The Frankish Reich

True. But does the West Bank basically live under a system of apartheid? Tell it like it is.

I think I'll wait for the new stadium to make my own triumphant return. 😀

The Jets did quit, but not until the game was out of hand. I kind of miss the days when teams would totally, completely quit. Now everyone knows he's fighting for a future NFL job and that video is everywhere, and teams just plain giving up seems kind of a rarity. See Giants yesterday, and Jets in the first half.

Well, what's wrong with that? It was, if anything, prescient, given how Netanyahu's aggressive expansion of West Bank settlements has gone.

Another stupid perspective. Israel: the Camp David accord was truly monumental. It was a peace deal that stuck, and has stuck for nearly half a century. What other "deal" involving Israel has worked? It was favorable enough for Israel that Sadat got assassinated over it.

A fine and decent man who served his country with honor. In retrospect, I see him as a transitional president. He was a more of a break with liberal Democrats of the late 60s and early 70s than a continuation. He started the wave of deregulation that hit its stride under Reagan, and his response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan put an end to the Democratic Party illusion that the Soviet system and the U.S. system could coexist indefinitely. RIP, Jimmy.

Before this game: I thought Rodgers had shown enough in the 2nd half of the season that combined with the lack of good options, the Jets should stick with him in 2025 and hope they can get lucky and put together a playoff drought-ending season. After his game: Rodgers is toast. Am I the only one out there who thinks that if the Jets had started Tyrod they would have made this a game?

Rodgers lack of mobility/inability to throw while moving is what distinguishes this old man version from the Hall of Fame version

Sad but true

Exactly. The choice will be either bring in smart, talented people to work here, or watch companies move to where the smart, talented people are.

Agreed. He has spoken the truth. He will soon be a former DOGEist. By the way, this is exactly what JD Vance was saying in Hillbilly Elegy.

It HAS to be more likely to hit a 57 yarder than for them to get a first down and then hit a 47 yarder ...

Sounds plausible

so preposterously inept. Is Nathaniel Hackett secretly coordinating the Bears offense?

Please break free for a TD, Bears. Mercy kill this one. Seattle doesn't deserve a playoff berth.

Holy crap, two guys made a play!

No more of this 5 days of NFL a week, please.

Yep, he got his guy to jump. Nice hard count.

Nice series again, Bears.

You won't even need to box it up. Just dump on the brain dead clerk at the nearest Whole Foods.

If I'm Woody Johnson, I'm thinking the best route is to hire a competent GM/coach/OC, and then keep Rodgers and everyone else important in place. The Shadeur + possibly Deion thing is a recipe for continued disaster. I actually think the Jets/Rodgers have a good chance to be competitive next year.

That's pretty astounding. If you're never getting intercepted, then you aren't really trying.

My mathematical mind (giving the Bills every benefit of the doubt) sez: - Probability of beating the Broncos in OP: 80% - Probability of beating the Ravens in OP: 55% - Probability of beating the Chiefs in Arrowhead: 45% (.8) x (.55) x (.45) = .198 20% chance of making it to the Super Bowl. Surprisingly, ESPN's latest (pre-Christmas) betting odds: Bills +450 to win the Super Bowl. That translates into an 18% chance. Lot of Bills support out there in the betting public. More than is really warranted in my opinion.

I'll admit it, I was wrong about the Jets. I said that with even mediocre QB play they'd be a solid team. Guess what? They've had mediocre QB play. Rodgers fits somewhere in the middle of the pack statistically for starting QBs. He's been much better after a terrible start. Aggregate Jets QB rating last season (mostly Zach Wilson, but others too): 70.5. That is so, so awful it is hard to find a season-long comparison. How about EJ Manuel's rookie season? 77.7. All-time draft bust JaMarcus Russell in his only (relatively) full starting season? 77.1. Taylor Heinicke (kind of the definition of the journeyman backup) career QB rating? 84.1 Hence my prediction that the Jets would be a competitor. Rodgers has a QB rating of 90.8 That's a huge improvement! They've scored almost 4 more points per game. Also huge. And somehow they're even worse. Maybe there is something about "team culture" after all.

Watch out, Bahamas!