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With 33 less catches. All Bryce did that year was throw short passes to Theilen who would get tackled immediately.

I know I'm biased but IMO he's easily the ROY. Dart and Shough didn't play in enough games. When you look at T-Mac's production then consider our overall anemic passing attack letting defenses key in him in the passing game, it's impressive. We're limited at QB, don't have much at all at TE and we were playing a bust at #2 WR all year and yet T-Mac still produced at a high level.

I'd say there's a 90% chance the Rams win. We're gonna need turnovers or special teams plays or blown coverages, fluky type stuff to pull it off. Having played them and beaten them in the regular season works against us. Zero chance we catch them looking past us.

There have been winners of bad divisions in the past and there will be winners of bad divisions in the future. The tie breakers are what they are, they're set in stone and the goalposts didn't move. Did we absolutely back our way into winning the division? Yeah. Would we have won the division had the division been better? Not a chance. But it is what it is. The Panthers don't owe anyone any apologies.

They'd be in the playoffs easily if not for some untimely uncharacteristic Derrick Henry fumbles and/or if a rookie kicker who was perfect from under 50 had made a 44 yarder. This is honestly a bizarre move.

Wow. That's crazy. Bet he ends up with the Giants.

Bryce struggles to see over the line. It makes those short over the middle YAC throws that a lot of other NFL teams use as staples of their offense difficult to execute for us.

Bryce Young at QB handcuffs your offense. It just is what it is. That's not gonna change. He's just very physically limited at the NFL level. The ceiling is very low.

You just expect your kicker to hit a 44 yarder. The guy hadn't missed from under 50 all year and I'm sure they didn't want to risk either the possibility of a turnover or a penalty. Get a holding call and now that 44 yarder becomes a 54 yarder and your kicker is 1/4 from over 50 with a long of 52. He was 8/8 from 40-49 before that kick.

Going back to last night's game... man, I can't help but feel terrible for Tyler Loop. The entire season comes down to a rookie kicker and he just absolutely chokes on a 44 yarder. Gotta wonder if he'll recover from that. He's had a solid rookie season making 30 of 34 attempts but obviously missed the one that counted the most badly. He also went 1/4 from 50+ with a long of 52. He'll probably have competition in camp next year. If you aren't good to at least try from 60 in today's NFL you about can't kick in the league these days.

I mean, we're talking about the franchise that fired Bill Belichick, so...

I don't think the organization will publicly re-embrace Cam back into the fold until we have definitively solved our QB issue. Once we have another legit franchise QB then I think they'll feel comfortable having him involved again but I don't think they want the spectre of Cam overshadowing the current state of the position. You don't want Cam Pounding the drum and hyping everyone up for Bryce to go out there and throw for 54 yards.

Yeah, the Raiders need a full on rebuild and there's no place for a coach on the wrong side of 70 in that. I think everyone involved there thought that team was a lot closer to competing than they actually were and that's why they hired Carrol and he brought in Geno then they drafted a RB high in the 1st. Those are all win now type moves for a team that proved nowhere close to winning now.

I like the rookies. We need to sign an impact vet. Rookie edges often need 2-3 years before making a real impact.

Yeah, I think the Texans are relieved to see the Steelers win. Not that they were scared if the Ravens but I think you'd clearly rather face the Steelers.