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NFL Week 8: Kirk's Injury, the Bengals are Back, and the Giants' Offense is Broken
Week 8 hit like a ton of bricks with nine games in the early window, but the biggest story in the NFL right now is the devastating injury to Kirk Cousins. After a slow start to the year, the Vikings were finally cooking, and Big Cat thinks we might have been robbed of a historic season from the veteran quarterback.
Big CatKirk Cousins was on the verge of the MVP conversation before his season-ending injury
The big story from this game was the unfortunate injury to Kirk Cousins, which sucks beyond belief... he also was playing awesome ball. Like he was on the precipice of being in the MVP conversation because the Vikings started to win games... and it all comes crashing down with the Achilles.
On the other side of that matchup, the Packers continue to look like a team with no identity. Jordan Love threw another pick, and the offense went another week without a first-half touchdown. For anyone still holding onto hope for Green Bay, Big Cat is officially out.
Big CatThe Packers are officially a bad football team
I foolishly thought this was the spot to back the Packers because it was the Vikings off a big win against the Niners. The Packers look terrible. Turns out the Packers are just dog shit... yeah, the Packers are bad. Yeah, they're officially a bad team.
Speaking of teams going in opposite directions, the Bengals finally looked like the juggernaut we expected them to be. Joe Burrow was carving up the 49ers' defense, moving with a pocket presence we haven't seen since before the calf injury. Big Cat is ready to say it: the AFC should be terrified.
Big CatThe Cincinnati Bengals are back and healthy for the season
The Bengals are all the way back. These are the Bengals that If, you were a Bengals fan... This was the Bengals announcing their back because Joe Burrow was outta this world good... He's healthy. And this is what you want from the Bengals.
Meanwhile, the 49ers are officially hitting the panic button after three straight losses. While everyone wants to blame Brock Purdy for the interceptions, PFT is looking squarely at a defense that suddenly can't stop anyone. Between the Vikings gashing them and Burrow's masterclass, the Niners look mortal.
PFT CommenterThe San Francisco 49ers are officially in trouble
The Niners are in trouble... You can't lose a can't lose... Their defense has been bad the last two weeks... The Niners defense is the issue. Yeah. I don't think Brock pa, he didn't play that poorly today... their defense just stunk.
In the 'Big Ten West' game of the century, the Jets and Giants combined for more punts than points in a rain-soaked MetLife disaster. The Giants finished with negative nine net passing yards, a stat so improbable it sounds like a typo. Memes was riding high on the Jets' victory, but PFT pointed out that Zach Wilson's struggles might just be an environmental issue.
MemesZach Wilson is incapable of playing good football in the rain
I think [Zach Wilson] would've played better if it didn't rain. I said it a couple weeks ago. Can't play in the rain. Yeah, that's true. You did say that. You called that he can't play in the rain.
Down in DC, the Commanders might have lost the game to the Eagles, but they might have finally found their franchise cornerstone. Sam Howell threw for nearly 400 yards and four touchdowns against an elite Philly defense, and PFT is officially leading the Howell Hive.
PFT CommenterSam Howell is the franchise quarterback for the Washington Commanders
Sam Howell is the guy. He was amazing today. He might've been the best quarterback in the NFL this entire week... Sam Howell is the fucking guy. He's the most guy ever. Oh, okay. He is the guy. The guy a guy... he's the goddamn motherfucking guy bitch.
Over in the AFC North, the Steelers' smoke-and-mirrors routine finally ran out of gas against the Jaguars. Without Kenny Pickett making magic late, the reality of their offensive struggles became impossible to ignore. Big Cat noted that the Steelers' formula is basically a tightrope walk that Pickett was keeping them balanced on.
Big CatThe Steelers' recipe for winning ugly games only works if they make plays in the fourth quarter
The Steelers have a recipe with this Steelers team on how to win games. And it's to make it ugly play defense and then have this heroic fourth quarter, like couple balls bounce your way... When the recipe works like three quarters of the way and then it fails in the fourth because [Pickett] got hurt, they just look like a bad football team.
The show wrapped up with a legendary Lottery Ball moment. In a twist of fate that could only happen to him, Hank abandoned his lifelong number, 17, just as the machine finally spit it out. The sound of his soul leaving his body was the perfect end to a Monday recap.
Hank will be seeing 17 in his nightmares for the rest of the season.
