Originally Posted by Wallcrawler (Post 17087056)

Whoever called that a strip sack knows nothing about football. Period.

Hurts wasn't sacked. He wasn't stripped. He went max level Simple Jack full reerun and dropped the football unforced.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17087054)

Lions
@ Jags
Bears
@ Jets
@ Vikings
Broncos
_______________Omenihu returns
Chargers
@ Broncos
Dolphins
Bye

That's the first 10 weeks. Whats your panic point? And what's a realistic possibility?

I mean doesn't 4-5 seem to be an absolute floor there?

And yeah, that's not great at all, but still lines out to a very possible 10-7 finish and a playoff spot.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17087065)

Is 10-7 making the playoffs in the AFC this year?

I think they'll be fine during the season, the offense should theoretically be a juggernaut. But I don't think you can beat a mashup of the AFC QB's you're gonna have to in January without a Chris Jones led DL.

That's not to say I don't think they can win without him and should sign him to whatever, but at this point in the process, there's no calvary.

Originally Posted by GoForIt (Post 17086827)

I agree. The NFL has never not played a game then gifted the team who lost to both the Bills and Bengals the #1 seed. The team screwed the most obviously was Cincy. Bills should have forfeited but the Woke crowd would have been out with torches and pitch forks ...

Originally Posted by TwistedChief (Post 17086746)

I'll leave it at this:

You will be right if in his absence over the next 7 (?) games there isn't a single close one that we lose where the dominant narrative is "we had no pass rush and really missed Chris Jones." My point has never been that Jones can't be replaced and this team can't thrive. It has always been that being asked to replace his production with Omenihu out and without the ability to replace him with adequate resources reduces the already thin margin of error that even the best teams in the NFL have.

And that's it. That's when you can come back and tell me I was wrong and I'll eat up every last bit of it.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17087065)

Is 10-7 making the playoffs in the AFC this year?

I think they'll be fine during the season, the offense should theoretically be a juggernaut. But I don't think you can beat a mashup of the AFC QB's you're gonna have to in January without a Chris Jones led DL.

That's not to say I don't think they can win without him and should sign him to whatever, but at this point in the process, there's no calvary.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17087026)

Oh yeah, so many here are super excited about that.

I can't quite figure how some think a 2nd year De and a rookie DE plus some also rans on the DL are gonna do much for that, but weirder things have happened.

Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 17087073)

If they think Chris won't show up around the trade deadline, they could use the cap space they gained to make a trade for a DL. Not sure what's out there but it is a possibility.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17087077)

If the AFC East and AFC North spend the season beating the shit out of each other as is being suggested, yeah.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17087080)

Wormley's still unsigned.

If he's sound, that deal should be made yesterday.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17087081)

I don't know if it ends up happening. The north for sure I do think will, but the east.....color me skeptical.

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler (Post 17087075)

A deft move of the goalposts, moving from covering a 6.5 spread against the mighty Dan Campbell and his fearsome Lions, to "we must go undefeated without Jones before I'll eat crow."

Originally Posted by GoForIt (Post 17086827)

I agree. The NFL has never not played a game then gifted the team who lost to both the Bills and Bengals the #1 seed. The team screwed the most obviously was Cincy. Bills should have forfeited but the Woke crowd would have been out with torches and pitch forks ...