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Rand went to medical school. Those credentials are much higher than U of Chicago.

Yes, Tyrod caught a break to make an actual comeback attempt. He still did make a comeback. EJ didn't. Is that entirely his fault? No. But you'll excuse me if I consider 3 TD's in 8 minutes to cut the lead to 8 to be much more impressive than 1 in the second half down 20.

Honestly. It makes a difference. If Taylor got completions, yards and TD's, but the Pats still won by 2+ scores, there'd be a lot more folks calling it garbage time stat padding.

Taylor brought us to a point where we could win. EEeeeeeeeeJ didn't.

Huh?

Depends if they eventually made it a one possession game or not.

Totally agree. I don't even fault him for the majority of the Bengals loss. But him putting up 1 TD in the second half with 4 minutes left in the game down 20 points isn't a cause for celebration either.

EJ is not going to have a "career game." He's not going to "light it up." He's gonna be the same player he always is. A guy who looks okay, then looks awful, then looks okay repeat repeat. He'll throw for 184 yards, an INT, and 1 TD. If we're getting blown out, he may get some more yards and TD's that posters will point to as "production," but scoring with 4 minutes left down 20 ain't producing.

They won't rest Brady in the first half. Fingers crossed.

Yes, the NFC North doesn't have a HoF QB who kicks everyone's ass like the AFC East.

Dalton sucked for two to three years? Do you actually know what you're talking about?

I don't think you'll have to worry.

Do you think we'll hit 9 wins?

That's what makes it cheap. The real cost of contracts is always gtd money and length.

Is this another one of those times where you hold up some random viewpoint and attribute it to everyone who disagrees with you?

Another indictment on the stat.

Heads would explode if Douggernaut's O-line had a game like the Bengals'.

Seriously. Can't wait til Cutty is a Bill.

Every thread about Bleacher Report turns into a battle about why it is banned. That's why.

Alshon isn't going to be traded IMO. He's too young. Smith is the only realistic option. We trade for him this week, he gets until the game after the bye to learn the offense/practice. That would be acceptable.

We also don't look like a late-round pick away from greatness either.

I don't know how Rodgers having the worst game ever in his career isn't being manhandled. You say they got away from the run and relied on Rodgers. While that's true, we still dominated Rodgers. That just doesn't happen often. The Schwartz defense was lights out for the second half of the season, barring the Oakland game (which, admittedly, was terrible). Yes, they beat up on bad teams too. Who cares? Peyton was dominated. Rodgers was dominated. Brady threw all over them in his first game. Rivers had a good game against them early. That looks like 50-50 to me, not "most of the time." While the start of the season wasn't great for the defense, they improved the second half of the season. Is it unreasonable to expect the defense that played for the second half of the season to continue playing at that high-level the next year instead of regressing? Denver did.

Game on the line, with a whole quarter to go? C'mon AD, it was obviously a big-time mistake that helped us, but let's not pretend like the GB offense didn't get manhandled all day.

We didn't beat Green Bay?

Versus wasting a season? Absolutely.