I maintain that Sean Payton is one of the most overrated coaches in history. He’s had a healthy future HOF QB every year he’s coached, and he’s missed the playoffs entirely 5 out of 12 seasons with him, including 3 years in a row from 2014-16.

Yeah, I definitely don’t want to minimize the sexual abuse, but haven’t we known about a huge problem with emotional and physical abuse that basically pervades the whole sport? There is so much more wrong with gymnastics than one predatory doctor.

I thought the onside kick was defensible, but there is a difference between stopping a team that is trying to score and stopping a team that is running three times and being conservative. Given the way even teams with good QBs hesitate to do anything but run up the middle I think it’s probable that’s what the Jags…

In the moment, I thought for sure he was getting tackled inbounds. Once he started running I figured he was close enough to the sideline to step out if a defender got close (although the game clock might have hit zero before he hit the end zone, in not sure) but it took me a while to realize there was no other…

Yeah, if they’re just going to kneel, I don’t see why they even have to snap the ball. That said, I don’t know why they didn’t just kick the extra point. I realize the outcome was not in question, but teams kick extra points all the time when they score to go up 3-4 scores at the end of the 4th quarter.

Agreed, there are definitely a lot of reasons the Lions have underachieved. I pointed out Stafford not because he’s the only or even the primary problem there, but because he’s the guy I think of most when I think of a highly paid QB who has proven himself to be very good, but probably will never be in that…

Yup...his mistake is unfortunately the most memorable, but if you want to place blame for the loss I think it would make more sense to blame the offense.

Agreed, and I can’t fault a guy for making the wrong decision in a split second. But obviously PI there would have been infinitely better than giving up the TD. I believe it would have been a 51-yard attempt (granted, indoors) and they wouldn’t have had enough time on the clock to try to get closer. Odds are, Forbath…

Yes. Really, the lesson here and something I have said over and over in the past couple years is that if you have a great QB, you’ll obviously be in the conversation to win the Super Bowl every year. But if you don’t have a great QB, you can still have a chance at a Super Bowl if you don’t overpay a mediocre QB like…

20%? That seems really high for the chance of recovering an onside kick. Also, while the penalty moved the Jags closer and they did get about 9 yards in their three downs to make the FG easier, I hate even allowing for the possibility with a 7 point deficit. If the deficit is 4, sure, because you need a TD anyway.

These guys are living proof that scientific illiteracy and ignorance is not exclusive to the right wing.

I’m not entirely comfortable with that idea, but it’s the best suggestion I’ve heard yet for dealing with the situation. Unless you are going to ban teams from firing one coach to hire a specific other person they had in mind (which would still be impossible to accomplish; it would just mean teams would have to be…

Yes and no. You’re absolutely right that getting an interview gives a guy exposure and going through a legitimate interview process is good experience and might even plant the seed for a future job if he doesn’t get hired the first time. Both of those benefits are dependent on the circumstance, though. Interviewing…

Plus, I assume Sarkesian is still under contract. The Falcons don’t have to let him go for a lateral move unless they want to and given how their season went I don’t see why they would.

What I find bizarre about the story is how news outlets are treating the slightly risqué team name as if it’s on the same level as the racist nicknames. Only a Helen Lovejoy would want them kicked out of the league for “Wet Dream Team,” and this would be a nonstory. It’s the racism that’s actually a big deal.

Yup. I cannot conceive of having to lie to my wife that I went to see a movie.

Yeah, people are notoriously bad at identifying what they are sick with. When somebody tells me they got the flu shot and still got the flu, my first question is “how do you know you had the flu?”

Hell, it might be one of the best albums of all time.

Yeah, my bad. I saw the replay from a different angle today and you’re right, he tripped and fell.

Yeah, I am rarely surprised at the disgustingness of “journalists” who think shoving a microphone at someone who’s just lost a loved one is an honorable profession, but this is a new low.