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And yet, in five days there will be an NFL game on Friday night.

I completely understand.

There is a grand total of one college football game today. There is no reason not to be playing NFL games today.

I can confirm that. Real estate prices in the cities are coming down though, as those who can afford to are moving.

I’m not sure how anyone believes Rodgers is going to be the answer for the Jets this year. He last played football two years ago, and looked washed up then. He’s now two years older and coming off an old man injury that is usually a career-ender for anyone over 28 years old. I’m absolutely delighted that the Jets are running it back with him again.

There is absolutely no good reason we aren’t watching opening day games today. Until 20 years ago, this was opening day in the NFL. Pushing the regular season (and playoffs) deeper into winter is bad for fans and players. Will we see NFL games on Labor Day Weekend again?

Well argued.

I wasn’t just talking about the starting 5…I think we have excellent depth, too, including two very nice young tackle prospects.

We have Josh Allen and one of the three best offensive lines in football. The receiving talent is more than adequate, despite the lack of a clear no 1. Defense looks at least as good as last year. Schedule looks hard, but one never knows how that will work out. No reason to expect less than 11 wins.

Aiyuk's clearly top 10, arguably top 5. He's gotten better every year and had a huge year in 2023.

I liked it better when it was called the Taxi Squad.

The Bills let Morse walk. They could easily have kept him but they chose to go with Edwards and McGovern. It was very intentional and there is no reason to believe it was the wrong decision.

There is zero evidence that Morse at C and McGovern at G are better than what we have this year. No reason at all to believe that is the case. And as I said, Floyd was a complete non-factor during the second half of the season, not unlike Diggs.

I have no idea how you can say "clearly worse" at OL. It is a definite strength of the team and the depth might be the best in the league. And how is the DL worse? Losing Tim Settle and Jordan Phillips? Carter seems to be a huge upgrade and edge seems about the same; lost Floyd (completely absent the second half of the season) but gain Von Miller a year further removed from surgery, as well as Smoot.

Good signing. He’ll be the backup for the first two games.

Quincy Williams would have been nice.

No chance anyone tries to sign Gore Jr off the PS.

Maybe go for 2 all game long. I’d love it.

The MVP awards are a joke. Jackson is constantly hyped by the talking heads on ESPN and yet the Ravens thought long and hard about whether to sigh him to a new deal...he was rumored to be available for trade, something that NEVER would have happened to Burrow or Allen. Jackson is probably the most overrated player in the NFL.

I’m not sure how Lamar Jackson is in the same tier as Burrow and Allen. He’s clearly not at their level, especially if the post-season matters.

The West Coast thing is definitely real. A 3-hour time change is no joke and it seems to be worse than going East to West.

Wonder if there is any chance they keep him over Stidham…if not, he pretty much has to go on the practice squad, right? Does the new rule protect the third QB from being signed by other teams?

IIRC, road teams win close to 50% of the time nowadays. It’s why the old “home field is worth 3 points” adage is no longer true, especially in Vegas.

They are also a well-coached team. Not going to be an easy game.

Bailey Zappe, anyone? He played well at times last year in a horrific Pats offense.