I think there’s still plenty of context to be added by the eye test — just look at last night. The eye test/conventional wisdom of the Pats’ D would tell you that they beat a middling offense that’s been inconsistent all year, despite being not-so-great at tackling, having a few weak spots in the secondary, and having…

I mean, it’s pretty hard to complain.... their defense got completely roasted by Brady, and the only reason they were in the game late was because of the special teams errors by the Patriots. Take away the two touchdowns that Flacco managed to score when starting within 20 yards of the end zone each time and you’re…

I mean, it’s because two players that had little experience were thrust into the role — Amendola was injured and couldn’t suit up as the return man, and they didn’t want to use Edelman due to the fact that they now more or less live by his health with Gronk out (an exaggeration, but not that far off).

You kidding me? CP3 and Blake are a LOCK to opt-out, regardless of how deep their run is. Both of them will look to secure max contracts under the new salary cap, and given their age/injury histories, it makes WAY more sense for them to do so this summer than next (barring any horrific injury to them during this…

LOL @ Anthony Brown still in the Lakers uniform.

IMO, Dallas is pretty fucked. They don’t have much youth, and their best player is currently Harrison Barnes..

They are certainly aided and abetted by Andy Reid’s ever-increasingly shitty clock management.

Pretty sure you’re not a “kid” if you watched Foreman win his first title in ‘72.....

RIGHT? He’s an AWFUL in-game manager that is bad at both managing the clock and calling plays. He definitely cost GB a spot in the Super Bowl 2 years ago and routinely loses games by making archaic, ultra-conservative decisions and he likely cost them a chance at the NFC Championship game last year, as well. He can’t…

If he keeps going at this rate, he’ll put the fear of God into Bill Simmons quicker than any defensive player since Bernard Karmell Pollard.

Well, Norton’s still employed....

So far, Siemian’s actually been an upgrade over Manning/Osweiler. The question is whether or not it’s been smoke and mirrors (given who they’ve won against, and how poor those teams vs. a year ago). Last night’s game might have exposed Siemian, or it could be just an abnormally bad game from an approaching-average…

“Oakland’s defense holding up” implies that it’s actually been any semblance of good so far, this year. :P

More importantly, what would happen if we gave Luck a semblance of a competent O-line and defense?

Yep, I read that piece. Agreed — I feel like at this stage, you have two *very* good options. The difference is probably that Romo’s got the edge in playoff experience (which I think *does* matter, and you can’t really ride Dak to the playoffs then switch to Romo), giving him a higher ceiling. However, on the…

You mean just the 2014 WS? In 2010 they beat Texas in 5 games and in 2012, they swept the Tigers — 2014 was the only year of the three in which the WS went to 7 games.

I’m from the Bay but not a Warriors fan — I can tell you that a good number of people would probably rather the championship and no Durant than to have him w/o the 2016 ring, though they’d never admit it.

Thor was definitely tiring out, and they pulled him before his velocity dropped. Even if they kept him in for another inning, Collins would’ve just skipped the relief pitcher (I forgot his name) and still sent out Familia, in all likelihood.

Yep, literally the only reason I caught the latter half of that game is because the 7th inning alone took almost an hour to play.

Another counterpoint: Can we just all celebrate the fact that after one of the most insane games in last year’s postseason (ALDS Game 5) and the legitimate bad blood between these two teams (see: Odor, Rougned) that we’re a Wild-Card win away from a rematch of last year’s Blue Jays-Rangers series???