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It’s FAR more leftists celebrating, but there is a segment of populist MAGA that does as well. This guy wasn’t a liberal, which makes it all the more messy to put this into a political box.. Luigi was culturally trad (right leaning podcast bro views) and anti-large corporation, specifically the healthcare insurance industry for some valid, but mostly misguided/uneducated reasons. Hes an interesting person, but no hero. Hes a coward that took a father from his two kids because of his own ignorance. And anyone who celebrates that is likely a deeply miserable person who hates those that have actually done something with their lives. I tend to lean populist right, but the irony of so many populists celebrating the wealthy trust fund guy that killed a man who built himself up from the middle class.. Truth is, those people never want anyone to succeed. They want the system destroyed so we are all equal in misery.

And now Pete is going to get confirmed.

Smoot, if we can get him ramped up for the playoffs, is a sneaky addition. He was starting opposite Rousseau and playing pretty well before getting hurt. This allowed Epenesa and Von to be the rotational guys. I’ll take any help we can get on this consistently frustrating DL we have year in/year out.

Biggest worry is another performance like that in the playoffs. Pretty sure we’re all concerned with the side of the ball that constantly lets us down when it matters and is led by a front running DL who rarely meet the moment. That said.. there are no offenses like the Rams or Lions in the AFC Playoffs (outside CIN who are sitting at 1% chance to make it)

Yea, so scratch that. Pretty wild that it ended up being the wealthy kid from old money that killed a man who built himself up from modest means. Exaulted as an anti-cap hero by the left, only to be a populist tech bro with right wing trad-cultural views.

Sounds like maybe he had a back condition that made having sex not possible? Did insurance deny corrective surgery for that? Not excusing his actions at all as what he did is pure evil, but I guess I could see how an otherwise healthy, good looking young guy turns to anger & psychadelics, then goes crazy, if he’s a literal incel due to his back issues.

College Football runs everything. I'm a Syracuse guy and if our football program becomes a perennial Top 25 program, while the basketball program is run into the ground by Autry, fine... Focusing on basketball for anyone other than UNC will leave them behind if realignment ever happens again. UNC has brand and location that makes them coveted no matter what, but for everyone else, the risk is being Kansas if the P4 falls.

This is a big time moment for not just UNC, but the ACC. SEC and B1G are running away with CFB and the ACC needs more than two traditional powers in Clemson & FSU, plus the allure of Miami and some teams that pop up from time to time in Syracuse, Pitt, NC State etc..

This wasn’t a rock back or lean.. it was a flinch. They call flinches.

McVay absolutely knew the deal. If we weren’t coached by people who spaz in big moments, we’d be down 2, kicking off with 50-60 seconds lefts, with 3 TO’s. Rams get the ball at the 30 and probably run twice, maybe one of them is some type of misdirection with Puka or a variation off that. And then if it’s 3rd down and 3, he’s letting Stafford throw for the win. 100% this is how it plays out. If we stop them, we get the ball back with about 40 seconds and 1 timeout left and it’s up to Bass to win the game because Allen and our Offense are absolutely getting into FG range.

It was an inexcusable miss in a big moment. We are allowed to discuss that. We lost because our Defense was TRASH and our Head Coach turned into a Muppet again… nobody thinks we lost for other reasons.

I mean, yea, this is true. But we go back to being the only team to beat KC so far… You have to beat them, because if you leave it up to fate, it seems to go their way. This is the NFL. Nobody is perfect and a lot of games come down to one possession. When that’s the case, refs have outsized influence and it’s bad enough that so many games are determined by in-play egregious calls made or missed.. you can’t have them missing pre-snap penalties on a 4th and 5 with the game on the line. I KNOW a Chiefs fan isn’t in here talking about false starts….

Those are the types of plays you just have to accept will happen with NFL officiating. They inexplicably picked up a DPI on Cooper, which clearly was the difference between him catching it or not as it grazed off his finger tips. They can’t miss egregious false starts in big moments. Nothing is happening. That is one of the few things they are looking for pre-snap.

Refs will miss things, but that’s inexcusable. Everyone saw it. The announcers saw it. Von pointed it out (which then rendered him useless on the play). And most importantly, the ref obviously saw it.

Not just that, but we’re seeing Cooper, Shakir and Hollins really develop with Allen into their roles as a truly legit 3-wide — especially when you factor in how multiple they can be with the run game / screen game, given Hollins blocking ability. I do think they need to be smart about how they re-deploy Kincaid and Coleman, because Allen looks to have serious synergy with these 3 + Knox and the usage of a 6OL. Coleman, I think is a bit easier to integrate, given he can be used as a big body contested catch guy and was showing WR2 ability before he got hurt. Kincaid and Allen have been off all season, so hopefully they can get on track, because if they can.. good luck to any defense.

I see people say this, but most weeks he’s one of our highest rated defensive line guys. Not a high barrier given our DT’s have been giving us nothing and Epenesa shows up every 2-3 games, but still..

Tough schedule & outside of Hendrickson, their defense is terrible and while Burrow is elite and Chase is a monster, Higgins missed some time and their OL allows Burrow to get beat up week in/week out… …which, of course, means if they sneak into the playoffs and we have to play them, our DL will somehow not lay a finger on him. This is also their “all in” year, because their owner struggles with cash liquidity and moving forward exactly zero of their big time players (outside Burrow) would ever take any type of even minor discount to stay there.

Broncos could definitely slip out of the 7 seed given their remaining schedule comparative to CIN, especially since one of their remaining games is against the Bengals.

At least Dallas put that way to lose on film before Kansas City’s next opponent can do it.

My favorite part of today.. if any of these guys have any self respect, they heard the media (correctly) blaming them and McDermott for holding Allen back. It’s as if a national media dam broke today and everyone, all at once, realized how all time great he is, resulting in the display of utter disdain for our big game defense and coaching.

I doubt they play it the same way, up 2 at their 30, us with 3 TO’s … they would’ve tried to end it with Stafford. Regardless, we’ll never know. And to the other comments in this thread, if you watch the replay Josh clearly makes an annoyed remark about a timeout walking towards the huddle.

Hence the biggest non-coaching difference between the Bills and Chiefs being Chris Jones. We don’t have that one guy that can just end a drive. And sometimes that’s all you need in these games… See, Dawkins getting walked into Allen as Shakir broke open in the end zone, pass incomplete, missed FG, game.

Populist right wing tech bro about to Tedpill an entire generation of 4B liberal feminists that swore off men after this past election..

Great post. It was shocking to see how bad our healthy defense was yesterday. We almost got to a point where I had pushed the idea of this happening out of my head as long as we stayed healthy. Even if we snuck out with a win, I’d be happy and glad we’re still in striking distance for the 1 seed, but I can’t unsee what I saw. In some ways, getting the Lions immediately is a blessing as it gives us a chance to put this game behind us, prove we can slow down a great offense and keep the pressure on KC to win at least 2 of 3 against playoff teams. If we can’t slow them down, well at least we know what we’re dealing with in the playoffs and the offensive gameplanning should be done accordingly. I don’t think there is an offense remotely close to Rams/Lions in the AFC (aside from the Bengals), but every QB we face is going to be someone who has shown he can go off any given game this season.