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Are Pats really down to just one asterisk? I still think there should be at least three though I’m open to hearing suggestions on how long is appropriate to continue reminding everyone they’re cheaters.

Too early for this. It took a Herculean Josh Allen game (best ind performance of the year?) at home in the snow to overcome a team with a putrid defense, and even then we got a little lucky in the 4th with unexpected turnovers, pick six, etc. This team is very likely fraudulent. That doesn’t mean we can’t come out of the AFC but we could also very easily get bounced in WC.

Ok fine bad example. Take your pick of other well documented NFL cases of guys who developed CTE from multiple concussions and went through fairly extreme personality transformations as a result. I think you probably got my point.

This will be adjudicated based on whether he has post game concussion symptoms but he never should've been allowed back after the first head bonk. Those hits hit different coming back from one vs being fully recovered months out. This is how you wind up with an Antonio Brown situation.

I'll definitely take the win but like if Josh doesn't scramble for 20 yards at the end we punt and probably lose. Very entertaining if maddening game to watch live.

Great call on the CB blitz. Not to be greedy but Benford needs to get the ball on the ground there.

McD thinks his soft zone will protect us. We've seen this movie before.

Entire Oline got wrecked on that play.

Hate the play call there

No team has ever won a SB with a crap defense. It catches up with you eventually. Somehow, we have to figure out how to do both at the same time like we almost did to start the decade.

Need a score here and then one to start 2nd half. Higgins or no Higgins we haven't shown an ability to stop anything.

LFG This is the healthiest our back 7 have been in a while. Hairston, Benford, and Bishop need to play well, and I think they're going to. Big W at home today behind our LBS, DBs, and running it down their throats.

Any chance OPer had of making their case was lost when they included a bunch of 'almost screwed up but didn't' transactions (e.g. Cook) that were really just skilled negotiations. That said, this has been a frustrating year. So many moves that looked good at the time didn't work out, and a lot of it was just plain bad luck.

I guess we've still got Cam Lewis (and in theory Hancock) but I liked Ingram. This is stupid. Not sure whose fault this is necessarily as there'd be an expectation he'd report but man...wtf Edit: this year is snakebit. Everything McBeane touches goes to *****

Pass game is dependent on Kincaid playing and being healthy. He's our one consistent intermediate to deep field threat and he opens up Shakir.