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"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

Takashi Miike 1:56 Tue Dec 19 Although not in Mark Andrews' class yet Isaiah Likely is turning out to be a pretty handy stand in. He is in my Fantasy team now as was Mark Andrews until he got crocked and racking up similar points if not the same yardage per game..

"The Lions have normally been the cellar dwellers of the Black and Blue division, even Barry Sanders, as great he was couldn't help them."

"picked out the Ravens weeks ago, not sure they have the weapons though if Andrews remains out. My favourite NFC team to watch are the Lions, would love them to keep winning but Goff is always prone to a nightmare performance. Would love us to hire their OC Ben Johnson as the next HC, will probably get beat by another franchise given how slow we get things done"

"don't think the dolphins are anywhere near others, tbh. They've beaten the Chargers, the Pats (x2), Broncos (when they were shit), Giants, Jets (x2), Panthers, Raiders & Redskins. They've lost to the Bills, Chiefs & Eagles - put another way, anyone resembling a competent football team - and also managed to lose to the Titans. 9ers look nailed on in the NFC, for me. Cowboys struggle outside of Dallas, Eagles have been shit all year and are now getting the results that performances have deserved, Detroit are flaky and prone to doing some ridiculous things as well as great things, and everyone else is average at best. Would be a spectacular fail if they don't win the NFC from here."

Toney is an absolute offense killer as well. I'll be surprised if he sticks around too long.

"Watched the last Chiefs game and they are much more conservative than they used be when they has Hill/Watkins/Hardman at WR. It was mostly short passes to Rashee Rice. Kelce was very quiet but he was double teamed most of the time. He did manage to drop a sitter and took an outrageous dive in attempt get a PI flag. Not much of a running game to speak of either but Edwards-Hilaire and McKinnon did get passes out the backfield. Still, a win is a win."

"Loving the NFC picture at the moment. Teams queueing up a game or two back from the 49ers. Cowboys and Eagles really starting to fade and about 4-5 coming up on the rails for a grandstand finish. You just feel anyone who gets into the playoffs could beat anyone else. 49ers seem the closest to a banker but 1-2 injuries away from being ordinary like earlier in the season with the bad spell. Same in the AFC. Maybe give it marginally to the Dolphins and the Ravens have been almost under the radar but anyone could emerge from that conference this year. The Bills are coming into some form at just the right time""¶ The chiefs look really ordinary this year. If Kelce misses time then they're done. Playoffs are going to be really exciting and unpredictable I think. Loving it."

"Think it was 2017 we done a bit of a West Coast tour (Cal-Nevada-Utah-Arizona)... done all the great driving roads and fantastic National Parks... and ended up in last three nights in the shit hole that is Las Vegas... my daughter loved the Dolphins (the team I had stuck with since the great 13-Marino days)... not that she was really into Gridiron but more the design of the Jersey (which she wore)... we passed a Lids (whole shop designated to baseball caps) said to her come on lets pop in and I would buy her a 'Fins cap if the had a decent one... so there we are looking in this fucking HUGE store at the tens of thousands of NBA, NFL, NHL and College and Uni' team caps... there was nothing they did not have... got to the NFL section... looking... shit loads of 'Niners... Cowboys.. Bears... Packers... but can't see any Miami.... called over one of the black shop assistants... and ask if they have any Dolphins hats... the bloke looked at me with the biggest WTF expression I have ever seen... laughed.... and then called out to his buddy... ""Hey... we got Dolphins stuff out the back""?? The answer was no... instead I was pointed into the far corner ... and there was two or three dust laden old shitty orange caps... we made our excuses and left... on the way out my daughter said... ""Christ Dad... are they really THAT bad""?? I didn't have an answer.... .... anyway... FF 6/7 years.... I have the huge urge to book a flight to Vegas.... find that same shop... walk in there and shout GO FINS... and then get the next flight back home out of that shit hole..."

"Didn't expect to wake up to that score at all, and the complete opposite of our recent 4th quarter collapses. Massively benefits the 49ers being the only downside really. So, I guess""¶ Dear Nutsin, Merry Christmas. Lots of love. Those Seattle pretenders X"

I rewatched the 'fins Jets match today. The Jets do have have a very decent defence and Tua was just throwing short timing passes because that is all he had time to do.Not so good at defending the run but more than passable. Zach Wilson was terrible but working behind that porous offensive line is an impossible challenge. Aaron Rodgers would be stuffed with that let alone Trevor Siemian who was even worse Wilson. Mike White did some competent clock chewing which I liked.

"southbankbornnbred 7:09 - AG! Amazingly enough I don't drink!! I mean I'd love it if he stays, I think that we need something to change and that's literally all I can think of apart from a complete change from the top. So we're kind of thinking the same, it still hurts that this years been such a shit show after the promise pr-season but it is the Jets!!"

"I would not blame Rodgers if he does not want to come back next season, btw. But I guess the lure of his $50m guaranteed income for a final season will be too much for him. The Jets are a shitshow management-wise, still, despite having some real talent on the roster (Sauce, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, Johnson etc). It's so frustrating watching poor owners and coaches (Saleh's defensive instincts aside) make such atrocious decisions year after year."

"Def - between West Ham and the Jets, mate, it's enough to turn anybody to drink! Speaking of which, where's that whisky I put down earlier..."

southbankbornnbred 10:53 - West Ham and the Jets? We sure can pick them can't we? ü•π

"Just watched the post-game press conference with Rob Saleh and, to be really blunt, he looks and sounds like he is wilting under the pressure. The aggressive New York media are going after him a bit more after that shut-out and he can't say he doesn't deserve at least some criticism. He's a very good defensive mind - and has put together a really good defensive unit - but he doesn't have a clue how to run an offense or even how to manage an offense from a distance as a head coach working with a play-calling OC. He offered absolutely no answers when asked by a journalist how he was going to find ways to get the ball to a talented receiver like Garrett Wilson. He's way out of his depth when it comes to any form of offensive thinking. I don't think he needs to go, necessarily. But as the head coach he's got to step up and take some personal responsibility for the whole team - and that probably means ditching the awful OC and offensive coaches and putting together a team under him who can move the ball - with or without Rodgers next season. He's as clueless as Rex Ryan when it comes to offense. And Rex was a better defensive coach. Saleh is clearly just waiting for Rodgers to come back and run the offense himself. Which is very risky. Next year could be another clusterfuck if a 41-year-old QB get another injury. Jets caught in a nightmare at the moment."

will allways be the redskins to me go rams

"The Jets were, yet again, absolutely abysmal in getting shut out by the Fish. All of this is becoming an embarrassment and even Saleh (largely given a free ride due to Rodgers' injury) has got some serious explaining to do at the end of this season. I rate him, defensively, but he still leads the coaching team which put together that clueless offense. He needs to answer a few key questions before he is retained for next season: he can't just say it will all get better when 41-year-old Rodgers returns. The o-line is the worst I've seen across the NFL in many years. A record 13 years without a play-off game. Jets are now the worst team across all four major US sports: that's quite an achievement. It's almost like the owners don't know how to run a professional sports franchise but are in it for the NY market's vast amounts of money. At West Ham we think Sullivan is bad""¶"

NFC West Champs!

The Chargers firing Brandon Staley and Tom Telesco is not surprising given the season so far and being battered by the Raiders of all teams. Losing to an offence that managed a big fat zero last week is quite an achievement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyiPbUdJZzg

"Shit, I didn't know he died three months ago? Rest In Peace Big Man"

"oh dear, if I saw Dick Butkus walking towards me, I think I would emigrate, the bloke was a one man wrecking crew"

"The Redskin defensive line in the early 80's was more than decent. Manley, Mann, Darryl Grant and Dave Butz at DT. I think I'd cross the road if I saw Dave Butz walking towards me, an absolute colossus. I went to the 1986 Superbowl in New Orleans and on our flight down to NO from New York Mark Gastineau, Joe Klecko and Greg Buttle (Jet Linebacker) were sitting in the row behind us. There were plenty of other Jets players on the plane. Considering their almost superstar status they were pretty decent blokes, they made it known which bar in the French Quarter they'd be at and when and anyone was welcome."

"""I remember when the Redskins as they were then, under Joe Gibbs, were winning Super Bowls like they they were going out of fashion with Art Monk, Diesel Riggins, Theismann"" maybe our most important part of those years was defensive end partners Dexter Manley & Charles Mann. almost two hundred sacks, five superbowls between them yet neither honoured by the hall of fame. it took them thirteen years to recognise art monk's achievements. I listened to some prick called peter king (has been involved in the HOF selection process for decades) about a year ago asked in an interview by one of the skins best reporters why joe jacoby still hadn't been honoured. he said it was down to joe having a few bad games against lawrence taylor. very few tackles could dominate LT on a consistent basis, it's why king remains an ignorant cսnt"

"FC/lab, The Sack Exchange were true greats - all four of them. But they were all drafted in the late 70s and their real heyday was between 1980-84. Incredibly, it was 40 years ago. We've mostly been shit since then, give or take a few seasons of promise here and there (""ò86, Parcells era in the 90s, a bit under Herm and then a bit under Rex Ryan). We've been utter dross too often under the ownership of the Johnsons. They genuinely don't know how to run a franchise and have never learned."