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Detroit is sitting out there with exactly one playoff win and three division titles since 1957, but it's always the Browns when people need a go to example of "it could be worse." By the way, the Lions have won 11 games all of three times since 1931.

Yes.

That's as close was we're going to get. You should post "My work here is done", disappear for a little while, and come back as BringBackLincolnFinancialField. Then we'll start referring to you as "Linc."

Did I say Buffs by 30? I meant Buffs by 40.

It ain't gonna go well for the Rams.

Buffs by 30.

Minnesota vs. Philadelphia Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Seattle vs. Detroit Indianapolis vs. Houston Chicago vs. Tampa Bay Kansas City vs. Jacksonville Green Bay vs. Atlanta Las Vegas vs. Buffalo LA Chargers vs. Tennessee San Francisco vs. LA Rams NY Giants vs. Arizona NY Jets vs. Dallas Washington vs. Denver Miami vs. New England New Orleans vs. Carolina Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh

There's no need to estimate it, over or otherwise. You can look it up. In the AFC last year #3 Cincinnati beating #2 Buffalo was the only playoff game in which the lower seed won. In the NFC #5 Dallas beat #4 Tampa Bay, but Tampa got the #4 seed by winning the division at 8-9. Dallas was clearly the better team. The only real "upset" was the #6 Giants beating the #3 Vikings. The Super Bowl was a match up between #1 seeds. I'm not going to go back and look through all the years since 1990, but I'm pretty sure the higher seed wins way more often than it loses.

The only definition of win in the NFL is scoring more points than your opponent. If the Chiefs didn't win the AFC Championship Game last year "by any definition", how did they still end up in the Super Bowl? Last year's Chiefs weren't the same team that won Super Bowl IV either, (although it would be hilarious if they were) but it still counts. I can't decide if you're just trolling or if you really are this silly. Either way, it's kind of amusing.

I forgot Moss is already in.

Randy Moss didn't win a Super Bowl with the Pats, but he'll go too. After that, I'm having a hard time coming up with the next 1-3 guys from the entire Brady era in New England that he says are HOFers.

Yeah, about that.

Exactly. Overreaction Monday after week one is always a hoot. The reality is Burrow had practiced about five times since the calf injury, the weather conditions were terrible for a QB who had practiced about five times, and the Browns have some sort of voodoo magic when they play the Bengals. If the 3-1 Bengals lose that game in the exact same fashion in week five, it's just a fluke and a bump in the road. But a "could see it coming from a mile away" clunker in week one means the season is shot and Burrow's contract was a huge mistake. NFL fans are funny.

It's a tough gig, but someone has to do it. I ain't saying . I've been here way too many times to fall for this again. I'll believe the Browns are going 12-5 when the season ends and the Browns are 12-5. (Honestly, I'm not entirely sure I'll believe it if it happens.) Until then, I see this win as nothing more than one of those "Team A has team B's number and no one understands why" deals.

There isn't.

Accurate, probably.

To all the CFB pundits who said "It's one game. Let's see what Colorado does next week.", it's next week.

Best case scenario is they go 7-5. They're going to be fun to watch, but I think they're going to be on the short end of shootouts more often than not.

Neither do I. Coach Prime is fun, he seems to be a pretty good coach, and Colorado was actually relevant and fun to watch last week. How long the Buffs will stay competitive remains to be seen, but as of right now, it's a good story and it certainly has people talking. I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I even like the cowboy hat. Coach Prime is a breath of fresh air in the stodgy (and mostly idiotic) fraternity of football coaches. We need more coaches like him, not less. As one of the old guys here, seeing people half my age pitching a :censored: over a harmless nickname is pretty funny. Don't get old before your time, kids.

Week 1: Detroit vs. Kansas City Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Houston vs. Baltimore Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota Carolina vs. Atlanta Arizona vs. Washington Jacksonville vs. Indianapolis San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh Tennessee vs. New Orleans Las Vegas vs. Denver Philadelphia vs. New England LA Rams vs. Seattle Miami vs. LA Chargers Green Bay vs. Chicago Dallas vs. NY Giants Buffalo vs. NY Jets

Yes. Iowa's problem is that they follow it all season.

I'm loving Coach Prime.

Good question. I thought it was a huge reach (and a pretty dumb pick) when they drafted him where they did. If he hadn't been a 1st round pick, he would have been gone long before now. In any case, I wouldn't sweat losing him to Dallas.

Exactly. All the rivalry stuff aside, I don't think Michigan would have any trouble with that part of the schedule even if I were coaching them.