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Oh yeah, that super scary schedule where they play the... Checks notes....Broncos, Jaguars, Steelers and Rams... ...Hope they don't lay awake trembling in fear....

Here's a crazy thought, we probably want Miami to keep winning games so that week 18 game has some meaning for them. If NE loses to Buffalo and Baltimore Miami is our best hope at stealing the division.

Meh, some people want to deal in absolutes. I like Benford. He's a very good player for us. Criticizing your best players for playing bad when you need them to be your best players is fair game. Benford was very bad to start the season. That's not a hot take.

It's a semantics argument from the league. They need to stop answering "could they go back in?" And start answering "should they go in?" It's a resounding no.

This is part of the problem. The continuing to play a dangerous sport with a concussion is part of the problem. But when you start going down the road of ignoring it you can't really go back and say "maybe he shouldnt play, he has a concussion and we know it".

After he grabbed his helmet after bonking his head off the ground a second time I was hoping they'd take him to the hospital and make sure he wasn't seriously scrambled.

That's sort of the head scratcher for me. Slay just isn't an upgrade for Benford, Tre, or Hairston at this point. They've invested a ton into Ingram who is a better athlete right now and can do a little bit of everything on the back end. For Slay to have a major positive impact at this point in his career and the calendar we'd have to have a lot of things go wrong (injuries) and he'd have to start suddenly playing at a high level this year. Otherwise Ingram is the better roster fit.

Worth noting that I think this has also been Poyers value add. It's remarkable how low the football IQ seems to be in their replacements at safety and LB.

We were at a bar and left at halftime. You're welcome

Honestly, I hope they make it, squeak in and maybe even win a game. I have no interest in them getting the 12th pick in the draft or whatever.

Why, so we can play Jacksonville, KC, and Baltimore like we always do? Lol. I know we play the AFCW next year so the KC thing doesn't matter. But so far all the second place teams are all teams that have been first the last few years.

I am a huge proponent of an honest inventory being absolutely critical in order to make changes, and this is.....not exactly honest. DIons job is to keep the QB clean. He didn't, and that means he shouldn't be talking about anything or anybody else unless he leads with "I didn't hold up my end of the bargain, and it made it more difficult for everybody else". If that is the sentence before the Gabe Davis comment, then that doesn't bother me. But it's not, so I assume he believes he did a good enough job. He was 1/5 of the group that let the best player in the league get the shirt kicked out of him last night.

I don't think he is too soft, but I do think he prefers to be "one of the guys" and that is his style of leadership. That is great and it can/does work for a while. But I think ultimately a 30 year old tier 1A QB in the NFL has to really embrace being "The Guy". If you want a guy like Flacco then you can have Ray Lewis be the last guy out of the tunnel for every home game. When you have a guy like Brady, Brady is the last one out of the tunnel every home game. This is a metaphor not a literal directive, but that is the personality of a tier 1A, 30+ year old starting QB in the NFL. It doesn't mean he fails, but it should be part of his evolution.

Less concerned about the WC, that is all but a lock. I am still holding out hope for the division and the 1 seed. If NE can just drop a game or two. It is crazy how easy their schedule is this year.