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Yeah, I think that's the strong implication of that in OP, but I edited my post to make it less specific to strictly race as the driver and make the point for any particular {group}, the question being would teams willingly tank just to stay within their group. The interesting flip side when race is involved in the NFL are the already existing incentives driver solely by race and no other purpose (i.e. comp picks). If anything, that is what provides promotion incentives apart from job performance, and indeed is the stated goal per the NFL. As far as Hackett goes, it's no more the Old White Guy Conspiracy than the Bills hiring Rex Ryan or Gregggg Williams or Hank Bullough. It was just plain dumb.

So let me see if I understand what you're inferring: if any member of a {group} screws up at his job, it impugns the whole {group} (which everyone knows only helps their own), and we should look to other {groups} for filling that job. It can't possibly be that one guy is just a boob who conned a team into hiring him which has never happened before; no, there's a vast conspiracy to promote inferior candidates based on {group identity} to ensure that the franchise loses as many games as possible. How obvious, it's been staring us all in the face and we just weren't as enlightened to see it.

There are some truly legendary takes in there during the first couple Zappe drives, i.e. "This Pats team can be dangerous in the PLAYOFFS. I'm talking taking out KC good." "This team is unstoppable. Stacked at literally every position, especially at QB."

At Reedley?

Whatever it is, he's in rapture.

Because he's not even the best "*ac Jones" on the Pats, that'd be CB Jack Jones.

Drink deeply of it, just like Tedy.

Backups don't move the needle on endorsements.

All he needs is for the opponents to start dropping the passes he hits them in the hands with.

That was a throw worthy of Duck Hodges.

Story of the game: one team caught the interception, the other dropped them all.

That's not much of a spot there. Thought Claypool had the first easy. Let's see a slo mo.

More like Xavier Holdin, amirite?

Pass hits Edmunds between the 3 and 4 after Tyreek gets his CFL running start.

It's ok to settle, right?

Almost interception? Yup, he's an Edmunds.

That sequence looked like that "horror movie bad decisions" commercial. Hey that play that didn't work on 3rd down running to the right? Let's do that again running to the left.

"Your mother ducks blocks in hell!"

The Packers never thought the Commanders would be a "trap game" either.

Durp. Those who can't receive, defend.

Now Fins have to use the timeout anyway to avoid the runoff. After wasting 20 seconds getting lined up. You hate to see it.

That Baltimore can't play defense.

That's a good point. Tua can mostly hit college-open guys within a 20 yard radius. Or, put it in range of a guy open by 5 yards downfield. He doesn't try against tight coverage because he doesn't have that club in his bag. A man's got to know his limitations.