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No Fun League. Don't they know Allen is in an MVP race? Oh well, he got one of the ground. Just one shy of Wilson now for the share of the lead.

His worst passes today have been a couple balls a bit behind Kroft. But we'll take that all day.

Good point. I won't be confident until he lets one rip deep again.

I miss that duo. They were the vocal leaders of our defense.

Right on the money with that call. Both with a good stop on Waller.

Just keep them out of the end zone.

We had two guys spying on Carr's roll out from what i saw, Milano and forget the other Bill. That's one too many. Should be able to handle Carr with one guy.

I was going to say I like how that #24 for the Raiders plays but damn, guy tries to tackle with his head too much. Going to seriously hurt himself.

Tompabay looking to make me start the season 0-4 on my six team teasers. Costly pick 6 was at least a 10 point swing.

I fully expect Lamar to torch the Redskins today. It will be very concerning if he does not. The OP is way over the top with the Lamar era being over. But, i think the bigger point is probably that Mahomes vs. Allen seems more likely to be the rivalry of the current era of football over Mahomes vs. Jackson.

I've thought about putting a small amount on Allen to win MVP. Like $20 or $25. Problem is my bankroll is pretty much already allotted. I do think this is likely the last week to get Allen at odds greater than +1000 if he has another good 3TD game along with a Bills win. It's hard for me to imagine him averaging less than 2.5 TD's per game to finish the season which would put him at about 45 for the season. Jackson won MVP last year with 43 TDs. Problem of course is Wilson might actually finish with more than 50.

Been a rough start for me through three weeks. My goal has been to hit on a three team parlay 1 out of every three weeks. And a 6 TM 6pt teaser one out of every three weeks. I am 0-3 on both so far. If I can finally hit this week ang go 1-3 I'll basically be at even money for the season for each of those bank rolls. Overall in my all 256 picks I am 25-23-1. Had my first losing week last week going 7-9. For my super picks I am 8-9 on the season. Going 2-3, 4-3 and 2-3 for weeks 1-3 respectively. 3TM parlay this week: Bucs -7 Bills -3.5 Rams -13.5 6TM 6PT teaser Ravens -8.5 Bucs -1 Seahawk 0 Rams -7.5 Bills +2.5 Packers -1

The play last week by Diggs against the Rams with zero separation was simply amazing. I'm still not sure how he saw the ball or how he caught it.

I think it is reasonable to have some pause when it comes to Jackson when we take into account how both Kaepernick and Tyrod played early in their careers under Roman. Jackson is a superior athlete than both Tyrod and Kaepernick so I see him having more lasting success. Question still remains if that means he will be a top 5 type franchise QB or if he will ultimately end up more like a top 10-15 QB.

Lamar Jackson is 4-5 in his career including playoffs in games where he attempts 28 or more passes a game. He is 17-1 when he attempts fewer than 28 passes. Josh Allen is 8-10 in his career including playoffs attempting 28 or more passes in a game. But he is on a clear upward trend with that stat. And like his career as a whole so far he has improved in each season. 2018- 0-5 attempting 28 or more passes 2019- 5-5 attempting 28 or more passes 2020- 3-0 attempting 28 or more passes

You seemed to skip right over the main point of my reply Thurman which was that basically McDermott is unfairly criticized for passing on Mahomes regardless of how either Allen or Mahomes careers turn out. And second, with all due respect to Tre White he doesn't play a role in the debate IMO.

I agree with this but I think it also under states the qualities of Allen that set him apart. Allen's energy is contagious, and his athletic ability is next level. Those are two things that can really help a young QB on a bad team. We saw all those things in Allen's first year when the supporting cast around him was still really bad. Jets fans like to say Allen would be just like Darnold if they had switched teams. That's simply not true.

Nah, this could be the classic "team rally's behind the back-up" game. That said, I was definitely taking New England and the points. In this game. Now I might just pass on it if it is played this week.

Fortunately this is one of those good problems to have. I'd love for him to stick around like McDaniels has in New England, but that was only because McDaniels came back after failing as a head coach in his first attempt. And now he is almost certainly just waiting for Belicheck to retire.

When can a player officially return from quarantine and be eligible to play again? Newton is the first high profile player that may miss a game. He is certainly out for a game Monday or Tuesday but could he be eligible for a game next Sunday if he tests negative the day before the game?

I think that is exactly it. If spread is shown through either locker room they will postpone the game till a later week in the season just like they did with the Titans-Steelers game.

That Thursday night game is still doable IMO. Not ideal for the Chiefs but not a deal breaker.

If this thing starts to spiral out of control with a 2-3 teams being infected and shut down each week but not the majority of teams then I think the thing that makes the most sense to me is to add a couple weeks to the end of the season for make up regular season games. The start of the playoffs would be pushed back 2 or 3 weeks. The ending of the season would be odd because half the teams might end on the originally scheduled date while the other half might have another 1 or 2 games to finish out the season. The other option would be to do a massive postponement like the NBA did and pick games back up early in the year 2021. This would also likely include a shortening of the regular season to like 10 or 12 games. But I would much prefer the first option.

Yeah I agree. I think the NFL's threshold for shut down is spread through a team to either players or staff. So it will depend on what the tests show tomorrow morning before Sunday nights game. Assuming they test everyone again tomorrow because they initially said they would not test on game days.

Shove the asterisk.