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I think a lot of the scoring being down has to do with offensive players being so expensive. If you've got a QB and a WR and maybe one other player like a star OL or TE that's all you can afford and you've got to fill in around those guys with rookies or journeymen. Makes defending that team easier. Can't wait for the Dolphins to have to pay Tua but it seems like his contract is always 2 years away somehow. Bengals are also about to go through this at WR.

If New Orleans can field a football team then the cap is just accounting and book keeping, because they're like 75 million over every year

very, like close to 100% We're going all the way, and we will play the Lions and win by 20 points.

it's weird, because all the stuff you read says achilles is a career killer, but these sports surgeons say that it's no longer that and in fact is pretty straightforward, just long/difficult but good results can be expected Of course, they're the ones doing the surgeries, so...

ALSO, consider Super Bowl #4: the Bills Cowboys rematch. It's Bills 13, Dallas 6 at halftime. Bills get the ball coming out of the half. If you watch the 4 falls documentary, Troy Aikman had such a bad concussion that Dallas was worried they wouldn't be able to pass much in the 2nd half. The Bills were dominating the game, but the score didn't show it. Some guys on Dallas were already thinking "well, looks like those guys (the Bills) are finally going to get one" We start moving the ball after halftime. Then, Thurman fumbles and it's returned for a TD. 13-13. The team just deflated. Imagine (speaking of variance) Thurman doesn't fumble and we drive down and make it 20-6 in the middle of the 3rd quarter. Now you've got a guy seeing stars out there trying to throw the ball. Back in those days 20-6 pretty much meant game over, but especially if Aikman had that type of injury. 14 points would have been the greatest SB comeback of all time. In short, the Bills would have won the game, finally got a SB, and the entire legacy of that team is different.

as fun as this is, the truth is that if the league was fixed the Bills would have won a Super Bowl

If somehow Flacco and the Browns win then he's one of the few QBs with Super Bowl rings from 2 different teams. I think it would just be Manning, Brady, and Flacco?

who is injured and when matters too. The 49ers couldn't throw a forward pass for almost all of the NFC Championship game. If Brock Purdy gets grabbed a few inches lower on the arm, more toward the elbow, his UCL probably doesn't get hurt. Or if the DL was a few inches higher up and missed his hand entirely, his elbow doesn't get impacted. The whole game goes differently. Or if the injury happens in the 4th quarter when the 49ers are leading by 10 (just an example) maybe they get the plane landed and win. But it happened the first drive, which allowed enough time for the backup to ALSO get hurt.

I get that, but him pointing out that Tre is there rehabbing was a good sign, IMO. The stuff about Achilles healing is not from Rodgers but all the sports medicine guys who have been weighing in on the whole thing all season. Basically that it's a straight forward repair and recovery but needs the proper time. Tre should be good to go. It was said by many of them that an Achilles is a more straightforward recovery than an ACL, for example, with less chance of any long term impairment of ability.

These guys are human, and although they are pros and are supposed to have their best day every day, it must be natural for a team that has been good for a while to just want the playoffs to begin. I mean, fans feel it sometimes, like the season is just preseason, especially if you are still trying to get over the playoff hump. You've got this nasty taste in your mouth from last year's playoffs but you can't do anything about it until mid January. We beat KC in KC in the regular season 3 times in a row! But not when it really mattered (this is what I mean).

Tre White is going to be back, and will be good. According to Rodgers, Tre was at the Achilles factory with him and Dobbins, rehabbing away like crazy. Also, from what I've seen/read, Achilles recovery is now a pretty sure thing, like a broken bone, but just takes a long time. Tre should be good to go, especially since he didn't rush anything and stretch it out prematurely. If you let it heal the right way it has a high success rate. Better than a knee because it's straightforward.

Huntley should have led Baltimore to a playoff upset win at the Bengals last year, if not for a fumble at the 2 yard line that was returned for a TD. He's going to come to play. The players out there are going to want to win.

THANK YOU! This makes such a difference in football, and creates narratives about guys and legacies. In your 10 possessions, you get 1. 1 drop on 3rd down when the ball is perfectly placed. Ends the drive. 2. 1 ball that hits a WR right in the chest, bounces up in the air, and simply by luck and chance a defender is a) there to catch it and b) actually does catch it 3. A holding call that wipes out a 1st down run and makes it 3rd and 20 instead of 1st and 10 4. a muffed punt that gives the other team the ball in the red zone Those 4 things could = a loss and every one of them is out of the QBs control. It's why almost every big comeback in the NFL is aided by the other team turning the ball over. Without that there's just not enough time/possessions to come back from 17+ points.

Steelers are such a weird team. They look like they don't have an NFL offense then all of a sudden go into Seattle against a good team and seemingly score at will

Dolphins will go all out, as they should. #2 seed is huge.

Aaron Rodgers (jokingly?) mentioned on MCAfee that if you look at the color schemes of the last 3 Super Bowls the Super Bowl logo colors match the colors of the teams that play in the game. This year's are purple and red (Ravens/49ers?). Of course, it's not exact, and you have to stretch a bit but hey! I know he was being sarcastic about people who say the NFL is scripted and said SB 59 better be Jet green and something else.

PAY THE MAN! The only dilemma should be whether Miami can fit all $250 million into one Brinks truck or if they'll need two. It's not whether he deserves it. WE deserve it! Miami is a Pro Bowl roster because the QB plays for peanuts. Let's see them have to work with rookies and spare parts on offense like the other teams who have paid QBs.

He's doing a good job with defense. I just hope he allows Beane to stock the offense with playmakers this off-season. Overall he's above average. There are a lot of bad coaches in the NFL.

Tepper is probably coming to the conclusion that they not only drafted the wrong QB but also gave up a boatload of draft picks to do it.

I'll attend but I'm not going to be in the wedding party

This merger makes sense. 2 competing spring leagues when none have been able to stick was bad business

The silver lining with having to play Bernard and trade for Douglas is that next year we'll have Bernard, Milano, White and Douglas, plus Benford One thing is for sure... We're going to need points on offense. Even if you hold Miami down they're one moonball to Hill from 7 points on any play

Did Harbaugh finally actually coach a game? Seems like he's suspended for every game

NE is just going to kill the clock. Turnovers are the only way we're going to score

Honestly our best chance to score here is a turnover