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How convenient: the bye week is next week. See you in 2 weeks. Have a nice leave.

Maybe we should highlight who played well, instead of who failed. Here's my list: Fred Jackson, CJ Spiller, Brad Smith, Leodis McKelvin. No one else comes to mind, although Gilmore might have done OK, I do not remember him getting burned.

So that means F the league office that insists we have to play another 9 games? If it is any consolation, one is in Toronto.

How about that punter!

He looks healthier today than the last 2 weeks.

I would have gone for 2. Don't care what the 'card' says.

So far.

We need to give up a few more yards on 2nd down so we can stay out of 3rd and long. Opponents convert nearly 100% in 3rd and 8-10.

No. We do not.

Let's not forget that Arizona has had major pass protection issues in the last few weeks. Which is hopefully good for us today, but doesn't mean our defense is back to expectations.

The NFL.com play by play said R. Lindell kicks off for a touchback. Is that correct or was it Potter?

So, if I was the coach and felt he was underperforming because of his recent family tragedy... I would probably do this: 1) Keep him in as starter. Officially dropping him would probably be bad for him and probably bad for team morale given the situation. 2) Call for a LOT of substitution packages with his backup. Assuming his backup is playing better. Otherwise.... do nothing. Beyond that you just have to give him time to work through it. If he comes back next year and does poorly you deal with it at that time... Hopefully that is not the case. If it hurts his performance for future seasons he should seek help... but I do not think the team can get into that. Right now the loss is too fresh and there is very little anyone can do about it.

Good point. I say QB in rounds 1-4. Rds 5-6, LB. Rd 7, WR *or* trade away our rd 7 pick for a rd 6 pick in 2014. On a related note I would try to trade away our Rd 7 picks every year.

It's unlikely that teams 1-9 will all pick QBs but I would be OK bringing in the 10th best QB in the draft at this point.

Put her in at any position on D. Can't hurt.

Win 7 of the remaining 11 games.

I haven't heard of him. Git 'r done, Buddy.

Too much Twitter leads to dropping the ball, right?

Has any other player expressed an interest in having a refrigerator in their locker? Was there a longstanding "no refrigerators in player lockers" policy, or is Mario just the first player to pimp out his locker this way? Do any of the New England Patriots have refrigerators in their locker? I feel that the whole story has yet to be told. We already knew that Stevie Johnson drops passes due to overuse of Twitter. Now we need to know if easy access to bottled water is causing Mario to overhydrate... and once he's bloated he can't defend himself against hands to the face?

In related news, Fitz is no longer leading the league in INTs. Romo has 8.

Currently, Fitz is 23rd in Comp %, tied for 1st (aka worst) in Interceptions, and 1st in TDs. He is 12th in YPA which is actually pretty surprising, and 16th in passer rating which I don't put much stock in. I don't see much of a reason to rank him in the bottom 5. It is true that I'd rather have some of the people below him (ex: Andrew Luck), but that is due to "potential" not current performance. Looking at the NFL QBs list, I have the following players as obviously better than Fitz now: Ryan, Roethlisberger, Schaub, RG3, Dalton, Brady, P.Manning, Flacco, Rodgers, E. Manning, Rivers, Romo, Newton, Brees. In the "probably better" category I have: A.Smith, Ponder, Kolb, Stafford. In the "higher potential" category: Locker, Bradford, R. Wilson, R. Tannehill, Luck. These players are not necessarily better than Fitz today but have a good chance to exceed him in the future. At least one of this group will bust most likely. That leaves the following at the same level as Fitz: Carson Palmer, Michael Vick. And below Fitz: Gabbert, Freeman, Cassel, Sanchez, Cutler, B. Weeden (could improve). So, I can see an argument for "Bottom 10" QB, but not "Bottom 5". I also can see a weak argument for "19th best" which is where he is paid... if you only consider the "probably" and "obviously" better QBs.

Matt Cassel has to be in the mix.

So... at the end of the season we get an all-new front office right?

Run is wearing our D out.

Russell's.