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Was Tom brady good or did he decline I didn’t watch the Bucs so did age get the better of Brady or was it the Bucs team that made him decline. Brady numbers last year were still good. Do you think 2022 brady was good enough to lead a team to a championship or not?

As much as I hated to see Mark Andrews go down, I can’t imagine this panning out well.

In the Lions game yesterday, the safety at the end of the game happens after a Bears player kicks the ball from the 3 yard line into the back of the end zone. I know that because of the famous Raiders Holy Roller game that the offense can't advance a fumble with a kick but does that also apply to the defense? Should the Lions have gotten the ball at the 3 on offense?

All Chargers fans are calling for Staley to be fired. Not a single Charger fan wants to keep Staley. (Haha no fans, yeah yeah) Staley's defense is awful for 3 years straight!!! Yet Ian thinks its not the defense!! "Brandon's defense has been fine" and to make things worse "He is one of the better defensive coaches in the league" and as he is saying it its shows a stat most passing yards allowed in the NFL. Why is he saying this?! Is there some kind of trick to journalism here? Sincerely do not understand what he is saying???

Bernie Kosar was the Browns QB, Marty Schottenheimer was their HC, Earnest Byner was their leading rusher, and Reggie Langhorne was their leading receiver.

The Steelers were led by Bubby Brister at QB, Chuck Noll at HC, Merril Hoge (yep, that guy) at FB, with Troy Johnson as their leading receiver.

It was a rainy day, but the Browns prevailed behind a great all-around defensive and special teams effort, with 6 sacks from the likes of Michael Dean "Little Fridge" Perry and Clay Matthews.

Highlights from the game

Full game stats

The Browns would win 27-7 to improve to 7-5 on the season, and the Steelers falling to 2-10. Chuck Noll would famously lose the locker room that season as the Steelers finished 5-11 (1 of only 3 losing seasons they've had since '88). The Browns would finish 10-6, good enough for the wild card. However, the Browns were without Kosar, and Mike Pagel wasn't enough to beat Warren Moon, Jerry Glanville, and the Oilers.

That weeks top songs?

• Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi
• Baby I Love Your Way by Will to Power
• Desire by U2
• How Can I Fall by Breathe
• Kissing a Fool by George Michael
• The Loco-Motion by Kylie Minogue
• Kokomo by The Beach Boys on the Cocktail soundtrack

Some of the top movies you could see in theaters that week?

• Child's Play
• Earnest Saves Christmas
• The Land Before Time
• The Accused
• They Live

Some of the top events from that month?

The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive had just launched in Japan

George H.W. Bush was elected as president, defeating Michael Dukakis

Murphy Brown debuted

This has to be one of the bigger head scratching stats I have seen in a while. I was looking at the Jets Bills box score and the QBR numbers caught my eye.

Tim Boyle 7/14 33yds 0TD 1INT 1 Sack 1rush attempt for 1 yard QBR 50.2

50% completion, NFL avg 64.9%

2.4 yard/attempt average, the NFL avg is 7.0

4.7 yards per completion, NFL average is 10.8

So I decided to grab every QBR rating for Sunday(and Passer Rating to keep us all grounded in reality).

That legendary Tim Boyle performance you witnessed, according to QBR, was the 13th best qb performance on Sunday.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401547543

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QBR loves Tim Boyle

Tim Boyle for Joe Burrow? Let me think about it

Tim Boyle for Josh Allen? Maybe if you throw in a 3rd round pick.

Tim Boyle for C.J. Stroud? C.J. Stround and who else?

Tim Boyle for Tua Tagovailoa? If you toss in a 1st rounder we can talk.

Tim Boyle for Russell Wilson? Hang up the phone scoffing at the unmitigated gall for even calling me.

Whew, thank you QBR for keeping me from looking like a complete idiot as a NFL GM.

Because they list Bryce Young at 5’10 and he looks barely 5’10 with shoes on, I feel like he might actually be 5’8, he just looks so small.

Zach Wilson
Anthony Richardson

Richardson achieved grades of 49.3 and 54.3 in his full games weeks 1 and 3, and grades of 73.2 and 50.0 in his partial games weeks 2 and 5.

They first played the Bears which they won by 3, score being 31-28. Then they played the Packers who they beat 19-17, a margin of 2. And yesterday they beat the Vikings 21-20, a margin of 1. Does this mean that their game with the Lions ends in a tie?

Both teams are currently 4 - 6.

Commanders maybe. No idea. But 0% chance of Belichick going to Dallas. Belichik wants full control. Jerry Jones wants full control. Zero compatibility.

Sean Payton has never had a losing season if he was over .500 at any point. Unfortunately he has one kind of losing season.

The 07 Saints and the 14-16 Saints had the exact same 7-9 season, and the Broncos are on the same subpar Sean Payton season trajectory.

2007: Saints start 0-4, they even their record at 4-4 midseason, lose game 9 and never get over .500.

2014: Saints start 1-3, they even their record at 4-4 midseason, lose in OT to the 49ers in game 9 (this was the game where Jimmy Graham’s game winning Hail Mary is called for OPI) and never get over .500.

2015: Saints start 1-4, they even their record at 4-4 midseason, lose in OT to the Titans in game 9 and never get over .500.

2016: Saints start 1-3, they even their record at 4-4 midseason, then lose game 9 to the Broncos via their game winning extra point being blocked and returned by the defense for the Broncos game winning 2 points.

A 7-9 Sean Payton season follows a similar script. The team struggles in September, gets it together midseason, loses the game that will get them over .500 dramatically.

The Broncos this year: start 1-5, even their record at 5-5 midseason, and now we’re at the biggest game of their season. If they can’t beat the 7-3 Browns the Broncos are on the same script.

Their next 4 games are the Browns, Texans, Chargers, and Lions. They could easily find themselves at 5-9 and that would be consistent with the type of bad season Sean Payton has.

For bonus points, even though Payton was suspended in 2012 the Saints still followed the script. Started 0-4, got to 5-5, never got over .500 and finished 7-9.

Not what two teams do you think will get there. Not what two teams are playing the best. Of the teams that have at least a reasonable chance of making the playoffs, what match-up would you enjoy seeing the most?