Any game involving the Jets is interesting only in the way rubbernecking a fifty car pileup is interesting

Rams seems like a good choice for this, Goff really isn't a creator

Honestly if I were the Rams and I really wanted to FPS it I would try to get a first-plus for Goff from Miami and trade for Rosen

This strat would give me the horn

SNF even better than last couple years. Those were great years. This year's schedule is elite

On the other hand, this MNF scheudule is dog ****.

that's their plan...right? SNF is now the premium offering?

Every team has to play once on MNF (and TNF). That ensures weak matchups.

The ESPN article about predicting teams' records is pretty funny considering it is not anywhere close to an even amount of wins to loses (way more wins).

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...s-all-32-teams

Not true for MNF. A few teams don't have either SNF or MNF (Titans, Jags to name a couple, though we do get a return to the illustrious TNF between the two of them week 3).

Not sure what all the hype is for the SNF schedule as released. Some good games sure, but some of the better games are actually on CBS/FOX as part of double headers. And because the of the rules, I doubt that the CBS/FOX would allow say, Chiefs vs Patriots to be flexed out.

For example the Patriots play their SNFs and MNFs against the Steelers, Jets, Ravens and Texans. They could be playing the Chiefs, Browns or Cowboys in those slots.

Likewise the Chiefs. Their feature games are home include Indy and Bears among other matchups, particularly the Bears matchup since its Week 16 and is a chance to be flexed for sure (Ravens vs Browns a good divisional candidate to be moved).

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As an aside, I enjoyed this video of Atlanta announcing their schedule. Look closely at 0:42 for a very nice little bit of shade.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1118665439263981568

The Bills have no Primetime game (They have the afternoon Thanksgiving game @ Dallas however).

Yup, pretty obvious. 19 winning teams, 7 at .500 and 6 losing teams... Selling hope to the fans!

The numbers add up to exactly 9 wins per team, so you can substract 1 win to get the bias out (if the bias was equivalent for all teams in absolute no. of wins terms which it surely isn't).

Falcons shade was legit

0:36 as well for Aints

Dak is certainly good enough to take a team to the superbowl. Cowboys won a few with worse.

Dak and Goff are both horrible football players. Barely above replacement level. The only new contract they deserve is to contract AIDS from themselves.

Every QB is capable of taking a team to the Super Bowl and this catchphrase that “you can’t win in the playoffs with this guy” is straight up false and just gives lazy pundits an easy talking point. It’s obviously much easier to win with an actual good QB but Blake Bortles came super close 15 months ago because he played well for a stretch and had an amazing defense.

I know but... Barf

Week 2 Sept. 16 Browns at Jets
Week 3 Sept. 23 Bears at Redskins
Week 4 Sept. 30 Bengals at Steelers
Week 5 Oct. 7 Browns at 49ers
Week 6 Oct. 14 Lions at Packers
Week 7 Oct. 21 Patriots at Jets
Week 8 Oct. 28 Dolphins at Steelers
Week 9 Nov. 4 Cowboys at Giants
Week 10 Nov. 11 Seahawks at 49ers

I think TNF has a stronger schedule than MNF.

i was super amused as a steelers homer because the steelers reporter is much more down on the steelers than the teams we are playing are down on the steelers.

he has the steelers losing to the ravens 2x, the colts, the bengals, the browns, and the chargers.. (pats also)

but if you go to those teams pages, the ravens have the steelers winning, the colts have the steelers winning, the bengals have the steelers winning, and the chargers have the steelers winning..

Some say that the only team that can beat the Steelers

is the Steelers.

If you look at the list of starting QBs in superbowls in the last 30 years, most of them are among the better QBs out there. The bottom end is guys like Aikman, Simms, Dilfer, Rypien, Flacco, Foles, Cam - and Dak is as serviceable as those guys.

And the patriots...

And the Raiders

can the Raiders even beat their own B team?

After 30 years of Jerryball and watching pretty much every press conference this offseason, my honest sense is that they know where Dak’s value is—not ultra-tier but capable/good—but also realize there aren’t any sensible alternatives anytime soon. They’ll get it done somewhere around $28m/year I expect.

On the other hand, Stephen Jones seems to be calling these shots, and Dak isn’t quite good or leveraged enough to force anything right now. Unlike Lawrence he’s looking at a $2m season and who knows what could happen with the tags next year. I think the $30m/yr threshold is about all they could really stomach before a tag & trade situation makes more sense. There’s always a chance he wants to play hard for Russell Wilson money which he isn’t getting.

It is the NFL, but how many teams would want to sign Dak for 25+mil? If both sides understand that they cant do better, both should come out with a good contract.