45catfan

Bill Belichick is no Jim Mora.

Too many horses in the stable this week and he's the odd man out.

No designed runs for Sam today. If he has to scramble, get down and get down EARLY!

8-9 wins isn't going to do it. Remember 8 wins is a LOSING record this season. 9 wins may get a wildcard in the AFC, but not the NFC. If you are banking on wins versus the Bucs and Bills, that's pretty bold. It will require 10 wins to get a wildcard in the NFC. Getting 6 wins with our remaining schedule is going to be very tough.

Does anyone think the team may be exaggerating Sam's sore shoulder? I mean, yes, it may be sore, but this sets up for a MASSIVE dupe. How so? If CMC starts and Sam 'supposedly' has a bum shoulder, the Patriots are thinking a heavy dose of CMC. It wouldn't shock me if the very first play of the game for us is so sort of play-action and even a shot down field. Whether or not it's successful, who knows? I'm just saying, the whole thing is setting up to fleece Bill and the Pats.

Me either, not any more. I stopped watching when most of old-timers retired along about the same time Dale died. I tried to stay with it and pull for Jr. for a little while longer, but the new generation of drivers didn't have the same vibe to them. The old guys help build, work-on their own cars in the old days on the dirt track circuits. Now they work their way up the ranks as kids starting out on go-carts.

I'll take all the drama because at least OBJ can at least hang onto the ball.

Nope, Chinn needs to wait to break out #3 for a special occasion. Probably the biggest sports legend in the area outside of Jordan.

Which tells me nothing is wrong structurally with the shoulder, it's just sore as heck. Probably a deep tissue bruise. Hopefully a little numbing agent can help with that.

This one is a 'must win' if this team wants a winning record by season's end. With that brutal stretch of four games to finish the season, I can't see us stealing more than one of those games. That would mean taking care of business today, against the no-names and Dolphins, while pulling the upset in Arizona which is possible if their offense can be slowed down.

Low scoring defensive struggle in this one. Winner of T.O.P. and turnovers will win the game. If CMC plays, we turn this in to a ground attack to keep the ball out of our QB's hands. Walker, because...well, it's Walker and Sam because he's still banged up even if he gets the start.

What time do the inactives get announced?

This QB class is pretty bad. I want no part of it unless we are talking about a backup to replace Walker. Even then, I think we already have that guy with Morgan on the PS squad currently. So maybe an emergency QB to develop on the PS? Yeah, this QB class that mediocre.

I know, right? Hittting the bottle early this morning isn't he?

OBJ already said he wants to go to a playoff contender THIS season. We don't fit that description

If Darnold's shoulder is just sore and bruised, he'll start. If it's anything structural with the shoulder, I doubt he plays. He seems like a pretty tough dude that can play through pain. It wouldn't be smart to let him play if there can be lingering or worsening damage to it though.

For dinner tonight: bone-in pork chops, collard greens and black eye peas.

I wanted to draft Morgan On day 3 of that draft. I was on his hype train. When I saw we picked him up I was pleasantly surprised...and didn't have to spend a draft pick on him either!

Sam didn't look the part of be concussed beyond mildly. He wasn't wobbly, didn't need help getting off the field, was responsive to folks on the sidelines and most importantly didn't have the 1000 mile stare. I'm no doctor, but I think Sam has a good chance of getting cleared to play this week.

It's like our coaches finally started self-scouting and saw what all the rest of our opponents were seeing since the Texans game. The play calling from Brady yesterday was vastly changed from the previous several weeks.

They're trying to salvage the burnt jersey's they set on fire in the back yard after the Giants loss. I'm not sure bleach and Oxiclean with get out those char marks though.

It got us a W yesterday as opposed to Darnold throwing 40 times a game ineffectively in a losing effort. Sometimes going back to the basics works.

My Goggle translator says: 'Our offense is better suited to ball-control ground game and Joe Brady's fantasy of lighting up the scoreboard like he's back at LSU is officially squashed.'

Hmmm, used an entire draft on the defense two drafts ago, 4 more the very next draft including our top pick, attacked FA aggressively on the defensive side and traded for two corners in season. 'No sh!t Sherlock' was the phrase that came to my mind when I read that.

Rams are going all in. They want at least ONE ring now and apparently have no regard about how this cripples them down the road.