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The Vikings saw firsthand what they had in Darnold and they knew it wasn’t good enough. I can’t fault them for trying do better. This is McCarthy’s first NFL game so I think we need to relax a little.

You can say that again

This ain’t exactly Lamar Jackson vs Josh Allen…

Who’s Minny’s backup?

Well, at least McCarthy will get the ball back right away. Caleb Williams looks no better, and he’s played a lot more football than McCarthy. It’s just shocking that the Bears passed on Daniels for him.

Bad choice by Fields. He could have easily run for the first…

Always play Bengals tough, esp in Cleveland

Russ Wilson’s days are numbered. The offense is just too limited with him, even though he himself is limitless…

I’d be curious how many commenters here actually read the article…I’d guess less than a third…

I think Giants-Washington is an appealing game…pretty big game for both teams and both have some really talented players

What are you talking about? The Ravens’ guards are a clear weakness….

That’s not the point. I know Prater can kick off…the problem is, he can’t tackle anyone, and under the new rule, that could be a problem. Davis can certainly kick the ball 55 yards off a tee, with a running start.

You know the rule changed, right? You don’t want to “boom” kickoffs now.

Absolutely not. Why is it not a viable plan?

Seems kinda shaky having a 41-year old kicking off under the new rules. I wonder if they would consider having Ray Davis practice kicking off…if he could do it well enough, then you’d have another big, fast player on the field instead of an old, slow guy who would not want to even try to tackle anyone.

Pacheco is as good as anyone they had back then…

The Tyreek Effect

Not created equal…I think there are a lot of teams that have no meaningful home-field advantage: Vegas, both LA teams, Arizona, Miami, Jacksonville. On the other hand, there are still teams like Buffalo, Denver and KC where home field is still worth a full 3 points…

I think Green Bay will regret the trade. Parsons is already injured. The $47 million cap space Parsons takes up will severely limit GB’s options in the next few years. And just when they need to fill out the roster with cost-controlled talent, they’ll be without a first round pick for the next two years. I also don’t think Parsons is as much of a dominant, game-changing talent as people think. He gets a lot of garbage-time sacks. For example, he was absolutely invisible when the Bills dismantled Dallas two years ago.

Justice Hill is extremely dangerous every time he touches the ball. (He also made a great play to keep Von Miller from scoring on that fumble recovery in the playoff game.) I’m surprised the Ravens don’t feature him more.

Choke by Harbagh

Worthy’s generally been healthy, including at Texas, where he was used heavily, including retuning kicks.

I thought the Cowboys exceeded expectations…I honestly think Lamb should be investigated…I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an NFL WR drop three balls in succession like that….

Dak earned his money…CeeDee p*ssed it away…

That first down run for -2 by Dallas was a killer…just an unbelievably stupid play call.