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Great Chiefs/Bills game, it was a nail-biter down to the last 1:30.


Mahomes was indeed able to work his patented magic, and KC was helped by a muffed FG by Tyler Bass that took a sharp right turn in the last 1/3 of its flight. They showed him sitting on the sideline as the clock wound down, just stunned, with a deep depression setting in.


Yeah I was just thinking about that. Other teams I'm definitely gonna be following more closely next year are the Texans & Browns, in addition to my usual Chiefs/Dolphins/Bills/Rams.

Packers will be very interesting to follow next season, a lot of young talent. Same goes for some other teams too so I'd say we're in for a treat in the coming years!

The Niners looked flat for most of the game.  Greg Olsen talked about how many of the starters had two weeks off, saying "there's a fine line between rest and rust."  Honestly, even McCaffrey looked like he was missing a step.  It was good to see them take advantage of the short field after the missed FG to take the lead.  There's nothing like a 4th quarter come-back to get a team inspired.  I watched that final drive a few times already, Purdy came out with a different attitude, you could see it on his face as he stepped on the field.  He was putting off that "Joe Cool" vibe.

But let's hand it to the Packers, they were though as nails.  Based on the way they ended the season, and their performances last week and last night, they looked like the toughest team in the NFC right now.

I agree that the Niners shouldn't have too much trouble with either the Lions or the Bucs, but the Ravens look like a fucking nightmare in the making.

Niners didn't look very good at all. They spent a lot of the game behind in points, and their defense made up for an offense that was 90% carried by Christian McCaffrey. Purdy kind of folded under pressure a few times. Anybody who bet on Green Bay to cover is pretty happy right now. Having said that, I agree with you and am pretty sure they can easily beat the Lions or Bucs in the conference championship.

Two close games tomorrow... now that the "easy" picks are out of the way.

It appears I was very mistaken in speculating that playoff Lamar will appear in their divisional game vs. the Texans. But it certainly appeared this way during the 1st half hehehe. The 2nd half was much better for the Ravens. It will certanly a very exciting game vs. whoever they play on the conference finals.

On the 49ers, on what they showed vs. the Packers, I reckon they are very lucky that they will play either the Lions or the Buccaneers in the NFC conference finals.

I saw a story where kliff Kingsbury interviewed for the offensive coordinator job in Chicago. He's familiar with Caleb as he is working with the USC football team. Could go a long way in making Williams feel comfortable going to Chicago.

They may keep fields and sit Williams for part of the season unless a really good offer comes in, but who's gonna give up much f9r a guy who's won less than 20 games?

There’s def something to that for sure. Tho Favre and Rodgers are two of the best ever, so they’d likely still have been great regardless but preparing before being thrown in certainly helps a lot. I understand throwing in say Cam Newton (imo best college player ever), andrew Luck, and others who were clearly NFL ready from the start. Not that sitting behind someone for a year wouldn’t still have been very helpful.

Praying Caleb Williams is truly a once in a decade prospect like he’s been touted and doesn’t get ruined by A going in too soon and B Da Bears.  Unless they keep Fields which ..no thanks.

You're not wrong at all.  That's how it used to be where rookies would come in, sit for 2-3 years and learn the nfl.  Now it's just fire them out there and cross your fingers it works out.  Most of these kids are shell-shocked out of the league before they shoukd have even been starting.

With that being said it's fooooootball time!! Love this time of year.  Enjoy the games fellas

Cheeseheads beating the Niners confirmed! 

It's not a cheat code they draft and have them sit behind the veteran for a year or 2 or 3 to learn the system before throwing them to the dogs.

I’m on my cell and too lazy to copy paste from your last post lol, but agree Jerry is his own worst enemy quite often. That said Lamb is elite, top 3-5..Cooks is pretty darn solid, and Gallup isn’t horrible for a #4. Their number #2 receiver is their 2nd year TE Ferguson who’s a baller with a very bright future, so it’s not a terrible receiving core by any means really. Even if they had salary cap space this last year, wasn’t much WR help available at all. Not too many guys got traded. Hopkins woulda been a great fit but his contract that carried over was very sizable. But just like Bill B , Jerry playing GM/coach etc doesn’t help anything. Btw Pollard still had 1k yards rushing and avgd 4ypc , so he wasn’t horrible, but you’re right he declined in play as he looks to be best suited for a split role. All that said, losing to GB was pretty sad. Tho of freaking course Love looks to be a rising star. My god, GB has some sort of QB drafting cheat code.

Ravens Texans will be interesting! Here’s the issue for Baltimore, no Marlon Humphrey who’s their stud CB who coulda helped big time w Nico Collins. The Texans offense is pretty ehhh outside Stroud and Nico without Dell and Noah Brown  (Schultz is solid but not special). It’s a big blow for Baltimore but prob not big enough to change the outcome IMO.

I think the lines are fair, both Houston and packers are quite trash when it comes to playoffs time this year. I think ravens will cover by 2 TD's at least tonight 

Playoff football, these lines are ridiculous. Almost like they're saying the Texans and Green Bay are trash.

The 49ers and Ravens are 2 very good teams, but I think the games will be very competitive. Baltimore are the favorites to win it all, but I'm liking this CJ Stroud.

This will be a fun one to watch, for sure. If Mayfield continues the trajectory he's on, they have a good chance of winning. I shoulda paid more attention to the trajectory that Jalen Hurts was on before making my last bet, LOL. Kind of an opposite direction.

As for the other games, I agree with you -- I don't see the Texans letting the Ravens beat them by more than 9 points, and I don't see the Packers letting the 49ers beat them by more than 9 points. Not putting my money where my mouth is, but all 4 games will be fun to watch, regardless.

Their defense falls completely flat when they need to show up too.  For a giants fan this is amazing.  Watching McCarhy coach with fear amd desperation is going to be fun to watch.  Ceedee to me is a top 3 wide out in all of football right now.  I'd take him over everyone not named JJettas and Tyreke hill.  Honestly until Jerry homes gives up the day to day ops they aren't going amywhere.

Jerry Jones is delusional. They paid Dak and lost all their receiver talent when they did. They now have Cee Dee Lamb who is good, but cannot do it all. Yes they have other receivers, but none that are awesome. Pollard is declining, guy looked great when competing for playing time with Zeke, but has dropped off since getting the starting job. The defense is solid, but didn't show up in the playoffs.

I'm not sure if the problem is 100% McCarthy, but the guy isn't doing a great job when it matters. Look at all the teams the Cowboys beat and look who beat them. They played terrible vs teams with a winning record. I would have probably let McCarthy go and got me an offensive coach.

Yeah ain't that the truth.  This season was a really good season, but sort of an odd one.  So many QBs going down with injury was a bummer.  Of course the number one guy I drafte (Chubb) was maybe the biggest injurty of the year, and in weeks 2 lol, I have the worst luck.

I like the Chiefs too.  Of course getting 2.5 pts is pretty nice.  I def feel the niners and ravens winning, but those spreads are so high.  Lions Bucs may be the best game in terms of having no clue who may win.

It appears everyone in this thread was correct. It was announced that Mike McCarthy will be the head coach for next season.



Owner Jerry Jones explained his decision in a statement:
"I believe this team is very close and capable of achieving our ultimate goals and the best step forward for us will be with Mike McCarthy as our head coach. There is great benefit to continuing the team's progress under Mike's leadership as our head coach.

Source https://www.nfl.com/news/mike-mccarthy-to-return-as-head-coach-of-cowboys-in-2024



On the divisional games, I worry for the Ravens, the Lions and the Bills. The Texans defense are not to be underestimated and we have already witnessed the difference between Lamar on the regular season and Lamar of the post season.

On the Lions, I am not very optimistic on them after the wildcard game vs. the Rams.

On the Bills. Patrick Mahomes and Taylor Swift.

The more fun it is, the faster it goes...

I've found the only way to slow time is by enduring pain  


The only one of these I really feel confident about is Chiefs. I think they will win it outright. Nobody beats that Reid/Mahomes magic in the post season (except for Belichick/Brady back then). Feels like the other contests will be closer, especially the Lions/Bucs game, but that's just my gut feeling.

My solitary bet for this weekend:

I like all of them but Houston.  I'm putting some money on them at 9.5 amd also putting a money line on them.   CJ has the juju going and can see him airing it out in Baltimore.  They need to stop the run because baltimore could just pound it on them but I'd stack the box and let Lamar beat you through the air..  Can't wait for the games just glad none are on peacock this week :/