Official Game Thread - Week 18 - Cowboys @ Commanders

[MikefromOH]

At least it's not the Walmart Steelers ones.

 

[Chris]

 

[Primus Porcus]

 

[Primus Porcus]

Ooof

 

[MikefromOH]

Cowbums basically at full strength

 

[Chris]

Fingers crossed that KaVontae Turpin can’t go. 🤞

 

[Skinsfan1311]

This will be a first for us.
Going to the tailgate to hang out with our friends.
Going home after the aforementioned tailgate.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Cowbums basically at full strength

They should be since they are going into the playoffs. The irony of course is that the situations should be reversed. Dallas should be resting players this week and Washington should be playing for something. But alas Philly lost giving Dallas hope for a division crown and a 4 game winless streak made this a meaningless game for Washington. And suddenly my care level for this game is that of a preseason game.

 

[Bulldog]

The only reason I am taking the time on this otherwise throwaway game is seeing Howell.

That’s it.

Of course my perverse hope is he balls out and Rivera is asked to explain why he didn’t start last week over Jeff George………I mean Carson Wentz 😵‍💫

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

Remembering when Dallas Week mattered.

 

[Chris]

The football team plays at 4:25. The hockey team plays at 5:00. Multiple streaming devices are in order.

I wonder which team will score the most points.

 

[Boone]

I wonder what the benefits of putting a player on 'IR' in Week 18 are? I mean, why not just list them as 'out' for the game if it's not something like a fracture or ligament tear? Are there ramifications of 'IR' status in the offseason and next year?

 

[Chris]

I wonder what the benefits of putting a player on 'IR' in Week 18 are? I mean, why not just list them as 'out' for the game if it's not something like a fracture or ligament tear? Are there ramifications of 'IR' status in the offseason and next year?

Probably only to make room to move someone up would be my guess.

 

[Boone]

Probably right, thanks Chris

 

[Primus Porcus]

I wonder what the benefits of putting a player on 'IR' in Week 18 are? I mean, why not just list them as 'out' for the game if it's not something like a fracture or ligament tear? Are there ramifications of 'IR' status in the offseason and next year?

Most likely for roster spots.

Also, I assume a lot of contracts have IR stipulations:



This is Damar Hamlin but it's likely most teams have these written in. The problem is it's supposed to help the teams DURING the season, kinda grimy to do it week 18 when the season is over.

 

[Boone]

Yeah - and it might be contributing to some of the anonymous 'squawking' we are hearing leaking out to media members. We haven't seen that kind of dysfunction in awhile and for me, it speaks to something very wrong. There may be a reason larger than talent and injuries and Scott Turner why we haven't won a game in 5 weeks. Something's wrong with Rivera and company and these players.

 

[Primus Porcus]

Yeah - and it might be contributing to some of the anonymous 'squawking' we are hearing leaking out to media members. We haven't seen that kind of dysfunction in awhile and for me, it speaks to something very wrong. There may be a reason larger than talent and injuries and Scott Turner why we haven't won a game in 5 weeks. Something's wrong with Rivera and company and these players.

The players likely have been living on hope the same way we have... yet the see problematic decisions everywhere. These are grown ass men. If we see it, they see it. Every frustration we have, they have, and likely much deeper because not only are they the ones in the room seeing things every day... it literally effects their paychecks.

 

[Boone]

When I saw 'some players' were talking 'anonymously' - I immediately thought of Logan Thomas. He just seems like a guy who likes to stir the pot/point fingers. Then I see his wife spouting off on Twitter about how the team's most talented players aren't being utilized correctly. Maybe you should be focused on your own piss poor play in 2022 Logan and the numerous mental lapses and mistakes you made that contributed to losses and leave the rest for someone else to worry about

 

[Primus Porcus]

When I saw 'some players' were talking 'anonymously' - I immediately thought of Logan Thomas. He just seems like a guy who likes to stir the pot/point fingers. Then I see his wife spouting off on Twitter about how the team's most talented players aren't being utilized correctly. Maybe you should be focused on your own piss poor play in 2022 Logan and the numerous mental lapses and mistakes you made that contributed to losses and leave the rest for someone else to worry about

to be fair... he was the only one named in the article, though it wouldn't be surprising at all if he wasnt ALSO getting into deeper detail under the cover of anonymity

An unnamed veteran, when asked why the team lacked a spark during the Commanders' most recent defeat, responded by saying: "Ask the play-caller."

Tight end Logan Thomas recently told reporters the team should be scoring more points with the amount of talent on board.

"The way I put it is: We got so much talent, we should be scoring more points than we have [been]."