Yeah, I came in here specifically to see if my “wtf?” Reaction when I saw that on ESPN was justified. Knowing they have Taylor and Mack it seems insane to me, particularly with the Latavius news the day before about him walking away because of a $3m salary and then getting $2m from a desperate Ravens team (I know he is an old man for RBs but he has been very productive still as an RB1 when called on).
I haven’t been following this, what’s with the hash tag? They seem to use it a lot.
Jacksonville is in Duval county or, more accurately, is Duval county. It became a rallying cry a handful of years ago. As @MuzzyField can unfortunately still attest, it is stupid and annoying enough to make one want to club a baby seal.
Some of the Jags catchphrases seemed to come from the TV show The Good Place, where the only Jags fan in the universe was stuck in purgatory. I think he shouted "Duval" a lot.
I think you have that a little backwards, both about where the show takes place (NO SPOILERS
) and the order. "The Good Place" character hilariously popularized "BORTLES!" and when he made up a fake name for himself went by the pseudonym 'Jake Jortles," which both became memes and for a lot of NFL fans, but the "Duuuuuvall!" thing has been with the Jags for a long time.Link
You have to think that the winner would be guaranteed to not have a Saturday game the next week, right?
I think that absolutely has to happen. But you're still putting one team and one team only at a disadvantage.
Can you even do that? You don't always know the matchups until all the games are done---and you have to tell the other teams what day they are hosting, no?
They would be able to minimize that by scheduling one of the 4-5 matchups on Monday. The last game on Sunday could be the other 4-5 matchup.
Because no matter what happens, no matter what the schedule is, the team that plays on Monday will have less time to rest compared to all the other teams who played that weekend. They are singularly disadvantaged.
But again, there has often been at least one team in this situation. Just looking back since 2010:
The difference is that it's guaranteed to happen. Before, it could happen, but sometimes it didn't. Now it will happen every single year, in both conferences.
They play Monday night football during the regular season. They don't play elimination games in the regular season. And all teams play in those games, some more than others, of course. And it's spread out over 18 weeks.
I would hope that the NFL will not schedule west coast games on Monday night (or even Sunday night for that matter), but I can't say I have 100% faith in the NFL to avoid that.
Yup. I’ll join a team with Mahomes and Kelce/Hill to draw coverage away from me over basically any other situation, if given the choice. But I also think he’s pretty cooked so this might be another Le’Veon Bell situation.
One of the reasons KC is a good fit is that offense is never going to rely on him, if he plays great.... he's still the 3rd best receiving option on the team.
By the way, we've all seen plenty of players go off the cliff. But nobody had a steeper and quicker fall than Le'Veon. He was an absolutely STUD.
RBs cliff hard, because the margin for error is small, and you depend on your teammates more. When he was with the Jets, he wasn't actually that bad, it's just that outside like 5 guys tops RBs are replaceable, a lot of guys who put up big numbers are fools gold, they get hurt and the backup gives you 90% of what the starter did, then a key lineman gets hurt and the starter looks bad, then 2 years go by and a guy with fresh legs passes him (see Fournette in JAX, Elliott in DAL, etc. etc.).
And he wasn't even an athleticism guy like Gurley so I figured he'd age a little better. Know Gurley had knee issues but, to Cellar's point, these guys go fast. It's why I don't blame them at all for doing what they need to do in order to maximize their earnings. Wouldn't be surprised if a guy like Derrick Henry is out of the league in under 3 years.
