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What it does do is bring his name to the forefront of the conversation when opposing defenses are game-planning for Kansas City. That alone has value. Ever since Tyreek left, the strategy had been “don’t let Kelce beat you”. Coming into this season, it was “don’t let Kelce or Rice beat you”. That becomes a lot more complicated now that the conversation starts with “don’t let Worthy get loose”. No, that doesn’t make him Amon-Ra after one game. He hasn’t shown anything to indicate that he’s ready to be the focal point of the offense who is going to see 10 targets a game, but we’re talking about a guy who was 20 years old when he was drafted and was playing his first career game against maybe the best defense in the NFL. As much as some want to call it inflated numbers, 2 catches on 3 targets for 47 yards and a TD and 1 rush for 21 yards and a TD is a monster debut. It was enough for Vegas to move his ROY odds from 25:1 to 12:1 overnight. FWIW, Coleman is 35:1. If we wake up Monday morning and he’s down to 12:1, it means Coleman had one hell of a game.

You’re surprised that a bunch of time was spent talking about the Chiefs…during a Chiefs game? You think it’s because there’s some conspiracy to convince people that the two time defending Super Bowl champions are the best team? That’s an interesting way of looking at it.

He didn‘t get a free release. Marlon Humphrey jammed him.

Too late. His HOF jacket size is XS.

I’m not arguing them. (Well, I would argue that the Chiefs likely would have lost out on him without the trade.). More like I’m curious as to what it would take to actually give another player credit. Lamar had 400 yards of offense last night and was a toe away from winning with a walkoff TD, and there’s a thread about how he sucks. Now there’s a thread about how a 21 year old who had 2 long TDs in his first NFL game wasn’t actually impressive. Keon Coleman might wind up being the next Davante Adams. I have no idea. It’s okay to acknowledge that Worthy made huge plays and soaked up a ton of attention from the Ravens defense last night.

It was blown coverage Chiefs would have got him anyway He’s just benefitting from Andy Reid’s play calling Yep, you hit all the bullet points.

Rice was the guy who benefited from it yesterday. Worthy ran clear out after clear out taking the Safety with him, and Rice ran through the vacancy in the middle all night.

There’s zero rain other than the tiny burst around the stadium. I’m 15 miles away, and there’s not a cloud in the sky. It’s crazy.

That same $300 invested in the market would be worth around $7,000 today.

According to several old people who evidently were on television shows 60 years ago, it’s the best financial decision you can make.

Amen. There’s nothing I hate worse than watching someone celebrate a TD. In fact, I prefer players who go straight to the bench and hand write a tear-stained apology letter for scoring. I don’t watch football to be entertained. I do it for the same reason I do everything in my life…to get angry at the world. How am I supposed to do that when it looks like the players are actually enjoying themselves? If I have to subject myself to that, I’m going to go back to watching the news all day where they advertise tactical sunglasses, reverse mortgages, and converting my IRA to gold coins.

Denver hasn’t won a game against the Raiders since 2019.

Yeah, the Cowboys are really cranking out championships. 4 of the last 5 Super Bowls have been won by teams in the bottom 16.

I’m not the one arguing to disregard stats based on whether or not I like them. A TD is a TD. A fumble is a fumble.

Then let’s subtract fumble recoveries from the total. Mahomes has 19 fumbles and 10 fumble recoveries in that timeframe. Allen has 28 fumbles and 8 fumble recoveries. I’m not even sure what you’re arguing at this point. It seems you think that there’s some “narrative” (a very popular term here) that prevents MVP voters from properly evaluating players. And by “properly evaluating players”, I mean counting passing touchdowns and rushing touchdowns and interceptions but not fumbles except when your teammate doesn’t recover the fumble but possibly if you recover your own fumble (but upon further evaluation of who actually recovers more of their own fumbles, probably not). That’s one way to look at it. Another way is to say that Josh has a ton of TDs in the past 3 seasons but also has 47 INTs and 28 fumbles, and that gets factored into the equation. He’s a great player. He’s been top 5 in MVP voting 3 times in the last 4 seasons. Nobody is out to get him. In fact, he somehow got an MVP vote in 2022 when Mahomes had more total TDs, fewer INTs, fewer fumbles, and threw for 1000 more yards. 48 out of 50 voters had Mahomes as MVP that year. Josh had one of the other two votes. In 2023, 49 out of 50 voters had Lamar as MVP. The other voted for Josh. So who is right? Is it the 96% of voters who voted for Mahomes in 2022 and the 98% of voters who voted for Jackson in 2023, or is it the one guy who voted for Josh each year?

And also the rushing TD differential.

What do you think he should have done instead? All things considered, getting a (presumably) high second round pick next year is a hell of a deal. Anyone who thinks he won’t be missed this year is delusional, but this wan’t a championship roster with him anyway. A year from now when the team has some cap space and extra draft capital, I don’t think anyone will regret the trade. If anything, Beane probably should have started this rebuild last offseason. I understand why he tried to push all in for another season, but last year’s roster was simply too long in the tooth coming into the season for me to expect things to go much differently than they did. If anything, it was impressive that they were able to “circle the wagons” as well as they did down the stretch. Diggs forcing himself out of town may have just saved Beane from himself because he looked poised to double down this season, and that was doomed to fail. Instead, he took his medicine this offseason and I think the franchise will be better for it. And as we know, there’s no rule that says you can’t pull a rabbit out of your hat and win a championship with a roster in transition. Worst case scenario, it makes for a more interesting season than running it back with an older version of a team that wasn’t good enough the year before.

I understand the reasoning. It’s just flawed. A fumble doesn’t suddenly become less or more of a mistake depending on what color jersey the person who falls on it is wearing.

How is there a difference? A fumble is a fumble. Is an interception better if your defense gets a stop?

Allen also has 28 fumbles over that period. 128 TDs vs 75 picks and fumbles compared to 111 TDs vs 58 picks and fumbles. So he’s got 17 more TDs than Mahomes but also 17 more INTs and fumbles.

27-16 Buffalo

I think I’ve got a great team, except I got drunk and accidentally drafted Dalton Schultz instead of Dalton Kincaid.

Jets are the closest thing to a complete team. If Rodgers finds the fountain of youth, they could run away with the division. That’s a huge if. Dolphins have a potentially dominant offense but a questionable defense. If their offense stays healthy, they could win a lot of shootouts. Buffalo has the highest floor but the lowest ceiling. Patriots suck. Any of the first three could win the division. None really stand out to me, so I’d I had to pick, I’m going with the one that’s won the division several years in a row.

I’m sure he’d like to know if Rice was impaired, had drugs in the car, the cars were stolen, etc. before making a decision. There is literally no reason not to.