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I think 36yo Bruce Irvin who is barely clinging to an NFL career showing up and immediately being a difference-maker speaks more to how inept the pieces around Hutchinson are. I don't think Irvin is anything special. I'm sure Young would have done well here too, but it's hard to get worse.

I think Irvin's success speaks more to how terrible Harris and the Okwaras have been more than it does to how Young would have done here.

With how bad our defense is likely to be for the next five games, we may catch teams by surprise if we return McNeill, Houston, and CJGJ all at once.

IR but not season ending, which is good.

That's when it's 5x1 for Hutch and he has a free shot. He'll trip over his own feet once and then whiff once before getting to the QB just after he releases the ball.

This d-line is screwed. Just put all five offensive linemen on Hutch and watch Harris still take seven seconds to get to the QB.

Hadn't seen this discussed yet, but it's pretty egregious. The NFL should revoke the dude's sideline credentials for at least the rest of the season, and probably issue a hefty fine on the Eagles as well. Absolutely no reason for him to be down there, and literally starting stuff with players on the other team? Succeeded too in getting an opposing player ejected. NFL needs to come down extremely hard on this.

It felt like he blitzed more than I ever remember when Winston entered the game. And it worked.

I think Rodgers will want Saleh (and Hackett), which will lead Saleh (and Hackett) to stay, until next year, when they're not very good even with Rodgers, and the Jets will clear house, yet again.

I think Boyle was Rodgers' doing too. Wanted his own personal clipboard holder from his Packers' days. Didn't consider the possibility of the clipboard holder needing to enter the game.

The Jets were too busy signing Rodgers' friends like Allen Lazard for $11MM (20 receptions for 290 yards) and Randall Cobb for $3MM (3 receptions for 20 yards) to think about signing a competent backup like Teddy Bridgewater for $3MM.

I tend to agree with Ramage that it has to be Goff.... Sutton would be my dark horse though.

When I look at the defense, I don't think they're that far away from being very good, regardless of questions about Glenn and scheme. On the line, Hutchinson, McNeill, Paschal, and Houston will likely be here and honestly make up a pretty good core. Martin too I guess. Cut weight with pretty much everybody else. We don't need Levi, the Okwaras, and Charles Harris wasting roster spots. Pick up an edge who can win a one-on-one battle in both free agency and the draft. The linebackers are largely set and should only improve as Campbell develops. In the secondary, Sutton, Branch, Walker, and Joseph will likely be here. Re-sign CJGJ to another one-year deal if he wants it and pick up a CB2 with two ACLs in free agency. With just that, two free agents and one draft pick, I think the defense is somewhere in the good to great range, instead of watching Hutch get double teamed and a mediocre QB getting all day to find whoever Jerry Jacobs is supposed to be covering.

Saleh's seat should be warm. The way that franchise is run right now though, it will probably just depend on what Aaron Rodgers wants to have happen.

The tiebreaker with Green Bay isn’t as clear cut. Obviously we tied with them in-season so the second tiebreaker is record in-division. Wins over Chicago and Minnesota would put us at 4-1 before week 18, they sit at 2-2 right now. If they won out, we would need to win both games against Minnesota to not force the third tiebreaker, which is common games.

CJ Beathard vs. Jake Browning is going to OT tied at 31, just as everyone predicted.

Lawrence was just helped to the locker room with what looks like a potentially serious injury. He slammed his hands down on the ground and threw his helmet before trainers got to him.

Back and forth game on MNF.

I really doubt they win out. They're playing well, but the NFL is hard and they are very young. I don't think they're even that particularly good talent-wise, I think they are just very well coached and execute exceptionally well. I would suspect they go 3-2 or 4-1 in their remaining games. Which should probably be good enough for a wildcard spot. Not a team I would love to see in January, though we've beat them in January before.

I don’t think we will catch the Eagles and I don’t think hosting a playoff game against SF is more significant than being healthy for the playoffs. I’d like to clinch this thing by Christmas and have a couple weeks to get healthy.

That argument completely misses the point too. Oddsmakers are not prognosticating team talent, the games themselves are! Vegas sets lines to make money, not to predict outcomes... And if we are going to go that route, I guess we better take Washington out and put Oregon in, considering Oregon was supposed to beat Washington, per Vegas. Take Alabama out too and put Georgia in, they weren't supposed to win that game either, per Vegas.

I actually didn't realize the Giants are riding a two-game winning streak into Monday Night Football against the Packers. Granted it's against the Commanders and Patriots, but still.

The Lions would eliminate the Bears from NFC North contention with a win on Sunday. To clinch the division next Saturday Night against the Broncos, the Lions would need probably too much help to fairly expect: (1) Lions beat Bears, (2) Giants beat Packers, and either (3a) Raiders beat Vikings, or (3b) Bengals beat Vikings. If all three occur, the Lions clinch the North with a win against Denver. It's not impossible, but more likely is probably the following week on Christmas Eve in Minneapolis.

Didn’t we just think Minnesota was going to win out last week? Before they lost 12-10 to Chicago?

I’m still so angry for Florida State. They deserved better. I feel like it was predetermined too. If Alabama had lost to Auburn in the Iron Bowl and then beat Georgia, I bet Georgia would be #4. They weren’t leaving the SEC out, whether for TV money, general bias, or whatever you want to call it. It didn’t matter how well Florida State did this year. The B1G can get left out in 2018 and 2019, the PAC-12 can get left out in 2016 and 2018-2023, the ACC can get left out in 2022 and 2023, and the Big 12 can get left out in 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022…. But GOD FORBID the chicken comes home to roost with the SEC. It’s shameful and yet another reason to get rid of everything to do with the current format.