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The pass rush is just going to be mediocre for the whole playoffs. Our offense will likely have to score 30+ the whole way through for us to have a chance.

Cook is looking like a real player out there. With everything else defenses have to think about us against us, dealing with that speed around the edge is too much.

What a catch!

I don't like being aggressive there. It's Skylar Thompson, just take 3 points.

I don't remember the exact numbers but the Chargers ran something like 25 pass plays to 9 running plays after going up 27-0. To be fair the Bills lost the Vikings game for a similar reason. The whole NFL has gone way overboard with this super aggressive mindset. Coaches no longer trust themselves to play the game the right way, they worry that if they punt one time too many they'll be fired into the sun by the media. People have rightly given credit to Doug Pederson for going for 2 after the penalty, but near the end of the first half he also punted on a 4th and 2 from the Jacksonville 36 while down 27 points. Some coaches would have gone for it there but Pederson didn't panic. They pinned the Chargers deep, got the ball back, and scored on every single ensuing drive after that. I don't want my coach being aggressive OR conservative by nature. Just let the game come to you and make sensible decisions in the moment. That was the difference in this game.

Reminds me of Chuck Pagano. Says all the right things at press conferences, seems like a decent guy, but ultimately his teams play far below their talent level on gameday. I'll be shocked if Sean Payton isn't there next year. Maybe someone in that division will finally push KC.

I've never seen a 2 minute warning that didn't go to commercial. Bizarre.

I was hoping to see the Chargers face the Chiefs, I feel like they have a much better shot in that one than the Jags. But watching the Chargers meltdown is pretty cool too.

The worst part of that challenge is it gave the Jags a much needed timeout to attend to Lawrence's hand.

Without Mike Williams they have no downfield passing game. And they have no YAC receivers. This is the only way their offense can run.

Lawrence is going to throw 5 INT against the Chargers. What a fun totally random stat that I've never seen before.

I'm not so sure of this. The cap is going to start going up dramatically in '24/'25. That's when the league will have recouped their 2021 losses and the new TV deals and gambling money will be kicking in. I think we could easily pay 2 of Edmunds, Poyer, and Oliver, and still overpay for Hopkins without sacrificing much if any of our future. Allen and others can be restructured. I don't want us to become the Rams but we could afford to make one big overpriced move IMO. When you have a QB with the biggest arm in the league you can easily rationalize overpaying for a WR with Hopkins' skill set.

Watching the 49ers game makes me more convinced that we should make this trade whatever it costs. Even when our offense is chugging it comes with a high degree of difficulty. I would love for Allen to have it easy next year.

Even if they don't, why not make the move anyways? True difference makers are hard to come by. Beane has been incredibly patient about using his draft picks and cap space. What's the point of all that patience if you don't cash in every once in a while?

Last year we missed out on Von Miller. This year we missed out on Christian McCaffrey. Both players transformed their respective teams. Just once I think we can afford to overpay for a difference maker. The more I think about it the more I want Beane to make it happen even if the price looks silly.

I have seen Mahomes's tongue an uncomfortable number of times this year now that you mention it.

Purdy does his best Mahomes impression before every throw away

Seattle really conceded an entire drive to a superior opponent in a sudden death elimination. Might be the worst coaching decision I've seen this year.

What is Seattle trying to accomplish on this drive? They don't get the ball first in the 2nd half.

Purdy's limitations are starting to show up. Shanahan can only hide his QB for so long.

I assume you're jumping on the Ravens +9.5? As our resident underdog gambling expert it seems like a no brainer, right?

Yup funny how that works. The Bengals got a top 3 WR because Joe Burrow tore his ACL.

Wow 2 votes for Edmunds. One vote for every year he's been alive.

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