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You'd still have trouble naming 5 teams with better O-lines, I'd bet

He's a RB over 30, was injured for most of the year, and ran like his feet were stuck in mud when he was on the field. Sounds like a present to me EDIT: Also, LOL at Harris having a hole to blast through "even though there was a holding." You ever wonder why holding is a 10-yard penalty for the offense?

To be fair, the Dolphins probably came in at the last second with a better offer. It didn't seem like he wanted to stay in Cleveland, anyhow. And why would he? He's a pure pass catcher and the Browns have arguably the worst QB situation in the league (all that money to Josh McCown? What the absolute fuck?) Also, Steelers are apparently close to signing DeAngelo Williams. Better hope Bell stays healthy/his suspension is short, because DeAng looked pretty donezell last season in Carolina

I mean, hey, every O-line can't be perfect each week. Geriatric James Harrison actually wreaked havoc against a number of teams' offenses. But trust me, without a top O-line (at least run blocking-wise,) there's no way in hell Forsett has the kind of year he had last year. Also, I like how the Pats signed Scott Chandler because now the Ravens currently have an empty TE depth chart behind Pitta

He was probably one of the biggest surprises last year. I doubt he'll have the kind of year he had last year again (RBBC time in Baltimore?) but very few running backs have a career revival at age 29. Guess it helps to run behind a top-5 O-line

If Carson Palmer had been healthy then I think the Cardinals win that game. That offense ran pretty well with Palmer at the helm, and the lack of depth at QB really just sent this team into a freefall ( especially once Carson did his thing and tore his ACL right after signing an extension, again.) Having a backup punter certainly hurts special teams, too. Sans injuries, Arizona > Carolina by a decent amount. Hey Ana, what was the Panthers' record going into the postseason again?

LOL I honestly love it when you two go back and forth. Though the Steelers' tandem is definitely worse

Welp, any hopes I had of the Pats repeating are basically on life support. Back to having a secondary that gets lit up every week

Hell yeah, anybody remember a certain MNF game in Kansas City? There's a great example of how Tom Brady plays when his interior o-line is complete ass. Fun fact: I had a friend that went to that game, Pats fan obviously. By the end of the game Chiefs fans were buying him beers, and consoling him because "his team sucks now." Midwesterners are kind to a fault

If Revis comes back I would expect AB to have a sub-par game against the Pats next season. If there's one thing the defense did decently well last season, it was taking away the other team's top receiving threat. I would expect him to be shadowed by Revis and doubled otherwise

Aaaaand now big Vince is on the free agent market. I really hope he re-signs

Eagles have a lot of cap space, too. Imagine a Chip Kelly offense with Mariota at the helm, and Sproles and Spiller in the backfield. That's a lot of speed

I think the Cardinals would be the best landing spot for him (assuming he doesn't return to Dallas.) Ellington proved last season that he isn't a workhorse back, and his skill set is more in line with a guy like Shane Vereen or Giovanni Bernard. Murray would give the team the bruiser they could use on offense

No team is going to trade for him with that contract. He'll probably be released

1 week until the new league year starts. AND IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH I'm pretty excited to see where this crop of free agents ends up signing. Also the Pats franchise tagged Gostkowski, so the top safety Devon McCourty will likely hit the market. I'm not okay with that

I saw that headline and laughed, not gonna lie. Why not blow a few million on one of Virginia's finest?

I've recently realized that I've completely lost touch with who I am over the past couple of years, and part of that certainly includes a lack of passion about anything (except maybe drugs.) So I just thought I'd ask whoever is willing to answer: What are you passionate about? What hobbies or activities do you have/do that make you happy?

I'd say promote who you like most, it's not like the enemies in this game really present any sort of threat to your own promoted units

Not necessarily. I strongly believe Bill will remain at least a few years past Brady's retirement, in order to prove that he can win without Tom. Also, the team finished 11-5 when Brady missed the entire year (with Matt Cassell at the helm too, no less.) Obviously losing one of the greatest QBs ever will hurt, but it won't end the team

It's hilarious that market value for a decent QB (even non-championship winning wins) is around $20 mil a year. Patriots fans don't give Brady enough credit for having such an insanely team-friendly contract to allow for more cap space. Joey's contract certainly hurts the team in terms of cap hit, but he's sure as shit worth that money in the playoffs

Ohhh yeah, Tech fans left and right. It's funny because Tyrod didn't even do that well at Tech, and couldn't even unseat statueman Sean Glennon as the starting QB. Any poor man version Mike Vick probably shouldn't be starting in the league. Though I donno how any Ravens fans can actually not want Joe Flacco to start... have they watched the playoffs since Flacco came into the league?

To be fair, every team has its share of idiots. Idiots just happen to make up 80-85% of the Patriots' fan base. Heck, on Tuesday a guy called the weekly Pats radio show I listen to and said that the offensive line should be ignored, because if Tom Brady is getting pressured regularly each week then he'll learn how to manage the pressure by the end of the season and the playoffs. Sound logic

lol u triflin' son EDIT: Also, the greatest moment in Chargers kicker history is Nick Novak peeing on live TV right before he went to go kick attempt a FG

My memory must be going, I completely forgot the Pats were the team that beat them that year. Thought I do recall that there were like 6-7 other ways that the Chargers blew that game

Troy Brown is just too much of a boss. He used his DB skills to great effect in that game EDIT: Also I'm assuming one of the hypothetical rings comes from the 14-2 one-and-done? There were still 2 more games after that one for them to win so I donno bout that. Also can't figure out where the 3rd one is coming from