*** Thursday Night Disappointment - Dolphins @ Jaguars ***
 

Miami Dolphins (0-2)
at
Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1)

9/24
7:20pm CST
on NFL Network

Minshew Mania gonna run wild or will Fitzmagic ride again

The NFL was hoping Tua would be the Dolphins' starting QB by now when they scheduled this game.

Minshew Mania vs Fitzmagic. This game could be 51-47 or it could be 10-7 with 6 combined interceptions. Tune in tonight!

Honestly, I like what I've seen from Minshew, especially given the team he's playing on.

I haven’t really seen Minshew play. Will be interesting to see if he keeps ruining the Jags plans to draft Lawrence. And Fitzmagic will either be amazing or terrible in a fun, aw shucks kind of way. This will certainly be an entertaining game.

Got 10 GBP on Shenault and Gaskins to score.

Needed motivation to watch

Minshew is a gamer.

Minshew has amazing level of swag

I caught one of his college games and it was bonkers, people wearing mustaches and shit ROFL

This game is on Thursday night every year. It's like a staple to the NFL schedule. vomit

Exactly.

Thought last week would be a complete turd but was fairly interesting. Holding out hope Minshew will make this one worth watching all the way through.

Gonna take in as much football as I can after this awful covid sports drought.

I don't think there's any chance at all Miami holds Minshew to just one TD.

There's no way this is a 10-7 game.

Seems the Jags aren't loading up the team around him. Maybe, their just rebuilding a young team with draft picks it seems.

Minshew is a decent QB who can win games.

Yeah, a lot of people think they're tanking for Lawrence but I just don't see it. The guy is too good for them to suck that bad.

I'm going to start Tyler Eifert in my FFL just to make the game more interesting.

I seem to recall last season Thursday games were mostly pretty good, if not somewhat sloppy.

I'm rooting for Miami since Fitzpatrick and Mike Gesicki were key players in our Super Bowl run.

Oh, hey. Ogbah is a Dolphin now, too. Let's see if he's wearing his Chiefs Super Bowl ring tonight.

So if this weeks game is a disappointment then what about next weeks game?

Why are the Thursday night picks so consistently terrible and unattractive to neutrals who may view if the teams picked were interesting to watch.

Here's the complete "Thursday Night Football" schedule:

Week 2, Sept. 17: Bengals at Browns, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network
Week 3, Sept. 24: Dolphins at Jaguars, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network
Week 4, Oct. 1: Broncos at Jets, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network
Week 5, Oct. 8: Buccaneers at Bears, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 6, Oct. 15: Chiefs at Bills, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 7, Oct. 22: Giants at Eagles, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 8, Oct. 29: Falcons at Panthers, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 9, Nov. 5: Packers at 49ers, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 10, Nov. 12: Colts at Titans, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 11, Nov. 19: Cardinals at Seahawks, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 13, Dec. 3: Cowboys at Ravens, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 14, Dec. 10: Patriots at Rams, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video
Week 15, Dec. 17: Chargers at Raiders, 8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network, Fox, Amazon Prime Video

I don’t think he was necessarily predicting a score. The overall point is that this could be a very entertaining game or it could totally suck. There’s some games that you know are going to be super entertaining no matter what. Take Dallas GS Atlanta last week. Everyone knew for a fact that was going to be an exciting game. This game tonight could totally suck. That’s the overall point.

And what I'm saying is that Minshew is the kind of player that makes every game interesting. He's just one of those guys...

Yeah I was being a bit sarcastic there. These Thursday night games are usually terrible, but this week is a complete wild card. I could see it being a wildly entertaining 38-31 shootout, or it could be a total slopfest. All the cards are on the table.

What I've been told by people that actually care enough to pay attention to this sort of thing is that it comes down to budget. Bottom line, the NFL-N simply doesn't have the ability to out-bid anybody so they get the "bottom of the barrel" games so to speak.

Oh, they get the first game of the season which should be a good game because I guess the SB champs are in that one, and a couple others down the line, but most of the TNF match-ups are games the other networks weren't that interested in.

Yeah, they don't get enough time to prep, and most TNF games are between lesser teams so you get sloppy games.

As it stands right now, week 9 on doesn't appear too bad at all. Also week 5 & 6. :hmmm:

Yea. Has the potential to be a fun game. Minshew keeps getting better and FitzMagic sometimes happens.

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6,9,11 and 13 are the only ones that grab me currently though depending how the divisional races are going other games could increase in value.

Interesting. Thanks for explaining the process. I would have assumed that the league would set the schedule and that the networks would buy a time slot but have limited influence and input on which game get allotted to that slot.

Has it always been the case that Monday night has been viewed as more prestigious than Thursday and commanded better TV figures.

I’ll enjoy this one I hope, bad teams and all. I like watching these two QBs just let their nuts hang.

Hoping Minshew secures the job long term.

I don't mind most of this schedule. Thursdays are a great night for hardcore fans to see teams that they don't normally see. I like watching the Bengals and Cardinals and Bears. The least interesting games to me are the ones that have the overexposed teams like the patriots and Packers. I'm least likely to watch Weeks 9 and 14, and I'll look forward to seeing tonight's game and Week 8.

As long as we're on the same page that "this is what I've been told." I don't know for certain. Never cared enough to check it out either.

As for MNF, I think it's not nearly the game it used to be. When I was a kid it was THE GAME. I might miss a game on Sunday (back then there was no TNF and only two games televised on Sundays most of the time) but no one missed the MNF game. The whole country pretty much sat down for that one. So it was always the biggest game with the biggest names in it.

Nowadays MNF isn't nearly as big a deal and the teams are not always the best in the league.

The Sunday Night game is typically the big game now.

I never would have thought Gardner Minshew would be as big as he is now after taking over for Nick Foles in Week 1 last season.

Jags by 10.

Two QBs that have a don’t care attitude and don’t play scared will make for a good game no matter the teams.

Last Thursday's game was pretty entertaining, so I'm with you, hoping it's good entertainment and not a dumpster fire. Both of these QBs can play well, and in dramatic fashion so we have some hope. Neither team is a threat down the road, so I don't really care how their defenses play. If they show up AND both Qbs play well, that's just icing on the cake for me.

TNF and MNF aren't what they used to be because they're on cable.

SNF is the new MNF because it's on broadcast TV.

I think MNF suffers a shitload due to being on ESPN

It does.

If it were still on ABC, it would be a lot bigger.

I'm a huge boxing fan. The death of boxing as a premiere sport coincided almost directly with going from being on network TV to being exclusively on PPV.

Completely agree. I thought it was a bad move when they did it. Should be a major network game. I think it would get more views or whatever.

I wonder how Fitzpatrick feels when the pre-game QB hype is about his BACKUP. LOL

Its impossible for me to not root for Minshew, the sparky sixth rounder coming outta nowheresville

Only been able to watch him once, not to mention my work buddy is a big Fins fan... so tonight should offer up a bountiful harvest of grist for my snark mill

BIG rep, and everlasting friendship for a decent link...

A "teal" out in Jacksonville
ROFL

Dude looks like a porn star. Gotta love that.

He's what Baker Mayfield wants to be on and off the field. Love that guy. Watched a couple late PAC games and he's definitely got real swag, it's not a fake.

I was actually thinking the same thing.

I've really got shit at QB in my fantasy league and I was ****ING STOKED to grab him off the waiver this week. Really just wanted a rooting interest in this game but he's been productive thus far so it's a win-win.

They're still talking about Tua in the pre-game. Poor Fitzmagic...

Gonna drop this nugget here just because. If you aren't following these videos you really should be on youtube or facebook.

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Steve Smith is a terrible analyst.

Minshew even sounds like Joe Dirt.

Just looked it up and he's from Mississippi.

Shit, everything makes perfect sense now.

in and correcting papers

Aikman looks terrible

Always looks like he's coming down from a coke and booze bender.

Probably is.

should have been flgged

I know everyone gets tired of people whining about a link, its become an unspoken joke around here over the years

But pleeease, come on gai's!...

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Fitz is kind of crazy

Wow, that wsa a nice pitch and catch.

CJ Henderson gonna get his ass chewed

Fins are so mercurial. One week they look like a complete dumpster fire, the next they beat the Patsies.

That has been his whole career. LOL

I love the guy but inevitably he will have one of his 3/4 picks game.

This gon' be a shootout.

Fitz-MaJIK!!!

Atta boy, you crazy sumbitch!!! Nice start!!!

ouch conley with the drop

Conley with the drop.

Don't miss Conley even a little bit.

wow looked like deep corner on the same side was open

hate when qb's throw short of the sticks on 3rd down

I'll go there.

Who would we rather have? Conley or DRob?

Fins couldnt ask for a better start, Fitz looks on tonight... and Good Fitz is usually good for a W

Thought I was gonna make some great comparison about their price point but they're both slated to make 2.3 mil this year...so I don't care. I'll just trust Veach that D-Rob is the better option for us.

Nothing we have to worry about anymore my friend, so it doesn't bother me much.

Hahaha, Fitzy with some wheels still!

Step aside Mahomes, Lamar and Kyler. The best running QB in the NFL is doing his thing.

Henderson having an atrocious first quarter.

I mulled starting the Jaguars defense in my fantasy league because of Fitz-ceptions.....

Woof, glad I dodged that bullet.

(Shutup, everybody cares about my fantasy team.)

Fins are rolling.

MIA looking like a playoff team.