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It’s absolutely none of our business, but that article could not have been any more vague. Though I suppose a doctor with those few details could tell the likely issue. Hope he’s alright.

He went down twice during the game against the Vikings. Hope an illness is not related to those on the field injuries, that sounds dangerous.

To defend the officials briefly, you can kind of see why it’s so hard to get this correct. The referee in the frame can’t tell if he’s got the shoulder pad or face mask. The official opposite the one in frame is looking through the defender to see it. No referee is where the camera angle shows it to be obvious. It all is happening obscenely fast. You’re basically asking them to call something they don’t see, that is probably (but maybe not) there based on all the indicators available (the way the head turns, the way Darnold immediately reacts, and the way the defender reacts). And when you go off of cues instead of actually seeing it happen, you can just as easy get a phantom face mask on Aaron Rodgers when none occurred, where he then rips a Hail Mary off a Jim Caldwell defense that is guarding the sidelines.

No doubt. I'd be pissed. But ESPN analytics had the Rams at a 99.9% chance of victory after the declined Illegal Formation penalty on first down. Darnold forcing a throw into double coverage and getting picked was far more likely than them marching down the field. But you never know, especially with Jefferson.

I was watching that thinking about how the Lions never would have given the Vikings that ball back - especially not with 1:50 left - after converting the late 3rd down.

I wouldn't count the Rams out. Unless or until the 49ers turn it on, the NFC West is wide open.

Far worse than the one they called on Aaron Rodgers in 2015. I'm sure Vikings fans will just take it as a given that they would go 80 yards and get a two-point conversion in 90 seconds without a timeout and then win in overtime.

Christian Darris’s limping to the locker room with trainers. Would be a big loss for the Vikings if he’s out for an extended time.

The bold resembled a headline, and you now owe me a heartbeat.

This rule seems more reasonable than the “you can gamble, but not here, here, or here” rule

The idea of replacing Darnold right now just feels like trying to fix something that’s working perfectly well. If they want to get Stafford, they should do it in the offseason, to replace Darnold but as a bridge to McCarthy. I still think they could be the next landing spot for McAfee’s golden boy Aaron Rodgers. Complete the Favre trajectory.

Just finished reading Hillbilly Elegy. What a self-aggrandizing and backstabbing prick JD Vance is. It's like watching someone get all the right numbers despite not having any of the books they're contained within. A miracle. But instead of putting them together into an answer that contains something good for the world, he gets the entirely wrong answer, tells everyone in his community who didn't make it that it's their fault they didn't get those numbers, and then starts kicking at their hands on the fast exiting train towards generational wealth. The unwritten epilogue is a gem too. Where he abandons his communities entirely and decides that being a sycophant, attached forever at the hip to a wannabe dictator, who would sell him down a river - plausibly instruct his millions of cult-like followers to kill him - in an instant if it benefitted him, is a better life than living a less successful life behind the scenes in Middletown, OH or Jackson, KY.

Interesting comments from Campbell in his presser. Said last year (presumably after the suspension), they hung a rope to Jamo and were taking off with or without him. Said he started to climb the rope and joined them, but may have lost his grip a little. Said he has no doubt he’ll start climbing again. Sounded pretty certain they wouldn’t have him on Sunday.

This still hasn’t been made official by the league. Given that Jamo already made a comment on it, there’s clearly something going on, but the delay could mean any number of things. Can’t help but feeling it’ll somehow screw the Lions though. Either delayed so he misses the Packers and Texans instead of Titans and Packers, or a four- or six-game suspension instead of the original two that was reported.

the Titans top three corners to start the year were out in week seven. Jamal Adams has since been cut because he quit on the team, Chidobe Awuzie is on IR and can’t return until next week, and L’Jarius Sneed didn’t practice at all last week. Their linebacking corps is good not great to start with. The run game will be tested because that defensive front is good. But ASB will be a man going up against boys in their secondary.

Feels like an overpay to be honest. Hopkins is 32 and only started three games for the Titans.

It’s also easy to forget that Darnold is younger than Joe Burrow. Only six months older than Hendon Hooker for that matter. The Jets probably took 15 years from his life, but it’s not unfathomable that this isn’t some flash in the pan resurgence that is sure to fade.

Yep. For pre-election interference and disenfranchisement, I worry about Georgia. But that damage is largely done. But actual straight faced **** you election theft? That screams Texas. Abbott will order election workers to stop counting in El Paso County (likely +300k for Harris), claiming without proof that there are tens of thousands of illegals voting there. Thus starts the extended legal battle and grass roots effort to delegitimize the whole thing. On the bright side, if it’s close enough in Texas that they have to cheat, she probably won’t need Texas.

I wonder how much of this is thanks to Dan Campbell’s aggressiveness. All but his first season were under Campbell. Most if not all NFL punters can send a punt 40+ yards. If you’re across midfield though, you don’t want to boom it, for obvious reasons. Which means punts from the opponents’ 40, which are fair caught at the 10, bring down both the net and gross punt distances. Under Campbell though, if you get across midfield and it’s 4th and <5, you ain’t punting. Punting is for the weak. So if you’re a punter under Campbell, the vast majority of your punts are coming from your own territory, where you can let it rip.

The Vikings trading for Stafford would be stupid. They only have a 1st and two 5ths in 2025, and Darnold looks better than Stafford.

What did those nerds ever do to you??

I mean, I'm nothing but a vote in an important state and I did my part. Harris definitely shouldn't sit around though, I agree with you there. I think she's doing the right thing by going into Texas and campaigning. Georgia didn't flip on its own, or overnight. The six battlegrounds are obviously important, but if you flip one Texas, it's effectively game over. You're only four electoral votes away at that point. Pick just one of the six. And candidly, if you flip Texas, you're probably winning all six anyway. From the 5000-foot view where I sit though, I'm skeptical it will flip quite yet. I'm also skeptical of the electoral integrity of the Texas infrastructure if it's close.

I'll believe TX is going to flip blue when it happens. Cruz is vulnerable though. He's so damn unlikeable.

Yep. A player today who did exactly what Jamo did would be suspended two games. So he should have two games in the bank!