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We might have ourselves a good hockey team.

Actually though. They should rule him out as QB, start him as RB, and see what happens. Couldn’t get any worse.

That’s for TP to define 😉

*unless it works

For Edwin Anderson, Russ Thomas, Chuck Schmidt, Matt Millen, Martin Mayhew, and Bob Quinn it was built something like this

It’s a problem for him if he expects a team to pony that up.

The problem is, he won’t get it. Not until his future Union bargains for it in the CBA. Which probably won’t make it to the final contract, because the vast majority of players would never be good enough or rich enough to demand it.

How does our backup quarterback sustain a knee injury? They don’t even hit him in practice. Wonder how Hooker’s recovery is going.

Lucky for the Saints the Jags suck too

If Reynolds is out I’m expecting the backfield to be Gibbs and Kalif Raymond… I agree that Gibbs can’t be out between the tackles guy too often. If he’s going to the outside and being smart about avoiding too much contact I think his touches can increase a bit from where they were.

Brian Kelly killed a kid.

I guess it was better than watching the garbage that the Chargers and Cowboys were providing on the field.

I hope I'm wrong but it just feels like it has the makings of a let-down game. Coming with everyone on the bandwagon, people saying we are #1 in the Power Rankings... Going on the road to a good Baltimore team with a very good coach.... Banged up, particularly in the running game.... Abnormal weather is expected... Almost reminds me of the week between the Jets and Panthers games last season. We've seen that as good as Dan Campbell coached teams are, they are prone to one or two games where they just come out flat (Eagles and Bengals in 2021, Patriots and Panthers in 2022). That dates back even to his days as an interim head coach in Miami (won games 44-26 and 38-10, lost one 36-7). Again, I hope I'm wrong.

I thought the whole thing was bizarre. Why was ESPN so hyper focused on her to start with? It’s a lose-lose for the Chargers, you’re basically saying “no she wasn’t planted, we just had one rabid fan and that was so out of the norm that it became a story!”

You know it’s bad when they show an enthusiastic fan in your home stadium and are immediately accused by half of social media that she was planted by the NFL.

I thought his route on the ball that got under thrown was even more impressive. There’s stopping on a dime and there is what he did. Dean was running another five yards before he even noticed.

I'm a little worried about our prospects for this game if we are missing both Gibbs and Montgomery. We got nothing going against Tampa on the ground when Monty left. We made it through the second half without him (thanks in part to our defense holding Tampa to 6 points), but I'm not sure how sustainable a one-dimensional offense is for us. As good as he's been, we probably can't reasonably expect Goff to throw the ball 60 times against the Baltimore pass defense. It's supposed to be a windy weekend in Baltimore too, which won't help. Gusts at game time around 25mph. At full strength, these would be ideal game conditions for our offense. Without our running backs though, it complicates things. We will need to get creative in the screen game or reverse game, getting the ball into the hands of ASB and Jamo any way we can. The Lions shouldn't have much issue with Gus Edwards or Justice Hill, but Lamar is the most effective mobile QB in the league. If they can manage to contain him, and make it a mano e mano between Goff and Jackson's arms in the short to intermediate game, I like our chances. You probably won't hold them to six points though like you did Tampa.

I think to come out with a directive that players should attempt to avoid putting their weight on the back of the legs of an offensive player while making a tackle is fine. Punitively though, make it a warning and then a fine, not yet another extremely subjective 15-yard penalty in the game official’s tool belt.

I don’t really understand what their alternative solution is. If a guy gets caught from behind, is the defender supposed to just hold him there in position until someone else can tackle him from the front? He’s still defenseless in that scenario. Jump on top and get carried for a ride? That’s not tackling. Or are they supposed to clip them, and just make the tackle low from behind? That’s likely more dangerous that the hip drop. I’m not surprised that tackles from behind are more injurious than tackles from the front, but I think any further rule change there would require substantial change in the way football is played.

“Sir this is a Wendy’s”

I agree. I think that’s fair.

1, 2, 3, and 4 are the divisional winners; 5, 6, and 7 are wildcards. 1 - bye 7@2 6@3 5@4

I wouldn't say "case closed" on LaPorta, but I do think it's far more likely than not he is a sustainable fixture to the offense than that he busts. It's much more common for a rookie skill position player to look mediocre at the outset and improve as time goes on than for one to look like the next great player at his position and not pan out.

Who needs your first-born anyway?