It's nearly that time of year again, as earth's eighth greatest sport starts its post-season.
The Raiders travel to south Texas having recently lost their QB Derek Carr to a broken leg, leaving them playing like a team with both keepers off injured and a midfielder between the sticks. They were unlucky in getting pipped to the AFC West title right at the end of the season on goal difference, meaning they dropped down into a wildcard spot instead of having the week off.
The Houston Texans were the best of a bad bunch in the AFC South, paying $72 million a year for services of the handegg equivalent of a dabbing Joe Allen.
/lifelong/ Oakland City fan from Jingletown myself
Carter Hall
Sauce on the divegrass-style NFL badges? IIRC it was football meets football or something like that but I can't find it through a Google search for whatever reason.
Connor Evans
www.footballasfootball.com
Evan Garcia
>literally put it on the image this year
Ian Garcia
>www.footballasfootball.com >implying I haven't been conditioned to completely ignore ads/sponsorships, even ones made in jest Thanks famn
Kayden Rogers
>the game is free on Sky Sports Mix
nice
Ryan Walker
Never underestimate burger intelligence
David Barnes
>closed roof
Jack Wilson
Foreign-born players
>Raiders OT Menelik Watson (UK) K Sebastian Janikowski (Poland)
>Texans None
Hudson Sullivan
Proud Englishman Menelik Watson starting for the Raiders. One of the current Brits in the NFL.
Jace Perry
Count the unitedstatians for Texans, because Hoston es Méjico
David Moore
> 11.30 pm > these teams
Nah, I'll catch the results in the morning
Christopher Allen
>not playing mexican anthem
Isaac Rodriguez
>singing in a way that people can't join in >whooping and hollering mid-anthem
Knock it off please
Logan King
>Raiders have a player called Jihad
Mason Morgan
This is what their anthem is always like. The fans never sing it. Embarrassing
Dominic Powell
As if the point over there is for people to join in. Ameriboos just stand there, teary-eyed, hearts swelling with freedum
It's getting difficult to defend this shit, especially considering how good it used to be.
Justin Davis
Blackish - please tell me non-Yanks saw the ad for that show.
Zachary Reyes
I'm watching it on Sky Sport and it goes to a studio analysis when there's an advert break for Americans
Logan Sanchez
looks like a great show, ameribro
Jaxson Myers
The last time I watched Connor Cook it was that game when Michigan State beat Michigan on the last play of the game due to a fumbled snap
Connor James
That sequence pretty much sums up the Raiders franchise since 2003.
Noah Evans
The yuro playoff threads always feel so comfy
Gavin Campbell
now, if they didnt have that stupid play that led to pick, this would've been great nnow it's good.
just need to start playing.
Jacob Kelly
>FRAUDSWEILER
Grayson Powell
I honestly just wanna see Connor cook not play too shit poor dude
Evan Bailey
They just need to keep the running play work for a few more drives until the QB gets into the groove.
Alexander Howard
reportin
Isaac Howard
D stepping up. Nice
Gabriel White
Not comfier than /tdf/ tbqh
Bentley Thomas
...
Joseph Gray
>Gruden >pointing out the obvious
Adam Johnson
Someone has to
Parker Foster
Who do you guys want to win and who do you ""support""
Personally wanna see raiders win/keep it close Falcons fan
Isaiah Ortiz
Raiders
Mason Garcia
>/paul/ posting everywhere
What's going on in here?
Joseph Ross
So how do Texanbros feel they get to fuck wit osweiler for another year while he takes all your bread
Luis Clark
Prefer the Raiders to win.
Giants, friend.
Mason Ortiz
They're literally trying to mimic the Jim Nantz Masters commercials on CBS, and it's just turrble.
James Flores
Did anyone see that Wendys commercial with the bee in it just then? Did Wendys just meme in an actual commercial
Andrew Adams
wasnt paying attention, but why wouldnt they?
Christopher Walker
Okay when does Memeweiller stop playing good
Colton James
He carried the Buncos to the playoffs last year and got dropped for it, now he's out for blood
Hunter Gray
We're in the bizarro world where he's a playoff GOD
Colton Ward
>round of 16 >12 teams left, only 8 playing this week Sillies.
Luke Parker
"One for the purists" I think you could call it.
This is like watching two bald men fighting over a comb.
Chase Brooks
>one for the purists
That cheekiness warrants some Swizzle...
Sebastian Clark
>get kicked in the head >flag
Nolan Reyes
The Raiders really have left themselves an uphill climb after that unfortunate reverse.
Lincoln Anderson
This thread is empty What happened? Yuros came to their senses?
Isaiah Rogers
Dunno, usually its more active
Wyatt Richardson
It's a terrible game with terrible presentation - I'm only here out of habit - the eurothread during the NFL playoffs are the only reason I come to Sup Forums beyond the Olympics, the World Cup and the occasional darts shit.
Chase Butler
... and thus ends a terrible game - hope the next one is a bit, er, better.
James Sanchez
So are we still doing this, or are all our eurobros asleep?
Isaiah Gray
Eh, a bit quieter than before and I don't think the shit game helped, second game kicks off 1.30am here so even later on the continent.
Tomorrow should be better though, 6.30pm and 9.30pm UK time.
Elijah Wright
Hopefully better.
Meanwhile, "Roger Goodell tries to get to as many playoff games as he can."
Now, I hate Roger Goodell, so this will color what follows - the man is paid more than $30M a year as NFL commish - except where literal flight time is impossible, he should be at every fucking game, preferably in the seats so people can dump beer on him.
Jacob Nguyen
Sorry eurofriends, you'll never get to hear Pat Summerall call a game.
