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The way Swift is gaining yards on Minnesota’s defense, Monty and Gibbs should be salivating. Long way to wait though.

FOX. Paying for games is only a TNF thing for now.

Hey. Me and the 18 others present two years ago are deeply offended.

Wasn’t it Swift who dropped a pass in his rookie debut here and likely cost us a game against the Bears?

I could see MSU administration prioritizing stability and safety over a sure winner in their next pick. Barnett and Chris Creighton are the two that come to mind. Not flashy, not likely to take them to the CFP, but also not likely to embarrass the school or program. edit for clarity - I don’t think either would be a bad hire or “less than”. I actually think Creighton is an extremely underrated coach for what he’s done in Ypsilanti.

Minnesota’s first-place schedule is not enviable. They’ve got Philly, LAC, KC, SF, and Cincinnati on the schedule, in addition to their divisional games. They really couldn’t afford to lose to Tampa last week. That said, I don’t think they’re going to take going 7-10 lying down. They’ll be a tough team as long as Kirk can throw the ball in the vicinity of Justin Jefferson and know that he’ll probably come down with it.

Kind of feels like the team is feeding off that energy, so I’m cool with it lol

Been waiting on calls of the game all week, glad to see it’s in the works.

Yup. "Quiet! Offense at work!" would be better written as "Shut the f up you idiots!!"

How did Moseley add an injury in week one without playing??

Muscle boy’s got the jokes this week.

The Jets would only want Bridgewater because they didn’t sign Bridgewater. We did. Don’t be like the Jets.

We just need to educate the crowd though. It always drives me crazy when somebody would start a "Let's Go Lions" chant when we are on offense and the offensive players would have to quiet the crowd. It's not that hard - NOISE on defense, QUIET on offense.

I read today as well that even if the Jets find a potential trade partner for a veteran (or someone like Kyler Murray), their 1st and 2nd round picks next year cannot be traded, because the option doesn’t vest until the end of the season. They would have to re-negotiate the trade with Green Bay first, which wouldn’t come for free.

Still better than this. Hutch will have a field day if they actually start him.

I didn't realize Decker played every snap last year and has gone 1,212 snaps in a row. He may push to go if he can.

He played nearly three quarters on that ankle, which is damn impressive. If he misses a few weeks, wonder if they slide Penei to the left and have Nelson play RT. Nelson did not impress in the preseason, but I'm sure he will do better next to Vaitai and Ragnow as compared to players not on the team anymore.

NFLVerse puts 4th & 1 success rates at 65% from 2013-2022. With Zach Wilson as your QB though in a 13-13 defensive battle late in the 4th, I'm not going to chance it for what likely amounts to an extra minute of time off the clock. It worked out, so kudos to him for that. But this isn't the first time he's made what I would characterize as very questionable decisions related to clock management.

I would rather give him an extra minute down 3 than an extra minute with the score tied.

I don't agree, and I'm a guy who usually gives the benefit of the doubt to the head coach in all timing situations. You get gift wrapped the ball at the Buffalo 27. After three plays you are facing 4th & 1 from the Buffalo 18 with 2:50 remaining in a 13-13 game where your defense has pitched a shut out in the second half and you have Zach freaking Wilson as your QB. Never mind Josh Allen having forgotten how to pass the ball. Kick the damn field goal and go up 3, let your defense win the game. Instead, he went for it on a QB sneak (which with Wilson easily could have failed), ultimately gained four more yards, bled only 1:02 off the clock, and still kicked the field goal... Which still allowed Buffalo to go kick a field goal to send it to OT. If you are up in the game (like the Lions were against the Chiefs), it's a completely different story. If you don't get it, you're still up, and your defense can still win the game. Go for the throat and don't give them the ball back. To be clear, I think he was too aggressive, not too conservative. And I'm not sure where you get the idea of throwing it from, I definitely wouldn't do that (because I wouldn't go for it on 4th down).

Never mind the season, this might be the end of his career. If it's a full rupture, at his age, even an aggressive rehab timeline probably doesn't guarantee him being 100% by 2024 training camp.... I don't know if that's worth it for him at this point. So does he go into Canton as a Packer or as a Jet? Too soon?

LOL Bills.