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DEATH RATTLE: California’s Last Stand “Gov. Gavin Newsom and his leftist legislative supermajority and their union buddies have finally run out of other people’s money. The left’s fix for this is to chase away all the rest of the billionaires who still call California home by pushing a ballot initiative demanding a 5% retroactive wealth tax on the net worth of billionaires.” https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/12/08/californias-last-gasp-n4946794

The time of possession had nothing to do with it. It was getting dire before the pick 6 and even after the pick 6, they were only up like 3 with Burrow getting the ball back and up until that point their defense was struggling to stop Cincy.

It happens more frequently than you might think ..... we are guilty of looking past teams especially Miami who we absolutely own. Falcons guilty of believing the hype and not doing enough to game plan against the few good players they have. New England I just wish we had played them a bit later than we did no telling how it woulda ended but I have a feeling it might have been different we will never know. This week the Pats are at home with all the advantages lets see how that one goes.

As always, some interesting things can be gleamed from snap counts. In addition to what Sal has highlighted here's some thoughts: -Cooks out snapping Coleman is very telling to me. You would think a game with weather issues would be a hot spot for a receiver like Coleman over a speed guy like Cooks. I think it's telling that he's getting less play time than a guy that most likely won't be here long term. -After the way he looked last week, Ray Davis only having 4 snaps on offense is ridiculous. Would have been a nice opportunity to let him build off last week. -James Cook on the field 75% of the time is both awesome and terrifying at the same time. Glad he's getting a lot of work, he deserves it. But if he goes down we are in deep 💩. -Of course, I don't know if it was an injury management thing, but using a 1st round pick on Kincaid ,that plays 22 offensive snaps was such a misfire. I'd assume it was a "work him back slowly" snap count thing, but that's right about his average snap count percentage. And yes, he can be a mismatch nightmare...but he has to be on the field more -Taron Johnson being on the field for 98% of the snaps is so dangerous. We really need to have an upgrade at the NCB position next year. -AJE & Groot having 82% and 75% snap shares. Without Bosa, there is nobody they trust to rotate. Solomon and Fox COMBINED for 17 snaps. Was disappointed in Fox's debut. Was hoping he was brought up to fill the kind of thing Hoecht was doing. Obviously, that's not the case, at least in this one.

It's so nice to finally be on the winning side of some of these "games of the year"

They're not done yet. Obviously they need to win out and can only get the 7 seed. However, I could see them as 7 seed going to 2 seed New England and winning. It's more likely than you'd think. Just remember where you heard it first!

What game did Cook's fumble cost us a game? Miami, we were blown out , 1 fumble hardly cratered that game.

For sure. They’ve got better coaching and the “chip on their shoulder” since we’ve dominated the division for a half decade; but we have the ultimate X-factor (JA17).

Thanks for that. I thought Gray was gone. Well something in that office ain't working.

Reminder: But, you know, save the drug runners.

It's weird how they've done so well with the offensive line but cannot figure out the D-Line at all. Couldn't they ask the O-Line "what traits are the hardest for you to defend against?" or review the tape and then go get the kinds of dudes that beat their line? I know I'm oversimplifying it, but it's just weird how they can't get the position locked down at all.

His legacy is at a point where it’ll be gauged about winning a SB with the greatest multi-dimensional phenom at the QB position in league history rather than victories.

The first taste of the Belichick misery that was to haunt us for over a decade and a half...

You know, the throw he made to Knox in the EZ on the third down before the final TD that the latter bobbled was just as crazy and just as good.

How can one "common games" be a total of 12 and the other 14?

Actually the tweet is wrong. The Pats opened -1 but the line flipped from Saturday night to Sunday in the Bills favor to -1.5. I know because I took the Bills Saturday night +1 and then again yesterday after the line flipped.

As a team who is trying to compete for a championship, I want two types of players: reliable/consistent players with weaknesses we can protect/conceal, and superstars. I don't have room on my roster for "top 15" type players. Guys like Groot, Oliver, and Knox all eat up too much of the cap for what they provide, and the same can be said for our approach of loading up on 2nd tier talent at WR. Kincaid is firmly in the 2nd-tier player camp so far. He'll cost you almost as much as the 1st tier guys while giving you none of that upside. His camp will probably use McBride's deal as a comp, and the Bills will probably have to fight to keep it around Hock's deal of $16.5M a year. **** that. I can count the amount of great games he's had on one hand, and he's had zero truly dominating ones. Let him go and pay a rookie 1M a year and/or sign Goedert for a couple year.

AMEN. .

Both 6'6" plus and 340. 2 guys demanding double teams in the middle plugs things up good. Agree on Jp. I'm kinda surprised we haven't seen Shaq at all. I bet he too would give 150%

I agree that Taron will be retained. Regarding the secondary as a whole, We are set at 3 of the 5 starting spots (Benford, Hairston, Bishop. I’d give Hancock 50% chance to fill 1 of those spots (at either nickel or S). We’ll see how he progresses but he has the physical traits and seems like a bright kid. The Strong injury really hurts as he looked like a solid backup with potential to be a decent starter. The LB situation is pretty crazy. Shaq and Milano both FA’s. Bernard and Dorian under contract and will be back 💯 unless Dorian is somehow traded. Shaq is our best LB atm imo and Milano has been playing better and has been a core player. How can we move on from Shaq after how he’s played? He wants to play for McD and considering his age, I doubt he’ll be getting a big pay day. He should be back if he stays healthy the remainder of the year. I could see us moving on from Milano and should probably draft a lb in the first 4 rounds. I think the plan will be to draft a LB, slot, S and CB to develop. Hancock (and possibly Savage if he fits well) could compete for a starting position. Bernard, Shaq (or Milano) and Dorian + draft pick. I hope that our priority resources will be invested into WR, OL and Pass rush. Unless McD just wants to load up on man coverage specialists and go blitz happy, we need to replace (or resign) Bosa. We’ll be getting Ed and Hoecht back and they’ll help immensely, but we’re sure to lose another pass rusher to injury again next season. More talent getting after the QB please. Can never have enough

I couldn't be bothered trying to work it out from the tie-breaker rules, so used ESPN's play-off predictor. According to that, if we win out and Pats lose to Dolphins we win the division. As I had to complete every single game in that predictor I am happy to inform you that we even scooped the 1st seed in "my scenarios". Swapping the Pats loss from the Dolphins to the Ravens resulted in - logically - again both teams finishing 13-4 but in that case it is the Pats who get the top seed. Interestingly enough, to my upmost surprise in that scenario we ended up, as 5th seed, playing the wildcard at Cincinatti 😮 with the results I had put in...

The ultimate disrespect, one of the Cincy after game reports called him Kaiar Benford.

Grab Your Popcorn: Jasmine Crockett Is About to Crash and Burn Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is expected to shake up the Senate race with a Monday announcement that she plans to run for the seat that Republican John Cornyn holds. If she officially files, Crockett will face off in the March 3 Democratic primary against state Rep. James Talarico. Meanwhile, Colin Allred, who ran against Sen. Ted Cruz two years ago and had hinted at another Senate run, is exiting the race to return to the House. Whoever emerges from the Democratic primary, and polls suggest Crockett is likely to do so, will face the winner of the GOP primary between incumbent Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Rep. Wesley Hunt. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/08/report-jasmine-crockett-to-run-for-us-senate-n4946806#google_vignette