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Someone on a totally different forum commented about the hit for which Derwin James was ejected, baslcally saying, if you don't want get hit, don't play. <sigh>

The only thing that'll help the Broncos for next year is a time warp, so they can pass on the Wilson trade. Between the salary cap impact and the loss of draft picks, they're toast through at least 2025, it looks like.

Or, the team only a Nobody plays in a bowl game.....

George Santos admits he lied about several things, but then tries to say, it's nothing everyone does it. I wonder if a recall effort is allowed. Technically, perhaps, he's not a criminal, but he's a conscience-deficient slimeball.

That was the gist of the comments from Booger and Steve on Countdown. Steve said you *can't* expect self-reporting (I think he meant during the game) or another player calling out a potential problem...it's against the culture. No one's gonna want more game stoppages, but they'll take a short stoppage for evaluation purposes over watching another spasming player. Yeah, the protocol still has huge problems.

Oh dear. Tua declared OUT for Sunday. Self-reported concussion symptoms. On the MNF lead-in, Booger asserted "sit Tua for the rest of the season." And I have to agree. They're showing a hit from the 2nd quarter. He stayed in the rest of the game. No one spotted it...but today he's self-reporting? There WILL be an investigation. This is VERY concerning. Potentially 3 concussions over a span of, what, 4 months, is scary as HECK for long-term problems. BEST of luck to him. EDIT: Schefter on Hackett. "There has never been a head coach who lost the fans faster." The week 1 disaster...and then, never giving the fans a reason to hope.

Oh my.... And the Aggies continued their TOTAL BOWL DOMINATION!!!!! 24-19. After a disastrous 0-4 start. Tainted, perhaps, as Bowling Green lost their starting QB to a late hit OB. Called targeting on the field, that was overturned...ehhhhh. Questionable overturn, it was a bad hit. The Aggies are 4-0-1 in bowl games, believe it or not....

IMO Evero would probably be a mistake; his record suggests it'd be premature. Sure, good job this year, but it's his first year at coordinator level. Defensive passing game and secondary coach for the Rams last year...which is a huge factor, the glitter of that Super Bowl ring...but just position coach before that, or less. He does have a pretty long history in coaching at the pro level, I'll grant, but the titles/responsibilities look to be pretty narrow until last season. https://pro-football-history.com/coach/1320/ejiro-evero-bio Mind, that SB ring tends to cover up a whole lot of potential warts, so yeah, he'll probably be courted for HC by multiple teams.

So report is Jerry Rosburg, the advisor brought in to deal with game management since, well, Natty Hack (y'all like that one?) couldn't...is interim HC. That's probably minimal disruption, leave the coordinators to do what they do, and Rosburg arguably had half the head coaching duties during the game anyway.

No. Absolutely not after that complete, utter debacle and the entire, awful season. Waiting sends terrible messages to the team and fans when the team's shown it's that badly dysfunctional. And don't feel bad for Hackett. Assuming a prorated salary? He only made about $3.5 million or so. He's not hurting.

Just had a thought. A potential reason why Hackett doesn't get fired until after the season is, they still have 2 significant games left. Not significant to *them* but overall. Chiefs are battling for the #1 seed...a big deal. Chargers are battling for a playoff berth...a VERY big deal. OK, so...if the owners think they need to completely clean house...Paton, Hackett, and at least both coordinators, and sit Wilson...the Broncos are fielding a shell for those games, and will appear to be completely non-competitive. It isn't necessarily a good look at this point. It's a move that could've been made weeks ago, but now it offers the appearance of throwing games to aid other teams in your division. DraftKings line on Dec 20th was Chiefs -10; it's now -11.5. It's in Arrowhead. Can't say it'll be any worse than yesterday as that's a really high bar, but it's likely similar.

And the bowl season starts back up today with a warmup, before kicking into high gear. Today, it's, I believe, a pair of teams that were in the Bottom 25 for several weeks: NMSU (definitely) and Bowling Green (think so). Only the one game because, well, almost every bowl game is on ESPN and it's Monday......

There's a story from the Denver Post this morning. One feature is a poll...grade the game. 94% gave an F, not surprisingly. Almost 3% gave an A, which I suspect was sarcasm. And there's this quote: And there's this story. https://www.si.com/nfl/broncos/news/russell-wilson-broncos-take-action-change It calls out Wilson for intense criticism, but there's also this: They called for a press conference announcing a coaching search as well. And yeah, I have to agree. You know how often broadcasters (particularly) and sometimes talking heads dismiss player tiffs and bad reactions...altho, IIRC, they weren't doing that yesterday...but as much as has happened this year? Hackett and Wilson have lost this team. The only one you can ditch is Hackett. He MUST go, and he must go NOW. Not doing so at this point is a massive failure of leadership. Logan: Mayfield played fine, he took what was given...but that was the sun, the moon, and the stars. The Broncos shattered just like this:

The NFL is different. They've played on Sunday regularly. And note that they moved most games to Christmas Eve. With the NBA, it's a pure, unadulterated cash grab in association with ESPN/ABC. They saw, in most years, a giant void, and they wanted to make it the equivalent of the New Year's Day bowls, and the NFL's Thanksgiving games.

Ugh. Double Ugh. Triple Ugh. I wouldn't say the Cards blew it because it's not like they had more than a couple positive plays anyway.

If Wilson starts the last 2 games, I suspect they'll break the team record. If not, I think they'll score enough not to. I resembled that remark this morning... And it certainly fits this game. Anything good is happening more or less by accident.

You've just proven the critical importance of proper timing.

Evidence suggests you're right. Bench Wilson for the season. Not to protect him, to send a message. His play's not the only issue but it's a major, major part. Yeah, right, there's no way I can see that he isn't the starter next year, but this is a far cry, in the wrong direction, from totally pathetic.

As they say, a broken clock is right twice a day....

Is anyone else a little confused by the amount of advertising going on during the football games today, for HBO Max? These are national telecasts with no significant programming running opposite. They should be high-ratings games...and that means the ads are expensive. They've run several times, tho....

The first of the 3 picks was a gross misread, potentially combined with a receiver running a bad route. 2 receivers too close together...and 5 defenders circling them. There had to be a better place to throw the ball. (Wilson's first pick was this way, too.) The second one was after a drive. It was, again, another careless throw IIRC. The third pick might've been film study and the Fins being overly predictable. So this was...somewhat different, but largely that story, yeah. We don't need to worry about that in this game. Way to go, Russ...another freaking BLIND HEAVE into the end zone with a blanketed receiver. Someone posted the video of Wilson's horrible judgments, a couple weeks ago, and this game's repeated that story *multiple* times. These are Manziel-esque, college-level boneheaded. Might have to look up largest margin of victory for the season to date; who knows, this might threaten it yet. EDIT: Cowboys 40-3 obliteration of the Vikes. Yes, that's at risk. Bronco defense certainly isn't responsible for a big chunk of these points, but they've mailed this one in too.

Can you gift wrap a game any more than Tua and the Dolphins just did? Those picks were HORRIBLE.

For which Lawrence is eternally grateful. I mean, you're kinda assuming Lawrence would succeed with the Jets, and we know that's a stretch.

I could apologize, but you know it'd be as sincere as one from Aaron Rodgers....

So this Is, what, a once a decade occurrence? BTW: FiveThirtyEight and ESPN FPI both give the Jags about a 75% chance to make the playoffs, with the Titans cratering and Tannehill out. Bucs-Panthers, before the game today, is 2-1 Bucs. The last NFC WC slot is wide open; basically a near-even split between Detroit, Seattle, and Washington on FTE; on ESPN, Seattle's got a big edge there, and the Packers are given a somewhat better shot. The AFC WC spots are much less dramatic.