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-Sign Gilliam if you insist on having a FB on the roster. Won't cost you that much. - McGovern has had a rough year. I was for trying to re-signing him last off season, but I am in no hurry to do so now. He's going to get like 14 mill and I am not ready to pay him that money. It's time to start saving some money on the line. We can't keep signing these guys to big contracts. If VPG is any good, he can compete for the job with a rookie. There are drafts where you can get the best C in the draft in the 3rd round. I'd much rather do that that sign another big contract with McGovern. Edwards is the same thing. If he takes a team friendly deal, fine, but otherwise I am good going in a different direction there. We have a lot of bad contracts that we have to make up for somewhere and these guys are a place to start. - TJ can go - Knox is either a giant pay cut or should be gone. I am just afraid his relationship with Josh will cloud that situation, but business is business. - Samuel is gone - They seem to have a Bass obsession..... If you can save some money, that should the the #1 priority. - Rapp is kind of the same thing. I think they really like him, but that's a spot that needs a MAJOR upgrade. A second round S should absolutely be a consideration for that spot. This team has rewarded mediocrity because of their whole "Draft, Develop, and Re-Sign" philosophy. Look, it's a good thought to have, but it doesn't excuse you from handing out bad contracts to average to slightly above average talent just because you like the player as a person. It started with a terrible contract to Knox and has showed up way too many times. To win in the NFL, you need STARS. As many as you can get and then fill in the bottom of the roster with whatever. For too long, we have been trying to build a roster that is deep. A roster where the drop off isn't significant from the 1s to the 2s, the 2s to the 3s, etc. They want to be able to sub guys in and out and still get the same level of play. Well, what happens eventually when you do that is sure....you get consistency, but you don't have any alphas to make the plays when you need them. I mean, how many true STARS do we have? Two? Allen and Cook? That's about it. There's nobody on defense that OCs are truly losing sleep over. And aside from Allen and Cook, there is literally nobody that strikes any fear into DCs. We have a bunch of fine players, but really only 2 DAWGS. That's not enough. The focus needs to switch. We need to start improving the top of the roster somehow and if it costs us some quality depth, so be it, but this team needs an influx to top talent.

I know the big question is whether he can get caught up in the offense enough to be able to play on Sunday. It's a big ask......there's a lot to learn. He'll have to get his 5-10 yard mesh routes down. He'll have to make sure he can catch a WR screen behind the LOS......not just on the left side of the field, but the right side of the field as well. And, most importantly, he will have to make sure he can take an end around hand off, preferably without fumbling and making sure to get at least 3 yards out of it. Let's face it....it's a complicated and difficult task to perfect this offense. I mean, it took like 5 games before our opposing defenses got it figured out and mastered, and he doesn't have a long to time to understand it himself. He's a vet, though. If he puts in enough work.....at least an entire afternoon, he might be able to figure it out eventually.

I don't think it's that hot a take with their schedule. Going to be a fight for the WCs all the way till the end.

Game over.....

Dude....if you are not going to use all 4 downs, why take the ball first? I know it was 4th and 4 or whatever and if you don't get it, it's over, but punting there with the Chiefs only needing a FG is basically a loss anyway.

Good defense there by the Colts, but does anyone honestly believe that the Colts offense is going to score a TD in OT?

Should have let him score.....

Just an awful job by the Colts. I mean who didn't see this coming when the decided not to go for it on their last possession? You play to win..... They played not to lose and they're about to.

Ball is on the ground....his hands never touched it. Yes, he had it with his forearm, but the ball hit the ground......

Colts with the chicken call.......

Colts are done..... They've lost their composure.

Colts are in trouble.....

Colts are cracking......

If it wasn't for their cupcake schedule, maybe..... Regardless of where they finish, whether it's the 1 seed, 2 seed, whatever...... I still think they are 1 and done.

Very predictable, blitz heavy, series by the Chiefs and it worked.

Sure....pick up a flag against the Chiefs. Why not.....

What a freaking ticky tack call that was..... What else is new........

Well, the problem is, as of now, the schedule is set by a formula and I think it may be difficult to adhere 100% to the existing formula and still be able to work out the Bye weeks. I think the teams in the formula would have to change somehow to make things line up. Sure, you know most of the matchups for every team years in advance, but there are always a couple games determined by record and that's what may throw it off the following year when trying to match up Bye weeks to play on Thursdays or whatever. I don't know. Maybe if you just said that the 14 games or whatever that are set in stone are the only ones that can be played on Thursdays, you can figure it out good enough. I don't know. I just know that with 32 teams coupled with stadium availability and stuff, trying to add another layer of trying to match up Byes and Thursday night games might be tough. But, that's what computers are for. Input the parameters and let the computer do the work. If you need to adjust things manually in the end, you can, but it may be a little tougher to figure it out. On the other hand, the out of conference games and the games determined by record maybe should be the ones played on Thursdays anyway since they may mean a little bit less in terms of tiebreakers at the end of the season. Who knows. Until they show a willingness to even consider it, it's not something I am going to put much thought into.

Oh, I fully realize this. I don't expect anything to change at all. I was just saying they could find a way if they wanted to. But I am very well aware of the fact they don't care and they're just going to do what they want to anyway. Should it change? Yes. Will it? Most likely not unless something really bad happens at some point.

I don't think you need to get rid of it entirely. What they should do is make Thursday nights for teams coming off a Bye or something. I know that's not the most conducive thing to schedules and everything, but maybe it's time to reevaluate how the schedules are composed and worry more about player safety rather than be so opponent specific. There are a lot of smart people working in the NFL. I am sure with enough meeting time, they could come up with something that would take less of a toll on the body and still allow them to play on Thursday night most weeks. Maybe the first few weeks there aren't any, but when Bye weeks start, so do Thursday night games or something. I mean, the easiest way to do it is to make sure every team gets 2 Bye weeks and work it in from there. Each team would have an abbreviated Bye to play on Thursday Night and then a full Bye later on or something like that. I know they don't want to do that, but giving teams extra rest during the season can only help the product and player safety.

Yeah.....saw this when it happened. Not sure if he did it on purpose or not, but if he did, mad props to him. But yeah....that was very close to be very bad.

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter Bengals are not activating QB Joe Burrow by today’s 4 pm deadline, meaning he will be unable to play Sunday, per source. His debut will have to wait another week until Thanksgiving night against Baltimore. 9:53 AM · Nov 22, 2025 · 124.1K Views He's not playing against the Pats*...... because why should the Pats* have to play the Bengals with Burrow and Chase and have somewhat of a chance to be upset?

There really isn't too much of a silver lining. We lost. We got beat up. Multiple starters likely to IR for a team that already has a bunch of banged up players. Our WRs were exposed once again. Both of our lines got manhandled. Allen took a beating. Brady looked completely clueless out there even with the most obvious adjustments that needed to be made (adding an extra lineman to block when our 5 was getting eaten alive on every play, getting away from running mesh on just about every play right in front of the Texans defense that was waiting for it constantly, never once trying a shot down the field, etc.). Our defense, while better in the 2nd half still being unable to stop Davis Freaking Mills from putting up 20 in the first half. Missed XP, and multiple penalties on returns that held back our starting field position. I could go on, but you were looking for a silver lining. The only thing I can come up with is that with them winning, it separates them from KC a bit more and makes it harder for the Chiefs to get in as a Wild Card. I guess if we're going down this season, we may as well take the Chiefs with us if we can. Oh.....1 more positive.... we don't have to play until next Sunday.

Yeah.....that's probably the poster child for luckiest win. The Comeback is on there for sure. But this one would have been up there with as inept as they were for most of the night.

Wonder how healthy he is.... if he's healthy at all.