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Good for Frazier. He's earned a 2nd act as an HC... But dear lord why work for gong show like the Raiders? Batshit crazy ownership in a division with a Murderers Row of opposition QBs? Wait for Matt Nagy to get the axe and take the Bears job. Seems like a good fit, AND we get to send him to the NFC!

He makes $12.5 million/yr if you believe the internet. I guess it depends on how much he loves his...great grandkids at this point?

My take on Rousseau is let him get as big and as strong as he's comfortable with. Get him a phone booth of a DT to replace Star and help out Ed Oliver. Then keep the rotation policy for everyone else on the DL EXCEPT him. McD is all about letting guys become the best versions of themselves. So let Rousseau get into NFL shape, and play him until he boots if he wants to. He's a 1st Round Pick, give him every opportunity you can to make a play. But if he only shows up in games vs. KC, I can live with that too.

This. If you get Brian Urlacher or Luke Keuchly, great. Just remember that you have to pay him too. ILBs/MLBs that wander between the tackles, looking for people to kill are a thing of the past. We didn't beat Dont'a Hightower by becoming more physical, we beat him by putting 3 WRs and Dawson Knox on the field at the same time. Because most guard mashing, run stuffing, pocket collapsing MLBs stopped playing in the early 00's, or couldn't cover bread with peanut butter.

I'd rather we find the guy who scouts DEs, and tell him to do the opposite of whatever he's been doing.

Man, sometimes you forget how good Marino was. That many TDs in that era is insane.

Mac's got his issues. Accuracy & decision making aren't among them...so long as he can work between the hash marks and inside the numbers. Pats fans (go watch Evan Lazar) noticed that Buffalo did this crazy thing where they game planned for NEs tendencies, favorite passing concepts, then game planned again for the ones they run the most with Mac. Brady could make the deep outs, and drive the ball outside the numbers; Mac can't, or at least isn't confident that he can so he doesn't. Take away the middle of the field from short to long, and you make Mac second guess himself or force throws.

That crap feels like it was a lifetime ago. Holy hell what a disgrace. That said, there's got to be some hot takes coming out of Atlanta, with the line being what it is.

Finish 11-6 (still feels weird writing that), win the Division (again), stay healthy. Beat whoever we play in the first round of the playoffs (Miami again? New England again?)...then enjoy the ride from there. But first beat Atlanta, and stay healthy.

They also have the GOAT coach, a brilliant OC that's been running the same system for 13 years, and a free agency bankroll of about a billion dollars prior to drafting "MJ10". The bar for Mac and NE ought to be a tad higher than take your lumps and get'em next year. The ruthlessness they showed to Stidham was the best decision they made besides buying a QB friendly offense for Mac to snuggle with.

Let's give Daboll some credit. Allen threw for 220yards and 2 TDs by throwing at NE's best corner, and by throwing to his #5 choice at WR 12 times. Our #1 guy beat their #1 guy, they took away guys 2-4 like they wanted to, and out #5 guy roasted their #5 guy because they didn't have anybody left.

I watched the official Pats post game, the one by the guys who get their checks signed by Bob Kraft. Very old school bunch of balding, white haired newsroom types. They were very measured in their takes. Had some gripes about officiating, but acknowledged they were gripes and not relevant to the loss. "How do we defend Josh Allen for the next ten years, because we haven't figured it out so far" was a theme. "This is what life is like on a middling football team" was a theme. Pretty much agreed that it's time for Dont'a Hightower to hang up his cleats. To a man they all missed Stephon Gilmore. Said their defensive scheme falls apart without a true Revis-Island level man cover corner. JC Jackson wants to be that guy, but couldn't stop Diggs. Said the Bills had the WR depth to spread out the defense, get NEs huge, physical LBs off the field, then feast on DB depth chart. McKenzie's career day was case and point. All in all it was a good watch. My guess having a room full of commentators from before the "Real Football starts in January, who are we playing in the AFCCG?" generation helped.

Belichick can't hide his Golden Boy anymore, and they've been getting fluffed for two straight months about a return to the Good Old Days that is just around the corner. A shame they can't handle it

My lord Packers fans are lame. Hope they win though. Cleveland is doing it's best to Chad Pennington Baker Mayfield, but they've got enough talent and scheme to at least stay competitive. I'm a little jealous.

It has nothing to do with NFL Analysts Teddy Bruschi, Willy McGinnest, Damien Woody, Rodney Harrison, Rob Ninkovich, Randy Moss and Aqib Talib. That they all played for the same team at one point is coincidence.

I don't see Bobby Hart or Cody Ford playing, so it looks good to me.

Alright. Which coach is Bobby Hart related to?

The hype on Jones seems to be dying down to a tolerable level. He's been sharp for a rookie, that's for sure, but I think the folks who were setting up his bust in Canton @ 10 weeks into his career have shut up a bit.

Repeat this loudly and often. There are teams right now that would kill to be "down to just" Emmanuel Sanders, Stefon Diggs and Dawson Knox. I hope Sanders knee is 100% though, count on the Pats to get physical with him early on if he lines up in the slot.

Fun thing from Wiki. The actual Colour Sergeant Bourne wasn't quite 24 years old when he fought at Rourke's Drift. He was just the youngest Colour Sergeant in the whole British Army at the time.

It's up to Allen, Diggs, Knox, McKenzie and Singletary to play out of their minds. Also, Happy Birthday Touchdown Jesus. Time to earn that game check.

Doom! DOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

Now go home and get your ***** shinebox.

I'm just really enjoying the lack of Pats flavored doom posting in this thread. Round 1's thread you'd have thought Josh was up against Brady, Moss, Welker, Seymour, Wilfork, Bruschi, Willy McGinnest, The David's both Patten and Givens, and possibly Corey Dillon and Asante Samuel.

He's is his 20s, and he's got millions of dollars. He wants to be on South Beach, running through tik tok stars and Instagram models 2 at a time.