UnluckyforSome

His statline today, with 3 minutes left in the 3rd, 13/22 for 70 yards and 1 int. Very much Young-like.

To your point, I would say that it goes hand-in-hand with few teams actually playing defence at the college level. Scores either tend to be shootouts, or completely lopsided.

Unfortunately, we will have Young here for the next 2 years at least. With that in mind, I would be a bit more concerned about an off-season extension, rather than picking up the year 5 option, similar to what the Jags did previously with Lawrence.

Funny clocks in Foxboro?

Never forget!

The Raiders-Eagles game has absolutely no reason to be on tv. Even Superbowl-winning qb, Kenny Pickett, cannot help the Raiders be competitive

Washington also has the oldest roster in the league. I think there is a tendency to think their roster is young and dynamic like their qb. Nope. Old and creaky.

Falcons have the 2nd most sacks in the league with 48. Bijan and sacks are the only things they have done well this year. Our 18 sacks puts us at 31st, 1 sack ahead of the Niners, and all their pass rush has been on IR. Both the Saints and Bucs have allowed more sacks than us. Seattle has allowed only 17 sacks to lead the league.

He probably still has good arm strength. I'm sure he hasn't lost his competitive drive. I imagine he still has enough between the ears to not be a dumb player. I'm in my mid-50s, not disabled or anything like that, but I can confirm that the knees and hips and shoulders and back are absolutely not the same that I had in my 20s. Hope it works out for him. Maybe the AFC championship game can be between him and old man Rodgers.

If they come out doing the same thing, only hoping to execute it better, or whatever nonsense, it will be another loss.

Neither a Gamecocks fan or Gamecocks hater, but he certainly needs more time at that level, but also at a program that has a bit of a record of qb development and success beyond just being bowl-eligible.

Seeing how this edition of the Panthers play, we will beat the Seahawks, and lose the other 3 games.

Everybody wants to go ahead and print playoff tickets now. Nothing, absolutely nothing is chiseled out in stone at this point. This team is more than capable of going out and losing the last 4 games.

Not your bro.

I'm 35 years removed from it, live within walking distance of West Ashley High, and an easy drive over to Summerville High in SC, and I have never and would never attend a game. I don't think I would go to a game at my HS alma mater for that matter unless I was physically forced. To each their own.

Just try to enjoy it for what it is. I don't need to convince myself that Young is good. He isn't. If this team makes the playoffs with the cinder block of Young dragging them down all season, even better. But, some crucial things still need to happen, and being close, and moral victories, and at-least-they-tried isn't good enough.

Because he is confident they are measurably better than us, and he doesn't want his team buying into the talk about being losers and flopping at the end of the season. Not saying it is right, not saying it will be effective. They've won the division 5 or 6 straight times though, and were the favorite to win this year as well. The bottom has fallen out only since their bye week. At 1 point there was talk of being #1 in the NFC and Mayfield as MVP.

If it hinges on pass rush, we are in trouble. No argument about the first two on your list.

Somewhat ironically, BYU, previously before joining a reformulated Big 12, was also an Independent.

Well, mostly for lack of anyone else, he is our sack leader as well.

Not that we really have the pass rush to make hay out of this, but..it can't hinder things.

Upfront, I was disappointed with the games last year. After it was all said and done, there really seemed to be an overwhelming hope that something similar to the basketball tournament would be created with this format. Cinderellas work in basketball for a few reasons, notably 1 player can have far more impact, positive or negative, on a 5-person team. Every year there are a handful of teams that have a real claim to being a national champion contender. James Madison and Tulane have no shot. The same thing can be said about most of the other teams in the field. Expanding it to more and more teams isn't going to have the effect of bringing in more contenders. It will have the effect of making up more 1-sided games instead. But, it is more football. Quantity over quality I guess. I can't wait until it moves up to 20 or 24 teams, or even more. Let every team in with 7 wins. That is bowl-eligible, plus 1. Maybe this year will be different and it will be full of good, close games, with compelling performances between the very best teams in the country. I kind of doubt it though.

I would rather see a return to the old way of doing it. Go back to pre-BCS days. It will not happen, but this has rapidly become a bunch of petty foolishness and a money-grab.

It is more how exhausting and tedious everything becomes with the extreme over-exposure. The tv commercials that run constantly. The coverage that is over-the-top because everyone wants to constantly hear how great they are. It's the next big thing! Popularity breeds contempt.

No matter what, it should always be remembered, the mascot is a black cat.