Success

We're up 17-14, and are about to have the ball.

Jax can't get out of their own way. They save their best football for the Bills.

Stroud still under 30 yards passing.

When he plays well - which is rare - he really looks like he could be a solid starter. He has some really good skills.

I think one of the 1st posts on this thread has a good rundown - Indy/Cincy is a toss-up (though I'm pulling for Cincy). Otherwise, we want Jax & the Jets right now.

It's going pretty well for us right now. It would help if Lawrence didn't keep throwing picks. That QB class was so overrated.

Jags are a bad team. We shouldn't have lost to them - and they shouldn't make the playoffs ahead of us.

Just thinking about it - is KC our biggest rival right now? It feels that way. The Phins & Bengals are close. But I get more up for this game than any other.

Starting to freak out a bit. It's weird that the playoffs start tomorrow.

That's definitely fair. None of us want to get caught in that "Rivers/Chargers" zone of being solid every year, but never getting that far in the playoffs. I'm really torn on McD, but it will give me some pause if this team rallies now and goes on a run. It's always kind of a work in progress. Reid used to get the same criticism about winning big games in Philly (not saying McD could have a similar transformation, but I haven't ruled it out).

That's sports. No one lays out the red carpet for a title run. A lot of champions have had unpredictable roads to their titles..

It would certainly be an accomplishment if we were able to navigate our remaining schedule - which is the toughest part of our schedule - and make the playoffs. So, yeah.

Our season stories are really action packed. I can't really think of a team that has had more drama the past couple of years.

If we run the table - this will just be a weird story that doesn't matter.

A journalist's purpose should be to report things fairly & accurately. This is a one-sided story. The writer started w/ conclusion, and cherrypicked what he needed to in order to support that conclusion.

Coaches are pretty nutty in general. And we want them to be to an extent - we want them to be obsessive, and live this stuff 24x7, which takes a certain kind of person. If they win, it's all okay. When they don't, it's not. If won a SB the 13 seconds year, and were in line for the 1 seed right now, none of this would be much of a thing.

This year's KC team is so different - and especially now without Pacheco, who was really helping carry that offense. The teams they have had in previous years have been so formidable - the "back to back" losses thing makes more sense w/ those teams. I'm not sure it really applies this year.

I think 10-7 makes it. This season is crazy. Who had Pitt losing to New England yesterday?

McD's comments are going to have SOME impact on the team - it's hard to say if it will be negative, or positive. But given the firestorm, and his reaction - if they like him and generally support him, I could see this being a pretty galvanizing thing. I'm sure everyone groaned when they saw the comments reported, but I'd have to think there is a sense that the national reaction is pretty tough on McD, and somewhat unfair. Could be a motivator. Hey, I'm looking for anything at this point.

Yeah - agreed. He is clearly - to me - someone who tries to do things the right way. His intentions are good. So many of these media firestorms are undeserved. Tons of people pile on, like they have never said a stupid thing in their lives. The last thing I want is to be judged by my worst moments.

Best TNF game I've seen in awhile.

Belichick screaming at the refs for 2 completely legit & correct calls.

That was one of the season's best catches.

I'm trying to think of the last time I was 100% behind the Pats winning. I think Grogan was QB. But, go Pats. Yep. I said it.

Could go either way. The only way it doesn't go is "no impact."