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There is actually a pretty easy and proven way to slow him down. You get a defensive end to line up wide and jam him hard at the line— don’t let him free release. A few teams have done this with him (saints come to mind) and it was shown to be very effective. I don’t know know why more teams don’t do this— I am assuming there is a significant downside (maybe taking away one of your pass rushers basically).

The Durant reference is spot on. A bball player with a really bad “calf strain”— just asking for that Achilles tear.

Weirdly enough, not the Chiefs. They should be scared of us. We have a defense that can stop them, and they don’t have one that can stop us. I am mostly worried about the Colts— still having JT nightmares from last year.

case in point…

agree totally. I was telling my buddy this same thing. Go for the punch, if you want. You miss the ball at all, and it is a 15-yard unsportsmanlike. That’s the risk you take.

we had the same mentality. I actually remember having a dream prior to that game of peerless price catching a long TD to make the score 70-7. I ended up having that exact same recurring dream many times for several years— every time it was Price against the Titans to make it 70-7. Of course, it never came true….

Thanks for posting. This game was everything for me. Coming off the MCM, I hated that titans team and Jeff Fisher— we absolutely had to win this one. It is a game I still remember vividly.

Ancillary point— when the snap was bad, the holder needed to just fall on the ball. That is the whole point of kicking on 3rd down in that situation.

So much for thinking I got a fantasy steal with Dak in the 9th round. He has 1 fantasy point.

All college football fans. Very little pro interest. If they follow pro teams, it’s like out of state teams. It may also be the fact that most of the people I know live in Austin and Houston.

i would love to actually meet a cowboys fan. I know a bunch of people who live in Texas, and yet know not a single cowboys fan. Oh, but they are still America’s Team?

what bothers me is their total misnomer “America’s team.” They aren’t America’s team and have never been.

Just going to go out on a limb here and say that the Vikings will never get to a SB with Cousins as their QB.

it was weird— I gave a spontaneous cheer for the cowboys on that third down stop. I think it is my inner anti-Brady bias. But after cheering for the cowboys, I might have to take a shower.

i noticed that subtle save there too.

was going to ask the same. His box score looked like a career day for him.

Did you all see these TD’s? I saw the second one, and the colts just let Howard free release and mozy down totally uncovered to the end zone.

I am with you. Over the years, my view of Vrabel has really changed. He isn’t a meathead. His teams have an identity and play solid football. They are prone to these bad losses to bad teams, but they are going to play all the good teams hard. We are going to have to play fundamentally sound— no turnovers or ST gaffes, solid running game, limit their big plays, and execute well.

except they always seem to show up and win against good teams. Very weird team.

there used to be one many years ago. Not sure it still exists.

there was a recent study that opined that 40% of people with Covid were totally asymptomatic.

Agreed. I am really looking forward to seeing this bengals team. Again, maybe it is sour grapes from last year, but I just have this gut feeling that they will regress even with the new oline.

Agreed. Any defense that can pressure with 4 is always going to be tough. The Steelers are like that. the ravens will be tough because they blitz a lot but have the corners to play really physical and tight man coverage. I do think all these high shell defenses will soon fade back into oblivion. There is no way they can stop the potent offenses of today so long as the QB is patient.

I actually think the road team is going to win most of these games today. I also am looking for a major regression from the bengals and the Steelers being a sneaky winner today.

i am the same in terms of numerous close contacts, and not testing positive for a long time. I had my kids—who were positive— breathing into my face and sharing food with me. My wife had it too. My co-workers too. Yet still negative! It was sort of a bit of a relief when I got my first totally unambiguous positive test in early July with symptoms. I was like, “okay, finally I know for sure i have had it!”