw it once but during the week of the NBA all star game they do the slam dunk contest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBFFQqsUUyc
hah! love that.
It can get really silly but the skill and athleticism is incredible. Great fun event
have switched to Sky Go on iPad. Hpw much left on everyone's screens?
oh, man, I'm two minutes behind what I was just on!
In the studio at the mo.
Have switched to 9ers game.on 5Lx
i give sky a lot of grief, but they really are a hopeless case when it comes to streaming.
but at least i can see what's going on now, resolution on desktop was about 2px by 1px
5:13
yep :-(
and they always blame it on your internet, wireless adaptor, Apple, anything but them
NBA All Star 2013 is Feb 14th to 17th so not far away
http://www.nba.com/allstar2013/
remind us. if it's streamed anywhere we'll do it.
Another OMAHA
You are going to trust my memory?
seems so :-)
That looked messy
Omaha?
always.
It's a Giants call that says the play clock is almost at zero so we are going with what we have now. That is twice I have heard Brees using it tonight.
Google calendar FTW
I love a volunteer. Thank you
Ahhh...
You will often hear Eli screaming OMAHA OMAHA OMAHA. Brees only says it once
Penalty. Has to be.. Can't believe they didn't give that. Couldn't be any more obvious
Blatant pass interference...
We have flags
That pass was almost perfect but the receiver let it go through his hands
Come on Saints... :/
9ers challenge? The call on the field looked correct to me...
Every time that Jaguar advert stats on Sky I think it is Tooned
Brees needs better protection
More wrestling and no flag
KILL KILL KILL from Kaepernick. Wonder what he saw
I wondered the same thing.
Especially as the run lost them a yard. Would have been better sticking with the pass and incompleting - New sidepodverb
I missed the call, I assume the ruling on the field was upheld...
Which call?
The 49ers challenge for the fumble/down on contact
Yes. Ruling on field upheld
oops
That is one of the worse field goal attempts I've seen...
To be fair, it was fairly long range though.
sorry. live threads aren't designed for long running events. comments should be okay until tuesday now.
No Tuesday morning game for me this week - need more sleep.
Have people come across the NFL podcast that BBC's Fletch and SS' Neil Reynolds do? It's called In The Huddle, and rivals the American produced output.
Anyone there tonight?
Not my favourite game, but I was up anyway
Comment if you're there. Otherwise, I'll stay quiet.