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We can probably pull out starters out of this game now and just chew the clock. Didn’t look that way at all 2 hours ago.

Strnad is an absolute joy to watch these days. Really stepped up with Singleton out.

What are Nix and Payton fighting about?

This is so rigged for the Chiefs. Refs changing the call to give them the recovery.

Pure copium.

If Fields keeps playing well, the Dolphins should offer a mid round pick for Russell Wilson.

Ironically they were in the exact same position with Keenum and Bridgewater a few years ago. And they ended up deciding to go with neither and paid Cousins instead.

Darnold seems to be heading the way of Geno Smith with a redemption arc after being a bust in New York. He’s on a one year $10m deal in Minnesota and they’ll be going to JJ McCarthy next season. The Jets have Aaron Rodgers of course, but he’s 40 now and there’s at least a 50/50 chance he will retire after the season. The rookie QB class doesn’t look great and in any case the Jets will surely win enough games to be out of range if any QB does manage to establish himself as an early pick. Therefore, I can see a scenario where Darnold ends up back on the Jets as a free agent next season. Crazy career arc that would be. Does anyone else think this could happen or am I nuts?

I share your frustration with Payton, and he did an awful lot wrong yesterday. I really questioned the idea of spending draft picks on a head coach at the time and sadly it doesn’t look like my initial gut instinct will be proved incorrect on this one. However, the one thing you don’t mention is IMO his most egregious mistake of the lot yesterday. Wil Lutz kicks a field goal with 1:54 left to make it a one possession game. At that point we only have one timeout left and we don’t even have the two-minute warning to stop the clock. We can only stop the clock once. At this point there are three possible scenarios: A) Kick the ball deep and you must force a quick 3 and out. Since you have one timeout, Pittsburgh can run the clock down twice between plays so you’d get the ball back with 20-30 seconds left. First down ends the game. B) Kick an onside kick and fail. You’re giving the Steelers the ball around midfield. Again, you’ll get the ball back with 20-30 seconds left if you force a 3 and out (unless they nail a very long field goal). If they get a first down they can take a knee. C) Go for an onside kick and succeed. At that point you have just under 2 minutes and 1 timeout to try and get to the end zone. I have no idea what Sean Payton was even thinking by not going for the onside kick. Your chance of winning the game is probably like 2% if you kick it deep, 1% with a failed onside kick, but it would jump all the way up to like 25%-30% if you make the onside kick. At that point not trying an onside kick is an absolutely horrible decision by a very experienced coach.

Damn, not a good day for chain gang members

The last 8 seasons since we won the superbowl have been a mix of mediocre and downright terrible but I don’t remember many times I’ve felt as hopeless about the future as I do now. The Sean Payton experiment was a horrendous failure and his hand picked franchise QB looks absolutely lost out there. I know it’s only been a couple of games but I don’t see him ever being anything better than a decent game manager and even that is a long long way off. Looking at the schedule I think 3-14 is in play.

KC winning yet again because of the refs. The NFL is becoming unwatchable because they’re so desperate for this team to win every year.

KC getting gifted another game by the refs

Not sure why you don’t try the onside kick there

I was going to post that every Kyren Williams fantasy owner owes Terrion Arnold a beer, then he failed to score a 2nd TD