So what options are left? Do the ether, spades, and tiptoes teams have plausible hijackable(?) rosters?

I believe the number was 11 teams, which is amazing. Kudos to all the new players joining Open this season and of course Kevin for orchestrating it all.

Good luck with Open coverage, for any brave soul that walks down that path this season. Lots of new faces, and I'm hoping that all of them will stay.

Looks like we'll have at least 50 teams in Open which is up from last season. Always good news. Now let's get paid up so we don't have to be reliant on extensions like every season.

I'm pretty sure most players who have experienced both rulesets prefer the EU one, myself included. Besides, if the ultimate discussion is for a potential intercontinental NA LAN, then we have to use EU rules anyway otherwise it'll take 500 years to complete matches. The biggest issue is that we'd never get ESEA to change the ruleset. We've brought this up before (me in 2014 lol) but I don't think there's anything we can do about it with regards to ESEA.

So what's the team count looking like with just a few days left in registration?

I think they'll lose to the Packers, Patriots, Cardinals, and Rams. The last game is a flex spot because any given Sunday (which I also factored in for plenty of the other teams). Could be the Rams again lol.

With Bridgewater and Romo out / hurtin', here are my early early predictions for playoffs at this point in time.

AFC
1. Steelers (12-4)
2. Patriots (12-4)
3. Chiefs (11-5)
4. Colts (10-6)
5. Bengals (11-5)
6. Raiders (10-6)

NFC
1. Packers (15-1)
2. Cardinals (13-3)
3. Panthers (12-4)
4. Giants (9-7)
5. Seahawks (11-5)
6. Redskins (9-7)

Still waiting for mana to post the official S23 thread, but...they promoted all Open playoff rosters (minus the one that forfeited) so there *should* be no reason for IM to be endangered this season. Make it happen guys.

I would direct you to b4nny's i55 performances (also the shortage of NA Pockets).

Admirable: "I love men."

War: "My fiance has my balls."

I'm still confused as to why you aren't permanently banned from TFTV.

All the previous NFL threads are old so I figured to start a new one for the new season. Just a general discussion thread, etc. We're in preseason so nothing too exciting but looks like a good season ahead. This is sweet for predicting week-to-week matchups and projecting the season.

Iunno. Thoughts / predictions?

Waiting for a New York or Boston LAN...

Gorgeous gamer capnfapn blew my mind honestly.