I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving weekend! As always, this post is to really see what’s going on around the league after yesterday’s games. Who’s playing well, who’s playing poorly, complaints about your team losing, whatever it is.
Here’s what I took away from this week:
Dolphins are going to run away with the AFC east crown
On a similar note, the pats and jets are done for the year and the bills have a tough road to win the division.
Broncos Country is finally riding again.
Matt canada really WAS that bad after all. Maybe the steelers offense is alright now.
Chargers fucked up drafting Quentin Johnston over Zay Flowers. Best waiver wire pickup this season for me.
the playoff race is going to be really interesting over the next few weeks.
What are some of your reactions?
I think the Jags won the AFCS yesterday, and its now down to the Colts and Texans fighting for a WC spot (assuming the rest of the AFC doesn’t fall off a cliff and let three AFCS teams in).
The Jags schedule is fairly easy from here on out:
vs. Bengals
@ Browns
vs. Ravens
@ Buccaneers
vs. Panthers
@ Titans
Apart from the Browns and Ravens games, I can easily see the Jags running over the rest of that schedule. The Texans and Colts down the stretch:
| Colts | Texans |
|---|---|
| @ Titans | vs. Broncos |
| @ Bengals | @ Jets |
| vs. Steelers | @ Titans |
| @Falcons | vs. Browns |
| vs. Raiders | vs. Titans |
| vs. Texans | @ Colts |
I think teams will officially stop sleeping on the Broncos after hanging 29 on the Browns.
3 of the next 6 are division games along with the Lions and Texans. Broncos gonna need to keep that chip on their shoulder until the fat lady sings if they want a shot at the playoffs.
I want to fucking die
Refs are either being paid off or they have bets in Vegas, I don’t know which, but it was egregious yesterday Jags v Texans.
/yeah yeah, one game, but MAN, that was a piss poorly called game for sure, one of the worst cases of ‘why have refs at all?’.
McDermott is officially coaching for his job. Josh Allen is 0-6 in OT and yet in every one of those losses, he has not the been the final one to touch the ball. Think back to every instant classic the Bills have played over the past few seasons.
Hail Murray? Bills defense cannot stop a desperation heave.
13 seconds? Bills defense gives up two consecutive huge plays to Mahomes to force OT where the defense would give way again.
Vikings JJ catch? It was 4th and forever, maybe it was destined but the defense has to make a better effort to make sure he cannot catch the ball.
I could continue but I obviously relent with the same thing I have said since their Divisional loss in 2021: McDermott is a great coach but an awful game manager. If his team isn’t thrashing the opposition he does not have the nerves and rationality to call a game. The number of times this man has rolled out Cover 4 or Prevent when only up by a single score is staggering.
