WickedGame

AFC is 35-23-1 vs NFC this year.

My son is an Arizona Cardinals fan (have mercy on him), and when he’s not playing the “my team’s better than yours” card, he’s arguing the AFC is weak compared to the NFC. Shortly after sending him to his room, I looked at records and marveled at the difference between AFC and NFC this year: * The AFC has three divisions where at least 3-of-4 teams are .500 or better, including two divisions where the entire division is .500 or better. * The NFC, meanwhile, has only one division with multiple teams that have a winning record. Further, until last week’s victories by the Saints, Vikings, and Eagles, the NFC had three divisions where 3-of-4 teams had losing records. Take it for what it’s worth…I just thought it was an interesting disparity between the two conferences.

I think rooting interest for Pats*-Titans is easy to figure out: You root for the Pats* if you think we can still win the #1 see; You root for Titans if you worry we’re at risk of not winning the division. But if we wanna win the division, we’ll need to beat the Pats anyway. If they beat the Titans, it just ups the stakes, but so what? We still need to beat them. And if you’re worried we can’t beat them and will need the Titans help to beat them on records, we have bigger problems to worry about. So you root for the Pats to beat the Titans, root for the Bills to beat the Pats, and we later go on to win the division and the #1 seed all at once, plus we prove we can beat the Patriots on our own merits and DESERVE to be considered Super Bowl favorites.

Here’s a mostly meaningless stat, but still: 276-91 That’s our combined score over the last 7 regular season games. We’re averaging more than 39 points per game over that stretch, and allowing 13 points per game.

Negative. Dunkin’ is a Boston thing. F the Pats***

I mean…clips like this are what would make me want the guy on my team. He screwed up, then went out of his way to go make a tackle when the rest of his team was apparently standing around. Heart, hustle, and that patented JA relentlessness to fix a mistake.

People can be jerks, no matter where they are. But sure. Everybody needs a boogeyman in their closet. Glad you found yours.

I’m not usually one to complain about the broadcasters, but man, this FOX NFL crew sucks. The color commentary guy is complete trash. Enough with the “that’s a good player” drivel.

Only keeping two TEs because we’re getting Zach Ertz, right? 😏

“WTF?? The equipment guy put “Right Josh’s” shorts in my locker again!”

Had this same thought last night. I’m not sure I buy it as a full-time position change, but it wouldn’t surprise me as an occasional gimmick.

No need. The Eagles find their way into TE Pitts territory, solving their Zach Ertz standoff problem. Set free of that holdout scenario, they trade Ertz to Buffalo, maybe even for a second rounder. Buffalo stays put in round 1 and grabs a rock solid CB to pair with Tre White. Now we’re only shy a stud DE, but there was none at 30 anyway, but we’ve majorly upgraded CB2 and TE and we have five picks to take a few fliers on.

Everyone who had “punter” on your Bingo card fill in a square.

Isn’t this where we’re supposed to comment about “This post has a vague title” or something like that? I kid, I kid.

Man, can we stop with the “woe is me,” we got dissed routine already? Wah f’ing wah wah. Let’s go find one more way somebody in the world didn’t crown us kings while also acknowledging we had to slay a horde of g** d*** zombies along the way. Why do so many people need to have their hardships as fans confirmed in order to feel validated? Why can’t we just have fun watching a team we cheer for beat a bunch of other teams?

I like our guy...I think his super power isn’t running over dudes, it’s making them unsure whether he’s gonna throw or run until the last minute.

Good to see Josh Allen score a TD for the Packers.

Big chance? No. But he’s gotta be a top TE candidate...if a dude was ever gonna cash in, now’s his chance. And with the Titans getting bounced from the playoffs, he’ll have the opportunity to weigh $ vs. championship potential in TEN vs. championship potential in another city. He’s got options, in other words. I doubt we get ALL these guys. But I seen them as the tier of guys we like to go after. No superstars on this list, but some guys who could make above average contributions and potentially play at a level above their current production in the right sydtem.

Both are a gamble. Ordinarily, I like the double dip strategy. However, for this game I like the idea of building the lead early and often. Preach to the team that a Ravens possession at the end of the first half is a “for the win” possession, not a “Oh well, they scored” concession, and maybe we steal a point opportunity away from them. I will say, I like this coaching staff’s ability to make halftime adjustments much better than I’ve liked any previous coaching staff’s abilities in that department.

We’re doubly screwed because we’re not bad enough to draft high enough to get a good quarterback. Josh really F’d us by beating the Dolphins at the end of the year.

Of that group, the players I see us most likely to sign (aside from any of our own we resign): T Matt Feiler C Austin Reiter Edge Trey Hendrickson LB Jayon Brown CB Troy Hill TE Jonnu Smith

I don’t know if you guys know this, but Fitz’s COVID scored a 51 on the Wonderlic test.

I’m going with Ryan Denney.

Good lord, the hot takes are getting ripe around here. After a 17-year playoff drought, this regime has authored two playoff seasons in three years, is en route to a third playoff season in four years, has a 6-2 record, is atop the AFC East at the midway point of the season for the first time in over a decade (when Brady missed the season), just defeated the Patriots, and the team’s only two losses are to two of the top teams in the NFL this season. But you’re right, our backup linebacker sucks.

I’ll bite: Can you please post the list of what types of professionals are allowed to exercise their views and which aren’t? Doesn’t have to be a pie chart...maybe just two lists. Thanks. If you have the spare time, I’d also love a breakdown of what counts as “politics” and what counts as standing up for basic human dignity, justice, fairness, and equal protection under the law. Maybe in, like, a Venn diagram form. That’d be cool. I REALLY appreciate you deciding the rules on all this stuff. Helps a ton.