The Frankish Reich

And Cleveland won't cover the spread again. Best wagering strategy in years - just give the points and cash in

Oops.

Yes! Way to put em away.

Is that good or bad for our slim playoff hopes? Good if I remember correctly?

Not quite Niners-Rams, but the next best thing.

All of a sudden I remember why RG3 was so electric in that rookie year. I'd love to see that again on a sustained basis. Starting next week ...

Well you got your wish. And 15 yards.

Yeah, Browns and all that, but that was fun😄

Not the time we need RG3 to finally get his mojo back😱

Since it always needs to be said: for a time he was thought to be the front runner in our 2013 QB draft derby.

RG3 is just a broken man. No reason on earth he should be this tentative. Not even with the Browns.

If they go 9-7 everyone should get a ribbon for participation.

This Tyrod kid can play! Sign that extension! Edit: cold splash of reality. It's the Browns.

Correct. Not even close right now. We'll start finding out next year how much of that is pure talent vs. having many more experienced players.

For Glass Goodwin, definitely ...

Looked to me like Darby made sure to get his shoulder in front of the tackler ...

This college offense works real good against Cleveland!

I will gladly pay royalties for the use of that one! Well, not exactly. The overall focus was that they've drafted better and they've managed their roster better. So I guess you could say "better GM + much better coach + slightly better QB." Which kind of amounts to better players + better coaching ...

Some key reasons Miami is ahead of us: 1. Jarvis Landry has outperformed Sammy. Same number of years in the league. Landry has not missed a game. And that's with returning punts too, something we can't risk having Sammy do. Sammy (assuming he plays today) will have missed 11 games. Landry was the 63rd overall pick. Watkins was the 4th. And Watkins cost us a first rounder the following year too. I know Sammy fans will say that when healthy he is the more dominant player. Maybe so. But right now that doesn't matter, does it ... 2. Suh has been up and down in his Miami time (but note that even in a lackluster 2015 he rated as PFF's 6th best interior DL), but for the most part we're seeing a hell of a lot more effort from him than we're seeing from Dareus. How many games has Suh missed since he joined the Dolphins? You guessed it: 0. How many games has Rear Admiral Puffalot missed (again, assuming he plays today)? 9. 3. Tannehill is nothing special. A year ago this time, I probably would have said it's a toss-up between Tanny and Tyrod, slight edge to the latter. Maybe it's the system/coach (Gase knows what he's doing on offense), but whatever the reason, Tanny continued to get better and Tyrod regressed. 4. Which, of course, brings us to coaching. Say what you will about Gase, he was a choice (young/inventive) for the future, not the past. Rex and Rob? That says nostalgia, not creativity. 5. You know how everybody always says RBs are easy to find, so don't spend a high pick or big money on one? LeSean McCoy has been everything the Bills hoped they were getting when they traded Kiko for him. But ... Jay Ajay, 149th overall pick, has over 1,000 yards. McCoy will match him today. McCoy would have to be a whole lot better than Ajayi to justify: (a) the fact that he is very expensive whereas Ajayi is cheap; being expensive means less money to expend on another position where we're really hurting; (b) so the question is Ajayi + Kiko + McCoy money on some other good player vs. McCoy alone. Shady's fan club will never understand this. Miami is mediocre. So are the Bills. But they're sitting at about a 45% chance of making the playoffs. We're at 2%. And the key difference: they absolutely destroyed us earlier this year. I haven't always agreed with their personnel decisions, but right now it looks like they're a step or two ahead of Doug and Russ ...

Yep, no way Tanny has the guts to make those throws. I've always like Matt Moore as the kind of "33rd best QB in the NFL" - the best guy not starting. And factor in those guys who are starting just so their clubs can see what they've got (Petty) and he's further up the list than that ...

I noticed that too

I miss Kiko.

Very true. Then again, put Mark Sanchez with Rex's early Jets' defenses and you did have a Super Bowl contender. So why pay Tyrod essentially $20 million per year over the next two years? Hey, Mark Sanchez should be available! Seriously though, Rosenthal is absolutely correct - Rex is now the guy who thinks he's just a player away or a new blitz scheme away from having a dominant defense again, when all of the evidence points to the contrary.

Damn. Not only do the Pats get him; he may also take away some of Hogan's targets, and as we all know, that's what everyone here cares about.

I thought the unsullied were castrated. Then again, we could make history by hiring the first open castrato NFL coach.