**Sunday Night Football - Denver at Washington**(+6.5, 43.5) 8:20 (4 Viewers)

[ignatiusjreilly]

Even these refs couldn't ignore a DPI that blatant

 

[Runkle]

They know they can't try a FG, right?

 

[Runkle]

Now it's officially comical

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

What's with Collinsworth's pronunciation of "Mario-tah"?

 

[rockaction]

No need for like eight million angles of him crashing through McNichols's back.

Mariota with a little determination there.

oh you can't be serious.

 

[Runkle]

Insane

 

[travdogg]

Holding is especially bad on a 3-man rush

 

[renesauz]

good call there at least

 

[Runkle]

This is nuts

 

[fatness]

This is a great bad game.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Dang. That call actually was legit, but he probably didn't need to hold him for Mariota to get the pass off

 

[Penguin]

Crazy

 

[rockaction]

Oh my. You know if they use Rodriguez for the goal line, I might pick up an extra six points here.

It's all about me!

 

[renesauz]

lol...fun!

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

DEEBO!!!!!!

 

[Donnybrook]

This might be the craziest game I have seen in 2025.

 

[travdogg]

Mariota might be the NFL's best backup. He's balling out against a top-3 defense

 

[rockaction]

Uh, you're going to need to play action boot if that's how tight and packed they're going t o be.

 

[rockaction]

Ask and I guess I'll receive.

 

[Runkle]

One play to go

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Mariota might be the NFL's best backup. He's balling out against a top-3 defense

He makes way too many boneheaded decisions under pressure.

If he played like this drive for the entire game, sure. But no.

 

[fatness]

Ertz with a couple difficult drops tonight.

 

[rockaction]

Ertz just aged out this year. I fear we're not going to see a two-point conversion.

Did Dan call a timeout to change his mind and kick the duck?

 

[travdogg]

Mariota might be the NFL's best backup. He's balling out against a top-3 defense

He makes way too many boneheaded decisions under pressure.

If he played like this drive for the entire game, sure. But no.

He's been great all night, other than that early boneheaded INT.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

So Washington basically has to pull of two straight two-point conversions to win the game

 

[Runkle]

Tiddy and going for 2!

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Good lord

 

[fatness]

 

[rockaction]

Oh my. I'm so hardened by this I never thought they'd run a good play there.

Got another, guys?

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

He's been great all night, other than that early boneheaded INT.

Nah, he also ran right into a couple of sacks. He’s made big plays, but he’s made some bad decisions too. Coulda had several more ints.

 

[Jppaul]

That pick was not opi?

 

[Runkle]

Rejected!

 

[travdogg]

Didn't work out, but I like the call to go for the win.

 

[renesauz]

better team won, but kuddos to Commanders for that fight!

 

[rockaction]

Tip your caps to Bonitto and tip your servers we are closing and you don't have to go home but you can't stay here

 

[The Frankman]

He had him, that was a TD but couldn't get it over Bonitto.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Crazy game. They had it. Bonito timed it well. Geez.

Denver deserved to lose this game.

 

[Donnybrook]

 

[fatness]

Washington finds a way to prolong the heartbreak.

.

This season in a nutshell.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

you don't have to go home but you can't stay here

You are not the boss of me.

Mario-tuh!

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

better team won, but kuddos to Commanders for that fight!

Was a fun game.

 

[rockaction]

better team won, but kuddos to Commanders for that fight!

Was a fun game.

A much-needed pleasant surprise here in the Inland.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Bummer for Commanders, but probably best case in terms of showing some fight while also staying in the running for a top draft pick. Or maybe this positions them to get Daniels back next week and go on a mini-run to end the season on a high note. Point being, this result doesn't matter much to them either way

 

[Lansdowne]

Where did those Franklin targets we saw early on go? He's been invisible for the past two quarters.

Signed, someone who needs 7 points from him to keep my playoff hopes alive

We got Payton’d. Sutton owners have been suffering it all season it seems and now it’s our turn. I told myself I’d never trust a Sean Payton-coached player again and it may cost me.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

OK so this is sort of awkward. I'm in a long-time family league where the commish is my cousin. Sadly, he passed away a few weeks ago. There's been zero discussion of how any of this should affect our league because a) it's no-stakes, and b) duh. I just realized that, after this week's results, he's currently in the final playoff spot and I'm the last team out. So in order to make the playoffs, I need to win next week and he needs to lose. I honestly don't even know what I want to happen. Even thinking about it feels silly and inconsequential

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

If Washington scores a TD I would assume they would go for 2

Only time I've ever seen that scenario was Jags-Raiders a few weeks ago. But by the time LV scored, there was barely any time left, so kicking the XP would have pretty much guaranteed a tie. (They went for two and didn't get it)

And like that game, this one also ended with the potential game winner being batted down at the LOS

 

[Lansdowne]

OK so this is sort of awkward. I'm in a long-time family league where the commish is my cousin. Sadly, he passed away a few weeks ago. There's been zero discussion of how any of this should affect our league because a) it's no-stakes, and b) duh. I just realized that, after this week's results, he's currently in the final playoff spot and I'm the last team out. So in order to make the playoffs, I need to win next week and he needs to lose. I honestly don't even know what I want to happen. Even thinking about it feels silly and inconsequential

I’m sorry for the loss of your cousin. And, sorry for the loss to your cousin, if it comes to that. In all seriousness it does put things in perspective. At the end this is just a game that we play. My condolences to your family.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

OK so this is sort of awkward. I'm in a long-time family league where the commish is my cousin. Sadly, he passed away a few weeks ago. There's been zero discussion of how any of this should affect our league because a) it's no-stakes, and b) duh. I just realized that, after this week's results, he's currently in the final playoff spot and I'm the last team out. So in order to make the playoffs, I need to win next week and he needs to lose. I honestly don't even know what I want to happen. Even thinking about it feels silly and inconsequential

I’m sorry for the loss of your cousin. And, sorry for the loss to your cousin, if it comes to that. In all seriousness it does put things in perspective. At the end this is just a game that we play. My condolences to your family.

Thanks, GB. Agree on perspective. And to clarify something, there's no dilemma here. The answer to "What do I do about this?" is that I do nothing, because it's not important enough to do anything about. Which is why I posted about it at the end of a game thread rather than in its own thread