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Often times the two are inseparable.

It could have been reversed if he didn't (needlessly) blow the whistle early. And I have no real problem with Hochuli (other than he's an effing zebra!).

Sorry but any refs that clearly costs a team a game, like Hochuli did in the first SD-Denver game, can't be graded the best. Sounds like NFL spinning.

That's the type of guy that changes the culture of a team all by himself.

The whole Ravens team needs to wake up. They seem to think they already won the game.

I can't imagine the relo fee being that high. If you have a link, please share. But even if it's "just" $300M, that's way too high anyway.

Good point. He was awesome with the Bills.

I agree, but you can't plan for the season and that your top DE will get injured. Same with QB play. Trent was considered a rising star, and then it all came crashing down.

Sorry but losing Schobel, even as weak as his sack numbers were last year, was a killer for the Bills.

If they'd made the playoffs, they'd probably have been blownout as well. Whoop de do.

That front-7 is just sick, and Ed Reed ain't too bad either.

Well going by your logic, Daunte Culpepper is a better QB than Kelly. I mean, just look at his 2004 season! Teams should be lining-up to sign him (once the Lions dump him, that is).

They were the best of a bad division. And it shows. The concerning part for them is their best players are their older ones.

I knew this game would be over at halftime.

Do you think anyone is going to be comparing Cassel to Jim Kelly? Seriously?

Sad yes, but given the performance from the QB position, not surprising.

You can scratch every city off the list for the foreseeable future as well. No city has an NFL caliber stadium, won't pay for the building of a new one, and the relocation fee it too high now (about $300M).

They figured that out in the first meeting. But Pennington had a great season for Miami and was 2nd in MVP voting. Although a lot of that could have been due to the weak schedule.

Since Kelly's time, the NFL has instituted the "no-chuck" rule, allowed QB's to ground the ball outside the tackle box and created other rules to protect QB's in the pocket, and has started enforcing pass interference, and as a result, the passing game has opened-up significantly. Beyond that, the Patriots were 6th in the NFL in rushing. As for his "insane" games in the 2nd half, he had 4 of them. They were against the Dols, Jets, Raiders, and Cards. The Raiders were ranked 10th against the pass. Pretty impressive at first, until you realize they were ranked 31st against the run and no one bothered to pass on them. Meanwhile, the Cards were ranked 22nd against the pass, the Dols 25th, and the Jets 29th. But again, even still, his 21 TD passes were 10th in the NFL, despite his great WR's, great running game, and bad competition.

Officiating has been garbage this year. And this just proves it.

The passing game has changed a ton since Kelly's time, with passing offense being favored. Again, you have to look at his supporting cast, level of competition, and the quality of play (compared to 15+ years ago). And Cassel was 10th in passing TD's. That's hardly "great." And his 15 turnovers were the opposite of great. As were the 47 sacks taken.

They'll have more than enough money to lock-up McGee, Greer, Jackson, and Peters. And a lot left over for a guy like C Jason Brown (Ravens) and another couple FA's.

He was tied for 11th in yards per attempt (7.2), with, among others, Trent Edwards (and Peyton Manning, although Manning was injured for a good part of the beginning of the season). And throwing to Moss (and Welker, and Faulk) will help make anyone look good. See Culpepper, Daunte. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that the Cheatriots had the 6th ranked rushing attack. and played the 10th easiest schedule.

No team will trade for Brady. Teams know that if the Cheatriots are trying to trade him, obviously something's really wrong with him. And again as I said, there's nothing special about Cassel that makes him worth anything close to franchise money, plus a 1st rounder. I'm betting that in the end, Cassel gets franchised and stays with the Pats next season, and leaves the next off-season for nothing.

Did you mean Greer? He's an UFA, not McGee. Maybe an extension for McGee.