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Here's an amazing Mock draft I did in case anyone wants a diversion for the potential of Brady in the SB:

Look how badly the corner plays this: He's not even beat, he just jumps a full 2 seconds early...

It's a little close on this look (though you can still see him touch him right as the ball gets there) But they showed another angle (from the endzone) and there's no doubt at all. He was touched with two hands as he caught the ball and went down.

Did you just see the close up on the exit replay before commercial? He was clearly touched...

I mean.. Alternatively you could wait until the ball actually gets there to jump and try to knock it down...

I missed it too - what was it?

Huh.... that seems strange that it’s never happened before. I guess the issue is 13-3 teams always get bye’s and only have 3 postseason games? We would be the only team ever to do it, cause of 17 games next week.

Clearly not a hugely meaningful thing: but a win today would propel us to the SB after beating all 4 participants of the last two SB’s.

There’s a real part of me that wouldn’t be shocked if we rolled them.

Yeah... the chiefs playing such close games for two months isn’t a problem until it is, but they’re not the juggernaut that everyone says they are.

When you count playoff games, We’ve played 7 playoff teams, you’ve played 5. We had an overall SOS at .512, yours was .465. Context does help. If you look at the whole season, our PD is +15 yours with a harder schedule. I don’t think it means a whole heck of a lot, but it is what it is.

Much easier than bare hands. That’s just messy.

I would kill a man with my bear hands for Kyle Brandt.

Colts, Broncos, 49ers, and Bears all make sense as teams who are a QB away from competing. Doubt they flip him in division, probably not in conference either. Colts and Broncos make the most sense. Pats don't make a ton of sense- they have so many holes.

@Zerovoltz - curious what your thoughts are regarding Allen’s injury in the first matchup? I haven’t seen that talked about at all among the media - but his “slump” between the raiders game and the Seahawks game directly coincided with his opposite shoulder injury. Matt Hasslebeck said before the Seahawks game that he had that injury and even though it’s not the throwing arm, it affects everything about your game. Especially accuracy. He also said that that (before SEA) was about how long it took him to get right. Josh blew up in the Seahawks game and has been great since. is that on your radar at all?

flexibility in interview process confirmed as racism.

Pretty much any Bay but the Bay of Pigs.

Yep. Even when he’s positive about us, he still has a horribly punchable face and persona....

Fine by me as long as I never have to hear him sing about our QB again... that was horrible.

I can’t name any coach whose ever gone from player to HC with nothing in between and I agree it seems risky. But on the other hand, I can name 5000 failed HC’s who worked their way up through the system and had the perfect resume. It’s all a matter of perspective. As for Desauns desire for EB- They can’t hire someone just for the sake of what the QB wants. He’s either right or he’s not. Dont get me wrong- I’m not defending the Texans decision making process. They’re seemingly led by idiots. I just hate the narrative that the only reason EB is getting passed over time and again is cause of his melanin count.

The fact that you have to emphasize the race of either candidate is a fatal flaw. Hire the best person for the job. It’s not hard. If that’s EB, so be it. But don’t assume it isn’t Josh McCown because he doesn’t have coaching experience. Again- there is no “minimum qualifications” section on a nfl HC job posting. This isn’t Indeed or Monster.

Just had a random guy at the pizza joint I was getting takeout at say he’s pulling for the Bills. have had many such encounters here in Louisville.

i dont think it’s one thing, honestly. It rarely is with stuff like this... it may be a combination of his not calling plays/designing the offense. It may be the off field issues. It may be that he interviews poorly. It may be that the hype around his isn’t equal to his value as a candidate. It may also be something entirely different.... But the narrative is now that it’s racism. EB doesn’t have a head coaching job because owners are racist. It can’t possibly be his fault at all. It’s because of racism.

Again- under the overwatch of a hall of fame offensive genius. It’s on EB to demonstrate that he is more than a tag-along. So far, multiple teams have decided he isn’t as impressive as the media hype. Including the Jets, who hired a different black guy. The EB love and putting him as the poster child of this issue is stupid because it completely ignores the possibility that EB might just not be as good a candidate as everyone seems to believe. Furthermore, there is no magic recipe for what makes a great HC. It’s assuming unknown information to say McCown is less qualified than EB because there is no list of qualifications for being an NFL HC. Resume’s do not define people and leaders.

You seem to love the “EB is a suffering face of minority coaches who are being screwed” narrative that the media is all over these days- but you should be sure to get the basics right. He doesn’t call plays. That’s done by a little known guy named Andy Reid. You can look him up in canton in a few years.