tukafan21

LOL (and probably the most correct answer yet)

Saints, Falcons, and Broncos (too hard for me to hate the Patriots because of Gronk, my previous Arizona GOAT until some new kid took that spot from him, lol)

You can't keep around a former #1 pick as the backup to his replacement because he wasn't good enough. I think he has two career paths he can take. The first is as that guy who signs with a new team every year to be the gap starter and/or backup depending on that team's situation. Think guys like Jameis, Wilson, Brissett the last few years, as he'll be a game manager for them while they try to re-build the roster. The other is as a really good long term backup QB for one team. He's smart and will make for a great addition to the QB room in film study and game prep. He won't be a stud replacement if the starter goes down, but he'd be better than most other backups and you know he'll be ready to play when called upon.

They have a real tough schedule the rest of the season, play the Falcons overseas next week, but after that, their easiest games left would be against the Texans or Jags, no cupcakes left

Apparently the extension he signed before the season was also a little weird, as it had a very low signing bonus. So the Jets have a very small dead cap hit despite trading a big contract that was signed just 2 months ago. I guess it was only a $13 million signing bonus, and trading him mid-season means it's something around only a $10 million dead cap hit left to take. This is a huge win for the Jets for a player I've long felt was overrated because of a great nickname and an amazing rookie season that he's then failed to fully live up to since them. Combine that with everyone knowing the Colts seem more mirage then legit long term contender, that 2027 1st in particular could end up being a really good asset for the Jets.

He looked to be in a lot of pain at times, I was actually surprised to see him in on that TD when like 2 plays before he looked like he badly strained his groin. It's a catch 22, because you can't sit him right now as he is the offense. But at the same time, with how much pain he looked in at times, it just feels like he's bound to end up making it worse at some point and missing some time if he keeps the same work load. Damned if you do, damned if you don't

haha, I get it. And see, I was also annoyed, but for me it's because I was just frustrated at how we were playing for the previous 3 hours. That one felt like one of those games where had it gone the other way at the end, say we miss the kick and then lose in OT. Nobody would bet happy with this game, they'd then be frustrated at how poor we played, particularly on offense. And hell, I don't think we even played all that great on defense, it only looked that way because of the scoreboard, but the stats show differently, we just got lucky in that they made a few critical errors that cost them points.

Well that was gross, don't know much about elbow injuries, but that's got to be his season, right?

I see what you're saying, but I think it's just different for athletes. If a business alienates a potential customer, the customer will go somewhere else for their needs. There is not there NFL, or NBA, or whatever. They're the only game in town and like any other rich or famous person, they like to use their platform to support the causes they believe in, a right they've earned through a lifetime of hard work to get into that position. And because all teams have players from all sides of societal or political viewpoints, to me it's all a wash in the end with team sports. If you don't want to be a big fan of a specific player because they speak up on their stances, so be it, but flat out not wanting them on your team because of it is a little too far in my book when they can help your team win. You're not rooting for a woman or child abuser in that situation, or an animal abuser in the case of Vick (another player I would never have been okay with on my team), even if you strongly disagree with whatever they do believe in themselves.

Just because they're famous, doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to speak their mind, no matter what it's about. If they're talking about things that then cause a distraction for the team, then I'll take issue to them doing so, but on that basis only, beyond that, I really couldn't care in this instance. And really? Sexual orientation is the example you used? Beyond players talking about their wifes (so assuming they're straight), there's been what, 2 players to ever come out as gay?

There are both players from both sides of the aisle on every team in every sport, that's not something I'm going to take issue to in who is on the teams I root for. If that's a problem for someone, then they need to be a fan of individual sports like MMA where they can pick and choose single people to root for. Hardy is a totally different situation, he's a woman beater. No thanks to guys like that, or Watson/Tucker types either. No to the Tyreek's either (how the tape of him saying his son and girlfriend should be afraid of them didn't end his career is beyond me). But political or religious views, I might not want to be friends with the guy, but I'm not going to take issue with them on my teams since there are a mix on every team in all sports.

I don’t agree with much he says, but I don’t care about personal views on players on my teams, as long as they aren’t committing crimes I’m fine with them

So because I'm a big fan of one of our WRs, I'm not allowed to be critical of the team or offense without it being about my guy? Bryce had 102 yards of passing on 20 attempts. He has one game this season of over 199 yards. This isn't about T-Mac not getting yards, or catches, or even targets. It's about the ineptitude of our passing offense as a whole because of our QB and coach. That is not good enough in today's NFL and I'd say that whether T-Mac was on this team or not, or whether he had all 102 of those yards today or 0 of them. He is 32nd in the league in YPA and 26th in completion %, and somehow people think he's the reason we're winning these games or even actually playing well?!?!

Did we really shut them down though? They had 369 yards of offense. That is 9 more yards than they average per game and 53 more than we give up per game this year. If a team gave up 369 yards per game on defense, they'd be the 7th worst defense in the league this year. Yes, I will give our defense credit for having the 4th down stand near our goal line as well as creating the fumble that stopped their first drive, as they did rise to the occasion then, but even the INT was just a ridiculous play/throw and handed it to us and they also missed a FG. We didn't force them into a single punt all game. We had 1 sack on a QB who had 37 pass attempts. They had drives of 56, 49, 50, 43, 58, and 71 yards (while we only had 2 over 40 yards ourselves). We bent, a lot, but never really broke, partially due to the Packers own mistakes, that's a far cry from "shutting them down" in my opinion. Again, this is why I'm critical of us after a day like today, I'm able to look beyond a final score and evaluate how we played on the whole, and we keep squeaking out these wins despite not playing well at all. And yes, that is what great teams do, but they also play well in the majority of their games, where as all we seem to do is squeak out ugly wins without ever playing all that well. I'm not saying I'm unhappy that we won, I've never once said anything like that, but when week after week I see serious concerns with how we played, then I'm going to call out what I see.

We won scoring 16 points, they lost scoring 42. If we put up 42 points in a loss while looking like a real life NFL team, I’d have been more encouraged by that than winning with how we looked today. Winning today helps our current place in the standings, but actually improving as a team (or particularly as an offense) would help our long term outlook as a franchise under Canales and Bryce.