NFL Week 12 Thread: Bradshaw's number isn't retired, but you can't have it

Week 12
All times Eastern. Games can be flexed, so times subject to change.
Thursday, Nov. 21
8:20 p.m. — Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans, Fox and NFL Network
Sunday, Nov. 24
Fox early afternoon games
1:00 p.m. — New York Giants at Chicago Bears
1:00 p.m. — Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
1:00 p.m. — Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins
1:00 p.m. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
1:00 p.m. -- Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eagles
CBS early afternoon games
1:00 p.m. — Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
1:00 p.m. — Oakland Raiders at New York Jets
1:00 p.m. — Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns
1:00 p.m. — Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills
CBS late afternoon game
4:05 p.m. — Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans
Fox late afternoon games (Doubleheader)
4:25 p.m. — Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots
Sunday Night Football
8:20 p.m. — Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers, NBC
Monday, Nov. 25
8:15 p.m. — Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Rams, ESPN

Byes: Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Chargers

I'm sure everybody wants to hear all about the titanic matchup of the Steelers and the winless Bengals, but I'm not sure how much there is to say about that one. It may be the Bengals' best shot to avoid going 0-16 because the Steelers' offense is a disaster right now. There is a good chance they will be without James Conner and JuJu Smith-Schuster, making a bad group even worse.

Ravens at Rams looked good on paper not long ago, but the way Baltimore is playing, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the Ravens win in a rout.

The 49ers are in the middle of a brutal stretch of their schedule. They get the Packers at home this week, then go on the road to play the Ravens and Saints.

Edited to reflect Packers at 49ers being flexed to Sunday night.

 

Pack-Niners has already been flexed to Sunday night.

Add the betting lines.

Do better.

 

Nah. It was Thursday and nobody had bothered, so I just slapped it up there. I'll let those who like to gamble handle the betting lines. Changing the times to Eastern was as far as I am willing to go in terms of effort.

I went looking for somewhere to post this and realized there was no thread yet.

Le'Veon Bell vows to never take another blood test for NFL

Apparently, Le'Veon Bell has chosen to dazzle us with his intellect yet again. He is threatening to refuse to take any more NFL drug tests for HGH, claiming that they are unfairly targeting him. He also accused the league of using "dirty-ass needles" for the tests.

Given that Bell already has two violations of the league's substance abuse policies on his resume, skipping a test would result in a suspension.

 

Green Bay @ San Francisco got flexed last Tuesday.

 

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Where was that schedule copied from, the fall Sporting News magazine on sale at the CVS?

Seahawks-Eagles is a 1:05 eastern start

 

Seattle-Philly saves an otherwise dour early session. Raiders-Jets is also midly interesting.

 

You know something? I heard that game got flexed.

 

Rumor has it.

 

That Denver-Buffalo game should be good. Until Denver implodes in the second half, anyway. In fact, the last third of the slate is great.

1:00 p.m. — Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills (-4) (37.5)
CBS late afternoon game
4:05 p.m. — Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans (-3) (41.5)
Fox late afternoon games (Doubleheader)
4:25 p.m. — Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots (-6.5) (45.5)
4:25 p.m. — Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers (-3) (47.5)
Sunday Night Football
8:20 p.m. — Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eagles, (-1.5) (48) NBC
Monday, Nov. 25
8:15 p.m. — Baltimore Ravens (-3) at Los Angeles Rams, (46.5) ESPN

 

Might go with a small mite on the Pack. 49er injury list looks like it came from Battle of Chickamauga.

 

Again, Seattle-Philly is at 1. Utter fail by the OP.