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I’ll put on my conspiracy theory hat. His performance has basically been bad all year. Yet they didn’t sit him down until after the press conference in which he minimized the nature of the DV charges pending against him. Part of me wonders whether that was the straw that broke the camel’s back and they just decided to sit the guy until they can get rid of him in the offseason.

It's his body type. He has short arms and it's difficult for him to beat press coverage. I have deduced as much by doing such things as watching the game. He's a slot.

Gator arms. Too short. He’s a slot. Agreed.

Agreed. Bates gets us through the game at RT, and we figure the rest out later.

Denver.

The broncos didn’t even get the best QB in the deal.

I think bridge starter is about as much as he can hope for after the past few years. I’m thinking more along the lines of ring-chasing backup to a superstar or (much more likely) he hangs out for awhile to see if there’s an injury on a contender.

3 x 10, with approximately half guaranteed. The better question is what does Gabe Davis get. Before last week I would have said 1 x 7.5 would be a nice get for him. Now I'm not so sure somebody doesn't bite on him.

I think cam Lewis cleans him up if he tries to use the tunnel. He had to cut back.

He's also dinged up.

This. Have to play faster. I was having visions of the NE during the first quarter. Get it moving.

Benford

I want to interview Davis Webb. Brady has the job. But I want to pick brains about what happened this year, and to sniff around for the next hiring cycle in case Brady leaves earlier than anticipated. Maybe. But game management. It was raining. The game was under control. Josh left with 10 minutes left. And, for what it’s worth, Cook dropped a touchdown. So I’m completely good with that performance.

Didn’t Dallas have a holding call in the first quarter?

The duo live was back on what I believe to have been the last sack of the game. I actually noticed him today in the stadium, which is more than I can usually say about him this year.

We actually agree on something. The US Capitol is sacred space. It's been defiled a couple of times. Once in an insurrection, and once by somebody doing something completely inappropriate and disgusting. Life is a matter of degree, meaning that the insurrectionists should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and the person who filmed sexual contact at that location should be immediately fired. Whose fault is that? Don't want debt? Don't buy stuff you don't need. Can't afford the basics? Welcome to capitalism and get to work. I worked hard in my younger days. Many of my contemporaries didn't. It's not my fault they struggle now. Put down the booze, cut the cable, lay off the fatty foods, and get to work. It's disgraceful if true, I completely agree with you. I don't care what kind of ***** it is may have been. It's wrong.

I think it’s just getting him going in case they need him on ST.

Dolphins, I believe, because of our loss to the Patriots. But that’s just a guess.

Didn’t read it, not sure if McD can get us where we need to be, but totally agree. I have to say, on a human level it was very cool to see McD smile postgame. He’s wound way too tight and to be too stressed in general, and it was nice to see him maybe relax a little bit. Good for him and perhaps good for the team.

Both. Happens all the time. But probably not for Toney because he was nearly inline. He just lined up wrong, plain and simple. Asking is what prevents this from happening. It’s good officiating.

He’s a full yard in front of the attached tight end. I just noticed that. Some of this is horizontal alignment, too. If he’s split wide, that probably isn’t called. But it also isn’t as noticeable as it was given his proximity to the ball and his location between the tight ends. Once we got beat pretty soundly and the other time was just historic ineptitude/an incredible quarterback. They’re a good team, too, so it’s going to happen.

That’s kind of the point. That was a judgment call. I probably would have let it go, but I can see how a reasonable mind concluded otherwise. It was fair. The Toney issue was not a judgment call. It was black and white. He lined up offside. I’m sure the chiefs would have had a problem if Leonard Floyd was lined up a foot offside on 4th and 15, affected the throw and, not previously having been warned about misalignment, was not penalized for that action. The complaining about a factual, obvious, and non discretionary ruling that went against them is poor sportsmanship and they come off as a bunch of whiners and sore losers.

He needs to slow his roll. We were on the wrong end of it twice this year. And, if the other side of the ball lines up that way, we all know there’s not going to be a warning.

my take was Frank whychek died today and I knew something weird was going to happen. Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous. We got one back on forward lateral, McDermott exercised some demons, and we won at our little shop of horrors with our backs against the wall.

What was Bass’s long in warmups?