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The franchise financials seem pretty murky at this point. To be clear: A4 and A5 have not been fully greenlit yet. The kids did their performance capture for pre-time jump A4 years ago, and while Disney had scheduled A4 and A5 even pre-Covid, A4 has not actually gone into full production...

So the Chargers will likely be the AFC 7h seed, have to go to NE in the WC, then even if they win have to come back to Denver anyway? Not sure that plan makes much sense unless Herbert needs the rest. So Texans will presumably be 5 seed and get to beat up on whomever wins the AFC North? Maybe...

I'm gonna be pretty pissed if that failed Bills 2-point attempt blocks us from GB-Chi III.

So SNF next week is Ravens / Steelers? Even if Bucs won vs Panthers next week to tie at 8-9, the Panthers still win the division due to Conference Record, yes? Edit: Brainfart, they'd both be 6-6 in the conference, so then its the strength of victory metric, which might actually favor the Bucs...

Packers need a mountain of other games to go the right way to get out of the 7th seed, they have no reason to care, other than players making the case for why Willis should be a starter somewhere next year. Edit: The only game that matters this year for GB is a Chicago 2 Seed / Packers 7 Seed...

There's a lot of chatter that _this_ rebuild may finally be the one where the Raiders let Crosby be traded for a haul, no sense letting him get a serious injury which hurts his trade value in a game the Raiders shouldn't want to win. For those not paying attention: There's only two 2-win teams...

Raiders are taking the Ultra Super Mega Tank Bowl seriously https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47421136/raiders-sit-de-maxx-crosby-game-vs-giants-sources-say (Given that the Giants will lose to the Cowboys next week, the Raiders do need to lose this week and let KC beat them next week.)

Packers in the playoffs (as almost certainly the 7th seed)? Now we just need the Bears to get the 2nd seed to set up the Packers chance to ruin the Bears' season in the wildcard round. Go Seahawks! (Or any other NFC West team that gets the 1st seed, I don't care which.)

FYI, the Biden administration had already mandated LLMs only pull from left-leaning sources. Personally, I am fine with AI everything*, as long as it is disclosed. If the AI product isn't immediately inferior to the human-made product, well, that tells you everything about the humans involved...

Lamar has a $51M salary and a $74M(!) cap hit for next year. The only real way to reduce the second number is by adding years to his contract, and apparently he thinks he's better than he is (or frankly ever was, as he's arguably always been over-glazed by Black commentators). Edit: If you...

Why do we hate Manousos? In a portion of the time Carol's had since the joining, he's developed anti-Joining theory and test applications, using only reference material in a language he doesn't know. Still see nothing to dissuade me that the critical conflict is Carol deciding between letting...

Well, yes, given that the NFC side is really the NFC West Off, not having to deal with one of your divisional rivals for at least one week (since you're on a bye) is a pretty massive swing in your chances to make it out of the NFC. Does anyone really think the NFC South team, Eagles, Bears, or...

Apparently, this was literally death by HDR - the tunnel is supposedly notorious for being very dark, then very bright sunlight once you get out, and his eyes did not adjust in time. Obviously play stupid games, win stupid prizes, etc., but worse he took someone else with him.

I think it is completely legitimate to say that this is the weakest #1 seed, regardless of who it is, seen in the AFC in decades. No one's a clear favorite: NE: Given their great defense and average starting field position, their offense is actually middle of the pack. Bills: Josh Allen is...

Guardian Caps are a newer helmet design that is supposed to be more resistant to concussions. Their contours are different enough that the league started putting those cloth wraps over them for visual consistency. The size differences do invite comparisons to bobbleheads, however.