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Memories linger No wins in the seventies Can’t avenge enough

When is any coach not coaching for his job?

End of the first half yesterday was the latest example. We could have gotten the ball back with over two minutes left if he had taken his timeouts when he should have.

That doesn’t do anything to make me feel better about McD’s ineptitude in managing the clock.

He has his moments, but it seems he doesn’t know the first thing about clock management.

Vintage Crayonz. 😂

It was reported up thread that the 700k viewers who tuned in for the Bills/Chargers game represented 12% of the viewers in the LA market, so pardon me if the word “share” was misused. You work in the TV advertising field and you’re telling me the NFL advertisers were OK with attracting 700k viewers in a TV market the size of LA? Well, if they’re happy then the advertisers who spent half the money for a commercial spot on different networks that attracted more viewers must be ecstatic. While I appreciate the link, I’m not sure how that information from October is relevant to the Bills/Chargers audience last Saturday night.

Great stuff. I watch Growler Jams and other channels like it every chance I get. The skill these guys display is off the charts. Best pilots in the world and we can all take great pride in that.

Love Dan Campbell.

So the scenario is now the NFL expanding vs the Saudis forming a competing league like they did with LIV golf? That’s at least plausible but the idea of a separate league to compete with the NFL is a pipe dream.

The Saudis can buy any non NFL football league they want or start a brand new one and they can pay mega bucks for star players to play in their new league. And it will fail. Miserably. As has every other such experiment to challenge the NFL stranglehold on popularity. The NFL is king and PGA, LIV, or any other pro golf offering isn’t even a blip on the competition radar so I don’t think that’s the best example to illustrate whatever Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning influence in pro sports may be.

700k in LA is not a good number for advertisers who pay the NFL premium rates. In fact, it sucks. When advertisers see a 12% share of viewers, it’s a loss because that means 88% of the viewing market has their eyes on something else.

It’s been playoff games since the loss to the Broncos.

Oh, for the days when we had an O Line that could execute them like the one that Thurman enjoyed.

The league may be ok with the number of eyes, but the advertisers who pay a premium rate during NFL broadcasts certainly aren’t. For advertisers, it’s all about the percentage of viewers tuned in during a particular broadcast in a particular market. LA has never been strong in that regard and the local affiliates have never been too happy about it, either. It’s a tough pill to swallow when Sunday matinee movies and reruns of Gilligan’s Island draw more eyes for advertisers paying far cheaper ad rates.

Yep, those Celtics would heat up in the 4th quarter just in time for Mendy Rudolph to take over on their benalf.

Hats off to a tough Raiders defense. I’m shocked but not surprised in the least that they won the game. Whenever two divisional opponents who know each other like the backs of their hands square off, anything can happen. I hope this informs McD and company for next Sunday.

Have we already forgotten how much Poona Ford sucked this season?

I’d appreciate a critical analysis of the difference between lucky and fortunate. Since every team in every game every week stands some chance to lose, then I guess all the winning teams are “fortunate” every single week.

Yes, Josh showed up when it mattered most. But there is nothing “lucky” about great players rising to the occasion, especially when we’ve seen it time and time again from Allen over the years. Luck simply had nothing to do with it.

If you’re gonna insist that we were “lucky” to win this game, then you also have to accept that we were UNlucky to have to rely on being lucky to win in the first place. The Chargers were the beneficiaries of a string of fortunate events in the game as well. And there was nothing lucky about the plays we made to win it at the end. We earned everything on that final drive. Pooh pooh it all you want but good teams find ways to win ugly games.

He’s hangin’ with Fendi Onobun.