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Otis

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How on earth did Bills' defence leak 44 points against the 6-6 Rams?
KC lucky again to win the West. Eagles not much better.
Again, Mahomes made it all look so simple at the end though didn't he. He just has this uncanny knack.

The Rams were scoring at will at one point. I think the Bills always have a wobble in them
 

OffenhamSkyBlue

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Bills showed up Detroit's defensive frailties last night. Play-off picture far from complete, but i reckon it will be Bills-Chiefs and Lions-Eagles in the Championship games, although the Vikings are in with a shout and play the Lions (possibly for the NFC North) in the last game of the season.
Is "resting" players much of a thing in the NFL? Eagles have the hopeless Giants at home in the last game, and i wonder if they might rest a few key players for the play-offs. Having said that, they will probably need to win that game to be in with a shout of home-field advantage.
 

tisza

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Bills showed up Detroit's defensive frailties last night. Play-off picture far from complete, but i reckon it will be Bills-Chiefs and Lions-Eagles in the Championship games, although the Vikings are in with a shout and play the Lions (possibly for the NFC North) in the last game of the season.
Is "resting" players much of a thing in the NFL? Eagles have the hopeless Giants at home in the last game, and i wonder if they might rest a few key players for the play-offs. Having said that, they will probably need to win that game to be in with a shout of home-field advantage.
Teams that have secured their seeding do tend to rotate - wouldn't expect to see Mahomes last game of the season. Also tanking teams tendto rotate for higher draft positions.
 

OffenhamSkyBlue

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Teams that have secured their seeding do tend to rotate - wouldn't expect to see Mahomes last game of the season. Also tanking teams tendto rotate for higher draft positions.
But the NFC seeding will be pretty close before the last game between Detroit, Minnesota and Philly, unless something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks, so they will all want to win. I think Vikings may reckon they will have a chance after seeing Detroit's weaknesses last night.
 

tisza

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But the NFC seeding will be pretty close before the last game between Detroit, Minnesota and Philly, unless something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks, so they will all want to win. I think Vikings may reckon they will have a chance after seeing Detroit's weaknesses last night.
Not sure our defense is good enough to hold them under 40 pts the way their offense played
 

Mild-Mannered Janitor

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Not sure any team can stop Allen right now the way he is playing, I know they lost the week before but last night was an insane game and brilliant performance from both teams. The onside kick was a poor call at the time but a inch or two higher and was in the hands of of a Lions player.
 

OffenhamSkyBlue

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Not sure any team can stop Allen right now the way he is playing, I know they lost the week before but last night was an insane game and brilliant performance from both teams. The onside kick was a poor call at the time but a inch or two higher and was in the hands of of a Lions player.
I was surprised to see the onside kick with so much left on the clock, but i guess they thought the Bills might have taken the same approach Philly did against Pittsburgh and just hold on the the ball and wind the clock down in the 4th.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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always has been with him.

I still remember him kneeling down instead of spiking the ball causing us to lose a game
I remember that very clearly because as they set up I said to my sister "he's going to kneel it!" Dunno if there is just something slightly different in the set-up of both that I noticed subconsciously but I knew he was going to fuck it up.

And it is mad that that kind of error would be enough to end a lot of people's careers in the NFL yet he's managed to get two massive deals that were massively above what he was worth. They just seem to have such a fascination with the name and ignore actual performances right in front of their face.
 

Liquid Gold

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I remember that very clearly because as they set up I said to my sister "he's going to kneel it!" Dunno if there is just something slightly different in the set-up of both that I noticed subconsciously but I knew he was going to fuck it up.

And it is mad that that kind of error would be enough to end a lot of people's careers in the NFL yet he's managed to get two massive deals that were massively above what he was worth. They just seem to have such a fascination with the name and ignore actual performances right in front of their face.
He’s a stats superstar.

Nobody actually looks into the reality though and sees it’s garbage time stats or beating up on bad teams.

He folds as soon as he’s faced with anything decent.

Washington have been in QB hell for years since he left but the whole idea of the sport is to win the Super Bowl and you’re never going to get there paying such an average QB such a lot of cash.
 

tisza

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He’s a stats superstar.

Nobody actually looks into the reality though and sees it’s garbage time stats or beating up on bad teams.

He folds as soon as he’s faced with anything decent.

Washington have been in QB hell for years since he left but the whole idea of the sport is to win the Super Bowl and you’re never going to get there paying such an average QB such a lot of cash.
Keep making this QB pay argument. Only 3 or 4 are worth the big money. 15 QBs over 20%of salary cap on their teams. Mahomesthe onlyQB in history to win a SB at over 13% of salary cap. There's already 9 QBs on this list who probably won't even make the play-offs.
Cousins has really good players around him at Atlanta. Does keep proving immobile QBs are a weakness.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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I think Hurts has started to learn how to be more mobile, and it has improved the Eagles' offensive yards, but he does avoid contact of any kind due to him being worried about getting injured like he did 2 years ago.
I was looking at the Head Coaches' pay deals earlier this week, and some of them are absolutely stealing a living! Antonio Pierce at Raiders getting paid 2.5x as much as Dan Campbell at Detroit is barking! Should definitely be performance-related!
 

OffenhamSkyBlue

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Pardon my ignorance, but what, then, is the definition of "cap" in this context?? "Something not to be exceeded" would be my guess. But as long as you are popular you can ride rough-shod over it???
 

tisza

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Pardon my ignorance, but what, then, is the definition of "cap" in this context?? "Something not to be exceeded" would be my guess. But as long as you are popular you can ride rough-shod over it???
NFL has a hard cap. Also includes money owed to former players.
 

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