Doc Brown

I'd be more ticked off as a Skins fan that he started Carson Wentz.

Unless the Bengals or Chiefs lose.

I want the Chargers in the five seed so we're guaranteed not to play them. This result helps as all the Chargers have to do next week is beat the Broncos.

I would love the Ravens and Steelers to have the 6th and 7th seed.

Jets and Fins fans crying always makes me happy.

It's probable that the rib injury he sustained in early November was a major reason for his drop in production down the stretch. It's also possible his physical skills were diminishing slowly at the same time like many WR's in their young to mid 30's. There was a clear drop at least on tape throughout the season of him not having the same burst in and out of breaks as well as YAC. Until he shows that same burst I'm just going to assume he lost a step. However, his excellent ability to find soft spots in the zone is an invaluable skill that Shakir and McKenzie don't provide. I really want to see him heavily involved these last two regular season games. He was really effective last year when teams were playing strictly zone and defenses have seemed to play more zone this year than previous ones. If you can get a defense to go more man coverage it can create more opportunities down the field for Diggs and Davis. The lack of usage against the Bears was frustrating but maybe they feel more comfortable getting him more heavily involved with better weather along with more practice reps.

Dane Jackson. For better or worse.

Yeah he would with just his football IQ alone in this defense. He’s one of the best in the league at disguising coverages and preventing the deep ball. That might be important considering the QB’s we pry have to play in the playoffs to get to the SB. He’s not coming back from a knee injury like T. White is so I’ll take an 85% Hyde over a 100% Hamlin.

So much of it is luck as we were a squib kick away from hosting an AFC Championship game last year. The Chiefs almost choked in the Divisional round in 2020 beating the Browns by five. Browns win that and they travel to Buffalo for the AFC Championship game. You can debate all you want which of the last three seasons we had the best roster but our current roster as constructed has as good of chance as any in the league. Having Hyde back (while not an absolute must) would slightly increase our chances.

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Compared to last year our offense is averaging more passing yards per game, rushing yards per game, yards per play, and have a higher drive scoring % as well as 3rd down %. It just looks different than last year as we're targeting our RB's and Diggs more. I get that whenever the offense seems stagnant it's natural to see what we don't have this year compared to last year. However, we're better by almost every metric without Beasley.

I don't think you sign Beasley if you think Crowder's coming back to play a significant role. I highly doubt it this late in the season.

His last extension made him the highest paid left tackle and he's still third in average annual value. Of course he'll ask for this.

Dan Quinn and Schottenheimer as his OC could also be an interesting possibility.

True but I doubt the Bengals lose to the Ravens at home. Even if they did I think the Chargers or Dolphins (assuming Tua is playing) beat the Ravens in the Wild Card round.

According to you the running backs are the only weapons they have. That's called moving the goal posts.

No because one team is better than another. It does take the 20% chance or so you have of losing away though if you have that bye week. Plus, it gives your team time for banged up players to rest and prevents possible injuries from the first round game. Also, there's a shot of a Wild Card team of upsetting the Chiefs and/or Bengals in the first round. The biggest benefit of the one seed is you're guaranteed not to have to play the Bengals or Chiefs in the Divisional round. If we're the three seed we'd likely have to go through Cincinnati and Kansas City in their house to reach the Super Bowl. This game is huge.

Their best weapon is Garrett Wilson.

Surprised Brian Schottenheimer's name isn't on there given Russ had his best years under him as offensive coordinator.

Unless Burrow or Herbert have the two best years of their career the next two years this record might stand for some time. What Marino did his first five seasons is incredible though given the era he played in. I love Jim Kelly but draft Marino instead of him in '83 we'd be looking at multiple Super Bowl titles.

Would you say the same thing for Mitch Morse?

Sounds good. I said my piece.

Aikman's overreacting a tad there.

If you want to. They aren't essential workers and they violated the driving ban that everyone else had to follow. It's as simple as that.

Terrible optics for all the people respecting the travel band who won't get to see their close relatives on Christmas. Especially for one's without power. I'm sorry. I'm not going to twist myself into a pretzel defending the Bills for a bad decision.