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The bombastic Rex Ryan has been campaigning hard for the job like he's running for political office or something. Has he lost his mind? He's getting up there in age (61) & hasn't coached in 9 yrs. And why would he want to give up his sweet "talking head" analyst job on ESPN making seven figures where he can discuss & debate football all day long in a nice, comfortable studio setting?

And he wasn't that great in his 6 seasons with the Jets: 46-50 with a couple of AFC championship game appearances...big deal (where's the SB title?). But he also had slick Mark Sanchez as his QB. He would have to obviously start over with a new QB as Rodgers has got to hang it up at the end of the season & quit embarrassing himself out there. But I guess whatever floats Ryan's boat. If he believes he can fly into the Jet's organization with his Superman outfit & save the day then go for it.

Rex Ryan is on a mission to return to the Jets: ‘Nobody is better than me’

One man is already seemingly trying to get his foot in the door to become the next head coach of the Jets.

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I have seen interviews with ex players who loved being coached by Ryan.Hard to believe that the Jets and Giants are still having QB issues. At least Denver have stabilized at that position for the moment.. If he had to work with Rodgers, good luck.

 

[Nomad]

There's a lot of teams with QB issues these days. Finding a good QB that can win is worth it's weight in gold.

 

[Oldermanish]

Wilson didn’t have an interception—if you’re talking about last night’s game.

You're right. I think it was the prior game where it was all field goals...and they won.

 

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Some interesting games this week :

Ravens v Chargers. Chargers seem to be on the up, their QB is playing better and for some reason the Ravens are not using Henry as much as I expected. Chargers to win.

An injury battered 49ers badly need an upset at Green Bay. No one is picking them, their back up QB is starting. Their best chance might be a heavy run game and hope that Love continues to turn the ball over a lot. GB needed a controversial blocked kick to beat the Bears. 49ers in an upset.

Rams v Eagles. Neither team looked impressive last week. Rams need the win more. Eagles in a close one.

Cardinals v Hawks. Another huge game for the tight NFC West division.. Hawks will need another good game from Geno but I think the Cards offense is playing better especially the run game. Cards in a close one.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

The Ravens only gave up on the run last week. They tend to panic when the game is close, and expect Lamar to throw every down. Same blunder last week as in the AFC championship. I'll still be surprised if the Chargers beat the Ravens.

Lions at Colts could be a trap game. Or the Lions will steamroll them.

While the Packers have had struggles, I doubt the 49ers will beat them. Green Bay needs to win too.

Cardinals at Seahawks should be interesting. Both teams streaky. Game could be fairly high scoring.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I expect the Lions and Bills to go unbeaten till 12/15 where we can have a possible Super Bowl preview. Otherwise it stinks all the games zoned for this week are ones I’m not interested in. It’ll be funny to watch Jets to continue on their crumbling journey and I hope Cowboys pick up Jones for the LOLs. Otherwise I don’t really believe the story of Johnson wanting to bench Rodgers, why then call him after the Vikings game or bring in Adams. I agree Chargers could be a surprise for the Ravens.

 

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Raiders QB Gardner Minshew out for season after suffering broken collarbone in loss to Broncos

 

[Nomad]

Solid win for the Broncos (first time Broncos beat the Raiders on the road since 2015).

Nix looking good out there: 273 yds passing, 2 TDs & no picks. In fact, turnover free football by the offense. Nix is playing more like a veteran than a rookie. His maturity is really showing. He's playing with confidence & seems to have grasped Payton's offense very well. His reads are good, pocket awareness is excellent, fantastic scrambling ability & he can throw some lasers over the middle. I think he needs to be included in the rookie of the year conversation.

Broncos now 7-5 & firmly in a WC spot. Next up - the Brownies on MNF.

Sad game for the hapless Raiders. Minshew is hurt again. This is one bad ballclub - I'll let Alpe comment & summarize. Lol.

Didn't watch any other games or highlights yet, but surprised to see Dallas beat Washington. Glancing at the stats, it looks like Rush & Lamb lit it up. Looked like a pretty solid performance both rushing & passing from Daniels except for 2 costly picks.

 

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Cowboys and Titans with unexpected wins, lots of close games apart from the GB blowout and the Detroit win. Chiefs continue to run it close. Good win for Seattle..

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Sad game for the hapless Raiders. Minshew is hurt again. This is one bad ballclub - I'll let Alpe comment & summarize. Lol.

Down to 3rd string players in a few positions. Not that the 1st string was lighting it up. Minshew has likely played his last game as a Raider, presuming the Raiders draft Sanders (or another QB). I'm pretty sure Las Vegas also has the worst turnover ratio in the league. Great at giving the ball up at the worst time. Raiders likely to get Aiden O'Connell back in 1-2 weeks. I wonder if they will desperately sign Daniel Jones? Seems like a waste of money to me. Denver, and especially Nix did look good.

Still combing through highlights and condensed games.

Washington's slide continues, 3 losses in a row. Crazy 4Q. What a way to end, and lose a game.

Chiefs barely beat the lowly Panthers. Is this team really going to three-peat? I almost feel like they are coasting. Thinking if they can get HFA, they will be unbeatable in the playoffs.

Packers throttled the 49ers, who are done. Finished. I don't care they are only 1 game out of 1st. With so many missing players, and such weak play, I don't see them bouncing back.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Good win by the Dolphins but they need a miracle to make the playoffs, and an even bigger one to do anything in the playoffs. Need one of or all of Chargers, Broncos, or Ravens/Steelers to lose a couple while Dolphins win out while also keeping ahead of Colts.

Chiefs offense definitely wasn’t coasting, they only punted twice all game and that was in the fourth but we’ve already seen them struggle in the second half before coming alive for one to two drives like they did this time. Defensively is more of a concern to me. The game shouldn’t have been as close as it was, nor at this point of the season do I think anyone have the Panthers as scoring the second most points on them. Defense came up big bending but not breaking though. If one or two more of those red zone trips turned into touchdowns Panthers most likely win. Chiefs are definitely the favorite for the one but they have another loss coming either against Chargers or Broncos which means Bills would have to win out. Worst case scenario Chiefs have 3 losses this season with them losing to Texans or Steelers with Steelers being the better bet.

Lions continuing to roll towards the one seed, they can lose a game depending on who it’s too but Eagles and Vikings are close on their heels.

Terrible loss by the Commanders after talking all their trash a couple weeks ago.

 

[Potomac]

Hilariously bad game by the Commanders

 

[Oldermanish]

Down to 3rd string players in a few positions. Not that the 1st string was lighting it up. Minshew has likely played his last game as a Raider, presuming the Raiders draft Sanders (or another QB). I'm pretty sure Las Vegas also has the worst turnover ratio in the league. Great at giving the ball up at the worst time. Raiders likely to get Aiden O'Connell back in 1-2 weeks. I wonder if they will desperately sign Daniel Jones? Seems like a waste of money to me. Denver, and especially Nix did look good.

Still combing through highlights and condensed games.

Washington's slide continues, 3 losses in a row. Crazy 4Q. What a way to end, and lose a game.

Chiefs barely beat the lowly Panthers. Is this team really going to three-peat? I almost feel like they are coasting. Thinking if they can get HFA, they will be unbeatable in the playoffs.

Packers throttled the 49ers, who are done. Finished. I don't care they are only 1 game out of 1st. With so many missing players, and such weak play, I don't see them bouncing back.

New York will be paying Jones. Not that he'll get assurances of support if he went to Vegas but he didn't sound like he wanted to play when volunteering to leave NYC.

 

[Oldermanish]

Cowboys and Titans with unexpected wins, lots of close games apart from the GB blowout and the Detroit win. Chiefs continue to run it close. Good win for Seattle..

Seattle's defense is definitely on. On offense they had some FIRE, too. The O-line is still patchwork but Geno, sacked 6 5 times, was still able to engineer some great drives. Score could've been much worse for the Cards.

 

[Sciatic]

Seattle's defense is definitely on. On offense they had some FIRE, too. The O-line is still patchwork but Geno, sacked 6 times, was still able to engineer some great drives. Score could've been much worse for the Cards.

You could tell just from the first few snaps that the Hawks DL Williams was going to be a monster blasting through the line. Cards adjusted blocking schemes to help with home but that left the other DL opportunities.

As for the Seattle O-line, you could tell they missed Bradford at G. You had two just-about rookies next to rack other at RG and C who were not used to playing together and communicating who would handle things like blitzes. It showed.

 

[Nomad]

Chiefs offense definitely wasn’t coasting, they only punted twice all game and that was in the fourth but we’ve already seen them struggle in the second half before coming alive for one to two drives like they did this time. Defensively is more of a concern to me. The game shouldn’t have been as close as it was, nor at this point of the season do I think anyone have the Panthers as scoring the second most points on them. Defense came up big bending but not breaking though. If one or two more of those red zone trips turned into touchdowns Panthers most likely win. Chiefs are definitely the favorite for the one but they have another loss coming either against Chargers or Broncos which means Bills would have to win out. Worst case scenario Chiefs have 3 losses this season with them losing to Texans or Steelers with Steelers being the better bet.

But the Panthers didn't win! "What if this" or "what if that" is meaningless at the end of the game. What only counts & means anything is if you WIN the game. No team should ever have to apologize for a win in this league. Just like there's no such thing as "moral victories" in losing a game or any of that feel good stuff. Lol. This is a results orientated league. Teams are gunning for the Chiefs when they play them. No game is a given for the Chiefs. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is winning. And like it or not the Chiefs are winning & staying on top in their division.

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[Oldermanish]

You could tell just from the first few snaps that the Hawks DL Williams was going to be a monster blasting through the line. Cards adjusted blocking schemes to help with home but that left the other DL opportunities.

As for the Seattle O-line, you could tell they missed Bradford at G. You had two just-about rookies next to rack other at RG and C who were not used to playing together and communicating who would handle things like blitzes. It showed.

It's not going to get easier. They play NYJ next week (some relief?), wk 14 Arizona, wk 15 Green Bay, wk 16 Minn, wk 18 LA. Odds are probably against winning half of those unless some O line play has the intensity their receivers and running backs had.
Also; Metcalf has stopped getting pointless fouls after plays but some of the other guys on both sides of the ball got stupid penalties. Staff has to slap some sense into these guys about how pivotal the rest of the season is and what a cruel fate the playoffs could lead to.

 

[SHAD0W93]

But the Panthers didn't win! "What if this" or "what if that" is meaningless at the end of the game. What only counts & means anything is if you WIN the game. No team should ever have to apologize for a win in this league. Just like there's no such thing as "moral victories" in losing a game or any of that feel good stuff. Lol. This is a results orientated league. Teams are gunning for the Chiefs when they play them. No game is a given for the Chiefs. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is winning. And like it or not the Chiefs are winning & staying on top in their division.

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I think you need to go back and read what was said.

 

[Sciatic]

It's not going to get easier. They play NYJ next week (some relief?), wk 14 Arizona, wk 15 Green Bay, wk 16 Minn, wk 18 LA. Odds are probably against winning half of those unless some O line play has the intensity their receivers and running backs had.
Also; Metcalf has stopped getting pointless fouls after plays but some of the other guys on both sides of the ball got stupid penalties. Staff has to slap some sense into these guys about how pivotal the rest of the season is and what a cruel fate the playoffs could lead to.

Oh I think you’re right, AS is still good and has an easier schedule from here plus the game in 2 wks is at their place. Right now Im more invested in seeing them play well, whether they make the playoffs or not.

 

[Oldermanish]

Oh I think you’re right, AS is still good and has an easier schedule from here plus the game in 2 wks is at their place. Right now Im more invested in seeing them play well, whether they make the playoffs or not.

Murray is an exciting talent but Seattle demonstrated a containment and pass defense others will duplicate. Minnesota isn't 9-2 for nothing, then the Hawks again and LA Rams are tough when they're on. Seattle and AZ could just hurt each other and LA could sweep up the division. Seems like a tale of who keeps the healthiest.

 

[Nomad]

I think you need to go back and read what was said.

You said the game "shouldn't have been as close as it was." IMO, you're rationalizing & undermining their win. Who cares if it was close- the only thing that matters at the end of the game is the score. Every team is gunning for the defending champs. Teams are preparing & playing extra hard against the Chiefs.

And it's amazing they're playing so well & still winning toward the end of this long season with all beat up, bruised bodies out there. With the fatigue & chronic, nagging injuries setting in at this point of the season, it's going to come down to a lot of pain meds & other substances to keep the top players out on the field performing at their best.

 

[SHAD0W93]

You said the game "shouldn't have been as close as it was." IMO, you're rationalizing & undermining their win. Who cares if it was close- the only thing that matters at the end of the game is the score. Every team is gunning for the defending champs. Teams are preparing & playing extra hard against the Chiefs.

And it's amazing they're playing so well & still winning toward the end of this long season with all beat up, bruised bodies out there. With the fatigue & chronic, nagging injuries setting in at this point of the season, it's going to come down to a lot of pain meds & other substances to keep the top players out on the field performing at their best.

Again, go back and read what was said. I’m not the only one that talks about the Chiefs.

But on this topic, yes every team does come at the Chiefs and their defense didn’t care the last two seasons. They played elite every single time before this game and the Bills last week. Yet against the at the time 3-7 Panthers who are 29th in points and 31st in yards, they gave up tied for second the most points they’ve conceded the last two seasons. Not to the Bengals, Ravens, Lions, Niners, Bills (not counting last week), Dolphins, or Packers. The Chiefs elite defense gave up 27 points, had numerous back breaking penalties by their corners, and Jones got ran over on some run plays. That is something they didn’t do previously no matter who the opponent was. That’s why I said defensively it is a concern, because that elite defense played poorly. Chiefs offense didn’t punt until the fourth quarter and had zero turnovers. The game should not have been that close or high scoring by the Panthers, period. That is why I said “The game shouldn’t have been as close as it was, nor at this point of the season do I think anyone have the Panthers as scoring the second most points on them.” because no one, not even Panthers fans had them scoring that much.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Really nice win for the Ravens. Ran the ball extremely well, 212 yards on the ground. And Lamar is Lamar. Some bad calls I thought went against the Ravens late, but the game was over at that point. Ravens seem to have little problem moving the ball against the Chargers vaunted D. 6.5 yards per play for Baltimore. Time of possession was the same, first downs identical, total plays identical too, but Ravens gained over 100 more yards.

I'm not sure why, but Herbert had several throws that were off just a bit. Add a couple dropped passes, and with that, they never got it going. Here's where Nomad can chime in about how Herbert is overrated, over-drafted, overpaid, a bust, etc.

 

[Nomad]

Here's where Nomad can chime in about how Herbert is overrated, over-drafted, overpaid, a bust, etc.

Well, I'll cut him some slack since he lost Dobbins to a knee injury who didn't play in the 2nd half. Dobbins is having his best year since his rookie season & is a big part of the Charger success (btw, there's no word on Dobbins' injury status as of the end of today. Nothing from the Chargers' medical staff. And Harbough refuses to comment saying he doesn't "know anything." Suspiciously quiet - got to wonder if this is a more serious knee injury).

That being said though, Herbert has got to produce more in that game to win it despite the adversity of losing Dobbins. Just 218 yds passing - granted no picks - but no TD passes either isn't going to cut it in a close game like that. And if they lose Dobbins for any extended period of time, Herbert is going to have to step up his game & make things happen.

 

[Nomad]

Broncos Cut Former $5 Million Starter After Failed Trade Attempts

The Denver Broncos shook up their roster, parting ways with a former starter and highly-touted third-round draft pick.

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Drafted in the high 3rd rd of 2022, he was supposed to be the franchise TE. Dropped passes, injuries & only 41 receptions in 3 seasons put him on the chopping block. Now Broncos have TE by committee rotating 3 guys that aren't really that special.