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Make it a month with two breaks a day and you have a deal.

https://twitter.com/timcates/status/1604643491853656065?s=20&t=AHqxKCM9ldOXMhRONUPchA

Make it 48 hours with three breaks and I'll sign off on it.

That's harsh. I'm not saying it's a deal breaker, I'm just pointing out that it's harsh.

Boys, I've been watching NFL football for a very long time. I've never seen a crazier ending than what just happened in Las Vegas. Holy .

If my choices are 'elan or advanced stats and analytics, give me 'elan every time. Dan Campbell has that team believing they're actually as good as their record. They're not and we all know it. But they think they are and that's at least half the battle. In any case, the Lions are a fun story.

The Jags are better than people think and the Texans played the Chiefs tough too. I wouldn't write off the Cowboys just yet.

The Detroit Lions, who went 1-6 in their first seven games, are now 7-7.

It was national game, but it was also a day game so Kirk decided to play one half of each.

Them too! Update: Vikings won 39-36. On a FG just as I predicted.

This one is all 1992 Oilers. Right down to the Vikings winning it in OT on a FG.

Or...OBJ is asking for more money than either of those teams were willing to pay him.

I'm pretty sure Gale Sayers was one of the few players on the team who wore that style of facemask and I don't think he wore it very long. The gray 2 bar is the look I associate with him. The white facemask always looks weird to me.

Yup—and it's going on in two threads simultaneously... You can't stop a Clevejacking, you can only hope to contain it.

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

I went back and forth on that one. Couldn't get past all the things I don't like about that Rams combo. Good colors and not much else.

It's not about available "real estate." It's about using every inch of "real estate." What I was saying is there will come a day when ads all over uniforms will seem normal. If you don't like the NASCAR comparison, we can use European hockey instead. That said, ad creep happened in NASCAR too. The #43 car in 1971... The #43 car circa 2021...

Week 14 was the last bye week. We're back to a full slate of games for the rest of the season. I hope that means we'll see an increase in good match ups, but I wouldn't count on it. Let's get on with the show... BEST 1. Buccaneers - 49ers: Two of the best looks in the league. What else can you ask for? Well, for starters, better socks (looking at you in particular, Tampa.) That aside, this one was the easy choice for the top spot this week. Great looking game...from the knees up. 2. Ravens - Steelers: Last week, if you had asked me the chances of the Ravens in purple pants making the best list, let alone the #2 spot, I would have said "slim and none." Ask me again today and I'll tell you that even I'm surprised by how much I liked this Ravens look. I must be mellowing with age or something. 3. Browns - Bengals: This one could have been a complete disaster. Honestly, I was expecting the Bengals in all black and the Browns in white over brown. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they decided on the best possible match up. When these two aren't screwing around with mono-black, mono-brown, brown pants, orange over black, and so on, they have two of the best looks in the league. Well done, idiots. The only downside to watching this game was seeing Deshaun Watson sullying a Browns uniform. 4. Eagles - Giants: Solid, good looking match up. As usual. 5. Texans - Cowboys: I'm still a fan of the Texans look, but it could use some minor tweaks. Better jersey stripes and maybe lose the sleeve numbers. Nothing drastic, just tighten it up a little. The Cowboys looked great as usual. WORST 1. The Arizona Cardinals: Enough with this disaster already. The best combo in the Cards set is God-awful. All red? Since this is a family show, I'll keep it at you looked like bottles of Heinz ketchup running around out there. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, Arizona? Keep the helmet and throw the rest of this nightmare in the trash. I would say it's outlived its usefulness, but it never had any. 2. Jaguars - Titans: This one was butt-ugly. I can't add anything to that. 3. Jets - Bills: The Bills could have saved themselves from a spot on the worst list. There's nothing the Jets can do but run out the clock on their terrible uniforms. And that's a wrap, kids.

Before I answer your question, let me make this as clear as I possibly can. I am not, in any way, endorsing putting ads on jerseys. I don't like ads on jerseys and I'll never like ads on jerseys. There are enough alternate revenue streams available to teams to more than make up for any ad money lost by keeping the jerseys ad-free. OK, with that out of the way... We discussed a similar topic on the most recent episode of Basically a Sports Show (Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever fine podcasting is sold) and this is how I saw it. I've been a NASCAR fan for most of my life. Without sponsors, there is no NASCAR, F1, IndyCar, NHRA, or any other type of racing. Seeing all the ads on the cars isn't in issue to me because I'm used to it. It's all I've ever known. Unfortunately, there will come a day where sports fans will not only be used to seeing the New York Yankees look baseball's version of a NASCAR Cup Car, they'll expect it because anything else would look weird. Case in point... Which one of these cars do you think looks weird to a NASCAR fan? To answer your question, it will take about one generation.

Exactly, but until someone better comes along, the Raiders may as well hang on to him. I don't know what Carr's contract status is, but unless he's in his walk year, I don't think the team can afford to cut him loose and carry that money. My guess is there aren't too many, if any, teams out there willing to pay the freight on the rest of his contract. Then again, the idiot Browns traded away their future and paid a quarter of a billion dollars to get a serial sex offender who hadn't played a game in two years. When compared to that, maybe picking up Derek Carr isn't as dumb as it seems. So who knows?

And I never said he is a great QB. I think we're saying the same thing, but we're taking different sides on the matter. My point is that I don't see an available QB that's significantly better than Carr right now. You think they should cut him loose and go with someone like Mayfield or Brissett. (Neither of which are as good as Carr) I think the Raiders should ride it out with Carr until there is a clear upgrade available to them. Right now, outside the draft, that upgrade isn't available to them. We both agree that he's not the QB that will get Raiders to the Super Bowl.

Getting rid of Bisaccia was definitely a mistake, but blaming McDaniels is a cop out answer when they've struggled long before they hired him. 2016 was the only other year the Raider made the playoffs and Carr got hurt and didn't play in that game. He's not hurting the Raiders, but he certainly is not helping them. One way or the other they need to move on from him. Otherwise the Raiders will continue to be stuck in mediocrity, or Worse. The Raiders have been "stuck in mediocrity" since 2003. Carr is the Raiders all-time passing leader. You sure you want to hang all of this on him? And replace him with Baker Mayfield? All due respect, but if there's someone out there who would do a worse job of running that team than Mark Davis has, it just might be you. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

Good to know I wasn't the only one who was thinking "wow, those 523* Chargers fans are really loud." *523 may be an exaggeration. It was probably less than that.

Carr threw for 4800 yards with a 68.9 completion percentage last year playing for an interim coach and the Raiders made the playoffs. You really believe you're going to get that out of Mayfield, Brissett, or Jimmy G? The problem with the Raiders isn't Derek Carr, it's Josh McDaniels.

The Jets are more than capable of hurting themselves. They don't need Miami's help.