NoSaint

Honestly, you get rid of that pass interference and kind of ignore the scoreboard— the play itself has been scrappy, and tough on both sides. It’s been a good fight the whole way. I think it’d be an excellent game Think that’s a catch unless they get a surprise angle

No sendejo and no Rhodes might be big down the stretch here if it’s a one score game

That looks scary though he was moving a bit

If not for a few borderline calls it’d be a pretty tight slug fest. Both defenses playing pretty well (though obviously the vikes better with the turnovers)

So how many of moresteds ribs are broken?

Weak call but that’s why you take shots

Can you imagine jags v Minnesota in Minnesota? What a marketing dream lol

We are past “it’s a long road” and into “all it takes is a lucky bounce” territory. It’s any given week from here, even if they aren’t the favorite they have a chance

Several boneheaded plays brown getting out would’ve been a big difference at the end. The extra 5 yards were worthless

Dareus in coverage!

Still like the onside kick. Terrible kick though. Goes 10 yards and you get an extra shot at a possession and the 10 yards Jax would have needed to kick a fg loses the game on a deep kick anyway.

Also a first there ends it, while saving the timeouts buys a liiiiitle bit of flexibility in exchange for just a couple seconds

A chance to win is well worth it. I might even go for the 1st. not punting when a touchback nets 7 yards

Be an interesting call - does marrone kick it for the win or pin them deep? Gotta kick the fg in my book.

No, at best they get it near midfield after a missed fg.

Well, now they don’t need the first for a fg so ignore my common sense comment from earlier.

Onsides here for me: don’t care if 15 yards gives them a field goal of a first down wins it anyway

That was clumsy as anything

Terrible spot to burn a timeout

Didn’t catch it. He’s in uniform on both Twitter and Facebook when I just looked. id give a good bit for him though. He’s not meeting his full potential but he’s still very good

1) I’m fine with pushing hard within the rules. I’m not big on cheating. I also probably come across as being on that side for some of the similar reasons you replied to this thread the way you did. I think we have folks here that get so overzealous trying to point everything out that it gets to be a “c’mon man” on some of it. 2) I think it’d be fine to fire him if he pulled out the n word verifiably. I don’t think he’d need to be permanently banished from civilization though. Heck, he’s got quite the history and I’m not trying it there protesting his current employment. Shades of gray and judgment calls and such... Weird to have that in a discussion these days, I know. Racism, wrong (easy red line for me), how to address it varies widely by situation though and no singular answer. I’m down for supporting a baseline of “hey dude, that’s not cool” instead of celebrating it, and making it uncomfortable as a blanket starting point and escalating from there if it’s extreme or impactful. It’s disappointing to me that’s controversial

There are a few things that I think are effecting my take here— 1) I’ve never been big on the sports are battle and anything goes on the battlefield. It’s a game for most, and a job for a few. I know that ruins some of the mystique of it— but such is life in my world view. Work hard, play hard- be a man you can be proud of... I wouldn’t feel particularly good about being a guy that needed to use racial slurs to win, and I’m not so sure it helps as much as some think. 2) while I think racism should be condemned, I don’t think an off comment should ruin your entire life, forever and ever. We should be able to say a comment is racist without it being a life sentence. If someone is consistently and intentionally acting out that’s different than a one off lost in the moment comment It obviously gets blurry and organizations and consumers will make their own choices. Much like the debate between celebrating big hits vs not liking the consequences — the nfl has to figure out the balance between competitive banter and what constitutes crossing the line. Words way less scary than head shots though.

Itll all be a matter of qb-oc pairing and success.

They have a for real defense and run game and an inconsistent qb. Makes it hard to go all the way but easy to win any given week. Hard to cone back two scores against a team built like them

I get it and on some days am exhausted by the discussion too. Some times people get incredibly aggressive in their quest to condemn and ruin people It’s just this is one of those spots where it’s also disheartening to see so many people seemingly defend the idea of calling a guy a racial slur cause maybe it helps us win or is just the way it is. If he did it - it’s a crappy thing to do. It’s not the end of the world but its not ok either.