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Goff is off next week so of course there is no projection for him. In a standard 12 team league I don't see keeping Goff on your roster as a starter unless injuries have forced your hand. He has been bad this year and from a non fantasy standpoint that contract is going to kill the Rams going forward. They went from a team with one of the brightest futures to a team with a albatross contact at QB and a MVP candidate from last year who is going to fall off a cliff any week now due to his arthritic knee giving out on him and will be out of the league by the end of that season. I do have Jackson on my team as a drafted keeper from last year. So maybe this is just me hoping me has a 30+ point week against NE |
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On a side note. There is a youtube channel called classic sports or something like that. You can watch condensed games. Every time I watch one of those game from the 90s one thing stands out more than anything. The game was a lot more physical back then. You can clearly see the difference from then and what we watch today. For a bunch of players that are supposedly bigger, stronger, faster, it certainly isn't evident in today's game.
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QB Lamar Jackson
QB Kirk Cousins QB Patrick Mahomes This is my fantasy situation. I picked up Cousins last week and he was underwhelming vs Washington. Jackson comes back after his bye week but he is playing against a historically good Patriots defence. Mahomes is still injured. So to me Jackson is probably ideal but there could be a decent QB like Minshew on Waivers. |
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I'm old enough to remember when Dolphins vs Steelers was one of the best matchups of the year.
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You know, I hear this comment a lot. It's just one of those things that people repeat over and over. So, how bad is the AFC East? Here's one way to find out. Strip out the division winners from each year for the last 20 seasons (which essentially eliminates the Patriots, but leaves all of those other crappy teams) and make a comparison. And since you're stripping out the perennial AFC East winner who almost always gets a 1st round playoff bye, you're giving a small net bonus to the other divisions. Not counting the abbreviated period where the Central Divisions were still around (but they're included on the chart), guess which division has the best record?
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That's interesting, but how about we remove the first two years and make sure each division has played the exact same number of games? The AFC East played 944 games, whereas some other divisions played 818 or 880. Until they've all played the exact same number of games then just how accurate is it? I wonder how much, if any, of that would change. Not picking a fight here, just curious.
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Which is worse for pro football? The Miami Dolphins or Joe Tessitore & Booger McFarland broadcasting the Miami Dolphins?
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For those who think that playing in the "weak" AFC East allows the Pats to fatten up during the regular season to get home field advantage in the playoffs, keep in mind that in fully half of the Patriots 6 NFL title runs, they had to win ON THE ROAD in the AFC title game to get to the Super Bowl. And don't forget, Brady, Belichek and the Pats won zero Super Bowls from 2005 thru 2013. They are not invincible, just resilient. As for this year's outlook, for those who figure at least a cruise to the Super Bowl, and likely a title, is a foregone conclusion for New England, consider these seasons and the Pats record, and that they did not win the title in those years: 2006 12-4 2007 16-0 2008 11-5 2010 14-2 2011 13-3 2012 12-4 2013 12-4 2015 12-4 2017 13-3 Besides the Patriots, nobody in the AFC is all that impressive this year. However, I would not at all be shocked to see the Chiefs knock them off, despite ForeverRoyalKC's pessimism. Especially when you look at who the Patriots have beaten (no good teams), who the Chiefs have lost to (three good teams, including a close loss without Mahomes), and who the Chiefs have beaten (a few decent teams). We'll see... |
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The point hef is not that the easy division helps them win the playoffs. Its that it makes it easier to get into the playoffs. You got be in it to win it. If 10 games normally puts you in and you have 5 automatic ones every year, that is a huge advantage.
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And winning the divisions always gets at least a home game and usually a bye
They've just been a perfect storm of every variable coming together. HOF QB, HOF coach, good luck, some cheating, lousy regular season competition, opponents going braindead in the SB, etc. |
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But the breaks have gone their way. Whole thing started with a tuck rule no one had ever heard of before. Then you have McNabb throwing up. John Kasay's kickoff out of bounds. Seattle trying to prevent Beast Mode from winning the SB MVP. Atlanta's meltdown. Cundiff's missed FG. One penalty vs the Jaguars.
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And really it's the regression of the O-Line this year that has caused the Rams offense to look bad at times. Goff certainly isn't an elite QB, but he's a good second tier guy whose biggest weakness (handling pressure) is being amplified by the current team's makeup. It's gonna be a tough problem to fix, as their only talented young linemen are Rob Havenstein and Austin Blythe and both are playing badly this year with the rest of the line, and they're hell bent on not picking early in any draft. The Rams are going to be an interesting follow for the next few years. At a certain point though Les Snead needs to stop getting in the way of the team's future. |
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Has any team given a huge RB deal and ended up better off for it? There are like five RBs ever who are anything more than a product of their O-Line and system.
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The Patriots have a history of performing down to their competition in the playoffs, see the super bowl against the NY Giants twice and Philadelphia, and nearly Atlanta.
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I don't know how you can "play down" to your competition in the Super Bowl. It's not as if the SB loser is the 3rd best team in their division. Philadelphia specifically was in the conference finals every year for 4 years straight I think.
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When you have arguably the best player and best coach of all time and have won more super bowl rings than you can fit on a hand?
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You are going to lose a few games against good teams, that's football. The outcome of any one game is mostly luck even though that makes for boring storylines. One field goal attempt, one pass interference decision, one fumble recovery, one deflected pass that goes to a defender often determines the winner and loser.
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It still shows that the Patriots aren't fattening up on their divisional rivals more so than other division winners.If anything, this provides evidence of two points: 1) That's it's unfortunate for the rest of the AFC East that the Patriots are in the division because the rest of the teams as a whole are actually better than people have given them credit for over the last 18 seasons, and 2) that it's NFC West that is full of weaklings on average.
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