NFL what have we learned week 17

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Andy Dalton made the pro bowl 3 times in Cincy. The narrative that Cincy is a "bad Franchise" should be dead by now. Say what you want about Marvin Lewis but he helped change that franchise despite their failures.

I'd kill for the Jags to have the level of success that Cincy has had since in the last 10 years. They are more than legit in comparison to teams like us
 
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Matt Rhule not getting fired and coming back for a third season is white privilege in action

Matt Rhule getting an NFL job based on his resume is white privilege in action

The first sentence is correct. The second sentence is hilarious because everyone knows that's fukking Kliff Kingsbery. Rhule was very good in college.
 

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We need an offensive coach I hope they hire Eric Bieniemy y'all hit a lick when y'all hired Matt Lafleur. Hire Bieniemy, dump Kirk salary on some QB desperate team who don't know better and throw bread at Deshaun or Russ.
Now watch my Bears fumble the bag and go out and get some underqualified white assistant coach and not hire Bieniemy.
 
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winning a pro bowl despite your franchise is more accurate, and Marvin kept his job for so long because the Magic’s he did with limited resources
There was talk that they didn’t cover pay for scouts to travel to see potential picks, etc I’m not sure if they finally figured out you can’t keep sluming it or whatever

The fans figured out thanks to Lewis that you can actually win in Cincy and started demanding more from the owners. Yes, this led to Lewis's firing but ultimately that was a good thing for the franchise in the long run as Lewis's era had clearly run its course.
 

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KC defense turning the corner to being “elite” was overstated. They got the luxury of an easy schedule and some timely injuries (Rodgers, Cooper, Lamb) that made it look better than it was. Chargers would have beaten them to if they had just taken the points in some scenarios. The offense looks like they are back, but that secondary can be bullied if you got physical wide receivers .

I think a cold weather home playoff game might work against Buffalo’s favor. This is a team that because of a weak running game could find themselves in trouble if the conditions make it hard to pass.

The Chargers or Bengals will win a playoff game.
 

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It's crazy that Stafford didn't throw for 500+ and 4 TDs. Every Ravens fan has led me to believe that anyone can do that against that team and that what Joe Burrow did last week was nothing special.

The Ravens had a Covid outbreak along with a rash of injuries days before the second Bengals game. They were especially decimated in the secondary, and were starting guys off the street.

They were healthier for the Rams game.
 

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I hope the Chargers win next week I want to see Herbert in the playoffs.

Chiefs loss could be huge. Instead of a first round bye they could face the Chargers in the first round

Chargers have flaws and their D stinks but Herbert torches the Chiefs defense.

That’s a dangerous wild card round game for the Chiefs. Last team with the ball wins type of game
 

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Rodgers gotta win it this year, or all that ITWAN ass bullshyt from this season looks even funnier in the light. Just about every other playoff team looks flawed enough that they should be able to pull this off.

People will shyt their pants over the loss, but the Chiefs don't have a whole lot to be alarmed by. Bengals won by a field goal, and it took Burrow and Chase going absolutely nuclear. They still have a decent chance of coming out of the AFC.

Can't say it enough times: there needs to be a MASSIVE bloodletting in Minnesota after this season. Zimmer is clearly done, and Spielman gotta go for how shyttily the team is constructed. Draft Kellen Mond to push Kirk Cousins and then never develop him enough to do so, brehs. Make it through 2021 with a hardcore anti-vax QB and don't bother to roster a replacement level backup, brehs.

McCarthy's stay in Dallas might be shorter than expected. Kellen Moore being mentioned as a head coach candidate is going to force Jerry Jones to make a call on whether he's the future sooner rather than later, and shyt like McCarthy letting messaging get out that they thought the refs beat them yesterday isn't helping his case for staying. Also on a random note, every person saying they all these crazy arm angles that QBs use now are unnecessary should take a look at some of Dak Prescott's deflected passes and reconsider. Also hoping that Gallup can pull a Cooper Kupp and end up somehow being better a couple years down the road after a blown out knee.

I saw that Mike Glennon threw for 24 yards yesterday, and assumed he got benched for Fromm. Nah, that was a whole damn game. :huhldup: No way they should seriously be considering bringing back Judge. They seriously just laid down and quit.

I feel like just a year or two ago, there was talk about how there were so many good QBs that it was going to be tough to find spots for new QBs, and here we are now with a whole lot of mediocrity at the position.
 

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KC defense turning the corner to being “elite” was overstated. They got the luxury of an easy schedule and some timely injuries (Rodgers, Cooper, Lamb) that made it look better than it was. Chargers would have beaten them to if they had just taken the points in some scenarios. The offense looks like they are back, but that secondary can be bullied if you got physical wide receivers .

@Chip Skylark

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People just overreacting. The chargers? The chiefs haven’t played them with a healthy defense at all this year. First game Frank Clark was injured, Chris Jones was playing out of position Melvin Ingram wasn’t on the team and they won by a missed call. Second game they lost when the chiefs didn’t have their starting cornerback, starting linebacker or Chris Jones. It was the bengals day yesterday. Like burrow said sometimes it goes that way. It was a good game too
 

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Tyler Huntley needs to be a starter somewhere next year.
Baltimore 3rd string QB his last name
Is Johnson, was very impressive last week against the Bengals, I was like :mindblown: he’s better than both the Saints QB

saints should have just signed a Qb off the streets when Winston went down
 

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The giants offense this season is one of the worst I’ve ever seen. It’s just not competitive
I won't even lie to you....almost every time I've turned a Giants game on this season I've watched the offense and just shook my head and turned the channel
 
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