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Dumb route there... NE can still drive down and win, and the refs will have at least one DPI temptation

What a catch!

If I was a WR I would lay there a few seconds after every hit. Worth a shot

Oh good Lord with this flag

Gutless punt if that happens I thought the scrawny kid head coaches were all about aggressive calls and analytics?! Edit: he made the right call kicking the FG!

Minchew looks so panicked

McKenzie pumped up by John Denver!

The drive that saved Bill Belichick

Owner of a lonely heart! Nice music choice at least

There's almost no point in making a big hit in today's game

The usage of players is a major issue here too. For whatever reason, McDermott has certain guys who are nailed to the bench and are never going to get a real chance to do something. Elam is the most recent example, along with guys like Harty and Sherfield, who Beane signed as weapons and just aren't used. Last year it was Hines who they traded for and refused to do anything with. Cook was barely part of the offense last year as well.

I'm actually hoping Rodgers comes back and does well this season just for the story it would be. I like the guy since he turned heel, as long as it doesn't cost us. If we can't beat out the Jets with or without Rodgers then that's on us.

Hey, it's just a theory and worth what you paid for it! I think my OP got more different types of reactions than I've ever seen. That wasn't my goal, though. I think my theory accounts for a lot of what we've seen over the past couple of years. It is, as you say, simply conjecture though.

Oh, I'm not saying it's smart or that I agree with it. But IMO it's 100% because Rodgers backs Zach and is giving the strong impression that he'll be back soon. Those in charge (maybe the owner or GM) are making sure this happens unless it becomes untenable. Rodgers has gone out of his way to defend Zach on his weekly MacAfee appearances. The team is doing everything it can to please Aaron. pretty much how it is I think! Wilson has idolized Rodgers since he was a kid.

Watch this clip about how out of control that locker room meeting became right before he got fired and then tell me you want that fool here

he seems to be a miserable, unlikeable person. No thank you.

I was reading an article that quoted a surgeon who works on these types of injuries and his take was that it would be quick but not impossible, and the risk would not really be hurting the Achilles again but hurting something else in the knee, ankle or leg trying to compensate for it. Apparently there was a Russian gymnast who competed in the Olympics just 3 months after tearing his achilles, and of course a gymnast is landing on it, exploding off of it, putting a ton more force on it than a QB.

I'm amazed at how Gabe suddenly has incredible days like the 13 seconds game, where he was literally unguardable and scored like 11 times (it seemed).

That's what I'm saying. Aaron wants Zach in there and is pushing hard for him to stay in. The Jets were the team that wanted to give Aaron whatever it took for him to be happy.

It wouldn't really, because it's the coach's decision, but there would be no locker room divide the way there might otherwise be. That's the reason Zach is not getting benched, and why the Jets never made any real move at QB when Rodgers went down. Aaron is coming back this season and it's Zach's job to hold down the fort and be a good soldier and step aside when/if the time comes.

reason: Rodgers loves Zach and Rodgers is Zach's idol. No matter what, if/when Rodgers is ready to come back Zach would 100% step aside without any hard feelings because he's one of Aaron's biggest fans. Even if the Jets were 10-3 under Wilson that's his hero and he would look at it as having done his part to keep the team alive for Rodgers return.

National guys always have the scoops on what is going on with the Bills. Never the local guys.

I listened to Cowherd on a long drive yesterday talk about how McDermott is Chuck Knox. Cleans up messes, wins a lot of games, but then hits a ceiling. His point is McDermott has hit his ceiling and now the team is going backwards. He also compared him to the "organizer" in your family who is great with details, can plan everything out and get everyone on the right page. None of that means he's a bad coach or anything, but that he's not as good as many think he is. He's not on the level of the top coaches that the Bills are going to face in the biggest games. He called him rigid and stuck in his ways because his ways have gotten him this far. Like Marty Shottenheimer. He was pretty spot on, I think.

Not a fan of the idea given his sign stealing scandal.