The Frankish Reich

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!

Essex must be in need of a capable hawk.

2024 ending with a bang. Maybe we've finally reached Peak Stupid?

Kay Adams AND Mina Kimes? Together? This game just got more interesting. (And I like RG3 too, but in a different way)

When we drafted him I would have been happy if he gave us 80% of prime Dalvin. 100% and counting so far …

The report focuses on lack of trafficking evidence.

Yep.

FWIW, PFF has Elam at a perfectly respectable 68 rating. Handsy and caught doing it? Sure. But a penalty is often no worse than a catch allowed. And sometimes a whole lot better: a penalty in the end zone that prevents a score is a lot better than giving up a TD catch.

Musk is functioning as the de facto transition team chair, and after January 20 his DOGE will make him effective OMB chief and chief of staff. You tell me what Trump Cabinet member survived his first term.

I think the report is clear on that. No evidence that he knew the one girl was under 18. No evidence that he "trafficked" the girls across international or state boundaries. So not a good federal prosecution. You might ask why the DA for the county in which these drug/sex orgies were held didn't bring charges. The answer is probably found in an examination of the Gaetz family's political power.

So those of you who are octogenarians (or very close to it): which is worse? Needing help tying your shoes? Or having your belly block your view of your own weiner? You know, like that guy at the urinal who always undoes his belt and zipper and drops his pants down a foot ...

I agree. We are in a pardoning frenzy. I agree here with Mitch McConnell (!) - this is a perversion of the laws we enacted in a Democratic process. Given the current and future abuses of the pardon/commutation process, I would support a constitutional amendment eliminating it.

Elon is the personification of Peter Thiel's wet dream of Government by Intellectual Elite. He jumped in to support Trump knowing that deep down Trump doubts his own intellect and that he would be able to manipulate him in whatever direction he chooses. And it's working. It'll end when Trump gets tired of Elon taking credit for whatever "accomplishments" the new administration wants to tout. I give it till summer.

A groomer to you. The Nation's Top Law Enforcement Officer to Trump!

Oh, we know who's in charge. Pardoning, commuting, doing all those fun last-days of a presidency thing.

Rodgers' second half so far has actually been kinda good.