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IIRC Denver is good against the run

16-22 but on the lower side of that range.

Certainly our season isn't over if we lose this one but it's important to not force games like NE and BAL to actually be must-wins.

Was there anyone on the Jets that played in that game and is still on their roster? Hell, Leveon Bell was on the Steelers team that got put into the playoffs because we won that game. They might play for the spoiler factor but I'm not seeing a revenge game scenario.

Some games more than others. If we're getting wrecked (Eagles) I kind of check out. I've learned mistakes early on in the game are usually pretty inconsequential. Allen's misses early on yesterday elicited no response from me. But take a game like Cleveland last week. I was likely annoying my neighbors with profanity-laced shrieks. Games we should be winning but are full of mistakes just tend to get to me.

It's going to be an absolute gauntlet, but it's also going to be a gauntlet for the other teams in our division. Maybe 10-6 wins the division next year if the Patriots continue to decline.

Edmunds could be a special rusher. His length lets him get his arms around guys that appear to have beaten him.

He's like the ultimate game manager at this point. He will absolutely not lose you a game. He's pretty much an OC with his IQ so he can win them a game but against good defenses he's just not making the insane throws he used to.

Earlier this year he was in a PGA event and had a stipulation with CBS that if he made the cut on Saturday he could play golf on Sunday and someone would cover for him. I can't see him giving up that kind of flexibility. But I would like to see him coach.

Announcing his new podcast about CBD

The thing about Fitz is that he comes in, invokes Fitzmagic, but it always eventually runs out. It's the reason he keeps finding himself on the bench. His stats have been declining every game since he came out against us with the exception of the literal Jets. We're coming out fired up and with a much longer leash from McDermott.

If we define "games we should win" as Dolphins, Broncos, and Jets we still need Steelers to lose 2 games (3 if we don't beat them).

Doesn't matter which team wins tonight, as long as the other wins next time.

Knox would have dropped it anyway if it were a perfect pass.

They need to put a defender on him, even if they aren't being super physical for the ball. Throwing lazy bombs to a single guy isn't going to help.

Ideally CLE and PIT split their games. That gives CLE 7 losses and PIT 5. Then we will have to beat them and win the other "expected" wins to get to 10-6 and have the tiebreaker. So it doesn't matter what happens this week as long as the opposite happens next time they play. I'd rather see a CLE win today because I just don't trust PIT to lose many more games whereas CLE needs to completely win out, which is tough to do even with an easy schedule.

Lately? lol we haven't had an offense since 2015

I don't remember McD talking about that but I don't really pay too much attention to pressers. But if it's true that makes me feel a lot better about Allen. I would expect him to have a stumble here or there if he's getting thrown into the fire fully. It's if he's getting a watered down playbook and half-field reads and things like that and he's still faltering that really scares me.

Best case would be PIT loses this week or at home vs. CLE and also loses to us and BAL. That knocks out Cleveland and Pittsburgh at the same time removing any threat from the North.

The thing about Fitz is he starts out with the magic but that runs dry eventually and he starts sucking. That's why he keeps finding himself on the bench and he will once again. With the exception of the Jets game his stats have been declining every game since he started against us the first time.

That TT/Allen comparison is striking, though I'll note that Allen has the same number of rushing TDs (14) in 20 games as TT did in 3 years.

IIRC Allen is one of the worst QBs under pressure this year and Browns blitzed well above their season average so it all makes sense.

I feel like Shanahan is the kind of guy with a playbook so complicated you need the wristband.

Sunday was a big loss but it wasn't huge or integral to making playoffs. But it does make things more difficult now having to win one of the tougher games.

These 2, Jets Week 17, and I'm thinking Steelers might be needed to get the tiebreaker.