Mark80

I honestly wonder if it is all his fault. Some receivers seem to be letting up and then the ball sails over them. I wonder if they are just not used to seeing that kind of throw and are not tracking it well. Now, obviously I am not an NFL receiver, but I have had the opportunity to (try) and catch a ball from someone with an absolute rocket of an arm. Like, ability to throw it over 60 yards kind of rocket. It was extremely difficult to track when it was a long pass. It just kept going and going and going. Now, imagine it was from one of the best arms in the NFL. Not even these receivers are used to seeing throws like this. I seriously wonder if his arm is too big sometimes and making it difficult on the WRs and TEs too (like Knox's drop yesterday right through his hands). If we could just hit 33-50% of those open deep balls then no one would be complaining about our offensive performances. They are the difference IMO. Obviously, some throws are also just completely over thrown, but that may not be the whole story.

Yeah, the one team they beat. They also got demolished by the Jets. I mean, destroyed. By the Jets.

Had high hopes for him coming into this season. It has not been pretty. He is not getting beat, he is getting smoked. Guys break/cut and he is three yards away before reacting. They are wide open. A lot.

Saying RI is going to mess up again, or saying he doesn't deserve to be in the NFL is like saying you want a cancer survivor just going to get cancer again or they don't belong in the NFL. The guy has a diagnosed serious mental issue. He got himself back from a dark, dark place. Many never do. People need to look at mental illness like the disease it is, not some funny joke. Just my opinion. I'm rooting for him.

When all is said and done, this dude may just be the bargain of the century. No doubt he is going to have to take a reasonably cheap offer to get back on a team. And any team willing to sign him will have to have language in the deal to protect them from his behavior. He has to know that this is his last chance (if he even gets it). Maybe, just maybe, he signs, keeps his mouth shut, and absolutely kills it. Probably not, but maybe. And if you're a team in desperate need of a stud WR, would you sign him for $2M/$5M/$10M to see? I think someone will.

Tim Tebow has more playoff wins than our entire franchise since Jan 1, 1996. People always lament how little talent he had a QB on the NFL level. If he doesn't inspire people, please explain this to me then.

I think I saw him twice on Sunday. One time was his sack. That's a very good thing.

Invisible...not as much as this season. He was also making 1/2 what he is making this year. I understand we had money to spend. I understand it would have been hard to find someone who is better via FA. But I also understand that he is in no way shape or form a $14M player in my opinion. Hopefully when it's back down to around $7.5M next year it will be an easier pill to swallow (if we even retain him).

Jerry Hughes is not a "very good" player. He's had one season of 10 sacks. A DE getting about 5 sacks per year is not a "very good" player. At least he isn't getting stupid penalties any more. I agree with OP. His contract is insane and he is invisible on the field. His only really successful years were when he also had Mario, Kyle, and Marcel (who was good at the time) taking much of the blocking. He was 4th best of those guys during those years.

Straight up baller. As a U fan, it was easy to love everything about his game and him off the field as well. Such a shame.

Body chip implants. Monitor health as a start. Who knows where it could go?

....so....you just completely negate the first playoff appearance in almost 20 years? Alright then.

Eastern European / Russian women.

Cool. So it was their plan to keep the game within one score where any random big play could lose the game for them? Sounds just like a Belichick / Brady philosophy. Again, yeah, OK buddy.

Yeah, because it is the Pats M.O. to just barely win games on purpose and not try to blow people out. Yeah...OK buddy.

I agree on the Foster effort, or lack thereof. However, you do have to consider the perspective in which you are watching though. If its on TV, I'm sure things can look like they are closer than they actually are. Like hockey, for example, it looks completely different live than on tv perspective wise IMO. Maybe it wasn't as close as it looked...at least I hope so because that was a noticeably bad effort.

Yeah, and the best QB of all time didn't do crap. What's your point?

Any time the defense gives up over 200 yards rushing on basically the same 3 plays over and over and over, then it's their fault. End of story in my mind. If I recall correctly, even the 85 bears had a bad game or two. Doesn't mean the D is bad, but they definitely had a bad game.

Bill Belichick didn't with the SB until his 7th season as a head coach. This includes going 5-11 in his first season as Pats coach the season before he won his first. Maybe, just maybe, we give the guy that got us to the playoffs with a horrible roster and will most likely get to the playoffs again this year for 2 out of 3 years, a bit of some slack, no?

Once you graduate college any fighting days should be long gone. Would I hit some dude that did what this guy did to your wife, probably depends on my condition at the moment. Would I talk sh1t to him, for sure. Now, if he punched/slapped/pushed her or kept doing what he did to her, then i would be left with no choice. I could probably let one honk pass though.

I wish we were able to use the red helmets once or twice a year. Such a dumb rule. If college can figure it out, why can't the NFL? I played some Madden wearing all blues with the red helmets, it looked fantastic.

Something about auctioning off a majority black player base on a stage just doesn't seem right to me. Call me crazy. I always thought they should just give the team that finishes in 13th place (best non-playoff team) the #1 overall pick, then 14th gets #2, etc. and the playoff teams still go last. Then everyone is always to trying to finish as high as possible.

Saw title and said to myself "if Aretha isn't #1 this list is complete BS." Went straight to #1 and there she was. While I disagree with much on the list, at least they got that right!

Uh....Mahomes...????

Just found it funny that you say puzzling attachment to .... 3 guys that aren't on the team anymore. Made me chuckle. I know what you meant though.