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Bigger for us than for them, since they would still need help to get the 1 seed and the bye if they win, whereas we will continue to control our own destiny when we win.

“I respect him” is the sports equivalent of senators referring to each other as “my esteemed colleague.” I hope there’s something underneath all that. Like Sidney Deane, Josh plays better when he’s pissed off.

Late but stories like this always remind me of the story Graig Nettles told in his book about the Yankees’ first trip to Toronto. He was rooming with Dick Tidrow, who, I guess, liked to walk to the ballpark. They’re getting ready to leave the hotel for the game and Tidrow asks Nettles where the park is. Nettles points out the window and says “it’s right over there, you can see the lights.” So Tidrow decides he’ll walk it. If you’re familiar with Toronto and the old park you know the hotels are all downtown and Exhibition Stadium was way the ***** down the lake, across the expressway, where you can’t really find a cab. Tidrow ended up walking into the clubhouse a half hour before game time, sweating his ass off. 🤣

“In uniform for practice today” does not necessarily mean “practicing.”

we could wear clown suits and beat Dallas. I’m really not that concerned about what Dallas wears. That’s a ‘70s thing.

Well, I’d like to think he’s not getting into the HGH.

I guess the “anything to help these two young guys” = leaving the team so as not to be a “distraction,” instead of, you know, actually helping these two young guys get better at football.

Except I don’t think anyone thought there was a snowball’s chance in hell of us losing that 2nd Pats game last year.

I remember a game where Kelly got clobbered just before halftime, went out for a play, came back in, and hit Billy Brooks with the prettiest pump-fake 30-yard TD pass you ever saw. After the game, he said “I couldn’t feel the entire left side of my body until after halftime.” I was also at the game where Bruce almost killed Boomer Esiason because the Jets put a rookie LT on the field. The kid twitched just before the snap and BOOM. I actually thought Esiasion was dead for a second. Boomer ended up missing seven weeks if I recall. And I was at the AFCCG where Bruce knocked Montana out. That was a whiplash-type injury like Tua has had three times already this year. To the Chiefs’ credit, he came out and stayed out.

We saw it all the time and thought nothing of it. In fact we celebrated it. There were others too. Jim McMahon today says he remembers almost nothing from his playing days. But that was thirty years ago.

I would say that even allowing him to come back after just two weeks following that horrifying display on prime time in Cincinnati was just as insane, as was allowing him to fly back on the team plane that night. What happened the other day was just a matter of time.

The best part is that after McDaniel claimed that Tua self-reported his symptoms, Dolphins fans doubled down on how no one saw anything untoward happen during the game - despite the fact that someone had already tweeted out the play where he hit his head and posited it as a reason for his second-half troubles. Now McNerd comes out and says the team saw “some inconsistencies” while watching film (read: “we saw where he hit his head and now we know everyone else saw it too”) and the fans are left to either double down again, or backtrack. McNerd talks way too much and thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room, and now it’s gotten him in trouble with the team, the fans, and quite likely the league. You hate to see it. But also… you love to see it.

That’s what losing will do for you. A month ago he was all over TikTok as the new “cool” coach and now he just sucks.

I was just testing to see who would read all that. Youre right of course, my bad. I still think it’s harder now than it was for us in the 90s, because the Jets and Pats are better than they were back then and we don’t get two games against the lowly Colts either.

I would say this one was as big. 1990, Kelly out, Dolphins 11-3, Bills 12-2. Winner almost certainly wins the AFC East and gets a first-round bye. Loser gets the 4 seed and has to play in the wildcard round before a rematch at the winner’s place. This also had a revenge tint to it - not just because the ‘70s were fresher in everyone’s minds, but because the Dolphins had absolutely waxed us at Joe Robbie in September. (Remember Bruce yelling at Marv for taking him out of the game?) Anyway, we throttled them in Buffalo (sacking the previously nearly-unsackable Marino three times) and won the division. We beat them again at home in the divisional round and then destroyed the Raiders en route to our first SB. Hoping for a similar outcome this time, except with the road team winning this week. This one is probably bigger, honestly. The Dolphins and Raiders were our AFC competition that year, but I think we would have beaten them at their place in the playoffs. This year, while we can beat the Chiefs and Bengals on the road, I would prefer not to have to prove it twice each.

I don’t believe Marv got his first road playoff win (it was in Pittsburgh after the Comeback) until after the Bills had already been to two consecutive SBs. Up to that point he had been 0-2 in road playoff games, having lost to Cincinnati in ‘88 and Cleveland in ‘89. not quite… If we win out and the Bengals lose to the Ravens next week, Cincy drops to 5 (Baltimore wins division) and we would host them in the divisional round if they, the Chiefs, and the Ravens all win on wildcard weekend. Cincy would have to travel to either the Jags or Titans in the WC, while the Ravens would host LAC and the Chiefs would host whatever comes out of that mess fighting for the 7 seed. Anyway, we all know that when we get the 1 seed the trolls will be out in full force with “the two-week layoff will make them rusty” and “the other teams are staying sharp by playing” and other such canards. Just be ready. One more thing. Think about how much harder it is now than it was in the ‘90s. Back then there were 16 regular season games, two byes and just five playoff teams. Plus the scheduling was more random - we had eight division games (six of them against patsies), four non-conference games, and just four other games that depended on where we finished the previous year. Now it’s six division games (and the AFCE is stronger now than it was then), four non-conference games, and seven games that depend on the previous year’s finish. Those extra games in the last category are likely to make the schedule harder for a good team. And the last game of the season now is usually a divisional matchup instead of a mail-in non-conference game. Given that and everything else that’s happened this year, 12-3 so far is pretty damned impressive.

Does anyone have video of right after the play when Tua got up and went back to the huddle? Everyone is saying the spotters wouldn’t pull him unless he showed signs of instability. I’m just wondering if the cameras showed him getting up.

McDermott could still kick his ass.

Chargers would be up 14-0 and moving for another score if Herbert could get his head out of his ass. people saying Herbert belongs in the top QB discussion are on crack.

They just earned a third, but as long as you get them right you should be allowed another one.

Everybody who craps on Josh in the GDT should be forced to watch these games.

Nick Foles is ass. But I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for him and Eli Manning.

Derek Carr is not Josh McDaniels’ biggest problem, and if he really preferred Mac over Carr he would have stayed in NE so he could have have him when BB finally retires.

I bet he does. 🙄

I mean... Did they not check his references before they hired him?