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He has been a star player on some bad teams, and often those guys get traded. He couldn't stay in Dallas because they couldn't pay him what he was worth. All pretty legit reasons.

Everyone saying Hopkins is washed, you're nuts. Over 1K yards and 14.1 yd average last season, and a 12-year veteran badass. He's still a great football player, and he will have Jesus H. Mahomes throwing to him. This is a huge pickup at great value for the Chiefs; not to mention WR is a big need for them. If you grade the two trades on which team is now more likely to win a title, I favor KC. If you grade on value for the player, I think it's a wash.

On the replay, it looks to me like he had two feet down with control of the ball, before turning around, crossing the goal-line, and then dropping the ball. To my eyes, it does look like he had possession of the ball and two feet down when the ball crossed the line, so anything after that should be moot. I can see the argument that he never had complete control, but I would say he did - though it was very, very brief.

You forgot to mention the Patriots suuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Because I was not able to watch one minute of the game yesterday. You're welcome!

Shouldn't Svoboda wear #7?

If the playoffs are all but guaranteed, given the state of the AFC East, then I do believe Cooper moves the needle on the likelihood of a playoff win.

That's a sorry play right there. A horrible call to begin with - it had that 13 seconds energy. Give Rodgers all day to set up and throw. And then the entire Bills starting backfield - Benford, Rapp, Hamlin, Douglas, and Johnson - 5 NFL defensive backs - could not collectively prevent one freaking guy from catching the ball. BARF. I'm glad it didn't matter in the end, but what a turd of a play.

Nice to see Beane is still giving it a go even in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year. And why not? Now that the division officially stinks, it's looking like a playoff year, even if they limp in at 9-8. All you gotta do is get in.

Rodgers looked like me last night. The Jets are screwed.

And it wasn't just the penalties. How about the ref staring point blank at Garrett Wilson's toe-tap touchdown, calling it OB when he had both feet dragging for like a whole yard.

47 yards, wide right. Sounds about right.

Poor kid. I mean, aside from his paycheck.

Yeah, I mean that seems simpler than firing McD and rebuilding the entire team culture from the ground up. Or maybe you fire Brady if he's the one making these terrible calls, but I just don't think firing McDermott will in any way result in better outcomes for the Bills.

That's it, you're going to the blue tent.

The ball probably should have been thrown over the left shoulder instead, but Hollins looked very amateur in how he adjusted. He took a weird path and wound up at bad angle.

I believe he did a great job of pulling all the pieces together for a championship in the previous few years. That it didn't work out is not his fault at all. I also believe he did the best he could with the current situation, which was the result of going all in. And I don't think he should fire McDermott, but HC and OC need to come to Jesus and figure out how to manage the clock in crunch time. Bottom line, Beane has built a perennial contender and resilient team around a franchise QB, and has done so without a lot of overpriced superstars. The results on the field are not his fault, and I don't think firing McD fixes it, ether.

That was a terrible call to begin with, but multiple whiffs by O linemen made things even worse. If anyone had actually blocked their assignment, Josh would have been right back in the pocket instead of running for his life to his left.

What a great investment.

Kicker seems like an urgent need right now. Can't expect to win a lot of close games with a mediocre foot.

What happened to our secondary?

This is quite the regression to the mean.

It's beginning to look like the balance of power in the NFL is shifting to the NFC.

Wow, I didn't realize Poona Ford was starting for the Chargers. He could barely get on the field for the Bills last year.

I thought Rodgers and an impressive roster might actually make the Jests division contenders this year. Not thinking that anymore. The Broncos look terrible, and yet somehow they are creaming the Jets.