BRH

So different from how McDermott played it at the end of the first half on Sunday, letting the time run down to the warning. Browns are gonna get stopped, kick the FG, and still lose.

Are they trying to give the Steelers time?

Hopkins is going to miss the eventual FG isn’t he. Either that or he’ll make it but the refs will call it no good and no one will be able to tell.

Now the Steelers can go for two

Browns gonna Brown

The league also wants this game to be closer.

Well, the point is the league would rather have an injury to one of those players than to the quarterback.

What a great run by Jameis!

Oh lord he had it

LFG, I was waiting for that. I don't have an NFL+ subscription and every time I DVR a game with the intention of enjoying a second watch, it seems the game goes sideways, so I don't DVR big games anymore.

I hate that we have a late-season game on that goddamn turf.

5-5 under Dorsey, 16-4 under Brady since, counting playoffs, and three of those losses came down to the failure to execute a successful kick, which is not on Brady. Same quarterback. I would say Brady has had quite an impact.

Hoosiers. She didn't want Jimmy Chitwood to play.

Peerless Price.

Yes, Miami has such a track record of playing well in December, too.

Their very first offensive play of the game was a gadget play to Worthy with a ton of misdirection. The first play of the game! When I saw that, I thought to myself, "they're not out here to impose their will; they don't think they can beat us straight up." And the second play: pressure and a pick. Later in the *first half* they threw a first-down pass to an eligible tackle. That's the kind of thing you do when you want to score points or when you want to be a dick, not to just pick up a few yards in the middle of the field. As much as I want to buy the narrative of Reid trolling us, I think that was more a byproduct of their game plan than a conscious effort to troll. They knew we were going to focus on taking Kelce and DHop out of the offense, and Worthy was simply the best other option they had. It worked for a little while, and then it didn't, and they were done.

It was hard to shake the feeling last night that New York had one script and Land Clark's crew had another. I almost feel like Clark's crew was waiting for the booth to buzz down -- expected it, even -- and when it didn't happen, they called the penalty to even things out ... probably to the consternation of New York. I'm fine with it.

Did you see the Bengals game last night?

This. Have we already forgotten how often Mahomes extricates himself from these situations? Say Von launches himself there and somehow misses, is everyone saying “oh well at least he gave 100% effort there”? Or say he gets an RTP and an automatic first down: “well, at least he TRIED.” I believe we won that play, and we won the game too. Plus the reason Mahomes was even over there in the first place was that Von bullied his guy right into the pocket. Does there really need to be a thread on this?

Speaking of Worthy, did he play in the second half?

Oh my god I told myself I wouldn’t care about the outcome of this game. I was so wrong.

Holy ***** ***** they didn’t buzz it in. Thank god Land Clark and his crew didn’t get the memo.

NO CATCH

Von is POSSESSED