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True, but he's too old for a gap year IMO

No upside for Belichick to retire because NE has his rights. If he wants to continue coaching a firing is best for him so he's free to go wherever he wants and the new team doesn't have to give up picks

I'm all for chaos in NE!

LOL When did the circus come to town?

That's not the one boys... Gotta throw it deeper to temp the refs

Big DPI coming

Zappe Mania!

Dumb route there... NE can still drive down and win, and the refs will have at least one DPI temptation

What a catch!

If I was a WR I would lay there a few seconds after every hit. Worth a shot

Oh good Lord with this flag

Gutless punt if that happens I thought the scrawny kid head coaches were all about aggressive calls and analytics?! Edit: he made the right call kicking the FG!

Minchew looks so panicked

McKenzie pumped up by John Denver!

The drive that saved Bill Belichick

Owner of a lonely heart! Nice music choice at least

There's almost no point in making a big hit in today's game

The usage of players is a major issue here too. For whatever reason, McDermott has certain guys who are nailed to the bench and are never going to get a real chance to do something. Elam is the most recent example, along with guys like Harty and Sherfield, who Beane signed as weapons and just aren't used. Last year it was Hines who they traded for and refused to do anything with. Cook was barely part of the offense last year as well.

I'm actually hoping Rodgers comes back and does well this season just for the story it would be. I like the guy since he turned heel, as long as it doesn't cost us. If we can't beat out the Jets with or without Rodgers then that's on us.

Hey, it's just a theory and worth what you paid for it! I think my OP got more different types of reactions than I've ever seen. That wasn't my goal, though. I think my theory accounts for a lot of what we've seen over the past couple of years. It is, as you say, simply conjecture though.

Oh, I'm not saying it's smart or that I agree with it. But IMO it's 100% because Rodgers backs Zach and is giving the strong impression that he'll be back soon. Those in charge (maybe the owner or GM) are making sure this happens unless it becomes untenable. Rodgers has gone out of his way to defend Zach on his weekly MacAfee appearances. The team is doing everything it can to please Aaron. pretty much how it is I think! Wilson has idolized Rodgers since he was a kid.

Watch this clip about how out of control that locker room meeting became right before he got fired and then tell me you want that fool here

he seems to be a miserable, unlikeable person. No thank you.

I was reading an article that quoted a surgeon who works on these types of injuries and his take was that it would be quick but not impossible, and the risk would not really be hurting the Achilles again but hurting something else in the knee, ankle or leg trying to compensate for it. Apparently there was a Russian gymnast who competed in the Olympics just 3 months after tearing his achilles, and of course a gymnast is landing on it, exploding off of it, putting a ton more force on it than a QB.