NFL News BO NIX BROKE HIS ANKLE: OUT FOR SEASON

Kargetina said:

There's no such thing as ''house money'' in the NFL. This isn't the NBA, where the margin of error is HUGE (You can lose up to 12 games in the playoffs and still win the championship) and having two star players has a far bigger influence than having two star players in the NFL.

Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson have played for 16 combined seasons and they have zero Super Bowl appearances. The Packers won the SB in the first season of contention with Rodgers, and never made it back in the next 12 years. The Bengals have missed the playoffs the last three years, after reaching the Super Bowl and seemingly being contenders for the following 10 years.

Having a great QB doesn't mean anything. Forget about the Brady/Belichick duo, they were an aberration, not the rule.

There are 32 teams, and every year injuries, luck, refs, bad coaching decisions, bad drafts, in-form rivals, influence the outcome. Just because the Pats have a seemingly great future, it doesn't guarantee playing the SB, your luck can change on a dime, the Commanders made the Championship with a young star QB last year, it was house money, right? Well, they were 5-12 this year and a mile away from the playoffs.

The Pats have a golden opportunity this year, a weak AFC, incredible luck with injuries, tons of injuries to our opponents, including a possible AFCCG against a back-up that has won 1 game as a starter in 7 years. You have to reach and grab the hell out of this opportunity because there might not be a similar one in the next 10 years. There are absolutely no guarantees.

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Ring 6 said:

...He wasn’t better than Legarm Newton. He’s not better than Mac Jones or Jacoby Brissett. Zappe had out played him when each had had opportunities

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The Gr8est said:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Fortunately, as a part owner of an NFL team TFB is not an option.

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yukon cornelius said:

tuesday morning conspiracy theory: bo nix broke his ankle celebrating in the locker room

they say they can find no video evidence of an injury after the supposed play he got hurt, and no limp going off the field or getting to the locker room

this would be wade boggs cowboy boot rib in jury level funny if true, even if i don't believe it

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captain stone said:

And that's why not seeing the team be more aggressive before the trade deadline passed; or during the waiver process not only on Cut-Down Day but throughout the season; or even just signing some cheap vets on the street at positions like, oh I don't know, Outside CB for instance, became more frustrating for me as the season went-on, because we all saw that even before Mahomey the little clown's injury that the Queefs weren't the same team; and that neither were pubic enema #2 the Murderer-Worshippers; and that the PO possibilities were getting more wide-open by the week... If we have to witness the Massive suckitude of Charlie('s lost in the) Woods because Carlton Davis is deemed hors de combat, and we lose because of his being constantly picked-on & feasted-upon, then we should All know where to turn our gaze of blame...

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patchick said:

This is so encouraging to me! captain stone's job is to find the Patriots' personnel staff lazy and incompetent. Every failed draft pick and FA is a sign of willful negligence. So this year, with the team coming off a four-win season with arguably the least-talented roster in the entire NFL, should have been a goldmine for him.

But as a bumper crop of rookies and the both big-name and under-the-radar FAs came through, and the wins piled up, the complaint window shrank. IIRC before the Chargers game, the criminal incompetence was that the Pats' 4th-best DT wasn't starting quality. Now it's their 4th-best CB. What an incredible testament to this one-year rebuild.

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captain stone said:

Sure wish we could've seen that for ourselves

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