Richard Noggin

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Blaming people for catching a highly contagious virus seems a bit...s#!!ty. Sure, if Norman didn't follow protocols, then he's a bit of a jerk for shorthanding his team like this (and for putting others at risk). But even those who do follow protocols get infected. So let's just stop judging players for getting sick and get back to hating them for getting HURT...

This is why I come here. You had a different handle on the BBMB, yes?

Chicken ***** playcalling by Tennessee, init?

Rivers loves trolling home fans. Not very Christian of him...

An efficient front-runner for a balanced offense. Athletic, careful, accurate. But definitely not special.

Nobody who watched Tannehill play the Bills while QBing Miami thinks he's actually good. He is a decent trigger-man for his current offense, obviously. But it's not HIM, exactly.

I'd argue that Rivers is effective within the scope of a given play. BUT, we've already seen tonight how running a wide zone or stretch running game is hampered by the weakside DE having ZERO containment responsibility, so he can just crash down inside all day long (Clowney happens to be gifted in this way). And we know that Rivers is a relic with his poor movement in general (see also: sack at end of 1st half). He's just limited, physically.

Exactly.

It's the annual McD two-week tumble. Happens every year. They learn from it. We hope.

Oh, and AJ Brown has been a hot mess this game.

Tenn doesn't have the defense to play offense the way they are. The better offenses won't let up. Henry won't likely score in bunches when they're down 10 points in the 4th quarter (I type as he continues to be productive).

You dropped some other low-hanging fruit in your post that moves this conversation into other fraught territory. I don't disagree that the compensation side of this seems out of whack.

Ohhh boy. So much I want to say to people who have not studied the topic of racial inequities and systemic prejudices and all that fun stuff. But, as this is a football board and we are discouraged from political discourse, I'll simply say: I'm all for the NFL encouraging diversity in its coaching ranks. I am NOT sure that rewarding teams with competitive advantages in roster building is necessarily the way to do it, however.

Have you told him how you feel?

Watching Cam Newton throw a football is more painful than watching Presidential debates.

Their designated quitter.

This thread could beat either of these teams.

The Jets' last drive didn't take very long.

My bank is closed right now.

lol indeed.

Drinking Zima and looking for a date to the winter dance.

It's a saying. No one was attacking your abundance of masculinity.

I'll bite. I think this is a good idea in the context of this week. Given our sudden offensive discovery of a two-headed running attack, and our defense's startling dearth at LB, playing a similar gameplan to last week (but hopefully HITTING on a few of the called play-action shots this time) sounds smart to me. Run the ball, play-action off of it. A balanced, but aggressive, gameplan. Some spread and hurry up when you catch them in a favorable personnel package. Just attack in a variety of ways and don't be afraid to possess the ball and use both running backs. Most of all: limit Wilson's drives. Try to shave off an entire drive or two over the course of the game by playing productive offense. The best defense, after all, is... Sounds old school. But that doesn't mean it sounds ineffective.

Maybe the Seahawks are due for a stinker? Coming across the country for an early game...who knows.