Ray_T

I was thinking the same when I saw the move. dude has some serious butter fingers. cost the Chiefs at least one game with his drops. hes a nice player to have as depth, with a few gadget plays you can add to the playbook to take advantage of his speed, but at best hes a third WR on most teams. given his salary that made him a very easy cut to make.

it is certainly possible. I love the talent this guy has. I viewed him as pretty much a cant miss pick at the NFL draft in his draft year and he has not disappointed.

I dont know if hes that much of a dark horse.... hes a pretty damn good WR. another step in his development (assuming he hasnt peaked yet) and he could be deadly good.

This is the one thing some cant wrap their head around..... if we all agreed on who was the better player, trades would almost never happen and all drafts would be predictable. so I always welcomed the debate and usually enjoyed the argument. some enjoy it more than others and some take it personally but at the end of the day everyone is entitled to an opinion and if that opinion is different from your own, so be it. either way, with some luck his health will improve and he will pop by once in a while to stir things up. haha

Well Axe, all I can say is I wish you good health. despite everything there are more important things than football and I know enough to know if you dont have your health you dont have a lot. Hopefully this isnt your last hurrah but I've enjoyed our debates. We dont always agree but I've always respected your opinion. sometimes it was your delivery of said opinion that created some friction around here but the opinion itself was often sound. anyhow good luck. and take care.

They can keep him if Kelce retires. (I do think there is a chance he might) That said it is way too early to be making predictions on this sort of thing. there are likely other players who wont return as well. Some who will be moved. I think it will be an interesting offseason.

I think its far too soon to say hes the best ever. his career isnt even close to being over. I'd say hes been great so far. I agree. I have seen unimpressive QB's put up a solid QB Rating and thought to myself.... he wasnt that good. honestly the best rating for QB is wins, losses, playoff records and superbowls. The rest is just a tool for Agents to get more money for their player when negotiation time comes. one thing I will say about Mahomes..... this was perhaps the most impressive superbowl win for him (in my opinion) He did it with what I consider a mediocre group of receivers. Rice has shown some moxie but hes still a young, unproven player. The rest are meh. Kelce was good but a step slower than he used to be. I honestly did not think Mahomes could make it work with this group of WR. The fact that he did was impressive for me.

I dont know. Certainly Mahomes is a great player, but if you look the Chiefs Defense has Quietly been one of the best in the NFL. This is not a one man team.

This is the best Dynasty since the Pats Dynasty lol

maybe. Usually I put my prediction up for superbowl. for some reason I didnt do that today. My prediction was that San Fran would win a reasonably close one. but I said that thinking..... if San fran gets more than 24 points, they likely win. if they dont..... KC has a good chance. and thats exactly how it played out. San Fran got the early lead, but KC kept hanging around. Then made it close, got a break on a turnover and suddenly the game turned on its head. but given how late it was in the game I knew that KC's experience would likely give them an advantage that may possibly go beyond skill. Turns out it did go beyond skill. it was a veteran team beating a younger, better team without experience. Thats what this is. They played subpar most of the regular season and all those mistakes and bad drops in the regular season disappeared come playoff time. While they did turn the ball over in this last game, it wasnt disasterous in terms of consequences. They still won. San Frans turnovers were a little more costly in terms of timing and the way it seemed to affect the flow of the game. for me, that was the difference.

100% correct. The Chiefs D has been the unsung hero of this team. very effective but nobody is talking about them.

Yeah I dont think there are any credible rumors the team isnt happy with him.

I'm ok with aggressive play calling but a gamble after san fran scored a TD was the one gamble I didnt agree with. a FG would have taken momentum away from them at that point in the game. San fran still needed to outscore them by a lot. a FG at that point in the game keeps the mountain SF needs to climb fairly large. instead the failed gamble gave the comeback life. I still think he is the long term coach for Detroit and he will learn from this. Team achieved this year. They will be back

Bland is only 24 years old. hes still on an upward trajectory in terms of his gameplay. Given how early it is in his career, the kid has a bright future if he can keep his life pointed in the right direction. Diggs is also a fairly young man (only 25) these guys are going to get better and there is no doubt that having all the DB's healthy makes it tougher for the opposing QB's to find room to throw the ball. dont get me wrong. the Dallas D Needs to grow still. They didnt look great in their last playoff game when it counted. but they are getting the playoff experience against top tier teams. Part of the problem in Dallas (admittedly) is they seem to have a very easy schedule nearly every year. They seem to Beat up those subpar perennial non playoff teams to the point where they really rack up their stats but still dont perform at a high level against the playoff calibre teams. (at least not that often) I'm not inclined to sugar coat this but Dak is now on the wrong side of 30. we have been talking about his potential for some time but hes been short on performance come playoff time. Hes getting to the point where he Needs to step up and be better. I think the defense will likely be ok at least for the next couple of years. After that, its hard to say where this team will go, but I dont see much more than a team that is good enough to make the playoffs every yea. I do not think they are a true contender for a superbowl.

no. But I'm amazed at Mahomes more in the last 2 years. Last year he lost his #1 WR and the offense morphed into more of a ball control offense and was successful. This year he had a bunch of WR's who seemed to drop everything. suddenly the playoffs come and those guys start catching passes instead of dropping them. He made a very good defense in Buffalo look bad. I dont know that he beats Baltimore. They have a next level Defense and can do a lot of things that the Buffalo D cannot do. but its gonna be interesting to see if he can accomplish this. my fear is that the WR just are not good enough and every throw cannot be to Kelce.

agreed. he was dicey before the injury.

hes on the Wrong side of the age 30 to be coming back from an injury. At least it isnt an ACL but I'd be hesitant to draft him for fantasy even without the injury. I'm sure he comes back for one more year but I'm not sure hes gonna be all that productive

I agree he is not a superbowl winning QB and never will be. but at the same time he should be doing better than a first round exit. especially with this team he has around him.

no. Both guys want to be the supreme authority (or boss) in their respective kingdoms. you cant have more than one boss under the same roof it just wont work.

agreed. certainly when a team is on the verge of losing and they need a big play, thats when they look his way. maybe with a double move hoping to shake him when he jumps on the initial cut. but his presence adds a new element to the D that makes the Defense a bit scary at times.

this. but it is admittedly a double edged sword. there are times when he has given up big plays going for the INT. in general when you try to jump the route, if you are not successful the WR is in position to make a lot of yards because the DB is chasing after the ball and not in position to make the tackle. but it has gotten to a point with the high INT count that QBs are a little wary to throw it his way.

once again, that is Belicheck the GM. Not to be confused with Belicheck the coach. I would never suggest he is a hall of fame GM. hitting on your draft picks..... thats the job of the GM. The coach just takes the existing talent on the team and does the best he can with it.

Yes. I kind of expected a better performance from the Cleveland Defense. Flacco is ok but when the team got behind and then Houston scored early in the second half I knew hed have to take some chances to get them back into the game and thats when the INT's happened. it was a nice run and Flacco did his job getting them to the playoffs but I didnt think hed be able to get them to the superbowl. That said, I thought wed be learning this next week not this week haha but the defense was shredded. usually when that happens you lose.

he is a shutdown corner. having him would have made the defense better. but in the end I really think the issue is Dallas was not well prepared to play. Green bay Jumped on them and there was no fight until it was garbage time.

agreed. I had him high on my list for dynasty but not nearly as high for redraft.