NFC Bye Week Roundup Because You Missed Football Watching the Phillies
If you’re like me and half-watched the 1 p.m. games because the Eagles were on a bye and you were nervously counting down the hours until the Phillies first pitch then you probably don’t remember a single second. And the 4 p.m. window? Not a chance. That’s why I’m here. To catch you up to speed on everything you missed in the NFC on Sunday.
Unfortunately, every team in the division won, and there weren’t many games that bounced the Eagles way. Without even playing the Eagles now sit third in the NFC East behind the Commies and the Cowboys and are tied for 10th in the conference. This week the teams ahead of the Eagles that won were the Falcons (Thursday),Vikings, Bears, Commies, Packers, and Cowboys.
Lets get into the NFC East first because that’s what we all care about…
Commies 34, Browns 13
The Commies are the first team to score 150 points in their first five games with a rookie QB:
DMV STAND UP 🗣️
JAYDEN DANIELS HAS THE COMMANDERS OUT TO THEIR BEST START IN 16 YEARS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kcQmNULMy0
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 6, 2024
What did the Commies do to deserve Jayden Daniels? He’s on a shortlist to win MVP. He’d be the second rookie ever to win it.
It’s like they recreated a less corny RGIII:
JAYDEN DANIELS IS UNSTOPPABLE 🤯🔥
WHAT A THROW.
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/mkAzbckGZR
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 6, 2024
Jayden Daniels is good at football
(via @nfl)pic.twitter.com/YkoBYXwqYH
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) October 6, 2024
JAYDEN DANIELS WITH A 66-YARD DOT TO TERRY MCLAURIN 🎯 🔥
(via @NFL)
pic.twitter.com/xMsIqZZg0P— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 6, 2024
More history: No player in NFL history has ever had 1,000+ passing yards and 250+ rushing yards in their first 5 career games—until Jayden Daniels.
You’re witnessing a superstar. pic.twitter.com/z4LJkKqUeZ
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) October 6, 2024
Imagine if Joe Schoen listened to his kid.
They might give him the job after they let him go:
🚨HIRE THIS KID: #Giants GM Joe Schoen’s son wanted his dad to trade up and draft Jayden Daniels
“YOU ONLY GET THIS JOB ONCE, YOU NEED TO TRY TO WIN.”
Daniels is now making history for the rival Commanders
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 3, 2024
The Browns on the other hand might be the worst team in football. And they’re not just bad, they’re dysfunctional. Deshaun Watson walked off the field and made the Browns burn a timeout on 4th down because he didn’t feel like going for it:
Stefanski was disgusted at Deshaun Watson here.
The Browns were going to go for it on 4th-and-Goal, but instead take the delay of game and kick the Field Goal.
Watson simply has no command of the Offense right now. pic.twitter.com/czT0PJNW6D
— Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoTWW) October 6, 2024
The trade for Deshaun Watson is going to go down as a top-5 worst of all time. Up there with the Saints trading all their picks to the Redskins for Ricky Williams, the Herschel Walker trade, and the Bears moving up to get Mitch Trubisky. Those all pale in comparison to trading for a guy with the amount of baggage he had at the time and then guaranteeing him $230 million.
What should the Browns do? Terry Bradshaw has an idea. Kill him!
Deshaun should probably get benched but this seems a little extreme Terry Bradshaw pic.twitter.com/pvSFpMNjK0
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 6, 2024
The good news is when you pay someone that much money they’re not going to get benched. So we’ll get Watson in the Linc next week:
#Browns Kevin Stefanski “we’re not changing quarterbacks” pic.twitter.com/mKOo6WvtDy
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) October 6, 2024
If Nick Sirianni doesn’t beat the Browns by four touchdowns his head should be on the chopping block:
Gardner Minshew, who was benched Sunday, has almost double the QBR (41.0) that Deshaun Watson does (21.0)
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) October 7, 2024
The worst part is they’ve lost John Fanta:
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) October 6, 2024
Giants 29, Seahawks 20
I didn’t catch one second of this nail biter:
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
📺: CBS pic.twitter.com/LXWINjf0oB
— New York Giants (@Giants) October 6, 2024
Could you imagine being a Giants and Mets fan and going through the highs and lows of Sunday? That blocked field goal happened three minutes before Nick Castellanos walked it off.
Pretty impressive win from the Giants. No Malik Nabers, on the road, and a motivated Seahawks team coming off a loss on Monday Night Football. It also didn’t start out great:
Daniel Jones starts this game strip sacking himself for a 15 yard loss
There will never be another like him pic.twitter.com/js6s8ZMtJw
— Dreadlef Schrempf (@TheLesterLee) October 6, 2024
But it’s not how you start. It’s how you finish. Give him another extension!
Taking this hit and then looking down on him lmfao pic.twitter.com/N5HzL2JUrd
— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) October 6, 2024
257 yards, 2 touchdowns, 109.6 passer rating. EXTEND HIM!
Daniel Jones finds Slayton in the end zone 🎯
📺: #NYGvsSEA on CBS/Paramount+
📱: https://t.co/waVpO909ge pic.twitter.com/clbzazMC51— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2024
EXTEND HIM!
Daniel Jones last 4 games
6 Pass TD
1 INT pic.twitter.com/e2Z3Rd0rwA— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 6, 2024
God he’s such a dork:
DANIEL JONES EUPHORIA pic.twitter.com/JBYqTOdTx9
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 6, 2024
He’s like Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights. What do I do with my hands?
Cowboys 20, Steelers 17
This game didn’t end til 1 a.m. because of a weather delay:
West coast people watching the Steelers/Cowboys game thriving since it’s only 7:30pm.
Everyone on the east coast: pic.twitter.com/bNuq5NUm3j
— Zach (@ZPSteelers2) October 7, 2024
It played out exactly like a game that Elon Musk would show up too. Chaotic and the madness playing out in front of millions on Twitter:
Elon Musk is in attendance for the #Cowboys vs. #Steelers game. Waiving the terrible towel.
Such an electric atmosphere!
(via @elonmusk)pic.twitter.com/acXIkpHqZy
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 7, 2024
The Cowboys did everything they could to lose this game:
DAK THROWS INT IN THE RED ZONE 😬
Oh boy.
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/AkRZLIDvgZ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 7, 2024
I can feel the CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott relationship beginning to sour:
So, leading candidates among the lip-reading #Cowboys crowd this morning, after Dak’s redzone interception against the #Steelers:
“Jump balls, four. Jump balls, I gotchu.”
Or…
“Subpar throw. Subpar. Deadass.”
Choose your fighter.pic.twitter.com/0fz7Hw3DuS
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) October 7, 2024
That didn’t stop Dak:
JOEY PORTER JR. INTERCEPTION 🔒
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/BERhCMheXZ
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) October 7, 2024
I’m telling you they did everything they could to try and lose this game:
WHAT A HIT BY ROBERTS!
ALMOST DISASTER FOR THE COWBOYS.pic.twitter.com/SlxfWM0M6H https://t.co/CeCbCn3ySj
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 7, 2024
Of course they ended up pulling a last second win out of their ass. KaVontae Turpin could barely walk the play before and Mike McCarthy calls up a play for him on 4th and goal and the game on the line:
4TH AND GOAL. :20 TO GO.
CLUTCH COWBOYS 🤠 pic.twitter.com/yM0ObWFmnU
— NFL (@NFL) October 7, 2024
Other highlights from around the NFC…
Vikings 23, Jets 17
This is not the Aaron Rodgers Jets fans thought they were trading for. Another game with three interceptions and there were some hits he took where you didn’t think he was getting up:
Aaron Rodgers crawling like he needs a revive in Fortnite. pic.twitter.com/oiCyguS7Ac
— Fidel Cashflow (@mattmurphylol69) October 6, 2024
What kind of throw was this by Aaron Rodgers? pic.twitter.com/Ou8XVxQCda
— Drink More Water | Get More Sleep 🐬 (@hughart_michael) October 6, 2024
Going Aaron Rodgers mode this week (doing a bunch of drugs and being bad at my job)
— Dan Carney (@DanManCarney) October 6, 2024
I’m startin’ ta think Aaron Rodgers ain’t the solution, T. pic.twitter.com/w0rqEYtPpn
— Christopher Moltisanti Weighs In On Current Events (@MoltisantiThots) October 6, 2024
I remember a time when you did the discount double check Aaron Rodgers would make you pay for it:
HOF Harry hit him with the belt celebration 😂 pic.twitter.com/85WCPutS7h
— SB24 (@SkolBros) October 6, 2024
The Vikings fans were AWESOME:
Fans out in full force here in London 💜 #Skol pic.twitter.com/th9S9rTSS5
— Minnesota Vikings UK (@UKVikings) October 6, 2024
The Vikings crowd has TAKEN OVER London 😳pic.twitter.com/5rrayOYXVJ
— Fanatics Sportsbook (@FanaticsBook) October 6, 2024
Can we talk about how badass this lady looks?!! ⚔️ #SKOL #NYJvsMIN pic.twitter.com/rt5CHyWICG
— Brittany 🏳️🌈 (@MammothFanta) October 6, 2024
Crowd singing along to Oasis as the Vikings are up 17-0. It’s officially a party in London. pic.twitter.com/r98lES7dXS
— Sarah Woodall (@Woodall8Sarah) October 6, 2024
Lets check in on the 5-0 Vikings fans #Skol:
Vikings fans are 5-0 and have zero idea how to act pic.twitter.com/epsNMsES7C
— Blake (@KappBV) October 6, 2024
Victory Monday 😈
pic.twitter.com/HjGjh1mPJM— SB24 (@SkolBros) October 7, 2024
Cardinals 24, 49ers 23
The 49ers might stink. Former Eagles Jonathan Gannon and Kyzir White have them now sitting at 2-3 and things aren’t looking much better:
PICKED OFF!!
THE CARDINALS ARE GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE 49ERS ON THE ROAD! pic.twitter.com/xcWDzGKGUx
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) October 6, 2024
That Dre Greenlaw is out of control.
Remember a player not in uniform can involve himself and potentially escalate a fight, but the team security can’t break anything up because of some rule the NFL made up about coaching titles. Make it make sense:
Dre Greenlaw just went full Dom DiSandro pic.twitter.com/X7RPAShaWt
— Guy Haberman (@GuyHaberman) October 6, 2024
Brock Wentz?
This is why the 49ers lost. Trying to be cute and play hero ball. Just throw the fucking ball away man. 49ers deserved to lose. QB playing like we’re up by 30 point when it’s only a 10 point game and knowing we don’t have our kicker.
Salute to the Cardinals. They earned that W pic.twitter.com/O1KmwVDm16
— sᴡɪᴘᴀ (@CaliBetter) October 6, 2024
Packers 24, Rams 19
The Packers are 3-2 and have weathered the two games Jordan Love missed to injury:
This is Jordan Love’s best throw of his career thus far. #Packers pic.twitter.com/ikLzSwJ2c1
— Kyle Malzhan (@KyleMalzhan) October 6, 2024
The Rams are injured, but they’re also really really bad. Here’s Sean McVay staring at 1-4:
Sean McVay in disbelief as the Packers appear set for the W pic.twitter.com/GUSynJANWh
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 6, 2024
Bears 36, Panthers 10
There wasn’t much to this game. If you’re a Bears fan you have to love the Bears beating up on a bad team and taking out the trash. Caleb Williams is a nice story, but the Bears still don’t scare me. They’ve beaten the Panthers, Rams, and Titans. The defense is good, but I expect Caleb Williams to start regressing back to Earth and look more like the guy we saw in the preseason:
Not too many rookie QBs can manipulate coverage with their eyes at a high level right out of the gate.
Caleb Williams did just that. He’s so well-equipped mentally, especially for a rookie. Unreal. #Bears pic.twitter.com/Cy8kL4XEJf
— Jacob Infante (@jacobinfante24) October 6, 2024
When the first caveman made fire:
HOT MIC. Bears center Coleman Shelton letting Caleb Williams know “we got F’ing fire man”pic.twitter.com/di5QM34xJo
— ✶ Ⓜ️𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤 ▶️ ✶ (@_MarcusD3_) October 6, 2024
Ok this might go down as a top-5 worst trade in the NFL: