starrymessenger

I hope you are right, though I probably have a higher opinion of the Steelers than you do. To me if Russ holds up they are good on both sides of the ball. What's important is not who they were at the beginning of the year, it's who they appear to be now when it most matters. I sort of agree with Pickens that Steelers probably win the game with the Browns on a clean field. I worry about Pittsburgh but I'd look forward to playing them because it could be a great game IMO.

As great a player that he is, Warner looked flat out overmatched on Allen's TD run. Says more about Allen than it does about Warner.

I worry more about the Steelers than any other AFC team. To me their D is best built to confront Josh. They are good on all three levels. They have Watt coming off the edge and Cam Hayward in the middle to make stepping up in the pocket problematic. Their secondary with Fitzpatrick and Porter is solid. Well coached veteran team. And Russ is coming off a game where he looks like a HOF guy.

Rapp is a heady player. Major asset.

Sort of a Ty and Ray game…oh wait

McConkey reminds me of JSN. Everybody expected both these guys to be good from the get go. JSN was the first receiver off the board in 2023. He would not have been in 2024. Not nearly.

Me Likely

Nice to see the kid find his bearing. He's had a rough ride.

Tucker is done.

Steelers worry me more.

Good choice.

Not Walker Smith Jr?

Roy Jones.

Bad but not as bad as Joe Calzaghe.

He's making plays passing this year that he didn't make before. He's not at all mediocre. Having said that I still doubt that he could beat a playoff team with his arm if he had to (and I think he will have to). I'll believe that when I see it.

I don't think he was putting Cooper down, just pointing out that his personality type is such that you probably can't look to him as having the intangibles of a team leader and assuming that mantra. He doesn't have Josh Allen's personality and you absolutely need those intangibles from a few players on both sides of the ball on any championship team. But not everyone is wired the same way. Usually you look to leadership qualities as an important component of your QBs psyche but even here there can be exceptions. Eli Manning was a very good QB and a competitor who was sometimes criticized, even by teammates, for not showing enthousiasme. What Cooper can do, has always done, is execute his responsibilities at a high level. We don't need more leaders but we absolutely do need what Amari Cooper can do.

No doubt the Pentagon needs financial oversight. Not sure Pete is the guy to do it.

Too bad. I was really looking forward to his senate confirmation hearing.

I don't think Putin sucks. He's the only head of state that preaches and practices responsible statecraft. As a strategist he is head and shoulders above the likes of Starmer, Macron, Olaf Sholtz, Joe Biden & Co. Its unfortunate that we in the West have been socialized and propagandized into thinking that Russia is our mortal enemy. It needn't be that way and may cost us dearly in the end.

I would agree that MSM is better than gutter press publications but it's a close call and in reality neither are truth tellers. They are both influencers, just that they have different audiences and agendas.

Don’t know that he gave up. Josh got a helpful assist from Torrence vs Jones on that play. Otherwise the thing that most stands out is that the Chiefs did nothing wrong . Coverage was outstanding. Allen was just better.

I'm looking forward to Dec 15. I think it's great that we get to play them in season, win or lose. Gives McD some valuable experience on how best deal with their O. Its important because there is a decent chance that we will be seeing them again early next year. They have great skill position players and Goff is on his game.

The pundits following Sunday's loss to the Steelers are saying that the Ravens foolishly got away from their running game and relied too heavily on the pass. But the Ravens have always had a very good rushing attack. Henry makes it better but the thing is late in the year and certainly in the playoffs Ravens have to play top Ds, like Steelers or KC. Top Ds can usually scheme to shut down the run. So at the end of the day Lamar inevitably has to be able to beat you with his arm. He has never been able to do that when most needed and his performances in the biggest games pretty much look all alike. Ever since Louisville and Patrino Lamar struck me as capable of executing a decent NFL passing game so unlike some I don't see a fundamental change this year. To me he has always had NFL worthy arm strength (not a gun) with good accuracy. And he has decent weapons that he has shown he can use. Despite his stats though he is simply not a top shelf NFL passer who can make the clutch throws when needed under pressure with the required consistency. You have to worry about all good teams, and the Ravens can be very good, but I think we beat them if and when we see them again this year (assuming no further injuries to key players).

I noticed a big difference between Cooper's introductory pressure and his post KC interview. For a guy who doesn't really show much emotion I got the impression that he is starting to enjoy being on this team. He says it's the first time he's experienced joy in a long time. I think he'd like it even more if he got a ring. Probably the numbers can't be made to work but it would be great if he could close out his career with the Bills (and mentor his replacement). It's been a long time since I've seen a Bills receiver track a ball in the air the way he did on Sunday.

You're not exactly Einstein.