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Didn’t you get the memo? Diseases don’t count if you survive.

Exactly. The starting point should be “kids shouldn’t die unnecessarily”. That doesn’t mean that schools can’t be open until we can guarantee zero kids could possibly die. That’s simply unrealistic, but it should be the starting point. From there we can begin to assess what we are capable of allowing our kids to do without subjecting them to unreasonable levels of danger.

When people talk about “herd immunity”, it’s generally assumed that they mean permanent immunity rather than some short term resistance.

We aren’t even to the second wave yet, though. This is still the first go-round.

I love when people post that players have no leverage just because the team has years of control. It always ends the same way.

I agree with the Saints at 10, but I disagree with the Saints at 12.

Your grandma is Vince Neil? Dammit!

I’m higher on the Bills than the makers of this list are, but I don’t have too many issues with their reasoning. New England has an elite defense and the greatest coach in history. They have dominated the division and the head to head matchup for as long as anyone associated with either franchise has been around. I think that’s about to change, but it’s hard to fault anyone who is skeptical. That they’re only 1 spot ahead of Buffalo speaks to how even their futures are. That’s perfectly fair. Pittsburgh has an elite defense and a HOF QB returning from injury. Ben comes with question marks, but they were a .500 team with a horrendous third string QB. Roethlisberger could have thrown left handed and beat Buffalo last season given how terrible Duck was in a game that went down to the wire. Indy has a really solid roster and arguably the best GM in the league. Now they’ve got a capable QB and a backup with starting experience. I’d have them lower, but I can see them building a really good team if they can get average QB play. I’d have the Bills around 10, so 14 seems a little low to me but not unreasonably so. It really does come down to whether Allen takes a huge step (and yes, it absolutely needs to be huge). If he does, then Buffalo is going to be a contender for the next several years.

Allen “gave them the lead” by scoring in a sneak after fumbling the ball while scrambling, having it bounce forward several yards, and having his teammate recover at the one yard line for a first and goal.

If an employer has the ability to not pay players who are unable to work solely due to the fact that the employer has failed to provide a safe working environment, they have effectively terminated the contract. Don’t like a contract a player has signed? Just create an unsafe work environment. Problem solved.

They have contracts. Should teams be able to essentially terminate their contracts unilaterally by failing to provide a safe working environment? The players are millionaires, but the owners are billionaires. Should the public sympathize more with the old billionaires than the players who actually do the work and put their bodies on the line?

Tannehill is a mirror. He shows you exactly what your team is. If you put a good team around him, you’ve got a good team. If you put a bad team around him, you’ve got a bad team. He doesn’t make you any better or worse. He’s Alex Smith, Jimmy G, Derek Carr, etc.

They're good enough to make the playoffs, but they aren't a threat to knock off Kansas City or Baltimore IMO.

I really think the Bills are the only AFC team with a chance to prevent a Ravens/Chiefs matchup in the AFCCG.

The Chiefs have a top 10 defense. Frank Clark is an absolute monster, Charvarious Ward isn’t a household name, but he’s an excellent CB. Juan Thornhill had an outstanding rookie season before getting hurt just before the playoffs. Linebacker is a huge hole, but in a 4-3, you can live with that when your D-Line is elite.

He’s the best coach since Doug Lombardi.

That was a great stand. Also, the Browns looked completely inept. Mayfield was under center every play standing with one leg way behind the other for some reason, so it basically told the defense which way the play was going every time. Buffalo just swallowed up the back every single time.

And There it is. Chiefs re-sign Jones to a 4 year deal. The salary cap is more of a suggestion than an actual barrier. Think of it like that border wall Trump loves so much. There’s plenty of ways to get around it.

Kick save and a beauty is one of my faves.

Say what you will about Brent, but you know it’s a big game when you hear his voice.

Evans has a lower catch rate than Winston's completion percentage. Thomas has a higher catch rate than Brees's. I can't put a WR with that low of a catch rate in the top echelon.

I agree that he’s overrated, but he’s absolutely consistent. He’s been in the league 6 years and has 1000+ yards in all of them. My issue with him is that his career catch rate is 55%. Compare that to Michael Thomas who is 78%, and that’s a staggering difference.

When discussing Dak, he sucks and has inflated numbers because he has a superstar WR in Cooper. When discussing WRs, Cooper isn’t even a true #1.

SF intercepted the ball up 10 with just under 12 minutes left in the game. From there, they had the ball for 4 possessions. He only got 4 carries total on those 4 drives. Drive 1) 6 yard run by Mostert on first down. 1 yard run by Mostert on the following first down. Ineffective pass play, ineffective pass play, punt. TD Chiefs Drive 2) 5 yard run by Mostert followed by two incompletions and a punt...TD Chiefs Drive 3) 17 yard run by Mostert followed by 6 straight pass plays on a drive ending with three straight incompletions followed by a sack on 4th down...TD Chiefs Drive 4) Incomplete pass, interception...Game Chiefs How in the world do you come away from that thinking that giving it to Mostert wouldn’t have given them a better opportunity than watching Jimmy G try to win a shootout against Pat Mahomes?

You’re not wrong, but that line of thinking is how the 49ers could win the battle but lose the war. An extra $750k means a lot more to him than it means to their cap. If that’s the difference between a happy starting RB and a locker room cancer, it’s a cost/value question. I will say that it’s a weird argument you make about the Super Bowl when one of the biggest takeaways from than game is that they may have won it if they’d kept giving him the ball. 58 yards and a TD is pretty good when you only get 12 carries.