The Frankish Reich

But ... Mahomes!! I hear he's a human highlight film.

Vic Fangio sporting his perpetually semi-open mouth, signaling to go for two. A leader of men!

Really? The Chiefs even get a flag on that ordinary TE push-off? Ahead by 19 in the 4th?

You can't score 3 points with athletes like Williams, Sutton, Fant, Jeudy, Patrick all lining up at the same time! Unless your QB is Teddy ...

Or Karlos Williams back before leading with his head, and then with his stomach, caught up with him.

Kyle Orton giving up? Yeah, I can see that.

I think he's hurting. Or maybe its the wind too. He's never had a great arm but it looked way better than this early in the season. Whatever. Their season is done. If they haven't cut Drew Lock yet they might as well play him. (Fangio never will)

Hey, Teddy kinda sorta tried to make the tackle! Moral Victory!!!!!

I love Javonte Williams - throwback to the old bell cow RBs, getting better as the game goes on, punishing LBs and DBs.

Carson Strong gives me too much of a Drew Lock vibe. I think Elway & Co. have Lock PTSD and go the vet route.

My 2022 Broncos play: fire Fangio, bring in Pete Carroll (contract over) to do his Bruce Arians thing, have him bring Russell Wilson along (has an opt out)

why would you NOT kick the FG with how the Broncs offense has choked.

Broncos = Billsy, c. 2004-16.

I am certain they'll finally make some kind of big play this offseason. If not Rodgers, then Russell Wilson. If not those two, then maybe Watson. They've been locking up the attractive weapons (Sutton, Patrick, some O linemen) to recruit a name QB, and I finally think they get it done. Amazing how this string of inept QBs is wasting that kind of talent on offense.

Wrong. They tried a Band-Aid Variety Pack, sized everywhere between XXL (Flacco/Lynch), M (Keenum), and Ultra-Slim (Teddy). And none of them stopped the bleeding.

Me, up until tonight: Teddy Bridgewater will never put a team on his back and win a game, but at least he won't flat-out LOSE you a game. Me, now: Teddy Bridgewater is nearly totally responsible for losing them a game.

Javonte Williams is Zack Moss with moves.

Good suggestion. I'll look for that.🍺

I think I'll go see that ... a little holiday season counter-programming (not your standard holiday fare). And I always wanted to be an extra myself ...

Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson ... hell, I'd take Mitch Trubisky right now. As a matter of fact, why didn't they go after Trubisky instead of Bridgewater?

Surtain is a fantastic young CB. In fact, the Broncos had a fantastic draft last year. Now if they had only taken a kid from up I-25 in 2018 instead of Bradley Chubb ....

This is why Teddy is the classic "fine backup, never want to be stuck with him as a starter." Having watched an awful lot of Trevor Siemien, Case Keenum, Joe Flacco, Drew Lock, etc., etc. he is clearly superior to those guys. And yet so very far from being a guy who can actually win it for you.

As The Onion might put it: "Area Man Disturbingly Knows Too Much About What Far-Right Circles Are Thinking." A Very Squid Game Christmas special, airing now on One America News!

I get that this is a joke, but ... anti-Roe folks should stop and think for a minute: Q. What federal constitutional right would prevent the government from mandating vasectomies? A. Good luck finding one. Without relying on constitutional doctrine like Roe (and Griswold, the contraception case before it) you won't succeed. This seems like a far-fetched scenario now. It wasn't far-fetched around the time of Roe! Back when I was a law student I had occasion to look at some lengthy discussions of legal scholars from the late 1960s/early 1970s when everyone was concerned about "The Population Bomb." That was even the title of a popular book. The question was whether states or the federal government could mandate things like birth control and vasectomies/tubal ligations (much like China a little later on) to defuse the population bomb. The consensus was pretty much, "Yes, they can, and they may have to if other measures don't succeed in limiting birth rates." The idea was that overpopulation was going to lead to ecological destruction and the very end of humanity as we know it, so drastic measures like this may be necessary. And guess what? You won't find anything in the Bill of Rights to stop states from setting, say, a 2 child limit per woman. So if you find this now wild scenario absolutely unacceptable, you're probably likely to shout "it's unconstitutional." But when you shout that, remember that you're drawing on cases like Griswold and Roe in saying that the government has no right to dictate what we do with our own bodies. And some of you may shout "it's unconstitutional" when talking about vaccine mandates. And you too will be relying on Griswold and Roe in doing so, even if you don't realize it. Food for thought.

Yep. Sometimes we can analyze, worry, criticize, play basement couch coach, whatever. It's all good But sometimes you just gotta be a fan. This is a fan weekend. Go Bills!